News articles tagged with 'transmission'
IPTc found to reduce prevalence of malaria infection in children by up to 85 percent
— 2 Feb 2011 17:22 | HealthTwo separate studies - carried out in Burkina Faso and Mali - have found that combining intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in children (IPTc) with insecticide-treated bednets…
Boys will infect boys, swine flu study shows
— 1 Feb 2011 21:36 | HealthBoys predominantly pass on flu to other boys and girls to girls, according to a new study of how swine flu spread in a primary school during the 2009 pandemic, published today in the…
Researchers use math, maps to plot malaria elimination plan
— 30 Oct 2010 17:17 | HealthTwo University of Florida researchers and their international colleagues have used mathematical models and maps to estimate the feasibility of eliminating malaria from countries that…
Scientists examine energy trends of communications equipment
— 23 Oct 2010 16:33 | TechnologyA team of scientists at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs have examined the energy consumption trends of communications equipment in use today and determined that gains in energy efficiency…
Scientists develop device to enable improved global data transmission
— 8 Sep 2010 11:51 | TechnologyResearchers have developed a new data transmission system that could substantially improve the transmission capacity and energy efficiency of the world's optical communication networks…
Half of HIV-exposed babies in parts of Africa not receiving available HIV prevention drug
— 19 Jul 2010 14:34 | HealthIn the ongoing battle to prevent mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), not all weapons are being used: Only about half of HIV-exposed infants in some African…
Cellular and molecular events that restrict HIV transmission identified
— 2 Jul 2010 10:53 | HealthResearchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified two molecules that when activated by drugs, can inhibit a number of specific aspects of HIV transmission.…
Tracking MRSA evolution and transmission
— 22 Jan 2010 16:14 | HealthFor the first time, researchers have shown how transmission of MRSA from one person to another can be precisely tracked in a hospital setting. The team have developed a remarkable new…
PrEP treatment prevented HIV transmission in humanised mice
— 21 Jan 2010 14:29 | HealthSystemic pre-exposure administration of antiretroviral drugs provides protection against intravenous and rectal transmission of HIV in mice with human immune systems, according to a…
56 percent of young adults in a new sexual relationship infected with HPV
— 20 Jan 2010 16:09 | HealthA groundbreaking study of couples led by Professor Eduardo Franco, Director of McGill University's Cancer Epidemiology Unit, in collaboration with a team of colleagues from McGill and…