The News International
Meanwhile, innovations in healthcare have already brought the world close to wiping out polio, and we expect to see dramatic results from a new triple drug therapy that could eradicate elephantiasis, which affects 120 million people.
Quartz
Lymphatic filariasis can lead to lifelong disability that limits a patient's ability to engage in a productive livelihood. First, sustained progress toward LF elimination depends not just on achieving health-related goals, but is also linked to ...
GenomeWeb
As the report in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, the researchers scrutinized nine microsatellite markers and two mitochondrial DNA sequences in 270 Ae. aegypti mosquitoes samples at sites in New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, and French Polynesia.
Ensia
If released into the wild, such CRISPR-edited insects could offer a way to tackle pernicious global health problems including malaria, dengue fever, sleeping sickness, yellow fever, West Nile virus and Lyme disease.
TIME
The world is faced yet again with an alarming disease for which we are woefully unprepared to combat: the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Just a few years ago, the virus was not present in the Western hemisphere.
Ross Fund: A Continued Fight Against Malaria & Other Infectious Diseases
Pharmaceutical Processing
Along with the support for malaria and other infectious diseases, the fund will also allocate £200 million to the so-called Neglected Tropical Diseases ...
Fiji Times
"We must increase the intensity towards neglected tropical diseases like leprosy and filariasis because they contribute towards morbidity." The national health goal to counter tropical diseases is listed in the Annual Health Corporate Plan 2016 ...
Chagas disease / American trypanosomiasis
Northwest Georgia News
For Soafer's research, she will take samples from rodents they captured last year and test for Trypanosoma cruzi, a parasite that causes Chagas disease in humans.
San Antonio Express-News (subscription)
Experts say there is little awareness of Chagas' disease in the United States, including among doctors. The disease is most often associated with Latin American countries, where most of the 8 million people estimated to be infected with the parasite ...
Houston Chronicle
Increasingly, a variety of animals, including dogs, have tested positive for Chagas disease in Texas. Although not a direct threat to people, these infected animals can serve as reservoirs of the disease:
Dengue
Trinidad & Tobago Express
UNITED National Congress (UNC) controlled regional corporations will be undertaking extensive preventative measures against mosquito borne diseases, including the Zika virus and dengue haemorrhagic fever.
Jamaica Observer
Jamaica Observer Online is keeping our readers in touch with the latest news on the Zika virus, Dengue and Chikungunya.
Tempo.co
CO, Padang - Padang Health Agency reported that dengue fever cases in the city is on the rise. In January 2016, it said that 100 cases have been reported in the city and four patients have died.
Big Island Now
“The dengue fever outbreak on the Big Island continues to worsen. We cannot afford to wait any longer for the aggressive action necessary to combat the spread of this serious disease.
Big Island Video News
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii – Visionary Video interviews Kona residents and visitors about the increased risk of dengue fever in the popular Kailua Village. Kailua-Kona joined the Captain Cook area of South Kona this week as an area of high risk for catching ...
Times of India
MUMBAI: The insecticide department of the BMC will undertake a special 10-day drive in the dengue-endemic wards of the city to limit breeding of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which is known to spread the feared Zika virus as well.
Buenos Aires Herald
Health Minister Jorge Lemus said a summit will be held on February 2 in the Uruguayan capital city of Montevideo where authorities from the Americas will address both Dengue and Zika outbreaks already affecting thousands in the region.
West Hawaii Today
State health officials identified no new cases of dengue fever Thursday, a day after the Kailua-Kona area was deemed a high-risk area for infection. The total case count stood at 241 Thursday, according to the Department of Health.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald (subscription)
State health officials confirmed Wednesday an additional four cases of dengue fever, bringing the Big Island outbreak's total to 241. Parts of Kailua-Kona and Captain Cook remain areas of high risk for infection, while 21 other areas around the island ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The Hawaii Department of Health has identified 241 new cases of dengue fever since the outbreak began in September. Company president Michael Banfield just returned from Hawaii, where he has been working closely with Hawaii Civil Defense and …
Times of India
The state government has declared both dengue and swine flu as notifiable diseases under the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897. The inclusion of the mosquito-borne infection in the Act empowers district collectors to take all-round measures to prevent ...
