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How malaria parasite test is done

Drain, dry and examine. Footnotes The authors declare no conflict of interest. This may be explained by partial antimalarial treatment or by sequestration of parasitised cells in deep vascular beds. However, P. The ability to detect the majority of the non- falciparum malaria cases also makes these tests ideally suited as major backup procedures for… Read More »

‘We must decide what needs to be done’: World Health Organization plans Thursday decision on coronavirus emergency declaration

Global health officials will decide Thursday whether to declare a public health emergency over the coronavirus as cases multiply in Wuhan, China. “The continued increase in cases and the evidence of human-to-human transmission outside China are of course both deeply concerning,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization director-general, said Wednesday of his decision to hold… Read More »

Perspectives: New TB Treatment Creates Hope For Millions Living In Poorer Countries, But More Work Needs To Be Done On Novel Antibiotics

Editorial pages express views about the breakthrough in treatment for hard-to-cure Tuberculosis cases. The Wall Street Journal: A New Dose Of Hope In The Battle With Tuberculosis Tuberculosis is the world’s deadliest infectious disease: Between 2007 and 2017, an estimated 94.5 million people caught tuberculosis, and more than 14 million died from it. Rising numbers… Read More »