Times of India - June 8, 2013
RELATED. MARGAO: Eight-year-old boy Abhishek Magde, a native of Karnataka, died of a snake bite on Friday while he was undergoing treatment at the GMC, Bambolim. Police said that Magde was staying with his parents in a shanty near the Colva circle.
Philippine Information Agency - June 8, 2013
Schistosomiasis is acquired when people come in contact with fresh water infested with larval forms of parasitic blood flukes known as schistosomes. The microscopic worm lives in the veins draining the urinary tract and intestines.
Asahi Shimbun - June 8, 2013
"Neglected tropical diseases" is a term used by the World Health Organization to refer to illnesses that afflict many people in the developing world, including African sleeping sickness that claims some 40,000 lives annually.
Irish Independent - June 8, 2013
Leprosy has a long incubation period – up to seven years – and on reviewing the diagnosis, the doctors decided it needed to be investigated further and referred him to the infectious diseases unit of St James's Hospital.
Sun.Star - Jun 8, 2013
KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Five villages here are considered "dengue hotspots" after they recorded high incidence of the disease from January until May this year, data from the City Health Office showed.
Cebu Daily News - Jun 8, 2013
CPDRC's dancing inmates will dance with Assistant Health Secretary Eric Tayag to kick off the Health Department's Iwas Dengue campaign on June 15. Tayag will be in Cebu to start the campaign as Cebu has one of the highest recorded dengue cases in the ...
Bangkok Post - Jun 8, 2013
According to the Public Health Ministry, a total of 39,029 people have been treated fordengue from the start of the year to June 4. Half of the patients were children aged below 15 years.
Bangkok Post - Jun 8, 2013
More than 4,000 people contracted dengue fever last week, the first seven days of the rainy season, the Public Health Ministry said yesterday.
The Nation - June 8, 2013
Revealing that about 50 per cent of the patients were children under-15, the Public Health Minister's permanent secretary, Dr Narong Sahamethaphat, expressed his concern over the rising number of people suffering from dengue fever and said the ...
Deccan Herald - June 8, 2013
While Nisha is confirmed to have died of dengue, the cause of Sonu's death is yet to be ascertained, according to Taluk Medical Officer Chandrashekar.
Bangkok Post - June 8, 2013
The number of patients infected with dengue fever has doubled to an average of 570 a day over the past week as the country braces for the worst dengue season in memory, health officials warn.
The Hindu - June 8, 2013
District Health Officer Venkatesh on Friday told private hospitals to first get things verified from the Health Department before making any announcement on fevers.
Xinhua - June 8, 2013
PHNOM PENH, June 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 18 Cambodian children died of dengue fever in the first five months of this year, a 36 percent drop from 28 deaths over the same period last year, according to a report of the National Center for Parasitology, ...
The Hindu - June 8, 2013
Experts have reiterated that platelets transfusion has only a very limited role to play in the management of dengue fever and that panic reaction to dengue, with patients themselves demanding that they be transfused platelets is “unnecessary and ...
China.org.cn - June 8, 2013
Paraguay's Public Health Ministry Friday confirmed four more deaths from dengue fever, bringing the total number of deaths from the disease so far this year to 66.
Channel News Asia - June 8, 2013
SINGAPORE: More than 400 new cases of dengue were reported in Singapore this week, bringing the total number to over 9,000 this year. Five new dengue clusters have also been identified in Geylang, where more than 30 people have fallen ill.
TODAYonline - June 8, 2013
NEA officersdo a Dengue check at Tampines MRT station. The NEA pays particular attention to investigating areas where members of public congregate e.g.
The Hindu - June 8, 2013
Two cases each of dengue and chikungunya have been confirmed in the district, the District Medical Officer has said.Dengue fever was reported from Kakkanad and Thirumaradi. Chikungunya was reported from Thiruvaniyur and Malippuram.
Times of India - June 8, 2013
MANGALORE: A mass door-to-door campaign to educate masses about malaria and dengue will be carried out by about 600 students of 21 nursing colleges in the city from June 10.
Times of India - June 8, 2013
Hospital medical superintendent Dr B G Sagar said there was a steady stream of patients with dengue even though the district administration claims that fever control measures are being implemented.
Minda News - June 8, 2013
Dr. Duvia Tabugo, head of the Cotabato Integrated Provincial Health Office, said Kidapawan had 277 dengue cases during the period, followed by M'lang with 245, Kabacan with 155, and Midsayap with 100.
Big News Network.com - June 7, 2013
The Trypanosoma cruzi parasite causes American Trypanosomiasis, also known as Chagas disease, says Anal?a Toledano, a biochemist at the blood bank of Hospital de Cl?nicas Jos? de San Mart?n, a teaching hospital operated by Universidad de Buenos ...
Irish Health - June 7, 2013
Leprosy, also called Hansen's disease, is the oldest known communicable disease. It is still common in the developing world, with around 250,000 new cases diagnosed annually. It affects millions of people globally, mainly in Asia, Africa and South America.
