Kenya cholera outbreak kills five: health official
Kenya's government urged vigilance on Wednesday as it tackles a cholera outbreak that has killed at least five people, a health ministry official said.
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Eukaryota: News and Research on Leishmania
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Potent compound derived from Brazilian plant offers hope for neglected disease
A compound derived from Nectandra leucantha, a tree native to southern Brazil (local names: canela-seca or canela-branca), has the potential to be used to treat visceral leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease associated ...
Jan 7, 2025
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Leishmania strain in Brazil shows resistance to key drugs
Researchers in Brazil who analyzed samples from a 46-year-old patient in the Northeast state of Maranhão found an amphotericin B-resistant strain of the parasite Leishmania amazonensis circulating for the first time in the ...
Aug 15, 2024
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Harnessing the power of a parasite that can stop pain
For the first time, scientists have begun to figure out why the disfiguring skin lesions caused by cutaneous leishmaniasis don't hurt.
Nov 30, 2023
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Test detects co-infection by novel species of parasite in severe cases of visceral leishmaniasis
In recent years, physicians and scientists in parts of Brazil where visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic have seen rising numbers of cases of co-infection by Leishmania infantum and Crithidia, also a protozoan but hitherto ...
Nov 2, 2023
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Texas sand fly may carry parasites that cause disfiguring skin disease, study says
A tropical disease once seen almost exclusively in returning travelers is now being detected in Texas and the South in people with no international travel history—caused by a parasite strain that's different from the imported ...
Oct 24, 2023
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New study provides 'genetic fingerprint' indicating disease spread by sand flies may be on the rise in US
Scientists have new evidence that a tropical disease once seen almost exclusively in returning travelers is now being detected in the United States in people with no international travel history—and caused by a Leishmania ...
Oct 19, 2023
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Digging deeper into how vaccines work against parasitic disease
Scientists have established the effectiveness of vaccines they developed to prevent the disfiguring skin disease leishmaniasis in animal studies, and Phase 1 human trial planning is in motion for the most promising candidate.
Aug 31, 2023
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Co-infection by novel species of parasite is confirmed in visceral leishmaniasis patient
The first case of concomitant visceral leishmaniasis and non-ulcerated cutaneous leishmaniasis in the same patient has been reported recently by researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in São Paulo state, ...
Aug 8, 2023
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Researchers discover how an infectious parasite uses immune cells as a Trojan Horse
University of Calgary researchers have discovered how Leishmania parasites hide within the body to cause Leishmaniasis. The tiny parasites are carried by infected sand flies. Considered a tropical disease, 1 to 2 million ...
Jun 26, 2023
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