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메디칼미디어 - Jul 12, 2014
(논문명 : Mycobacterial Toxin Induces Analgesia in Buruli Ulcer by Targeting the Angiotentin Pathways) 공동 연구진은 부 리 궤양의 원인균이 ...
GhanaWeb - Jul 11, 2014
The NGO has been working hard to bring potable water to buruli-ulcer endemic communities across the country.
Christian News Wire (press release) - Jul 8, 2014
MAP has provided nearly $5 billion in medicines and medical supplies since 1954 and has been recognized for helping eradicate Buruli ulcer ...
NTDs thwart Ghana's efforts at middle income status
GhanaWeb - Jul 7, 2014
... soil-transmitted helminthiasis, Buruli ulcer, Yaws, Leprosy, Guinea Worm, Human African Trypanosomiasis and Cutaneous leishmaniasis.
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Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (Pressemitteilung) - Jul 3, 2014
[2] Studie – „Mycobacterial Toxin Induces Analgesia in Buruli Ulcer by Targeting the Angiotensin Pathways“; Estelle Marion, Ok-Ryul Song, …
Main Post - Jul 1, 2014
Der kleine Kofi Gabanet hat Buruli Ulcer am rechten Bein. Er wird seit fünf Monaten im Regionalkrankenhaus von Tsévié behandelt. Auch der ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference - Jun 20, 2014
Patients with the tropical disease Buruli ulcer, which is caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, often feel less pain in the disease wounds ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Jun 19, 2014
Buruli ulcer (caused by infection with Mycobacterium ulcerans) is the third most prevalent mycobacterial disease, after tuberculosis and leprosy.
LaDépêche.fr - Jan 24, 2014
Bientôt un traitement contre l'ulcère de Buruli ? Des chercheurs de l'INSERM sont en effet sur une piste intéressante pour mieux comprendre les conditions dans lesquelles la bactérie responsable de cette maladie produit sa toxine.
Longview Daily News - Jan 17, 2014
When Buruli ulcer is in its infant stage, as a nodule, it's painless and easily could be removed. Most of the patients are superstitious, afraid or embarrassed, and they don't seek treatment until the disease has consumed whole limbs, Faber and Lesh said
Medical facts - Nov 19, 2013
Verwaarloosde infectieziekten zijn tropische aandoeningen zoals slaapziekte, buruli ulcus en dengue, die vooral bevolkingsgroepen met een laag inkomen teisteren. Ze komen voor in Afrika, Azië en Amerika en staan vaak in contrast met de drie grote ...
SYS-CON Media (press release) - Nov 8, 2013
Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, cysticercosis / teniasis, dengue / severe dengue, dracunculiasis [guinea-worm disease], echinococcosis, food-borne trematodiases [fascioliasis], human African trypanosomiasis [sleeping sickness], the leishmaniases ...
El Huffington Post - Nov 4, 2013
Algunos de estos nombres les sonarán y otros no: enfermedad del sueño, chagas, leishmaniasis, dengue, úlcera de Buruli, dracunculiasis, esquistosomiasis, tracoma, shigelosis, rotavirus, fiebre amarilla, rotavirus, fiebres tifoideas, fiebres hemorrágicas.
Granada Hoy - Nov 3, 2013
Una de las enfermedades que está sesgando actualmente muchas vidas allí es la úlcera de Buruli, que se puede curar con un tratamiento de antibióticos que cuesta 48 euros. "Pero allí no tienen ese dinero, la úlcera se va extendiendo y se mueren ...
GhanaWeb - Nov 2, 2013
According to Naa, her sole motivation to participate in the Miss Ghana Beauty Pageant was to champion the cause of eradicating BuruliUlcer in the country because she was touched by a documentary one of her lecturers showed in class.
Ideal Digital - Oct 29, 2013
El hambre, el analfabetismo, la malaria o las úlceras de buruli son los principales enemigos de Ramón Takeli y todos los socios de la fundación que preside este togolés, profesor en Granada, que cada año, desde 2005, pasa la primera quincena de agosto ...
