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NTD's in the news the week of 21July - 27July 2013

NTD's in the news the week of 21July - 27July 2013
The Nation - Jul 27, 2013
LDA Director General Ahad Khan Cheema has ordered for carryout an exercise of cleaning of all the LDA owned buildings and premises in order to ensure the elimination of breeding places of dengue larva.

PakistanToday.com.pk - Jul 27, 2013
The goal is to motivate people to eliminate dengue breeding sites in their homes and in private buildings as well. District governments will also ensure cleanliness and the elimination of outdoor breeding sites with particular emphasis on industrial ...

Times of India - Jul 27, 2013
BERHAMPUR: Two more persons tested positive for dengue at MKCG Medical College and Hospital on Friday, taking the number of cases in Ganjam district to 10. "Four persons are undergoing treatment at the separate 10-bed dengue ward at MKCG.

Times of India - Jul 27, 2013
MUMBAI: The increasing danger posed by dengue became apparent again when a young Charni Road resident had a brush with death as the mosquito-borne ailment cut her heart function down to half, and almost pushed her towards a cardiac failure.

gulfnews.com - Jul 27, 2013
All over, the country, 193 deaths have been recorded from a total of 42,207 dengue cases. The health departments' National Epidemiology Centre said the country is continuing to experience a declining number of dengue deaths as a result of government ...

Bangkok Post - Jul 27, 2013
Thailand could face one of the largest dengue fever epidemics yet with the Public Health Ministry anticipating that over 120,000 people could contract the virus

PakistanToday.com.pk - Jul 27, 2013
The district administration arranged a dengue awareness walk headed by Punjab Health Minister Tahir Khalil Sindhu and District Coordination Officer Naseem Sadiq from the Town Hall to the GPO Chowk. 

Bangkok Post: newsBangkok Post - Jul 27, 2013
Thailand could face one of the largest dengue fever epidemics yet with the Public Health Ministry anticipating that over 120,000 people could contract the virus this year. That would surpass the number of infections during the major outbreak in 2010.

ABS CBN News - Jul 27, 2013
MANILA – The Philippines is one of the many testing sites all over world for a vaccine that aims to prevent dengue. Sanofi-Pasteur, a leading global vaccine company, announces it is already in the final stage in developing the anti-dengue vaccine.

gulfnews.com - Jul 27, 2013
All over, the country, 193 deaths have been recorded from a total of 42,207 dengue cases. The health departments' National Epidemiology Centre said the country is continuing to experience a declining number of dengue deaths as a result of government ...

The New Indian Express - Jul 27, 2013
According to sources, the elements are particularly active in the Casualty Department, where most of the patients and people with suspected dengue fever have to report first. In connivance with unscrupulous medical staff, they are influencing the ...

The News International - Jul 27, 2013
In some people, dengue fever can turn into one of the two forms that are life-threatening. The first is the dengue haemorrhagic fever that causes bleeding, leaking blood vessels, and low levels of blood platelets that help the blood clot. 

BoldSky - Jul 27, 2013
The common dengue fever is a flu kind of illness spread by the bite of a mosquito. Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever is caused by any of the dengue family viruses. This fever is also widely known as 'break bone fever' due to the severe joint pain ...

The Standard Digital News - Jul 27, 2013
She rushed the girl to the health centre, where she was diagnosed with leishmaniasis and referred to a centre run by Medecins Sans Frontieres ( Doctors without Borders) at the Kacheliba District Hospital. 

Targeted News Service (subscription) - Jul 27, 2013
A funding opportunity notice from the USAID states: "The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) focuses on control and elimination of seven NTDs that can be targeted with preventive chemotherapy, including: lymphatic filariasis (LF ...


Philippine Star - Jul 26, 2013
MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - The number of dengue cases in Metro Manila surpassed the 4,000-level from January to July this year with 10 deaths, the latest data released by the Department of Health (DOH) showed. Eduardo Janairo, director of the ...

