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What are soil-transmitted helminthiasis?
26 february 2016

The soil-transmitted helminthiasis are one of the most common parasitism in the world affecting the poorest and most disadvantaged communities.
Workshop on Chagas at the UV
25 february 2016
Conference on the Zika virus: an international emergency
18 february 2016
Zika and abortion, debate in Brazil
16 february 2016

More children are born with microcephaly in Brazil supposedly because of Zika virus. This is generating a debate on abortion laws of the country, which provide that it is illegal in the majority of the circumstances.
Diagnosis of Neglected Diseases: molecules and tropics
15 february 2016

Molecular diagnosis brings new possibilities to the treatment and attention of neglected diseases.
The WHO expert, the professor Mas-Coma, answers about the current epidemic of the Zika virus
12 february 2016

We interview the President-elect of the International Federation of Tropical Medicine on the relationships between the Zika virus epidemic, the neglected or forgotten diseases, the climate change and the global change.
Valencia’s Hospital General meets up to inform about the Zika
11 february 2016

The Hospital General Universitario de Valencia celebrated Wednesday 10 February a briefing addressed to all professionals in the department and to all those interested in knowing the situation and characteristics of the Zika virus.
Un Nobel de Medicina para terapias contra la malaria y otros parásitos
10 february 2016

Las enfermedades causadas por parásitos han sido una plaga para los humanos durante milenios y constituyen un gran problema para la salud global. Los premiados de este año han desarrollado tratamientos que han revolucionado el tratamiento de algunas de estas enfermedades parasitarias.
El cambio climático y la proliferación de la garrapata
8 february 2016

El cambio climático está favoreciendo a la aparición de plagas de garrapatas. Estas son el principal vector de transmisión de agentes patógenos y esto ha hecho que solo en Europa aumenten notablemente las enfermedades que transmiten las garrapatas al hombre.
El Niño and the Zika virus
4 february 2016

El Niño is an environmental phenomenon that occurs cyclically and will soon begin. Its effects, such as flooding, can be devastating global. Can El Niño have some effect on the Zika?.