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Athletes who practise water sports are vaccinated against leptospirosis by Mundo Sano and Cenard.
The campaign included more than 100 athletes that belong to the 5 water sports federations and are in permanent contact with water contaminated with leptospira, a bacterium transmitted by rodents that passes through skin lesions and the contact with the mucosa.
Healthcare specialists attended a dengue outbreak drill.
The drill was carried out on Friday, December 3, within the framework of the Conference on Advances in Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Flavivirus Encephalitis organized by Fundación Mundo Sano and the National Institute of Human Viral Diseases “Dr. Julio Maiztegui.”
The WHO publishes new guidelines on malaria related to the therapies and acquisition of medicines
The world risks losing its most potent treatment for malaria unless steps are quickly taken to prevent the development and spread of drug resistant parasites, according to the new action plan released today by the World Health Organization and Roll Back Malaria partnership.
PECET announces the beginning of clinical trials in investigational vaccines against dengue.
Inviragen, a company developing vaccines to protect against infections diseases worldwide, and the Program for the Study and Control of Tropical Diseases (PECET), jointly announced the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial of DENVax™ in Colombia
Two different Aedes Aegypti genetic lineages were identified in Brazil
The A. aegypti populations distributed in Brazil would have at least two different origins. That is demonstrated by the genetic analysis performed on mosquitoes from four different geographic regions in the country.
Rat bite accidents in the city of Buenos Aires
Rat bites are a frequent reason for consultation in the city of Buenos Aires. The Zoonosis Service at Muñiz Hospital assists approximately 100 annual consultations, what can be considered an indicator of the sanitary conditions of the urban areas where an important part of the population lives.
New formulation to treat pediatric chagas
As of 2010 the first pediatric formula of benznidazol will be available for the treatment of children with Chagas disease.
New serovar of pathogenic leptospiras identified in the peruvian amazon
A new variety of spirochaetes belonging to the genus Leptospira has been identified in the Peruvian Amazon region. The variety, reportedly pathogenic to man, has been associated to the genus Rattus.
Yellow fever in Brazil
Several epizooties of yellow fever registered in recent months, together with an increase in the number of cases that have been detected in man, has flashed an alert signal in the vigilance system of the Ministry of Health of Brazil.
New tools in epidemiology: satellite imaging and geographic information systems
Sanitary maps showing the distribution of vector-transmitted infectious diseases have become an important tool when it comes to identifying areas at risk, and planning control and surveillance strategies.
Lactose derivative could be a potential lead in the fight against chagas disease
Argentine researchers publish new findings on compounds with parasite growth inhibitory effects.
Argentinian Congress passes new law on chagas disease
Federal sanitation policies on control and prevention of Chagas disease transmission through all means were declared of "national interest" and categorized as a priority matter, according to the law published in the Official Bulletin.
Relation between hiv virus and malaria discovered
Malaria parasite and HIV virus fuel each other by spreading among people. Scientists from several US universities have developed a model which analyzes how these pathogens interact with each other and how this relation promotes the spread of the diseases in areas of risk.
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