• Together with appointments in the Institute of Parasitology, Departments of Medicine, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and in Animal Science at McGill University, we have extensive international collaborations with laboratories involved in human and animal parasitic disease control in developed and developing countries. (mcgill.ca)
  • He is head of the department of Parasitology-Mycology of Cochin Hospital, Assistance Publique- Hôpitaux de Paris (France) and head of the National Reference Center for Trichinella . (icophai.org)
  • 2 Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health and Institute of Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • She has published numerous research papers on parasitic diseases of animals in international parasitology and veterinary journals and has presented numerous communications to national and international parasitology congresses. (edicionesedra.com)
  • Our review identified important gaps in parasitology research operating under an OH framework. (cdc.gov)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (wikipedia.org)
  • National Research Center for Exotic Animal Diseases (NRCEAD) is a branch of the China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center (CAHEC), and an important part of the national animal disease prevention and control system in China. (vacdiva.eu)
  • The course Advanced Medical Microbiology will provide you with detailed insight in epidemiology, pathogenesis, prevention and treatment of important infectious diseases. (uva.nl)
  • Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/hookworm/biology.html]. (medscape.com)
  • Courtesy of Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (medscape.com)
  • It provides genetic markers for investigating the taxonomy, population genetics, and phylogenetics of pinworms from different hosts and has implications for the diagnosis, prevention, and control of parasitic diseases in porcupines and other animals. (nature.com)
  • To assist CDC and state public health departments in providing guidance on these issues, CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) convened a workshop entitled 'Prevention and Control of Waterborne Cryptosporidiosis: An Emerging Public Health Threat' on September 22-23, 1994. (cdc.gov)
  • No matter where you are in the contiguous U.S., you can run into a different tick," says Rebecca Eisen , a research biologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (scientificamerican.com)
  • In disease prevention and control, sustained efforts are required against endemic diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, rabies and HIV/AIDS, and against those diseases that periodically emerge as epidemics, including cholera, meningitis and influenza. (who.int)
  • There is an urgent need for an integrated approach to disease surveillance, prevention and control. (who.int)
  • The Communicable diseases cluster is working to reduce the impact of communicable diseases worldwide by leading the global effort in surveillance, prevention, control and research. (who.int)
  • There are many reasons Iowa State's Balaji Narasimhan thinks nanovaccines can revolutionize the prevention and treatment of diseases: They can boost the immune system's own response to disease. (iastate.edu)
  • The focus of nutrition programs shifted in the second half of the century from disease prevention to control of chronic conditions, such as cardiovascular disease and obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • The chapter 13 discusses with the role of public health agencies in the prevention and management of health risks for humans and animals. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot attest to the accuracy of a non-federal website. (cdc.gov)
  • As the Nation's Prevention Agency, CDC looks forward to working with its many partners to address the challenges of emerging infectious disease threats. (cdc.gov)
  • David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention --- Executive Summary "Ingenuity, knowledge, and organization alter but cannot cancel humanity's vulnerability to invasion by parasitic forms of life. (cdc.gov)
  • The laboratory performs tests for diagnosis of bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases of animals. (vacdiva.eu)
  • Bacterial, viral and parasitic infections and immune escape strategies. (uva.nl)
  • At the same time, rapidly developing resistance of microbes to anti- infective drugs is undermining treatment of bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases, weakening the weapons against them. (who.int)
  • Brucellosis is a wide spread zoonotic bacterial disease of humans and animals. (bvsalud.org)
  • Immunology is the science that investigates how complex multicellular organisms (mostly mammals) defend themselves against infectious diseases. (uva.nl)
  • You gain practical experience by performing at least two research projects in laboratories active in Immunology and/or Medical Microbiology. (uva.nl)
  • As he pursued a PhD at the Queensland Institute for Medical Research (QIMR), he began working on the diagnosis of Hydatitid disease - a parasitic disease found mostly in animals, but transferable to humans.This venture into parasite immunology was Leggatt's first insight into translational research and it crafted the way for his current career in immunology. (edu.au)
  • The encounter led to an opportunity to work with Frazer at the University of Queensland's Centre for Immunology and Cancer Research (CICR), so Leggatt returned to Australia to investigate the quality of T-cell responses in Human Papiloma Virus (HPV), the primary cause of cervical cancer. (edu.au)
  • His research activity focuses on the pathophysiology, epidemiology, and immunology of parasitic diseases of domestic animals and the control (chemoprophylaxis, anthelminthic resistance, genetic resistance) of parasitic diseases of domestic animals. (edicionesedra.com)
