Nitrogen dioxide and mortality: review and meta-analysis of long-term studies (Publications)
Exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2) has been linked to increased mortality in several epidemiological studies but the question remains of whether NO2 is directly responsible for the health effe
Morphometric comparison of the midgut epithelial cells in male and female <em>Aedes aegypti</em> L. (Insecta, Diptera) (Publications)
Midgut epithelial cells of male and female Aedes aegypti, 3 days after emergence, were compared morphometrically. The results of the present investigation concerning the female, are in good agreement
Consequences of genomic diversity in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
The causative agent of human tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), comprises seven phylogenetically distinct lineages associated with different geographical regions. Here we review
Activity of diimidazoline amides against <em>African trypanosomiasis</em> (Publications)
We identified several diimidazoline mono- and diamides that were as potent as pentamidine against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in vitro. All of these were also less cytotoxic than pentamidine, but n
Female predominance and transmission distortion in the long-QT syndrome (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Congenital long-QT syndrome is a disorder resulting in ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. The most common forms of the long-QT syndrome, types 1 and 2, are caused by mutations in th
Design, synthesis, and biological and crystallographic evaluation of novel inhibitors of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> enoyl-ACP-reductase... (Publications)
Malaria, a disease of worldwide significance, is responsible for over one million deaths annually. The liver-stage of Plasmodium's life cycle is the first, obligatory, but clinically silent step in ma
Reproducibility of oscillometrically measured arterial stiffness indices: results of the SAPALDIA 3 cohort study (Publications)
Background. There is an increasing interest in oscillometric arterial stiffness measurement for cardiovascular risk stratification. We assessed reproducibility of the cuff-based arterial stiffness mea