A new study led by Luísa Figueiredo, group leader at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM; Portugal), and published in Nature Microbiology found a new strategy by the host to cope with Trypanosoma ...
Oct 12, 2023
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The prevalence of malaria infections among migrants from sub-Saharan Africa is considerably high (8%), while Asian and Latin American migrants have a much lower prevalence, according to a study by the Barcelona Institute ...
Oct 11, 2023
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The World Health Organization authorized a second malaria vaccine on Monday, a decision that could offer countries a cheaper and a more readily available option than the world's first shot against the parasitic disease.
Oct 2, 2023
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Brown rats found and analyzed near Atlanta now carry rat lungworm, researchers report.
Sep 21, 2023
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New research from Tulane University may shed light on how parasite strain diversity can impact Chagas disease progression and severity.
Sep 5, 2023
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Schistosomiasis, a parasitic disease affecting millions worldwide, poses a significant public health and economic burden, particularly in impoverished regions. To combat this disease and achieve World Health Organization ...
Aug 7, 2023
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A world-first human trial at James Cook University using live hookworms to combat diseases such as type 2 diabetes has proven successful—sparking interest in staging a larger-scale international trial.
Aug 2, 2023
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Anemia affected nearly 2 billion people in 2021, impacting women to a greater degree than men. In a new study covering three decades of global anemia data (1990–2021), a complex picture emerges of how several key factors ...
Jul 31, 2023
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The United States now has had eight reported cases of malaria, seven of them in Florida, state health officials reported Tuesday.
Jul 19, 2023
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A high percentage of people from Latin America are infected with the parasite that causes Chagas disease. This is the conclusion of an analysis of nearly 3,000 people from countries where the disease is endemic and who attended ...
Jul 13, 2023
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