Tuesday, May 28, 2013

The World Health Assembly (WHA) adopts resolution on all 17 neglected tropical diseases

Article from End The Neglect:
17 diseases, 1 resolution and a better future for more than 1.5 billion people

Article from the World Health Organization (WHO):
World Health Assembly adopts resolution on all 17 neglected tropical diseases

Article from Intellectual Property Watch:
World Health Assembly: IP Considerations Play Key Role In Final Outcomes

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Saturday, May 25, 2013

NTD's in the news this week (19 May - 25 May 2013)

Star of Mysore - May 25, 2013
District Health Officer Dr. S.M. Malegowda has sought cooperation from the citizens to prevent the spread of epidemics like dengue, malaria, brain fever, elephantiasis etc., and assured that the district administration too will take up several measures to prevent the diseases.

The Hindu - ‎May 25, 2013‎
In the aftermath of four suspected dengue deaths in Mysore district, Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha has set a five-day deadline for officials, including tahsildars, executive officers of urban local bodies (ULBs), and gram panchayat authorities, to take ...

The Hindu - ‎May 25, 2013‎
Along with intermittent rain, dengue cases have been showing a steep increase in the district in the past few days. Twenty-four confirmed cases were reported on Friday.

The Hindu - ‎May 25, 2013‎
The death of four children owing to suspected dengue in the span of 10 days in Mysore district has kept the health authorities on their toes.

Deccan Herald - ‎May 25, 2013‎
Victims are from fever hit D Salundi, surrou-nding villages. Panic grips D Salundi village on Mysore - Manandavadi road, as four children have already died due to Dengue fever and the number of suspected dengue cases are still on the rise. 

Times of India - ‎May 25, 2013‎
NAGPUR: If the blood platelet count of a person suffering from dengue were to dip below 45,000 along with bleeding, the cardiac functioning of the person is compromised, too.

Bellevision - May 25, 2013
The VBDs are a group of communicable diseases like Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Japanese Encephalitis (JE), Kala-azar and Lymphatic filariasis transmitted by mosquitoes and other vectors. 

The Times of Israel - May 25, 2013
IDF soldier in serious condition after viper snake bite. Young man, suffering from blood clotting complications, transferred by military helicopter to Jerusalem hospital for further treatment.

Doctors Without Borders - May 24, 2013
The area is a global hotspot for sleeping sickness, a disease transmitted by the tsetse fly that is fatal if it's not treated. Some 85 percent of all sleeping sickness cases are found in DRC, in fact. But the region is so difficult to reach that the ...

Telegraph.co.uk - May 24, 2013
While there he noticed many children were without shoes leaving them vulnerable to disease - particularly the soil-transmitted podoconiosis - and preventing them from getting to school or obtaining medical care. 

AllAfrica.com - May 24, 2013
Professor Mamman, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at a national conference on Trypanosomiasis and Onchocerciasis research, said the country will not be able to feed itself because diseases caused by tsetse and black flies are now threatening farmers and ...

Pattaya Mail - May 24, 2013
Public-health volunteer Nattanant Rojnapanitkul, 57, brought her husband Nattawat to meet the media May 17 in a bid for donations of cash and medical treatment. The 57-year-old Nattawat has suffered from elephantiasis since 2006 and has a 32cm mass in ...

The News International - May 24, 2013
PUNJAB Environment Secretary Sher Alam Mehsood has stressed the need for creating awareness among the people to root out the virus of dengue and measles. He said that every institution associated with public health would have to play due role in this ...

The News International - May 24, 2013
According to Provincial Focal Person for Dengue Surveillance Cell Sindh, total 141 dengue fever cases have been reported in Sindh province, out of them 133 in Karachi, while eight cases in rest of Sindh this year so for. 

Tempo - May 24, 2013
DUMAGUETE CITY - The Department of Health (DoH) 7 revealed yesterday an alarming figure that showed dengue cases in the entire Central Visayas have increased 99.5% in the first five months of this year. From January to May this year, the Regional ...

Campanha Nacional de Hanseníase em Sergipe é prorrogada (National Leprosy Campaign in Sergipe is extended)
Fax Aju - May 24, 2013
As Geohelmintíases, por sua vez, são grupos de doenças parasitárias causadas principalmente pelo Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuristrichiuria e Ancilostomídeos, verminoses adquiridas por água mal tratada, falta de saneamento básico, solo, etc. 

Deccan Herald - ‎May 24, 2013‎
More than 20 children have been admitted to various hospitals. Two children died of dengue in D Saalundi village of Mysore taluk, sparking fears of outbreak of the dreaded fever.

Pattaya Mail - ‎May 24, 2013‎
Re: Thailand's dengue patients reach 26,000; 33 deaths recorded this year (PM Sunday, 05 May 2013) - I just learned my wife is in the hospital with dengue fever. She lives just outside Pattaya in Pong. 

pharmabiz.com - ‎May 24, 2013‎
Establishment of dengue laboratory network programme with defined gene amplifications for understanding the genotypes, serotypes, strengthening regional laboratories for rapid and confirmatory diagnosis of suspected dengue cases, development of ...

PakistanToday.com.pk - ‎May 24, 2013‎
Dengue Surveillance Cell In-charge Dr Aamir Shakeel Mullick said on Friday that details of the dengue fever cases reported in the current year put the metropolis on top with 133 dengue fever positive cases, while eight cases were reported from other ...

MyrtleBeachOnline.com - May 23, 2013
MYRTLE BEACH — An Horry County man was bitten by a fox that tested positive for rabies, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. Post-exposure treatments are being administered to the man, a press release stated.
Pakistan Daily Times - ‎May 23, 2013
Jinnah Hospital terminates junior dengue staff. * 15 junior technicians fired without being given 15 months' salary. 

Pakistan Daily Times - ‎May 23, 2013
Five more dengue cases reported in Karachi. KARACHI: Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell on Wednesday said five more dengue viral fever cases were detected in Karachi from May 20 to 22, taking the number of cases to 135 this year. 

Pakistan Observer - ‎May 23, 2013
Speaking at a meeting of Dengue Response Committee presided over by Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal, he said, however, three confirmed patients of dengue were reported in the province during the last five months out of which two belonged to Faisalabad ...

Deccan Herald - ‎May 23, 2013
The high risk area in the district mainly comprises of migratory labourers among whom the malaria and dengue cases are high.

Philippine Information Agency - ‎May 23, 2013
With the increase of dengue cases, Sibal said that they are intensifying their surveillance and information drive on dengue prevention and control, especially the elimination of potential mosquito breeding sites in schools and in places of human ...

ABC Online - May 23, 2013
Kalaupapa used to be a leprosy settlement, after King Kamehameha V signed an act in 1865 to prevent the spread of the disease across Hawaii, authorising the forced isolation of those who showed symptoms. In January of the following year 12 men and ...

Sacramento Bee - May 23, 2013
These worms are needed to screen drugs to help eliminate onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Africa. Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) funds individuals worldwide to explore ideas that can break the mold in how we solve persistent global health and ...

