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    [an error occurred while processing this directive] UN: Domestic Violence Is Major Health Problem For Women Globally 24 Nov 2005
    The study _ conducted by the World Health Organization in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and PATH, a global health ...
    - KOTV,

    Blessings came with storm 24 Nov 2005
    ..."There's my office," said Patty, a professor at Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, as the camera panned over a building partly ...
    - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription),

    Meningococcemia claims 4th victim 24 Nov 2005
    In infectious disease such as meningococcemia, the blood culture of the patient is sent to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Manila for ...
    - Sun.Star,

    Tulane receives millions for international health and tropical ... Oct 28, 2005
    Carl Kendall, professor of international health and development at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and parasitologist Paul ...
    - EurekAlert (press release),

    Aged People are at increased risk of disease Nov 22, 2005
    Report submitted by Age Concern and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine as said that old people aged above 65 years are having an increased threat ...
    - MedIndia,

    Pensioners can't afford healthy lifestyle: poll Nov 21, 2005
    A survey by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine showed that once rent and council tax payments are taken from the average state pension, over-65s ...
    - Reuters.uk,

    Ped Med: Brain boosts and busts Nov 22, 2005
    ...a proclivity of some toward impaired fetal growth, David Leon, professor of epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues ...
    - United Press International

    Scientists recognize Trib for polio coverage Nov 22, 2005
    The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene awarded the newspaper an honorable mention in its 2005 Communications Award competition. ...
    - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,

    Twins' lower IQs linked to time spent in womb Nov 17, 2005
    The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine undertook the study because of a proven link between childhood intelligence and an ability to adapt to ...
    - Scotsman,

    T@P Socially and scientifically, conservatives are turning their ... Nov 20, 2005
    Based in Bangkok, professor Nicholas J. White and Dr. Paul Newton of Oxford’s Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine had been rebuffed by GSK ...
    - The American Prospect,

    Communications Officer Nov 18, 2005
    If you see the potential, please contact the Personnel Manager, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA or email Lstmjobs@Liv.ac ...
    - Brand Republic Bulletin,

    Why premature twins suffer from lower IQ Nov 17, 2005
    David Leon, professor of epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and one of the report's authors, said studies had shown that the ...
    - The Herald,

    Expert suggest the need for operational research on tropical ... Nov 20, 2005
    ...because we are failing in our responsibility,� : David Molyneux, an Expert on tropical diseases from the Liverpool school of tropical medicine told reporters ...
    - NewKerala.com,

    Sleep disorder 'danger' of HGVs Nov 22, 2005
    ...posts and other professions. The study statistics were prepared by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. One in three ...
    - Journal of Turkish Weekly,

    AIDS lifeline under cloud Nov 12, 2005
    At least 50 AIDS patients receiving anti-retroviral therapy — the only one that prolongs a patient’s life — at the School of Tropical Medicine (STM) have ...
    - Calcutta Telegraph,

    New antimalarial combination confirms its potential use in ... Nov 17, 2005
    ...and Training in Tropical Diseases (WHO/TDR), Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), the University of Liverpool, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the ...
    - Medical News Today (press release),

    Malaria, RTS,S vaccine candidate protects children for at least 18 ... Nov 18, 2005
    Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, and academic partners at the University of Liverpool, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the ...
    - Medical News Today (press release),

    This guy is something Nov 21, 2005
    ...it "my obligation to my family." He wants to return to Nigeria as a doctor, perhaps as a surgeon, perhaps as an internist specializing in tropical medicine. ...
    - SportingNews.com

    Women with a D-cup bra size are more likely to get breast cancer Nov 19, 2005
    However, Professor Michel Coleman, professor of epidemiology at the London School of Health and Tropical Medicine, sounded a note of caution in the ...
    - Independent,

    Rebuilding Afghanistan’s health service is hampered by ... Nov 18, 2005
    London by the UK Afghan Health Network-a coalition of the BMA, three royal colleges, the charity Medact, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ...
    - PakTribune.com,

    Malaria Vaccine May Be 10 Years Away Nov 21, 2005
    Malaria prevention is "in trouble," Brian Greenwood of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said by telephone from Cameroon. ...
    - San Francisco Chronicle,

    Influenza, Disaster Preparedness, Bioterrorism, Reproductive ... Nov 21, 2005
    Lichtveld, MD, MPH, professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. ...
    - U.S. Newswire (press release),

    Impact of pre-emptive malaria treatment for infants Nov 21, 2005
    Last month, researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Ghana's Kintampo and Navrongo Health Research Centers reported in the British ...
    - Medical News Today (press release),

