Anders Björkman

Principles of brain plasticity in improving sensorimotor function of the knee and leg in healthy subjects: A double-blind randomized exploratory trial (2009)

Ageberg, Eva, Björkman, Anders, Rosén, Birgitta, Lundborg, Göran, Roos, Ewa M

Abstract Background Principles of brain plasticity is used in the treatment of patients with functional limitations to improve sensorimotor function. Training is included in the treatment of knee...

Willingness and ability to pay for artemisinin-based combination therapy in rural Tanzania (2008)

Saulo, Eleonor C, Forsberg, Birger C, Premji, Zul, Montgomery, Scott M, Björkman, Anders

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to analyse willingness to pay (WTP) and ability to pay (ATP) for ACT for children below five years of age in a rural setting in Tanzania before the...

Architecture for a remote diagnosis system used in heavy-duty vehicles (2008)

Björkman, Anders

The diagnosis system of a Scania vehicle is an indispensable tool for workshop personnel and engineers in their work. Today Scania has a system for fetching diagnostic information from field test...

Architecture for a remote diagnosis system used in heavy-duty vehicles (2008)

Björkman, Anders

The diagnosis system of a Scania vehicle is an indispensable tool for workshop personnel and engineers in their work. Today Scania has a system for fetching diagnostic information from field test...

Impact of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy and Insecticide-Treated Nets on Malaria Burden in Zanzibar (2007)

Achuyt Bhattarai, Abdullah S. Ali, S. Patrick Kachur, Andreas Mårtensson, Ali K. Abbas, Rashid Khatib, ...

BackgroundThe Roll Back Malaria strategy recommends a combination of interventions for malaria control. Zanzibar implemented artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for uncomplicated malaria in...

Development and validation of an automated solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatographic method for determination of lumefantrine in capillary blood on sampling paper. (2007)

Blessborn, Daniel, Römsing, Susanne, Annerberg, Anna, Sundquist, Daniel, Björkman, Anders, Lindegårdh, Niklas, ...

A bioanalytical method for the determination of lumefantrine in 100 µl blood applied onto sampling paper, by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography, has been developed and validated....

Determination of Lumefantrine after Capillary Sampling onto Sampling Paper (2007)

Blessborn, Daniel, Römsing, Susanne, Annerberg, Anna, Sundquist, Daniel, Björkman, Anders, Lindegårdh, Niklas, ...

The antimalarial lumefantrine was first synthesised and registered in China and is now commercially available as a coformulated product together with artemether (Coartem®/Riamet®). This combination...

Brain plasticity and hand function (2005)

Björkman, Anders

The aim of this thesis was to investigate the effects of cortical reorganisational changes following experimental deafferentation and peripheral nerve injury and apply the concept of brain plasticity...

Endophilic Anopheles Mosquitoes in Guinea Bissau, West Africa, in Relation to Human Housing Conditions (2004)

Katinka Pålsson, Francisco Dias, Ane T. Laugen, Anders Björkman

Environmental risk factors associated with increased malaria mosquito (Anopheles) abundance indoors were studied in a suburban area, Antula, of Guinea Bissau, during the rainy seasons of 1993–1995....

Identification of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis Gene Sequences in Filtered Air in Hospital Environments

Olsson, Mats, Lidman, Christer, Latouche, Sophie, Björkman, Anders, Roux, Patricia, Linder, Ewert, ...

To evaluate the risk of a nosocomial spread of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis (P. carinii hominis), air filter samples from rooms of P. carinii pneumonia (PCP) patients, adjacent corridors, and...

Risk of Development of In Vitro Resistance to Amoxicillin, Clarithromycin, and Metronidazole in Helicobacter pylori

Sörberg, Mikael, Hanberger, Håkan, Nilsson, Maud, Björkman, Anders, Nilsson, Lennart E.

We have studied initial killing, morphological alterations, the frequency of occurrence, and the selective growth of resistant subpopulations of Helicobacter pylori during exposure to amoxicillin,...

Identification of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis Gene Sequences in Filtered Air in Hospital Environments

Olsson, Mats, Lidman, Christer, Latouche, Sophie, Björkman, Anders, Roux, Patricia, Linder, Ewert, ...

To evaluate the risk of a nosocomial spread of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis (P. carinii hominis), air filter samples from rooms of P. carinii pneumonia (PCP) patients, adjacent corridors, and...

Risk of Development of In Vitro Resistance to Amoxicillin, Clarithromycin, and Metronidazole in Helicobacter pylori

Sörberg, Mikael, Hanberger, Håkan, Nilsson, Maud, Björkman, Anders, Nilsson, Lennart E.

We have studied initial killing, morphological alterations, the frequency of occurrence, and the selective growth of resistant subpopulations of Helicobacter pylori during exposure to amoxicillin,...

Independent Evolution of Pyrimethamine Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Isolates in Melanesia▿

Mita, Toshihiro, Tanabe, Kazuyuki, Takahashi, Nobuyuki, Tsukahara, Takahiro, Eto, Hideaki, Dysoley, Lek, ...

Pyrimethamine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum has previously been shown to have emerged once in Southeast Asia, from where it spread to Africa. Pyrimethamine resistance in this parasite is known...

Impact of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy and Insecticide-Treated Nets on Malaria Burden in Zanzibar

Bhattarai, Achuyt, Ali, Abdullah S, Kachur, S. Patrick, Mårtensson, Andreas, Abbas, Ali K, Khatib, Rashid, ...

Zanzibar has implemented artemisinin-based combination therapy for uncomplicated malaria, plus long-lasting insecticidal nets. Achuyt Bhattarai and colleagues found malaria morbidity and mortality...

Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum infection by spot hybridization assay: specificity, sensitivity, and field applicability

Holmberg, Martin, Björkman, Anders, Franzén, Lena, Åslund, Lena, Lebbad, Marianne, Pettersson, Ulf, ...

The spot hybridization assay for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum reported here uses as probe a repetitive DNA sequence from this species and exhibits a high degree of species specificity....