Heterochromatin protein 1 secures survival and transmission of malaria parasites (Publications)
Clonally variant expression of surface antigens allows the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum to evade immune recognition during blood stage infection and secure malaria transmission. We demonstra
Psychiatric disorders, suicidality, and personality among young men by sexual orientation (Publications)
Personality and its potential role in mediating risk of psychiatric disorders and suicidality are assessed by sexual orientation, using data collected among young Swiss men (n=5875) recruited while pr
Sequence and diversity of T-cell receptor alpha <em>V</em>, <em>J</em>, and <em>C</em> genes of the owl monkey <em>Aotus nancymaae</em> (Publications)
We cloned and sequenced TcR alpha chain cDNA of three healthy Aotus nancymaae monkeys. Fifteen different TRAJ segments and 9 different TRAV genes were identified in the 29 rearrangements analyzed. As
Epidemiology of multiple <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections. 6. Multiple <em>Plasmodium falciparum</em> infections in Tanzanian infants (Publications)
Paired blood samples from 99 Tanzanian infants were analysed to examine the infection dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum during the first year of life. Infecting parasites were genotyped by polymerase
Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Immundiagnostik der Filariasis (Publications)
Four serological methods have been evaluated for the immunodiagnosis of filarial infections in European patients returning from endemic areas. The highest sensitivity was found by the immunoelectropho
<em>In vitro</em> and <em>in vivo</em> activity of the chloroaryl-substituted imidazole viniconazole against <em>Trypanosoma cruzi</em> (Publications)
Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the intracellular protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and affects more than 10 million people in poor areas of Latin America. There is an urgent need for alternative