Big Island Now
Individuals listed as “potentially infectious” are the only known cases that are at risk of spreading the dengue disease. The 238 additional cases have surpassed their infectious state. A total of 1,018 individuals have been excluded from the overall ...
International Business Times UK
After a year which saw an explosion of Dengue fever infections, Thailand is bracing itself for an even worse 2016 with experts warning that the number of infections may be on par with the 1987 mega-outbreak.
Inquirer.net
ONE OF THE most common ways local governments fight dengue is through fogging, which experts say is among the least effective methods of dealing with the mosquito-borne disease.
ABC News
UN Health Agency Warns China, Other Countries With Dengue to Be on Lookout for Zika Infections.
West Hawaii Today
Four new cases of dengue fever were confirmed by health officials on the Big Island Wednesday. The total case count now stands at 241.
Channel News Asia
BANGKOK: After a year which saw an explosion of Dengue fever infections, Thailand is bracing itself for an even worse 2016 with experts warning the number of infections may be on par with the 1987 mega-outbreak.
The Rakyat Post
While the country faces a myriad of dengue cases every year, a pharmacist is claiming to have found a cure for the disease.
Big Island Video News
HAWAII ISLAND – The area of Kailua-Kona is now “red” on the Hawaii health department's dengue fever risk map, meaning the location is at high risk for potential infection of the mosquito-borne disease.
The Straits Times
Dengue prevention measures can be effective in keeping the Zika virus from spreading, as it is transmitted by the same type of mosquito.
Clarksville Now
Dengue: There is no vaccine to prevent infection and no specific antiviral treatment for dengue infection or dengue hemorrhagic fever.
Entomology Today
On March 13, 2016, in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil, the Entomological Society of America (ESA) and the Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil (SEB) will host a gathering of the world's entomological societies to discuss collaborative control options to combat one ...
Fox News Latino
Roughly 800,000 genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are being released per week in the Brazilian city of Piracicaba to combat that insect, a transmitter of the dengue and zika viruses that has confounded health authorities in Brazil and other ...
DunyaNews Pakistan
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Spray campaign in Karachi for the elimination of dengue was postponed on Wednesday as it ran out of funds. The campaign was to start in the metropolis in the ongoing month but was delayed due to the non-availability of funds ...
Sun.Star
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO -- There has been a slight decrease in the number of dengue cases in Central Luzon as the Department of Health (DOH) noted a two percent decrease in recorded cases.
Reuters
There is no vaccine or treatment for Zika, a close cousin of dengue and chikungunya. The virus is transmitted by the same type of mosquitoes that spread dengue and Singapore has suffered a spike in dengue cases this month.
The Sun Daily
JOHOR BARU: Dengue is now Johor's number one enemy in view of the increasing number of cases detected, said state health and environment executive committee chairman Datuk Ayub Rahmat (pix).
The Star Online
WITH an alarming 50 dengue cases already recorded in the second week of this year in Manjung, the Manjung Municipal Council has launched a gotong-royong and dengue awareness campaign to educate residents.
TODAYonline
SINGAPORE – The number of dengue cases this year is expected to be high, with cases spiking earlier than usual, said Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli in Parliament today (Jan 27).
West Hawaii Today
No new cases of dengue fever were identified Tuesday on the Big Island, state health officials report. As of Tuesday afternoon, 237 cases had been confirmed.
Big Island Now
No new cases of dengue were confirmed on the Big Island Tuesday, however, the number of individuals who are “potentially infectious” remain at three. The Hawai'i Department of Health also excluded another eight cases from the overall dengue count.
