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Key concepts to stop tropical parasitic diseases

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Blog

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  • Workshop on Chagas at the UV

    25 february 2016

  • 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?.

  • Transgenic mosquitoes against the Zika

    1 february 2016

    The new control method established in an area of ​​Latin America is fighting Zika focused on the elimination of the mosquito that transmits it through the release of transgenic mosquitoes.

  • Pilot Plan in Mozambique to eradicate Malaria

    29 january 2016

    If the plan is effective it will be launched in more places so as to eliminate a disease that affects much of the African continent. The plan consists of several parts , here we will explain.

  • The Zika virus lands in Spain

    26 january 2016

    The Zika reach Spain by two South American women who came to Catalonia after having been in their country. The Ministry of Health warns that the alert is "real" and emphasizes the epidemiological point of view of the disease.

  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warn travellers about the Zika virus

    19 january 2016

    On Friday 16 January The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel alert in which warned people on the risks of travelling to the American countries affected by the Zika virus, linked to a microcephaly epidemic in Brazil.

  • What is the Zika virus?

    18 december 2015

    The Zika virus, also called Zika fever, is a relatively new disease, a member of the Flaviviridae family. A virus for which there is no vaccine or specific treatment and threatens to spread , for now plaguing Latin America

  • Climate change and infectious diseases in the appearance of the WHO expert Mas-Coma before the Sri Lanka Press

    16 december 2015

    The director of the Master’s Degree in Tropical Parasitic Diseases of the Universitat de València, professor Mas-Coma, as current President-elect of the World Federation, expert of the World Health Organisation (WHO), and director of the Collaborating Centre of the WHO and Centre of Reference of FAO-United Nations in Valencia, was in charge on Sunday of giving a press conference to some means of communication of Sri Lanka, on the occasion of its opening conference of the opening session in the “International Conference in Tropical Medicine”, which these days takes place in the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka.

  • A parasite in Sri Lanka causes high mortality rates in elephants and experts help stop it

    9 december 2015

    Sri Lanka is an Asian country which still has wild elephants running free. These pachyderms have become one of the most important economic incomes of the country, due to the great tourism attracted by the possibility of observing these animals from several natural parks within the isle. 

 
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