AllAfrica.com - Oct 28, 2013
Dr. Appiah Denkyira explained that Ghanaian universities could develop courses, for instance, in specific areas like Buruli Management, and offer masters degree in that discipline, in order to ensure that health workers in the country could take up ...
De Standaard - Oct 28, 2013
Buruli ulcus is wat men een verwaarloosde tropische ziekte noemt: er wordt weinig onderzoek naar gedaan, er is weinig geld voor bestrijding, de media verhalen er niet over en de
PR Newswire India (press release) - Oct 28, 2013
*NTDs designated by WHO for control or elimination: Buruli ulcer, Chagas disease, cysticercosis/taeniasis, dengue / severe dengue, dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease), echinococcosis, food-borne trematodiases, human African trypanosomiasis, the ...
derStandard.at - Oct 25, 2013
... Grenzen/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) nach Akonolinga in Kamerun. Hier verbrachten drei Clowns aus drei Ländern insgesamt 18 Tage mit Erwachsenen und Kindern, die an der schweren Tropenkrankheit Buruli-Ulkus leiden. foto: ärzte ohne grenzen.
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation - Oct 23, 2013
The Disease Control and Prevention Unit of the Ghana Health Service has appealed to government to make allocation for Buruli Ulcer Control and management in the national budget.
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation - Oct 23, 2013
Former Deputy Director General of Ghana Health Service, Dr George Amofa Ansah, on Tuesday called for an advocacy strategy as well as a fund raising plan to mobilise sustainable resources for Buruli Ulcer control.
Fontilles inicia su proyecto de cirugía reconstructiva para los afectados por la úlcera de Buruli en Congo
levante.emv.com - Oct 21, 2013
La úlcera de Buruli es más frecuente en países con clima tropical o subtropical, sobre todo en África, donde casi la mitad de las personas afectadas son menores de 15 años, según datos de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS).
Telegraph.co.uk - Oct 20, 2013
Professor David BarkerTelegraph.co.ukBy this time, however, Barker had done enough to link transmission of Buruli ulcer to wounds caused by razor-sharp reeds growing near the river Nile, and debunk the theory that the condition was spread by mosquitoes .
La Asociación Fontilles pone en marcha un proyecto de cirugía reconstructiva para afectados por úlcera en El Congo
Europa Press - Diario Social - Oct 18, 2013
La úlcera de buruli es una infección crónica causada por un microorganismo perteneciente a la misma familia que las bacterias responsables de la tuberculosis y la lepra, que destruye la piel y los tejidos blandos y causa grandes úlceras, generalmente ...
Abidjan.net - Oct 16, 2013
07 au 11 Octobre 2013, au profit de la population, suivie de chirurgie de la cataracte, puis d'une séance de sensibilisation et de dépistage gratuite des cas d'ulcère de buruli par le programme de lutte contre l'ulcère de buruli à l'Hôpital Général ...
New Vision - Oct 7, 2013
The other type are those that can't be massively treated in communities and are handled in health facilities which are sleeping sickness, Buruli Ulcer, Rabies, plague, jiggers, leprosy, Guinea worms and Kal azar.
Radio Chine - Sep 6, 2013
InternationaleCe plan qui cible 17 MTNs entend éradiquer et éliminer certaines d'entre elles dans tous les pays de la région, notamment la filariose lymphatique, l'onchocercose, la schistosomiase, le trachome cécitant, la lèpre, l'ulcère de Buruli, la trypanosomiase ...
Radio Okapi - Aug 31, 2013
Certaines personnes souffrent de l'ulcère de Buruli plus connue sous le nom de Mbasu. D'après les spécialistes, c'est une infection microbienne qui se localise généralement sur la jambe ou le bras.
