Resources with keywords: parasites
Robertson LJ, Havelaar AH, Keddy KH, Devleesschauwer B, Sripa B, Torgerson PR
Here, we argue why this parasitic infection should be included in the new estimates of the health burden of foodborne diseases. Growing evidence indicates that foodborne transmission of T. cruzi occurs as commonly as vector-borne infection. Moreover, foodborne infection results in considerably more severe disease than vector-borne infection, with higher mortality and greater symptom severity, particular in the acute phase.
Takamiya NT, Rogerio LA, Torres C, Leonel JAF, Vioti G, de Sousa Oliveira TMF, Valeriano KC, Porcino GN, de Miranda Santos IKF, Costa CHN, et al.
The PCR assay developed here differentiates Leishmania infantum and Crithidia sp. LVH60A parasites with the ability to detect and estimate parasite load in samples from different hosts involved in infection (human, animal, and experimental) and can be used for epidemiological studies, parasite load monitoring, and therapeutic follow-up. Samples analysed in this study included human bone marrow and peripheral blood, as well as for the spleen and liver samples of dogs and hamsters
Advisors to the WHO recently recommended a second malaria vaccine.
A group in Brazil screend 160 compounds belonging to the COVID Box, a library of compounds developed by Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) to combat SARS-CoV-2.
CDC says: locally acquired mosquito-transmitted malaria cases can occur, as Anopheles mosquito vectors exist throughout the United States. In 2003 there were 8 cases of locally acquired P. vivax malaria identified in Palm Beach County, FL.