  • Parasites belonging to the phylum Nematoda cause numerous diseases and economic loss in humans, animals, and plants. (frontiersin.org)
  • The impact of foodborne parasites on human health has been underestimated because these pathogens often have insidious chronic effects, rather than causing acute diseases. (mdpi.com)
  • These parasites are also associated with impoverished populations and many are zoonotic, with animals in their life cycle that act as reservoirs of infection. (mdpi.com)
  • When people and animals have intestinal parasites, eggs and parasites are found in their stool. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Thus, clarifying the species of parasites that porcupines are infected with is important for the control of parasitic diseases. (nature.com)
  • Most parasitic infections are more common in tropical and subtropical areas, and intestinal parasites are often linked to areas with inadequate sanitation. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Laboratory techniques varied greatly between studies, and only 16 identified parasites using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) in all three OH domains. (cdc.gov)
  • This reinforces the need to have a One Health approach not only in the understanding of the epidemiology but mostly in the management of these diseases. (mdpi.com)
  • PREDICT is establishing a global surveillance system for potentially pandemic diseases emerging from wildlife using geospatial modeling, epidemiology, genomics, molecular virology, and targeted field surveillance at hot zoonotic disease transmission interfaces. (icophai.org)
  • The epidemiology and demography of communicable diseases, once thought to be relatively stable, are instead evolving in tandem with other global trends. (who.int)
  • Her research activity focuses on the pathophysiology and epidemiology of major parasitic diseases of domestic animals (gastrointestinal and hepatic helminths of herbivores, equine and bovine piroplasmosis), and on methods of control (chemoprophylaxis, anthelmintic resistance, and genetic resistance) of parasitic diseases of domestic and wild animals. (edicionesedra.com)
  • Application of decision making tools, particularly mathematical models for forecasting the trend of infection/disease and predicting the long term impact of intervention and selection of appropriate site specific strategy and duration of intervention(s) (Statistical /Mathematical models, economic evaluations, rapid assessment procedures and mapping, sampling protocols, algorithms for morbidity management, molecular epidemiology, DNA fingerprinting for exposure studies). (icmr.nic.in)
  • Several efforts are underway at the lab to expedite the diagnosis process for the disease at the UH Hilo laboratory. (civilbeat.org)
  • For instance, PCR techniques for the diagnosis of leishmaniasis are said to be in development and restricted to some academic institutions, when in fact they are currently available in private veterinary laboratories, public health laboratories and leishmaniasis reference centres. (biomedcentral.com)
  • From a physiological and pathophysiological point of view, the conformational states of the sodium channel during heart function constitute a significant aspect for the diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases. (bvsalud.org)
  • interests are antibiotic resistance, molecular diagnostics in We report on 23 cases of invasive candidiasis caused by infectious disease, blood and tissue parasitic infections, and C. viswanathii at a tertiary care center in Chandigarh, India, mycobacterial infections. (cdc.gov)
  • Ahmed Kilani, a specialist in infectious disease detection, claimed to have broken down two fiber samples and extracted their DNA. (naturalnews.com)
  • The chapter tenth discusses some contemporary infectious disease scenarios, including the travel and animal contact, exotic and wildlife pets and immunocompromissed individuals. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Since 1987, the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine has published three reports, each of which documents, from different perspectives, the urgent need to improve our ability to identify infectious disease threats and respond to them effectively. (cdc.gov)
  • Guidance was subsequently obtained at a meeting of infectious disease and public health experts in Atlanta in March 1993 and at a meeting of state and territorial public health epidemiologists, laboratory directors, and veterinarians in Minneapolis in June 1993. (cdc.gov)
  • Parasitic nematodes elicit a Th2-type immune response that most often is not protective. (frontiersin.org)
  • Proteins that activated immunity are potential antigens for immunization and the multi-omics phylum-spanning prioritization database that was created is a valuable resource for identifying target proteins in a wide array of different parasitic nematodes. (frontiersin.org)
  • From these analyses models of drug resistance development in parasitic nematodes are being developed. (mcgill.ca)
  • Roundworms, or nematodes, are a group of invertebrates (animals having no backbone) with long, round bodies. (medhelp.org)
  • infected, resulting in damage to organism, which highlighted the Fish-borne zoonotic parasitic diseases include cestodes, zoonotic importance of this genus that belongs to Anisakidae trematodes and nematodes that infect humans by means of family (Vidal-Martinez et al. (bvsalud.org)
  • Among these pathogens, the zoonotic protozoan parasite T. gondii is perhaps the most ubiquitous, having been identified in the tissues of a variety of animal hosts, including both mammalian and avian species. (usda.gov)
  • Many ticks lack disease-causing viruses and bacteria in the first place, and even if they are present, different pathogens transmit at different rates. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Diarrhoeal Diseases to monitor changing spectrum of enteric pathogens and to identify newer pathogens. (icmr.nic.in)
