New Clues to Sleeping Sickness
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2016 -- Parasites that cause sleeping sickness can be found on the skin of people with no symptoms of the disease, a new study finds.
Sleeping sickness affects 4,000 to 8,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa each year. People are... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
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Africa: New Finding Offers Breakthrough in Beating Sleeping Sickness
[The Conversation Africa] African sleeping sickness is a deadly disease spread by the bite of the tsetse fly, which only lives in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 22, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
New drug for tropical disease Trypanosomiasis discovered
Researchers are working to find the fastest way possible to treat and cure human African trypanosomiasis, long referred to as sleeping sickness. Human African trypanosomiasis, or HAT, is a tropical disease endemic to some rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa. A vector-borne parasitic disease, existing diagnosis and treatment regimens are complex, especially challenging in some of the world ' s most poverty-stricken regions. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 30, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
UGA researchers discover a drug for a tropical disease
(University of Georgia) Researchers at the University of Georgia are working to find the fastest way possible to treat and cure human African trypanosomiasis, long referred to as sleeping sickness. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - August 30, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New research reveals single class of drug could treat three neglected diseases
New research conducted by scientists from the University of York and Novartis has revealed that one drug might be able to treat three fatal and usually neglected parasitic diseases, Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and human African trypanosomiasis, als … (Source: Pharmaceutical Technology)
Source: Pharmaceutical Technology - August 9, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
One drug is 'new hope' for three killer infections
A single drug can treat three deadly and neglected infections - Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness - animal studies show.. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New compound offers hope for millions
A single class of drugs could treat chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness Related items fromOnMedica Parasitic worm increases women's fertility Weight loss linked to intestinal worms helps fight the parasite World ‘not prepared’ for Zika and Ebola Better use of vaccines could help tackle antimicrobial resistance Drugs firm waives drug patents in poor countries (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - August 8, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
A single compound could treat Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness
Scientists have identified a compound that can kill the parasites responsible for three neglected diseases: Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 8, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Compound found to treat three parasitic tropical diseases
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have found a single class of drugs that can kill the parasites responsible for three tropical diseases that affect millions in Africa, Asia and Latin America - Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness. (Source: Reuters: Health)
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A single compound could treat 3 parasitic diseases
(Wellcome Trust) Scientists have identified a compound that can kill the parasites responsible for three neglected diseases: Chagas disease, leishmaniasis and sleeping sickness. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - August 8, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Fluorescent trypanosomes reveal invasion of skin and beyond following tsetse fly bites
( < i > PLOS < /i > ) Trypanosome parasites cause sleeping sickness in Africa. If left untreated, the infection causes coma and eventually death. A study published on July 21 in PLOS Pathogens takes a close look at what happens after an infected tsetse fly transmits parasites into the skin of a mouse host and shows that very few parasites are needed to successfully colonize the host. In addition, multiplication of parasites at the bite site creates a reservoir from which parasites can be picked up by subsequent tsetse fly bites. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 21, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New insect imaging technique may help victims of sleeping sickness
(Entomological Society of America) Researchers have employed near infrared still photographs and time-lapse video to observe the pupa of the living tsetse fly. The imaging technique may allow lab workers to identify male and female tsetse flies before they emerge as adults, which could make it easier to control them by using the Sterile Insect Technique. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 11, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malawi: Sleeping Sickness Diagnosis to be Simplified
[Nyasa Times] Professor John Chisi has said the country is moving towards the right direction in research for sleeping sickness which is a complex and big problem as it is difficult to diagnose. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 20, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Malawi: Research to Simplify Sleeping Sickness Diagnosis
[Malawi News Agency] Blantyre -Professor John Chisi has said the country is moving towards the right direction in research for sleeping sickness which is a complex and big problem as it is difficult to diagnose. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 19, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Discovery of enzyme in the sleeping sickness parasite streamlines drug development
The single-celled parasite causing African sleeping sickness has a defense mechanism against potential pharmaceuticals under development against the disease, new research indicates. The deadly parasite has an enzyme that can cleave and hence disarm adenosine analogue pharmaceuticals. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 18, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