BusinessGhana - Aug 30, 2013
The Northern Region of Ghana was selected over the other 9 regions because of the comparatively high prevalence of water and sanitation related diseases like diarrhea, buruli ulcer, and intestinal worms.
AllAfrica.com - Aug 30, 2013
The Northern Region of Ghana was selected over the other nine regions because of the comparatively high prevalence of water and sanitation related diseases like diarrhea, buruli ulcer, and intestinal worms.
7thSpace Interactive (press release) - Aug 8, 2013
Results: A total of 136 S. aureus strains were collected from five different types of infection: furuncles, pyomyositis, abscesses, Buruli ulcers, and osteomyelitis, from hospital admissions and out-patients in Benin.
BusinessGhana - Aug 3, 2013
Reported cases of tuberculosis infection stood at 430 with zero-cases of cholera, guinea worm and Buruli ulcer. The Metro Health Director spoke of planned school health outreach programmes to help pupils and students maintain good personal hygiene and ...
Nouvelle Expression - July 16, 2013
Un atelier deux semaines est organisé depuis hier pour renforcer les capacités du personnel médical sur la prise en charge des plaies Chroniques et de l'ulcère de buruli. Cette formation a débuté le 15 juillet et va s'achever le 2 août 2013.
Brescia Oggi - July 7, 2013
Per esempio, ai tanti che nel Benin, uno dei Paesi più poveri dell'Africa e del mondo, soffrono di "ulcera di Buruli" , malattia trasmessa da un batterio - il "microbatterium ulcerans" - che impedisce a piaghe, ustioni e ferite in genere di ...
GhanaWeb - Jun 22, 2013
The Disease Control Unit of the Dormaa Central Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has embarked on an education campaign in selected communities to facilitate the early detection of Buruli Ulcer cases for redress.
Geelong Advertiser - Jun 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 ...
4uPress - Jun 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 ...
El Huffington Post - May 11. 2013
Algunos de estos nombres les sonarán y otros no: enfermedad del sueño, chagas, leishmaniasis, dengue, úlcera de Buruli, dracunculiasis, esquistosomiasis, tracoma, shigelosis, rotavirus, fiebre amarilla, rotavirus, fiebres tifoideas, fiebres hemorrágicas.
L'Infodrome - Apr 14, 2013
Les élèves ont été invités, à travers, le projet « prends la main de ton frère ou sœur dans le besoin et partage avec lui ton morceau de pain», à cotiser 100 francs Cfa, en mars et avril 2013, pour aider les élèves qui souffrent du sida, de l'ulcère
Le Soleil - Apr 9, 2013
Une lueur d'espoir sur le chemin de la traque de l'agent pathogène responsable de l'ulcère de Buruli. Les scientifiques ont découvert que le
Radio Chine Internationale - Apr 9, 2013
les MTN dans les soins de santé primaire, de l'élimination de l'onchocercose et d' autres MTN, de la durabilité des activités
Top Actus Santé - Mar 20, 2013
Des chercheurs français ont identifié le mécanisme par lequel la bactérie Mycobacterium ulcerans provoque les ulcères de Buruli, ouvrant ainsi la voie vers de nouvelles approches thérapeutiques contre cette maladie cutanée invalidante, en émergence ...
News-Medical.net - Mar 18, 2013
Mycobacterium ulcerans infects the skin and subcutaneous tissues and secretes a lipid toxin, mycolactone, which causes open skin lesions, known as Buruli ulcers. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Caroline ...
HealthCanal.com - Mar 18, 2013
National Center for Scientific Research), in collaboration with the University of Basel (Switzerland) and the University of Cambridge (UK), have identified the mechanism triggering the formation of Buruli ulcers in the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans.
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PLoS Blogs (blog) - Oct 3, 2013
Buruli ulcer's mode of transmission is presently unknown, but in Victoria, Australia, endemic areas have been carefully mapped and patients are known to report single visits or defined exposures to these areas.
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