TerritorioDigital.com - June 7, 2013
“Lo primero que se hizo fue tomar pruebas en los perros más próximos a la vivienda del paciente con leishmaniasis (un hombre de 40 años) y eso nos llevó a involucrar a poco más de 15 animales.
Philippine Information Agency - June 7, 2013
CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, June 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) reported that the “war on worms” in Samar, also known as schistosomiasis mass treatment, has shown significant results.
The Yucatan Times - June 7, 2013
nebulizacion After several days of intense rain in Cancun, the preventive measures against dengue have begun. Staff of the State Ministry of Health is meeting to organize the activities that will be held from Thursday.
The New Indian Express - June 7, 2013
Dengue fever is spreading across the state at an unprecedented rate with as many as 90 confirmed cases and 421 suspected cases across the state. Two deaths have been reported from Kottayam while four other fever deaths are suspected to be caused by ...
Times of India - June 7, 2013
MANGALORE: One person has succumbed to suspected dengue fever in Sullia taluk. The deceased is Jayarama (59) a resident of Nalkur Village in Sullia taluk.
AllAfrica.com - June 6, 2013
In Africa, Macharia said, they include sleeping sickness, HIV/Aids, Malaria, Kalazar and Tuberculosis. "The economic impact caused by these diseases is difficult to asses.
Geelong Advertiser - June 6, 2013
Research had shown that possums appeared to be good at concentrating the mycobacterium ulcerans (Bairnsdale ulcer) bug in their gut and could be a reservoir for the disease, said Barwon Health director of infectious diseases Associate Professor Eugene ...
The Australian - June 6, 2013
... cyanide, a poison commonly issued to members of the defeated Tamil Tigers terror group to prevent their capture. An Immigration Department spokesman yesterday confirmed Victor, 27, had been diagnosed with leprosy, also known as Hansens Disease.
IRINnews.org - June 6, 2013
For the past 10 years, the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) has been involved in research and development (R&D) for neglected diseases around the world, developing six new treatments for malaria, sleeping sickness, kala azar and chagas.
News-Medical.net - June 6, 2013
Elimination goals up to 2020 for several neglected tropical diseases such as sleeping sickness, visceral leishmaniasis, or lymphatic filariasis were set out early last year in the WHO NTD Roadmap, and new health tools are needed to support this strategy.
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - June 6, 2013
Methods: We conducted a 15 month insecticide control trial that included two deltamethrin [6 mg a.i.m-2] based ITF interventions in 12 of 24 monitored houses at Trinidad de Las Minas, a hyperendemic cutaneous leishmaniasis transmission village in ...
Doctors Without Borders - June 6, 2013
We are providing treatment for cutaneous leishmaniasis and typhoid, as well as other communicable diseases and chronic illnesses such as hypertension and diabetes. Yet given the scale of need, what MSF is doing is extremely limited.
The New American - June 6, 2013
Names like typhus, yellow fever, leishmaniasis, dengue fever, and bancroftian filariasis are likewise too familiar to hundreds of thousands of those affected in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Tico Times - Jun 6, 2013
Cases of dengue fever in Costa Rica already have exceeded 12,000 this year, which is four times the number of cases recorded in the first five months of 2012, according to official data.
The Hindu - Jun 6, 2013
Rame Gowda and Basavaraj Malagatti, who were transferred before the Assembly elections, on Thursday reassumed their posts of Deputy Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) respectively.
Sun.Star - Jun 6, 2013
Writer's note: This article is an edited and paraphrased version that was written to me last 2010 by a dear friend who requested to remain anonymous.
ABC Local - Jun 6, 2013
Health experts struggle to control Cairns dengue outbreak. Posted June 07, 2013 12:31:38. Map: Cairns 4870. Far north Queensland health authorities say unseasonal wet weather could be prolonging a dengue fever outbreak in the inner-suburbs of Cairns.
Emirates 24/7 - Jun 6, 2013
Dr Jayatillake assured that a large-scale dengue eradication programme is being planned for Colombo and the suburbs, with the help of Ministries of Health and Defence, the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), the Western Provincial Council, Sri Lanka Army ...
Solomon Star - June 6, 2013
THE number of dengue fever cases has risen to 5,569 from the previously recorded 4,269, but the death toll remains at six, health authorities revealed yesterday. Reported RDT-positive cases went up to 1,272 cases, an additional 62 positive cases from ...
The News International - Jun 6, 2013
In Karachi, 12 patients were admitted to different hospitals, while three received treatment at OPDs.Dengue fever is a painful, debilitating mosquito-borne disease caused by any one of four closely related dengue viruses. These viruses are related to ...
Times of India - June 6, 2013
"Despite carrying out awareness drive in the dengue-infected village, the residents are not keen to clean the tanks," he said, adding that ensuring cleanliness in all water sources is the only way to check dengue. Cheluvamba Hospital for Women and ...
