Reporting quality of trial protocols improved for non-regulated interventions but not regulated interventions: a repeated cross-sectional study (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the adherence of randomised controlled trial (RCT) protocols evaluating non-regulated interventions (including dietary interventions, surgical procedures, behavioural and li
Microscopic and flow cytophotometric analysis of parasitemia in cultures of <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> vitally stained with Hoechst... (Publications)
Conditions for rapid vital staining of Plasmodium falciparum infected human erythrocytes were 1 microgram/ml of the dye Hoechst 33342 for 15 min in the standard culture medium at 37 degrees C. Fixed a
Selektionierung von chloroquinresistenten <em>Plasmodium-falciparum</em>-Stämmen bei Touristen unter Chemoprophylaxe (Publications)
In a prospective study 20 P. falciparum isolates imported from Africa by non-immune tourists were investigated for chloroquine sensitivity using the in vitro microtest and the results were compared wi
Leucopenia and abnormal liver function in travellers on malaria chemoprophylaxis (Publications)
Of 2887 travellers between the years 1984-1985, 451 on prophylactic antimalarials were studied retrospectively for adverse haematological or hepatic drug reactions and compared to 296 drug non-users.
Differential infectivity of Plasmodium for mosquitoes (Publications)
The four human malarias - Plasmodium falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale and P. malariaecan - canonly be transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles, although not all species (nor all strains) of thes
Short- and long-term effects of a multi-component physical activity intervention in primary school (Publications)
There is compelling evidence that physical activity has numerous health benefits during childhood and adolescence. Insufficient levels of physical activity on the other hand can consequently affect ca
Genetic modification and effector functions of natural killer cells in acute myeloid leukemia (Publications)
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized by a poor long-term outcome in the majority of patients following conventional treatment with chemotherapy. Even after allogeneic or autologous hematopoie
Metabolic syndrome risk unexpectedly predicted by traditional food consumption: shifting food systems and health among the Awajun of the Peruvian... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Dietary changes, especially declines in traditional food diversity and increases in the consumption of processed foods, have previously been shown to increase the risk of developing cardio