Bicyclo[2.2.2]octyl esters of dialkylamino acids as antiprotozoals (Publications)
A couple of bicyclo[2.2.2]octyl esters of 2-dialkylaminoacetic acids were prepared. Their antiplasmodial and antitrypanosomal activities against Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (STIB 900) and the K(1)
Differential gene expression in LPS/IFNgamma activated microglia and macrophages: in vitro versus in vivo (Publications)
Two different macrophage populations contribute to CNS neuroinflammation: CNS-resident microglia and CNS-infiltrating peripheral macrophages. Markers distinguishing these two populations in tissue sec
A trichinellosis outbreak in Borikhamxay Province, Lao PDR (Publications)
Trichinellosis is documented in Southeast Asia, particularly in Thailand and China. Data from Lao PDR are lacking. An outbreak investigation was conducted in Borikhamxay Province after three patients
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