| 单词 | river blindness |
| 例句 | But Jimmy and Roslaynn Carter were first exposed to river blindness growing up surrounded by the crushing poverty of the rural Deep South during the Great Depression. Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world 2023-09-30T04:00:00Z Several serious, neglected tropical diseases in humans are caused by roundworms, including river blindness, lymphatic elephantiasis and ascariasis. How Greyhound Racing Drove the Evolution of a Superparasite 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Two years ago, ivermectin was an obscure drug consigned only to those who had the rare displeasure of contracting parasites like scabies or river blindness. The conservative group using the courts to push ivermectin on COVID patients 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Ivermectin tablets are approved for use in humans by the FDA to treat some parasitic worms, including intestinal roundworms or those that cause river blindness. Q&A: What is ivermectin and where did people get the idea it can treat COVID? 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Another drug being assessed by the Principle trial is Ivermectin, which is commonly used to treat a wide range of parasitic diseases such river blindness. Coronavirus cure: What progress are we making on treatments? 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z The chimps were infected with hepatitis and river blindness, an eye sickness caused by a parasite, as researchers developed vaccines. U.S. lab chimps were dumped on Liberia’s Monkey Island and left to starve. He saved them. 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z The End Fund is working mightily to eradicate elephantiasis and other “neglected tropical diseases,” including river blindness and trachoma, both excruciatingly painful causes of blindness. Opinion | Forget the Scarf. These Gifts Change Lives. 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Black flies don’t transmit disease in North America, but in Africa and Latin America, they carry a parasite that causes river blindness. Meet the Bloodsuckers 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z It follows vaccine trials in Burkina Faso proving that Ivermectin, a conventional drug used for parasitic diseases including river blindness and elephantiasis, reduced transmission rates. US briefing: Hurricane death toll rises, Johnson cornered and Democrat debate 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Still, the US$3.6-billion peak falls short of the estimated $8 billion per year needed to break the backs of diseases such as sleeping sickness, river blindness and cholera. Daily briefing: Measles public-health emergency declared in US anti-vaccination hotspot 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The results point to potential de-worming treatments to help fight some of the most neglected tropical diseases - including river blindness, schistosomiasis and hookworm disease - which affect around a billion people worldwide. Gene study reveals secrets of parasitic worms, possible treatments 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Another disease that interested Dr. Meyers was onchocerciasis, or river blindness, which is caused by a filarial, or parasitic, worm. Wayne M. Meyers, researcher and doctor who treated leprosy patients in Africa, dies at 94 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z One of their books had a chapter on onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness. Can Economists and Humanists Ever Be Friends? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z It is no good just lecturing villagers about how river blindness is caused by the black fly when they think it is witchcraft, says Dr Hodges. How Sierra Leone is beating tropical diseases 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Yet another, known as river blindness, occurs when the larvae of parasitic worms, transmitted by the bite of blackflies, migrate into the eye and cause blindness. Guinea worm, river blindness and elephantiasis are among the world's neglected tropical diseases. A battle is on to wipe them out 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z At Merck, Dr. Vagelos led an effort by the company to provide for free a drug that combats the parasite that causes river blindness. With $250 Million Gift, Columbia Medical School Looks to End Student Debt 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z The US policy has also hampered scientists fighting river blindness. Trump immigration ban upends international work on disease 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Ivermectin is used routinely to treat filariasis, river blindness, scabies and several other diseases. The biter bit 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Last year’s prize in Medicine was awarded for discoveries concerning novel therapies against river blindness, lymphatic filariasis and malaria, diseases that affect hundreds of millions of people annually. Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z The Task Force focuses on preventing diseases limited to people in extreme poverty, including blinding trachoma and river blindness, in developing countries. Atlanta nonprofit focused on health gets $2 million award 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z Parasites have plagued human beings for thousands of years, going back to ancient Egypt and China, and they still cause such maladies as river blindness and elephantiasis. Yes, there’s really a National Parasite Collection, and it’s getting a new life at the Smithsonian 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Last November, a Sudanese and American team reported the elimination of river blindness in northern Sudan, the first time this had been done in Africa. Trump immigration ban upends international work on disease 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z It's another neglected tropical disease called river blindness, spread by the bites of infected flies that breed in rapidly flowing rivers and can cause people to lose their sight. President Carter vs Guinea Worm - BBC News 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Ivermectin is best known for killing roundworms, including the ones that cause river blindness and the leading cause of elephantiasis. Drug could kill mosquitoes when they feast on human blood 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Ivermectin, a workhorse antiparasitic drug, is currently used to treat lymphatic filariasis, which causes elephantiasis, and onchocerciasis, which causes river blindness. Nobel-Winning Drug May Help Fight Malaria 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Ivermectin is already used to kill parasitic worms, which affect a third of the world's population and cause illnesses including river blindness and lymphatic filariasis. Nobel-winning drug 'tackles malaria' - BBC News 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Each has helped reduce disability in people with physical impediments, like river blindness. In West Africa, a Mission to Save Minds 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The Irish-born scientist realized a parasitic worm in horses bore an amazing resemblance to the parasite that causes river blindness in humans. American among trio of Nobel winners for work on parasitic diseases 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Last year, it donated more than 300 million doses to treat river blindness and elephantiasis. Work that won Nobel Prize for medicine 2015 - BBC News 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Ivermectin kills the larvae of the worm that causes river blindness. Medicine Nobel Recognizes Fights Against Malaria and River Blindness 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The second leading cause of infectious blindness in the world is river blindness, or onchocerciasis, caused by a parasitic worm transmitted through bites from blackflies that live and breed near fast-flowing rivers. The Smartphone In Your Pocket Could Help Treat River Blindness For Millions 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z A single species called O. volvulus causes “river blindness,” the second-biggest cause of infectious blindness in the world, and another, W. bancroftiis, causes lymphatic filariasis, the second leading cause of disability in the world. How Your Smartphone Can Tell If You Have a Parasite 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z If taken annually, the drug relieves the agonizing itching that often accompanies river blindness and effectively halts the progression of the debilitating disease. American among trio of Nobel winners for work on parasitic diseases 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z But the other two illnesses, onchocerciasis or "river blindness" and lymphatic filariasis or "elephantiasis" - both caused by roundworm parasites - are lesser known. Work that won Nobel Prize for medicine 2015 - BBC News 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z Bill Gates predicts that the world will be able to eradicate awful disease like polio and river blindness by the year 2030. What to do, see, and read this weekend 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z The Loa loa worms only venture out from the lungs into the bloodstream a few hours a day and at different times than the river blindness worms, Fletcher said. The Smartphone In Your Pocket Could Help Treat River Blindness For Millions 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z The parasitic worms that cause river blindness give birth to 1,600 larvae each day. Bill Gates on The Verge: Can we eradicate some of the world's worst diseases by 2030? 