  • Development of this plan began in December 1992 at a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors of CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • Communicable diseases and related conditions remain an important challenge to public health, responsible for the death of an estimated 17 million people a year and for disabilities ranging from chronic anaemia, malnutrition and wasting to paralysis, mental retardation and elephantiasis. (who.int)
  • The burden of communicable diseases has been a key impediment to social and economic progress, imposing considerable suffering on people already living in adverse conditions. (who.int)
  • The above challenges underscore the need for all countries to monitor, prevent, and control the spread of communicable diseases and to care effectively for those who are infected. (who.int)
  • They also highlight the need for global leadership, global and national advocacy, and improved international cooperation in tackling communicable diseases. (who.int)
  • tracking epidemic and emerging diseases and anti-infective drug resistance, and locating communicable diseases geographically within countries, regionally and globally. (who.int)
  • C ensuring sustainable, cost-effective control of endemic communicable diseases at country level. (who.int)
  • C eliminating endemic communicable diseases as public health problems through intensified efforts to apply cost-effective strategies, during a fixed period of time, to decrease the incidence and prevalence of selected communicable diseases, or, in the case of eradication, to rid the world permanently of their presence. (who.int)
  • The family Hymenolepididae has only two species which infects humans: the disease hymenolepiasis is caused by Hymenolepis nana and H. diminuta, which are sometimes classified in the genus Rodentolepis. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mr. Hovan manages the Clinical Microbiology Department at been the predominant species causing invasive candidiasis, the Delaware Division of Public Health Laboratory. (cdc.gov)
  • His primary non-albicans Candida (NAC) species have emerged glob- research interests are genomics and bioinformatics as they relate ally ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Here, we used a genomics/proteomics approach (including immunoblot experiments from pigs infected with T. suis ) to prioritize putative immunogenic excretory/secretory (E/S) proteins conserved across and specific to several gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic nematode species. (frontiersin.org)
  • It has registered 86 patents in 16 different families, has published 110 publications and produces and commercializes 156 diagnostic products, covering 54 pathologies in 9 animal species. (vacdiva.eu)
  • Different tick species feed on certain animal species to survive. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Diseases involving an animal reservoir, whether insect-borne or transmitted directly across the species barrier, are particularly susceptible to environmental changes and thereby prone to emerge and re-emerge. (who.int)
  • Since their first appearance 425 million years ago, corals have branched into more than 1,500 species, including the one at the center of this research: the critically endangered Acropora cervicornis, commonly known as the Caribbean staghorn coral. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), commonly known as kala-azar, from the Hindu vernacular, is a human systemic disease caused by parasitic protozoan species of the genus Leishmania . (plos.org)
  • Background: Staphylococcus species are adaptable commensals usually involved in a diverse multiplicity of ailments in animals and humans. (bvsalud.org)
  • National Institute of Food and Agriculture Research is a Spanish public research institute, which include the Animal Health Research Centre (CISA) with large experience in R&D on highly infectious viral diseases. (vacdiva.eu)
  • He has worked as a scientific collaborator with the CSIC and as a visiting professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Philadelphia (USA), director of the Animal Health Research Centre (CISA) in Valdeolmos (Madrid), and general deputy director of research and technology at INIA, Ministry of Science and Innovation. (edicionesedra.com)
  • Penn Vet faculty are engaged in ongoing groundbreaking research. (upenn.edu)
  • Here are examples of faculty laboratories and the projects being investigated, both at our Philadelphia campus and at New Bolton Center. (upenn.edu)
  • J. Okafor-Elenwo Department of Animal Science and Fisheries Faculty of Agriculture University of Port Harcourt Choba, Nigeria. (happylibus.com)
  • Aránzazu Meana Mañes earned her degree and PhD in veterinary medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), where she is full professor at the Department of Animal Health of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. (edicionesedra.com)
  • Scientists of the zoo technical faculty worked towards solving problems of improving existing breeds of farm animals and replacing local low-productive breeds with highly productive breeds. (tajagroun.tj)
  • Porcupines are relatively well-protected from predators but are subject to a degree of parasitic infestation. (nature.com)
  • The Impact of malnutrition on immune defense in parasitic infestation : a Nestlé Foundation workshop, Lutry/Lausanne, September 18th and 19th, 1980 / Henri Isliker, Beat Schürch, editors. (who.int)
  • This research strongly supports future studies using a computational, comparative genomics/proteomics approach to produce an effective parasite vaccine. (frontiersin.org)
  • The work encompasses laboratory studies of parasite genomics, functional genomics and pharmacogenomics, proteomics and cellular physiology, combined with field aspects in developing countries to develop and deploy molecular tools to monitor the development of drug resistance in global parasitic disease control and elimination programs. (mcgill.ca)
