Business Wire (press release)
BVGH initiates these partnerships by identifying relevant research assets in pharmaceutical companies and matches them with academic researchers working on neglected tropical diseases.
AllAfrica.com
Our study on community dialogues for the prevention and control of schistosomiasis in Mozambique was cited as an example of the RPC's research on the group of 17 neglected tropical diseases that disproportionately affect low-resource communities.
ag-IP-news Agency
GENEVA - WIPO Re:Search has now surpassed 100 members and is just shy of 100 agreements to share intellectual property in the fight against neglected tropical diseases, tuberculosis and malaria - both significant milestones for the consortium as it ...
GenomeWeb
As they report in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, the researchers used a combination of real-time and standard PCR assays to assess microbial representatives found in 378 Cote d'Ivoire ticks.
Buruli Ulcer / Mycobacterium ulcerans
The State Press
Antibacterial blue clay from Oregon pictured in Dr. Lynda Williams' lab, on Monday, Jan. 19, 2016, in Tempe, AZ.
Chagas disease / American trypanosomiasis
Nevada Herald
Chagas disease is a parasitic infection by Trypanosoma cruzi. This parasite lives in the feces of some species of the "kissing bug." Some species of "kissing bug" defecate after feeding on the blood of a host such as cattle, a dog, or a human.
Medical Xpress
Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite that can cause an insidious onset of Chagas disease, a fatal cardiac disease in humans and dogs. The parasite is transmitted via triatomine insects, commonly called kissing bugs.
Drug Target Review
... found that when an immune killer cell, such as a T-cell or natural killer (NK) cell, encounters a cell infected with any of three intracellular parasites (Trypanosoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii or Leishmania major), it releases three proteins that ...
New Jersey Herald
What is so dangerous about the bug is the parasite that it carries -- scientifically called Trypanosoma cruzi -- and spreads to its victims which can be fatal if left untreated.
Dengue
Big Island Video News
The report, co-authored by Dr. Sarah Y. Park, the Hawaii State Epidemiologist and Chief of the Disease Outbreak Control Division, reveals for the first time on writing the initial stages of the state health department investigation into the dengue ...
MercoPress
Even as the number of new cases of dengue fever continued to rise in ... of the virus, such as dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome, ...
InterAksyon
TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol - Dengue cases last year almost doubled the preceding year's record, prompting health officials to draft a more intensive campaign this year.
The Indian Express
From the lab: On course to developing an anti-dengue cure. This kit, which had been developed in 2009, provides the most common diagnostic test for dengue now and is much more accurate and cheap than the imported alternatives that were available in ...
Healio
The Butantan Institute has launched a phase 3 trial for TV003, a dengue vaccine produced by researchers at the NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, according to a press release.
West Hawaii Today
HILO — A report issued Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers some insight into the early days of the investigation into Hawaii Island's dengue fever outbreak.
Daily Times
An official of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination told that in 2013, a total of 20,710 cases were registered and 104 people died due to dengue fever and about 1,991 cases appeared in 2014 while 18 patients died and 9 ...
Jakarta Post
TANGERANG: The health agency in Tangerang regency, Banten, announced that three people have died of dengue fever this month.
Manila Bulletin
General Santos City – Local authorities have declared a dengue outbreak in the entire city after some 54 people have been afflicted with dengue for the first two weeks of this month.
Newsfirst
The Ministry of Health has revealed that there is an outbreak of Dengue in the city of Colombo. Dr. Prashila Samaraweera, Consultant Physician of the National Dengue Control Unit stated that 1,042 Dengue cases have already been reported in the 22 days ...
Big Island Now
Three new cases of dengue fever were confirmed Friday afternoon by the Hawai'i Department of Health, bringing the total number of those infected since the initial onset of the disease on the Big Island in September to 233.
West Hawaii Today
An additional three cases of dengue fever were confirmed on the Big Island Friday, bringing the total case count to 233, state health officials said. As many as three of cases remain potentially infectious to mosquitoes, officials said.
The Express Tribune
Dozens of women workers of anti-dengue campaign on Friday protested against delay in release of their salaries by the Rawalpindi district administration.
The Argentina Independent
Mosquito The first cases of dengue fever in 2016 have been reported in the City of Buenos Aires as the virus continues to spread around Argentina.
MercoPress
“We already have an epidemic of Dengue fever,” Lemus said, in reference to the provinces of Misiones and Formosa where hundreds of cases have been reported. The recent outbreak of the disease also reached neighborhoods in Buenos Aires City.
Asian Correspondent
INTENSE heat attributed to the El Nino weather phenomenon is prompting fears of prolonged water crises and dengue outbreaks in Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore.