Inside Costa Rica(AFP) - Jul 26, 2013
An unusually potent outbreak of dengue fever has killed 26 people and infected nearly 40,000 more so far this year in Central America, where the mosquito-born illness is endemic. Honduras has seen the most fatalities, with 15, followed by ...

Jagran Josh - Jul 26, 2013
Dengue is transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito infected with any one of the four dengue viruses. It occurs in tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. It is estimated that Dengue infects approximately 50-100 million people every year ...

IBNLive - Jul 26, 2013
A team of doctors visited Barsathua village and found 10 persons, including three women and a girl, were suffering from symptoms of dengue during check up, the Medical Officer In-Charge (MOIC) Pravesh Paswan said. 

Times of India - Jul 26, 2013
According to sources, a 46-year-old man from Kolar area tested positive for dengue on Thursday. Three other people, including a 40-year-old woman from old Bhopal area, tested positive for dengue through rapid diagnostic test. 

The New Indian Express - Jul 26, 2013
There is no sign of a let-up in dengue outbreak in the millennium city as 22 more persons tested positive for the disease on Thursday, taking the total number to 115. The total number of cases in the State went up to 172 with Khurda accounting for 13 ...

Oneindia - Jul 26, 2013
"We have confirmed 14 dengue cases in Delhi. With incessant rains and water stagnation in several parts, the threat of diseases like dengue, malaria and other vector-born diseases is high," N.K. Yadav, health officer at South Delhi Municipal ...

Daily News & Analysis - Jul 26, 2013
The corporation's health department has been micro-checking each and every dengue case coming to private hospitals and physicians. It now plans to launch a campaign to educate the higher middle class on ways to stop the breeding of dengue-spreading ...

The New Indian Express - Jul 26, 2013
In order to prevent communicable diseases during the ongoing monsoon as well as the post-monsoon seasons within GHMC limits, a joint coordination meeting with assistant medical officers of health, the chief entomologist and assistant entomologists with ...

The News International - Jul 26, 2013
In this connection, necessary instructions have been issued to all the DCOs to take necessary steps for observing the Anti-Dengue Day in their respective districts. 

Chinadaily USA - Jul 26, 2013
Dengue fever, a potentially fatal, mosquito-borne disease, will be on the minds of many Guangdong residents in the coming months, after a large number of cases were reported in July, said an expert with the provincial center for disease control and ...

Times of India - Jul 26, 2013
CUTTACK: With cases of dengue rising in Cuttack, the district administration has decided to rope in puja committees and schoolchildren to check its spread.

La Voz Libre - June 26, 2013
La úlcera de Buruli es una infección crónica y debilitante de la piel y tejidos blandos 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 ...

Medical Xpress - Jul 25, 2013
Dengue outbreak has killed 26 in Central America: officials. by Noe Leiva. An unusually potent outbreak of dengue fever has killed 26 people and infected nearly 40,000 more so far this year in Central America, where the mosquito-born illness is endemic.

Colombo Page - Jul 25, 2013
July 25, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Medical Research Institute (MRI) announced today that scientists of the institute have discovered two new mosquito varieties in the country. 

New Straits Times - Jul 25, 2013
NEW YORK: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) will conduct clinical trials on RVR Group's diagnostic kit developed to test dengue fever. 

The New Indian Express - Jul 25, 2013
As many as 33 persons tested positive for dengue today taking the total to 121 in the State. Cuttack continues to reel under the outbreak with 20 new cases reported on Wednesday, while Angul registered four, Ganjam two, Balasore, Bhadrak, Nayagarh, ...

The News International - Jul 25, 2013
According to the cell's provincial focal person, Dr Shakeel Aamir Mullick, 497 dengue cases have been reported in the province so far this year, of which 484 were reported in the metropolis. Twelve new dengue cases were reported in the city on Tuesday.

Indian Express - Jul 25, 2013
The BMC health department has registered 17 cases of dengue in the third week of July so far, taking the number this year to 42. In the last week of June, it had recorded only seven cases. 

The Hindu - Jul 25, 2013
A unique IT tool, developed to control and reduce the outbreak of mosquito-borne diseases by using data mining, has been validated and taken up for implementation by health authorities in five States. 

