Symptoms and transmission of intestinal cryptosporidiosis (Publications)
Cryptosporidium spp are a cause of diarrhoea in toddlers. Symptoms and routes of transmission were investigated in a prospective case-control study in the city and surroundings of Basel, Switzerland.
Field evaluation of a recombinant glutathione S-transferase-based pyrethroid quantification assay (Publications)
A recombinant glutathione S-transferase (GST)-based pyrethroid quantification assay was field-tested in Ifakara, Tanzania. Initial laboratory tests suggested that all reagents used in the assay should
Synthesis, inhibition potency, binding mode, and antiprotozoal activities of fluorescent inhibitors of trypanothione reductase based on... (Publications)
Trypanothione reductase (TR) is a flavoenzyme unique to trypanosomatid parasites and a target for lead discovery programs. Various inhibitor scaffolds have emerged in the past, exhibiting moderate aff
Pan-dengue virus detection by PCR for travelers returning from the tropics (Publications)
We performed dengue virus (DENV) serology and quantitative real-time pan-DENV reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) on 186 sera of 171 patients returning from the tropics. DENV loads significantly decrea
<em>Fasciola hepatica</em>: comparison of the sedimentation and FLOTAC techniques for the detection and quantification of faecal egg counts in rats (Publications)
We compared the sedimentation and FLOTAC techniques for the detection and quantification of Fasciola hepatica eggs in faecal samples obtained from 120 experimentally-infected rats before intervention,
Evaluation of the pharmacokinetic profile of artesunate, artemether and their metabolites in sheep naturally infected with <em>Fasciola hepatica</em> (Publications)
The pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters of artesunate, artemether and their metabolites dihydroartemisinin (DHA) and dihydroartemisinin-glucuronide (DHA-glucuronide) were determined in sheep naturally inf
Opposite effects of CD14/-260 on serum IgE levels in children raised in different environments (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Most complex diseases are the result of interactions between polymorphisms in the genome and environmental exposures. OBJECTIVE: We sought to investigate the previously reported associatio