Thailand National News Bureau - June 6, 2013
CHIANG MAI, 6 June 2013 (NNT) – Over 2,000 people in Chiang Mai have, this year, caught dengue fever and in May alone, 700 people were found with the disease, prompting the Public Health Ministry to raise warning for people to protect themselves ...
NDTV - June 6, 2013
There has been a sharp increase in the cases of viral fever and dengue since the onset of the monsoon. Since January, more than nine lakh cases of fever have been reported in Kerala with over 2500 confirmed cases of dengue;
Ceylon Daily News - June 6, 2013
Over 40 persons have died of dengue fever during the past five months while over 14,000 dengue cases have been reported island wide, a Health Ministry spokesman said. He said medical specialists are of the view that due to the prevailing rainy weather ...* Police operations against dengue mosquito breeders in Sri Lanka start on ...Colom
New Straits Times - Jun 6, 2013
JOHOR BARU: FIVE dengue cases have been reported in Taman Nusantara, Gelang Patah, since May 21. The victims were aged between 22 and 50. The authorities believe that aedes mosquitos are breeding in piles of rubbish and used tyres. Johor Baru ...
The Hindu - Jun 6, 2013
Dengue fever claimed its first victim in the district this year on Wednesday. The District Medical Officer confirmed that Arjun Rajan (8) from Avoli panchayat in Muvattupuzha died of dengue fever. Arjun was admitted to Kolenchery Medical Mission ...
The New Indian Express - June 6, 2013
With 37 new cases detected on Wednesday, the total number of dengue fever cases in the state has touched 985. The Health Department has also recorded two
Pacific Standard - June 5, 2013
Leprosy: An Ancient Disease That Continues to Linger. Though there are antibiotics to counter its effects, we haven't eradicated Hansen's Disease, which is why it's so disconcerting that few physicians are able to identify—and thus treat—the condition.
Guardian Express - June 5, 2013
For example, climate change can widen the geographical range of snail-borne disease called schistosomiasis in China, and the recent outbreak of West Nile virus on over five counties in California, as well as other states such as in Texas and Michigan.
TerritorioDigital.com - June 5, 2013
BONPLAND (Enviados especiales). El segundo caso de leishmaniasis visceral en tres años en la pequeña localidad de Bonpland movilizará hoy un amplio operativo sanitario que incluirá un relevamiento total de la población canina para saber la frecuencia ...
Mirada Profesional - June 5, 2013
El Departamento de Vigilancia Epidemiológica del ministerio de Salud Pública de Misiones confirmó el viernes por la noche, el primer caso del año de leishmaniasis visceral.
The Global Dispatch - June 5, 2013
With thousands of Syrians crossing the borders each day, diseases that are prevalent inside Syria are being transmitted to neighbouring countries. Measles, tuberculosis and cutaneous leishmaniasis have been reported among displaced Syrians in Jordan, ...
Times of India - Jun 5, 2013
The district health department, he informed, has constituted a team of four laboratory technicians to visit each and every private hospital and take blood samples of patients admitted with dengue symptoms and do the MacElisa test. Dr Sangamesh Malagi ...
Times of India - Jun 5, 2013
COIMBATORE: Two cases of dengue have been reported in Vadavalli and Kavundampalayam areas in the city on late Tuesday night.
Times of India - Jun 5, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram reported 47 dengue cases on the day, Kottayam 42, Ernakulam 8, Kollam 5, Pathanamthitta and Thrissur 4 each, Kozhikode 3, Wayanad 2, Malappuram, Kannur and Kasaragod one each.
Times of India - Jun 5, 2013
Since there were concerns about dengue and other diseases in Kottiyoor, where the annual temple festival is underway, the department held a special medical camp in the place on Tuesday and officials say there is no fear of an epidemic outbreak in ...
Daily Mirror - Jun 5, 2013
All lectures and exam related activities at Art, Management and Law faculties of the Colombo University have been temporarily postponed till Monday (June 10) due to a dengue outbreak at the university.
Deccan Chronicle - Jun 5, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: Three suspected dengue deaths, one each in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Kottayam, have occurred during the last four days. As many as 14,657 fever cases and 118 dengue cases have been reported in the state.
Ceylon Daily News - Jun 5, 2013
Legal action will be taken against those found contributing to denguemosquito breeding by not following the laid down rules and guidelines issued by the authorities.
Sun.Star - Jun 5, 2013
THE City Health Office (CHO) led by Dr. Salome Binas inspected the house of the three-year-old child who died of dengue last week in one of the puroks in Barangay Felisa, Bacolod City.
World Health Organization (press release) - June 4, 2013
A total of 9 million 598 thousand and 173 Yemenis, comprising adults and children were treated for schistosomiasis (bilharzia) and soil-transmitted helminthiases (intestinal worms) in two separate 4-day campaigns in March and May 2013, compared with a ...