  • She continued at NIH in 1988 at the National Eye Institute as Director of Fundamental Retinal Processes and then Chief, Retinal Diseases Branch, and she also lead their efforts in Ocular Genomics. (icophai.org)
  • In 2000 she moved to the National institute of Allergy and infectious Diseases at NIH as Assistant Director for Microbial Genomics and Advanced Technologies and has been involved in leading and managing genomics, bioinformatics, proteomics and system biology programs in infectious diseases including influenza, tuberculosis, malaria, other diseases, and Biodefense and Medical Diagnostics for NIAID. (icophai.org)
  • Research in my laboratory focuses on the molecular genetics and mechanisms of resistance to antiparasitic drugs, the mechanisms of action of these pharmaceuticals and parasite control. (mcgill.ca)
  • He is a member of the Texas Chagas Task Force, Centers for Disease Control, and University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, as the veterinary lead for canine Chagas disease in Texas. (vidapharmacal.com)
  • NewsTarget) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has given care giant Kaiser Permanente over $300,000 to test and interview 150 to 500 patients suffering from Morgellons Disease. (naturalnews.com)
  • National health systems improve endemic disease control through better planning and broader, more effective use of available tools and resources. (who.int)
  • 3rd Best e-poster in Virtual International conference on New generation vaccines and Animal disease control strategies. (kvasu.ac.in)
  • Preventing Disease Transmission in Dental Settings CDC offers new resources to make sure dental office infection control practices are up-to-date. (medscape.com)
  • All that has Narasimhan using a grant from Iowa State's Presidential Initiative for Interdisciplinary Research to assemble a 'dream team' to research and develop nanovaccines. (iastate.edu)
  • This proposal presents an innovative approach for screening and selecting a new class of highly stable protein capture reagents and developing a new versatile approach for ligand immobilization that together enable rapid production of cyclotide-based microarrays for proteomics research. (nih.gov)
  • Most emerging infectious diseases in humans are zoonoses. (usda.gov)
  • Book review of "Human-Animal Medicine, Clinical Approaches to Zoonoses, Toxicants and Other Shared Health Risks" by Peter M. Rabinowitz and Lisa A. Conti (eds. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Moreover, with the advent of molecular biology, new infectious and parasitic diseases are continuously being discovered, and emerging zoonoses are being identified. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The book " Human-Animal Medicine, Clinical Approaches to Zoonoses, Toxicants and Other Shared Health Risks " comes to consolidate this approach, in practice. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Pan American Zoonoses Center. (who.int)
  • Parasitic infections like malaria and sleeping sickness affect hundreds of millions of people, primarily in the poorest regions of the world. (gla.ac.uk)
  • Adam is a still a prototype, but Prof King's team believe that their next robot, Eve, holds great promise for scientists searching for new drugs to combat diseases such as malaria and schistosomiasis, an infection caused by a type of parasitic worm in the tropics. (eurekalert.org)
  • The company's focus is development of novel therapeutics to address emerging parasitic diseases in both humans and animals. (vidapharmacal.com)
  • The seventh chapter broaches the allergic conditions resulting from the interactions between humans and animals. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The next chapter reviews the effects of exposure to toxic hazards on humans and animals. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As with other parasitic diseases, roundworm infections are more common in warm climates than in cooler, temperate areas of the world. (medhelp.org)
  • Parasitic infections are more common in areas with inadequate sanitation systems. (msdmanuals.com)
  • You have a weakened immune system because of disease, medicines you take, or your age. (medlineplus.gov)
  • I benefited highly from that experience," he says.Leggatt is now a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute (UQDI), where he is researching the immune environment in the skin and how its suppression allows early cancerous lesions to grow. (edu.au)
  • Juliana Ferreira-Strixino , principal investigator for the study and head of UNIVAP's Photobiology Applied to Health Laboratory (FOTOBIOS), explained that one of the goals was to understand the functioning of the promastigote form, which has several kinds of protection against the host's immune system, and also how the therapy acted against amastigotes. (eurekalert.org)
  • Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease), caused by the parasite Dracunculus medinensis , is acquired by drinking water containing copepods (water fleas) infected with its larvae. (cdc.gov)
  • The research involves comparing genetic polymorphism in drug selected and naive parasite populations, determination of single nucleotide polymorphs (SNPs), expression of alleles with different observed SNPs, determination of the effects of the SNP on the phenotype of the parasite, analysis of gene promoter sequences and localization of gene expression. (mcgill.ca)
  • Doctors have claimed that this type of disease must be caused by a parasite, but even the strongest anti-parasitic medications have not helped. (naturalnews.com)
  • The official rat lungworm disease case count from government authorities is likely an underestimate, and exposure to the parasite is much more common than people may realize, according to a new study led by the University of Hawaii Hilo. (civilbeat.org)