The Straits Times
Project manager Guilherme Trivellato releasing the GM mosquitoes in the Brazilian city of Piracicaba. Some Project manager Guilherme Trivellato releasing the genetically modified mosquitoes in the Brazilian city of Piracicaba.
New Straits Times Online
JOHOR BARU: Police here not only have to fight crime, they also have to kill mosquitoes following the rise in dengue cases here .
Big Island Video News
HAWAII ISLAND – Six new confirmed case of dengue fever were reported by health officials on Thursday, bringing the total number of recorded infections on Hawaii Island to 230 since the outbreak was identified in September.
The Straits Times
While experts agree that genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes could help to suppress the wild mosquito population here, questions remain as to how well this approach would work in the long run and the Government is trying out another method to keep the ...
Mackay Daily Mercury
IT wouldn't be summer in Queensland without having to reapply the Aerogard every couple of hours. While mosquitoes seem like just a natural part of life in the tropics, it is important to remember they can also carry harmful diseases.
The Hindu
A team comprising urban health nurses, sanitary inspectors, sanitary workers, supervisors and malarial mazdoors identified breeding sources of dengue-causing mosquitoes and worn out things left near houses by conducting a door-to-door exercise, City ...
Fox News Latino
Argentina is on alert for dengue fever, with 1,100 cases nationwide and a situation of epidemic proportions in the country's northern border provinces.
CNN
"Dengue, chikungunya and Zika are the ones that I'm very fearful of for the Gulf Coast states [such as Florida and Texas], and Zika is the most terrifying of all because of the horrific birth defects," said Dr. Peter Jay Hotez, dean of the National ...
The Straits Times
Vaccines for infectious diseases are among the health achievements that have had a major public health impact. Smallpox was eradicated because of vaccination. It was recently estimated that since 1924, vaccinations have prevented 103 million cases of ...
Medscape
Locally acquired dengue fever has been confirmed in 202 local residents and 22 travelers to Hawaii Island (also known as the Big Island), according an article published in the January 22 issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and data from ...
STAT
Southern sections of the United States have Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are known to transmit both viruses, while big parts of the central and eastern US have Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, which can transmit dengue virus and may be able to spread ...
Outbreak News Today
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Persons who think they have dengue should use analgesics (pain relievers) with acetaminophen and avoid those containing ibuprofen, Naproxen, aspirin or aspirin containing drugs.
New Straits Times Online
Dr Abdul Rahim said 229 dengue cases had been recorded between Jan 1 and Jan 18, almost triple the 81 cases of the same period in the state last year.
Buenos Aires Herald
The first cases of Dengue fever struck Buenos Aires City yesterday as a spate of outbreaks in Greater Buenos Aires and across Argentina's northeast were labelled “an epidemic” by Health Minister Jorge Lemus.
The Nation
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration warns that the number of dengue fever cases could rise this year, with Lat Phrao highlighted as the highest-risk district.
Newsfirst
Director of the Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Paba Palihawadana said that a majority of Dengue patients were recorded from areas which fall under the Colombo Muncipal Council, Nugegoda, Kolonnawa, Wattala, Ratmalana, Dehiwala, ...
Outbreak News Today
This disease used to be called “break-bone fever” because it sometimes causes severe joint and muscle pain that feels like bones are breaking. People get the dengue virus from the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito.
The Hindu
A six-year-old boy, who had been admitted to Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital with symptoms of dengue died at the hospital on Wednesday evening.
Big Island Video News
WAIPIO VALLEY – The closure of the Waipiʻo Valley Access Road continues as government officials respond to confirmed cases of dengue fever within the valley. Only residents and farmers who work in Waipiʻo are permitted entry.
Coconuts Bangkok
Thai health officials are stepping up prevention measures against dengue after 583 new cases of the fever were recorded between Jan. 1 and 11 this year.
Reuters
Paraguay had a record 150,000 dengue infections and 262 deaths in 2013. Concern this year extends to zika and chikungunya fevers, Paraguay's director of preventive health, Águeda Cabello, told Reuters.
Hawaii 24/7 (press release)
As of 1 p.m. today (Jan 19) the Department of Health reported one new confirmed case of Dengue Fever. The total number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the outbreak is 224. These cases include 202 residents and 22 visitors.
West Hawaii Today
As Hawaii Island's dengue fever outbreak marches on, some residents have been critical of efforts by state and county agencies to contain the mosquito-borne virus.
The Scientist
A Brazilian town will ramp up the release of insects engineered to shrink mosquito populations.
