http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on neglected diseases and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/news/ Fleas may transmit leishmaniasis to dogs, maintaining a reservoir of disease that could then infect humans.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/dog-fleas-implicated-in-leishmaniasis-spread-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesTue, 17 Nov 2009 02:00:01 GMTThe speed and volume of river flow shape the severity of cholera outbreaks, a Bangladeshi study has found.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/cholera-outbreaks-depend-on-river-flow-say-scientists.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesFri, 13 Nov 2009 03:35:39 GMTPoor countries need support to participate in genomics research, say Josefina Coloma and Eva Harris in PLoS Medicine.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/collaboration-key-to-developing-world-genomics-research-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesTue, 10 Nov 2009 01:31:10 GMTA new study has evaluated the 12 potential vaccines against dengue fever, discussing the challenges facing their development.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/study-reviews-dengue-vaccine-candidates.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesTue, 03 Nov 2009 08:20:41 GMTMRI scans could transform scientists' understanding of cerebral malaria but the technology is barely used, say researchershttp://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/malaria-impasse-could-be-overcome-with-brain-scans--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesTue, 03 Nov 2009 12:31:45 GMTPork tapeworm is responsible for almost a third of epileptic fits, researchers say.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/tapeworm-link-with-epilepsy-far-higher-than-thought.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesMon, 02 Nov 2009 03:34:58 GMTDeaths from diarrhoea in over-five-year-olds far exceed established estimates, according to a new study.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/diarrhoea-kills-over-a-million-over-fives-each-year.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesFri, 30 Oct 2009 02:07:24 GMTThe dearth of drugs for Chagas could be over as two organisations collaborate on testing on a new treatment.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/first-chagas-drug-in-40-years-to-enter-clinical-trials-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesThu, 08 Oct 2009 02:46:22 GMTVaccines could curb infections that are claiming the lives of thousands of African children with sickle cell anaemia, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/sickle-cell-children-dying-preventable-deaths.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesThu, 10 Sep 2009 03:36:54 GMTPriya Shetty explains the links between climate change and insect-borne disease, and outlines priorities for developing country policymakers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/climate-change-and-insect-borne-disease-facts-and--1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:30:00 GMTModelling how climate change might affect insect-borne disease is hugely complex — and increasingly controversial, explains Justine Davies.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/climate-complexities-stoke-disease-controversies-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesWed, 09 Sep 2009 08:00:00 GMTBrazil's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and GlaxoSmithKline have signed an agreement to develop and manufacture vaccines for malaria and dengue fever.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/brazil-and-glaxo-team-up-for-vaccine-development.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesMon, 07 Sep 2009 02:54:19 GMTInterrupting funding for mass treatment of lymphatic filariasis can lead to a quick resurgence in the disease, say Kimberly Won and colleagues.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/funding-mass-treatment-of-lymphatic-filariasis-is-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesSun, 06 Sep 2009 08:16:13 GMTAfrica's neglected diseases burden is on a par with TB, malaria and HIV/AIDS — and should be given equal status, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/figures-reveal-extent-of-africa-s-neglected-diseas.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesThu, 03 Sep 2009 01:54:09 GMTRecycling and clearing waste generated by the construction industry could reduce dengue cases, says a study in Rio de Janeiro.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/brazilian-study-finds-reducing-waste-cuts-dengue-c.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesMon, 10 Aug 2009 08:36:40 GMTNew drugs to fight schistosomiasis could be on the way now the genomes of two worms that cause the disease have been sequenced.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/schistosomiasis-worms-sequenced.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesTue, 21 Jul 2009 02:32:43 GMTA more efficient insecticide-treated trap for tsetse flies could help control the spread of sleeping sickness.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/cheaper-trap-for-tsetse-flies-developed.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesMon, 20 Jul 2009 03:26:32 GMTIt is a hundred years since the discovery of Chagas disease — and in some ways it has been a lost century, say campaigners.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/chagas-disease-the-lost-century.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesFri, 17 Jul 2009 02:36:01 GMTTricking adult mosquitoes to carry insecticide to their breeding sites has proved effective in controlling mosquito numbers, say scientists.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/mosquitoes-kill-their-own-in-new-dengue-control-me.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesFri, 17 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMTA study warns that globalisation could cause Chagas disease to re-emerge in Brazilian regions currently free of the disease.http://www.scidev.net/en/health/neglected-diseases/globalisation-could-foster-re-emergence-of-chagas-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_health_neglecteddiseasesWed, 01 Jul 2009 06:46:09 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/