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The 2014 FIFA World Cup: Communicable disease risks and advice for visitors to Brazil – A review from the Latin American Society for Travel Medicine (SLAMVI)
Summary: The next FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil in June–July 2014. Around 600,000 international visitors and participants (as well over 3 million domestic travelers) are expected. This event will take place in twelve cities. This event poses specific challenges, given its size and the diversity of attendees, including the potential for the transmission of imported or endemic communicable diseases, especially those that have an increased transmission rate as a result of close human proximity, eg, seasonal influenza, measles but also tropical endemic diseases. In anticipation of increased travel, a panel of experts...
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - May 12, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Viviana Gallego, Griselda Berberian, Susana Lloveras, Sergio Verbanaz, Tania S.S. Chaves, Tomas Orduna, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales Tags: Reviews Source Type: research

Occupational and military travel medicine
During World War 1, malaria on the Macedonian front led to a military disaster of historic magnitude, aptly summarized by General Sarrail's frantic telegram to Paris “mon armée est immobilisée dans les hôpitaux” [1]. In many military campaigns, there were sometimes more losses from fever than from bullets and dominance in war often hinged on the health of the deployed soldiers operating in foreign terrain exposed to hostile environments and unfamiliar pathogens. Tropical and travel medicine has been and is still an important part of military medicine.
Source: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease - July 11, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Philippe Gautret, Patricia Schlagenhauf Tags: Editorials Source Type: research

Stem Cells, Malaria, and the Genetics of Drug Response at Translational Medicine Symposium
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) The University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics' 9th Annual International Symposium, Progress in Translational Science: Emerging Therapeutic Modalities, will be held on Oct. 13-14. The symposium will feature outstanding speakers from the United States and abroad to address topics at the core of translational science. Speakers will include experts researching advances in stem cell biology, single cell metabolomics, and infectious diseases.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 6, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

ASTMH honors Dr. Jonathan Kurtis for distinguished work in tropical medicine
(Lifespan) Jonathan D. Kurtis, M.D., Ph.D., of Providence, R.I., was awarded the Bailey K. Ashford Medal by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene for research that could aid in the development of a malaria vaccine. Kurtis, the founder and director of the Center for International Health Research at Rhode Island Hospital and a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, was presented the medal during ASTMH's annual meeting in Philadelphia.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 30, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

'Do not resist, show me your body!': Encounters Between the Jarwas of the Andamans and Medicine (1858-2004).
Authors: Pandya V Abstract Based on fieldwork and archival studies carried out since 1995, this paper is an analysis of the dialogue between the Jarwas and the outside world. The Jarwa tribal community on the Andaman Islands has a long history of voluntary isolation and pronounced hostility towards outsiders. This situation only started to change in the mid-1990s, when a young Jarwa was successfully treated at a local hospital. The Jarwas' sudden fascination with modern medicine was less to do with its therapeutic powers than the fact that, on each visit, hospital staff gave them food, clothes, and various consumer...
Source: Anthropology and Medicine - February 19, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Anthropol Med Source Type: research

Archaeogenetics in evolutionary medicine
Abstract Archaeogenetics is the study of exploration of ancient DNA (aDNA) of more than 70 years old. It is an important part of the wider studies of many different areas of our past, including animal, plant and pathogen evolution and domestication events. Hereby, we address specifically the impact of research in archaeogenetics in the broader field of evolutionary medicine. Studies on ancient hominid genomes help to understand even modern health patterns. Human genetic microevolution, e.g. related to abilities of post-weaning milk consumption, and specifically genetic adaptation in disease susceptibility, e.g. t...
Source: Journal of Molecular Medicine - June 10, 2016 Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research

Does Modern Research Concerning Chinese Medicine Acupoints Relate to Original Prescriptions? If Not, Why Not?
Conclusions: While, superficially, the ZJJYJ might seem irrelevant in modern manual acupuncture practices, well-documented physical effects (e.g., pain relief) of manual acupuncture do provide measurable outcomes for use in fMRI research. Therefore, the classical text does provide a guide for future research on influential acupoints on the leg and body channels. PMID: 30671154 [PubMed]
Source: Acupuncture in Medicine - December 1, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Choi V, Cobbin D, Walsh S Tags: Med Acupunct Source Type: research

