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Tag Archives: neglected disease
Wellcome Image of the Month: Sickle Cell Disease
argylesock says… Here’s a graphic image of what goes wrong when a person has sickle cell anaemia. It’s caused by a recessive allele, meaning that if you’re heterozygous you’re a carrier. You don’t get the disease but if you have … Continue reading
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Tagged art, disease, disease resistance, genetic disease, human, malaria, neglected disease, research, tropical disease
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Neglected tropical diseases
Earlier today, I reblogged a post from the Wellcome Trust about African sleeping sickness, also known as Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT). That blog post mentioned this disease having been nearly eradicated, but now being rife again. What happened? Here’s an … Continue reading
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Tagged disease, history, human, neglected disease, research, sleeping sickness, tropical disease, trypanosome, zoonosis
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HAT tip: researchers map African sleeping sickness
argylesock says… Sleeping sickness is one of the diseases caused by trypanosomes, tiny parasites carried by tsetse flies A few minutes ago I remarked on how zebras’ stripes might be involved in defending these animals against tsetse flies. In that … Continue reading
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Tagged arthropod, data, dipteran, disease, fly, insect, neglected disease, parasite, sleeping sickness, technology, tropical disease, trypanosome, tsetse, vector
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Why do zebras have stripes?
Originally posted on Anomie:
Answer by Rory Young: There are two reasons for Zebras to have evolved stripes. The first is concealment from and avoidance of predators. Zebras stripes do this in two ways. Disruptment Camouflage. Normal camouflage works by blending…
Posted in ecology, human health
Tagged arthropod, camouflage, dipteran, disease, fly, human, insect, mammal, neglected disease, parasite, tropical disease, trypanosome, tsetse, vector, vertebrate, zebra
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Living With Insect Spray
Originally posted on Living With Insects Blog:
Large numbers of American military personnel were deployed in the tropics of the Pacific during World War II. Tropical mosquito borne diseases such as Malaria and Dengue are prevalent in these areas. During…
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Tagged Aedes aegypti, Anopheles, apicomplexan, arthropod, dengue, dipteran, disease, history, human, insect, insecticide, malaria, mosquito, neglected disease, parasite, pesticide, technology, tropical disease, vector, virus
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Living on the edge with Wolbachia
Originally posted on A bugly life:
The welfare of our planet and of the human species has become a major focus of many nations. One of the greatest challenges we face is food security. We are running out of space…
Posted in food, human health, miniculture
Tagged arthropod, bacterium, biological control, climate, disease, filariasis, food, insect, neglected disease, nematode, parasite, pest, pesticide, research, symbiosis, tropical disease, water, Wolbachia, worm
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Neglected tropical diseases: The London Declaration one year on
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Tagged disease, history, human, livestock, neglected disease, politics, research, tropical disease
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Neglected tropical diseases: The London declaration
argylesock says… This happened a year ago. Why wasn’t it all over the mainstream news, here in Britain and around the world?
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Tagged development, disease, history, human, livestock, neglected disease, politics, research, tropical disease
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