MLevie · @mlevie
31 followers · 124 posts · Server stranger.social
Last year there were 14 cases of Guinea worm on the planet. As recently as the 1980s, it affected 3.5 million people a year. #Africa #science #NeglectedTropicalDiseases https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00286-9
#africa #science #neglectedtropicaldiseases
Soh Kam Yung · @sohkamyung
632 followers · 14044 posts · Server mstdn.ioProgress.
"Malawi, Vanuatu and Uganda were among the eight nations that eliminated a neglected tropical disease last year, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report. That takes the number of countries that have done so since the late 1990s to almost 50, with 11 banishing more than one disease."
#diseases #neglectedtropicaldiseases #health
AutisticMumTo3 She/her · @AutisticMumTo3
95 followers · 1931 posts · Server mastodon.uk.comNew Zika virus lineages show increased fitness
#ZikaVirus
#Zika
#PLOS
#NeglectedTropicalDiseases
#PhenitypicAdaptation
#Mosquito
#Mosquitos
#Mozzies
#Clades
#Mutations
#ZikaEpidemic https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230209/New-Zika-virus-lineages-show-increased-fitness.aspx
>The current study, published in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, aimed to explore the possible phenotypic adaptation of the Zika virus to increase its transmissibility and virulence in the Americas.
#zikavirus #zika #plos #neglectedtropicaldiseases #phenitypicadaptation #mosquito #mosquitos #mozzies #clades #mutations #zikaepidemic
Michael Head · @michaelghead
109 followers · 104 posts · Server newsie.social30 January is #WorldNTDDay. Very keen to return to more research around Neglected Tropical Diseases, now the pandemic has been blunted a little bit, and countries are looking to mainstream their covid19 management.
#globalhealth #publichealth #neglectedtropicaldiseases #research #ghana #togo #africa #health #beatntds #idmastodon #medmastodon
#worldntdday #globalhealth #publichealth #neglectedtropicaldiseases #research #Ghana #togo #Africa #health #beatntds #IDMastodon #MedMastodon