The changing epidemiology of malaria in Ifakara Town, southern Tanzania (Publications)
Between 1995 and 2000 there were marked changes in the epidemiology of malaria in Ifakara, southern Tanzania. We documented these changes using parasitological and clinical data from a series of commu
Decline in air pollution and change in prevalence in respiratory symptoms and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in elderly women (Publications)
BACKGROUND: While adverse effects of exposure to air pollutants on respiratory health are well studied, little is known about the effect of a reduction in air pollutants on chronic respiratory symptom
WHO 2004 criteria and CK19 are reliable prognostic markers in pancreatic endocrine tumors (Publications)
BACKGROUND: It is difficult to predict the biologic behavior of pancreatic endocrine tumors in absence of metastases or invasion into adjacent organs. The World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed
Indoor time-microenvironment-activity patterns in seven regions of Europe (Publications)
Personal exposure to environmental substances is largely determined by time-microenvironment-activity patterns while moving across locations or microenvironments. Therefore, time-microenvironment-acti
Immunosuppression and treatment-associated inflammatory response in patients with <em>Mycobacterium ulcerans</em> infection (Buruli ulcer) (Publications)
Buruli ulcer is a necrotizing skin disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. Major necrosis with abundant clusters of extracellularly replicating mycobacteria and only minor leukocyte infiltration are
Evaluation of real-time PCR for <em>Strongyloides stercoralis</em> and hookworm as diagnostic tool in asymptomatic schoolchildren in Cambodia (Publications)
Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths such as Strongyloides stercoralis and hookworms (Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus) is challenging due to irregular larval and egg output in infected