  • Chagas disease, also known as American trypanosomiasis, is caused by infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi . (medscape.com)
  • Infected insects take blood meals from humans and their domestic animals and deposit parasite-laden feces. (medscape.com)
  • The number of cases of dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) has decreased from an estimated 3.5 million in 1986 to 30 in 2017. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2017, 30 cases were reported from Chad and Ethiopia, and 855 infected animals (mostly dogs) were reported from Chad, Ethiopia, and Mali, compared with 25 cases and 1,049 animal infections reported in 2016. (cdc.gov)
  • During January-June 2018, the number of cases declined to three cases each in Chad and South Sudan and one in Angola, with 709 infected animals reported, compared with eight cases and 547 animal infections during the same period of 2017. (cdc.gov)
  • During January-June 2018, 709 animal infections (mostly in dogs) were reported, compared with 547 during January-June 2017 (Table 2). (cdc.gov)
  • Founded in 2017, the company has developed the first treatment for Chagas disease in canines. (vidapharmacal.com)
  • This study surveyed the occurrence, antibiotic-resistance profile and putative resistant genetic elements of staphylococci isolates from apparently healthy farm animals Methodology: Nasal and rectal samples were collected from a total of 400 cows and pigs in Benin City between May and December 2017. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2019, scientists in the lab of OSU microbiologist Rebecca Vega Thurber identified a new genus of parasitic bacteria that flourishes when reefs become polluted with nutrients, siphoning energy from the corals and making them more susceptible to disease. (sciencedaily.com)
  • At the same time, our ability to detect, contain, and prevent emerging infectious diseases is in jeopardy. (cdc.gov)
  • Leishmaniasis is a vector-born parasitic city is located approximately 1670 m cord the necessary demographic data disease caused by a protozoan, Leish- above sea level and has a moderate cli- and clinical information such as age at mania spp. (who.int)
  • The annually estimated incidence of ary respectively, with the mean value sible travelling experience and date cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), the annual temperature about 14.6 °C. of travelling to other endemic areas most common and disfiguring form of Average annual precipitation is about inside or outside the country were also the disease, is 1-1.5 million cases and of 480 mm, mostly decreasing in the recorded. (who.int)
  • The One Health (OH) concept provides an integrated framework for observing and improving health issues involving human, animal, and environmental factors, and has been applied in particular to zoonotic disease problems. (cdc.gov)
  • We recommend that investigators working in the realm of zoonotic disease strive to evaluate all three OH domains by integrating modern molecular tools as well as techniques provided by economists and social scientists. (cdc.gov)
  • 3Health Centre, Borujerd, Islamic Republic of Iran. (who.int)
  • D. medinensis worms removed from animals are genetically indistinguishable from those removed from humans ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • A minority of persons with long-standing T cruzi infection develop the serious cardiac and gastrointestinal problems that characterize chronic symptomatic Chagas disease. (medscape.com)
  • Changes in susceptibility to infectious diseases, increased opportunities for infection, and the rapid adaptation of microbial agents are among the factors contributing to this evolution. (who.int)
  • Now we've uncovered significant evidence that a high abundance of Ca. Aquarickettsia is a marker of disease susceptibility in corals that otherwise seem healthy. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Current research is focussed on possible development of benzimidazole (Albendazole, mebendazole) resistance in soil transmitted helminths such as hookworms, whipworms and large roundworms. (mcgill.ca)
  • To accelerate research in this field, new protein capture tools for the detection and identification of specific proteins are needed. (nih.gov)
  • T. gondii infection causes toxoplasmosis, which is the leading cause of death associated with foodborne diseases in the United States. (mdpi.com)
  • Once the sources and characteristics of foodborne diseases were identified--long before vaccines or antibiotics--they could be controlled by handwashing, sanitation, refrigeration, pasteurization, and pesticide application. (cdc.gov)
  • Although noncommunicable diseases have caused a considerable burden on public health worldwide, infectious and parasitic diseases are still responsible for an unfathomable impact on human and animal health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Schistosomiasis Research Group, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dr. Pitta is the ruminant nutritionist and microbiologist at the Center for Animal Health and Productivity (CAHP), New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania. (upenn.edu)
  • Department of Small Animal Diseases with Clinic, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGWW, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland. (bvsalud.org)
  • Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. (bvsalud.org)
  • The track Infection and Immunity is a collaborative effort of the University of Amsterdam (UvA), the Academic Medical Centre (AMC) and Sanquin. (uva.nl)
  • In the meantime, a research team from Oklahoma State University lead by Dr. Randy Wymore, studied some of the fibers sent to them by Morgellons patients. (naturalnews.com)
