Case report: Molecular diagnosis of subcutaneous <em>Spirometra erinaceieuropaei</em> sparganosis in a Japanese immigrant (Publications)
We report a case of subcutaneous sparganosis in a 68-year-old female Japanese immigrant in Germany. The patient complained of a painless erythema caudal of the umbilicus with a palpable subcutaneous c
Molecular detection of spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks from Cameroon (Publications)
In western and eastern Africa, rickettsioses are one cause of fever in humans. Little is known regarding the presence of Rickettsia sp. in northern Cameroon. The present work was conducted in order to
<em>Candidatus</em> Dirofilaria hongkongensis as causative agent of human ocular filariosis after travel to India (Publications)
We report a human case of ocular Dirofilaria infection in a traveler returning to Austria from India. Analysis of mitochondrial sequences identified the worm as Candidatus Dirofilaria hongkongensis, a
Prospective European-wide multicentre study on a blood based real-time PCR for the diagnosis of acute schistosomiasis (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Acute schistosomiasis constitutes a rare but serious condition in individuals experiencing their first prepatent Schistosoma infection. To circumvent costly and time-consuming diagnostics,
Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis caused by <em>Ancylostoma</em> hookworm (Publications)
Diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis is an ocular infectious disease caused by several distinct nematodes. Definite identification of the involved nematodes is rarely achieved. We report on the
<em>Chlamydia pneumoniae</em> in an ex vivo human artery culture model (Publications)
The role of the obligate intracellular pathogen Chlamydia pneumoniae in the development of atherosclerosis could not be completely clarified. Reasons are the highly discrepant results obtained in the
Improving methods for analysing anti-malarial drug efficacy trials: molecular correction based on length-polymorphic markers <em>msp</em>-1,... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Drug efficacy trials monitor the continued efficacy of front-line drugs against falciparum malaria. Over-estimates of efficacy result in a country retaining a failing drug as first-line tr
Second WIN International Conference on "Integrated approaches and innovative tools for combating insecticide resistance in vectors of arboviruses",... (Publications)
The past 40 years have seen a dramatic emergence of epidemic arboviral diseases transmitted primarily by mosquitoes. The frequency and magnitude of the epidemics, especially those transmitted by urban
An unusually broad series of seven cyclombandakamines, bridged dimeric naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids from the Congolese liana <em>Ancistrocladus... (Publications)
A series of seven unusual dimeric naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids was isolated from the leaves of the tropical liana Ancistrocladus ealaensis J. Leonard, named cyclombandakamine A (1), 1-epi-cyclomband
