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Disease Outbreaks- Avian influenza – situation in Egypt – updateThe Ministry of Health and Population of Egypt has notified WHO of a new case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. […]
- Avian influenza – situation in Indonesia – updateThe Ministry of Health of Indonesia has announced one new confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus. […]
- Avian influenza – situation in Viet Nam - updateThe Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced a confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus. […]
- Yellow fever in CameroonIn December 2011, the Ministry of Health of Cameroon notified WHO of a yellow fever outbreak in the North Region of the country. […]
- Yellow fever in GhanaOn 20 December 2011, the Ministry of Health of Ghana notified WHO of a yellow fever (YF) outbreak occurring in 3 districts; Builsa and Kassena-Nankana-West in the Upper East Region and Kitampo-South in the Brong Ahafo Region located in the mid-western part of the country. […]
- Avian influenza – situation in Egypt – update
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1 step closer to blocking the transmission of malaria
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsPioneering MMV research published in PLoS Medicine compares the activity of antimalarial medicines at every step of the parasite’s life cycle MMV and partners have completed the first-ever comparative analysis... -
Delivery of child-friendly antimalarial hits the 100 million mark
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsCoartem Dispersible is now being distributed in 39 countries One hundred million treatments of Coartem® Dispersible (artemether-lumefantrine), an antimalarial developed especially for children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria, have been delivered... -
Zapping mosquito bites
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No CommentsNPL characterizes a medical device that uses a small electric current to relieve the pain of insect bites NPL worked with Ecobrands Ltd to characterise their Zap-It! product, which uses... -
Malaria parasite goes bananas before sex: New study
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No CommentsNew research from the University of Melbourne shows how the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) changes into a banana shape before sexual reproduction, a finding that could provide targets for vaccine... -
Malaria morbidity and pyrethroid resistance after the introduction of insecticide-treated bednets and artemisinin-based combination therapies: a longitudinal study
Posted on February 7, 2012 | No CommentsJean-François Trape, Adama Tall, Nafissatou Diagne, Ousmane Ndiath, Alioune B Ly, Joseph Faye, Fambaye Dieye-Ba, Clémentine Roucher, Charles Bouganali, Abdoulaye Badiane, Fatoumata Diene Sarr, Catherine Mazenot, Aïssatou Touré-Baldé, Didier Raoult,... -
3D structure and immunogenicity of Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite induced associated protein peptides as components of fully-protective anti-malarial vaccine
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsMartha P Alba, Hannia Almonacid, Dayana Calderón, Edgar A Chacón, Luis A Poloche, Manuel A Patarroyo, Manuel E Patarroyo SIAP-1 and SIAP-2 are proteins which are implicated in early events... -
In vitro antiplasmodial activity of indole alkaloids from the stem bark of Geissospermum vellosii
Posted on February 6, 2012 | No CommentsFlaubert Mbeunkui, Mary H Grace, Carmen Lategan, Peter J Smith, Ilya Raskin, Mary Ann Lila Ethnopharmacological relevance The stem bark of Geissospermum vellosii has been traditionally used by the native... -
Malaria kills nearly twice as many people than previously thought, but deaths declining rapidly
Posted on February 3, 2012 | No CommentsDespite assumptions that mainly young children die from the disease, 42 percent of 1.2 million deaths occur in older children and adults; anti-malaria drugs and insecticide-treated bed nets are driving... -
Visual and olfactory associative learning in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No CommentsBackground: Memory and learning are critical aspects of the ecology of insect vectors of human pathogens because of their potential effects on contacts between vectors and their hosts. Despite this... -
Comparative evaluation of systemic drugs for their effects against Anopheles gambiae
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No CommentsMatthew P Butters, Kevin C Kobylinski, Kelsey M Deus, Ines Marques da Silva, Meg Gray, Massamba Sylla, Brian D Foy Laboratory and field studies have shown that ivermectin, a drug...
