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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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Actigraphy in Human African Trypanosomiasis as a Tool for Objective Clinical Evaluation and Monitoring: A Pilot Study
Posted on February 22, 2012 | No Commentsby Alfred K. Njamnshi, Paul F. Seke Etet, Stephen Perrig, Alphonse Acho, Julius Y. Funsah, Dieudonné Mumba, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Krister Kristensson, Marina Bentivoglio Background Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) or sleeping... -
An Encapsulated Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Is a Highly Efficient Vaccine against Pneumonic Plague
Posted on February 18, 2012 | No Commentsby Anne Derbise, Alba Cerdà Marín, Patrick Ave, Thierry Blisnick, Michel Huerre, Elisabeth Carniel, Christian E. Demeure Background Plague is still a public health problem in the world and is... -
New model accurately predicts who will develop deadly form of dengue fever
Posted on February 18, 2012 | No CommentsProtein biomarkers allow early detection and could greatly reduce mortality Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have developed the first accurate predictive model to differentiate between dengue fever... -
Global Distribution of Outbreaks of Water-Associated Infectious Diseases
Posted on February 16, 2012 | No Commentsby Kun Yang, Jeffrey LeJeune, Doug Alsdorf, Bo Lu, C. K. Shum, Song Liang Background Water plays an important role in the transmission of many infectious diseases, which pose a... -
Trojan horse bacteria use nanobodies to conquer sleeping sickness
Posted on February 15, 2012 | No CommentsSleeping sickness, caused by the trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei, is transmitted to humans (and animals) via the bite of the tsetse fly. New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Microbial Cell... -
Potential new treatment identified for leishmaniasis
Posted on February 2, 2012 | No CommentsResearchers at the University of Dundee have identified fexinidazole as a possible, much-needed, new treatment for the parasitic disease visceral leishmaniasis. -
A “Genome-to-Lead” Approach for Insecticide Discovery: Pharmacological Characterization and Screening of Aedes aegypti D1-like Dopamine Receptors
Posted on January 30, 2012 | No Commentsby Jason M. Meyer, Karin F. K. Ejendal, Larisa V. Avramova, Elisabeth E. Garland-Kuntz, Gloria I. Giraldo-Calderón, Tarsis F. Brust, Val J. Watts, Catherine A. Hill Background Many neglected tropical... -
Identification of Proteins in Promastigote and Amastigote-like Leishmania Using an Immunoproteomic Approach
Posted on January 23, 2012 | No Commentsby Vinicio T. S. Coelho, Jamil S. Oliveira, Diogo G. Valadares, Miguel A. Chávez-Fumagalli, Mariana C. Duarte, Paula S. Lage, Manuel Soto, Marcelo M. Santoro, Carlos A. P. Tavares, Ana... -
A Multicenter Evaluation of Diagnostic Tools to Define Endpoints for Programs to Eliminate Bancroftian Filariasis
Posted on January 23, 2012 | No Commentsby Katherine Gass, Madsen V. E. Beau de Rochars, Daniel Boakye, Mark Bradley, Peter U. Fischer, John Gyapong, Makoto Itoh, Nese Ituaso-Conway, Hayley Joseph, Dominique Kyelem, Sandra J. Laney, Anne-Marie... -
A Semantic Problem Solving Environment for Integrative Parasite Research: Identification of Intervention Targets for Trypanosoma cruzi
Posted on January 23, 2012 | No Commentsby Priti P. Parikh, Todd A. Minning, Vinh Nguyen, Sarasi Lalithsena, Amir H. Asiaee, Satya S. Sahoo, Prashant Doshi, Rick Tarleton, Amit P. Sheth Background Research on the biology of...