  • a former Director of the CDC National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-borne and Enteric Diseases and currently the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Executive Dean of Health Sciences at The Ohio State University (OSU). (icophai.org)
  • Dr. Saif is a Distinguished University Professor at the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), The Ohio State University, Wooster. (icophai.org)
  • Professor Mazet serves as the Director of the One Health Institute and Wildlife Health Center in the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. (icophai.org)
  • Established in 1872, Aberystwyth University's twenty-first century mission is to be a first-class, internationally-competitive, teaching and research University which is responsive to the needs of its local community, of Wales and of the wider world. (eurekalert.org)
  • From the day of the foundation of the university to the present, along with the preparation of highly qualified specialists for all branches of the agro-industrial complex of the republic, the teaching staff has been paying close attention to research work. (tajagroun.tj)
  • It should be noted that the university is not only one of the leading educational institutions in the republic, but also one of the leading scientific centers. (tajagroun.tj)
  • The first scientific achievements were introduced on the basis of research works of scientists of our university. (tajagroun.tj)
  • From the first days of the foundation of the university until the 40s, research at the university was conducted in various directions, including the development of agrotechnics for the cultivation of grain crops, cotton, alfalfa, grapes, and fruit and vegetable crops. (tajagroun.tj)
  • Since 1946, the results of the research work of university scientists at scientific teaching conferences were annually reported and discussed. (tajagroun.tj)
  • In 1957 research work was conducted on 45 topics, in 1962 - on 66 topics, in the development of which 62 and 102, respectively, of university teachers were involved. (tajagroun.tj)
  • Iowa State University researchers are pursuing innovative solutions that, if successful, could radically change how the world looks at one of the most devastating parasitic diseases in the world. (iastate.edu)
  • Veterinary research in New Zealand took a major step when the Hopkirk Research Institute opened at Massey University in March 2007. (teara.govt.nz)
  • The results of a study conducted at a Brazilian university point the way to the development of more effective treatment for the cutaneous form of the disease. (eurekalert.org)
  • The Optics and Photonics Research Center ( CEPOF ), a Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center ( RIDC ) supported by FAPESP and hosted by the University of São Paulo's São Carlos Physics Institute (IFSC-USP), contributed to the project by supplying the photosensitizer. (eurekalert.org)
  • Just days after the university student from Guinea has recovered from the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Dakar, Senega l, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports the situation remains stable in the African country. (outbreaknewstoday.com)
  • The number of human dracunculiasis cases reported declined to seven cases in three countries (Angola, Chad, and South Sudan) during January-June 2018, while the number of infected animals reported stood at 709 during the same period. (cdc.gov)
  • with its excellent research, technical and developed human resource base is one of the leader's in the region. (vacdiva.eu)
  • The first human volunteer will receive red blood cells cultured in the laboratory within the next three years. (gla.ac.uk)
  • Rather than simply preventing bacteria from growing, these new sophisticated drugs will prevent disease by interfering with a microbe's ability to interact with the human body. (nih.gov)
  • Macrocyclic lactone resistance (e.g., to ivermectin) in the canine heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis , is of great interest because of concerns for animal welfare in companion animals and also as a model for human filarial infections. (mcgill.ca)
  • Vida Pharmacal develops, markets, and distributes diagnostics and pharmaceuticals designed to treat emerging and neglected diseases for veterinary and human patients. (vidapharmacal.com)
  • Dr. Madigan's work includes filing the first veterinary drug patent for anti-T. cruzi activity in dogs and conducting pioneering research in studying the curative effects of a drug combination in human heart cells infected with Chagas disease. (vidapharmacal.com)
  • Researchers are developing two kinds of blood tests - the first for parasitic DNA and the second for antibodies developing within the human system to combat it. (civilbeat.org)
  • Many roundworm parasitic diseases result from human carelessness and a lack of appropriate personal hygiene and sanitation measures. (medhelp.org)
  • This concept invites public health professionals, human health and veterinary clinicians to adopt a global approach when dealing with health risks resulting from human-animal interactions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The first chapter explores the convergence of human and animal medicine and the importance of environmental health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The second chapter addresses both legal and ethical issues involved in human-animal medicine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The next chapter is intended to establish a new approach to clinical health history, providing a practical guide for human health and veterinary clinicians to identify relevant human-animal health links and potential health hazards. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The next two chapters deal with the psychosocial and therapeutic aspects of human-animal interactions as well as with the possible effects of indoor and other built environments on human and animal health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Indeed, this becomes more evident when the authors write "The sections in this chapter present individual descriptions of zoonotic diseases that human health and veterinary clinicians and public health professionals in the United States may encounter in their clinical work. