The 90th anniversary of Angiostrongylus cantonensis: from local discovery to global endemic | Infectious Diseases of Poverty
China’s history with A. cantonensis serves as a powerful microcosm of the global challenge posed by this emerging…
The 24, 2 hours initiative: a game changer in malaria mortality reduction | Malaria Journal
The Global Technical Strategy for Malaria calls for at least a 75% reduction by 2025 compared with 2015…
Cyclophilins as key players in protozoan parasite infections | Parasites & Vectors
Barik S. Immunophilins: for the love of proteins. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2006;63:2889–900. CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google…
Mosquitoes and the city: effects of urbanization on Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens captures in southern Spain | Parasites & Vectors
Lowe S, Browne M, Boudjelas S, De Poorter M. 100 of the world’s worst invasive alien species. A…
Malaria healthcare service utilization before, during, and 1 year into the COVID-19 pandemic in 20 sub-Saharan African countries using Generalized Estimating Equation | Malaria Journal
Study design and data source Longitudinal study was conducted using secondary data drawn from two survey datasets: ‘Premise…
Nomogram model for prediction of pulmonary tuberculosis patients with intestinal tuberculosis | BMC Infectious Diseases
In line with the results of some earlier research, the clinical features of PTB patients with intestinal tuberculosis…
Indigenous knowledge and plant species used as mosquito repellents in the West Nile Subregion, Uganda | Tropical Medicine and Health
Documented plants with mosquito repellent properties Although several plant species with insect-repelling properties exist in the tropics [21],…
Five-year project seeks new weapons against drug-resistant bacteria
Lethal lettuce in Missouri. Murderous onions in Colorado. To biochemists at the University of Oklahoma, these aren’t just…
Evolving epidemiology of invasive Group A Streptococcus in critical care
Streptococcus pyogenes or invasive Group A Streptococcus (iGAS) is a major clinical concern around the world, since iGAS…
Current and projected effects of climate change in cryosphere microbial ecosystems
Fox-Kemper, B. et al. Ocean, Cryosphere, and Sea Level Change 1211–1362 (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge Univ.…
Development of a machine learning model for early pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis using blood test biomarkers | BMC Infectious Diseases
Teo AKJ, Singh SR, Prem K, Hsu LY, Yi S. Duration and determinants of delayed tuberculosis diagnosis and…
Northwestern team develops antibody to expose hidden pancreatic cancer cells
Pancreatic cancer is notoriously hard to treat and often resists the most advanced immunotherapies. Northwestern Medicine scientists have…