Deworming achieves progress towards 2030 NTD goals sub-Saharan Africa
We would like to start the new year with good news - there has been great progress towards targets of eliminating soil-transmitted helminths in… Read more »
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Highlights from the BMC Series – November
The micropolitics of healthcare, primary care in the midst of the opioid epidemic, contaminated wooly mammoth DNA, and more.
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How should we measure face washing in trachoma elimination programmes?
Researchers from the UK and Senegal assessed the reliability of facial cleanliness indicators used to measure a key component of… Read more »
Investigating the importance of the Schistosome digestive tract in host immune evasion, parasite survival and novel vaccine development
An investigation into schistosome digestive tract development reveals that the oesophageal gland, a site of protein secretion and… Read more »
What are the best treatment options for schistosomiasis? Case study from Niger
In this study, researchers explored the benefits and outcomes of different treatment strategies in reducing schistosomiasis in… Read more »
Trapping sandflies using sex pheromones
Field studies, conducted in Brazil, have been investigation the distance sand flies will fly to a trap baited with the… Read more »
Silent Spillover: Ebolavirus antibodies detected in people in DR Congo before the 2018 outbreak
Our new study published in One Health Outlook detected antibodies to ebolaviruses in people prior to the outbreak, suggesting… Read more »
Global solidarity: World AIDS Day 2020
For World AIDS Day 2020, this blog takes a look at studies registered at the ISRCTN registry during the previous 12 months.
Evaluation of DjinniChip, a simple, fast, and low-cost diagnostic assay for the detection of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis
In this study in Tanzania researchers evaluated a novel rapid diagnostic test for the detection of trachoma in near-elimination… Read more »
Mosquito population modification: the drive to malaria eradication
Laboratory members from the University of California, Irvine Malaria Initiative, and their collaborators, have been using a… Read more »