Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Tracking the movement of mosquito stowaways
Everyone knows mosquitoes can fly. Not everyone knows they fly in pressurised cabins 10,000 metres above the ocean.
Aug 5, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Grassroots dog vaccinations can help stop rabies, but not alone
In the US, dying from rabies is virtually unheard of. But around the world, rabies kills 59,000 people every year. Ninety-nine percent of those deaths are caused by dog bites; half of the people killed are children. There's ...
Jul 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study suggests a new approach to reducing spread of mosquito-borne diseases
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, another source of deadly and increasingly frequent disease outbreaks goes largely unnoticed by much of the world. Stanford researchers working in rural Kenya have identified the most ...
Jun 8, 2020
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Campylobacter infection major cause of child stunting
Gastrointestinal infection with Campylobacter plays a major role in the stunting of children in urban Bangladesh, say the authors of a new study.
Jun 5, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Learning about reporting in a public health emergency from Sierra Leone's Ebola outbreak
In public health emergencies—including the current COVID-19 pandemic—local media are important sources of information for the public. In a paper published this week in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, researchers have ...
May 21, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Elimination of human African trypanosomiasis within reach, study finds
Over the past twenty years, huge efforts by a broad coalition of stakeholders, coordinated by the World Health Organization have curbed the latest epidemic of human African trypanosomiasis, a lethal disease transmitted by ...
May 21, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Syphilis eludes immune attack by altering a single gene
The bacterium that causes syphilis, Treponema pallidum, likely uses a single gene to escape the immune system, research from UW Medicine in Seattle suggests.
Apr 24, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Novel Leptospira strain that can infect humans
Malaysian researchers have identified the two species of the Leptospira genus of bacteria responsible for most cases of leptospirosis in the country and discovered a new strain capable of infecting humans.
Apr 22, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hygienic housing key to eliminating visceral leishmaniasis
A new study conducted in Nepal highlights household hygiene as key to eliminating visceral leishmaniasis, a disfiguring and often fatal disease caused by the Leishmania donovani parasite that is transmitted by the bite of ...
Mar 30, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New study finds immune cells can defend against multiple viruses
An underlying virus does not stop the body's immune system from launching a strong defense against a second, newly introduced virus, according to a Yale-led study that appears in the March 9 online edition of the journal ...
Mar 20, 2020
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