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - June 4, 2013
Leishmaniasis is a clinically and epidemiologically diverse zoonotic disease caused by obligatory, intracellular protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most widely distributed form of the disease characterized by ...
The Guardian - June 4, 2013
Measles, tuberculosis and cutaneous leishmaniasis have been reported among displaced Syrians in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey. Mahjour said: "Jordan had previously reported zero cases of measles for three years, and was planning to officially ...
TerritorioDigital.com - June 4, 2013
Este martes fue dado de alta del Hospital Madariaga, el paciente con Leishmaniasis visceral oriundo de Bonpland. El hombre regresó a su domicilio y seguirá el tratamiento médico en forma ambulatoria.
Times of India - June 4, 2013
DNDi is partnering the pharma companies as part of its effort to find new treatments for three neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that threaten hundreds of millions of people worldwide: leishmaniasis, Chagas disease and sleeping sickness (Human African ...
The Hindu - Jun 4, 2013
The district reported 47 cases of dengue fever on Tuesday from across the district. Health officials said cases were beginning to be reported in good numbers from the Corporation wards now, with sustained disease-control activities now taken up in the ...
Times of India - Jun 4, 2013
BANGALORE: There's an increase in the number of dengue cases in Karnataka, according to the latest statistics released by the health and family welfare department.
The Hindu - Jun 4, 2013
As many as 143 new positive cases of dengue have been reported in the State in the last two days taking the total number of confirmed cases to 948 since January.
The News International - June 4, 2013
The first ever case of dengue in Karachi was detected in 1994 and the virus turned into an epidemic in 2006, claiming the lives of 42 people and infecting around 4,000 patients.
The Global Dispatch - June 4, 2013
The dengue fever outbreak in Singapore has set an all-time high for a week as the National Environmental Agency (NEA)reported 746 cases for the week of May 26 to June 1, according to the NEA website.
The News International - June 4, 2013
Following the orders of the Sindh government, Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui established a divisional-level dengue taskforce. However, there seems to be a discrepancy between the figures of the provincial health department - which has ...
Times of India - June 4, 2013
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The fever-hit state capital is now facing a major problem -- shortage of blood. With a high demand from both government and private hospitals, the blood banks in the city have been reporting an acute shortage of blood and its ...
Sun.Star - June 4, 2013
2 of Mayor Oscar S. Rodriguez, “Beinte Quatro Oras, Sa Sakit Walang Atras,” health advisories have been sent out to communities, reminding them to maintain cleanliness, destroy possible breeding places of dengue-carrying mosquitoes, and encourage ...
Straits Times - June 4, 2013
THE number of new dengue cases in a week has surged to an all-time high, despite efforts to bring it under control. Last week, 756 people were down with dengue, 43 more than the previous peak in September 2005 during Singapore's worst epidemic.
Cebu Daily News - June 4, 2013
June is Dengue Awareness Month in the country. From January 1 to April 13, a total of 2,332 cases were reported in the National Capital Region, according to data from the Department of Health's Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit.
The New Indian Express - June 4, 2013
Since January, 3,018 people were tested for dengue in Karnataka. About 805 of them are confirmed to have the fever and according to official figures, two of them have died.
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka - June 4, 2013
Health Authorities of the Colombo Municipality who tested water samples collected from the Law faculty building found dengue larvae contained in the samples, and as the other two faculties are adjacent to the Law faculty, the administration decided to ...
The Hindu - June 4, 2013
The District Health and Family Welfare personnel in association with the Mangalore City Corporation will start a week-long drive from June 10 to reduce sources where mosquitoes transmitting malaria and dengue breed.
Sun.Star - June 4, 2013
There are 704 cases of dengue reported by the Disease Reporting Units (DRU) in Cordillera Administrative Region from January to May 2013 showing a 30 percent increase of cases compared to the same period last year.
Xinhua - June 4, 2013
SINGAPORE, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The weekly number of new dengue cases reported in Singapore surged to an all time high over the seven days from May 26 to June 1, according to statistics from the city state's ministry of health released Tuesday.
Deccan Chronicle - June 4, 2013
In Alappuzha, there are five suspected dengue cases. Health minister V.S. Sivakumar announced that the health department would provide an additional Rs 7 lakh each to all the districts for controlling the spread of diseases.
Saiba como se proteger de malária, doença de Chagas e leishmaniose (Learn how to protect yourself from malaria, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis)
Globo.com - June 3, 2013
Se a pessoa for contaminada, o protozoário Trypanosoma cruzi entra na corrente sanguínea e pode chegar ao intestino, esôfago ou, em casos mais graves, ao coração (veja na reportagem ao lado). Nesse último caso, o coração pode aumentar até parar de ...
TerritorioDigital.com - June 3, 2013
Tras la confirmación del primer caso de Leishmaniasis Visceral del año en Misiones, desde el Ministerio de Salud Pública informaron que continúan tratando al paciente oriundo de Bonpland. Según trascendió, el paciente de 40 años, comenzó a manifestar ...
