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WHO Recognises Niger As The First African Country To Eliminate Infectious Parasitic Disease Onchocerciasis
Niger is the first African country and fifth in the world to eliminate onchocerciasis, also known as 'river blindness', a ...
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Niger becomes first African country to eliminate onchocerciasis
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it ...
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WHO verifies Niger as 1st African country to eliminate transmission of parasite that causes blindness
Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is parasitic disease, and 2nd-leading infectious cause of blindness ...
The Surprising Connection Between Obesity, Parasites, and Your Immune System
Researchers at the, Riverside, backed by a substantial NIH grant, are pioneering a study on the unique immune responses to ...
‘I could feel the worms’: Neglected victims of Loiasis find hope in a remote research station
Ms Badolé suffers from loiasis, a chronic filarial disease caused by the Loa loa parasite, also known as the African eye worm ...
Western Australia experiencing surging cases of cryptosporidiosis caused by parasitic stomach bug linked to Bali
The WA Health Department has confirmed a startling link between rising rates of a parasitic stomach bug and overseas travel, ...
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Investigating immune connections between obesity and parasitic worms
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two in five American adults have obesity, a common and ...
Structural insights reveal drug target in trypanosome parasites
A new study from the Kowalinski group at EMBL Grenoble characterized the structure of an important trypanosomal protein ...