Evaluation des Aktionstages "Basel bewegt - fit und gesund unterwegs" vom 22. September 2004 (Publications)
Das Projekt ‚Basel bewegt, fit und gesund unterwegs’ leistete einen Beitrag zum europäischen Aktionstag ‚In die Stadt ohne mein Auto’. Die Stadt Basel beteiligte sich bereits zum fünften Mal daran. Di
2-Hexadecynoic acid inhibits plasmodial FAS-II enzymes and arrests erythrocytic and liver stage <em>Plasmodium</em> infections (Publications)
Acetylenic fatty acids are known to display several biological activities, but their antimalarial activity has remained unexplored. In this study, we synthesized the 2-, 5-, 6-, and 9-hexadecynoic aci
Conquering schistosomiasis in China: the long march (Publications)
The last half-century of schistosomiasis control activities in China have brought down the overall prevalence of human infection with Schistosoma japonicum to less than 10% of the level initially docu
Simple anamnestic questions and recalled water-contact patterns for self-diagnosis of <em>Schistosoma mansoni </em>infection among schoolchildren in... (Publications)
A study to determine the diagnostic performance of simple anamnestic questions and recalled water-contact patterns for self-diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni infection was carried out in western C te d
Current progress in the development and use of artemether for chemoprophylaxis of major human schistosome parasites (Publications)
Human schistosomiasis, a chronic and debilitating parasitic disease of the tropics, is ranked second after malaria in terms of public health importance. At present, there is no vaccine available, and
Relative contribution of day-to-day and intra-specimen variation in faecal egg counts of <em>Schistosoma mansoni</em> before and after treatment with... (Publications)
There is evidence that faecal egg counts of Schistosoma mansoni vary considerably from day to day, which results in poor sensitivity of single stool readings. Intra-specimen variation of S. mansoni eg