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12 Sep 2007

Parasitic worm uses sugar to fool immune system

Researchers have found that the larvae and eggs of the parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis release sugars that act like a flag, attracting the immune system and allowing them to go undetected.
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10 Sep 2007

Cape Town lab to tackle infectious disease in Africa

An international research laboratory set up to investigate health issues facing Africa, in particular infectious diseases, opens in South Africa today (10 September).
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10 Sep 2007

Haemoglobin 'promotes trypanosome protection'

Haemoglobin plays a role in protecting humans from a species of the trypanosome parasite that infects cattle, scientists say.
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31 Aug 2007

Malaria mosquito's odour-sensing systems mapped

Scientists have mapped a sensory organ that the principal malaria-carrying mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, uses to hunt down humans.
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29 Aug 2007

Africa's fight against TB 'outdated'

Many countries — especially in Africa — are still using outdated and less effective treatment methods for tuberculosis (TB), say the authors of a paper published in The Lancet last week (23 August).
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28 Aug 2007

Cash boost for Ugandan malaria research

Malaria research activities at Uganda's Makerere University have been boosted by grants from the African Malaria Network Trust (AMANET).
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22 Aug 2007

Improved nutrition 'cannot replace HIV or TB drugs'

Improved nutrition cannot substitute medication to treat people infected with HIV or tuberculosis, says a report released today (22 August) by the Academy of Science of South Africa
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22 Aug 2007

DDT 'repels, rather than kills' mosquitoes

The insecticide DDT prevents the spread of mosquito-borne diseases primarily by repelling mosquitoes rather than killing them, according to a study conducted in Thailand.
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21 Aug 2007

Blanket bednet coverage best, say researchers

Children sleeping under insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are less likely to die from malaria and nets should be distributed free to all who need them, according to research from Kenya.
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15 Aug 2007

'Gene screen' speeds up Leishmaniasis detection

Researchers have developed a simple and cheap method to screen large numbers of sand flies to determine their species and what type of Leishmania parasite — the microorganism that causes leishmaniasis — they might be carrying.
Source: scidev.net
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