Hawaii 24/7 (press release)
As of 1 p.m. today (Jan 26) the Department of Health reported no new confirmed cases of Dengue Fever. The total number of confirmed cases remains at 237. These cases include 214 residents and 23 visitors.
Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: Tampines Town Council has set up a new dengue taskforce to step up efforts to prevent mosquito breeding and fight the disease, as the number of dengue cases nationwide remains high.
Dominican Today
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina headed a meeting Sunday with health officials and representatives from state agencies to draw the government's strategy against Zika virus, detected recently in the country.
Channel News Asia
SINGAPORE: A total of 622 dengue cases were reported in the week ending Jan 23, according to latest figures published on the National Environment Agency (NEA) website.
Big Island Now
With dengue fever cases increasing daily and the count of potentially infectious individuals fluctuating on a daily basis, some light is being shed on the outbreak's beginnings.
Hawaii 24/7 (press release)
As of 1 p.m. today (Jan 25) the Department of Health reported four new confirmed cases of Dengue Fever. The total number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the outbreak rises to 237. These cases include 214 residents and 23 visitors.
The New Paper
That was all local theatre actress Karen Tan could stomach when she contracted dengue earlier this month. The 49-year-old told The New Paper on the phone yesterday: "At first I thought I was just having a bad flu or a stomach bug, as I had lost my ...
The Borneo Post
KOTA KINABALU: Dengue cases in the state and country are expected to rise with the onslaught of the El-Nino weather phenomenon. This is because hot temperatures and dry weather accelerate the development of the Aedes mosquito from egg to an adult, ...
Sun.Star
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO - The Department of Health (DOH) in Central Luzon Region on Monday said that the region is one of the pilot receivers of the anti-dengue vaccine.
The Star Online
I WOULD like to congratulate The Star and other newspapers for highlighting the dengue epidemic and for updating the public on the problem and thereby hopefully putting pressure on the authorities to act.
The New Indian Express
BALASORE: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from Delhi Government over the apathy of its administration and medical negligence of the Health department in two dengue-related deaths of Odias ...
Bangkok Post
After more than two months waging war against the severe form of dengue fever, Channel 3 actor Thrisadee "Por" Sahawong eventually succumbed and passed away last Monday at Ramathibodi Hospital.
GovInsider
Singapore started 2016 with over 550 cases of dengue registered in the first week. The city's environment agency warned of a new kind of virus going around and a “possible sharp increase in cases”.
ZME Science
The countries and areas at risk of dengue transmission are shaded in ... the drug is 95.5 percent effective in treating dengue hemorrhagic fever, ...
Let's hope media learned from 'Por' coverage
China Post
Tridsadee succumbed to a severe form of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) on Jan. 18, after a 70-day heartbreaking battle.
Argentina now denies dengue outbreak is an 'epidemic'.
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, ...
The Straits Times
The man had been staying at Marsiling Rise, an area located within an active 10-case dengue cluster, according to NEA. The agency had been inspecting the premises in the area and and detected and destroyed six counts of mosquito breeding thus far.
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - People shopping for plants for the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations were reminded on Sunday (Jan 24) morning to play their part in the fight against dengue.
Dracunculiasis / Guinea worm
STLtoday.com
LONDON • Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will make a rare address to Britain's House of Lords on Wednesday to discuss his work to eradicate Guinea worm disease.
AllAfrica.com
In 2015, Chad recorded nine cases; Mali had five and Ethiopia three,The guinea worm disease is classified among the neglected tropical diseases (NTPs) still endemic in some countries in Africa and Latin America.
Foodborne trematodiases (Clonorchiasis, Fascioliasis, Opisthorchiasis, Paragonimiasis)
The Daily Star
Both beef and pork tapeworm are considered "neglected tropical diseases," a category of infectious diseases that have never gotten much attention until recently, Hotez said.
Human African trypanosomiasis / Sleeping sickness
Science World Report
The 'T.b. gambiense' parasite is known for causing the African sleeping sickness in humans, which has symptoms such as headaches, fever, fatigue and body aches, which do not occur until weeks or months after infection.