Inquirer.net - Jul 25, 2013
There were 903 reported cases of dengue in Quezon City from January 1 to July 6 this year, one of the highest among cities and municipalities in the National Capital Region. This was followed by the City of Manila (647 cases) and Caloocan City (475).

WXIA-TV - July 25, 2013
Ethiopia has the highest rate of trachoma infections in the world and 11Alive News Anchor Brenda Wood traveled to the country with volunteers, from the Carter Center, who are trying to put an end to the disease. 

Times of India - July 25, 2013
Eighteen leprosy-burdened countries, including India, on Thursday acknowledged the role of multi-drug therapy in helping reduce cases of the bacterial disease across the world.

Peninsula On-line - Jul 25, 2013
“We aim to reduce the burden of leprosy and ultimately move toward a leprosy free world," the ministers said in the Bangkok Declaration agreed in the International Leprosy Summit in Bangkok, Thailand, which will end here tomorrow. 

Jakarta Globe - Jul 25, 2013
The fight against leprosy has made great progress in the past two decades, but complacency may now be threatening the last push towards a world free of this debilitating disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning. 

Jakarta Post - Jul 25, 2013

They also urged governments and all interested parties to prioritize activities and allocate more resources for the purpose of creating a leprosy-free world in the coming years. 

Cordis News  - July 25, 2013
This would allow EDCTP to also support clinical trials on other poverty-related diseases - such as neglected infectious diseases like sleeping sickness - at any stage of clinical development, including costly marketing authorisation trials for new ...

HealthCanal.com - Jul 25, 2013
By Bill Hathaway - Hookworms are a scourge of the world's poor, sucking blood from the intestines and causing anemia, lethargy, and developmental defects in nearly one billion people in developing countries.

Times of India - Jul 24, 2013
BHUBANESWAR: With 11 more patients testing positive for dengue on Tuesday, total number of people affected by the disease rose to 114 in the state. The number of affected districts went up to 10 with Keonjhar district also reporting one dengue patient.

Minda News - Jul 24, 2013
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/24 July) – Most of the dengue cases this year in Surigao del Norte have been recorded in three mining towns, according to Carmilito C. Mantong, provincial supervising sanitary inspector of the Provincial Health Office. 

Times of India - Jul 24, 2013
BERHAMPUR: Health officials in Ganjam are worried over the spread of dengue in the district. With one more patient testing positive on Monday at the MKCG Medical College and Hospital, the number of dengue cases in the district has increased to six.

Times of India - Jul 24, 2013
There have been 10 dengue deaths in Karnataka so far -- two each in Mysore, Chikmagalur, Haveri, and one each in Belgaum, Shimoga, Davanagere, Dakshina Kannada. Penalty imposed. 

AllAfrica.com - Jul 24, 2013
Olobo, who also works with Leishmaniasis East Africa Platform, a regional body of doctors under the Drugs for Neglected Diseases, adds that the word Kala azar in Hindi means black. 

The Guardian - Jul 24, 2013
The Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative identified several chemical series with activity against trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) and leishmaniasis (skin sores).

Times of India - Jul 24, 2013
PANAJI: While officials claim Goa has reached a stage of elimination of lymphatic filariasis, 15 migrant children aged between 6 and 7 years were detected with the infection in February. 

Himalayan Times - Jul 24, 2013
In an age of emerging infectious diseases, it is easy to assume that leprosy is a disease of the past. Yet there were more than 232,000 new cases of leprosy reported in 2012 and it continues to cause visible deformities and disabilities in ...

Newstrack India - Jul 24, 2013
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) Wednesday said that though the fight against leprosy has made great progress in the last two decades, complacency may now threaten the last push towards freeing the world of the disease.

Bangladesh News 24 hours - Jul 24, 2013
Bangladesh's health minister AFM Ruhal Haque opened the summit, put in place by the World Health Organisation and Japan's Nippon Foundation, “as a recognition of the country's achievements in leprosy control”, his ministry said in a media release.

