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| Co-Infections Raise Death Risk Malaria, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, and various types of roundworms are all indigenous to Central and Western Africa, the regions with the highest Ebola infection rates. Recent studies have shown that these infections inhibit targeted cellular immunity, the type most effective against viruses.
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| Nigeria remains on high alert for Lassa fever The disease does not spread as rapidly as its close cousin, Ebola, but is hard to contain because it is mainly spread by rats, rather than humans. Health care workers and close family members are most likely to pick up the disease. For the first time during an outbreak doctors in Nigeria, in collaboration ...
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| EDITORIAL: Killing drug dealers is not the answer Dr. Guohua Li, a professor of epidemiology and anesthesiology at Columbia University, told CNN, "Like the epidemics of Ebola and Zika, the opioid crisis will ultimately be resolved through a public health approach by public health professionals working in the CDC, state and county health departments ...
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| Scientists develop sugar-coated nanosheets to selectively target pathogens The nanosheets could also potentially be used in environmental cleanups to neutralize specific toxins and pathogens, and the sheets could potentially be scaled to target viruses like Ebola and bacteria like E. coli, and other pathogens. In the latest study, the researchers confirmed that the bindings with ...
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| Nairobi at risk from another cholera outbreak. Why this isn't necessary The Ebola emergency in West Africa is a case in point. Continued outbreaks of cholera in this day and age are an indictment on Kenya's lack of commitment to contain diseases that can be prevented. The health challenges that Nairobi can expect in the wake of heavy rains are largely preventable.
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| Scientists identify early markers of infection in nonhuman primates exposed to Ebola virus Scientists have identified potential biomarkers in nonhuman primates exposed to Ebola virus (EBOV) that appeared up to four days before the onset of fever, according to research published today in the journal Science Translational Medicine.
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| BU study: Diagnosing Ebola before symptoms arrive Boston University researchers studied data from 12 monkeys exposed to Ebola virus, and discovered a common pattern of immune response among the ones that got sick. This response occurred four days before the onset of fever -- the first observable symptom.
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