    Sync lights for car flow Nov 20, 2005
    ...will be synchronised on a small stretch from the Ganesh Chandra Avenue-Chittaranjan Avenue crossing to Colootolla Street, off the School of Tropical Medicine. ...
    - Calcutta Telegraph,

    Twins Have Lower IQs Than Singleton Relatives Nov 18, 2005
    ...was six points (1.7 to 10.2) lower than their singleton relatives, Georgina A. Ronalds, M.Sc., of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine here and ...
    - MedPage Today,

    Prime Minister pledges money to fight bird flu Nov 18, 2005
    Nguyen Duc Hien, Director of the National Institute for Clinical Research on Tropical Medicine, said though the institute received about 10-15 patients everyday ...
    - Viet Nam News,

    UC Davis professor takes part in global mosquito project Nov 17, 2005
    The grant funds the Innovative Vector Control Consortium, and the project will be led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in England. ...
    - The California Aggie Online

    The death of a disease Nov 18, 2005
    ...years to come. Dr Diana Lockwood, a leprologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, agrees. “It’sa disease ...
    - The Tablet (subcription),

    Commitment vital to eliminate tropical diseases: Experts Nov 16, 2005
    ...stigma,discrimination and human rights abuses, Prof David Molyneux, a renowned expert in tropical diseases from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK, said ...
    - Hindu,

    WHO sets its sights on 5 tropical diseases Nov 16, 2005
    Professor David Molyneux a renowned expert in tropical diseases of Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK will be the keynote speaker at the meeting. ...
    - Business Standard,

    Liverpool leads battle to wipe out malaria Nov 1, 2005
    ...headed by Bill and Melinda Gates, is giving more than £28m as the biggest ever single donation received by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. ...
    - ic Liverpool,

    Disgusting facts Nov 13, 2005
    Doctors from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine conducted a web-based experiment in which 40,000 people studied a series of pictures ...
    - Telegraph.co.uk,

    Fighting Malaria Oct 24, 2005
    Hoffman, a past president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, notes that “there is a drug out there for everybody.� The issue is not ...
    - Chemical & Engineering News

    Bill Gates in £28m boost to Britain's war on malaria Oct 30, 2005
    The billionaire paid tribute to the work of the British scientific research community and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, which will receive more ...
    - Times Online,

    Bird flu threat not alarming for India: Experts Oct 27, 2005
    However, we cannot take chances and have to be on high alert," Prof Jayshree Mitra, Head of the School of Tropical Medicine said. ...
    - NDTV.com,

    £18m for new complex at city medical school Oct 26, 2005
    LIVERPOOL'S School of Tropical Medicine will today be given £18m to build a new international institute to fight the deadliest diseases known to man. ...
    - ic Liverpool,

    Malaria research given £28m boost Oct 31, 2005
    ...research. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) will develop new chemicals to protect people from malaria-carrying mosquitoes. ...
    - Daily Mail - UK,

    Bird flu claims another victim Nov 8, 2005
    ...said. The man was admitted to the Institute of Tropical Medicine in the capital on Oct. 26 and died three days later, Long said. ...
    - Taipei Times,

    Relatives of women with faulty gene have high risk of breast ... Nov 2, 2005
    Julian Peto (The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK) and colleagues tested 469 patients with bilateral breast cancer for the CHEK2*1100delC ...
    - Medical News Today (press release),

    Effective vaccine still many years away Nov 16, 2005
    The foundation has also given another grant to the Innovative Vector Control Consortium, led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK, to fast-track ...
    - Daily Nation (subscription),

    Malaria prevention 'in trouble' Nov 19, 2005
    ...prevention is "in trouble," said Brian Greenwood, a world renowned malaria researcher at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, by telephone from ...
    - Mail & Guardian Online,

    Accidents, mold pose biggest health problems in hurricane areas Nov 11, 2005
    Doctor Pierre Buekens, dean of Tulane's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, says the infectious disease risk was blown out of proportion, but the ...
    - KLFY,

    Valtierra: Avian influenza: Public health readiness and ... Nov 17, 2005
    Hector Valtierra is a graduate student at Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and currently works at the National Institutes of ...
    - Indian Country Today,

    Scientists warn of rising risk of malaria Nov 19, 2005
    Malaria prevention is “in trouble,� Brian Greenwood of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said by telephone from Cameroon. ...
    - The Olympian,

    IQ Scores: Different for Twins? Nov 17, 2005
    They call for more work on the topic. The researchers included Georgina Ronalds, MSc, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. ...
    - WebMD

