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Project conducted in a prison in Mato Grosso do Sul state: multicentric study of tuberculosis and HIV among prisoners in MS state
"Understanding the origins of tuberculosis could explain the essential interaction mechanisms between the mycobacteria and humans, contributing in the future, for the development of more effective therapies and vaccines", signs Dr. Julio Croda, researcher and director of the Health Sciences School at the Federal University of Grande Dourados...
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Schekman's statements will surely make the national and international scientific communities reflect about science's true mission
Scientific publications, even the most reputable ones, do not invest in science, according to Nobel Randy Schekman. According to him, the scientific publications are becoming mediocre, once the studies are conducted only by those which results are already expected and will...
In Bahia state, out of every 650 children born alive, have a sickle cell disease, what represents nearly 65 children per year. In Nigeria, 4 million people have the disease, and at least 40 million have sickle cell traces
Resulting from a genetic modification that instead of producing hemoglobin A in the red cells, produces hemoglobin S, that does not oxygenate the body properly, the sickle cell disease can...
Diseases as obesity, diabetes and traffic accidents, especially those involving motorcycles, have increased due to the poor life conditions in the cities
Is it possible that cities are the cause of certain diseases? An article published on The Guardian suggests it is. For Dr. Carlos Brisola, professor at the Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology Department of the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), many centuries ago, when the first agglomerations were formed, which would then become cities; there was a raise in the chances of transmitting several diseases related to the proximity between people and the precarious life conditions.
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Dr. Javier Moreno is responsible for the Leishmaniasis and Chagas Disease Unit at the Carlos III Health Institute and Director of the Cooperative Center for the World Health Organization for Leishmaniasis. He is also the project's scientific coordinator
Interviewed by the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (BSTM), Dr. Javier Moreno speaks about the vaccine against leishmaniasis currently being developed in the context of the European project.
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Self-testing encourages very high uptake of HIV testing in Malawi study
Multiple sensory cues draw mosquitoes to hosts
Study tests genetic therapy to combat AIDS
Patrick Deville tells the read adventures of the bacteriologist Yersin
Genetic mutations increase tuberculosis risk
Below is a selection of for this month of april of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals.
Drug delivery by tattooing to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis
Polarized release of T-cell-receptor-enriched microvesicles at the immunological synapse
Virulence and pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection: an evolutionary perspective
Gene editing of CCR5 in autologous CD4 T cells of persons infected with HIV
August 03-08 2014
XIV International Course of Molecular Epidemiology in Emerging Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
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