Study discloses new test for river blindness infection
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a telltale molecular marker for Onchocerciasis or "river blindness," a parasitic infection that affects tens of millions of people in Africa, ...
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Feb 25, 2013 |
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Scientists reveal how river blindness worm thrives
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have found that the worm which causes River Blindness survives by using a bacterium to provide energy, as well as help 'trick' the body's immune system into thinking it is fighting ...
Genetics
Aug 22, 2012 |
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NIH study sheds light on role of climate in influenza transmission
Two types of environmental conditions—cold-dry and humid-rainy—are associated with seasonal influenza epidemics, according to an epidemiological study led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty ...
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Mar 07, 2013 |
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Researchers discover how the deadly malaria parasite evades the immune system, make progress toward developing a cure
(Medical Xpress)—More than a million people die each year of malaria caused by different strains of the Plasmodium parasite transmitted by the Anopheles mosquito. The medical world has yet to find an effective ...
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Dec 03, 2012 |
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Why is the flu more common during the winter season?
(Medical Xpress)—Influenza, commonly known as the flu, has distinct transmission patterns around the world. In temperate regions, influenza's occurrence peaks during the winter season, while in some tropical regions, the ...
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Dec 13, 2012 |
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IBD travelers are not at higher risk of contracting intestinal infections
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) travelers have an increased risk of illness during trips to industrialized countries, but not to developing or tropical regions, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and He ...
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Jan 25, 2012 |
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Yellow fever kills 32 in Sudan's Darfur: ministry
Mosquito-born yellow fever has killed 32 people in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region this month, the health ministry said in a statement obtained by AFP on Wednesday.
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Nov 01, 2012 |
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Millions to get yellow fever shots in outbreak-hit Darfur
More than two million people in Sudan's Darfur region will be vaccinated against a rare yellow fever outbreak suspected of killing 107 people since late September, health officials said on Tuesday.
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Nov 13, 2012 |
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Darfur yellow fever deaths double to 67: UN agency
The number of people believed to have died from mosquito-borne yellow fever in Sudan's conflict-plagued Darfur region has doubled to 67, health officials said on Tuesday.
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Nov 06, 2012 |
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Yellow fever shots begin in Sudan's Darfur
Health workers in Sudan's Darfur region have begun vaccinating more than two million people against a rare yellow fever outbreak suspected of killing 124 since late September, medics said on Thursday.
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Nov 22, 2012 |
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Darfur's yellow fever shows 'no sign of stopping'
A rare outbreak of mosquito-borne yellow fever which has killed 165 people in Sudan's Darfur region in the past three months continues to spread, the UN warned on Thursday.
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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