The New Indian Express - June 3, 2013
... Discovery (OSDD), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-led Team India initiative funded by the Government of India to conduct researches on discovering drugs for tropical infectious diseases like malaria, tuberculosis and ...
Frente a la úlcera de Buruli, medicamentos para todas las personas (Faced with Buruli ulcer, medicines for all people)
4uPress - June 3, 2013
Esto es lo que sucede en el caso de la úlcera de Buruli en el Golfo de Guinea. La rifampicina y la estreptomicina son desconocidas para la inmensa mayoría de los mortales. Pero estos antibióticos son fundamentales para el tratamiento de la enfermedad ...
Daily News - June 3, 2013
The main objective of the camp is to identify the causes of reversible blindness such as cataract, trachoma, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy which cause avoidable blindness. According to a statement issued by the administration of Regency Medical ...
The Express Tribune - June 3, 2013
ISLAMABAD: Dr Christine Schmotzer is on a mission. As part of an evangelical sisterhood from Germany, she has been working to cure patients of infectious diseases, particularly leprosy and tuberculosis (TB), in Pakistan.
Times of India - June 3, 2013
BELGAUM: As many as 100 Chikungunya suspected cases were reported from four villages of Hukkeri Taluk. Among hundred suspected cases, four are confirmed cases.
Ceylon Daily News - June 3, 2013
One hundred and seventy five dengue cases were reported in the Matale district during the last five months, District Health Service Director's Office sources said. Meanwhile, investigations are being carried out in risk prone ares in the district by health authorities together with awareness programmes at village level, officials said.
The Hindu - June 3, 2013
A high-level meeting of health officials, senior health administrators, and public health experts convened by the Health Minister here on Sunday decided to bring out an algorithm for dengue management, derived from the latest and revised dengue ...
Pakistan Observer - June 3, 2013
Allout efforts are being made to control dengue cases in the city. Dengue fever is under control in Rawalpindi region, he claimed. In a move, all old tyres were confiscated from the limits of Rawal Town and Potohar Town, to eliminate threat of dengue ...
Pattaya Mail - June 3, 2013
Permanent Secretary for Public Health Dr. Narong Sahametapat said the ministry would keep a close eye on dengue cases, given over 35, 000 people came down with the disease during January 1st to May 29th, 40 of whom died. On an average 2,000 ...
La leishmaniasis, la enfermedad que creció 45 % en un año (Leishmaniasis, a disease which grew 45% in one year)
TerritorioDigital.com - June 2, 2013
Ante el último caso confirmado, Salud Pública recordó que la tenencia responsable de los perros y los cuidados domiciliarios para evitar la propagación del Lutzomyia longipalpis (caracha-í), mosquito que transmite la leishmaniasis son fundamentales ...
News 12 Westchester - June 2, 2013
Hospital officials say a 24-year-old male is in stable condition after he was bit by a potentially deadly copperhead snake while cutting the grass near the pool area in High Tor State Park in New City
The Cambodia Daily (subscription) - June 2, 2013
Fifteen children have died from dengue fever in the first 19 weeks of this year, while the mosquito-borne disease infected 2,527 people during the same period, the National Dengue Control Program (NDCP) said Friday.
Times of India - Jun 2, 2013
She has become extra cautious following reports of deaths among children because of dengue and the sufferings of score of residents due to the fever in Mysore.
Straits Times - Jun 2, 2013
An National Environment Agency (NEA) officer shares dengue prevention tips with a resident in Block 800, Yishun Ring Road. A reality series about the fight against dengue may soon be popping up on computer screens.
Hindustan Times - Jun 2, 2013
After last year's wide disparity in the number of dengue and malaria cases reported by private and government hospitals in the city, data analysts of the Gurgaon health department had undergone training on January 25 to fine tune the process of ...
Times of India - Jun 2, 2013
Speaking about decrease in the number of dengue cases in the district, the doctor said the new cases reported on Sunday were from other districts like Mandya and Ramanagar.
Mumbai Mirror - June 2, 2013
On Friday, the state reported the season's first death due to swine flu (H1N1 virus) from Kollam district. Health department sources said Dengue claimed five lives in Kottayam on Friday. As many as 63 dengue cases were reported from across the state.
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka - June 2, 2013
Eight schools in Colombo were ordered to be closed on Friday after municipal dengue-control unit officials found killer mosquitoes there with the onset of the monsoon.
The New Indian Express - June 2, 2013
V Sivankutty MLA on Saturday urged Health Minister V S Sivakumar to take urgent steps to save the people from the spread of dengue fever. In a statement here, Sivankutty said that thousands were arriving at government and private hospitals, seeking ...
The New Indian Express - June 2, 2013
Following directions from the Health and Family Welfare Department, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike's Health Department undertook a dengue control campaign in 44 wards of the city.
The Hindu - June 2, 2013
The city continues to report fresh dengue cases daily. Of the 20 suspected dengue cases reported in the city on Saturday, 15 have tested positive, District Medical Officer R. Renuka has said.