Zee News
New Delhi: Sleeping sickness or African trypanosomiasis is a disease ... reported that the parasite "jumped" from animals into the human population ...
Phys.Org
T.b. gambiense is responsible for causing African sleeping sickness in humans, leading to severe symptoms including fever, headaches, extreme fatigue, and aching muscles and joints, which do not occur until weeks or sometimes even months after infection.
Yahoo News
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An unusual sex life may spell the extinction of the deadly African sleeping sickness parasite, which threatens millions of people in West and Central Africa, an international team of scientists said on Tuesday.
Leishmaniasis
UI researchers remind US doctors to watch for two diseases that could be passed from mother to child
News-Medical.net
That needs to change, says Christine Petersen, associate professor of epidemiology at the UI College of Public Health and corresponding author of the paper "A Mother's Gift: Congenital Transmission of Trypanosoma and Leishmania Species," which ...
Universidad de la República
Zully Hernández y Eduardo Supparo hacen análisis por leishmaniasis en Salto.
Leprosy / Hansen's disease
Nasdaq
This is part of the company's commitment in 2012 to the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases. The Novartis Foundation has been active in the fight against leprosy for 30 years, previously focusing on innovative social marketing programs to ...
Business Standard
"It is a matter of happiness that Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has accepted my request to provide a monthly allowance to leprosy patients in order to bring them into the mainstream (of the society) and this amount will directly go into their bank …
Hindustan Times
They treated her as untouchable, passed remarks full of hatred and asked relatives not to keep her in the house. In her early teens, Shabnam (name changed) had to suffer a lot just because she had leprosy, a chronic infectious disease that mainly ...
The Quint
From a distance, the nondescript colony, Duttanagar, tucked away in the quiet seams of Mumbai's eastern suburbs looks no different from any other chawl in the city.
TheHealthSite
January 30th is Anti-leprosy Day. Leprosy, if not detected at the initial stage can lead to physical deformity. Caused due to a virus, here are eight common signs of leprosy that you should keep in mind, says Krishnakant Debri, Senior Family Physician ...
The Navhind Times
In a message on the eve of anti-Leprosy day, the President, writing to Hind Kusht Nivaran Sangh (Indian Leprosy Association), said, “On anti-Leprosy day, let us rededicate ourselves to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi and make every possible effort to ...
How Japan aided India in battle against leprosy
Times of India
In 1873, Norwegian researcher GH Armauer Hansen became the first scientist to discover a disease-causing bacteria, the one responsible for causing leprosy. Leprosy is also called Hansen's Disease, in his honour.
The Christian Times
A Christian organization will provide medical aid and other supplies to over 4,000 leprosy patients across 63 colonies in South Asia. A sister group of Compassion will provide the necessary aid for the patients in commemoration for World Leprosy Day, ...
DailyO
Leprosy is one of the ancient diseases known to humanity particularly as an incurable disease and for the deformities and social consequences it causes. Religious scriptures and historical accounts also reveal that people affected by leprosy were often …
Business Standard
Four cases of leprosy were detected in Mizoram since April last year till January this year, state health department officials today said. Of the leprosy cases detected, three were identified in southern most Lawngtlai district and one in south Mizoram ...
]Vatican Radio(Vatican Radio)
Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, on Friday released his message for the 63rd World Leprosy Day. The theme of this year's message is 'To live is to help to live'.
Times of India
BHUBANESWAR: The number of leprosy patients has risen in the state since 2006 because very few people are employed to take care of the existing ones, alleged State Leprosy Welfare Federation president Duryodhan Sahu here on Wednesday.
India.com
New Delhi, Jan. 29: President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday called on the nation to make strong efforts to spread awareness about leprosy, its treatment, care and rehabilitation of its patients.
Times of India
"The initiative will be taken up from January 30, the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi," said Dr Prakash Padwi, assistant director in the district leprosy department. Padwi said the number of lepers in the district was steadily declining.