    Scientists Evaluate Impact of Preemptive Malaria Treatment for ... Nov 18, 2005
    Background to the Ghana Trial Last month, researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Ghana's Kintampo and Navrongo Health Research ...
    - AllAfrica.com,

    Cagayan de Oro City: Nov 18, 2005
    ..."But we have already transferred all vaccines to all our RITM (Research Institute for Tropical Medicine) that has just completed state-of-the-art facilities ...
    - Balita.org,

    Mosquito money goes to UCD Nov 8, 2005
    ...diseases that are transmitted by insects, is a key player in the newly funded project, which is directed by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in England ...
    - Daily Democrat,

    Better Data Analysis Could Spot Drug Problems Earlier Nov 10, 2005
    ...do when you do this risk-stratified analysis," explained Stuart Pocock, a professor of medical statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine ...
    - ABC News

    Researchers find environmentally friendly parasite killer Nov 18, 2005
    ...the liver). The authors' findings appear in the November 2005 issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The ...
    - myDNA.com,

    No consensus on solution to brain drain Nov 10, 2005
    On his part, Tim Martineau from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine said the solution to the human resource crisis in the country’s health sector was to ...
    - The Nation, Malawi,

    My hols: Sandra Howard Nov 19, 2005
    She lives in London and Kent. MY FATHER was a doctor specialising in tropical medicine, so I spent a lot of my childhood abroad. ...
    - The Sunday Times,

    News Briefs Nov 11, 2005
    Larry Garman studied at Biola School of Missionary Medicine in LaMirada, Calif., in the areas of tropical medicine and dispensary. ...
    - Charlotte Sun-Herald,

    Digital concepts prepare to revolutionise healthcare Nov 12, 2005
    ...a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine ...
    - Gulf Times,

    Bill Gates declares war on malaria Oct 31, 2005
    While one project at the Liverpool School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine will look at ways to control the mosquitoes that spread malaria, others will look ...
    - Newindpress,

    Faulty gene increases cancer risk Oct 27, 2005
    Researchers led by Professor Julian Peto, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, tested 469 patients with bilateral breast cancer for the ...
    - Daily Mail - UK,

    Millions from Gates to fight malaria Oct 31, 2005
    ...projects. One project at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine will look at ways to control the mosquitoes that spread malaria. ...
    - LaSalute.net,

    Gene Linked to Breast Cancer Risk Oct 27, 2005
    Julian Peto, from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues tested 469 patients with bilateral breast cancer for the CHEK2 gene. ...
    - Ivanhoe,

    Gene link to breast cancer risk Oct 31, 2005
    Lead author Professor Julian Peto from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said the faulty version of CHEK2 was a relatively rare low risk gene ...
    - StaffNurse.com,

    Malaria research given £28m boost Oct 31, 2005
    ...research. Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) will develop new chemicals to protect people from malaria-carrying mosquitoes... ...
    - LaSalute.net,

    Scientists finding battle increasingly difficult against Malaria Nov 18, 2005
    Malaria prevention is “in trouble,� said Brian Greenwood, a world renowned malaria researcher at the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, by ...
    - Citizen,

    Scientists: Malaria vaccine is years away Nov 19, 2005
    Malaria prevention is “in trouble,’’ Brian Greenwood of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said by telephone from Cameroon. ...
    - Corvallis Gazette Times,

    US University Receives Hemorrhagic Fever Research Grant Oct 28, 2005
    Working on the study along with Garry and his team is Dan Bausch, associate professor of tropical medicine at the Tulane University School of Public Health and ...
    - Washington File,

    Gates Foundation commits $258.3 mllion for malaria Research and ... Oct 31, 2005
    The Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC), led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, will use its $50.7 million, five-year grant to develop safer ...
    - FinFacts Ireland,

    Gates Foundation commits $258.3m for Malaria research Nov 1, 2005
    ...last grant of $50.7 million has been allocated to the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC), led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, "to fast ...
    - AngolaPress,

    IGG Cleared PS Kezaala to Hire the Second Rated DR Muhebwa Oct 31, 2005
    ...competitive bidding. He holds a Masters in Public Health from the University of London, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He ...
    - AllAfrica.com,

    A wise investment for regents, state Nov 5, 2005
    He was dean of Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans and before that dean of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical ...
    - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription),

    Faulty gene increases risk of breast cancer in relatives of ... Oct 28, 2005
    In the current study, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine tracked 469 patients with bilateral breast cancer for the Chek2 gene ...
    - MedIndia,

    Gates’ $258M Grant for Malaria Oct 31, 2005
    The third is for $50.7 million to the Innovative Vector Control Consortium led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to fast-track development of ...
    - Red Herring,

