Yucatec Mayan medicinal plants: evaluation based on indigenous uses (Publications)
As part of an ethnopharmacological field study 48 medicinal plants were evaluated using several biological assays with the goal to obtain information on the pharmacological effects of these plants, wh
Hepatic fascioliasis: report of two cases (Publications)
Two cases of hepatic fascioliasis with characteristic features in US examinations and CT scans are presented. In both modalities they show tunnel-like branching and clustered areas of low echogenicity
Synthesis, DNA binding and antileishmanial activity of low molecular weight bis-arylimidamides (Publications)
The effects of reducing the molecular weight of the antileishmanial compound DB766 on DNA binding affinity, antileishmanial activity and cytotoxicity are reported. The bis-arylimidamides were prepared
Comparison of two approaches for measuring household wealth <em>via</em> an asset-based index in rural and peri-urban settings of Hunan province,... (Publications)
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: There are growing concerns regarding inequities in health, with poverty being an important determinant of health, as well as a product of health status. Within the People's Repub
Effect of large-scale social marketing of insecticide-treated nets on child survival in rural Tanzania (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Insecticide-treated nets have proven efficacy as a malaria-control tool in Africa. However, the transition from efficacy to effectiveness cannot be taken for granted. We assessed coverage
Impact of random and systematic recall errors and selection bias in case-control studies on mobile phone use and brain tumors in adolescents (CEFALO... (Publications)
Whether the use of mobile phones is a risk factor for brain tumors in adolescents is currently being studied. Case-control studies investigating this possible relationship are prone to recall error an
Deliberate self-harm and suicide by pesticide ingestion in the Sundarban region, India (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To examine the clinical epidemiology, including case fatality and determinants of self-harm in six island blocks of the Sundarban region of West Bengal, India. METHODS: We examined the clin