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Health and sanitary status in 1970 of Tubu nomads dwelling in Northeastern Niger
Conclusions Infection-related blindness and trachoma, along with acute pulmonary infections and probably tuberculosis were the major health burden in this tribe. The harsh dry and hot climate may explain the low prevalence of soil-transmitted protozoan diseases or helminthiases.
Source: Military Medical Research - December 2, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research

These Health Warriors Are Using Education To End A Disease
This article is part of HuffPost’s Project Zero campaign, a yearlong series on neglected tropical diseases and efforts to fight them. Most people aren’t familiar with Guinea worm disease ― that’s because it has almost disappeared.  In 1985, the disease had infected about 3.5 million people. At last count, only 25 cases remain. People contract the Guinea worm, a parasite, by drinking contaminated water. The worm is about as thick as a piece of spaghetti and can grow as long as three feet. It lives inside the body until it’s ready to emerge from the skin in a long and painful process....
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Elimination of Guinea Worm Disease in Ethiopia; Current Status of the Disease's, Eradication Strategies and Challenges to the End Game.
Authors: Beyene HB, Bekele A, Shifara A, Ebstie YA, Desalegn Z, Kebede Z, Mulugeta A, Deribe K, Tadesse Z, Abebe T, Kebede B, Abrha G, Jima D Abstract Dracunculiasis, also named Guinea Worm Disease (GWD), is one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) caused by a parasitic nematode known as Dracunculus medinensis and has been known since antiquity as 'fiery serpent' from Israelites. It is transmitted to humans via drinking contaminated water containing infective copepods. Given, its feasibility for eradication, the Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP) was launched in 1980 with the aim of eradicating the disease...
Source: Ethiopian Medical Journal - September 9, 2017 Category: African Health Tags: Ethiop Med J Source Type: research

Demographic and clinical profile of microspodial keratitis in North India: an underreported entity
This study is a reminder to clinicians that when multifocal d iffuse epithelial keratitis and culture-negative keratoconjunctivitis not responding to medical therapy, regardless of immune status are found in patients with symptoms suggesting an infectious keratitis, microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis should be included in the differential diagnosis.
Source: Journal of Parasitic Diseases - June 14, 2019 Category: Parasitology Source Type: research

"Bed bugs live in dirty places"-How Using Live Animals in Teaching Contributes to Reducing Stigma, Disgust, Psychological Stigma, and Misinformation in Students
We present implications for biology education and contemporary health education.PMID:36194505 | DOI:10.1187/cbe.22-03-0056
Source: CBE Life Sciences Education - October 4, 2022 Category: Cytology Authors: Roman Asshoff Benedikt Heuckmann Mike Ryl Klaus Reinhardt Source Type: research

A comprehensive approach to optimizing malaria prevention in pregnant women: evaluating the efficacy, cost-effectiveness, and resistance of IPTp-SP and IPTp-DP
Glob Health Action. 2023 Dec 31;16(1):2231257. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2023.2231257.ABSTRACTMalaria during pregnancy is a major global health concern, with approximately 10,000 pregnant women dying from malaria-related anaemia each year. The World Health Organization has suggested intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) to avert malaria infection in pregnant women in malaria-endemic areas, but this intermittent preventive (IP) treatment is at risk of becoming ineffective due to parasite resistance and the contraindication in HIV-infected women. This paper argues that alternative IP treatme...
Source: Global Health Action - July 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sarah-Leah Eisenberg Adam E Krieger Source Type: research

Participating in eradication: how Guinea worm redefined eradication, and eradication redefined Guinea worm, 1985-2022
Med Hist. 2023 Apr;67(2):148-171. doi: 10.1017/mdh.2023.18. Epub 2023 Aug 1.ABSTRACTGuinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) is a debilitating waterborne disease. Once widespread, it is now on the brink of eradication. However, the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GWEP), like guinea worm itself, has been under-studied by historians. The GWEP demonstrates an unusual model of eradication, one focused on primary healthcare (PHC), community participation, health education and behavioural change (safe drinking). The PHC movement collided with a waterborne disease, which required rapid but straightforward treatment to prevent tran...
Source: Medical History - August 1, 2023 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Jonathan David Roberts Source Type: research

Recent Advancement in the Search of Innovative Antiprotozoal Agents Targeting Trypanothione Metabolism.
Abstract Leishmania and Trypanosoma parasites are responsible for the challenging neglected tropical diseases leishmaniases, Chagas disease and Human African Trypanosomiasis, which account for up to 40,000 deaths annually mainly in developing countries. Current chemotherapy relies on drugs with major limits of efficacy and safety, prompting the urgent need of exploring innovative approaches to improve the drug discovery pipeline. The unique trypanothione-based redox pathway, which is absent in the human host, is vital for all trypanosomatids and offers valuable opportunities to guide the rational development of sp...
Source: ChemMedChem - August 16, 2020 Category: Chemistry Authors: Saccoliti F, Di Santo R, Costi R Tags: ChemMedChem Source Type: research

Parasitological and molecular search for leishmania natural infection in phlebotomine sand flies in peri-urban sites of an argentinean area endemic for tegumentary leishmaniasis
Acta Trop. 2021 Jul 21:106064. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106064. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLeishmaniases are neglected tropical diseases caused by Leishmania spp. parasites transmitted by the bite of phlebotomine sand flies. In Argentina, the most endemic area of American Tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) has been Orán department, Province of Salta, where Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis prevails and Nyssomyia neivai is considered as its vector, although there is no accurate and sufficient information in this regard. The aim of this work was to search for natural infection by Leishmania spp. in sand flies from pe...
Source: Acta Tropica - July 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mar ía Cristina Almazán Griselda Noem í Copa Jos é Fernando Gil In és López Quiroga Melisa Evangelina D íaz Fernández Alejandro Uncos Carlos Lorenzo Hoyos Julio Rub én Nasser Paola Andrea Barroso Jorge Diego Marco Source Type: research

Parasitological and molecular search for leishmania natural infection in phlebotomine sand flies in peri-urban sites of an argentinean area endemic for tegumentary leishmaniasis
Acta Trop. 2021 Jul 21:106064. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106064. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLeishmaniases are neglected tropical diseases caused by Leishmania spp. parasites transmitted by the bite of phlebotomine sand flies. In Argentina, the most endemic area of American Tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) has been Orán department, Province of Salta, where Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis prevails and Nyssomyia neivai is considered as its vector, although there is no accurate and sufficient information in this regard. The aim of this work was to search for natural infection by Leishmania spp. in sand flies from pe...
Source: Acta Tropica - July 24, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mar ía Cristina Almazán Griselda Noem í Copa Jos é Fernando Gil In és López Quiroga Melisa Evangelina D íaz Fernández Alejandro Uncos Carlos Lorenzo Hoyos Julio Rub én Nasser Paola Andrea Barroso Jorge Diego Marco Source Type: research

Use of insecticide treated net and malaria preventive education: effect on malaria parasitemia among people living with AIDS in Nigeria, a cross-sectional study
Conclusion: Malaria is a major preventable condition among PLWHA. Preventive education and ITN use reduced malaria parasite burden among this population
Source: Asia Pacific Family Medicine - June 22, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Samuel OlowookereNajemdeen AdelekeEmmanuel Abioye-KuteyiIjeoma Mbakwe Source Type: research