Sun protective behaviour of vacationers spending holidays in the tropics and subtropics (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The development of malignant melanoma has been associated with intense episodic sun exposure, as it typically occurs during holidays in high ultraviolet (UV)-index countries. OBJECTIVES: T
Population structure and recombination in environmental isolates of <em>Legionella pneumophila</em> (Publications)
Legionella pneumophila is a water-borne bacteria responsible for most cases of legionellosis, an emerging disease with an increasing incidence in industrialized countries. Although early analysis base
Preventive and reproductive health services for women: the role of California's family planning waiver (Publications)
PURPOSE: Examine effects of a Medicaid family planning waiver on the receipt of reproductive health care and pregnancy. DESIGN: The present study uses a quasi-experimental design using data from the C
<em>Trypanosoma brucei</em> eflornithine transporter AAT6 is a low-affinity low-selective transporter for neutral amino acids (Publications)
Amino acid transporters are crucial for parasite survival since the cellular metabolism of parasitic protozoa depends on the up-take of exogenous amino acids. Amino acid transporters are also of high
Stimulation of hamster and human lymphocyte cultures by soluble egg antigens (SEA) of <em>Schistosoma haematobium </em>and <em>S. mansoni</em> (Publications)
Soluble egg and adult worm antigen preparations of Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni were tested in hamster and human lymphocyte cultures. Primed lymphocytes from infected donors showed a marked