Asahi Shimbun
The 75-year-old director made the remarks during a speech at the International Symposium on Leprosy/ Hansen's Disease History as Heritage of Humanity in Tokyo.
The Indian Express
India is home to 60 per cent of the world's leprosy-affected and with Anti-Leprosy Day coming up on January 30, the Centre has vowed to redouble its efforts to find out the “hidden cases”.
PrameyaNews7
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Leprosy Welfare Federation, a body fighting for the cause of leprosy patients, and Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan, a forum spreading awareness about the massive use of RTI Act, has threatened to stage demonstration in front of ...
Standard Newswire (press release)
WILLS POINT, Texas, Jan. 28, 2016 /Standard Newswire/ -- Gospel for Asia (GFA)-supported missionaries and workers will reach out with food, clothing and medical aid on Jan. 31, World Leprosy Day, to more than 4,000 sufferers in 63 leprosy colonies, ...
Kotaku
A Japanese Studio Ghibli urban legend site recounted the Princess Mononoke leprosy interpretation in English, pointing out that the characters who are covered with bandages at the Tatara factory are believed to actually have leprosy (Hansen's Disease).
PrameyaNews7
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Leprosy Welfare Federation, a body fighting for the cause of leprosy patients, and Odisha Soochana Adhikar Abhijan, a forum spreading awareness about the massive use of RTI Act, has threatened to stage demonstration in front of ...
The Hindu
Leprosy has threatened to rear its ugly head again as public health administrators have messed up handling of the infectious disease in Odisha declared leprosy-free in 2006-07, alleged activists here on Wednesday.
Independent Catholic News
Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease, after Norwegian scientist Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen who discovered M. Laprae in 1873.
Times of India
CHENNAI: Clutching a paint brush which is strapped to his palm with a rubber band, P Balachandran paints colourful pictures of various birds on his canvas.The 63-year-old may have lost a finger to leprosy but he found solace in art.
Africa Independent Television
A four year National Strategic Plan for leprosy and buruli ulcer control has been launched in Nigeria, with a goal to reduce the public health burden of these diseases.
Leadership Newspapers
The federal government has revealed that Nigeria records about 3,000 new cases of leprosy, second after Ethiopia each year, and more disturbing are the new cases in children which is reported to be above 10%.
Lymphatic Filariasis / Elephantiasis
The Hans India
In Andhra, it is about eradicating filariasis or lymphatic filariasis, as some would prefer to call it.
Irish Examiner
Meanwhile, innovations in health care have already brought the world close to wiping out polio, and we expect to see dramatic results from a new triple drug therapy that could eradicate elephantiasis, which affects 120 million people.
Pharmaceutical Processing
LSTM hosts a number of research consortia that focus on NTDs, such as the BMGF funded A∙WOL consortium, which aims to develop new drugs against river blindness and elephantiasis;
IPPmedia
Kinondoni is among districts with high rates of neglected diseases including blood pressure, cardiac threats, soil-transmitted helminthiasis (worms from crops, etc), elephantiasis and hydrocele (water borne ailments) in the country and the district ...
Onchocerciasis
World Health Organization
Following the closure of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) on 31 December 2015, a new entity – the Expanded Special Project for Elimination of Neglected Tropical Diseases (ESPEN) – which will be launched in May 2016,will ...
Rabies
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, Jan. 30 (CNA) The Council of Agriculture (COA) on Saturday confirmed Taiwan's second rabies case this year after a farmer in the central part of the country was bitten by a ferret-badger.
CBS Local
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A raccoon that attacked a 6-year-old New Jersey boy earlier this week has tested positive for rabies, officials said Friday. Aryan Gavali, 6, was walking with his mother to the Sixteenth Avenue Elementary School in ...
CTV News
HAMILTON -- Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry says there are 10 new cases of raccoon rabies in Hamilton, bringing the total to 25 found in the province since early December.