    Why fast food makes you get fat Nov 9, 2005
    Researcher Professor Andrew Prentice, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "We all possess a weak innate ability to recognise foods ...
    - PakTribune.com,

    State has top rate of syphilis Nov 9, 2005
    ...rates are more than monetary, said Patricia Kissinger, an epidemiologist at Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine who specializes ...
    - Times Picayune,

    Bill Gates’ $258m boost to malaria war Oct 31, 2005
    Gates said that institutions such as the Liverpool school and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, which has also received money from the Bill ...
    - Calcutta Telegraph,

    Malaria Risk at Home Nov 7, 2005
    The Wellcome Trust is an independent research-funding charity established in 1936 under the will of tropical medicine pioneer Sir Henry Wellcome. ...
    - Newswise (press release)

    Breast cancer gene identified by scientists Oct 28, 2005
    Study leader Professor Julian Peto, based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "Relatives of women with bilateral breast cancer plus a ...
    - Life Style Extra,

    Randomized Trials Stopped Early for Benefit Cause Skepticism Nov 2, 2005
    ...aided by stringent statistical stopping boundaries for benefit," Dr. Stuart J. Pocock, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, comments in a ...
    - Medscape (subscription)

    New Research Reveals Progress but Also Many Obstacles to Boosting ... Nov 14, 2005
    NetMark program director David McGuire and Chris Curtis of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine will debate whether the best way to encourage ...
    - AllAfrica.com,

    Too Many Drug Trials Stopped Early Nov 1, 2005
    ...we need to get the right answers," stressed Stuart Pocock, a professor of medical statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the ...
    - HealthCentral.com

    Demographer says many residents want to return Nov 12, 2005
    Dr. Thomas Farley, a community health expert at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, said planners influencing how New Orleans ...
    - Times Picayune,

    Surrogate' Alcohols Are Deadly Nov 14, 2005
    ...for the very high death rate among Russians," said Martin McKee, professor of European public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. ...
    - About - News & Issues,

    Minister Defends Treatment Centres Nov 14, 2005
    The National Centre for Health Outcomes Development is based at Oxford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
    - StaffNurse.com,

    Health Dangers Ease in The Big Easy Nov 4, 2005
    ...and soil sampling," said Dr. Maureen Lichtveld, chairwoman of environmental health sciences at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. ...
    - KLAS-TV,

    POZEN Names Dr. Elly Savaluny as Vice President, Biostatistics and ... Nov 9, 2005
    ...in Medical Statistics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Graduate Diploma in Statistics from Portsmouth University. ...
    - PharmaLive.com (press release),

    Leading groups offer NIH direct links to journals to make research ... Oct 25, 2005
    American Society of Hematology, American Society of Human Genetics, American Society of Plant Biologists, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ...
    - EurekAlert (press release),

    Gates makes malaria donation Oct 31, 2005
    The cash will go to the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC), led by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), to fast-track development of ...
    - Monsters and Critics.com,

    Gene Variant and Relative with Bilateral Breast Cancer Confer High ... Oct 28, 2005
    ...be clinically useful for predicting personal risks," senior author Dr. Julian Peto, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues note ...
    - Cancerpage.com,

    UH researchers testing biosensors Nov 10, 2005
    Dr. Duane J. Gubler, director of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, said he isn't familiar with Su's research but ...
    - Honolulu Advertiser,

    Scientists from Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp ... Sep 29, 2005
    They found the newer samples appeared not to multiply as well, and were more sensitive to drugs - some other studies argue they are becoming more resistant. ...
    - Pravda

    Malaria drug potency is restored Oct 1, 2005
    Research by the Liverpool School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine showed resistant forms of the parasite can effectively neutralise the drug by developing a ...
    - BBC News

    Researchers find AIDS virus reproducing at a slower rate Sep 30, 2005
    Scientists at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium, reported that AIDS virus taken from patients between 2002 and 2003 were less fit to ...
    - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription)

    Dengue medicine still seven to nine years away: scientists Sep 28, 2005
    ...don't see anything to reverse the trend right now," said Duane Gubler, director of the Hawaii-based Asia Pacific Institute for Tropical Medicine and Infectious ...
    - TODAYonline

    HIV Virus May Be Evolving to Less Deadly Form Sep 30, 2005
    The researchers, led by Kevin Arien from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, looked at HIV-1-infected cells obtained from patients in 1986-89 and ...
    - Daily News Central

    HIV sting may be on the wane Sep 29, 2005
    ...to researchers. A team at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, in Antwerp, compared HIV-1 samples from 1986-89 and 2002-03. They ...
    - Newindpress

