From the Tropics for the Tropics

NEWSLETTER - Issue 110 - September 15, 2020

Global warming will kill more than infectious diseases

The world's poorest and hottest regions are likely to suffer the most because they have the least resources available to invest, says researcher Dr. Amir Jina

Science hitches a ride on a bicycle

A Spanish researcher travels by bike around the world to encourage high school students to develop a passion for science

In times of COVID-19, children under violence and hunger in the Tropics

Vulnerabilities of children living in countries affected by the humanitarian crisis and poverty will persist and should increase by the consequences of the pandemic

Case report: frequent clinical complications in the Northeast region of Brazil

Main differential diagnosis is with cases of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-infected patients

Interview

Researchers in Rwanda identify strain of the parasite that causes drug-resistant malaria

This is the first time that scientists have observed resistance to treatment with artemisinin, a frontline medicine in the fight against the disease in Africa




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Chief-editor:
Carlos Henrique Nery Costa

Assignment editors:
Alberto Novaes
André Siqueira
Guilherme Werneck
Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis

Journalism:
Denise de Quadros
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Translation:
Pedro Costa

Graphics and diagramation:
Leandro Matos