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A Killing Disease Epidemic Among Displaced Sudanese Population Identified as Visceral Leishmaniasis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1991
A fatal disease epidemic affected the Bentiu area in southern Sudan and led to a mass migration of the Nuer tribe searching for treatment. The initially available information revealed a high mortality rate due to a possible occurrence of tuberculosis ...
Chantal, B   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Genetic and Phenotypic Features of the Five Known Polyaminopathies: A Critical Narrative Review

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, Volume 200, Issue 5, Page 993-1003, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Polyaminopathies are a recently described family of rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders. Polyaminopathies disrupt the biosynthesis of the primary polyamines: putrescine, spermidine, and spermine. Snyder–Robinson syndrome results from hemizygous loss‐of‐function variants in the spermine synthase (SMS) gene, resulting in decreased or ...
Elizabeth A. VanSickle   +26 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medida da infestação domiciliar por Triatoma sordida Measurements of house infestation on by the Triatoma sordida

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 1973
Procurou-se verificar a viabilidade do uso de abrigos artificiais de madeira tipo "calha" para diagnóstico de infestação domiciliar por Triatoma sordida.
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biomedical Research, A Tool to Address the Health Issues that Affect African Populations. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Traditionally, biomedical research endeavors in low to middle resources countries have focused on communicable diseases. However, data collected over the past 20 years by the World Health Organization (WHO) show a significant increase in the number of ...
Peprah, Emmanuel, Wonkam, Ambroise
core   +3 more sources

Phytochemical Diversity, Nutritional Values, and Biological Properties of Halopithys incurva (Hudson) Batters, 1902

open access: yesFood Science &Nutrition, Volume 14, Issue 4, April 2026.
Halopithys incurva is a red macroalga distributed across the Mediterranean Sea and North‐East Atlantic, with occasional reports from the Indian Ocean. It exhibits a rich chemical diversity, including isoflavones, bromophenols, MAAs, pigments, phycobiliproteins, primary metabolites, and neuroactive compounds.
Youssra Aalilou   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of a Novel Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Lateral Flow Test System for Improved Serodiagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Different Areas of Endemicity

open access: yesMicrobiology Spectrum, 2023
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania donovani complex and is one of the most prominent vector-borne infectious diseases with epidemic and mortality potential if not correctly diagnosed and treated.
Rouzbeh Mahdavi   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phylogenetic multi-locus codon models and molecular clocks reveal the monophyly of haematophagous reduviid bugs and their evolution at the formation of South America.

open access: yes, 2010
We previously constructed a single molecular clock to date insect evolution that remains a cornerstone within entomological dating. The insect clock predicts that triatomine bugs, the vectors of South American trypanosomiasis, originated with the ...
Gaunt, Michael W, Patterson, James S
core   +1 more source

Integrated control of chagas disease for its elimination as public health problem: A review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Chagas disease or American trypanosomiasis is, together with geohelminths, the neglected disease that causes more loss of years of healthy life due to disability in Latin America.
Segura, Elsa Leonor   +1 more
core   +4 more sources

Mystery Disease X Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Narrative Review of Epidemiological Patterns and Response Challenges

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims An unknown disease known as Disease X first surfaced in the Panzi Health Zone, Kwango Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), towards the end of 2024. It mainly affected children under the age of five. The clinical characteristics and of the outbreak are examined in this review.
Muhammad Shaheer Bin Faheem   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feasibility, drug safety, and effectiveness of etiological treatment programs for Chagas disease in Honduras, Guatemala, and Bolivia: 10-year experience of Médecins Sans Frontières [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
BACKGROUND: Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is a zoonotic or anthropozoonotic disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Predominantly affecting populations in poor areas of Latin America, medical care for this neglected disease is often
Oliver Yun   +35 more
core   +2 more sources

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