Yahoo NewsASUNCION (Reuters)
Paraguay could face problems this year with dengue and other fevers transmitted by mosquitoes, which have proliferated due to rainy weather during the Southern Hemisphere summer, a health ministry official said on Tuesday.
Hawaii Tribune Herald
As Hawaii Island's dengue fever outbreak marches on, some isle residents have been critical of efforts by state and county agencies to contain the mosquito-borne virus.
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - Dengue cases continued to rise sharply after the turn of the new year, with 628 cases reported for the week of Jan 10 to 16.
FierceVaccines
Sanofi Pasteur spent 20 years and $1.5 billion researching its dengue fever vaccine, Dengvaxia, and now it's looking to maximize the vaccine's impact.2h
NBCNews.com
A company that genetically engineers mosquitoes to produce "dud" offspring says an experimental program has reduced the number of mosquito larvae by 80 percent in one small Brazilian city.
Regulatory Focus
The committee thinks the divergence from normal protocol is acceptable given the scale of the health threat posed by the Dengue virus. If the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) accepts the recommendations of the Subject Expert Committee, Sanofi ...
Bangkok Post
The Public Health Ministry has predicted dengue fever cases will jump more than 16% this year and urged the public to help authorities reduce the mosquito population in their neighbourhoods.
New Straits Times Online
KUALA TERENGGANU: Dengue claimed its fourth victim in Terengganu following the death of a six-year-old girl from Kampung Panji Alam, the same village where a gotong-royong to clean-up aedes breeding grounds was held a week ago.
Bangkok Post
The Public Health Ministry has predicted dengue fever cases will jump more than 16% this year and urged the public to help authorities reduce the mosquito population in their neighbourhoods. Permanent secretary for public health Sophon Mekthana said ...
The Star Online
HAVING dealt with a lot of dengue cases over 11 years, Kinta District Health Department Entomologist Noor Aslinda Ummi Awang Besar never thought she would end up being a patient herself.
West Hawaii Today
No new cases of dengue fever were confirmed on the Big Island Monday, however, health officials say that as many as three of the 223 confirmed cases remain potentially infectious to mosquitoes. Of the confirmed cases, 201 are Hawaii Island residents ...
The Star Online
The current heatwave because of El Nino is expected to worsen the dengue epidemic by as much as 50% as the arid conditions accelerate the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes.
Big Island Now
Monday's dengue numbers included a total of 922 individuals excluded from the overall dengue count after being determined through testing and/or case information to not be infected with dengue.
Khmer Times
Dengue – which causes flu-like symptoms and can develop into the deadly dengue hemorrhagic fever – is the world's fastestspreading tropical disease, with the annual number of cases increasing 30-fold in the last 50 years, according to the World Health ..
The Nation
Dengue has been part of Thai life for so long that few gave it a second thought until last year, when young actor Tridsadee "Por" Sahawong was hospitalised with the most severe form of the viral disease.
Medical Xpress
Symptoms of dengue fever include a measles-like rash, fever, body aches and joint pain. In a small subset of cases, the disease develops into life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding and low platelet count; this can progress to ...
Asian Correspondent
POPULAR Thai TV star Thrisadee “Por” Sahawong passed away this morning from complications related to dengue fever after spending two months in a coma.
AsiaOne
KUALA TERENGGANU - Starve a cold, feed a fever. In the case of dengue fever, feed it crab soup. According to restaurant owner Siti Mastura Ali, her Nipah crab soup has seen a spike in popularity following the dengue outbreak in the state capital.
Free Malaysia Today
PUTRAJAYA: There is no known new serotype for dengue and the possibility of a new serotype Den 5 as reported in the media has yet to be confirmed by the scientific community, said Health Ministry Deputy Director-General (Public Health) Dr Lokman …
The Star Online
KUALA TERENGGANU: It is unfair to put the public solely at fault for the dengue outbreak here, say residents in hotspot areas. Astro installer Nasri Abdullah, 37, said council workers rarely clear the drains and would usually trim the grass on their ...
The Star Online“
This is because the current antibody assays can still be utilised for screening as antibodies produced during dengue infection often demonstrate some degree of cross-reactivity among all dengue virus serotypes,” Dr Lokman said in a statement on Sunday.
Tech Times
NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said researchers spent years developing and testing candidate dengue vaccines designed for producing antibodies against all four serotypes of the virus: DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4, all transmitted by the Aedes ...
Dracunculiasis / Guinea worm
World Health Organization
... and different stake holders (The Carter Centre, UNICEF, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, DFID) including World Health Organization, the number of cases and countries affected by dracunculiasis or guinea worm disease reduced dramatically in 2015.
