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Newsletter - Issue 48
Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine
July 15, 2015
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Gene Olinger, involved with the research, said the next step is to test in guinea pigs and monkeys
One of the most feared diseases by humanity, the Ebola - which affects mainly African countries - could have treatments already available in the Market. In a report published in the Science Translational Medicine journal in June, researchers revealed that Zooloft and Vascor may be helpful against the disease.
The annual relapse rate in prior studies without the use of secondary prophylaxis was around 60%. In This study, 71% of the patients survived until the end of the 12-month follow-up without relapses
The HIV virus is a severe problem among poor populations in Africa. Along with other regional endemic diseases...
Millennium development goal 1: 15 achievements on poverty and hunger
Millennium development goal 2: 15 achievements on education
Millennium development goal 3: 15 achievements on gender equality
Millennium development goal 6: 15 achievements on HIV and malaria
What is the millennium development goal on HIV and malaria all about?
For the TRF-3, public agencies must take action to eradicate sources of the vectors and promote researches with drugs in use in other countries to cure the victims of the disease
An important decision by the Justice favors owners of dogs with leishmaniasis who live in Campo Grande (MS). In June, the Regional Federal Court of the Third Region (TRF-3) accepted the lawsuit by the NGO Abrigo dos Bichos (Animal Shelter) and, from now on, public agencies are prohibited from sacrificing animals as a measure to contain the disease.
Course will gather students from Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, England and USA - from these, 11 are from the two latter countries
Graduate students from American (South and North) and European institutions will be in São Paulo from July 13 to 23 to gather knowledge on the infectious diseases that strike Brazilians. They are part of the first FMUSP Medical Winter School, promoted by the São Paulo University (USP) Medical School. The program, which is free and in English, consists of two weeks of educational activities.
Below is a selection of for this month of july of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals.
DDT-based indoor residual spraying suboptimal for visceral leishmaniasis elimination in India
Images in clinical medicine. Enlarged pinna
The results showed the protein's protective effectiveness against the infection by the parasite in tests with mice and the ability to identify and differentiate serum from animals with visceral leishmaniasis
Dog owners may be close to an important victory against canine visceral leishmaniasis.
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