Country planning for health interventions under development: lessons from the malaria vaccine decision-making framework and implications for other new... (Publications)
Traditionally it has taken years or decades for new public health interventions targeting diseases found in developing countries to be accessible to those most in need. One reason for the delay has be
Carotid artery intima-media thickness in college students: race/ethnicity matters (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: Racial/ethnic differences in common carotid artery intima-media thickness (CIMT) and in risk factors associated with CIMT have been predominantly observed in middle-aged and older individua
Chicken egg yolk antibodies (IgY) for detecting circulating antigens of <em>Schistosoma japonicum</em> (Publications)
BACKGROUND: IgY isolated from egg yolk has been widely used in immunodiagnostic tests, including tests to detect circulating antigen (soluble egg antigen or SEA) of Schistosoma japonicum. RESULTS: A s
Highly selective antiplasmodial naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids from <em>Ancistrocladus tectorius</em> (Publications)
Naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids, named ancistectorine A(1), N-methylancistectorine A(1), ancistectorine A(2), 5-epi-ancistectorine A(2), ancistectorine A(3), ancistectorine B(1), and ancistectorine C(1
Drugs for treating urinary schistosomiasis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Urinary schistosomiasis causes long-term ill-health. This review examines the various treatment options and newer drugs. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate antischistosomal drugs, used alone or in co