Recombinant expression of trypanosome surface glycoproteins in <em>Pichia pastoris</em> for the diagnosis of <em>Trypanosoma evansi</em> infection (Publications)
Serodiagnosis of surra, which causes vast economic losses in livestock, is still based on native antigens purified from bloodstream form Trypanosoma (T.) evansi grown in rodents. To avoid the use of l
Mould and dampness in dwelling places, and onset of asthma: the population-based cohort ECRHS (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: To study new onset of adult asthma in relation to dampness and moulds in dwelling places. METHODS: Totally, 7104 young adults from 13 countries who participated in the European Community R
Chronic burden of near-roadway traffic pollution in 10 European cities (APHEKOM network) (Publications)
Recent epidemiological research suggests that near road traffic-related pollution may cause chronic disease, as well as exacerbate related pathologies, implying that the entire "chronic disease progre
Genetic diversity in <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> (Publications)
Recent years have witnessed an increased appreciation of the extent and relevance of strain-to-strain variation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This paradigm shift can largely be attributed to an impro
Evaluation of land use regression models for NO2 and particulate matter in 20 European study areas: the ESCAPE project (Publications)
Land use regression models (LUR) frequently use leave-one-out-cross-validation (LOOCV) to assess model fit, but recent studies suggested that this may overestimate predictive ability in independent da
Role of highway traffic on spatial and temporal distributions of air pollutants in a Swiss alpine valley (Publications)
Traffic-related air pollutants show high spatial variability near roads, posing a challenge to adequately assess exposures. Recent modeling approaches (e.g. dispersion models, land-use regression (LUR
Inhibitors of adenosine consuming parasites through polymer-assisted N-acylation of N6-substituted 5'-amino-5'-deoxyadenosines (Publications)
A series of 30 adenosine derivatives with three different substituents at the N(6)-position were prepared in order to evaluate their potential to inhibit the pathogenic protozoa Plasmodium falciparum