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Tag Archives: tropical disease
Cattle which resist a devastating disease
People in tropical countries fear diseases called sleeping sickness, and other names, caused by tiny parasites called trypanosomes (Trypanosoma spp.) also known as tryps. Now there’s new science suggesting a way to reduce Animal African Trypanosomiasis in cattle (Bos primigenius) … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, arthropod, Asia, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, breeding, cattle, development, dipteran, disease, disease resistance, farmer, insect, invertebrate, livestock, livestock breed, local breed, mammal, meat, parasite, pastoral, protozoan, research, ruminant, selective breeding, sleeping sickness, tropical disease, trypanosome, tsetse, vector, vertebrate
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World Mosquito Day – a Wellcome Perspective
argylesock says… I’m a day late with this reblog. How many more people have died of malaria in that day?
Posted in human health
Tagged apicomplexan, arthropod, dipteran, disease, history, human, insect, insecticide, insecticide resistance, malaria, mosquito, parasite, pest, pesticide, pesticide resistance, research, tropical disease, vector
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Mapping Malaria
Posted in human health
Tagged apicomplexan, arthropod, child, data, dipteran, disease, human, insect, insecticide, malaria, mosquito, parasite, pest, pesticide, technology, tropical disease, vector
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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
Posted in human health
Tagged art, disease, disease resistance, genetic disease, human, malaria, neglected disease, research, tropical disease
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As livestock farming intensifies in poor countries, so can livestock–and livestock-to-human–diseases
Originally posted on ILRI Clippings:
The health of people and their farm animals in Kenya and other developing countries are closely linked (photo credit: ILRI/Charlie Pye-Smith). ‘While livestock contribute about 40 per cent of the value of agriculture and forms…
Posted in agriculture, human health
Tagged city, development, disease, emerging disease, farmer, human, intensive, livestock, pollution, poverty, research, tropical disease, veterinary, zoonosis
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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
Posted in human health
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
Posted in human health
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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Where to spend for malaria? Global Health Trials look for the answers
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Tagged apicomplexan, disease, finance, malaria, parasite, research, tropical disease, vaccine
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Wellcome Image of the Month: Malaria
argylesock says… Malaria continues to be one of the world’s great killers.
Posted in human health
Tagged apicomplexan, art, arthropod, dipteran, disease, human, insect, malaria, mosquito, parasite, tropical disease, vector
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