Compounds That Treat Malaria and Prevent Malaria Transmission
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nih.govPosted
Tue 30 Nov 2010 7:00pm
in the prevention and treatment of malaria infection. More specifically, the invention is drawn to compounds that can kill malaria gametocytes to block malaria transmission and treat malaria...:
Prevention and treatment of malaria infections.
Inventors:
Xin-zhuan Su (NIAID)
Jing Yuan (NIAID)
Patent Status:
HHS, Reference No. E-283-2009/1
PCT, Application
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Dr. Aniruddha M.Posted
Thu 05 Aug 2010 5:44am
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Mosquitoes Used as "Flying Needles" to Deliver Malaria Vaccine
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Partnership for PreventionPosted
Thu 13 Aug 2009 7:59pm
In a daring experiment in Europe, scientists used mosquitoes as flying needles to deliver a "vaccine" of live malaria parasites through their bites.
The results were astounding: Everyone in the vaccine group acquired immunity to malaria; everyone in a non-vaccinated comparison group did not, and developed malaria when exposed to the parasites later.
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CDC releases interactive malaria map
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Dr. Erik McLaughlinPosted
Sat 13 Jun 2009 12:33am
http://www.cdc.gov/malaria/risk_map/
CDC Malaria Risk Map
The CDC just released a new Malaria Risk Map that is interactive and pretty cool. The link is to the homepage and the just select to open the map, in a new window. Kinda like google earth with bugs!
Filed under: Travel Health | Tagged: cdc, health, malaria, map, Travel Health, travel medicine
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Malaria in Kingston, Jamaica
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Dr. Erik McLaughlinPosted
Sat 13 Jun 2009 12:33am
A few more cases of malaria have been confirmed in Kingston, Jamaica, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 370. The outbreak started in fall of 2006 and involves Plasmodium Falciparum, the most severe type.
Malaria is not normally found on Jamaica and the CDC is advising chloroquine, as prophylaxis, for those staying overnight
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