Low Prevalence of Deletions of the pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 Genes in Plasmodium falciparum Parasites in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 2015
This study shows evidence of pfhrp2- and pfhrp3-deleted parasites in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Additional studies for more precise estimates of prevalence are warranted.PMID:35895430 | PMC:PMC9209925 | DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.22-0073 (Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - July 27, 2022 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Jessica N McCaffery Curtis S Huber Hindolo M Samai Eric Rogier Source Type: research
Low Prevalence of Deletions of the pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 Genes in Plasmodium falciparum Parasites in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 2015
This study shows evidence of pfhrp2- and pfhrp3-deleted parasites in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Additional studies for more precise estimates of prevalence are warranted.PMID:35895430 | PMC:PMC9209925 | DOI:10.4269/ajtmh.22-0073 (Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg)
Source: Am J Trop Med Hyg - July 27, 2022 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jessica N McCaffery Curtis S Huber Hindolo M Samai Eric Rogier Source Type: research
News at a glance: Beijing ’s vaccine flip, EU energy flap, and Marburg virus in West Africa
PALEONTOLOGY
Dino’s puny arms resemble
T. rex
’s
For dinosaurs,
tiny arms may have been the price of a giant, carnivorous head
, according to a study of a new species. In Argentina’s Patagonian Desert, paleontologists discovered a halfcomplete, 11-meter-long skeleton that’s a
Tyrannosaurus rex
doppelgänger, with stubby arms and a cartoonishly big cranium, but is only distantly related to the tyrannosaurids. The team named their “lucky strike” discovery
Meraxes gigas
after a Targaryen dragon from
Game of Thrones
. Because researche...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - July 14, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Prevalence of malaria and helminth infections in rural communities in northern Sierra Leone, a baseline study to inform Ebola vaccine study protocols
ConclusionMalaria and hookworm are the most prevalent parasite infections and those most likely to influence long-term immune response to Ebola vaccines among the trial participants. (Source: PLoS One)
Source: PLoS One - July 6, 2022 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Frank Baiden Source Type: research
WHO monkeypox decision renews debate about global alarm system for outbreaks
The World Health Organization (WHO) may have very high aspirations—“the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health”—but when a new human disease begins to spread, or a known one behaves in unusual, threatening ways, it has few levers to pull. One important decision it can make, however, is declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), a designation that gives WHO some additional powers and serves as a global wake-up call.
After a meeting behind closed doors, a WHO expert panel announced on 25 June that the rapidly growing monkeypox epidemic does not yet warrant t...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - June 30, 2022 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
