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Brazil is the second country in Tropical Medicine scientific production, but still has a long path ahead towards biotechnological development
A new kind of vaccine against malaria that imitates the effects of the mosquito bites showed promising initial results, while completely protecting a dozen human volunteers, as the article shows.
According to Dr. Claudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro, researcher from the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, head of the Malaria Research Laboratory and president of the International Tropical Medicine Federation (IFTM)...
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Despite the author's youth, his research challenged old parasitology concepts
"Ever since I was a little boy I was interested in bugs, birds, fish and some less conventional animals, as mice.
Dr. Cunha Neto belives that if the monkey experiment is successful, if the whole schedule is accomplished, human testing could begin in three years
The brazilian vaccine agains the HIV virus will begin its tests in mokeys in 2013's second semester, forwards the study's leader, researcher from the...
"Poverty diseases" will demand high quality sanitation actions, associated to a set of key actions of social, economical, cultural and educational characters
"The most recent development process in Brazil, instead of alleviating the huge innequalities, regarding public health, it worsened in some aspects", affirms Leo Heller, professor of the Sanitary and Environmental Engineering from the Federal Univeristy of Minas Gerais (FUMG), while pointing that the countrie's social-economical development has been kept clearly unequal. He points that the general income and the access to goods and services have raised, but this did not happen evenly in the population.
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The programatic activities must be debated in order to become references to the partners along with the three government spheres
By Mitermayer Galvão dos Reis
The Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine (BSTM), founded in 1962, now counts with new directors for the bienium 2013-2015. The new president, researcher form Bahia Fiocruz and doctor in Human Parasitology, Mitermayer Galvao dos Reis, assumed office during the 49th Congress of Tropical Medicine that took place from August 7th to 10th in Campo Grange/MS.
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Traffic deaths should overcome AIDS until 2030, says WHO
Rio Grande do Sul intends to increase HIV combat policies
Project supporting rare diseases research has favorable vote in CAE
Infectious diseases and climate change intersect with no simple answers
Below is a selection of for this month of september of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals.
Enteropathogens and chronic illness in returning travelers
Infectious diseases. Unconventional vaccine shows promise against malaria
The politics of reducing malnutrition: building commitment and accelerating progress
Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
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