http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on [infectious diseases] and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/ A new cholera prediction model can warn of outbreaks 11 months in advance and also describe the possible severity.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/model-to-predict-cholera-outbreaks-earlier-better.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesTue, 14 Feb 2012 09:12:39 GMTCritics have questioned the methods of a study claiming that the WHO has greatly underestimated the number of malaria fatalities.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/scientists-dispute-basis-for-malaria-deaths-claim.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesFri, 10 Feb 2012 16:20:00 GMTPakistan's medical laboratory workers need better biosafety awareness says a new study.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/pakistani-medical-labs-lax-on-biosafety-survey-finds.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesWed, 08 Feb 2012 10:13:05 GMTThe revised malaria death toll suggests a need for research into uncertainties in controlling neglected tropical diseases, says Mark Booth.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/opinions/research-needed-to-tackle-neglected-disease-uncertainties-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesTue, 07 Feb 2012 17:21:28 GMTA drug undergoing clinical trials for sleeping sickness could also treat leishmaniasis, say researchers who have tested it on mice.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/drug-could-hit-two-neglected-diseases-at-once.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesMon, 06 Feb 2012 17:27:47 GMTScience institutions from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are collaborating on the study of high-impact diseases in the region.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/latin-american-countries-launch-biomedicine-network.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesMon, 06 Feb 2012 06:27:08 GMTUnprecedented collaboration by drug firms, ambitious targets and more funds form part of a new fight against neglected tropical diseases.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/public-private-push-against-neglected-diseases-unveiled.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesTue, 31 Jan 2012 17:42:29 GMTIndia's carefully targeted strategy against polio holds lessons for other countries, and for other diseases, argues Priya Shetty.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/opinions/biomed-analysis-learning-from-india-s-polio-success-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesTue, 31 Jan 2012 16:15:35 GMTThe Argentinean government and a public-private consortium have allocated US$1.2  million for the improvement of early diagnosis of Chagas disease in newborns.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/argentina-to-create-diagnostic-kit-for-chagas-disease.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesThu, 26 Jan 2012 10:42:35 GMTA modelling study of a promising malaria vaccine finds low transmission areas would benefit the most from mass vaccination.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/areas-with-low-malaria-rates-need-mass-vaccination-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesWed, 25 Jan 2012 17:30:35 GMTChina's largest biotechnology company and a non-profit product developer are teaming up to develop new tuberculosis vaccines.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/china-signs-agreement-to-produce-new-tb-vaccines.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesTue, 24 Jan 2012 17:19:54 GMTThe origin of two genetic sub-types of the malaria parasite P. falciparum in South America has been traced back slaves arriving from Africa, a study says.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/study-reveals-malaria-origin-in-south-america-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesTue, 24 Jan 2012 03:04:13 GMTThe key malaria drug, artemisinin, can now be produced in greater quantities ― from a waste material of the current production process.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/malaria-hopes-rise-as-chemists-produce-cheap-artemisinin.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesMon, 23 Jan 2012 17:44:48 GMTIndian health officials are describing hard to treat cases of TB as 'extra XDR-TB' amid warnings that the disease is not being managed properly.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/india-faces-totally-drug-resistant-tb.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesThu, 19 Jan 2012 10:12:37 GMTEncouraging demand for new and increasingly cheap interventions available now can boost health in developing countries, says Charles Kenny.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/opinions/don-t-wait-for-wealth-better-health-needs-basic-tools-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesTue, 17 Jan 2012 17:43:36 GMTA Nicaraguan study is helping scientists understand why a second dengue fever infection can be more severe than the first one.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/study-provides-clues-on-severe-dengue-fever.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesMon, 16 Jan 2012 00:14:34 GMTScience journalists must help to root out misleading scientific claims, but not without sensitivity to culture and the limitations of science.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/editorials/even-bad-science-needs-putting-in-context-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesFri, 13 Jan 2012 17:21:49 GMTA retrospective study of tweets on the 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti found them broadly as good as official data at predicting its progress.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/twitter-data-accurately-tracked-haiti-cholera-outbreak-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesMon, 09 Jan 2012 22:00:01 GMTAn award-winning, rapid test for hepatitis C that uses gold nanoparticles could be especially useful in the Middle East and North Africa.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/researchers-strike-gold-with-nanoparticle-virus-test.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesTue, 27 Dec 2011 09:08:54 GMTA vaccine candidate that exploits how the malaria parasite enters human red blood cells is set to enter safety trials.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/infectious-diseases/news/new-malaria-vaccine-candidate-to-enter-safety-trials.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_infectiousdiseasesThu, 22 Dec 2011 16:54:28 GMT http://c96265.r65.cf3.rackcdn.com/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/