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Parasite bacteria may help fight spread of mosquito-borne diseases
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Infecting mosquitoes with a bacterial parasite could help prevent the spread of lymphatic filariasis, one of the major neglected tropical diseases of the developing world, according to research published today ...
Research highlights the negative effect of filarial hydrocele on marriage and sex
Apr 21, 2009 |
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A large proportion (94%) of lymphatic filariasis (LF) patients with hydrocele and their wives report the inability to have a satisfactory sexual life because of this condition. In a new ethnographic study, published on April ...
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Researchers reveal genetic secrets of devastating human parasite
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Sep 20, 2007 |
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An international team of researchers has revealed the genetic secrets of one of the world’s most debilitating human parasites, Brugia malayi (B. malayi), which the World Health Organization estimates has seriously incapacitated ...
Study finds multiple neglected tropical diseases effectively treated with drugs
Oct 25, 2007 |
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The neglected tropical diseases are a group of 13 infectious diseases, including elephantiasis, hookworm, African sleeping sickness and trachoma, which affect more than 1 billion people worldwide, most of whom live in extreme ...
Study finds doxycycline effective against filariasis in Southeast Asia
Apr 09, 2008 |
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Doxycycline alone is more effective against the most common form of filariasis in Southeast Asia than the standard treatment, with significantly fewer side effects, according to a new study published in the May 1 issue of ...
Scientists harness power of worms to treat arthritis
Sep 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Glasgow scientists are aiming to harness a substance secreted by parasitic tropical worms to help them find a more effective treatment for inflammatory types of arthritis. A team of scientists ...
Tourists to the Caribbean should pay 1 dollar each to help fight tropical diseases of poverty
May 28, 2008 |
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Away from the beaches, resorts, and cruise ships of the Caribbean, there lies a hidden underbelly of poverty and with this poverty comes endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). In an editorial in this month's PLoS Ne ...
Tropical disease experts call for a 'Global Fund to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases'
Mar 26, 2008 |
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An international team of tropical disease control experts has urged the global health and development community, and particularly the G8 leaders, to establish a new financing mechanism to combat the neglected tropical diseases ...
Neglected tropical diseases burden those overseas, but travelers also at risk
Dec 26, 2007 |
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Though little known to most Americans, lymphatic filariasis, trachoma, leishmaniasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis and other so-called neglected tropical diseases are responsible for severe health burdens, especially among ...
Biologists find optimistic worms are ready for rapid recovery
Mar 09, 2009 |
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For the tiny soil-dwelling nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, life is usually a situation of feast or famine. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have found that this worm has evolved a surprisingly ...
Study suggests LF elimination program is 'best buy in public health'
Oct 08, 2008 |
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A study published today concludes that in the ten years since its initiation, the international effort to eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) has made a large impact towards ridding the world of one of its most debilitating ...
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