Nigerian Tribune - May 23, 2013
Onchocerciasis, also referred to as river blindness, infects millions of individuals who live near fast-moving streams as well as rivers of sub-Saharan area of Africa. Believed to be the fourth leading cause of preventable blindness, 99 per cent of all ...

AME Info (press release) - May 22, 2013
Among health-related projects, The Leo Messi Foundation, founded by Messi in 2007, has helped fight Chagas disease, rehabilitate hospitals, and offer scholarships for training doctors. Working with Ooredoo will enable the Foundation to extend its work ...

Leadership Newspapers - May 22, 2013
The Gombe State Office of the Leprosy and Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme, said on Wednesday it has detected five new leprosy cases among children in the state. Dr Mustapha Musa, the Programme Manager said in an interview with the News Agency ...

Times of India - ‎May 22, 2013‎
KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to intensify its anti-dengue drive and awareness campaign after 16 cases of dengue have been reported so far from the city. On Wednesday, chief minister Mamata Banerjee held another ...

Radio Australia - ‎May 22, 2013‎
MCKEMEY: So we're a bio-tech company based in the UK and we've developed a system whereby we've genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitos, now these are mosquitos which transmit dengue. We've genetically modified them so that we can rear ...

Sun.Star - ‎May 22, 2013
DEPARTMENT of Health (DOH) officials warned Baguio City residents on the possible increase of dengue cases on rainy season.

PakistanToday.com.pk - ‎May 22, 2013
The health services director said that in lieu of the lessons learnt in 2011 and 2012, the health directorate had aligned its strategy with the latest requirements and practices which call for eradicating Dengue larva and eggs. Moreover, spraying and ...

GMA News - ‎May 22, 2013
At least six people in Iloilo have succumbed to dengue so far this year, provincial health authorities said. The Iloilo Provincial Health Office's Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit also noted a whopping 178-percent rise in cases from Jan. 1 to May 11 ...

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 22, 2013
[Daily Observer]The Directorate of Health Promotion and Education in collaboration with the National Eye Health Care Programme of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare over the weekend launched the Trachoma Prevention Campaign in the villages of Njofen and Sintet in the Lower River Region and West Coast Region respectively.

News-Medical.net - May 22, 2013
An accompanying editorial by Maria Rebollo, MD, and Moses Bockarie, PhD, at the Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases in the United Kingdom says the new diagnostic test "represents a major breakthrough for rapid diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis in ...

Times of India - May 21, 2013
BOKARO: Last Saturday, an otherwise uneventful day, over 400 residents of the 40-year-old Ashadan Leprosy Colony, situated on the outskirts of a town near Bokaro railway station, had surprise visitors. District administration officials, including ...

The Guardian Nigeria - May 21, 2013
He said that the theme of the conference: “Focusing Research and Development Strategies Towards a Nigeria free of Trypanosomaisis (sleeping sickness, sammore) and Onchocerciasis (river blindness)” is in line with the core objectives of the new National ...

Pakistan Daily Times - ‎May 21, 2013‎
No confirmed case of dengue virus in Punjab at present. LAHORE: There is no confirmed case of dengue virus in Punjab at present, claimed Health Secretary Punjab Arif Nadeem during a meeting of DengueResponse Committee presided over by Chief ...

Straits Times - ‎May 21, 2013‎
With some families planning to spend the June holidays overseas, the North West Community Development Council (CDC) is stepping up its preventive measures against dengue. 

Sun.Star - ‎May 21, 2013‎
Tan said the total cases of dengue from January 1 to May 15 this year had increased –- 726 cases compared to 68 last year covering the same period.

Ceylon Daily News - May 21, 2013
Thirty seven dengue cases were reported from the Dambulla and Galewela health divisions during the first four months of this year. This was revealed at the Divisional Co-ordination Committee meeting held at the Galewela Divisional Secretariat. A dengue ...

The New Indian Express - ‎May 21, 2013‎
The number of dengue fever cases are on a rise at Tripunithura, said Tripunithura Government Taluk Hospital Authorities.

SciDev.Net - May 21, 2013
As well as malaria and dengue fever, the chip detects Chagas disease; sleeping sickness; typhoid fever; yellow fever; West Nile fever; Rift Valley fever; leptospirosis; melioidosis; chikungunya fever; hand, foot and mouth disease; Japanese encephalitis ...

La Razón (Bolivia) - May 21, 2013
Según un estudio la escherichia coli, salmonella, ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura, giardia lamblia y entamoeba histolytica, producen afecciones gastrointestinales.

Healio - May 21, 2013
LA JOLLA, Calif. — The World Health Organization has recommended the SAFE strategy to help eliminate blinding trachoma by 2020, according to a physician here. “We are very excited that trachoma is on the radar screen, and we have hopes for 2020,” 

The Guardian - May 20, 2013
For example, the Carter Centre has encouraged women suffering from the advanced blinding stages of trachoma to seek treatment and has integrated three community-directed treatments for lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, and river blindness.

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 20, 2013
[ASTMH]Researchers report onchocerciasis (river blindness) could make a comeback in Northwestern Uganda if annual drug distributions to fight the disease are stopped. The study, conducted in the endemic region of Nyagak-Bondo, showed that while there was a significant reduction in infection after 18 years of community-based treatment with the deworming medication ivermectin, transmission has not been interrupted.

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 20, 2013
[ASTMH]New research provides the first evidence in East Africa that long-term community-based drug treatment alone can interrupt transmission of onchocerciasis, a parasitic disease commonly known as river blindness. The study finds that after eight years (beginning in 1998) of treating residents annually with the anti-worming medicine ivermectin, followed by six years of semi-annual treatment with the drug, 

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 20, 2013
[ASTMH]Deerfield, Il -A new diagnostic test strip to rapidly detect lymphatic filariasis - also known as elephantiasis - in human blood has significant advantages over the standard card test that has been used for more than a decade to map, monitor and assess the success of the massive global campaign to eliminate the disease.

BioNews Texas - May 20, 2013
In Dr. Peter Hotez' article, he reveals that although the common notion about NTDs is that they occur solely in largely underdeveloped countries and remote regions, his recent analysis shows that most NTDs can now be found in the poor populations of ...

Himalayan Times - May 20, 2013
PARSA: A priest died due to snakebite at Subarnapur in Parsa district Sunday night. Laxmi Lama, a priest at Krishna Pranami Temple of the same VDC, died after a snake bit him, said locals. The snake bit Lama while he was going to Temple from Subarnapur ...

Science Codex - May 20, 2013
The new test found evidence of the infection – lymphatic filariasis – in many more people that the standard test had missed. The study, the first to independently evaluate the new test, was led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...

Solar News - May 20, 2013
Dr Manuel Mapue, DOH-NCR's epidemiologist, says that, despite the steady drop in the number of cases, the public is reminded to consistently apply repellant lotions, as the incidence of dengue fever may increase during the rainy season, when impounded ...

Pakistan Observer - May 20, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013 - Karachi—Sindh dengue surveillance cell report has revealed that as many as 114 people have been declared as denguepatients in the year so far only in Karachi. Dr Shakil Malik told media that the mosquito causing the dengue ...