    AIDS virus said to be weakening Sep 30, 2005
    Reporting today in the journal AIDS, researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium ...
    - Newsday

    Researchers: HIV Eventually Not a Threat Sep 30, 2005
    ...years ago. According to the Institute of Tropical Medicine, samples of the virus are less potent now than in the 1980s. They believe ...
    - KRON 4

    HIV virus less aggressive than it used to be, becoming weaker Sep 29, 2005
    ...probably killed over 30 million people worldwide so far, is not as aggressive as it used to be, say researchers from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium ...
    - Medical News Today (press release)

    AIDS Virus Has Weakened Since 1989, Scientists Say (Update1) Sep 29, 2005
    Scientists at Antwerp's Institute of Tropical Medicine, compared HIV-1 samples from 1986-89 and 2002-03, and found 75 percent of the newer samples were weaker ...
    - Scoopt.org

    Singapore's `neglect' behind dengue fever outbreak Sep 29, 2005
    ...it's basically been ignored for many, many years," Duane Gubler, director of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases in Hawaii ...
    - Scoopt.org

    AIDS virus weakening? Sep 29, 2005
    The finding comes from researchers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp who compared HIV-1 samples from 1986-89 and 2002-03. ...
    - Betterhumans

    Aids virus ‘could be weakening’ Sep 29, 2005
    A team at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, in Antwerp, compared HIV-1 samples from 1986-89 and 2002-03. They found the newer ...
    - The New Nation

    AIDS-Causing Virus May Be Weakening: Study Sep 29, 2005
    Researchers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp compared HIV-1 samples from 1986-89 and 2002-03 and concluded that the more recent samples were ...
    - HealthCentral.com

    AIDS virus said to be weakening Sep 30, 2005
    Reporting today in the journal AIDS, researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium ...
    - Scoopt.org

    Study suggests weakening HIV virus Sep 30, 2005
    ...research. Scientists from the Institute of Tropical Medicine, in Antwerp, compared HIV-1 samples from 1986-89 and 2002-03. They ...
    - Drug Researcher.com

    HIV may be losing strength, study says Sep 30, 2005
    Reporting today in the journal AIDS, researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp theorized ...
    - The State

    AIDS virus weakening, says a study Sep 29, 2005
    Researchers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium, compared HIV-1 samples from 1986-89 and 2002-03 and found that 75 per cent of the newer ...
    - Scoopt.org

    HIV-1 Virulence Attenuating - 75% of Viruses Less 'Fit' Than Those ... Sep 29, 2005
    According to author Dr. Kevin K. Arien from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerpen, Belgium; "The mechanisms responsible for a possible HIV-1 ...
    - CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse)

    Researchers Tie Deadly SARS Virus to Bats Oct 1, 2005
    Christian Drosten, a virologist who studies the SARS virus at the Bernhard-Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany, warns that new SARS-like ...
    - Science Magazine (subscription)

    HUSEL KHA’S COLUMN Sep 29, 2005
    First, the students’ community mainly consists of students, recent graduates from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and their ...
    - Independent-Bangladesh

    Hint of less harmful HIV Sep 28, 2005
    Biologists at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium have discovered that HIV isolated from patients during the period 2002-03 replicates less ...
    - Calcutta Telegraph

    On the streets, prey to diseased death Sep 28, 2005
    The admission by Subhasish Guha, a professor at the School of Tropical Medicine, that hardly any of these HIV-affected streetchildren come for anti-retroviral ...
    - Calcutta Telegraph

    Experts: Government complacency led to rise in dengue in Asia Sep 28, 2005
    ...nations. Duane Gubler is the director of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases in Honolulu. He ...
    - KPUA

    HIV 'may be weakening over time' Sep 29, 2005
    Researchers Kevin Ariën, Robert Colebunders and colleagues from Antwerp’s University of Tropical Medicine took HIV samples from 24 patients. ...
    - Gay.com UK

    Hint of less harmful HIV Sep 29, 2005
    Biologists at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Belgium have discovered that HIV isolated from patients during the period 2002-03 replicates less ...
    - Scoopt.org

    AIDS Virus getting mutated for good Sep 29, 2005
    Dr. Eric Artz and team from the Institute of Tropical Medicine has published the results of the work in the journal AIDS, in which they have said that the HIV ...
    - MedIndia

    HIV-1 has lost fitness over the past 15 years, say Belgian ... Sep 29, 2005
    Half were isolated between 1986 and 1989 from patients at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, half from patients treated at the same clinic in 2002 ...
    - Aidsmap