The Hindu - Jul 24, 2013
The effort to eliminate leprosy is far from over as more than 2,00,000 new cases are reported each year, the United Nations' health organisation WHO warned on Wednesday. 

Women of China - Jul 24, 2013
Taiwanese journalist Zhang Pingyi recently took 18 children of the Yi ethnic minority group from a 'leprosy village' in southwest China's Sichuan Province to a seaside resort, where the children saw the sea for the first time. 

The Nation - Jul 24, 2013
A three-day international summit on leprosy opened in Bangkok today, with health ministers from eight countries as well as global experts expected to discuss the current situation of the disease as well as strategies for further reducing the disease ...

Bangkok Post - Jul 24, 2013

In an age of emerging infectious diseases, it is easy to assume that leprosy is a disease of the past. Yet there were more than 232,000 new cases of leprosy reported last year, and the disease continues to cause visible deformities and disabilities in ...

Science Daily (press release) - Jul 23, 2013
Hookworms, and other intestinal parasites known as helminths infect more than 1 billion people in poverty-stricken, tropical nations,..

Geo News, Pakistan - Jul 23, 2013
Dengue fever claims another life in Karachi. KARACHI: Dengue virus claimed another life in the megapolis on Tuesday, pushing the tally of total deaths from the fever to five in the current year, Geo News reported. 

The Global Dispatch - Jul 23, 2013
Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses. This disease used to be called “break-bone fever” because it sometimes causes severe joint and muscle pain that feels like bones are breaking.

The New Indian Express - Jul 23, 2013
In a written reply to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member Kavatagimath Mallikarjun, the minister said the department had sent a draft action plan to contain the spread of dengue to all district administrations and instructed them to implement it in ...

KVOA Tucson News - Jul 23, 2013
TUCSON- The National Institute of Health recently gave a team of researchers at the U of A 2.3 million dollars to track populations of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, known to carry a virus that causes dengue. 

Inquirer.net - Jul 23, 2013
The National Capital Region posted 7 percent or 3,862 out of the total 56,056 dengue cases nationwide from Jan. 1 to July 6, 2013. This was 68 percent lower than the 12,229 dengue cases in Metro Manila during the same period last year. 

The News International - Jul 23, 2013
He said four of the dengue patients in the city had died and 16 were still admitted in different hospitals. Seventeen new cases were reported on Monday. 

Daily News & Analysis - Jul 23, 2013
As Delhi reported five cases of dengue this month, residents in East of Kailash fear under-construction lanes and waterlogged streets will become breeding grounds for mosquitoes. 

Sun.Star - Jul 23, 2013
Since January of this year, the CHO has been going around schools to conduct lectures about dengue. From July 2 to 17, lectures were conducted in Anibong Elementary School, Salvacion Elementary School, San Jose National High School, Sagkahan ...

The Star Online - Jul 23, 2013
THE number of new dengue infections may have fallen for the fourth week in a row, but Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Grace Fu has warned against complacency.

Times of India - Jul 23, 2013
Members of PMRA distributed handouts, pamphlets mentioning instructions on dengue fever prevention and educated masses by using various hoardings demonstrating methods and precautions. 

Deccan Chronicle - Jul 23, 2013
Bengaluru: After the State witnessed about 10 dengue deaths and 3,097 dengue positive cases in 2013, the State Health Department seems to have woken up. 

Times of India - Jul 23, 2013
BHUBANESWAR: Though dengue cases have poured in from seven districts, Cuttack is emerging as a concerned area for the state government. 

Times of India - Jul 23, 2013
KOLKATA: A year after a major outbreak rocked the city, dengue has come back with a vengeance. It's accompanied by malaria, which has been more rampant so far this season.

PakistanToday.com.p - Jul 23, 2013
KARACHI - Karachi Commissioner Shoaib Siddiqui, following the instructions of Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah, on Monday directed deputy commissioners and all officials concerned to introduce a contingency plan to combat dengue fever in the city.

Times of India - Jul 23, 2013
NAGPUR: With the threat of vector-borne diseases looming large, the NMC's health department has decided to issue directives to builders and developers of construction sites across the city to deploy those workers only who are tested negative for ...