EurekAlert (press release)
Researchers are using the app to track free-roaming dogs that have been vaccinated against rabies. Monitoring them in this way has enabled vets to vaccinate 70 per cent of the dog population in the City of Ranchi - the threshold needed to minimise the ...
Manila Bulletin
San Fernando, Pampanga – A sudden surge of rabies infection has claimed three lives with 22 cases of infection reported in the province of Bataan.
Phys.Org
Researchers are using the app to track free-roaming dogs that have been vaccinated against rabies. Monitoring them in this way has enabled vets to vaccinate 70 per cent of the dog population in the City of Ranchi…
The Hindu
It involves implementing Animal Birth Control (ABC) and vaccinating the dogs against rabies.
Montgomery County boy attacked by rabid fox
WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com
Officers took the fox to the state rabies lab and test results confirmed it had rabies. This is the first recent case of rabies for the area, but officials say it's ...
KLTV
"The Pittsburg Animal Control authority reminds all citizens to confirm that their dogs and cats are currently vaccinated for rabies. City of Pittsburg Ordinance requires annual rabies vaccinations for all dogs and cats.
The Navhind Times
Julie Corfmat of England, manager of the Mission Rabies project in Goa, says that they are aiming to make Goa rabies-free by 2018.
WALB-TV
Six Mitchell County family members are recovering after they were exposed to rabies earlier this month. Now local health officials are warning South Georgians to be aware of the virus.
Rabies outbreak suspected in Orong
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper
Rabies: Two calves and a puppy have been reported dead in Orong, Samdrupjongkhar on January 22, which livestock officials believe could have ...
Health Unit Watching for Rabies
Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre
Humans haven't been exposed to rabies in the Grey and Bruce County region in more than four-years, but a recent outbreak in Hamilton may spread ...
Schistosomiasis
Golfintuition.co.uk
The ' Schistosomiasis – Pipeline Review, H1 2015', provides an overview of the Schistosomiasis's therapeutic pipeline. This report provides comprehensive information on the therapeutic development forSchistosomiasis, complete with comparative analysis ...
Baltimore Sun
Bladder cancer can be associated with schistosomiasis infection, a disease caused by parasitic worms. Schistosomiasis is most prevalent in East Africa and [the] Middle East, where it has been the cause of high incidence of bladder cancer —
InterAksyon
MANILA - The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday launched the National School Deworming Day (NSDD) as part of the campaign to fight off soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) and schistosomiasis.
Other Neglected Conditions
Mycetoma
Global Health NOW
That’s a problem for those interested in fighting a disease that spreads misery through at least 23 countries though its burden within those countries is unknown. The lack of research about mycetoma’s prevalence is one reason it’s not on WHO’s list.
Venomous Snakebite
Daijiworld.com
Death came stalking for a young man from Manila village near Vittal in the taluk on the night of Tuesday January 26 in the form of a venomous snake. Gopal Nayak (35), son of Narayana Nayak from Kakwe in Manila village lost his life in this incident.
Citizen TV (press release)
Poisonous snakebites claim life of woman, grandpaCitizen TV (press release)Residents of Maraga Village in Embu County are in mourning after a 40-year-old woman from the area died from a poisonous snakebite. Also Read: Kenyan shilling steady, seen in a tight range.
Mackay Daily Mercury
Paramedics treated a 25-year-old man for a suspected snake bite after he went swimming in water.
The Straits Times
But the development of anti-venom - in the 1930s and 1950s - and medical improvements meant that paralysis from snakebite has now become ...
BLOGS
End the Neglect
by Hanna Schwing
In honor of NTD Awareness Week, and to rally for Thursday’s NTD Advocacy Day, we present the below listicle for your enjoyment. 1. Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of parasitic and bacterial diseases that affect the world’s poorest people. Without treatment, they can lead to lifelong disabilities and suffering.
