An international survey of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in young adults according to GOLD stages (Publications)
BACKGROUND: The recently published GOLD guidelines provide a new system for staging chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from mild (stage I) to very severe (stage IV) and introduce a stage 0 (
Nasal nitric oxide measurements to screen children for primary ciliary dyskinesia (Publications)
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the usefulness of exhaled and nasal nitric oxide (NO) measurements to detect primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) in children. DESIGN AND METHODS: The study population consiste
Introducing vouchers for malaria prevention in Ghana and Tanzania: context and adoption of innovation in health systems (Publications)
There are striking similarities in health system and other contexts between Tanzania and Ghana that are relevant to the scaling up of continuous delivery of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) for malaria
Owner valuation of rabies vaccination of dogs, Chad (Publications)
We estimated the association between amount charged and probability that dog owners in N'Djamena, Chad, would have their dogs vaccinated against rabies. Owners would pay approximately 400-700 CFA fran
8,8-dialkyldihydroberberines with potent antiprotozoal activity (Publications)
Semisynthetic 8,8-dialkyldihydroberberines (8,8-DDBs) were found to possess mid- to low-nanomolar potency against Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage parasites, Leishmania donovani intracellular amastig
Prenatal farm exposure is related to the expression of receptors of the innate immunity and to atopic sensitization in school-age children (Publications)
BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that environmental exposures determining childhood illnesses operate early in life. Prenatal exposure to a farming environment through the mother might also pl