New Straits Times - May 20, 2013
He said the programme, which had strengthened and mobilised the public to fight dengue, had helped reduce dengue cases from 9,562 cases with 20 deaths from January to May 9 last year to 9,266 cases with 17 deaths during the same period this year.

DigitalJournal.com - ‎May 20, 2013‎
Dengue is a viral infection that is transmitted between humans by mosquitoes. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles.

Bernama - May 20, 2013
BANGKOK, May 20 (Bernama) -- Hospitals across Thailand are on alert for dengue fever, which has already affected more than 2,000 people, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. Deputy permanent secretary for public health, Dr Sophon Mekthon, said that 36 ...

The Express Tribune - ‎May 20, 2013‎
The Capital Development Authority's (CDA) Directorate of Health Services has now completed two phases of its high-risk campaign to destroy dengue breeding sites in the federal capital, said a press release issued on Monday. 

The Nation - ‎May 20, 2013‎
He said those areas have been marked significantly that are known to produce conductive environment for dengue mosquito breeding.

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 20, 2013
[ANGOP]Luanda -One person died, out of 301 cases of dengue recorded in Angola until May 17 this year since the outbreak was announced on 12 March, Angop learned Monday in Luanda.

PR Newswire (press release) - ‎May 20, 2013‎
In this trial Moscamed achieved a 96% suppression of the dengue mosquito in the village of Mandacaru, Bahia state, Brazil. Scientists from Oxitec together with Moscamed and the University of Sao Paulo, Oxitec's partners in Brazil, are collaborating to ...

Arutz Sheva - May 19, 2013
The Foreign Ministry issued an alert about dengue fever, Sunday, to travellers in Thailand. The disease, which is transmitted by mosquitos, can be fatal, and there is no vaccine or medicine to prevent it. 

The Global Dispatch - May 19, 2013
Following recent reports of the first dengue fever outbreak on the west African coastal province of Luanda, Angola, health officials are now reporting another outbreak on the other side of the continent in Mombasa, Kenya, according to a recent report

CHANNELS - May 19, 2013
This call was made by the national coordinator of the Nigeria Guinea Worm Eradication Programme, (NIGEP), Mrs Ifeoma Anagbogu in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital at a sensitization programme on the disease. 

Ynetnews - May 19, 2013
This blood-sucking bug was first detected 100 years ago by Brazilian doctor Carlos Chagas. It crawls on your lips, while you sleep, injecting a potentially lethal parasite, causing Chagas Disease. 

The National Law Review - May 19, 2013
Schistosomiasis, Hanseniase, Leishmaniasis, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Buruli ulcer, Neurocysticercosis, Echinocccosis, Yaws, Fascioliasis, Paragonimiasis, Filariasis, Rabies, Helminthiasis or manifestations that result from poisonous or venomous ...

Channel News Asia - May 19, 2013
SINGAPORE: Second Minister for Environment and Water Resources Grace Fu said Singapore needs to continue to push on in its fight against dengue, as the number of infections continues to climb. 

Times of India - May 19, 2013
Stanzin's colleagues found her lifeless after a while. They rushed her to a makeshift clinic in the dense jungle where doctors said she had died of snakebite.


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RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES
Tun A, Myat SM, Gabrielli AF, Montresor A.
Trop Med Int Health. 2013 May 24. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12130. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23701018 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 May 24;62(20):405-8.
PMID: 23698606 [PubMed - in process] Free Article

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases at Public Library of Science - PLoS Medicine - May 23, 2013
*This Week in PLOS Pathogens:* Wild plants interact with many other living entities such as animals, insects, other plants, as well as their physical environment. They are also often colonized by many microbes, including fungi, bacteria and viruses. In this …

Jaap J. van Hellemond et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Jaap J. van Hellemond, Alieke G. Vonk, Corné de Vogel, Rob Koelewijn, Norbert Vaessen, Ahmed H. Fahal, Alex van Belkum, Wendy W. J. van de Sande Eumycetoma is a morbid chronic granulomatous subcutaneous fungal disease. Despite high environmental exposure to this fungus in certain regions of the world, only few develop eumycetoma for yet unknown reasons. Animal studies suggest that co-infections skewing the immune system to a Th2-type response enhance eumycetoma susceptibility. Since chronic schistosomiasis results in a strong Th2-type response and since endemic areas for eumycet... more »

Prasert Saichua et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Prasert Saichua, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Amar R. Jariwala, David J. Deimert, Jiraporn Sithithaworn, Banchob Sripa, Thewarach Laha, Eimorn Mairiang, Chawalit Pairojkul, Maria Victoria Periago, Narong Khuntikeo, Jason Mulvenna, Jeffrey M. Bethony Approximately 680 million people are at risk of infection with *Opisthorchis viverrini* (OV) and *Clonorchis sinensis*, with an estimated 10 million infected with OV in Southeast Asia alone. While opisthorchiasis is associated with hepatobiliary pathologies, such as advanced periductal fibrosis (APF) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), animal mod... more »

Tatiana Küster et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Tatiana Küster, Corina Hermann, Andrew Hemphill, Bruno Gottstein, Markus Spiliotis Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) in humans is a parasitic disease characterized by severe damage to the liver and occasionally other organs. AE is caused by infection with the metacestode (larval) stage of the fox tapeworm *Echinococcus multilocularis*, usually infecting small rodents as natural intermediate hosts. Conventionally, human AE is chemotherapeutically treated with mebendazole or albendazole. There is, however still the need for improved chemotherapeutical options. Primary *in vivo* studies... more »

Blaise Noa Noatina et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Blaise Noa Noatina, Giles Kagmeni, Marcellin Nimpa Mengouo, Henri Claude Moungui, Ann Tarini, Yaobi Zhang, Assumpta Lucienne Françoise Bella Background Cameroon is known to be endemic with trachoma. To appreciate the burden of the disease and facilitate the national planning of trachoma control in the integrated control program for the neglected tropical diseases, an epidemiological mapping of trachoma was conducted in the Far North region in 2010–11. Methodology A cross-sectional, cluster random sampling survey was carried out. The survey focused on two target populations: c... more »

Tatiana R. de Moura et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Tatiana R. de Moura, Fabiano Oliveira, Marcia W. Carneiro, José Carlos Miranda, Jorge Clarêncio, Manoel Barral-Netto, Cláudia Brodskyn, Aldina Barral, José M. C. Ribeiro, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Camila I. de Oliveira Background *Leishmania* parasites are transmitted in the presence of sand fly saliva. Together with the parasite, the sand fly injects salivary components that change the environment at the feeding site. Mice immunized with *Phlebotomus papatasi* salivary gland (SG) homogenate are protected against *Leishmania major* infection, while immunity to *Lutzomyia intermedia*... more »

Greg Matlashewski et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Greg Matlashewski, Vidya Nand Ravi Das, Krishna Pandey, Dharmendra Singh, Sushmita Das, Ayan Kumar Ghosh, Ravindra Nath Pandey, Pradeep Das Background Antibody-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) against rK39 are available to aid in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Although these rK39 RDTs have been developed, validated and approved for use with serum, they are universally performed using whole blood. It was therefore necessary to determine whether this RDT is as sensitive on whole blood as on serum. Method and Principal Findings In this study we compared the ... more »