The Nation - Jul 23, 2013
NOBODY KNOWS for sure whether the trials of a vaccine for dengue fever will bear fruit, or provide new hope to countries plagued by the virus. However, a factory is now ready to start producing the world's first such vaccine, with capacity to make more ..

Mashable - Jul 23, 2013
The system will show if we see six cases of the measles within one day in people coming from the same area," Bulongo says, noting a recent bilharzia outbreak the clinic found with the help of the electronic system. Bulongo says he constantly monitors ...
  
A Worcester Park artist is creating and selling a painting a day to raise money for charity.

Contemporary watercolour artist Jenny Hawke is setting aside an hour every day to paint something that has inspired her that day.

Chemistry World - Jul 23, 2013
Chagas disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. The parasite is transmitted by contaminated food, blood transfusions and blood sucking beetles commonly known as kissing bugs.

BusinessGhana - June 23, 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.

Times of India - Jul 22, 2013
The deceased are Krishnappa Naik from Balpa, Sullia taluk and Jayaram from Bantwal taluk, who died last month and were confirmed dengue as per Elisa test. The third patient Juliet Mascarenhas, who died at private hospital was NS1 positive but was not ...

Global Times - Jul 22, 2013
At least 63 locally contracted cases of dengue fever have been reported in the city of Zhongshan in south China's Guangdong Province, local authorities said on Monday. 

The Hindu - Jul 22, 2013
The case of the person from Assaigoli, Konaje, who died due to suspected dengue on Wednesday, has been handed over to B.V. Rajesh, Disease Surveillance Officer. Ratnakar, Taluk Health Officer, Mangalore said the patient's NS1 test was positive, but the ...

Citizen Matters - Jul 22, 2013
'Dengue-like disease hits Bangalore', 'Sting of dengue at a feverish high in Bangalore', 'Dengue cases jump 3-fold in State', are some of the headlines in recent media reports on dengue. 

The Hindu - Jul 22, 2013
A strategy document to tackle dengue will be prepared by the Centre for Research in Medical Entomology (CRME). The CRME, which functions under the aegis of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), plans to come out with recommendations for ...

Straits Times - Jul 22, 2013
An adult Aedes albopictus mosquito at the Environmental Health Institute. The number of new dengue infections may have fallen for the fourth week in a row, but Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Grace Fu has warned against complacency.

South China Morning Post - Jul 22, 2013
The Centre for Health Protection is on the alert for another mosquito-transmitted disease amid a Japanese encephalitis scare: dengue fever. Cases of dengue have risen as much as eightfold in Southeast Asia this year. 

The Nation - Jul 22, 2013
Under the protocol, hospitals must report to the area disease control department within three hours every time a dengue-fever patient is admitted. Mosquito larvae in the infected area would then be destroyed and an investigation team would then move in.

Myanmar Times - Jul 22, 2013
The number of recorded dengue infections this year has soared past 8000, with 16 confirmed deaths, a Ministry of Health official said last week. 

Hindustan Times - Jul 21, 2013
City hospitals have left no stone unturned to equip themselves to deal with dengue cases this monsoon. As the first case of dengue was reported from Koomkalan in the district on Friday, officials of the health department claimed that the situation was ...

Deccan Herald - Jul 21, 2013
... succumbed to dengue at a private hospital here today, hospital sources said. The deceased is a first year PUC student from Nagashetty Halli. The boy was admitted on July 8 and he died due to "dengue hemorrhagic shock" this morning, the hospital said.

Pakistan Observer - Jul 21, 2013
According to Dengue Surveillance Cell that worked under the aegis of Sindh Health Ministry said that with the emergence of 5 new cases of dengue, the dengue-affected number of people in the city during this current year had reached 447.

Oneindia - Jul 21, 2013
Beijing, July 21: Thirty-seven people have been confirmed as having contracted dengue fever in China's Guangdong province, authorities said Saturday. 