    Mixed messages on Aids Sep 29, 2005
    The findings, reported in the journal AIDS by Dr Kevin Arien, of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, come from a study of HIV-1 samples from the late ...
    - StaffNurse.com

    Tiny babies 'prone to depression' Sep 28, 2005
    The team from the University of Bristol and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine examined data charting smaller babies' progress into adulthood ...
    - Daily Mail - UK

    As Waters Recede, New Health Woes Rise Sep 30, 2005
    ...a minimum," said Dr. Maureen Lichtveld, chairwoman of environmental health sciences at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New ...
    - WFIE-TV

    Magnesium sulphate not widely used in Africa, even though it saves ... Oct 1, 2005
    But researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), working with colleagues in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Norway, found ...
    - Medical News Today (press release)

    How to stay healthy Sep 23, 2005
    ...contracted in Mexico and the Caribbean continues to be traveller's diarrhea, according to Toronto General Hospital's Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine. ...
    - Globe and Mail

    Keep tropical bugs at bay Sep 23, 2005
    Dr Ron Behrens, a travel medicine expert at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, advises that if your family are visiting the main tourist areas ...
    - Times Online

    Research Lost in Katrina Flood: A Newsmaker Interview With Paul K. ... Sep 22, 2005
    ...professor of medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine; and professor of epidemiology at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine ...
    - Medscape (subscription)

    'New era' as med school opens site for research Sep 21, 2005
    ..."It's going to be light years better than what we have now," said Duane Gubler, director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious ...
    - Honolulu Advertiser

    Antibiotic Pill for Syphilis Holds Promise Sep 21, 2005
    Results of the study led by Dr. Gabriele Riedner of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine appear in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine. ...
    - Washington Post

    Syphilis pill offers hope Sep 22, 2005
    Results of the study, by Gabriele Riedner of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, are to appear today in The New England Journal of Medicine.
    - Kansas City Star

    RP has no medicines on stock to treat bird flu: health Sep 27, 2005
    The medical centers are the San Lazaro Hospital, Lung Center of the Philippines, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Manila, Vicente Sotto Hospital in ...
    - Sun Star

    Health Highlights: Sept. 29, 2005 Sep 29, 2005
    Researchers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp compared HIV-1 samples from 1986-89 and 2002-03 and concluded that the more recent samples were ...
    - Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription)

    AIDS virus weakening, says a study Sep 29, 2005
    Researchers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium, compared HIV-1 samples from 1986-89 and 2002-03 and found that 75 per cent of the newer ...
    - India Monitor

    Science Scene Sep 29, 2005
    Kevin Ariën of the HIV and retroviral research unit at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium and colleagues found evidence of diminishing ...
    - The California Aggie Online

    Millenium Development Goals fail to include the goal of improving ... Sep 19, 2005
    Vikram Patel and Jaime Miranda of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine say that there is compelling evidence that in developing countries mental ...
    - News-Medical.net

    Brain disease takes a thousand lives in India Sep 30, 2005
    JE) is one of the “most scary� diseases to contract, says Jo Lines, a vector biologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK. ...
    - New Scientist (subscription)

    KMC to create dengue awareness among councillors Sep 30, 2005
    ...who will deliver speeches on dengue are professor Manish Chakrabarti, virologist and former director of Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine (CSTM), professor ...
    - Kolkata Newsline

    Zithromax Equivalent to Bicillin LA in Treating Syphilis Sep 22, 2005
    ...countries where penicillin injections are problematic, according to Gabriele Riedner, MD, Ph.D., of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. ...
    - Borsa-Italia.Net

    Single-Dose Azithromycin versus Penicillin G Benzathine for the ... Sep 24, 2005
    ...protocol was approved by the ethics committees of the Tanzanian National Institute for Medical Research and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. ...
    - New England Journal of Medicine (subscription)

    HIV virus getting weaker - Belgian research Sep 22, 2005
    BRUSSELS, Sept 22 (KUNA) -- The HIV-1 virus which casues AIDS has weakened over the last 15 years, a research by for Tropical Medicine (ITG) in Antwerp revealed ...
    - Kuwait News Agency

    Lack of animal model an obstacle in developing anti-dengue drugs Sep 28, 2005
    Said Professor Duane J Gubler from the Asia-Pacific Institute for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases: "Dengue is one of the diseases that comes in an ...
    - Channel News Asia

    DoH chief hits monopoly of bird flu drug Sep 27, 2005
    The designated government hospitals are the Lung Center in Quezon City, San Lazaro Hospital in Manila, Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa ...
    - INQ7 Interactive, Inc.

