Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention assessed the use of nifurtimox for the treatment of patients with American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease).
Researchers conducted a meta-analysis to determine whether antibiotic prophylaxis is effective in the prevention of Lyme disease.
Investigators conducted sought to determine the efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine against Plasmodium falciparum and if treatment outcomes are linked to genetic traits in the Pfkelch13 alleles.
Study authors searched medical databases to identify factors that could be detected in the febrile phase associated with progression to severe dengue disease.
Study authors assessed location of WNV outbreaks and associated neuroinvasive presentations for patterns.
TicoVac is an inactivated whole virus vaccine developed using a master ‘seed’ virus that is similar to the tick-borne encephalitis virus found in nature.
Children hospitalized with severe anemia where malaria is endemic have a high risk of readmission and death within 6 months after discharge.
Some Michigan residents are being told to stay indoors after dark and protect themselves from mosquito bites.
Experts examine the reasoning behind a steep rise in tick-borne illnesses, such as Lyme disease, in the United States and discuss the best ways to thwart this serious public health threat.
In an investigation of Lyme disease risk in the urban setting of New York City, forest parks with vegetated buffers and increased connectivity had higher Ixodes scapularis nymph densities, and the degree of connectivity strongly determined Borrelia burgdorferi nymphal infection prevalence, according to data published in Emerging Infectious Diseases. Because most tickborne disease studies in…