Buruli Ulcer cases decline in Nkoranza
GhanaWeb - July 21, 2013
Mr Charles Kwasi Gyamfi, Nkoranza South Municipal Disease Control Officer has commended Medical Assistance Programme (MAP) International, a United States Non-Governmental Health Project for assisting to control the outbreak…

7thSpace Interactive (press release) - July 21, 2013
Control of lymphatic filariasis (LF) in most countries of sub-Saharan Africa is based on annual mass drug administration (MDA) with a combination of ivermectin and albendazole, in order to interrupt transmission.

Times of India - July 21, 2013
BHUBANESWAR: After Cuttack, dengue has spread its tentacles to the capital city. Three persons tested positive for the mosquito-borne disease in past two days. They include one man each from Rasulgarh, Pokhariput and Chandrasekhapur, government ...


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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles  - July 25, 2013
by Shuang Liang, Matty Knight, Emmitt R. Jolly 
Schistosomiasis is a serious global problem and the second most devastating parasitic disease following malaria. Parasitic worms of the genus Schistosoma are the causative agents of schistosomiasis and infect more than 240 million people worldwide. 

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles  - July 25, 2013
by Maria Rosario Capeding, Mary Noreen Chua, Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro, Ismail I. H. M. Hussain, Revathy Nallusamy, Punnee Pitisuttithum, Kusnandi Rusmil, Usa Thisyakorn, Stephen J. Thomas, Ngoc Huu Tran, Dewa Nyoman Wirawan, In-Kyu Yoon, Alain Bouckenooghe, Yanee Hutagalung, Thelma Laot, Tram Anh Wartel

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - July 25, 2013
by Chaman Saini, V. Ramesh, Indira Nath
Patients with localized tuberculoid and generalized lepromatous leprosy show respectively Th1 and Th2 cytokine profile. Additionally, other patients in both types of leprosy also show a non discriminating Th0 cytokine profile with both interferon-γ and IL-4. The present study investigated the role of Th17 cells which appear to be a distinct subtyp

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - July 25, 2013
by Steffen Hahnel, Zhigang Lu, R. Alan Wilson, Christoph G. Grevelding, Thomas Quack
Schistosomiasis is one of the most important parasitic diseases worldwide, second only to malaria. Schistosomes exhibit an exceptional reproductive biology since the sexual maturation of the female, which includes the differentiation of the reproductive organs, is controlled by pairing. 

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - July 25, 2013
by Xiao-Hong Li, William de Castro-Borges, Sophie Parker-Manuel, Gillian M. Vance, Ricardo DeMarco, Leandro X. Neves, Gareth J. O. Evans, R. Alan Wilson
Although the ultrastructure of the schistosome esophageal gland was described >35 years ago, its role in the processing of ingested blood has never been established. 

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - July 25, 2013
by Benjamin G. Jacob, Robert J. Novak, Laurent D. Toe, Moussa Sanfo, Daniel A. Griffith, Thomson L. Lakwo, Peace Habomugisha, Moses N. Katabarwa, Thomas R. Unnasch
Recently, most onchocerciasis control programs have begun to focus on elimination. 

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - July 25, 2013
by Sarah E. Burr, John D. Hart, Tansy Edwards, Ignatius Baldeh, Ebrima Bojang, Emma M. Harding-Esch, Martin J. Holland, Thomas M. Lietman, Sheila K. West, David C. W. Mabey, Ansumana Sillah, Robin L. Bailey 
Trachoma, caused by ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection, is the leading infectious cause of blindess, but its prevalence is now falling in many countries.

Public Library of Science - PLoS Medicine - July 25, 2013
by Shelley F. Stone, Geoffrey K. Isbister, Seyed Shahmy, Fahim Mohamed, Chandana Abeysinghe, Harendra Karunathilake, Ariaranee Ariaratnam, Tamara E. Jacoby-Alner, Claire L. Cotterell, Simon G. A. Brown
Snake bite is one of the most neglected public health issues in poor rural communities worldwide. 