    Africa Fighting Malaria: German Commercial Interests Kill African ... Sep 27, 2005
    Britain's leading malaria specialist, Professor Chris Curtis of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, says of the threatened EU ban: "We are now ...
    - U.S. Newswire (press release)

    CM declares dengue epidemic Sep 5, 2005
    ...today agreed to hold an all-party meeting with representatives of all party councillors, KMC health officials and an expert from the School of Tropical Medicine ...
    - The Statesman

    Dengue scare spreads across WB Sep 6, 2005
    There are two government facilities for dengue detection in the city--the School of Tropical Medicine and the NICED, which are overflowing with patients. ...
    - NDTV.com

    ...Finally, mosquito on the mind Sep 5, 2005
    Keeping this in mind, the authorities have decided to consult entomology experts of the School of Tropical Medicine. When The Statesman ...
    - The Statesman

    France: Angola Presents Experience On Fighting Sleeping Sickness Sep 15, 2005
    ...in the fight and control of trypanosomiasis, an exclusive disease of the tropics, will be today analysed in a Congress on Heath and Tropical Medicine that is ...
    - AngolaPress

    Dengue claims 71 lives in Malaysia Sep 29, 2005
    ...it's basically been ignored for many, many years," said Duane Gubler, director of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases in ...
    - Mid-Day Mumbai

    Courage and Caring Amid Katrina's Chaos Sep 21, 2005
    ...died of a heart attack because his blood pressure had skyrocketed, said White, who is also a counselor with the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene ...
    - Forbes

    Researchers Set to Find ‘Genetic Signposts’ for Eight Diseases Sep 28, 2005
    The Wellcome Trust is an independent research funding charity established in 1936 under the will of the tropical medicine pioneer Sir Henry Wellcome. ...
    - Newswise (press release)

    Real Racism Sep 25, 2005
    ...“From colonial times until the 1940s, malaria was the American disease,� says Dr. Robert Desowitz, professor of tropical medicine at the University of ...
    - ChronWatch

    Antibiotic Pill Can Treat Early Syphilis Sep 21, 2005
    Riedner works at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. However, an editorial in the journal voices caution about changing syphilis treatment. ...
    - WebMD

    Hurricane Dealt Medical Education a Body Blow, but Faculty and ... Sep 13, 2005
    The Association of Schools of Public Health is helping place students from Tulane's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at other accredited schools. ...
    - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)

    Dr. Timothy J. McNamara Joins HealthGate as Chief Medical Officer ... Sep 19, 2005
    ...scholarship from Tulane's School of Medicine and the beneficiary of a full Fellowship from Tulane's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Dr. McNamara ...
    - Business Wire (press release)

    World's top researchers enlisted to advise Alberta Prion Research ... Sep 20, 2005
    Dr. Matthews received his education and training at Liverpool University, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Ministry of Agriculture in New Zealand. ...
    - Canada NewsWire (press release)

    Delay drives dengue Sep 6, 2005
    A dengue antigen test finally confirmed the disease and the boy was wheeled into the School of Tropical Medicine (STM) on Tuesday. ...
    - Calcutta Telegraph

    GLOBAL VOICES OF SCIENCE: Deciphering Dengue: The Cuban Experience Sep 1, 2005
    ...of the past, such as West Nile virus, are waking the public health community from what virologist María Guzmán of the Tropical Medicine Institute Pedro ...
    - Science Magazine (subscription)

    Carrier hurdle to combat malaria Sep 12, 2005
    A pioneering study in this context is being conducted by the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Paracytology (CENTROMAP), under the guidance of Dr Amitava Nandy ...
    - Kolkata Newsline

    Some mosquito sprays "make false claims" Sep 6, 2005
    An expert at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine spent hours locked in a sealed, draft free chamber, the size of a single bedroom, with blood ...
    - Life Style Extra

    Toll rises for mystery fever Sep 20, 2005
    24 hours. The school of tropical medicine in Kolkata today confirmed 70 more cases as anti body to dengue, the CMOH said. The health ...
    - The Statesman

    Hurricane Katrina: A Public Health And Environmental Disaster Sep 22, 2005
    Professor Sandy Cairncross of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine told the British newspaper the Guardian, “After an incident like this people ...
    - CounterCurrents.org

    Don't let the bad bugs bite Sep 11, 2005
    Dr. Gerald Brennock is one of a handful of Orange County physicians who specialize in travel and tropical medicine, and the only one certified by the field's ...
    - OCRegister (subscription)

    Meetings of Medical Interest Sep 6, 2005
    Intensive Update Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health, San Francisco, Calif, October 4-5. Info: J. DeAcetis, American Society of ...
    - Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)

