Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC targets five parasitic infections
(HealthDay)—Five types of parasitic infections have just been labeled priorities for public health action by U.S. health officials.
May 8, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC research finds West Nile virus hospitalizations cost nearly $800 million in US since 1999
In a study of the economic impact of West Nile virus (WNV) in the United States, a research team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in the 14 years since the virus was first detected in ...
Feb 10, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rodents provide clues as to causes of human illness in African slums
One in five rodents in a Kenyan slum carries a disease that causes fever and illness in humans, a study has found.
Oct 16, 2013
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Scientist researches parasite that he removed from his own body
Early one morning in December, Jon Allen had decided that enough was enough. He was up anyway, having taken his young son back to bed after a trip to the bathroom. Allen returned to the bathroom with a pair of #5 super-fine-tip ...
Oct 2, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists prove ticks harbor Heartland virus, a recently discovered disease in the United States
Scientists have for the first time traced a novel virus that infected two men from northwestern Missouri in 2009 to populations of ticks in the region, providing confirmation that lone star ticks are carrying the recently ...
Jul 22, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New test better detects elephantiasis worm infection
A new diagnostic test for a worm infection that can lead to severe enlargement and deformities of the legs and genitals is far more sensitive than the currently used test, according to results of a field study in Liberia, ...
May 20, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists report injectable formulation of malaria parasites achieve controlled infection
In a breakthrough that could accelerate malaria vaccine and drug development, scientists announced today that, for the first time ever, human volunteers were infected with malaria via a simple injection of cryopreserved sterile ...
Nov 13, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chloroquine makes comeback to combat malaria
Malaria-drug monitoring over the past 30 years has shown that malaria parasites develop resistance to medicine, and the first signs of resistance to the newest drugs have just been observed. At the same time, resistance monitoring ...
Oct 3, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study finds snakes in the wild harbor deadly mosquito-borne EEEV virus through hibernation
Snakes in the wild serve as hosts for the deadly mosquito-borne Eastern equine encephalomyelitis Virus (EEEV), possibly acting as a "bridge" to the next season, according to researchers studying endemic areas in the Tuskegee ...
Oct 1, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study finds strong evidence of humans surviving rabies bites without treatment
Challenging conventional wisdom that rabies infections are 100 percent fatal unless immediately treated, scientists studying remote populations in the Peruvian Amazon at risk of rabies from vampire bats found 11 percent of ...
Aug 1, 2012
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