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Africa: Sand Flea Disease Is Neglected - What Needs to Be Done
analysis By Gregory Peterson, Mekelle University, Jackson Thomas, University of Canberra|| Jorg Heukelbach, University of Tasmania and Solomon Abrha Bezabh Tungiasis (sand flea disease) is a parasitic inflammatory skin condition caused by the female fleas Tunga penetrans (most prevalent) and less commonly Tunga trimamillata species. The condition is also known by names such as sand flea, jigger, chigger, nigua, kuti, bicho-do-pé, puce-chique, and pique infestation.
Sand flea disease is neglected: what needs to be done
Tungiasis (sand flea disease) is a parasitic inflammatory skin condition caused by the female fleas Tunga penetrans (most prevalent) and less commonly Tunga trimamillata species. The condition is also known by names such as sand flea, jigger, chigger, nigua, kuti, bicho-do-pé, puce-chique, and pique infestation. Tungiasis occurs mainly in low- and middle-income countries and has been classified as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Cracking the cold chain challenge is key to making vaccines ubiquitous
Over the years vaccines have prevented countless cases of disease and saved millions of lives. Infectious diseases like polio, measles, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), rubella (German measles), smallpox, mumps, tetanus and rotavirus used to be common around the world. Today vaccines can prevent them. Despite this, one in five children in the world aren’t fully protected by even the most basic vaccines.
Migrants' latest health challenge: Scabies
Scabies, long considered a disease of the past in the developed world, is making its way back. This highly contagious parasitic skin disease, which is caused by the burrowing itch mite Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis, is most commonly transmitted through personal contact in close living quarters and institutional settings, such as schools, aged care facilities, hospitals and refugee camps. We are currently investigating the treatment of scabies in human and animal trials.
Fake drugs are one reason malaria still kills so many
Malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic infection that affects about 3.2 billion people in 95 countries, has become largely a disease of the young and poor. Due to effective medications like chloroquine and artemisinins, malaria deaths dropped an estimated 60 percent worldwide between 2000 and 2015. The Americas and Africa saw the greatest improvements. Still, 216 million new cases of malaria were reported in 2016, the latest data available.
Are Fake Drugs The Reason Malaria Sickens Millions a Year?
Malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic infection that affects about 3.2 billion people in 95 countries, has become largely a disease of the young and poor. Due to effective medications like chloroquine and artemisinins, malaria deaths dropped an estimated 60 percent worldwide between 2000 and 2015. The Americas and Africa saw the greatest improvements. Still, 216 million new cases of malaria were reported in 2016, the latest data available.
Fake drugs are one reason malaria still kills so many
Malaria, a mosquito-borne parasitic infection that affects about 3.2 billion people in 95 countries, has become largely a disease of the young and poor. Due to effective medications like chloroquine and artemisinins, malaria deaths dropped an estimated 60 percent worldwide between 2000 and 2015. The Americas and Africa saw the greatest improvements. Still, 216 million new cases of malaria were reported in 2016, the latest data available.
Why simple school sores often lead to heart and kidney disease in Indigenous children
Impetigo, also known as school sores, is a highly contagious bacterial skin infection that occurs in children far more frequently than adults. It is one of the most common bacterial infections in children aged two to five years. Impetigo happens when a break in the skin, from scratching an insect bite for instance, lets in disease-causing bacteria. The bacteria responsible for impetigo are Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus or staph) and Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes or group A strep).
Explainer: why do we get fungal nail infections and how can we treat them?
About 10% of us (including 20% of people over 60 and 50% of people over 70) suffer from fungal nail infections. So why do we get them, and does it matter? Technically called “onychomycosis”, fungal infection of the nail plate (the hard outer nail) or nail bed (that lies under the hard nail) will most often appear as yellowish, white, black or green discolouration of the nail. The infected nail may also appear thickened or brittle.
Patient Characteristics and Antithrombotic Prescribing Patterns in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation in Tasmania
Limited data are available on atrial fibrillation (AF) and its clinical management and outcomes from an Australian perspective. This study was designed to examine the patient characteristics and antithrombotic treatment patterns among patients with AF in Tasmania, Australia. This retrospective observational study reviewed and followed patients with AF admitted to Tasmania’s 3 major hospitals between January 2011 and June 2012.
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