Tuberculosis control in refugee populations: a challenge to both relief agencies and national programs (Publications)
Today's worldwide tuberculosis epidemic and the movement of a growing number of refugees overlap geographically and have made tuberculosis control in refugee populations an issue of increasing importa
Evaluation of quinolone derivatives for antitrypanosomal activity (Publications)
About 160 fluoroquinolones and derivatives were tested for antitrypanosomal activity in a drug sensitivity assay followed by fluorometric evaluation. The most active quinolone compounds had IC50 value
Trematocidal activity of praziquantel and artemisinin derivatives:<em> in vitro</em> and <em>in vivo</em> investigations with adult <em>Echinostoma... (Publications)
We examined the effects of praziquantel and the artemisinins on adult Echinostoma caproni. In vitro, both praziquantel and the artemisinins exhibited exposure-response relationships. In vivo, worm bur
Update on the diagnosis and treatment of food-borne trematode infections (Publications)
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: More than 40 million people are affected by food-borne trematode infections. Diagnosis is unsatisfactory and there are only two drugs available for treatment and control: praziquant
<em>Fasciola hepatica</em>: tegumental alterations in adult flukes following in vitro and in vivo administration of artesunate and artemether (Publications)
The tegumental changes in adult Fasciola hepatica induced by artemether and artesunate were assessed utilizing scanning electron microscopy (SEM). F hepatica were incubated with artemether and artesun