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z He was also involved in a campaign to eliminate river blindness in West Africa. Diseases affecting the poorest can be eliminated, scientists say 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z They include sleeping sickness, yaws, dengue fever, river blindness, Chagas disease and intestinal worms. World must tackle neglected diseases to end hunger 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z The transmission of river blindness has been stopped in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala and Mexico - but the disease is still endemic in more than 30 countries in Africa and Latin America. Guinea worm 'will be eradicated soon' 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Greater access to and advances in medicine and farming will also eliminate diseases like polio, elephantiasis, river blindness, and blinding trachoma by 2030, the letter predicts. Futurology: Bill Gates Predicts a Prosperous Africa in 2030 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Parasitic diseases like river blindness can be devastating for the social and economic health of a community. Bill Gates on The Verge: Can we eradicate some of the world's worst diseases by 2030? 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Also included are smaller displays on polio, river blindness and other diseases that public health specialists hope to eliminate. At Museum, New Front in Guinea Worm Fight 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Fast-flowing rivers are the preferred habitat of black flies, the insect that transmits the river blindness parasite between humans. Tech's Next Challenge in Global Health: Tools, not Apps 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z Mr Carter's team is also tackling river blindness, another terrible parasitic disease which causes sight loss and skin problems. Guinea worm 'will be eradicated soon' 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Together those 17, which include tuberculosis, rabies, leprosy, river blindness, sleeping sickness and parasitic worm infections, affect more than 1.4 billion of the world's poorest people across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Ebola is in America – and, finally, within range of Big Pharma 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z No vaccines against river blindness exist, but Ugandans living in areas where transmission occurs receive two doses of a drug that treats the infections each year. Bill Gates on The Verge: Can we eradicate some of the world's worst diseases by 2030? 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z “It’s not snappy, like sleeping sickness or river blindness.” Clues in a Disease Spreader’s Reaction 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z Two health workers register community members for a river blindness field study. Tech's Next Challenge in Global Health: Tools, not Apps 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z The same sum spent on TB treatments, malaria, river blindness, many of the other myriad diseases that afflict the area, would have a much greater effect. The Free Market Won't Produce An Ebola Cure; So Should Government Instead? 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z So eliminating the parasites may require treating everybody in the village, an approach that is used for other parasitic diseases, like river blindness and filariasis. How to Beat Malaria, Once and for All 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z "They have a vector that breeds only in the small streams," Unnasch says of the blackflies that transmit river blindness. Bill Gates on The Verge: Can we eradicate some of the world's worst diseases by 2030? 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z Which parasite is still an unanswered question, but the most likely candidate is Onchocerca volvulus, which causes river blindness. Neglected diseases: Nodding acquaintance 2013-09-05T15:00:48Z For example, the Carter Centre has encouraged women suffering from the advanced blinding stages of trachoma to seek treatment and has integrated three community-directed treatments for lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, and river blindness. Eliminating neglected tropical diseases: how to reach the targets 2013-05-20T11:01:01Z But what we really want is to get rid of river blindness. African fly-catchers beating disease 2013-05-03T23:19:14Z Closer to home, the nematode diseases of hookworms, river blindness, and elephantiasis plague humans, while “worms” are major cat and dog parasites. Nematode Roundworms Own This Place 2013-02-09T19:15:03.810Z Millions of doses have been given to African children to kill the worms that cause river blindness. In Theory: Pill Could Join Arsenal Against Bedbugs 2012-12-31T21:22:02Z Stromectol is used to treat diseases caused by worm parasites such as river blindness, and elephantiasis, or lymphatic filariasis. Slowing of polio in Pakistan spurs hope for global eradication 2012-11-14T01:02:04Z When ivermectin was distributed for river blindness in Senegal, it reduced malaria transmission. Haiti takes on dreaded disease elephantiasis one mouth at a time 2012-09-30T22:03:00Z It is a meticulous, painstaking job, but the results are crucial to establish whether river blindness is being kept at bay. African fly-catchers beating disease 2013-05-03T23:19:14Z Researchers are focusing on the connection between nodding syndrome and the parasite that causes river blindness, Dowell said, though it is not yet clear there are any