Aljazeera.com (blog)
I quickly understood why dengue's other name is breakbone fever. The disease drains you, and I did not have the energy to walk around or sit – unfortunately. I was not comfortable lying down either, with every inch of my backbone reacting angrily to ...
The Hill (blog)
Former president Jimmy Carter on Wednesday will make a rare address to the upper chamber of the British Parliament to draw attention to the eradication of the Guinea worm disease, according to the Associated Press.
Medgadget.com (blog)
'Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) – Pipeline Review, H2 2015', provides an overview of the Leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar)'s therapeutic pipeline.
Phoenix Sun (blog)
World Leprosy Day is observed on January 26 to focus attention and create awareness on Leprosy or Hansen's disease which is an air-borne disease transmitted by minute respiratory droplets.
The Voice Observer (blog)
Although carefully collected, accuracy can not be guaranteed. The impact factor represents a rough estimation of the journal's impact factor and does not reflect the actual current impact factor.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
With a large proportion of diseases in Ethiopia linked to infection, health extension workers deliver a range of infection control and hygiene measures. Talha Burki reports.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles
by Elizabeth Bilsland, Daniel M. Bean, Eileen Devaney, Stephen G. Oliver
Sibelle Nogueira Buonora, Sonia Regina Lambert Passos, Cleber Nascimento do Carmo, Fernanda Moisés Quintela,Diana Neves Rodrigues de Oliveira, Flavia Barreto dos Santos, Yara Hahr Marques Hökerberg, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira andRegina Paiva Daumas
BMC Infectious DiseasesBMC series – open, inclusive and trusted201616:37
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1368-7© Buonora et al. 2016
Received: 19 August 2015Accepted: 22 January 2016Published: 29 January 2016
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles
by Leonard E. G. Mboera, Clement N. Mweya, Susan F. Rumisha, Patrick K. Tungu, Grades Stanley, Mariam R. Makange, Gerald Misinzo, Pasquale De Nardo, Francesco Vairo, Ndekya M. Oriyo
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles
by Johanna L. Höög, Sylvain Lacomble, Cedric Bouchet-Marquis, Laura Briggs, Kristin Park, Andreas Hoenger, Keith Gull
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Only two infectious diseases have ever been eradicated: smallpox, of which the last naturally transmitted case occurred in 1977, and rinderpest, a disease of cattle and related ungulates, officially declared eradicated in 2011.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Visceral leishmaniasis or kala-azar is characterised by prolonged fever (>2 weeks), weight loss, anaemia, and splenomegaly. In India, visceral leishmaniasis is caused by the Leishmania donovani parasite and is transmitted by a sand fly (Phlebotomus argentipes).
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
A 27-year-old Chilean man presented with a 3 month history of cutaneous ulcers accompanied by intermittent fever, night sweats, dry cough, and weight loss. He had recently returned from a 10-month stay at the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, where his clinical problems had started with a skin lesion on his forehead, which he related to an insect bite.
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles
by Priscila L. dos Santos, Fabrícia A. de Oliveira, Micheli Luize B. Santos, Luana Celina S. Cunha, Michelle T. B. Lino, Michelle F. S. de Oliveira, Manuela O. M. Bomfim, Angela Maria Silva, Tatiana R. de Moura, Amélia R. de Jesus, Malcolm S. Duthie, Steven G. Reed, Roque P. de Almeida
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles
by Stacey Llewellyn, Tawin Inpankaew, Susana Vaz Nery, Darren J. Gray, Jaco J. Verweij, Archie C. A. Clements, Santina J. Gomes, Rebecca Traub, James S. McCarthy
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles
by Denise Silva Nogueira, Pedro Henrique Gazzinelli-Guimarães, Fernando Sérgio Barbosa, Nathália Maria
Resende, Caroline Cavalcanti Silva, Luciana Maria de Oliveira, Chiara Cássia Oliveira Amorim, Fabrício Marcus Silva Oliveira, Matheus Silvério Mattos, Lucas Rocha Kraemer,
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