Parasitic Diseases List

Bacillus cereus infections are very common in the United States. This pathogen causes about 63,000 cases of food poisoning every year in this country. It is responsible for the so-called "fried rice syndrome," where people get sick after eating reheated rice. The problem with fried rice is that when rice is cooled at room temperature, the bacteria present in that product can grow and produce toxins. And those toxins are not destroyed by heat. So when that leftover rice is used to make fried rice, people can get sick. Rice isn't the only vehicle for this pathogen, however. It is also associated with dishes containing potatoes, pasta, and cheese. And food poisoning associated with this pathogen is common in catering situations and restaurants. One of the toxins this pathogen produces causes vomiting, and the other causes diarrhea. The toxins have different incubation periods, so vomiting is usually the first symptom, occurring about six hours after ingestion. Then pat...

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Novartis and the research foundation Medicines for Malaria Venture plan to advance a new kind of malaria drug into late-stage clinical testing in adults and children next year. The experimental treatment, called ganaplacide, will be tested in combination with the existing drug lumefantrine, the research partners said in a Wednesday statement announcing the planned study. The combination treatment does not use artemisinin or its derivatives, which are commonly used to treat malaria, and so could be an option for treating disease caused by artemisinin-resistant parasites. While the World Health Organization currently recommends artemisinin-containing combination therapies, or ACTs, resistance to them has become a growing problem. "The emergence of artemisinin resistance demands urgent action to develop new antimalarials," Sujata Vaidyanathan, head of Novartis' global health development unit, said in a statement. "We need non-artemisinin-based medicines wi...

Introduction Adolescents have a lower risk of severe or fatal COVID-19 than adults. 1 Ladhani SN Amin-Chowdhury Z Davies HG et al. COVID-19 in children: analysis of the first pandemic peak in England. Consequently, in England and elsewhere, from December, 2020, the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines prioritised older adults, health-care workers, and adults at high risk of severe disease. In young people, early reports of rare but potentially severe myocarditis following mRNA vaccination led the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to recommend only one dose of mRNA vaccine for people aged 16–17 years from Aug 4, 2021, and recommend against vaccinating healthy people aged 12–15 years, as the margin of benefit was deemed too small to support universal vaccination in this age group. 2 Public Health England JCVI issues updated advice on COVID-19 vaccination of young people aged 16 to 17. ,  3 Public Health England JCVI issues updated advice on COVID-19 vaccinatio...

Anytime your pup's acting a little off — especially if he has diarrhea or is throwing up — you're probably worried that he's sick. If your dog is having intestinal issues, one cause of his illness could be coccidia. But what is coccidia in dogs anyway, and how is it treated? We reached out to Dr. Aliya McCullough, a veterinarian on staff at Fetch by The Dodo, and Dr. Hilary Jones, a veterinarian and chief veterinary officer with DodoVet, to find out what pet parents should know about coccidia in dogs and what you can do to help him feel better again. What are coccidia in dogs? Coccidia are single-cell parasites (protozoa) that can cause an intestinal illness called coccidiosis. "The most common coccidia found in dogs are Isospora (also known as Cystoisospora ) and Cryptosporidium , " Dr. McCullough told The Dodo Dogs can get coccidiosis by ingesting oocysts, the immature form of the parasite. This happens when a pup comes into contact with poop from an infected ...

Ear mites are a type of mite that lives in the ear canal. These tiny parasites feed off skin oils and ear wax, which explains why they take up residence in the ear. Ear mites are more commonly found in animals, including family pets like your dog and cat. These mites can jump from animal to animal in close contact situations. There's also the risk of humans getting ear mites, although this is unlikely. If your dog or cat has a case of ear mites, here's how to identify signs and symptoms in you, as well as information on how to treat ear mites in humans. When ear mites get into a cat or dog's ear canal, one telltale sign of an ear mite infection is your family pet constantly scratching their head. You may even notice a darkish discharge resembling coffee grounds coming from their ears. It's important to identify an ear mite infection in pets as soon as possible. This way, you can get the infection under control and prevent the spread to other family pets and those living...

PARIS, November 21, 2022 – A team of experts at Capgemini , in collaboration with University Hospital Bonn and Amazon Web Services , has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that will accelerate the speed of clinical trials aiming to establish new treatments for River Blindness, a neglected tropical disease which affects over 20 million people globally [1] . Currently, the specialist work of clinical trials can only be carried out manually by a handful of global experts, so the winning model could save years of work and speed up the development of new treatments.   The India-based winning team developed a model which harnesses deep learning technology to identify the larvae worm that causes River Blindness, using images from existing clinical studies. In total, over 70,000 sections of clinical data were utilized to train the AI, leading to the creation of a model that can identify worm sections in microscopic images with almost 90% accuracy. The ability to automate...

Scientists discover a new virus lurking in bats: Similar pathogens kill up to one in three humans The Kiwira virus was found in bats in African countries Tanzania and the DRC It is not known if the virus - a type of hantavirus -  poses a threat to humans If transferred to humans, Sin Nombre virus - a hantavirus -  can kill one in three It comes after it was revealed Britain's pandemic-fighting lab was left to crumble  By Hannah Mcdonald For Mailonline Published: 17:17 GMT, 23 November 2022 | Updated: 19:44 GMT, 23 November 2022 Scientists have discovered a new virus lurking in bats. The Kiwira virus — a type of hantavirus — has been found in free-tailed bats in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There is currently no evidence to show that Kiwira virus could pose a threat to humans but researchers are conducting foll...