The Sunday Times Sri Lanka - June 2, 2013
Their home down Dharmarama Road, Colombo 6, is strangely silent. Where there was children's laughter and play, now there is only deep sorrow and mourning. For, the daughter of Fauzaan Farook and Fathima Naseem who would have celebrated her 6th ...
Newstrack India - June 2, 2013
South Delhi Mayor, Mrs. Sarita Choudhary inaugurated a Month long Anti Malaria/Dengue Control Programme from Dengue and Malaria. This Programme is initiated for creating awareness by Municipal Councillors & RWAs of South Delhi about vector-borne ...
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Wolbachia is a maternally transmitted endosymbiotic bacterium that is estimated to infect up to 65% of insect species. The ability of Wolbachia to both induce pathogen interference and spread into mosquito vector populations makes it possible to develop Wolbachia as a biological control agent for vector-borne disease control.
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by Ludmila Nakamura Rapado, Alessandro de Sá Pinheiro, Priscila Orechio de Moraes Victor Lopes, Harold Hilarion Fokoue, Marcus Tullius Scotti, Joaquim Vogt Marques, Fernanda Pires Ohlweiler, Sueli Ivone Borrely, Carlos Alberto de Bragança Pereira, Massuo Jorge Kato, Eliana Nakano, Lydia Fumiko Yamaguchi
Background: Schistosomiasis is one of the most significant diseases in tropical countries..
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - June 6, 2013
by Belen Otero-Abad, Paul R. Torgerson
Background: Human echinococcosis is a neglected zoonosis caused by parasites of the genus Echinococcus. The most frequent clinical forms of echinococcosis, cystic echinococcosis (CE) and alveolar echinococcosis (AE), are responsible for a substantial health and economic burden, particularly to low-income societies.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - June 6, 2013
by Emily A. McDonald, Jennifer F. Friedman, Surendra Sharma, Luz Acosta, Sunthorn Pond-Tor, Ling Cheng, Eric S. White, Jonathan D. Kurtis
Background: Schistosomiasis affects nearly 40 million women of reproductive age, and is known to elicit a pro-inflammatory signature in the placenta.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - June 6, 2013
by Clarence C. Tam, Hasitha Tissera, Aravinda M. de Silva, Aruna Dharshan De Silva, Harold S. Margolis, Ananda Amarasinge
Dengue is the most important vector-borne viral disease worldwide and a major cause of childhood fever burden in Sri Lanka, which has experienced a number of large epidemics in the past decade.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - June 6, 2013
by Hong Xiao, Huai-Yu Tian, Bernard Cazelles, Xiu-Jun Li, Shi-Lu Tong, Li-Dong Gao, Jian-Xin Qin, Xiao-Ling Lin, Hai-Ning Liu, Xi-Xing Zhang
Background: The transmission of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is influenced by environmental determinants.
Fneich S, Dheilly N, Adema C, Rognon A, Reichelt M, Bulla J, Grunau C, Cosseau C.
Parasit Vectors. 2013 Jun 6;6(1):167. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23742053 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Chaves LF, Calzada JE, Rigg C, Valderrama A, Gottdenker NL, Saldaña A.
Parasit Vectors. 2013 Jun 6;6(1):164. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23742709 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Victor B, Dorny P, Kanobana K, Polman K, Lindh J, Deelder AM, Palmblad M, Gabriël S.
BMC Res Notes. 2013 Jun 6;6(1):224. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23742691 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Chuang YC, Lin YS, Liu HS, Wang JR, Yeh TM.
Thromb Haemost. 2013 Jun 6;110(2). [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23740201 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Lei S, Tian YP, Xiao WD, Li S, Rao XC, Zhang JL, Yang J, Hu XM, Chen W.
Cell Biochem Biophys. 2013 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23737341 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Boccia TM, Burattini MN, Coutinho FA, Massad E.
Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Jun 5:1-9. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23735007 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Holguín A, Norman F, Martín L, Mateos ML, Chacón J, López-Vélez R, Pérez-Molina JA.
Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2013 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23740927 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Wilson RT, Swai E.
Trop Anim Health Prod. 2013 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23733144 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Davis AD, Jarvis JA, Pouliott CE, Morgan SM, Rudd RJ.
J Virol. 2013 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23741002 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Tan CS, Hobson-Peters JM, Stoermer MA, Fairlie DP, Khromkyh AA, Hall RA.
J Gen Virol. 2013 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23740481 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Kakumani PK, Ponia SS, Rajgokul KS, Sood V, Chinnappan M, Banerjea AC, Medigeshi G, Malhotra P, Mukherjee SK, Bhatnagar RK.
J Virol. 2013 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23741001 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Wang Z, Li L, Pennington JG, Sheng J, Yap ML, Plevka P, Meng G, Sun L, Jiang W, Rossmann MG.