Geiger A, Fardeau ML, Njiokou F, Ollivier B.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2013 Jul 24;3:34. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00034. Print 2013.
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de Carvalho RF, Ribeiro IF, Miranda-Vilela AL, Filho JD, Martins OP, E Silva DD, Tedesco AC, Lacava ZG, Báo SN, Sampaio RN.
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Rouhani S, Parvizi P, Spotin A.
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Goyard S, Dutra PL, Deolindo P, Autheman D, D'Archivio S, Minoprio P.
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Li Y, Kakinami C, Li Q, Yang B, Li H.
PLoS One. 2013 Jul 24;8(7):e70390. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070390. Print 2013.
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Lee SH, Nam KW, Jeong JY, Yoo SJ, Koh YS, Lee S, Heo ST, Seong SY, Lee KH.
PLoS One. 2013 Jul 24;8(7):e68512. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068512. Print 2013.
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Leder K, Mutsch M, Schlagenhauf P, Luxemburger C, Torresi J.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2013 Jul 23. doi:pii: S1477-8939(13)00101-4. 10.1016/j.tmaid.2013.06.008. [Epub ahead of print]
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Kai M, Nakata N, Matsuoka M, Sekizuka T, Kuroda M, Makino M.
Infect Genet Evol. 2013 Jul 24. doi:pii: S1567-1348(13)00279-7. 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.07.014. [Epub ahead of print]
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Palacios VR, Bichara CN, Silva Junior JB, Dias RD, Goncalves NV.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2013 Jul 23:0. [Epub ahead of print]
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Thompson RC.
Int J Parasitol. 2013 Jul 23. doi:pii: S0020-7519(13)00179-3. 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.06.007. [Epub ahead of print]
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Kouguchi H, Matsumoto J, Nakao R, Yamano K, Oku Y, Yagi K.
PLoS One. 2013 Jul 23;8(7):e69821. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069821. Print 2013.
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Nourrisson C, Mathieu S, Beytout J, Cambon M, Poirier P.
Rev Med Interne. 2013 Jul 23. doi:pii: S0248-8663(13)00561-4. 10.1016/j.revmed.2013.06.004. [Epub ahead of print] French.
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Porter JL, Tobias NJ, Pidot SJ, Falgner S, Tuck KL, Vettiger A, Hong H, Leadlay PF, Stinear TP.
PLoS One. 2013 Jul 23;8(7):e70520. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070520. Print 2013.
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Nguyen JB, Pool CD, Wong CY, Treger RS, Williams DL, Cappello M, Lea WA, Simeonov A, Vermeire JJ, Modis Y.
Chem Biol. 2013 Jul 23. doi:pii: S1074-5521(13)00244-5. 10.1016/j.chembiol.2013.06.011. [Epub ahead of print]
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Cheng W, Curti E, Rezende WC, Kwityn C, Zhan B, Gillespie P, Plieskatt J, Joshi SB, Volkin DB, Hotez PJ, Middaugh CR, Elena Bottazzi M.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2013 Jul 23;9(11). [Epub ahead of print]
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Machorro JG, Lopez-Gonzalez M, Rojas OB, Pomares CF, Montes CS, Argumedo LS, Sepúlveda NV, Castañeda BG, Barrón LC.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2013 Jul 23;9(11). [Epub ahead of print]
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Rodríguez-Angulo H, García O, Castillo E, Cardenas E, Marques J, Mijares A.
Arq Bras Cardiol. 2013 Jul 23. doi:pii: S0066-782X2013005000054. [Epub ahead of print] English, Portuguese.
PMID: 23877744 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article

Chattopadhyay P, Goyary D, Dhiman S, Rabha B, Hazarika S, Veer V.
J Immunotoxicol. 2013 Jul 23. [Epub ahead of print]
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Singh NK, Meshram CD, Sonwane AA, Dahiya SS, Pawar SS, Chaturvedi VK, Saini M, Singh RP, Gupta PK.
Mol Biotechnol. 2013 Jul 23. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23877894 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Oliveira GG, Silva AM, Jesus AM, Nunes MA, Conceicao JO, Costa FO, Araujo JF, Melo EV.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2013 Jul 23:0. [Epub ahead of print]

