Seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever, Q fever, and brucellosis in ruminants on the southeastern shore of Lake Chad (Publications)
Abstract The seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever (RVF), brucellosis, and Q fever among domestic ruminants on the southeastern shore of Lake Chad was studied. The study area consisted of two parts, inc
Novel nitro(triazole/imidazole)-based heteroarylamides/ sulfonamides as potential antitrypanosomal agents (Publications)
We have previously shown that 3-nitro-1H-1,2,4-triazole-based arylamides and arylsulfonamides demonstrate significant activity in vitro against Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative parasite of Chagas dise
Effect of a smoking ban on respiratory health in nonsmoking hospitality workers: a prospective cohort study (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of a smoking ban on lung function, fractional exhaled nitric oxide, and respiratory symptoms in nonsmoking hospitality workers. METHODS: Seco
Bioactive derivatives of isopropylstilbene from mutasynthesis and chemical synthesis (Publications)
Isopropylstilbene is a natural product from Photorhabdus luminescens TT01, with multiple biological activities. A mutant deficient in the production of both anthraquinones and cinnamic acid was constr
Sequence analysis of the MSP 1 gene of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> isolates from Hainan, China (Publications)
AIM: To obtain the complete sequence and analyze the diversity of the MSP 1 molecule from the Chinese isolates of Plasmodium falciparum. METHODS: Genomic DNA was prepared directly from blood samples s
Correlation between secreted and membrane-bound IgG in mouse myeloma cells transfected with chimeric immunoglobulin heavy and light chain genes (Publications)
Mouse myeloma cells were transfected with pSV2-gpt and pSV2-neo based immunoglobulin expression vectors. Double transfectants were selected using the xanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (gpt)