Meet the SDG3 researchers: Alaa Abouelfetouh
Alaa Abouelfetouh is a pharmacist by training with a special interest in microbiology, and is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at… Read more »
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Can three years of intensive deworming eliminate soil-transmitted helminths?
The DeWorm3 transmission model seeks to answer the question. The trial is testing the hypothesis that frequent mass drug administration with high… Read more »
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Highlights of the BMC Series – April 2021
Responding to a pandemic - Research integrity, misconduct and consequences - Equity in clinical trial registration -… Read more »
Twenty years of soil-transmitted helminths and schistosome infection control in Ethiopia
Soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomiasis are the most prevalent neglected tropical diseases. In Ethiopia alone they infect… Read more »
New insight into the interaction between Leishmania and the sand fly midgut
Our research uncovers a new mode of binding that explains how Leishmania can exploit almost any sand fly in the world as a vector.… Read more »
Keeping a close eye on MERS-CoV during a global pandemic
SARS-CoV-2 is not the only coronavirus that needs attention now. The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)… Read more »
Meet the SDG3 researchers: Camila Picchio
Camila Picchio is a multidisciplinary public health researcher focusing on health systems responses to viral hepatitis,… Read more »
Trichuris trichiura infection alters the gut microbial composition of mothers and children from Pemba Island, Tanzania
Significant changes in gut microbial composition (gut dysbiosis) are induced by infection with the soil-transmitted helminth… Read more »
Meet the SDG3 researchers: Pablo Gaitán-Rossi
Pablo Gaitán-Rossi is a health researcher at EQUIDE, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City. His research focuses on health… Read more »
Meet the SDG3 researchers: Pablo Gaitán-Rossi
Pablo Gaitán-Rossi is a health researcher at EQUIDE, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City. His research focuses on health… Read more »