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The final chapter provides practical suggestions for integrated preventive activities, at different levels (from primary to tertiary), in order to maximize human and animal health. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This mechanism of transmission contrasts with that of the two subspecies of African trypanosomes that cause human disease, Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense , which are transmitted via the saliva of their vectors, and with the mechanism by which a nonpathogenic trypanosome found in the Americas, Trypanosoma rangeli , is transmitted to its mammalian hosts. (medscape.com)
  • E.coli 0157:H7 is present as a commensal in the intestine of animals and as a pathogen in human beings. (bvsalud.org)
  • 3 ). This agent has been isolated sporadically from animal in a Delaware community hospital. (cdc.gov)
  • He is also the director of The Animal Hospital of Smithson Valley in Spring Branch, TX, where he serves as Chief Medical Officer and coordinator for small animal medicine and surgery. (vidapharmacal.com)
  • Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute. (cdc.gov)
  • Clinical and epidemiological studies were carried out on patients diagnosed with active CL at the central laboratory in Borujerd city during 1998-2010. (who.int)
  • Dr. Dass has a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology, an MPH and extensive experience in transgenic laboratory animal care and use, preclinical drug testing, clinical trial management, and review of new animal drug dossiers for genetically engineered products. (fnih.org)
  • PLOS Medicine publishes research and commentary of general interest with clear implications for patient care, public policy or clinical research agendas. (plos.org)
  • SVI is a state semi-budgetary organisation established by Ministry of Agriculture in order to ensure provision of veterinary laboratory diagnostics. (vacdiva.eu)
  • A tiny genetic molecule known as a microRNA plays a central role in bowel cancer and could be key to developing new treatments for the disease. (gla.ac.uk)
  • To support coordination among stakeholders that enables the development and dissemination of scientifically rigorous information, consensus best practices guidance and standards, and administrative, regulatory and technical advice and training that will advance responsible research, development and, if warranted, implementation of genetic biocontrol technologies to eliminate vector borne diseases and improve public health. (fnih.org)
  • The GeneConvene Global Collaborative is staffed by a team of experienced technical, regulatory and administrative experts providing a resource for accurate and timely information, advice and support to foster a responsible approach to research and governance of gene drive and other genetic biocontrol technologies for public health. (fnih.org)
  • Research at the ASMG lab focuses primarily on the gut microbial composition of ruminants utilizing advanced molecular methodologies. (upenn.edu)
  • My research is in the area of molecular pharmacology of infectious diseases. (mcgill.ca)
  • She did her postdoctoral training in the NIH laboratory of Nobel Prize Laureate, Dr. Marshall Nirenberg in molecular neuroscience. (icophai.org)
  • Professor Richard Cogdell has been appointed to the council of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). (gla.ac.uk)
  • Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have created a Robot Scientist which the researchers believe is the first machine to have independently discovered new scientific knowledge. (eurekalert.org)
  • The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is the UK funding agency for research in the life sciences. (eurekalert.org)
  • She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and also Honorary Diplomate at the American College of Veterinary Microbiology (ACVM) Dr. Saif is known internationally for her work on enteric viruses, which cause very high mortality and morbidity in both food-producing animals and humans. (icophai.org)
  • Dr. James has a Ph.D. in microbiology and a background in research on parasitic diseases. (fnih.org)
  • A lot of patients say they do not want to have a lumbar puncture, but if they don't have a lumbar puncture, they're not a confirmed case," said Dr. Susan Jarvi, lead author of the study and head of the rat lungworm disease research team at the UH Hilo Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. (civilbeat.org)
  • The disease is a silent killer, invariably killing almost all untreated patients [ 1 ]. (plos.org)
  • Objective: This study is aimed at determining the presence of this organism in animals and patients. (bvsalud.org)
  • [ 3 ] In Western countries, the financial burden on patients ranges from $300 to $1,300 per patient year, increasing with more severe disease. (medscape.com)
  • more than half of all expenditures are attributed to the 10-20% of patients with the most severe disease. (medscape.com)
  • The Power to Protect: Vaccination Guidelines for Adults With Chronic Diseases CDC reviews the latest vaccine recommendations for adults, including patients with chronic medical conditions. (medscape.com)
  • The CDC does not actively track tick populations, so researchers typically rely on disease rates to study the parasite's spread. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Professor Nigel French poses with his team of researchers in one of the new laboratories. (teara.govt.nz)
  • It is believed that this review will guide researchers on the state of brucellosis in developing countries where the disease is still endemic, using Nigeria as a case study. (bvsalud.org)
