Leishmaniasis: vaccines closer to reality bring hope

Immunizers can have a major impact on improving the quality of life of people living in the poorest regions of the world

Measles: increase in the number of cases worries and lights up alert for the whole Brazil

The disease is one of the main causes of child mortality in third world countries

Snakebite envenomation: the deadliest of NTDs

It is estimated that there are about 5.4 million snakebites per year in the world

Dengue: Brazil cases increase nearly 86% in 2022, but danger is to come, researchers warn

Between January 02 and April 02, 323,900 suspected cases of the disease were recorded, 85.6% higher than in the same period of 2021

Brazilian documentary on Covid-19 wins international festival edition

“When the breath is short” addresses the pandemic with a focus on care, revealing the human face of the collective fight against Covid-19 showing the reality of doctors, nurses, community agents and ordinary people

April 25th – World Day of fight against Malaria

Epidemiological Bulletin – Territorialization and Vunerability for Chronic Chagas Diseases

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Dangerous act of hunting and consuming armadillo meat

In Brazil, armadillo hunting is a risk activity for infections, but the danger is also in the handling and consumption of meat

Leprosy: anti-PGL-I serology for Mycobacterium leprae infection and qPCR RLEP to confirm diagnosis

Serological tests may act as assistants in the surveillance of contacts and/or population at risk

Schistosomiasis vaccine developed in Brazil is hope against the disease

At the first moment, the vaccine focuses on reducing the re-infection of schistosomiasis