Cornelia A. M. van de Weg et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Cornelia A. M. van de Weg, Cláudio S. Pannuti, Evaldo S. A. de Araújo, Henk-Jan van den Ham, Arno C. Andeweg, Lucy S. V. Boas, Alvina C. Felix, Karina I. Carvalho, Andreia M. de Matos, José E. Levi, Camila M. Romano, Cristiane C. Centrone, Celia L. de Lima Rodrigues, Expedito Luna, Eric C. M. van Gorp, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, Byron E. E. Martina, Esper G. Kallas Background Severe dengue virus (DENV) disease is associated with extensive immune activation, characterized by a cytokine storm. Previously, elevated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) levels in dengue were found to correlate ... more »

Sweeney NL, Shadrick WR, Mukherjee S, Li K, Frankowski KJ, Schoenen FJ, Frick DN.
J Biol Chem. 2013 May 23. [Epub ahead of print]
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Rey FA.
Nature. 2013 May 23;497(7450):443-4. doi: 10.1038/497443a. No abstract available.
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Goedee HS, Brekelmans GJ, van Asseldonk JT, Beekman R, Mess WH, Visser LH.
Eur J Neurol. 2013 May 23. doi: 10.1111/ene.12182. [Epub ahead of print]
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Vieira FC, de Melo Marinho PE, Brandão DC, E Silva OB.
Physiother Res Int. 2013 May 23. doi: 10.1002/pri.1550. [Epub ahead of print]
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Medeiros MF, Jardim MR, Vital RT, Costa Nery JA, Sales AM, Moraes MO, Chimelli LM, Pessolani MC, Ferreira H, Sarno EN, Antunes SL.
Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2013 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]
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Lieu KG, Brice A, Wiltzer L, Hirst B, Jans DA, Blondel D, Moseley GW.
J Virol. 2013 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]
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Serra-Cobo J, López-Roig M, Seguí M, Sánchez LP, Nadal J, Borrás M, Lavenir R, Bourhy H.
PLoS One. 2013 May 20;8(5):e64467. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064467. Print 2013.
PMID: 23700480 [PubMed - in process] Free Article

Yin Y, Jiang L, Fang D, Jiang L, Zhou J.
Viral Immunol. 2013 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23697814 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Zhang Y, Liu B, Liu G.
Mol Divers. 2013 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23695441 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Wu W, Jia F, Wang W, Huang Y, Huang Y.
Parasitol Res. 2013 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]
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Alves CF, Alves CF, Figueiredo MM, Souza CC, Machado-Coelho GL, Melo MN, Tafuri WL, Raso P, Soares RP, Tafuri WL.
PLoS One. 2013 May 21;8(5):e63343. Print 2013.
PMID: 23704900 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Barbosa MP, Rocha MO, Lombardi F, Ribeiro AL.
Europace. 2013 May 21. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 23696626 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Dencker D, Ewertsen C, Nielsen HV, Dragsted UB, Karstrup S.
Ultraschall Med. 2013 May 21. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
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Jiao W, Li H, Tao X, Song M, Shen X, Guo Z, Zhao Y, Tang Q, Liang G.
Virol Sin. 2013 May 21. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
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Zhang S, Liu Y, Hou Y, Zhao J, Zhang F, Wang Y, Hu R.
Virol Sin. 2013 May 21. [Epub ahead of print]
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Zhou M, Zhang G, Ren G, Gnanadurai CW, Li Z, Chai Q, Yang Y, Leyson CM, Wu W, Cui M, Fu ZF.
PLoS One. 2013 May 20;8(5):e63384. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063384. Print 2013.
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Weil GJ, Curtis KC, Fakoli L, Fischer K, Gankpala L, Lammie PJ, Majewski AC, Pelletreau S, Won KY, Bolay FK, Fischer PU.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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Mathieu E, Dorkenoo AM, Morgah K, Datagni M, Cantey PT, Morgah K, Harvey K, Ziperstein J, Drexler N, Chapleau G, Sodahlon Y.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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Queiroz RM, Charneau S, Motta FN, Santana JM, Roepstorff P, Ricart CA.
J Proteome Res. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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Coulibaly JT, N'gbesso YK, N'guessan NA, Winkler MS, Utzinger J, N'goran EK.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23690549 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article

Khieu V, Srey S, Schär F, Muth S, Marti H, Odermatt P.
BMC Res Notes. 2013 May 20;6(1):200. [Epub ahead of print]
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Yap P, Du ZW, Wu FW, Jiang JY, Chen R, Zhou XN, Hattendorf J, Utzinger J, Steinmann P.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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Katabarwa MN, Lakwo T, Habomugisha P, Agunyo S, Byamukama E, Oguttu D, Tukesiga E, Unoba D, Dramuke P, Onapa A, Tukahebwa EM, Lwamafa D, Walsh F, Unnasch TR.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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Higazi TB, Zarroug IM, Mohamed HA, Elmubarak WA, Deran TC, Aziz N, Katabarwa M, Hassan HK, Unnasch TR, Mackenzie CD, Richards F, Hashim K.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23690554 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article

Queiroz RM, Charneau S, Motta FN, Santana JM, Roepstorff P, Ricart CA.
J Proteome Res. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23682730 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Pierantozzi M, Roura X, Paltrinieri S, Poggi M, Zatelli A.
J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23690493 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Monteiro LD, Alencar CH, Barbosa JC, Braga KP, Castro MD, Heukelbach J.
Cad Saude Publica. 2013 May;29(5):909-920. Portuguese.
PMID: 23702997 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Othman AA, Ashour DS, Mohamed DA.
Exp Parasitol. 2013 May;134(1):76-81. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.02.001. Epub 2013 Feb 24.
PMID: 23462071 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Wesołowska A, Jaros S, Norbury LJ, Jaros D, Zygner W, Wędrychowicz H.
Exp Parasitol. 2013 May;134(1):33-8. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.01.013. Epub 2013 Jan 29.
PMID: 23376446 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Krishnappa K, Elumalai K.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2013 May;17(9):1273-7.
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Zhu PT, Pan J, Zheng XL.
Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2013 May;33(5):642-8. Chinese.
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Squires G, Pous J, Agirre J, Rozas-Dennis GS, Costabel MD, Marti GA, Navaza J, Bressanelli S, Guérin DM, Rey FA.
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2013 Jun;69(Pt 6):1026-37. doi: 10.1107/S0907444913004617. Epub 2013 May 14.
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Weant KA, Baker SN.
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2013 Jun;25(2):225-42. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2013.02.001. Epub 2013 Mar 1.
PMID: 23692940 [PubMed - in process]