Infectious Disease Special Edition
Only 22 cases of dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) were reported worldwide in 2015, a reduction of 83% from the 126 cases reported in 2014.
The Disease Daily
Guinea Worm, also known as dracunculiasis, is considered a neglected tropical disease and is caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis [3]. People contract the disease when consuming stagnant water containing Guinea worm larvae [4].
Human African trypanosomiasis / Sleeping sickness
Informante
The fly is the cause of sleeping sickness in humans and trypanosomiasis in animals.Trypanosomiasis infects the blood of the vertebrate host, causing fever, weakness, and lethargy, which lead to weight loss and anemia; in some animals the disease is ...
Biotechin.Asia
Gene drives could play a huge role in eradicating infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue, Lyme disease and sleeping sickness, by modifying the DNA of the disease-causing/carrying organisms.
Phys.Org
Sleeping sickness causes around 10,000 human deaths each year and also kills cattle contributing to poverty and famine in regions of central Africa.
News-Medical.net
While scientists have known for years that African trypanosomes cause sleeping sickness, they've been left scratching their heads as to how these tiny single-celled organisms communicate.
Leishmaniasis
Drug Target Review
... encounters a cell infected with any of three intracellular parasites (Trypanosoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii or Leishmania major), it releases three proteins that together kill both the parasite and the infected cell: perforin, which opens a hole in ...
Medical News Today
At least 90 species of sandfly and upward of 20 species of Leishmania parasite work in conjunction to spread the life-threatening disease. The cycle of infection begins when the sandfly feasts on the blood of an infected mammal. It then returns the …
Leprosy / Hansen's disease
TV360
The Minister of health disclosed this while marking the World Leprosy Day in Abuja. He was represented by the Director for Family Health, Dr. Balami Wapada, who called for concerted response from all stakeholders, while also condemning the ...
Church Times
KALPANA YADAV was forced to leave her home to protect her younger sister's marriage prospects. If people had known that Kalpana had leprosy, no one would marry her sister.
National Catholic Reporter
"I would have died, and my body could have been eaten by dogs long ago," says Bai, who has been living for more than two decades in an enclave for leprosy patients started by her "Ma," Sr. Julia Thundathil.
Victoria Advocate
But underneath Cody's eyes are dark spots of skin, and his arms are pockmarked with heavy scarring from surgery related to a four-year battle with Hansen's Disease, commonly known as leprosy.
SaportaReport
In early 2015, Leticia was brought back into a clinic that MAP works with because of the high number of leprosy and Buruli ulcer cases. Her right arm was noticeably swollen and the doctors were called in for a consult.
The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: Wanita MCA is going to spread the Lunar New Year joy to a forgotten corner in Sungai Buloh near here.Lymphatic filariasis
Lymphatic Filariasis / Elephantiasis
Fiji Times
Ministry's national adviser communicable diseases, Dr Mike Kama, said there would be two phases of the two-yearly transmission assessment surveys (TAS) to ascertain the elimination of lymphatic filariasis that was carried out in target sites if the ...
Philippine Information Agency
This will be conducted through a harmonized schedule and combined mass drug administration (MDA) for the prevention and control of lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis particularly among school children.
Onchocerciasis
WBEZ
Indeed, the World Health Organization categorizes river blindness, also known as onchocerciasis, as a "neglected tropical disease." But over the past three decades, much of the world has made steady progress against the debilitating condition.
Rabies
The Albany Herald
CAMILLA — Tests have confirmed a Mitchell County family who adopted stray puppies earlier this month had rescued an animal infected with rabies, prompting public health officials to urge residents to take precautions around wildlife and strays.
WFXL FOX 31
Public health is issuing a warning for residents after a recent exposure to rabies in Mitchell County. Health officials said after one of two stray puppies died after being taken to the vet-- the dead puppy was found to have rabies.
Tallahassee.com
William Mercer was in his back yard Monday evening, supervising his young daughter and her friends' playtime when a most unwanted visitor carrying a deadly virus hopped a small fence onto his property.
Popular Science
Eight years ago, researchers at the Salk Institute found that by removing a specific gene from the rabies virus used in vaccines, they could limit the virus's spread.
Wilson County News
The Texas Department of State Health Services' successful Oral Rabies Vaccination Program again takes flight to prevent two strains of rabies from making a comeback in the state and to resume a study of whether the same approach can effectively fight ...
The Sarnia Journal
Health officials are advising local residents to report any raccoons seen acting abnormally after five raccoons tested positive for rabies in the Hamilton and Haldimand-Norfolk area.
