There has been particular confusion concerning two aspects of the psychopathology of
bulimia nervosa: dissatisfaction with body shape and overvalued ideas about shape and�…

BACKGROUND: Family history studies in adults reveal strong familiality for the anxiety
disorders with some specificity. The aim of the current study was to establish whether there�…

Blastocystis is a cosmopolitan enteric protist colonizing probably more than 1 billion people.
This protozoan exhibits genetic diversity and is subdivided into subtypes (STs). The aim of�…

Helminth infections have been associated with protection against allergy and autoimmune
diseases. We investigated the effects of chronic infections with Ascaris lumbricoides and�…

Context Early pulmonary infection in children with cystic fibrosis leads to increased morbidity
and mortality. Despite wide use of oropharyngeal cultures to identify pulmonary infection�…

An examination was made of changes over the period 1967–1987 in the physical features of
the female fashion models recruited by one agency. A significant increase in height and�…

Asthma has emerged as an important public health problem in many Latin American
countries over the past decade. In Brazil and Costa Rica, the prevalence of asthma and�…

Trichuriasis and ascariasis are neglected tropical diseases caused by the gastrointestinal
dwelling nematodes Trichuris trichiura (a whipworm) and Ascaris lumbricoides (a�…

Implementing Sustainable Development focuses on the challenge of turning international
commitments and policy promises into action. Using examples and cases from around the�…

Because concurrent infections with geohelminth parasites might impair the immune
response to oral vaccines, we studied the vibriocidal antibody response to the oral cholera�…