Baak-Baak CM, Rodríguez-Ramírez AD, García-Rejón JE, Ríos-Delgado S, Torres-Estrada JL.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):175-181. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12024.x.
PMID: 23701623 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Richardson AJ, Williams CR.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):111-119. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12016.x.
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Lucio PS, Degallier N, Servain J, Hannart A, Durand B, de Souza RN, Ribeiro ZM.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):20-37. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12005.x.
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Nattero J, Rodríguez CS, Crocco L.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):127-133. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12018.x.
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Maloney KM, Ancca-Juarez J, Salazar R, Borrini-Mayori K, Niemierko M, Yukich JO, Naquira C, Keating JA, Levy MZ.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):6-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12003.x.
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Dias ES, Michalsky EM, do Nascimento JC, Ferreira ED, Lopes JV, Fortes-Dias CL.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):193-196. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12028.x. No abstract available.
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Akhoundi M, Mirzaei A, Baghaei A, Alten B, Depaquit J.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):97-104. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12014.x.
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Reinhold-Castro KR, Fenelon VC, Rossi RM, Brito JE, Freitas JS, Teodoro U.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):63-68. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12009.x.
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Chargui N, Haouas N, Slama D, Gorcii M, Jaouadi K, Essabbah-Aguir N, Mezhoud H, Babba H.
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NTD's in the news this week (12 May - 18 May 2013)


Channel News Asia - ‎May 18, 2013
The total number of dengue cases in Singapore reached the 7,000 mark as of 3pm on Friday. This is higher than the total number of cases reported for the whole of 2012 and in 2011.

The News International - ‎May 18, 2013
There are reports that the healthcare facilities in Karachi have started receiving cases of the infection and over 50 cases of dengue fever have so far been reported there, while two suspects have been confirmed positive for dengue fever in Lahore too.

The Global Dispatch - ‎May 18, 2013
Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses. This disease used to be called “break-bone fever” because it sometimes causes severe joint and muscle pain that feels like bones are breaking.

NEN Khong bô hoang mang VI XIT Nguoi Mau Hút  (Do Not Panic Because of Blood-sucking Bugs)
VietNamNet  - May 18, 2013
Nguyễn Văn TS Chau, Chuyên gia sees djau ngành SOT Vien Trung rét § a - k sinh trung - with Trung Trung Uong cho biet: Ket qua mau Dje XET Tim Nghiem Trung Ky sinh Trypanosoma (Gay Benh Chagas) 137 ở Nguoi (22 Tre Nguoi Lon em và 115) Bi Dja Xit bô ...

Premium Times - May 17, 2013
Mrs. Anagbogu, however, noted with delight that Nigeria which used to be the most guinea worm endemic country in the world, with a total of 653,620 cases in 1988, had maintained a zero guinea worm disease status since 2008. 

Africa Review - ‎May 17, 2013‎
Severe dengue (previously known as Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever) was first recognised in the 1950s during dengue epidemics in the Philippines and Thailand but has currently become a leading cause of hospitalisation and death among children in Asia ...

The Cairns Post - ‎May 17, 2013‎
The number of dengue fever cases climbed to 136 yesterday, prolonging an outbreak that began in December last year, and four people have also been struck down with chikungunya,a similar virus, after returning from Papua New Guinea this month.

Go Jamaica - ‎May 17, 2013‎
The health ministry is reporting that the number of suspected dengue cases has now climbed to 475 since the start of the year with 96 being confirmed by laboratory test.

The Nation - May 17, 2013
He was presiding over a weekly meeting against dengue at Samanabad Town where Town officers as well as officers of PHA, WASA, Health, Social Welfare, Solid Waste Management, Fisheries and Education departments were also present. 
PakistanToday.com.pk - ‎May 17, 2013‎
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF), which is commonly known as dengue fever, is likely to hit Karachi after Lahore as the number of dengue patients in increasing with each passing day and the Sindh health department lacks enough funds to provide every...

spyghana.com - May 17, 2013
As I grew up, I came to know that disease condition is known as elephantiasis. It is a disease that causes the skin to thicken. It is characterized by up to three times its normal diameter. 

GlobalPost (blog) - May 17, 2013
NTDs are long-lasting and disabling parasitic and related infections that few people know about, such as leishmaniasis, elephantiasis, liver fluke, Chagas disease, and hookworm infection. 

Medical Xpress - May 17, 2013
Sleeping sickness kills tens of thousands of people in Africa each year. Current chemotherapies are subject to various limitations, including resistance. Rhodesain, an enzyme of the parasites that cause this illness (human African trypanosomiasis), has ...

The Reason (Bolivia) - May 17, 2013
parasitological Regarding quality, the audit found: Giardia lamblia, a protozoan that lives in the intestines and cause diarrhea, flatulence, vomiting, loss of weight, Entamoeba coli, an amoeba that causes ameabeasis intestinal roundworm ...

WWL First News - May 17, 2013
"This May be one of the last places That still has leprosy , Because Continually people get infected from handling armadillos. " She says Dr. Raoult Ratard, state epidemiologist With The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, backs her up on That ...

The Advocate - May 16, 2013
An estimated 300,000 people in the United States are infected with Chagas disease. It affects 10 million people worldwide and is the leading cause of heart disease in Central and South America, according to Research America, which organized the panel.

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 16, 2013
[This Day]Steve Dada writes that Nigeria has achieved a feat in eradicating guinea worm through a concerted effort in the face of difficult challenges

Ceylon Daily News - May 16, 2013
The country faces various epidemics from time to time and the latest is dengue. People's co-operation is vital to eradicate the menace, said Southern Provincial Council Chief Minister Shan Wijaya Lal de Silva.

Pakistan Daily Times - May 16, 2013
Earlier, Deputy Commissioner Amer Ali Ahmed had reviewed the arrangements for drive against dengue in the rural areas and directed the assistant commissioners concerned to supervise the performance of anti-dengue teams in their respective areas.

Jakarta Post - May 16, 2013
“Residents must be aware of the symptoms of dengue fever. If they suffer a symptom, such as experiencing high fever for a long period followed by a sudden drop in body temperature, they should go to the hospital immediately,” she told The Jakarta Post.

The News International - May 16, 2013
SPECIAL Secretary Health Punjab Babar Hayyat Tarrar has directed all the teaching hospitals to ensure availability of facility of NS-I test for the diagnosis of dengue, and all the government hospitals as well as EDOs Health should report about the ...

The New Indian Express - May 16, 2013
“The mosquito that transmits dengue can breed in very little water. Even water collected in an egg shell is not an exemption.

AngolaPress - May 16, 2013
Luanda - Angola recorded in the last three months 197 cases of Dengue and 78 suspicious cases, revealed last Wednesday in Luanda the Angolan Health Minister, José Van-Dúnem.

PMLiVE - May 16, 2013
More than 1.4 billion people are affected worldwide by roundworm, whipworm, hookworm, blinding trachoma, elephantiasis, snail fever and river blindness, over half a billion them children. 

The Hindu - ‎May 16, 2013‎
Pre-monsoon showers have heightened the dengue fever threat in Pathanamthitta, especially in the hilly tracts of the district.

The News International - ‎May 16, 2013‎
Recently, Deputy Commissioner (Islamabad) Amer Ali Ahmed reviewed the arrangements for anti-dengue drive in Islamabad's rural areas and directed the concerned assistant commissioners to supervise anti-dengue teams in their respective areas.

