While Nigeria has made progress in controlling some neglected tropical diseases, it should do more as it carries a heavy burden of these diseases.
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Cell membranes are a basic structure common to most living organisms – but they can be hijacked.
Although there is no evidence yet that it affects COVID-19 vaccines, schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, has been associated with lower vaccine immunity for several vaccines.
New research shows China’s claim to have eradicated this parasitic disease in the 1950s were false, and part of a big cover up.
Schistosome worms infect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Researchers have discovered how to use inexpensive drones to identify disease hotspots in remote African villages.
There’s a big market for new treatments for TB, malaria and other ailments. But most of these diseases afflict low-income people unable to pay for medicine.
Deworming needs to be accompanied by health awareness campaigns in order to reduce diseases from parasitic worms.
A new treatment which targets proteins in cells could be key for future schistosomiasis treatment.
Principais colaboradores
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Research Officer, Institute of Medical Research and Medicinal Plant Studies (Cameroon) and Research fellow, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Parasitology, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of Chemistry; Interim Chair of the Chemistry Department, University of South Florida
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Reader, Department of History, University of Essex
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Assistant Professor of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
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Research scientist, University of Cape Town
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Emeritus professor of cellular biochemistry, University of Glasgow
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Lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Parasitology and Epidemiology, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
