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COVID-19 Threatens To Undo Progress Against Neglected Tropical Diseases

Monique Wasunna 23/09/2021

Kala-azar control progress is threatened by an acute shortage...

RNA interference, Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, electron microscopy, melanisation, EOF1, mosquito eggs, eggshell organising factor, Zika, malaria, dengue, kala azar, chikungunya, yellow fever, insecticides, bees, nicotinoids, molecular inhibitor,

Scientists Identify Protein That Mosquitoes Need to Lay Viable Eggs

Sukanya Charuchandra 15/01/2019

It's the first step to devising insecticides that specifically...

‘People in the village laughed at my sadness’. Credit: Puja Awasthi/ People's Archive of Rural India

In Bihar, Stigma Is Hindering Access to Kala-Azar Treatment

Puja Awasthi/ PARI 10/01/2019

Kala-azar, caused by the bite of a sandfly, is...

Leishmania donovani. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Three-Nation Effort, Including India, to Beat Kala Azar Faced With New Challenge

T.V. Padma 19/05/2017

In 2005, India, Nepal and Bangladesh launched a joint...