Bacterial and fungal agents in house dust and wheeze in children: the PARSIFAL study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Growing up on a farm and an anthroposophic lifestyle are associated with a lower prevalence of allergic diseases in childhood. This might be related to increased inhalatory exposure to mic
Rare human infection with the trematode <em>Echinochasmus japonicus</em> in Lao PDR (Publications)
Food-borne trematodiases are often neglected although millions of people are affected and these zoonotic diseases are emerging in some parts of the world. Humans acquire an infection through consumpti
A point mutation in codon 76 of <em>pfcrt </em>of <em>P. falciparum </em>is positively selected for by chloroquine treatment in Tanzania (Publications)
This study was undertaken to validate the relevance of Chloroquine (CQ) resistance markers pfcrt(76) and pfmdr1(86) in an endemic area in Tanzania. After treatment with CQ, recrudescence was distingui
New world cutaneous leishmaniasis in travellers (Publications)
As travel to Latin America has become increasingly common, cutaneous leishmaniasis is increasingly seen among returning travellers--eg, the number of observed cases has doubled in the Netherlands and
Exploration of novel<em> in vitro</em> assays to study drugs against <em>Trichuris </em>spp. (Publications)
Though trichuriasis is a significant public health problem, few effective drugs are available underscoring the need for new drug therapies. For the evaluation of trichuricidal activity of test compoun