The epidemiology of multiple <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections. 10. Effect of insecticide-treated bed nets on the dynamics of multiple... (Publications)
The rates of acquisition and loss of individual genotypes belonging to the FC27 family of the Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 2 (msp2) gene were studied in 120 children aged 5 months t
Effect of vitamin A supplementation on morbidity due to <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> in young children in Papua New Guinea: a randomised trial (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Many individuals at risk of malaria also have micronutrient deficiencies that may hamper protective immunity. Vitamin A is central to normal immune function, and supplementation has been s
Antiprotozoal activities of new bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-imines and esters of bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-ols (Publications)
Several bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-imines and esters of bicyclo[2.2.2]octan-2-ols were prepared. Their antitrypanosomal and antiplasmodial activities against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (STIB 900) and t
The economic cost to households of childhood malaria in Papua New Guinea: a focus on intra-country variation (Publications)
BACKGROUND We compare direct and indirect household costs associated with malaria treatment for children
Effectiveness of artemether/lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated <em>Plasmodium vivax</em> and <em>P. falciparum</em> malaria in young... (Publications)
Background. Artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) is recommended as treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria, while chloroquine is still widely used for non-Pf infections. A comm
Seroepidemiological study of African horse sickness virus in The Gambia (Publications)
An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used for the screening of horse sera from The Gambia for antibodies against African horse sickness virus (AHSV). The AHSV antigen used for coating was
Synthesis, biological evaluation and structure-activity relationships of N-benzoyl-2-hydroxybenzamides as agents active against <em>P. falciparum</em>... (Publications)
In our efforts to identify novel chemical scaffolds for the development of new anti-protozoal drugs, a compound library was screened against T. gondii tachyzoites with activity discovered for N-(4-eth