links. Mysterious nodding disease afflicts young Ugandans 2012-07-29T20:31:05Z Although a black-fly-borne parasite that causes river blindness has also been present in all of the areas where outbreaks have occurred, it is also unclear what causes it. Viral Videos and Infectious Disease-Healing in Northern Uganda 2012-03-23T17:15:10.163Z One is a possible link with the black-fly-borne parasite that causes river blindness, or onchocerciasis. Mysterious ?nodding syndrome? affects many Ugandan children; experts seek cause 2012-03-12T20:33:32Z With river blindness, black flies spread larvae that when grown destroy eye tissue; mosquitoes do the same for the worms that block the lymphatic system in elephantiasis; hookworm, roundworm and whipworm are soil-born. Neglected tropical diseases: Hot tropic 2012-02-02T16:03:12Z The diseases, from leprosy to river blindness, affect 1.4 billion people world-wide, often disfiguring or disabling them for life. Agencies, Drug Makers, Gates Target 10 Diseases 2012-01-31T00:29:58Z Onchocerciasis, or river blindness, has been around for a long time, but nodding syndrome is somewhat new, he said. Mysterious nodding disease afflicts young Ugandans 2012-07-29T20:31:05Z The 10 diseases to be eliminated or controlled as part of today’s plan include lymphatic filariasis, blinding trachoma, sleeping sickness and leprosy, helminthes, schistosomiasis, river blindness, Chagas disease and visceral leishmaniasis. Uniting against Neglected Tropical Diseases 2012-01-30T16:45:00.267Z He said officials are also interested in using the soft drink crates to deliver ivermectin, a pill given to many Africans once a year to prevent river blindness. New devices like motorcycle ambulances help poor 2011-09-12T11:01:05Z Scientists once postulated that onchocerca volvulus -- a parasite responsible for river blindness -- might be involved, noting that a number of Ugandan children with nodding syndrome also tested positive for that disease. Mystery bug reveals challenges for South Sudan 2011-07-15T00:20:00Z At present, millions of free doses are given out to fight onchocerciasis, or river blindness, which is caused by tiny worms migrating into the eye. Human Swallows Pill. Mosquito Bites Human. Mosquito Dies. 2011-07-11T19:58:19Z Merck, which produces ivermectin under the brand name Mectizan, provides it for free to treat river blindness and elephantiasis; the company has pledged to do so for as long as it's needed. Antiparasitic Drug Has Bonus Effect on Mosquitoes 2011-07-06T22:40:10Z The researchers went to several Senegalese villages and collected mosquitoes from houses before and after a mass dosing of ivermectin for river blindness. New hope for malaria as river blindness drug shown to kill mosquitoes too 2011-07-06T21:00:00Z Mamie's husband Jayah used to be a diamond digger but he got river blindness and has been unable to see for more than 20 years. Health benefits 2011-06-11T18:51:51Z The focus on combating the disease changed in the 1980s when Merck & Company in the United States began donating millions of doses of the drug ivermectin to Africans in river blindness regions. Ren? Le Berre, Entomologist, Dies at 78; Directed Fight Against River Blindness 2010-12-20T03:09:38Z Beginning in 1987, Merck began donating millions of doses to fight onchocerciasis, or river blindness, which is caused by microscopic worms that are spread by black fly bites and migrate into victims’ eyes. Global Update: Parasites: Learning a Worm-Killer?s Modus Operandi 2010-11-16T06:20:00Z A drug already widely used in massive campaigns to help control two parasitic diseases, river blindness and elephantiasis, could also drive down malaria, a new study has found. Antiparasitic Drug Has Bonus Effect on Mosquitoes 2011-07-06T22:40:10Z Two of the diseases, onchocerciasis, known as river blindness, and trachoma, a bacterial eye infection, cause blindness. WHO: 1 billion suffer from hidden tropical disease 2010-10-14T12:27:00Z The finding may be especially important because the parasite that causes river blindness, or onchocerciasis, is starting to develop resistance to Merck & Co's ivermectin, or Mectizan, the only drug widely available to treat it. 2010-02-09T00:12:00Z René Le Berre, a French entomologist who helped inspire an international campaign that saved millions of West Africans from the parasitic disease river blindness, died Dec. 6 in L’Aiguillon-sur-Mer on France’s western coast. Ren? Le Berre, Entomologist, Dies at 78; Directed Fight Against River Blindness 2010-12-20T03:09:38Z “It is not a war where you say you will win, it is a kind of guerrilla war,” he told The Associated Press in 1977, reflecting on the long road to controlling river blindness. Ren? Le Berre, Entomologist, Dies at 78; Directed Fight Against River Blindness 2010-12-20T03:09:38Z The path toward conquering river blindness in Africa began in 1972 at a small medical clinic in Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso. Ren? Le Berre, Entomologist, Dies at 78; Directed Fight Against River Blindness 2010-12-20T03:09:38Z |
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