IRINnews.org - ‎May 16, 2013‎
Every few days, police inspectors fine anyone who leaves tyres outside - a nuisance, complain the owners of the hundreds of repair shops in the area but essential, health experts say, for combating dengue, a potentially fatal haemorrhagic fever without...

ABS CBN News - ‎May 16, 2013‎
The number of dengue cases recorded this year is up by 183 percent compared to the same period in 2012. Most of the cases were recorded in the towns of Janiuay, Banate, Oton and Cabatuan.

The Nation - ‎May 16, 2013‎
He was presiding over a weekly meeting against dengue at Samanabad Town where Town officers as well as officers of PHA, WASA, Health, Social Welfare, Solid Waste Management, Fisheries and Education departments were also present.

The Guardian - ‎May 15, 2013‎
There is no specific medication or vaccination against dengue fever so public health experts say travellers should use insect repellent and wear appropriate clothing such as long-sleeved tops and trousers to deter mosquitoes, particularly at dawn and dusk.


Telegraph.co.uk - May 15, 2013
There is no vaccination against dengue fever, which is spread by mosquito bites. Travellers are advised to take care in applying insect repellent and wearing long sleeved clothing at dusk and dawn. Those infected suffer from severe flu-like symptoms ...


Belfast Telegraph - ‎May 15, 2013 
‎"The increase in the numbers of people returning with dengue fever is concerning so we want to remind people of the need to practise strict mosquito bite avoidance at all times to reduce their risk of becoming unwell," said Dr Jane Jones, a travel ...

U.TV - ‎May 15, 2013‎
Dr Jane Jones, a travel-associated infection expert at PHE, added: "The increase in the numbers of people returning with dengue fever is concerning, so we want to remind people of the need to practise strict mosquito bite avoidance at all times to ...

Medical Daily - May 15, 2013
"Neglected tropical diseases" refers to a group of 17 diseases that affect more than one billion people, causing severe pain, permanent disability, and death worldwide. Some of these diseases are in decline.  Dracunculiasis is on the verge of ...

Onislam.net - May 15, 2013
Human African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness is a potentially fatal disease caused by parasites known as Trypanosomes. Trypanosomes are picked up by the tsetse fly after feeding on infected humans or animals and are then transmitted to others ...

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 15, 2013
[New Vision]Kampala -Did you know that paw-paw seeds can be used to make deworming tablets for children? Well, it is possible, and this has been demonstrated by students at Kitante Hill School.

The Atlantic - May 15, 2013
"Look at a disease like hook worm infection. Well we now know that single dose mebemindizole doesn't work against Nacator americanus, which is the major hookworm. Why is that? We really don't know," Hotez said. 

AllAfrica News - May 15, 2013
[Daily News] TANZANIA plans to step up its Efforts in wiping out the so-called neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) continue to Affect That millions of people, Especially the poor.

Inter Press Service - May 15, 2013
Dengue fever is an infectious tropical virus transmitted to humans by the bite of female mosquitoes, which breed in clean, warm water.

Bloomberg- May 15, 2013
Confirmed and probable dengue cases among those returning to England, Wales and Northern Ireland almost tripled to 141 in the first four months of the year from 51 a year earlier, the government agency said today in an e-mailed statement.

The News International- May 15, 2013
This was told to the DCO by the EDO Health in a briefing. District Coordination Officer Lahore Mr. Rizwan Mehboob has directed all the town administrators to remain vigilant in the Month of May, as atmosphere is conducive for the flourishing of dengue ...

The Express Tribune - May 15, 2013
Mosquito menace: Dengue fever case confirmed in UC-131The Express Tribune“An anti-dengue campaign is being pursued aggressively in all the towns of the city,” the EDO said. 

Times of India- May 15, 2013
Meanwhile, the approximate number of people affected by dengue is not available as many patients approach private hospitals for treatment.

Ceylon Daily News- May 15, 2013
Entomologists had discovered that gutters in buildings provide the best and permanent breeding sites for dengue mosquitoes.

High Point Enterprise - May 15, 2013
Rabies treatments for the boys include immunoglobulin, the rabies vaccine and possibly an antibiotic and tetanus shot on the first day. Treatment also calls for a shot on the third day, followed by additional vaccines on the seventh and 14th days.

The Epoch Times - May 15, 2013
BOISE, Idaho — A northern Idaho family is undergoing rabies shots after a rabid bat flew into their home. Cynthia Taggart of the Panhandle Health District tells The Spokesman-Review (http://bit.ly/YVGsj0) in a story published Wednesday that there's no ...

Fox News - May 15, 2013
PASCO, Wash. – A baby is being treated for rabies after it was bitten by a bat that flew out of a patio umbrella on the deck of her grandparents' Pasco home, the Tri-City Herald reported. Dan and Sandra Anderson were babysitting 11-month-old Alanna on ...

Deseret News - May 14, 2013
But it was only 14 percent accurate at finding hookworm eggs, according to a New York Times report. Bogoch explained to the Times that hookworms are harder to detect because they rapidly disintegrate outside the body. 

Reuters - May 14, 2013
Though it once afflicted around 3.5 million people annually across Asia and Africa, according to the U.S.-based Carter Center, Guinea worm disease is now on the verge of being eradicated worldwide. 

Global Times - May 14, 2013
Patients infected with major infectious diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, schistosomiasis, echinococcosis, leprosy and malaria can get free medication. China has taken the lead in eliminating filariasis among 83 countries and regions where it is endemic.

The News International - May 14, 2013
The Dengue Surveillance Cell for Sindh in its report issued on Monday said 24 cases of dengue fever were reported from different hospitals in the city during the past 15 days. All these cases, including 14 reported from April 29 to May 5 and another 10.

Science Daily (press release) - May 14, 2013
By defining the threshold of the amount of virus needed for transmission, the research also provides a target that experimental dengue vaccines and drugs must prevent the virus from reaching in order to be successful at preventing the spread of disease...

The News International - May 14, 2013
According to Dengue Surveillance Cell Sindh, 10 cases of dengue fever have been reported in various parts of the metropolis in a week, raising the number to 98 in current year from January to present.

The New Indian Express - May 14, 2013
Cases of dengue fever are being reported in the area from April 22, with the Health Department introducing efforts to curb the disease from that day itself.

CBS 42 - May 14, 2013
Emergency Room doctor Christopher Ziebell says the most common mistake is not seeking treatment. He tells us the deadliest spots a snake can bite you is the hand and legs. He recalls someone who died. "The most recent one was a snake bite to the hand.

Loyola University New Orleans - May 13, 2013
When Loyola University New Orleans biology professor Patricia Dorn, Ph.D., in collaboration with researchers at Tulane University and Louisiana State University Health Sciences centers, discovered the first case of deadly Chagas disease acquired in ...

The Global Dispatch - May 13, 2013
The island city-state of Singapore is in a real battle with mosquito borne diseases in 2013, in fact, the total number of dengue cases to date this year is already 28% more than the total number of cases for the whole year of 2012. mosquito. 

