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3% of Ukrainians infected with hepatitis C virus

3% of Ukraine’s population is infected with hepatitis C virus, chief infectious diseases specialist of the Healthcare Ministry of Ukraine, head of the Bohomolets National Medical University Infectious Diseases...

29 October, 2012

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Infectious diseases account for 63 percent of deaths in Africa – WHO official

Communicable diseases account for 63 percent of deaths in the African region, with emphasis on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, according to the regional director of the World Health Organization for Africa, Luis Gomes Sambo...

23 October, 2012

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Viruses act like self-packing suitcases

Researchers at the University of Leeds have identified a crucial stage in the lifecycle of simple viruses like polio and the common cold that could open a new front in the war on viral disease. The team are the first to...

19 October, 2012

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Korean Peninsula: Reunification could result in rise in infectious diseases

On a reunified Korean Peninsula, a resident of a rural area in North Hamkyong Province relocates to a large city in South Korea to get a job. In North Korea, train stations and bus terminals are crowded with people...

17 October, 2012

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Discovery opens way for designing TB shots

Specialised immune cells, discovered by Australian researchers, could become instrumental in designing an anti-tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, says a study. The joint study by the Australian universities of Melbourne and...

15 October, 2012

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HIV vaccines to be tested at the disease’s epicenter

An international research consortium plans to begin testing four new HIV vaccines in 2014 in a province of South Africa where the infection rate is among the highest in the world. The unusual effort to test several...

12 October, 2012

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GAVI partners help protect 50 million young people from seasonal meningitis in Africa

Efforts to eliminate meningitis in 26 at-risk countries will take a major step forward over the next three months as 50 million people receive crucial vaccinations in seven African countries. Thanks to concerted efforts...

9 October, 2012

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Infectious disease risk low priority for Australian travellers

New research led by the University of Sydney’s Family Medicine Research Centre reveals many Australians are inadequately protecting against potentially serious infectious diseases before travelling abroad...

8 October, 2012

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Kiwi researchers close to TB breakthrough

New Zealand researchers are inching closer to creating a world-first oral tuberculosis vaccine. TB kills more people worldwide than any other bacterial disease – latest estimates show about 1.4 million people died...

27 September, 2012

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Disease outbreak in Saudi Arabia linked to SARS family

The World Health Organization is keeping a close eye on a disease outbreak in Saudi Arabia caused by a virus in the same family as the one that caused SARS. There have been two confirmed infections with the new...

25 September, 2012

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