Research could contribute to development of therapeutic drug and vaccine against malaria

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January 5, 2018     Infectious Diseases     The latest infectious diseases news from News Medical

Research could contribute to development of therapeutic drug and vaccine against malaria   Malaria is one of three major infectious diseases affecting approximately 300 million people every year, accounting for about 500,000 deaths, but effective vaccine development has not been successful.

Texas Biomed scientists develop new animal model that mimics key features of Zika infection   An alternative animal model that mimics key features of the Zika virus infection, including its lingering presence in bodily fluids, has been developed at Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio.         WHO certifies elimination of mother-to-child HIV and syphilis transmission in six Caribbean territories   Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Saint Kitts and Nevis were today certified by the World Health Organization as having eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis.

Mobidiag introduces new fully automated diagnostic solution for infectious diseases   Mobidiag, a Finnish molecular diagnostics company, launches Novodiag, a fully automated solution for syndromic and targeted testing of infectious diseases, supporting limitation of antibiotic use.       ICG provides 1.4 million vaccine doses to control yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria   The International Coordinating Group on vaccine provision for yellow fever has provided 1.4 million vaccine doses for an immunization campaign that starts on Saturday (2 December) to help control an ongoing yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria.       Researchers find way to prevent Ebola infection from spreading   A single enzyme. That is all the researchers behind a new study need to manipulate to prevent the feared Ebola virus from spreading. Because with the enzyme they also take away the virus' ability to copy itself and thus produce more virus particles and more infection.       Popular contraceptive shot may raise risk of HIV infection   Transitioning away from a popular contraceptive shot known as DMPA could help protect women in Sub-Saharan Africa and other high-risk regions from becoming infected with HIV, according to a research review published in the Endocrine Society's journal Endocrine Reviews.

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