The epidemiology of chronic kidney disease and the association with non-communicable and communicable disorders in a population of sub-Saharan Africa (Publications)
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), epidemiological data for chronic kidney disease (CKD) are scarce. We conducted a prospective cross-sectional study including 952 patients in an outpatient clinic in Tanzan
Association of riverine prawns and intermediate host snails and correlation with human schistosomiasis in two river systems in south-eastern Côte... (Publications)
The current emphasis of schistosomiasis control is placed on preventive chemotherapy using praziquantel. However, reinfection may occur rapidly in the absence of complementary interventions. Recent st
Estimation of disability weight for paragonimiasis: a systematic analysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Paragonimiasis, caused by helminths of the genus Paragonimus spp., is a neglected tropical disease. Human suffering from paragonimiasis is often misunderstood and its quantification by the
Changes in serum creatinine concentration and acute kidney injury (aki) grade in dogs treated with hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 from 2013 to 2015 (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Hydroxyethyl starch (HES) solutions may cause acute kidney injury (AKI) in humans. OBJECTIVE: To compare AKI grades in 94 dogs exposed and 90 dogs that were unexposed to 6% HES-130/0.4. AN
Complementary quantitative structure(-)activity relationship models for the antitrypanosomal activity of sesquiterpene lactones (Publications)
Three complementary quantitative structure(-)activity relationship (QSAR) methodologies, namely, regression modeling based on (i) "classical" molecular descriptors, (ii) 3D pharmacophore features, and
Spatio-temporal population genetic structure, relative to demographic and ecological characteristics, in the freshwater snail <em>Biomphalaria... (Publications)
Combining the analysis of spatial and temporal variation when investigating population structure enhances our capacity for unravelling the biotic and abiotic factors responsible for microevolutionary