AllAfrica.com - May 13, 2013
Luanda - One hundred and ninety seven 197 cases of Dengue have been confirmed, from the 275 suspects recorded in the country from 12 March to 09 April this year, said the Angola's Health minister, José Van-Duném.

The Global Dispatch - May 13, 2013
Rabies is an acute viral infection that is transmitted to humans or other mammals usually through the saliva from a bite of an infected animal. It is also rarely contracted through breaks in the skin or contact with mucous membranes. 

Medical Xpress - May 13, 2013
Researchers have identified the dose of dengue virus in human blood that is required to infect mosquitoes when they bite. Mosquitoes are essential for transmitting the virus between people so the findings have important implications for understanding ...

TopNews Arab Emirates - May 13, 2013
Paraguay: Under the Influence of Severe Dengue Epidemic As revealed by the Ministry of Public Health, Dengue is known as the most aggressive infection in the country of Paraguay.

Hong Kong Standard - May 13, 2013
Singapore battles chikungunya spread, 6,000 dengue infections (05-13 12:43) Singapore, which has been battling thousands of dengue infections this year, has reported 19 more infections of the mosquito-borne virus in the island in the past week alone.

Jakarta Post - May 13, 2013
As the number of cases of dengue fever is estimated to peak within the next two months, May and June, Bali residents are being urged to be more alert to monitor locations where mosquito larvae reproduce.

The Age - ‎ May 13, 2013
Working with colleagues from Monash University and James Cook University he found that certain strains of Wolbachia do stop mosquitoes transmitting dengue, a disease that kills round 40,000 people each year with no vaccines or specific treatments ...

Bernama - May 13, 2013
ASUNCION, May 13 (BERNAMA-NNN-Prensa Latina) -- The dengue epidemic permanently plaguing Paraguay is the most aggressive known in the country and there is still no sign of a solution, recognized by the Ministry of Public Health.

The New Indian Express - May 13, 2013
It was a vacation trip the family will dread perhaps for ever. Their holiday trip from Puducherry turned tragic after their 17-year-old daughter died of snake bite while sleeping, in Manali New Town on Sunday morning. 

Yemen Post - May 12, 2013
The Ministry of Public Health and Population launched on Sunday the second phase of its national campaign against schistosomiasis. The campaign will run over four days across 103 districts in the provinces of Hadhramawt, Shabwa, Abyan, al-Dale, ...

Radio New Zealand International - May 12, 2013
The Solomon Islands health ministry wants the government to endorse a national task force to deal with an outbreak of dengue fever that has killed six people in the capital, Honiara. 

The Costa Rican Times - May 12, 2013
Costa Rica News - A 20-year-old resident of Parrita this week became the first case of dengue hemorrhagic fever detected in recent years in Costa Rica.

Channel News Asia - ‎May 12, 2013
To ensure greater vigilance, the dengue prevention outreach effort has been extended to community gardens in the South West District for the first time.

Prensa Latina - ‎May 12, 2013
Imagen activa 12 de mayo de 2013, 10:36Asuncion, May 12 (Prensa Latina) The dengue epidemic permanently plaguing Paraguay is the most aggressive known in the country and there is still no sign of solution, recognized by the Ministry of Public Health.

The Hindu - ‎May 12, 2013
The Health Department has decided to intensify fever surveillance and disease prevention and control activities in panchayats on the Thiruvananthapuram-Tamil Nadu border as several cases of dengue fever with severe complications are being reported ...


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J Helminthol. 2013 May 16:1-9. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23676147 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Matt Lopez at Public Library of Science - PLoS Medicine - May 16, 2013
*The following new articles are publishing in PLOS NTDs this week:* There is not yet a vaccine for schistosomiasis and treatment presently relies on a single drug, praziquantel, which has shown cases of reduced efficacy in certain areas, raising serious …

Keshava Mysore et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 16, 2013
by Keshava Mysore, Ellen M. Flannery, Michael Tomchaney, David W. Severson, Molly Duman-Scheel Despite the devastating impact of mosquito-borne illnesses on human health, surprisingly little is known about mosquito developmental biology, including development of the olfactory system, a tissue of vector importance. Analysis of mosquito olfactory developmental genetics has been hindered by a lack of means to target specific genes during the development of this sensory system. In this investigation, chitosan/siRNA nanoparticles were used to target *semaphorin-1a (sema1a)* during olfac... more »

Young-An Bae et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 16, 2013
by Young-An Bae, Do-Whan Ahn, Eung-Goo Lee, Seon-Hee Kim, Guo-Bin Cai, Insug Kang, Woon-Mok Sohn, Yoon Kong Background *Clonorchis sinensis* causes chronic cumulative infections in the human hepatobiliary tract and is intimately associated with cholangiocarcinoma. Approximately 35 million people are infected and 600 million people are at risk of infections worldwide. *C. sinensis* excretory-secretory products (ESP) constitute the first-line effector system affecting the host-parasite interrelationship by interacting with bile fluids and ductal epithelium. However, the secretory b... more »

Zeleke Mekonnen et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 16, 2013
by Zeleke Mekonnen, Selima Meka, Mio Ayana, Johannes Bogers, Jozef Vercruysse, Bruno Levecke Background In veterinary parasitology samples are often pooled for a rapid assessment of infection intensity and drug efficacy. Currently, studies evaluating this strategy in large-scale drug administration programs to control human soil-transmitted helminths (STHs; *Ascaris lumbricoides*, *Trichuris trichiura*, and hookworm), are absent. Therefore, we developed and evaluated a pooling strategy to assess intensity of STH infections and drug efficacy. Methods/Principal Findings Stool sam... more »

Mathieu Vanderstraete et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 16, 2013
by Mathieu Vanderstraete, Nadège Gouignard, Katia Cailliau, Marion Morel, Julien Lancelot, Jean-François Bodart, Colette Dissous Background Chemotherapy of schistosomiasis relies on a single drug, Praziquantel (PZQ) and mass-use of this compound has led to emergence of resistant strains of *Schistosoma mansoni*, therefore pointing out the necessity to find alternative drugs. Through their essential functions in development and metabolism, receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) could represent valuable drug targets for novel anti-schistosome chemotherapies. Taking advantage of the similar... more »

Stephan Karl et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 16, 2013
by Stephan Karl, Lucía Gutiérrez, Rafael Lucyk-Maurer, Roland Kerr, Renata R. F. Candido, Shu Q. Toh, Martin Saunders, Jeremy A. Shaw, Alexandra Suvorova, Andreas Hofmann, Michael J. House, Robert C. Woodward, Carlos Graeff-Teixera, Timothy G. St. Pierre, Malcolm K. Jones Background *Schistosoma mansoni* and *Schistosoma japonicum* are the most frequent causative agents of human intestinal schistosomiasis. Approximately 200 million people in the world are infected with schistosomes. Diagnosis of schistosomiasis is often difficult. High percentages of low level infections are miss... more »

Saeidnia S, Gohari AR, Haddadi A.
Daru. 2013 May 15;21(1):35. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23676125 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article

