The influence of sensitisation to pollens and moulds on seasonal variations in asthma attacks (Publications)
No large study has described seasonal variation in asthma attacks in population based asthmatics in whom sensitisation to allergen has been measured.2,637 young adults with asthma living in 15 countri
Synthetic ozonide drug candidate OZ439 offers new hope for a single-dose cure of uncomplicated malaria (Publications)
Ozonide OZ439 is a synthetic peroxide antimalarial drug candidate designed to provide a single-dose oral cure in humans. OZ439 has successfully completed Phase I clinical trials, where it was shown to
Bone response to loaded implants with non-matching implant-abutment diameters in the canine mandible (Publications)
Background: One way to evaluate various implant restorations is to measure the amount of bone change that occurs at the crestal bone. The objective of this study was to histologically evaluate the alv
What defines airflow obstruction in asthma? (Publications)
Asthma guidelines from the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute provide conflicting definitions of airflow obstruction, suggesting a fixed forced
The global burden of disease due to outdoor air pollution (Publications)
As part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Comparative Risk Assessment, the burden of disease attributable to urban ambient air pollution was estimated in terms of deaths
Determining important parameters in the spread of malaria through the sensitivity analysis of a mathematical model (Publications)
We perform sensitivity analyses on a mathematical model of malaria transmission to determine the relative importance of model parameters to disease transmission and prevalence. We compile two sets of