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Bacterial infection spreading in Colombia
Cases of infection with the Colombian variant of a US bacterium, USA300, have increased by eight per cent in six years.
NEWS | 17 October 2009 | ES
Swine flu science update: 10 September 2009
A round-up of the latest articles about vaccination, new life for expiring Tamiflu stocks, turkeys in Chile catching swine flu, and more.
New study confirms growing antimalarial resistance
A study looking at malaria parasites' response to artemisinin-based antimalarial drugs confirms growing resistance in western Cambodia.
NEWS | 3 August 2009 | EN
Ray of hope for drug-resistant TB
A mixture of two drugs has wiped out extensively drug-resistant TB in the laboratory and clinical trials are planned.
WHO cracks down on new malaria resistance
The WHO has confirmed resistance to the malaria drug artemisinin at the Thai-Cambodia border, prompting urgent action.
Resistance to key malaria drug emerges
The first sign that the key malaria parasite has some resistance to the wonder drug artemisinin have emerged on the Thai-Cambodian border.
Researchers discover bacteria 'never seen in Andean countries'
Clones of extremely aggressive bacteria have been found in patients living in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.
NEWS | 3 December 2008 | ES
Malaria drug 'contributing to antibiotic resistance'
Overuse of a drug used in treating malaria may play a role in growing resistance to a related antibiotic, according to a new study in Guyana.
Powerful new tool to diagnose drug-resistant TB
Following successful clinical trials of a new tool to diagnose drug-resistant TB, the WHO has endorsed its use in all affected countries.
NEWS | 2 July 2008 | EN
One third of African antimalarials 'substandard'
A study has found that around one third of antimalarial drugs available in six African cities are below WHO standards.
TB antibiotic use has 'resistance side-effect'
An antibiotic used to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis may increase resistance to pneumoccocal disease, according to a study.
HIV drug resistance 'on the rise' in China
HIV drug resistance is becoming a major threat to China's fight against HIV/AIDS, according to researchers.
South African scientists crack drug-resistant TB code
The genome of a strain of extremely drug-resistant TB has been sequenced by South African scientists, and could aid future diagnosis.
South Africa study predicts major rise in XDR-TB
Rural South Africa will see a large increase in extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the next five years without intervention.
Anti-TB programme 'led to resistance' in South Africa
Researchers say the use of second-line TB drugs in South Africa without drug susceptibility testing led to increased drug resistance.
New drug combination 'speeds TB recovery'
Adding the antibiotic moxifloxacin to a TB drug combination could reduce treatment to just four months, say researchers.
Gene therapy and new drugs hold HIV promise
A human trial of HIV gene therapy and new drugs hold hope for treatment, say scientists at an international HIV conference.
Better screening takes the fight to drug-resistant HIV
Scientists have developed a faster, cheaper method to screen for drug-resistant HIV, an increasing problem in resource-poor countries.
Study signals need for new river blindness treatment
Scientists in Ghana have found that the parasite that causes river blindness is becoming resistant to the disease's only treatment.
NEWS | 18 June 2007 | EN
High incidence of drug-resistant TB found in India
Occurrence of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in India is twice that of the United States, according to new research.
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