Tag: Leishmaniasis

Credit: Shutterstock Driven by burgeoning ecotourism and military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, a parasitic infection called Leishmaniasis is showing ...

Immune cells that hang around after parasitic skin infection help ward off secondary attack, according to a new research published ...

The U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Agency (USAMMDA) is seeking organizations to develop Improved Flying Vector Trap Systems (IFVTS) to ...

The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity has recently announced intentions to award a sole-source contract to GlaxoSmithKline Export Ltd. ...

The US Army Medical Materiel Development Agency (USAMMDA) has issued a requirement for Improved Flying Vector Trap Systems (IFVTS) to ...

A way to combat malaria developed at Imperial College may also be effective against the deadly tropical disease leishmaniasis, new ...

Significant reductions in the cost of genome sequencing in the past decade have ushered in the era of "Big Data," ...

Phlebotomus spp. sand flies are a vector for leishmaniasis. Credit: CDC/WHO A hand-held "dipstick" device for the rapid diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis, ...

The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) is looking to develop multiple immunochromatographic tests (ICTs) for the detection ...

Beyond deaths, injuries, and displacements, the ongoing Syrian war is causing growing infectious disease epidemics. Sima Sharara, from the University ...

Parasitology Study Support The U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 6 (NAMRU-6) parasitology department in Peru conducts epidemiological and molecular ...

Decades of neglect have allowed infectious diseases such as anthrax, brucellosis and bovine tuberculosis to devastate the lives of thousands ...

Two years after the launch of a landmark private and public partnership, the world is accelerating progress in combating 10 ...

Sara Dabirian, Ph.D student at Pasteur Institute of Iran, took advantage of molecules with limited toxicity to stimulate innate immune ...

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has announced its renewed support to the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), ...

The United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) and the Pharmaceutical Systems Project Management Office (PSPMO) are conducting market ...

The potential of openly sharing drug development data for neglected or rare diseases was aptly demonstrated with this week’s announcement ...

The U.S. Army Medical Material Development Activity (USAMMDA) yesterday announced its intent to award a sole source contract to Fast ...

The U.S. Army Medical Material Development Activity (USAMMDA) is conducting market research to survey available or emerging technologies for a ...