Chikungunya cases highest this year since 2006 supriya kashyap kashyap24 Aug 2016 4:01 PM ISTNew Delhi : The increase this year in cases of the dreaded vector-borne chikungunya disease across the country, including Delhi, is the highest since...
Six healthy babies born in Nicaragua to Zika infected mothers supriya kashyap kashyap28 Sept 2016 9:20 AM ISTManagua : Six healthy babies were born to mothers that had been exposed to the Zika virus during their pregnancies in Nicaragua, the Central American...
Mosquito borne Rift Valley fever virus causes miscarriage: Lancet Study supriya kashyap kashyap4 Oct 2016 10:32 AM ISTThe mosquito borne Rift Valley fever virus has been linked to miscarriage in humans. A study of 130 pregnant Sudanese women with fever showed that the...
Novel ultra-long acting pill may aid in malaria elimination supriya kashyap kashyap19 Nov 2016 10:20 AM ISTNew York : Researchers in the US have developed a new ultra long-acting pill that can remain in the stomach for up to two weeks after being swallowed...
Malaria parasite may trigger human odor to lure mosquitoes supriya kashyap kashyap11 Feb 2017 9:04 AM ISTLondon : Scientists may have figured out part of the reason why mosquitoes are drawn to people infected with malaria.Mosquitoes prefer biting people...
Scientists devise novel way to predict efficacy of malaria vaccines supriya kashyap kashyap14 Feb 2017 3:59 PM ISTThe acid test for a vaccine is: "Does it protect people from infection?" Emory Vaccine Center researchers have analyzed this issue for a leading...
Super malaria which cannot be killed by any drug Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 Sept 2017 10:20 AM ISTLondon: The rapid spread of "super malaria" in the South East Asia is an alarming global threat and there is an urgent need to eliminate it before the...
Even single dose of primaquine brings down malaria transmission Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 Feb 2018 7:30 PM ISTAn international team of researchers have prepared an update of Cochrane Review and have found that Even a single dose of primaquine helps bring down...
Use Ivermectin for malaria control and elimination : Lancet Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 March 2018 8:30 PM ISTDr. Menno Smit from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) & team, from Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), the U.S. Centers for...
Dengue could spread through sex : Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli9 May 2018 8:30 PM ISTDengue, a tropical illness is caused by an arborvirus, belonging to the family of the Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus and is transmitted by female...
All about Dengue on International anti dengue day-Dr.Srikant Sharma Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli14 Jun 2018 7:04 PM ISTQ1: What is Anti Dengue Day?A: June 15 is observed internationally as anti-dengue day. Idea was to increase awareness about dengue, mobilize resources...
Case of Migrating Dirofilaria repens- moving blemishes around face Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli29 Jun 2018 7:03 PM ISTDr.Vladimir Kartashev professor in the Department of Infectious Diseases at Rostov State Medical University in Rostov-na-Donu, Russia and associates...