J Virol. 2013 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23740974 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
McGwire BS, Satoskar AR.
QJM. 2013 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23744570 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Liu J, Dyer D, Cheng J, Wang J, Wang S, Yang Z, Wang X, Hu W.
Parasit Vectors. 2013 Jun 5;6(1):162. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23734964 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article
Steel C, Golden A, Kubofcik J, Larue N, de Los Santos T, Domingo GJ, Nutman TB.
Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2013 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23740923 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Steel C, Golden A, Kubofcik J, Larue N, de Los Santos T, Domingo GJ, Nutman TB.
Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2013 Jun 5. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23740923 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Giraudoux P, Raoul F, Afonso E, Ziadinov I, Yang Y, Li L, Li T, Quéré JP, Feng X, Wang Q, Wen H, Ito A, Craig PS.
Parasitology. 2013 Jun 5:1-12. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23734823 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Afshan K, Valero MA, Qayyum M, Peixoto RV, Magraner A, Mas-Coma S.
J Helminthol. 2013 Jun 4:1-10. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23731975 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Kebede N, Oghumu S, Worku A, Hailu A, Varikuti S, Satoskar AR.
Parasit Vectors. 2013 Jun 4;6:160. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-160.
PMID: 23734874 [PubMed - in process] Free Article
Noazin S, Shirzadi MR, Kermanizadeh A, Yaghoobi-Ershadi MR, Sharifi I.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Jun 4. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23740241 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Smith TG, Ellison JA, Ma X, Kuzmina N, Carson W, Rupprecht CE.
Vaccine. 2013 Jun 3. doi:pii: S0264-410X(13)00696-8. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.081. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23742991 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Topuzogullari M, Cakir Koc R, Dincer Isoglu S, Bagirova M, Akdeste Z, Elcicek S, Oztel ON, Yesilkir Baydar S, Canim Ates S, Allahverdiyev A.
J Biomed Sci. 2013 Jun 3;20(1):35. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23731716 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article
Sandborn WJ, Elliott DE, Weinstock J, Summers RW, Landry-Wheeler A, Silver N, Harnett MD, Hanauer SB.
Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Jun 3. doi: 10.1111/apt.12366. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23730956 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Naumann DN, Lundy J, Burns D, Bailey MS, Bowley DM.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23736143 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Loroño-Pino MA, García-Rejón JE, Machain-Williams C, Gomez-Carro S, Nuñez-Ayala G, Del Rosario Nájera-Vázquez M, Losoya A, Aguilar L, Saavedra-Rodriguez K, Lozano-Fuentes S, Beaty MK, Black WC 4th, Keefe TJ, Eisen L, Beaty BJ.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23732254 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article
Surnamesuttitheptumrong G, Surnamekhunchai G, Surnamepanaampon G, Surnameyasamut G, Surnamemorchang G, Surnameputtikhunt G, Surnamenoisakran G, Surnamehaegeman G, Surnameyenchitsomanus GT, Surnamelimjindaporn G.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2013 Jun 3. doi:pii: S0006-291X(13)00901-7. 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.05.094. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23743190 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Zhang G, Hussain M, O'Neill SL, Asgari S.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23733960 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Ma S, Mao Q, Liang Z, Zhang C, Yang W, Sun Z, Zhang H, Shen X, Bi S, Sun L.
Cytotechnology. 2013 Jun 2. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23728855 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Wong S, Paunipagar BK, Rasalkar DD.
Hong Kong Med J. 2013 Jun;19(3):276.e1-2. doi: 10.12809/hkmj133600. No abstract available.
PMID: 23732438 [PubMed - in process] Free Article
van Cleef KW, Overheul GJ, Thomassen MC, Kaptein SJ, Davidson AD, Jacobs M, Neyts J, van Kuppeveld FJ, van Rij RP.
Antiviral Res. 2013 Jun 1. doi:pii: S0166-3542(13)00142-3. 10.1016/j.antiviral.2013.05.011. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23735301 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Cuong HQ, Vu NT, Cazelles B, Boni MF, Thai KT, Rabaa MA, Quang LC, Simmons CP, Huu TN, Anders KL.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jun;19(6):945-53. doi: 10.3201/eid1906.121323.
PMID: 23735713 [PubMed - in process]
da Silva OS, Prado GR, da Silva JL, Silva CE, da Costa M, Heermann R.
Parasitol Res. 2013 Jun 1. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23728731 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Lindow JC, Durbin AP, Whitehead SS, Pierce KK, Carmolli MP, Kirkpatrick BD.
Vaccine. 2013 Jun 1. doi:pii: S0264-410X(13)00690-7. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.05.075. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23735680 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Benabid M, Galai Y, Nouira R, Bouchoucha S, Bouratbine A, Aoun K.
Clin Lab. 2013;59(3-4):293-8.
PMID: 23724617 [PubMed - in process]
Berberian G, Rosanova MT, Kaldzielski C, Paulin P, Castro G, Galina L.