Grand Forks Herald
When the kitten was first found, it did not exhibit signs of rabies and would not have been contagious at that time.
Business Wire (press release)
This report provides comprehensive information on the therapeutic development for Rabies, complete with comparative analysis at various stages, therapeutics assessment by drug target, mechanism of action (MoA), route of administration (RoA) and ...
PR Newswire (press release)
DULUTH, Ga., Jan. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Merial today announced the launch of www.RabiesAware.org, a national rabies information resource for the veterinary profession, at the 2016 North American Veterinary Community (NAVC) conference.
Times of India
As per the medical history given by the victim's relatives, Kolhe did not take anti-rabies vaccination on the scheduled days.
Soil transmitted helminthiases (Ascaris lumbricoides, whipworm, Trichuris trichiura, hookworm, Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale)
Imperiul roman şi lupta cu paraziţii - Latrinele lui Vespasian (Roman empire and fight parasites - Vespasian's Latrines)
Viaţa liberă
Dintre aceştia, cei mai răspândiţi erau triocefalul (Trichuris trichiura) şi limbricul (Ascaris lumbricoides). Se crede că paraziţii au fost transmişi prin mâncare, aceasta fiind preparată cu mâinile necurăţate, sau prin utilizarea fecalelor drept ...
Kenali Parasit Cacing pada Usus (Recognize Parasitic worms in the intestine)
Inilah.com
Yang termasuk kelompok Nematoda ini adalah Ascaris lumbricoides menimbulkan ascariasis, Trichuris trichiura menimbulkan trichuriasis, cacing tambang (ada dua spesies, yaitu Necator americanus menimbulkan Necatoriasis dan Ancylostomadoudenale ...
BoldSky
There are numerous types of intestinal worms; however, out of all these four such worms namely roundworm, pinworm, whipworm and tapeworm, in specific, are the most problematic.
RTT News
Impax Laboratories Inc. (IPXL) has received FDA approval for EMVERM (mebendazole) 100 mg chewable tablets. EMVERM is indicated for the treatment of pinworm, whipworm, common roundworm, common hookworm and American hookworm in single or ...
pharmabiz.com
Emverm is indicated for the treatment of Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm), Trichuris trichiura (whipworm), Ascaris lumbricoides (common roundworm), Ancylostoma duodenale (common hookworm), Necator americanus (American hookworm) in single or ...
Other Neglected Conditions
Venomous Snakebite
Janessa Ekert Journalist
I didn't always want to be a journalist. In fact, when I was younger my dream was to be an archaeologist – who wouldn't want to be like Indiana Jones? However, now that I am a journalist, I couldn't imagine doing anything else ...
Gladstone Observer
A WIDE Bay hospital and health service spokesperson has confirmed that a woman, aged in her 30s, has arrived in a critical condition after suffering a snakebite on an Agnes Water walking track.
The Cairns Post
ORDEAL: Vassie Sollaye was taken to hospital after a black snake bit her on the leg.
3AW
Snake numbers are reaching plague proportions in some parts of Victoria and at least two people have been hospitalised after suffering bites.
Herald Sun
Barbara McDougall was bitten on her leg by a tiger snake while putting out her recycling bin at her Cranbourne home last week.
Coffs Coast Advocate
IT WAS stinking hot, the industrial fan we put on in desperation to try and get some reprieve from the heat was loud and offered little relief. Out of the fog of sleep, I heard the intercom go off, it was 1.30am.
Courier Mail
West Moreton Acting Chief Superintendent Drew Hebbron said the region had received the third highest number of call-outs to snake bite incidents in Queensland this year, preceded only by Central Queensland and Metro North Local Ambulance Service ...
Courier Mail
A TEENAGE girl has been hospitalised after being bitten by a snake at a home south-west of Townsville. The 16-year-old was bitten on the left ankle at a private residence on Picnic Creek Rd at Broughton, outside Charters Towers, at about 9am on Tuesday.
BLOGS
Medgadget.com (blog)
The Global Drugs for Elephantiasis (Lymphatic Filariasis) Industry 2015 Market Research Report is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the Drugs for Elephantiasis (Lymphatic Filariasis) industry.
South Coast Herald (blog)
Rabies month: Department of Agriculture technician Kagiso Moses (left) gives Maltese poodle Amy her annual rabies inoculation jab. Amy's responsible owner, Hubert Liebenberg, makes sure his pet is vaccinated every year.
PLoS Blogs (blog)-Jan 21, 2016
Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy, co-editors-in-chief of PLOS NTDs, announce a new collection of research on Mycetoma, an “honorary” NTD.
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