Parental occupational exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields and childhood cancer: a German case-control study (Publications)
Extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MFs) have been classified as possibly carcinogenic to humans by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The authors investigated, in a population-
Searching for new cures for tuberculosis: design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of 2-methylbenzothiazoles (Publications)
The actual development and clinical use of new therapeutics for tuberculosis (TB) have remained stagnant for years because of the complexity of the disease process, the treatment of which at present r
Measuring in-cabin school bus tailpipe and crankcase PM2.5: a new dual tracer method (Publications)
Exposures of occupants in school buses to on-road vehicle emissions, including emissions from the bus itself, can be substantially greater than those in outdoor settings. A dual tracer method was deve
Identification of antischistosomal leads by evaluating bridged 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes, alphaperoxides, and tricyclic monoperoxides (Publications)
Although antischistosomal properties of peroxides were studied in recent years, systematic structure-activity relationships have not been conducted. We evaluated the antischistosomal potential of 64 p
Lack of multiple copies of pfmdr1 gene in Papua New Guinea (Publications)
We describe here the results of an analysis of Plasmodium falciparum multidrug resistance protein 1 (pfmdr1) gene copy number from 440 field isolates from Papua New Guinea. No multiple copies of the g
Buruli ulcer disease: prospects for a vaccine (Publications)
Buruli ulcer disease (BUD), caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is a neglected bacterial infection of the poor in remote rural areas, mostly affecting children. BUD is a mutilating disease leading to se
Prevalence, motivations, and adverse effects of vaginal practices in Africa and Asia: findings from a multicountry household survey (Publications)
Abstract Background: Women worldwide use various vaginal practices to clean or modify their vulva and vagina. Additional population-level information is needed on prevalence and motivations for these
Lack of antigenic diversification of major outer membrane proteins during clonal waves of <em>Neisseria meningitidis</em> serogroup A colonization and... (Publications)
In particular in the 'meningitis belt' of sub-Saharan Africa, epidemic meningococcal meningitis is a severe public health problem. In the past decades, serogroup A lineages have been the dominant etio