Helminth infections and risk factor analysis among residents in Eryuan county, Yunnan province, China (Publications)
Whilst infections with soil-transmitted helminths are common across China, the public-health significance of Schistosoma japonicum and food-borne helminths is more focalized. Only few studies have inv
Natural history of primary eosinophilic esophagitis: a follow-up of 30 adult patients for up to 11.5 years (Publications)
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Primary eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic, increasingly recognized, interleukin 5-driven inflammatory disorder of the esophagus. The leading symptom in adults is uniform attacks
Lung function decline, chronic bronchitis, and occupational exposures in young adults (Publications)
RATIONALE: Occupational exposures to vapors, gas, dust, or fumes have been shown to be a risk factor of airway obstruction in cross-sectional studies in the general population. OBJECTIVES: Our aim was
An evaluation of urine-CCA strip test and fingerprick blood SEA-ELISA for detection of urinary schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in Zanzibar (Publications)
To develop better monitoring protocols for detection of urinary schistosomiasis during ongoing control interventions, two commercially available diagnostic tests - the urine-circulating cathodic antig
Synthesis and biological evaluation of pyrazolylnaphthoquinones as new potential antiprotozoal and cytotoxic agents (Publications)
The importance of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease) in human pathology is widely known. The prognosis of this disease is poor and the choice of effective medicines limited, thus study of new