Clinical characteristics and outcome of children hospitalized with scrub typhus in an area of endemicity (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, is a major cause of acute febrile illness in children in the rural tropics. METHODS: We recruited 60 febrile pediatric patients with a posit
Synthesis and biological investigation of (+)-3-hydroxymethylartemisinin (Publications)
Herein, we describe a biomimetic entry to (+)-3-hydroxymethylartemisinin (2) as well as to the artemisinin derivatives (+)-3-hydroxymethyl-9-desmethylartemisinin (16) and (+)-3-hydroxymethyl-9-epi-art
Exposure to moderate air pollution and associations with lung function at school-age: a birth cohort study (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Adverse effects of higher air pollution levels before and after birth on subsequent lung function are often reported in the literature. We assessed whether low-to-moderate levels of air po
Depression and anxiety symptoms in cardiac patients: a cross-sectional hospital-based study in a Palestinian population (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Mental health problems have an adverse effect on the course of cardiac disease. The integration of their diagnosis and treatment into cardiology care is generally poor. It is particularly
Molecular characterization and distribution of <em>Schistosoma</em> cercariae collected from naturally infected bulinid snails in northern and central... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Accurate identification of schistosome species infecting intermediate host snails is important for understanding parasite transmission, schistosomiasis control and elimination. Cercariae e
Hospital outbreak due to <em>Clostridium difficile</em> ribotype 018 (RT018) in Southern Germany (Publications)
Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile is the main cause of nosocomial diarrhoea. Ribotype 018 (RT018) has been recognized as the predominant strain responsible for C. difficile infection (CDI) in Ita
Case report: two cases of cholangiocarcinoma in patients with <em>Opisthorchis felineus</em> infection in Western Siberia, Russian Federation (Publications)
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a cancer with high mortality owing to its aggressiveness and resistance to therapy. The liver flukes of the Opisthorchiidae family have been recognized as risk factors of C
Safety and immunogenicity of tetanus/diphtheria vaccination in patients with rheumatic diseases - a prospective multi-centre cohort study (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess the safety and immunogenicity of a diphtheria/tetanus vaccine booster dose in three different patient groups with rheumatic diseases on a variety of immunosuppressive/im