Acoziborole: drug can put sleeping sickness to bed

New single-dose oral treatment could cure trypanosomiasis and still provide a boost to disease elimination

Anopheles stephensi puts urban populations at risk

The vector has already become a global issue and can spread to Europe and the Americas, beyond Africa

World needs science and science needs women

Despite having made huge gains to increase their representation in science in recent years, women are still significantly underrepresented in the world

Covid-19: cardiovascular diseases increase among people who were infected

Study shows that people who have had Covid-19, even mild, are at greater risk of suffering from serious cardiovascular complications

Case Report

Doença de Coronavírus 2019 Infecção e Diagnóstico Precoce da Síndrome de Ativação de Macrófagos: Um Relato de Caso de um homem de 62 anos

O paciente apresentava histórico de febre, cefaleia, anosmia, ageusia e diarreia há 9 dias. Foi feito um diagnóstico clínico e epidemiológico de infecção pelo novo coronavírus

good science

Complement activation induces excessive T cell cytotoxicity in severe COVID-19

Malaria protection due to sickle haemoglobin depends on parasite genotype

Complex decay dynamics of HIV virions, intact and defective proviruses, and 2LTR circles following initiation of antiretroviral therapy

Transmission potential of human schistosomes can be driven by resource competition among snail intermediate hosts

The major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is associated with protection against HIV

Effectiveness of BNT162b2 Vaccine against Omicron Variant in South Africa

Mosquito Net Use in Early Childhood and Survival to Adulthood in Tanzania

Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis

Thiamine deficiency in Gambian women of reproductive age

SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant infection elicits potent lineage-specific and cross-reactive antibodies

A highly virulent variant of HIV-1 circulating in the Netherlands

Complex decay dynamics of HIV virions, intact and defective proviruses, and 2LTR circles following initiation of antiretroviral therapy

Transmission potential of human schistosomes can be driven by resource competition among snail intermediate hosts

The major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 is associated with protection against HIV

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