Drug Shop Intervention to Enhance Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Patent Medicine Vendors for the Control of COVID-19 In Southeastern Nigeria
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Jun 3:tpmd201549. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.20-1549. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTDrug shops are the first point of care for most community members in low-resource countries. Because of symptomatic similarities with common illnesses such as malaria, probable coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases may seek care at drug shops, where the knowledge and skills required to handle it may be lacking, thereby fostering community spread of the disease. This single-arm study provided an intervention to improve COVID-19-related knowledge, attitude, and practices of patent medicine vendors (PMVs) in 97 participatin...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - June 20, 2021 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Uchechukwu Madukaku Chukwuocha Gregory Ndubeze Iwuoha Onyeka Francis Ashinze Princewill Ugochukwu Njoku Chidera Chisom Obasi Evelyn Ifezue Adey Ikechukwu Nosike Simplicius Dozie Source Type: research

Travel medicine and vaccines for HIV-infected travelers.
This article summarizes a presentation by D. Scott Smith, MD, at the IAS-USA continuing medical education program held in San Francisco in April 2012. PMID: 22954612 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Topics in antiviral medicine - November 12, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Top Antivir Med Source Type: research

Medicine Nobel Recognizes Fights against Malaria and River Blindness
A Chinese herbal remedy and a drug made from soil bacteria lead three researchers to a share in the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.   -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - October 5, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Health Medicine Source Type: research

Malaria Prevention Strategies: Adherence Among Boston Area Travelers Visiting Malaria-Endemic Countries.
Abstract We conducted a prospective cohort study to assess adherence to malaria chemoprophylaxis, reasons for nonadherence, and use of other personal protective measures against malaria. We included adults traveling to malaria-endemic countries who were prescribed malaria chemoprophylaxis during a pretravel consultation at three travel clinics in the Boston area and who completed three or more surveys: pretravel, at least one weekly during travel, and posttravel (2-4 weeks after return). Of 370 participants, 335 (91%) took malaria chemoprophylaxis at least once and reported any missed doses; 265 (79%) reported com...
Source: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - October 19, 2015 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Stoney RJ, Chen LH, Jentes ES, Wilson ME, Han PV, Benoit CM, MacLeod WB, Hamer DH, Barnett ED, Boston Area Travel Medicine Network Tags: Am J Trop Med Hyg Source Type: research

Short-Term Safety and Tolerability of an Antimalarial Herbal Medicine, CoBaT-Y017 in Healthy Volunteers.
Conclusion:   CoBaT-Y017 presented a significant safety and tolerability in healthy volunteers to allow its further development by starting a phase II clinical study. PMID: 31118966 [PubMed]
Source: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine - May 25, 2019 Category: Complementary Medicine Tags: Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Source Type: research

Indigenous medicinal plants used in folk medicine for malaria treatment in Kwara State, Nigeria: an ethnobotanical study
Folk medicine is crucial to healthcare delivery in the underdeveloped countries. It is frequently used as a primary treatment option or as a complementary therapy for malaria. Malaria is a deadly disease which...
Source: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine - September 16, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Ikponmwosa Owen Evbuomwan, Oluyomi Stephen  Adeyemi and Olarewaju Michael Oluba Tags: Research Source Type: research

What Are the Complications of Sickle Cell Trait?
Discussion Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited blood disorders where there are abnormal hemoglobin molecules and the red blood cells take on a characteristic sickled shape instead of a rounded shape. Sickled hemoglobin provides an evolutionary advantage of giving the individual increased protection against severe and cerebral malaria. The sickled shape doesn’t move through the vascular system as well and therefore is more likely to aggregate in small vessels causing an increased risk of vaso-occlusive disease, acute chest syndrome, splenic sequestration, and priapism. There is also an increased risk of ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - September 4, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Africa: Putting an End to a Preventable Scourge
[White House]Washington, DC -Yesterday, the White House launched the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) strategy for 2015-2020 with our special guest, Steph Curry, a malaria champion who also happens to be a basketball player for the Golden State Warriors. Steph inspires legions around the world with his basketball skills, including those of us sports fans here in the White House. We were thrilled to have him speak about his passionate efforts—including at and around his a
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 27, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news