Publications

[digestive parasitic diseases in young children in a tropical outpatient setting].	parasites were looked for in stools of infants aged 6 months to 3 years living in a village in the south of togo. these children were enrolled in a nutritional surveillance program. 42.5% of children harboured at least one parasite and 12.1% had more than one parasite: the most common parasites found included giardia (21%), ancylostoma (13%), and ascaris (12.5%). infection with a single parasite and infection with several parasites were observed from the age of nine months and 18 months, respect ...	1990	2291596
antibody and cytokine responses in dracunculus medinensis patients at distinct states of infection.	dracunculiasis is a promising candidate for eradication, but transmission of dracunculus medinensis and recrudescence of the disease have been observed repeatedly. in the present investigation, the d. medinensis-specific cellular cytokine response profiles and the parasite-specific antibody subclass reactivity were evaluated in dracunculiasis patients at distinct states of infection. analysis of the cellular cytokine response in dracunculiasis patients disclosed a d. medinensis antigen-specific ...	2008	18258273