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Scarbies: Diagnosis and Treatment

American Academy of Dermatology Association (2022) CC

A dermatologist can often diagnose scabies by visually examining a patient’s skin from head to toe. To make sure that a patient has scabies, a dermatologist may remove some skin. This is painless. Your dermatologist will put the skin on a glass slide and look at the slide under a microscope. If y... more

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Scabies (sexually transmitted infection)

Goverment of Western Australia Department of Health (2023) CC

Scabies is caused by Sarcoptes scabiei, a mite which lays its eggs under the surface of your skin and reproduces. When the eggs hatch, mites crawl out onto your skin and make new burrows. The mites can be difficult to identify and may be confused with pubic lice as both conditions cause itching in ... more

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What is scabies?

Goverment of Western Australia Department of Health (2023) CC

Human scabies is caused by an infestation of the skin by the human itch mite (Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis). The microscopic scabies mite burrows into the upper layer of the skin where it lives and lays its eggs. Scabies is found worldwide and affects people of all races and social classes. Scabi... more

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Diagnostic Gaps and Recommendations for Human African Trypanosomiasis: Assessment of User Needs, Use Cases, and the Diagnostic Landscape

Program for Appropriate Technology in Health PATH (2016) C2

This analysis focused on the chronic form of HAT caused by T. b. gambiense, as it contributes to the majority of disease burden. Information from the literature review, product development landscape, and stakeholder interviews was compiled to: - Identify use cases and understand current diagnosti... more

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Leishmaniasis Key Facts

Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) World Health Organization (WHO) (2022) C_WHO

Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease with a wide variety of parasite species, reservoirs, and vectors involved in transmission. It is caused by different species of the protozoa Leishmania and is transmitted to animals and humans through a bite of insects in the Psychodidae family. Its presence i... more

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The Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Its Implications for the Global Food Supply Chains

Jagtap, S.; Trollman, H.; Trollman, F.; Garcia-Garcia, G. et al. (2022) CC

Food is one of the most traded goods, and the conflict in Ukraine, one of the European breadbaskets, has triggered a significant additional disruption in the global food supply chains after the COVID-19 impact. The disruption to food output, supply chains, availability, and affordability could have ... more

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Surveillance data for human leishmaniasis indicate the need for a sustainable action plan for its management and control, Greece, 2004 to 2018

Tzani M., Barrasa, A., Vakali, A. et al. Euro Surveillance (2020) CC

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease caused by intracellular protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania (Trypanosomatidae family); it is endemic in more than 98 countries worldwide [1]. Visceral (VL) and cutaneous (CL) leishmaniasis are the most common forms of the disease. VL causes a systemic dis... more

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Leishmaniasis: Leishmaniasis is an infection transmitted by the bite of infected phlebotomine sandfly

Travel Health Pro (2022) CC

Leishmaniasis is an infection caused by the Leishmania parasites. The infection is transmitted by the bite of infected phlebotomine sandfly. There are over 20 types of Leishmania parasites which cause infection in people and 30 different types of sand flies to spread infection. Leishmaniasis is wide... more

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Health professionals’ knowledge about prevention and control of leishmaniosis

Alves, G., de Oliveira T., Nodari N. et al. Journal of Community Medicine (2019) CC

Leishmaniasis is an important worldwide disease with a zoonotic potential that presenting visceral and cutaneous clinical forms. The domestic dog is seen as the main reservoir of Leishmania spp. and for this reason, it is the target of the control program in some countries. The health professiona... more

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Gender equality and women’s empowerment in the world of work in fragile, conflict and disaster settings

International Labour Organization (2022) CC

Conflicts and disasters, including pandemics, affect women and men in all their diversity differently, and women and girls often suffer the most. Crisis-related hardships combine and compound pre-existing disadvantages, for example, they often cause women’s working conditions to worsen while incre... more

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WHO guideline on control and elimination of human schistosomiasis

World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC

Goal and objectives of the guideline The goal of this guideline is to provide evidence-based recommendations to countries in their efforts to accomplish schistosomiasis morbidity control and elimination as a public health problem, and to move towards interruption of transmission. The recommendatio... more

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Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Chagas Disease: An Increasing Challenge in Non-Endemic Areas

Suárez, C., Nolder, D., García-Mingo, A. et al. Research and reports in tropical medicine (2022) CC

Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, and it is endemic in Central, South America, Mexico and the South of the United States. It is an important cause of early mortality and morbidity, and it is associated with poverty and stigma. A third of the cases evolve into chronic... more

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The Ukraine War is Deepening Global Food Insecurity — What Can Be Done?

Usain, A. (2023) C2

Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, the global economy was suffering from the repercussions of several man-made conflicts, climate shocks, COVID-19 and rising costs — with devastating consequences for poor people in low-income and developing countries. The war in Ukraine — a major “breadbasket... more

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Global, Regional, and National Trends of Chagas Disease from 1990 to 2019: Comprehensive Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study

Gómez-Ochoa, S., Rojas, L., Echeverría, L., Global Heart Journal (2022) CC

Chagas disease (CD) is a neglected tropical disease, endemic in Latin America, but due to migration and environmental changes it has become a global public health issue.

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New Therapeutics for Chagas Disease: Charting a Course to Drug Approval

Man, A. & Segal, F. IntechOpen (2022) CC

Little progress has been made since the 1960s and 1970s to widen the therapeutic arsenal against Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative pathogen of Chagas disease, which remains a frustrating and perplexing infectious disease. This chapter focuses on the strategic and operational challenges in the clinica... more

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A systematic review of historical and current trends in Chagas disease

Álvarez-Hernández D., García-Rodríguez-Arana R., Ortiz-Hernández A. et al. Therapeutic advances in infectious disease (2021) CC

Chagas disease (CD) is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. When acquired, the disease develops in stages. For diagnosis, laboratory confirmation is required, and an extensive assessment of the patient’s health should be performed. Treatment consists of the administration of trypanocidal drugs, which may... more

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An Update on the Knowledge of Parasite–Vector Interactions of Chagas Disease

Schaub, G. Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine (2022) CC

This review focusses on the interactions between the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, and its triatomine vector. The flagellate mainly colonizes the intestinal tract of the insect. The effect of triatomines on trypanosomes is indicated by susceptibility and refractoriness phenom... more

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Commentary: Chagas Disease — An Underestimated Global Public Health Challenge

Liu, Q., Chen, M., Zhou, X. China CDC Weekly (2020) C_CDC

American trypanosomiasis, commonly called Chagas disease (CD), was prevalent once in rural areas of Latin America where poverty is widespread and was considered a silent and poorly visible disease. It has become a global neglected tropical disease and a significant public health th... more

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Chagas Disease Treatment Market Huge Growth in Future Scope 2023-2030

Coherent Market Insights Digital Journal (2023) C1

Coherent Market Insights has announced the addition of Chagas Disease Treatment Market 2023 Forecast Analysis by Types, Applications, Size, Share, Key Players, and Regions. a new research report to its market research archive. The Chagas Disease Treatment Market has been thoroughly researched and an... more