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Guinea Pig in the Time of Chagas

June 28, 2015March 23, 2022 Colleen Nguyen

Although endemic in parts of Latin America, studies show that it is hard to transmit Chagas disease. Research studies have estimated that for one infected

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New Study Finds Rabies May Not Always Be Fatal

August 6, 2012March 23, 2022 Lauren Edmundson

A study published on August 1 in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene reported that rabies may not be fatal in all patients

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Paralyzing Virus Returns to China

August 31, 2011March 23, 2022 Anna Tomasulo

On Friday night, four children in China’s Xinjiang province were diagnosed with polio, a virus absent from China for over a decade.  The poliovirus can

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Hantavirus Blamed for Death in Peru

July 22, 2011March 23, 2022 Lakshmi Yajurvedi

A 29-year-old woman is Peru’s first ever Hantavirus death.  The woman worked as a tour guide Iquitos, the largest city in the Peruvian rainforest.  Health

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