Researchers study Chagas disease—aim to prevent transmission
EU funding has supported a major initiative designed to promote research collaboration to support control programmes for Chagas disease in central and southern America.
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Oct 04, 2012 |
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Scientists have discovered how mosquitoes develop viral immunity
(Medical Xpress)—Published online in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the team from CSIRO's Australian Animal Health Laboratory, in Geelong, have shown Vago, a prote ...
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Oct 03, 2012 |
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Mosquito virus could lead to new vaccines and drugs
A mosquito sample collected three decades ago in Israel's Negev Desert has yielded an unexpected discovery: a previously unknown virus that's closely related to some of the world's most dangerous mosquito-borne pathogens ...
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Sep 21, 2012 |
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Researchers call for early diagnosis of flesh-eating infections
Dr. Russell Russo, an Orthopedic Surgeon at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and other researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index of suspicion for necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial ...
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Sep 17, 2012 |
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7-year-old Colo. girl recovers from bubonic plague
(AP)—The parents of 7-year-old Sierra Jane Downing thought she had the flu when she felt sick days after camping in southwest Colorado.
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Sep 05, 2012 |
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West Nile outbreak—more questions than answers
The weather may not be the only culprit behind the country's worst outbreak of West Nile virus. Public health researchers are investigating whether the virus itself has changed.
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Aug 27, 2012 |
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Precautions against West Nile virus recommended
"Fight the bite!" was the advice Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby gave to Rice students, faculty and staff in an email Wednesday about precautions against the West Nile virus.
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Aug 24, 2012 |
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Precautions against West Nile virus recommended
"Fight the bite!" was the advice Vice President for Administration Kevin Kirby gave to Rice students, faculty and staff in an email Wednesday about precautions against the West Nile virus.
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Aug 24, 2012 |
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Texas outbreak of West Nile virus prompts aerial spraying
Aircraft have begun spraying pesticide over parts of Dallas, Texas to combat an outbreak of mosquito-borne West Nile Virus blamed for 17 deaths this year, authorities said Friday.
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Aug 17, 2012 |
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West Nile virus kills 17 in Texas, sickens hundreds
The US state of Texas is battling an outbreak of the West Nile virus, with 17 deaths being blamed on the mosquito-borne disease, authorities said Wednesday.
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Aug 15, 2012 |
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West Nile virus on the rise in US: CDC
(HealthDay) -- With 241 cases of West Nile virus and four related deaths reported so far this year, the United States is experiencing the biggest spike in the mosquito-borne illness since 2004, health officials ...
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Aug 02, 2012 |
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Brazil to breed GM mosquitoes to combat dengue
Brazil said Monday it will breed huge numbers of genetically modified mosquitoes to help stop the spread of dengue fever, an illness that has already struck nearly 500,000 people this year nationwide.
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Jul 10, 2012 |
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Discovery may lead to targeted heart disease treatments
University of Guelph researchers have found the location and effect of abnormal heart proteins that can cause cardiac failure, a discovery that points to potential new ways to treat the most costly health problem in the world.
Cardiology
May 08, 2012 |
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Little evidence that insect bite remedies work
There is little evidence that over the counter remedies for simple insect bites actually work, and in most cases, no treatment at all will suffice, concludes an evidence review in the April Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). ...
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Apr 11, 2012 |
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Pesticides may be linked to slightly smaller babies, shorter pregnancies
(HealthDay) -- Exposure to a type of pesticide commonly used on crops eaten by U.S. consumers is linked to shorter pregnancies and smaller babies, new research says.
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