Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Human mobility in the Amazon 'pushes malaria to cities'
Understanding population mobility patterns could hold the key to tackling malaria in the Amazon, say scientists.
Dec 17, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scientists solve 100-year-old cerebral malaria mystery using neuroimaging techniques
Scientists have shown for the first time that cerebral malaria causes death in adults by triggering oxygen-deprivation in the brain, in new research published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Dec 16, 2020
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Diabetes and obesity risk factors for severe malaria
Infectious diseases doctor Katja Wyss's thesis is the product of many years' research on malaria in Sweden. With clinical data from almost 3,000 diagnosed cases over a twenty-year time span, Katja Wyss at Karolinska Institutet's ...
Dec 8, 2020
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WHO warns malaria fight flat-lining
Progress in eliminating malaria has stalled in recent years, the World Health Organization said Monday, with more than 400,000 people once again estimated to have died from the disease last year.
Nov 30, 2020
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Young asymptomatic 'super spreaders' keep malaria viable by infecting local mosquitoes
Malaria researchers, working in an area of Uganda where infections have been dropping dramatically, discovered a small number of infected but asymptomatic school-age children can serve as stealth "super spreaders" responsible ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study reveals differences in malaria clearance between males and females
Females are able to clear asymptomatic malaria infections at a faster rate than their male counterparts, says a study published today in eLife.
Oct 27, 2020
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Malaria parasites hide out in humans when it's not mosquito season
Malaria parasites survive the mosquito-free dry season by waiting silently in humans for the return of the rainy season that brings back with it mosquitoes. New research, by an international team including Penn State scientists, ...
Oct 27, 2020
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Study: Malaria-preventive drugs dramatically reduce infections in school children
With nearly half of the world's population at risk for life-threatening malaria infections, University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers and their colleagues identified an important public health measure ...
Oct 23, 2020
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Preventive drugs halve malaria cases in African schoolchildren
Conducted by an international consortium, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the research is the first meta-analysis of preventive malaria treatments ...
Oct 23, 2020
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Invasive mosquito species could bring more malaria to Africa's urban areas
A species of mosquito that can carry malaria—known as Anopheles stephensi – has invaded eastern Africa and is quickly moving across the region. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Africa, asked Jeremy Herren and Clifford ...
Oct 20, 2020
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