Lankau EW, Cohen NJ, Jentes ES, Adams LE, Bell TR, Blanton JD, Buttke D, Galland GG, Maxted AM, Tack DM, Waterman SH, Rupprecht CE, Marano N.
Zoonoses Public Health. 2013 Jul 22. doi: 10.1111/zph.12071. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23870674 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Shapiro JT, Junior MS, Dorval ME, França AO, Matos MD, Bordignon MO.
Acta Trop. 2013 Jul 22. doi:pii: S0001-706X(13)00184-8. 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.07.004. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23886850 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Ravis WR, Llanos-Cuentas A, Sosa N, Kreishman-Deitrick M, Kopydlowski KM, Nielsen C, Smith KS, Smith PL, Ransom JH, Lin YJ, Grogl M.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Jul 22. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23877689 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Dedet JP, Carme B, Desbois N, Bourdoiseau G, Lachaud L, Pratlong F.
Presse Med. 2013 Jul 22. doi:pii: S0755-4982(13)00650-7. 10.1016/j.lpm.2013.03.010. [Epub ahead of print] French.
PMID: 23886932 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Chen Y, Wen T, Lai DH, Wen YZ, Wu ZD, Yang TB, Yu XB, Hide G, Lun ZR.
Parasitology. 2013 Jul 22:1-7. [Epub ahead of print]
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Pandey S, Nayak R, Mehndiratta MM.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Jul 22. doi:pii: S0303-8467(13)00246-1. 10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.07.001. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
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Fumian TM, Justino MC, Mascarenhas JD, Reymão TK, Abreu E, Soares L, Linhares AC, Gabbay YB.
J Clin Virol. 2013 Jul 22. doi:pii: S1386-6532(13)00275-8. 10.1016/j.jcv.2013.06.043. [Epub ahead of print]
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Kwong JC, Druce JD, Leder K.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Jul 22. [Epub ahead of print]
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Harker BW, Behura SK, Debruyn BS, Lovin DD, Mori A, Romero-Severson J, Severson DW.
BMC Dev Biol. 2013 Jul 22;13(1):29. [Epub ahead of print]
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Bärnighausen T, Bloom DE, Cafiero ET, O'Brien JC.
Semin Immunol. 2013 Jul 22. doi:pii: S1044-5323(13)00026-2. 10.1016/j.smim.2013.04.010. [Epub ahead of print]
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Soares AC, Araújo RN, Carvalho-Tavares J, de Figueiredo Gontijo N, Pereira MH.
Parasitol Int. 2013 Jul 22. doi:pii: S1383-5769(13)00090-1. 10.1016/j.parint.2013.07.001. [Epub ahead of print]
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Paes LS, Suárez Mantilla B, Zimbres FM, Pral EM, Diogo de Melo P, Tahara EB, Kowaltowski AJ, Elias MC, Silber AM.
PLoS One. 2013 Jul 22;8(7):e69419. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069419. Print 2013.
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Simonsen PE, Derua YA, Kisinza WN, Magesa SM, Malecela MN, Pedersen EM.
BMC Infect Dis. 2013 Jul 21;13:335. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-335.
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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.
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Hubert DJ, Céline N, Michel N, Gogulamudi VR, Florence NT, Johnson BN, Bonaventure NT, Singh IP, Sehgal R.
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J Med Life. 2013 Jun 15;6(2):185-8. Epub 2013 Jun 25.
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Buruli ulcer - Part V (News, Articles and Videos)

NEWS ARTICLES
메디칼미디어 - Jul 12, 2014
(논문명 : Mycobacterial Toxin Induces Analgesia in Buruli Ulcer by Targeting the Angiotentin Pathways) 공동 연구진은 궤양의 원인균이 ...

GhanaWeb - Jul 11, 2014
The NGO has been working hard to bring potable water to buruli-ulcer endemic communities across the country.

MAP International Names Steve Stirling President & CEO
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, …
Schicksalhafte Hilfe aus Würzburg
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.

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 . 

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.


BLOGS
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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