The anti-infective drugs market will jump to $66 billion by 2013, according to a recently published report. Anti-infective drugs include: anti-viral therapeutics, antibiotics, anti-fungal agents and prophylactic treatments such as vaccines. Six infectious diseases -- pneumonia, tuberculosis, diarrheal diseases, malaria, measles and HIV/AIDS -- account for half of all premature deaths worldwide. … [Read more...]
Research Leads to Promising Malaria Drug Candidate
A chemical that rid mice of malaria-causing parasites after a single oral dose may eventually become a new malaria drug if further tests in animals and people uphold the promise of early findings. The compound, NITD609, was developed by an international team of researchers including Elizabeth A. Winzeler, Ph.D., a grantee of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part … [Read more...]
Anopheles Mosquitoes
Anopheles Mosquitoes Diagram of Adult Female Mosquito Malaria is transmitted among humans by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. Female mosquitoes take blood meals to carry out egg production, and such blood meals are the link between the human and the mosquito hosts in the parasite life cycle. The successful development of the malaria parasite in the mosquito … [Read more...]
NITD609 Compound May Be Promising Malaria Drug Candidate, Say Researchers
A chemical that rid mice of malaria-causing parasites after a single oral dose may eventually become a new malaria drug if further tests in animals and people uphold the promise of early findings. The compound, NITD609, was developed by an international team of researchers. “Although significant progress has been made in controlling malaria, the disease still kills nearly 1 million people every … [Read more...]
Screening Mosquito House Entry Points as a Potential Method for Integrated Control of Malaria
Partial mosquito-proofing of houses with screens and ceilings has the potential to reduce indoor densities of malaria mosquitoes. We wish to measure whether it will also reduce indoor densities of vectors of neglected tropical diseases. Methodology: The main house entry points preferred by anopheline and culicine vectors were determined through controlled experiments using specially … [Read more...]
The Effects of Maternal Helminth and Malaria Infections on Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
Objective: To investigate the effect of helminth and/or malaria infection on the risk of HIV infection in pregnant women and its transmission to their offspring. Design: A retrospective cohort study of pregnant Kenyan women and their offspring from term, uncomplicated vaginal deliveries (n = 936) with a nested case-control study. Methods: We determined the presence of HIV, malaria, … [Read more...]