Epidemiology

Ebola

Agency to Combat Ebola

The African Union will act no later than July 2015 to combat the virus

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Partnership

Complementary Expertise

Specialists in mosquito olfaction and immunity launch a cooperative network

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OBITUARY

The tropical disease scientist

Hildebrando was one of the most respected parasitology experts in the world

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World Cup

The World Cup and dengue

Risk of contracting dengue during winter will vary between cities

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Cesar Victora

Cesar Victora: Health behind the statistics

Epidemiologist accompanies children from birth 30 years ago

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HUMAN EVOLUTION

Traces of miscegenation

Human virus reflects migrations between ethnic groups in the state of Pará

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Globalization

High level partnerships

Program draws scientists from abroad to form new research groups in SP

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tropical disease

Parasite poised for the attack

Vesicles with proteins help Trypanosoma cruzi invade host cells

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PUBLIC HEALTH

AIDS still far from under control

High infection rates reveals weak spots in prevention strategies

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disease control

The transformation of insects

A transgenic and an irradiated mosquitos are the new anti-dengue fever weapons

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New materials

The value of impurities

A new family of materials that conduct electricity

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Photolab

Dangerous jewelry

Dangerous jewelry

Chagas disease

Fewer deaths from Chagas disease

Proportion of deaths is decreasing

Molecular Biology

A promising forecast

An effective Brazilian drug to combat Chagas disease

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Dengue fever

Mosquito released

Released Aedes aegypti account for 80% fewer mosquitoes

Disease

The avian coccidiosis agent’s genes

Genes of protozoans behind avian coccidiosis are catalogued

Aids

More virulent HIV strains

More aggressive HIV variants become more frequent

Dengue fever

Type 4 dengue fever virus in SP

Type 4 virus identified in São Paulo for the first time

in last decade

The advance of asthma in children and adolescents

Prevalence of asthma in Brazil grows among children and adolescents

Memory

At the infection front

Rocha Lima discovered the origin of exanthematic typhus, 95 years ago

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Cover

A map of types of hepatitis

How many and where are those who suffer from hepatites in Brazil

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Public health

Before waging war on mosquitoes

Context of trip determines whether it is necessary to take malaria medication

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Biotechnology

Genetic solutions

Transgenic mosquitoes are set free in Bahia to fight dengue fever

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Parasitology

Hidden aggressiveness

Team from Unicamp overturns the idea that there is a mild form of malaria

Health

The third wave

Groups start a new phase in the pursuit of an anti-HIV vaccine

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Epidemiology

Halting steps

New studies show how to detect and reduce the risk of falls among the aged

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Memory

The plagues

Microbiology Museum opens Great epidemics, a traveling exhibition

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Public Health

Difficult progress

Poverty expands uncertainties around research into TB treatments

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Medicine

Exaggerated reaction

The cause of swine flu induces inflammation that destroys lung cells

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Cover

Variations on a suffocating theme

Asthma may be a group of illnesses instead of just one

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