Sánchez-Albisua B, Polimón I, Pérez-Tato B, Marinero S, Fernández-López P.
Int J Dermatol. 2013 May 15. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05055.x. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 23675968 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Lakshmi C, Srinivas CR.
Int J Dermatol. 2013 May 15. doi: 10.1111/ijd.12164. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23675902 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Ogawa R, Hsu CK.
J Cell Mol Med. 2013 May 15. doi: 10.1111/jcmm.12060. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23672502 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Kluge S, Rourou S, Vester D, Majoul S, Benndorf D, Genzel Y, Rapp E, Kallel H, Reichl U.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2013 May 15. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23674149 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Mitchell FL, Neres J, Ramraj A, Raju RK, Hillier IH, Vincent MA, Bryce RA.
Biochemistry. 2013 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23672572 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Dubord PJ, Evans GD, Macsai MS, Mannis MJ, Glasser DB, Strong DM, Noël L, Fehily D.
Cornea. 2013 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23676781 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Dubord PJ, Evans GD, Macsai MS, Mannis MJ, Glasser DB, Strong DM, Noël L, Fehily D.
Cornea. 2013 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23676781 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Mohammed MA, Seleim MF, Abdalla MS, Sharada HM, Abdel Wahab AH.
BMC Urol. 2013 May 14;13(1):25. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23672427 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article

Isbister GK, Maduwage K, Shahmy S, Mohamed F, Abeysinghe C, Karunathilake H, Ariaratnam CA, Buckley NA.
QJM. 2013 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23674721 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Figueiredo MM, Amorim IF, Pinto AJ, Barbosa VS, de Jesus Pinheiro L, Deoti B, Faria AM, Tafuri WL.
BMC Immunol. 2013 May 14;14(1):22. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23668673 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Nguyen NM, Thi Hue Kien D, Tuan TV, Quyen NT, Tran CN, Vo Thi L, Thi DL, Nguyen HL, Farrar JJ, Holmes EC, Rabaa MA, Bryant JE, Nguyen TT, Nguyen HT, Nguyen LT, Pham MP, Nguyen HT, Luong TT, Wills B, Nguyen CV, Wolbers M, Simmons CP.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23674683 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article

Mitchell FL, Neres J, Ramraj A, Raju RK, Hillier IH, Vincent MA, Bryce RA.
Biochemistry. 2013 May 14. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23672572 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Roura X, Fondati A, Lubas G, Gradoni L, Maroli M, Oliva G, Paltrinieri S, Zatelli A, Zini E.
Vet J. 2013 May 13. doi:pii: S1090-0233(13)00170-6. 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.04.001. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23680263 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

de Oliveira Caleare A, Lazarin-Bidóia D, Cortez DA, Ueda-Nakamura T, Dias Filho BP, de Oliveira Silva S, Nakamura CV.
Parasitol Int. 2013 May 13. doi:pii: S1383-5769(13)00058-5. 10.1016/j.parint.2013.05.001. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23680754 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Villabona-Arenas CJ, Zanotto PM.
PLoS One. 2013 May 13;8(5):e62649. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062649. Print 2013.
PMID: 23675416 [PubMed - in process] Free Article

Alborzi A, Pouladfar GR, Ghadimi Moghadam A, Attar A, Drakhshan N, Khosravi Maharlooei M, Kalantari M.
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2013 May 13;7(5):413-6. doi: 10.3855/jidc.2754.
PMID: 23669431 [PubMed - in process]

Reis LC, Ramos-Sanchez EM, Goto H.
Parasite Immunol. 2013 May 13. doi: 10.1111/pim.12041. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23668415 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Vanlerberghe V, Trongtokit Y, Jirarojwatana S, Jirarojwatana R, Lenhart A, Apiwathnasorn C, McCall PJ, Van der Stuyft P.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 13. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23669233 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Shen Z.
Biosci Rep. 2013 May 13. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23662735 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Walsh RK, Aguilar CL, Facchinelli L, Valerio L, Ramsey JM, Scott TW, Lloyd AL, Gould F.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 13. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23669230 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Silva CA, Danelishvili L, McNamara M, Moreira MB, Bildfell R, Biet F, Rodrigues LS, Oliveira AV, Bermudez LE, Pessolani MC.
Infect Immun. 2013 May 13. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23670556 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Scotti L, Scotti MT, Silva VB, Santos SR, Cavalcanti SC, Junior FJ.
Med Chem. 2013 May 13. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23676010 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Liu Y, Guo Y, An S, Kuang Y, He X, Ma H, Li J, Lv J, Zhang N, Jiang C.
PLoS One. 2013 May 13;8(5):e62905. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062905. Print 2013.
PMID: 23675438 [PubMed - in process] Free Article

Rasheed SB, Boots M, Frantz AC, Butlin RK.
Med Vet Entomol. 2013 May 12. doi: 10.1111/mve.12001. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23662926 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Bret S, Flageul B, Girault PY, Lightburne E, Morand JJ.
Ann Dermatol Venereol. 2013 May;140(5):347-52. doi: 10.1016/j.annder.2013.02.019. Epub 2013 Mar 22. French.
PMID: 23663706 [PubMed - in process]

Carvalho FL, Aires DL, Segunda ZF, Azevedo CM, Corrêa Rda G, Aquino DM, Caldas Ade J.
Cien Saude Colet. 2013 May;18(5):1305-12. Portuguese.
PMID: 23670458 [PubMed - in process]

Leite Rde S, Targino IT, Lopes YA, Barros RM, Vieira AA.
Cien Saude Colet. 2013 May;18(5):1463-71.
PMID: 23670475 [PubMed - in process]

Lal C, Huggins JT, Sahn SA.
Am J Med Sci. 2013 May;345(5):385-9. doi: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318266e984.
PMID: 22990049 [PubMed - in process]

Venegas J, Díaz F, Rojas T, Miranda S, Jercic MI, González C, Coñoepán W, Vargas A, Pichuantes S, Gajardo M, Rodríguez J, Sánchez G.
Acta Parasitol. 2013 Jun;58(2):139-48. doi: 10.2478/s11686-013-0123-0. Epub 2013 May 11.
PMID: 23666648 [PubMed - in process]

Weihs M, Mertens F.
Cien Saude Colet. 2013 May;18(5):1501-10. Portuguese.
PMID: 23670479 [PubMed - in process]

Piarroux M, Piarroux R, Knapp J, Bardonnet K, Dumortier J, Watelet J, Gerard A, Beytout J, Abergel A, Bresson-Hadni S, Gaudart J; FrancEchino Surveillance Network.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 May;19(5):721-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1905.120867.
PMID: 23647623 [PubMed - in process] Free Article

Wang K, Zhang X, Jin Z, Ma H, Teng Z, Wang L.
J Theor Biol. 2013 May 10. doi:pii: S0022-5193(13)00188-4. 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.04.020. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23669505 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Torgerson PR.
Parasitology. 2013 May 10:1-7. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23659353 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Anil Kumar S, Shetty A, Vijaya C, Geethamani V.
Int Urol Nephrol. 2013 May 9. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 23657613 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Ghosh SK.
Int J Dermatol. 2013 Jun;52(6):651-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05718.x. No abstract available.
PMID: 23679873 [PubMed - in process]


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