  • The ability to identify bacteria by sequencing (in this case, sequencing of the 16S rRNA Author affiliations: Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education gene) was necessary to identify H. jordaniae because clini- and Research, Chandigarh, India (S.A. Shankarnarayan, cal information on this pathogen is still limited. (cdc.gov)
  • Some 90% of those affected by the disease live in five countries: India (especially Bihar), Bangladesh, Nepal, (northeastern) Brazil, and Sudan [ 2 ]. (plos.org)
  • Formerly, Dr. King was appointed administrator for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture. (icophai.org)
  • She has worked as assistant director of the Department of Animal Health of the UCM, and has sat on expert committees of the Spanish Ministry of Health, Education and Science, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. (edicionesedra.com)
  • The research is supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense. (iastate.edu)
  • This phenomena is highlighted by a discrepancy between self-reported but validated cases of rat lungworm disease and the official count offered by the Hawaii Department of Health and the Hawaii Health Information Corp., published in the The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . (civilbeat.org)
  • Dr. Madigan is the principal scientist in the Canine Chagas Treatment Study, Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX-research into treatment of canine Chagas disease in Unites States Army military working dogs. (vidapharmacal.com)
  • The Task Force increases public awareness of Chagas disease by working with healthcare providers, entomologists, marketing, and the public. (vidapharmacal.com)
  • Intensive efforts are needed for diseases targeted for eradication and elimination, such as leprosy, lymphatic filariasis, dracunculiasis and Chagas disease. (who.int)
  • She leads a network of NGOs and governmental agencies to build capacity to develop surveillance systems and complete the necessary research in an attempt to diminish the potential for and severity of pandemics. (icophai.org)
  • Development of tools for disease surveillance. (icmr.nic.in)
  • Studies on rotavirus surveillance on disease burden. (icmr.nic.in)
  • The disease is endemic in mate with cold winters. (who.int)
  • The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is one of the 15 CGIAR centers. (vacdiva.eu)
  • Keesing tested positive for Lyme disease, a tick-borne illness caused primarily by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, after finding the telltale bull's-eye rash on the back of her knee. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Borrelia burgdorferi , the pathogen that causes most Lyme disease cases, takes at least 36 hours to travel from a tick's gut into a host's bloodstream. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines ( 2 ), this similar- 1. (cdc.gov)
  • The ARRIAH was established in 1958 as the All-Union Foot-and-Mouth Research Institute. (vacdiva.eu)
  • It is the largest research institute in the area of veterinary medicine, public health, food safety, and fisheries in Latvia. (vacdiva.eu)
  • The Babraham Institute, Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Food Research, John Innes Centre and Rothamsted Research are Institutes of BBSRC. (eurekalert.org)
  • Backed by The Davey Institute, the industry's premier research and development laboratory, our team of experts share their knowledge on the most common topics and questions in arboriculture. (davey.com)
  • In 1969, the first scientific division was created at the institute - the laboratory "Mineral nutrition of farm animals", headed by Professor Gafarov A.K., where the number of scientific research and the number of teachers involved in this work increased every year. (tajagroun.tj)
  • The institute was the initiator of scientific conferences, as well as their active participant, which contributed to the exchange of views on major issues of science, training of teaching staff, research effectiveness, growth of creative initiative, exchange of experience with advanced agricultural producers in different areas of the republic in the field of irrigation, land reclamation, economics and organization of agriculture. (tajagroun.tj)
  • Named after an earlier, long-serving director of the Wallaceville Animal Research Centre, Cyril Hopkirk, the institute has more animal health scientists than any other in the southern hemisphere. (teara.govt.nz)
  • She has more than 30 years of experience in research administration, having led global health programs at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, the Ellison Medical Foundation and the FNIH. (fnih.org)
  • It has been found in association with tubulointerstitial nephritis ( TIN ), the most common cause of feline chronic kidney disease (CKD). (bvsalud.org)
  • This project aims to achieve a paradigm shift in antimicrobial drug discovery by finding next generation anti-infectives that prevent disease by blocking pathogen adaptation to host physiology. (nih.gov)
  • VL affects not only the weakest in the community, such as children and those weakened by other diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis, but also healthy adults and economically productive social groups. (plos.org)
  • Corals that appear healthy are more prone to getting sick when they're home to too many parasitic bacteria, new research shows. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The clear relationship we've discovered between this kind of bacteria and disease resistance in Caribbean staghorn coral is a crucial piece of the puzzle for coral restoration efforts in that region," said study co-author Becca Maher, a Ph.D. candidate at Oregon State. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Disease-resistant corals were found to host a much more even mix of many types of bacteria, she said. (sciencedaily.com)