Study on measles transmission in China have implications for controlling the epidemic worldwide
Catch-up vaccination may be efficient means for controlling epidemics in big cities with large migrant populations February 14, 2019 -- ...
Tag: Disease in the Developing World
AAAS session: Food and nutrition security
Scientific partnerships and opportunities Leading experts from the field of food and nutrition security will present findings from its recently ...
UBC researchers develop diagnostic tool for detecting cryptosporidium
Cost-effective biosensor provides immediate and accurate resultsCredit: UBC Okanagan A handheld 'tricorder' that can test for biological contamination in real-time ...
C-sections by trained health officers a safe alternative
Task sharing in Sierra Leone -- teaching emergency surgery to health officers -- can help improve healthcare in a country ...
Verbal autopsies capture more accurate burden of disease in Uganda
Model is likely cost-effective and greatly increases reporting of vital statisticsCredit: Doreen Nabukalu, M.P.H. Chapel Hill, NC - Training community ...
Drug-resistant TB cured with new approaches in post-war DRC
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13, 2019 - A high proportion of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) cases can be cured in conflict-affected communities with ...
Five women scientists in developing countries win 2019 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards
Early-career researchers living and working in Bangladesh, Bolivia, the Gambia, Nepal and Palestine have been recognized for their work in ...
Selfies to self-diagnosis: Algorithm 'amps up' smartphones to diagnose disease
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Accessible, connected, and computationally powerful, smartphones aren't just for "selfies" anymore. They have emerged as powerful ...
Breaking the vicious cycles of age-related diseases
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Biologist Aleksey Belikov from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology has proposed that rapid progression ...
Sophisticated blood analysis provides new clues about Ebola, treatment avenues
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease A detailed analysis of blood samples from Ebola patients in Sierra Leone ...
Genome scientists develop novel approaches to studying widespread form of malaria
Analyses of Plasmodium vivax parasite RNAs help understand transmission and antimalarial treatment response BALTIMORE, MD., Feb. 8 - Scientists at ...
A new protocol for Hepatitis A vaccination to prevent a vaccine-resistant virus
Vaccination policies against the diseaseCredit: University of Barcelona Researchers of the University of Barcelona (UB) have analysed, with massive sequencing ...
Drug-resistant tuberculosis: High mortality rate due to inaccurate tests
Credit: Courtesy of Kathrin Zuercher Around ten million people around the world develop tuberculosis every year and 1.5 million people ...
Prior dengue infection protects against Zika
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 7, 2019 - The higher a person's immunity to dengue virus, the lower their risk of Zika infection, ...
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