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Special sugar, nanoparticles combine to detect cholera toxin
A complex sugar may someday become one of the most effective weapons to stop the spread of cholera, a disease that has claimed thousands of lives in Haiti since the devastating earthquake last year.
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Cholera bacteria show adaptability to changing environments
(PhysOrg.com) -- The deadly bacterium behind cholera epidemics spends only a fraction of its life infecting humans. Most of the time, Vibrio cholerae lurks in estuaries and other semisalty aquatic habitats.
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Scientists track source of Haitian cholera outbreak
Employing technology that reads the entire DNA code, researchers led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have pinpointed the source of a cholera outbreak in ...
Aug 23, 2011 |
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Current projections greatly underestimate impact of Haitian cholera epidemic: study
Current projections regarding the eventual size and extent of the cholera epidemic in Haiti may greatly underestimate the potential number of cases, according to a report that will appear in The Lancet and has been releas ...
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Mar 15, 2011 |
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Study suggests UN force brought cholera to Haiti
(AP) -- Evidence "strongly suggests" that a United Nations peacekeeping mission brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people, a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians says.
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Jun 30, 2011 |
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Cholera vaccination beneficial, post-outbreak
Researchers newly report evidence that vaccination against cholera can be beneficial even after an outbreak has begun.
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Jan 25, 2011 |
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Strategy may help stem tide of cholera in Haiti: study
A new study by a U of T professor and colleagues outlines the path of the cholera outbreak in Haiti and identifies immediate strategies for controlling the epidemic.
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Mar 08, 2011 |
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Cholera outbreak creeps closer to Haiti's capital
(AP) -- A spreading cholera outbreak in rural Haiti threatened to outpace aid groups as they stepped up efforts Saturday hoping to keep the disease from reaching the squalid camps of earthquake survivors ...
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Oct 24, 2010 |
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Cholera epidemic in quake-hit Haiti, 135 dead
A cholera epidemic in northern Haiti has claimed 135 lives and infected 1,500 people over the last few days, Claude Surena, president of the Haitian Medical Association, said Thursday.
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Oct 21, 2010 |
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UN: Cholera eases in Haiti but rural deaths high
(AP) -- Haiti's cholera outbreak appears to be diminishing nationwide but the death rate in rural areas remains alarmingly high, the United Nations said Friday.
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Feb 18, 2011 |
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Haiti official: Cholera outbreak is easing
(AP) -- A cholera outbreak showed signs of easing Monday after killing more than 250 people in a sweep through rural Haiti, but experts warned that the earthquake-devastated country's first bout with the ...
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Oct 25, 2010 |
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First Dominican cholera death suspected as cases soar
As cholera infections soar in the Dominican Republic, health authorities probed Sunday a possible first fatality from an outbreak that has killed thousands in Haiti.
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Dec 26, 2010 |
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Researchers work towards pharmacological targets for cholera
Just over a year after the earthquake in Haiti killed 222,000 people there's a new problem that is killing Haitians. A cholera outbreak has doctors in the area scrambling and the water-borne illness has already claimed 3600 ...
Jan 20, 2011 |
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UN probes base as source of Haiti cholera outbreak
(AP) -- U.N. investigators took samples of foul-smelling waste trickling behind a Nepalese peacekeeping base toward an infected river system on Wednesday, following persistent accusations that excrement from ...
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Oct 28, 2010 |
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Cholera outbreak in Cameroon 'worst in 20 years'
(AP) -- UNICEF says more than 300 people have died in the West African nation of Cameroon from the country's worst cholera outbreak in 20 years.
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Sep 06, 2010 |
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