Arch Argent Pediatr. 2013 Jun;111(3):e78-81. doi: 10.1590/S0325-00752013000300017. Spanish.
PMID: 23732360 [PubMed - in process] Free Article
Raimondi D, Rey CE, Testa MV, Camoia ED, Torreguitar A, Meritano J.
Arch Argent Pediatr. 2013 Jun;111(3):213-217. English, Spanish.
PMID: 23732347 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article
Gupta CL, Khan MK, Khan MF, Tiwari AK.
Interdiscip Sci. 2013 Jun;5(2):136-44. doi: 10.1007/s12539-013-0164-y. Epub 2013 Jun 6.
PMID: 23740395 [PubMed - in process]
Singh AK, Singh SK, Prasad KN, Singh A, Bajpai A, Rahman M, Rai RP, Gupta RK, Tripathi M, Husain N.
Exp Parasitol. 2013 Jul;134(3):313-7. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.03.033. Epub 2013 Apr 8.
PMID: 23578857 [PubMed - in process]
Strømme EM, Baerøe K, Norheim OF.
Dev World Bioeth. 2013 May 31. doi: 10.1111/dewb.12016. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23724925 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Furtado KC, Costa CA, Ferreira Lde S, Martins LC, Linhares Ada C, Ishikawa EA, Batista Ede J, Sousa MS.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2013;46(2). doi:pii: S0037-86822013000200241. 10.1590/0037-8682-981-2013.
PMID: 23740053 [PubMed - in process]
Soares Magalhães RJ, Langa A, Pedro JM, Sousa-Figueiredo JC, Clements AC, Vaz Nery S.
Geospat Health. 2013 May;7(2):341-354.
PMID: 23733295 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Argolo AF, Féres VC, Silveira LA, Oliveira AC, Pereira LA, Júnior JB, Braga C, Martelli CM.
BMC Infect Dis. 2013 May 31;13:254. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-254.
PMID: 23725365 [PubMed - in process] Free Article
Perng GC, Chokephaibulkit K.
J Biomed Sci. 2013 May 31;20(1):34. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23725050 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article
Hong S, Lee HW, Chang DY, You S, Kim J, Park JY, Ahn SH, Yong D, Han KH, Yoo OJ, Shin EC.
J Immunol. 2013 May 31. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23729443 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Duber HC, Kelly SM.
J Emerg Med. 2013 May 30. doi:pii: S0736-4679(13)00337-5. 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.03.021. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23726787 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Huang CY, Kinney RM, Livengood JA, Bolling B, Arguello JJ, Luy BE, Silengo SJ, Boroughs KL, Stovall JL, Kalanidhi AP, Brault AC, Osorio JE, Stinchcomb DT.
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 May 30;7(5):e2243. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002243. Print 2013 May.
PMID: 23738026 [PubMed - in process] Free Article
Villabona-Arenas CJ, Brito AF, Zanotto PM.
Infect Genet Evol. 2013 May 29. doi:pii: S1567-1348(13)00201-3. 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.05.012. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23727343 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Davis AD, Jarvis JA, Pouliott C, Rudd RJ.
PLoS One. 2013 May 31;8(5):e64808. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064808. Print 2013.
PMID: 23741396 [PubMed - in process]
Umhang G, Richomme C, Boucher JM, Guedon G, Boué F.
Vet Parasitol. 2013 May 14. doi:pii: S0304-4017(13)00282-3. 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.05.003. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23725822 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Tsiodras S, Dougas G, Baka A, Billinis C, Doudounakis S, Balaska A, Georgakopoulou T, Rigakos G, Kontos V, Tasioudi K, Tzani M, Tsarouxa P, Iliadou P, Mangana-Vougiouka O, Iliopoulos D, Sapounas S, Efstathiou P, Tsakris A, Hadjichristodoulou C, Kremastinou J.
Euro Surveill. 2013 May 2;18(18). doi:pii: 20474. No abstract available.
PMID: 23725773 [PubMed - in process] Free Article
D'Amico G, Mihalca AD, Domşa C, Albrechtová K, Sándor AD, Modrý D.
Geospat Health. 2013 May;7(2):409-411.
PMID: 23733302 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Blaney JE, Marzi A, Willet M, Papaneri AB, Wirblich C, Feldmann F, Holbrook M, Jahrling P, Feldmann H, Schnell MJ.
PLoS Pathog. 2013 May;9(5):e1003389. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003389. Epub 2013 May 30.
PMID: 23737747 [PubMed - in process] Free Article
Tsegaw T, Gadisa E, Seid A, Abera A, Teshome A, Mulugeta A, Herrero M, Argaw D, Jorge A, Aseffa A.
Geospat Health. 2013 May;7(2):299-308.
PMID: 23733292 [PubMed - in process]
Hernández J, Núñez I, Bacigalupo A, Cattan PE.
Int J Health Geogr. 2013 May 31;12(1):29. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23724993 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article
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