    Some repellents 'are useless' Sep 7, 2005
    The devices did not stop mosquitoes biting humans during tests carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on behalf of consumer magazine ...
    - News24

    Buzzers fail to halt mosquitoes, warns Which? Sep 5, 2005
    But when tested under controlled conditions at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine the anopheles mosquito - the most common type to target ...
    - Guardian Unlimited

    Teenage girls 60% fatter than boys Sep 5, 2005
    Professor Andrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that currently around 25% of children could be misclassified as either ...
    - Daily Mail - UK

    Children misclassified as obese Sep 5, 2005
    Andrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said current methods based on looking at weight related to height and calculating ...
    - Guardian Unlimited

    Space jam in child wards Sep 5, 2005
    Parents were moving around frantically, asking the staff whether blood test reports from the School of Tropical Medicine had arrived. ...
    - Calcutta Telegraph

    Two more fall prey to fever Sep 5, 2005
    He also said that 100 blood samples which were suspected to carry the dengue virus, would be sent to the School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata tomorrow. ...
    - The Statesman

    TEENAGE girls are 60 per cent fatter than boys, a study showed ... Sep 5, 2005
    But obesity expert Prof Andrew Prentice, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the amount of fat someone is carrying is critical. ...
    - Mirror.co.uk

    GIRLS 'FATTER THAN BOYS Sep 6, 2005
    ...weight. Professor Andrew Prentice, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "Body fat is causing tissue damage.
    - Glasgow Daily Record

    ‘Girls more susceptible to dengue attack, reason sociological’ Sep 10, 2005
    Kolkata, September 10: Girls are more susceptible to dengue than boys, opined Dr DK Neogi, the head of Virology Department, School of Tropical Medicine at a ...
    - Kolkata Newsline

    Smokescreen on dengue Sep 11, 2005
    In the past few days, many patients have turned up at the School of Tropical Medicine (STM) with severe breathing problems after inhaling the pungent gas in ...
    - Calcutta Telegraph

    Country boosts educational ties Sep 21, 2005
    During his visit, the Indonesian minister toured the centres of tropical biology and tropical medicine, and the SEAMEO service-training centre. ...
    - Viet Nam News

    Some bug repellents 'ineffective' Sep 5, 2005
    The tests, carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, found that the Moziban electronic buzzer did not repel anopheles mosquitoes - the ...
    - Daily Mail - UK

    In Katrina's wake Sep 5, 2005
    ...infections, and particularly old people can go into a terminal decline," said Professor Sandy Cairncross of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. ...
    - Guardian Unlimited

    Calls to end routine TB vaccination Sep 22, 2005
    Writing in the British Medical Journal, Professor Paul Fine, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said this decision was justified. ...
    - Daily Mail - UK

    Big bonuses go to rulers of aid empire Sep 24, 2005
    Ian Roberts, a professor of public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine who is an expert in road injuries, said: 'It would seem ...
    - Guardian Unlimited

    Malaria Drug Out Sep 9, 2005
    ...between the two treatments," lead researcher Professor Nick White, who is chairman of the Wellcome Trust South East Asian Tropical Medicine Research Programmes ...
    - AllAfrica.com

    Letters: Escape from New Orleans described Sep 1, 2005
    ...friend's house in Houston, and it looks as though I will not be returning to Tulane Medical School and School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine anytime too ...
    - Corvallis Gazette Times

    ProfNet Wire: Health & Medicine: Combating Obesity Con't Sep 2, 2005
    DR. TOM FARLEY, chair of the community health sciences department at the TULANE UNIVERSITY School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, is co- author of ...
    - Newswise (press release)

    Scrapping of TB vaccination programme is defended Sep 23, 2005
    But Professor Paul Fine, professor of communicable diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the move is justified. ...
    - ic Wales

    TB jabs in school to be scrapped Sep 22, 2005
    ...reached an all time low in 2003, says Prof Fine who is an expert in communicable disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. ...
    - Life Style Extra

    Cuban scientist to get training on Leptospirosis in Andaman: Sep 22, 2005
    Port Blair: A scientist in the department of microbiology at the National Institute of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Havana, Cuba, would be getting advance ...
    - NewKerala.com

    Seasoned Cardiovascular Professional Joins Medical Board of ... Sep 19, 2005
    ...the University of Sydney, Australia, a Ph.D. from the University of London, and was a fellow at the prestigious London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. ...
    - Business Wire (press release)

    'Don't Blame Us for Global Fund Scam' Sep 21, 2005
    ...with Makerere University Institute of Public Health, Uganda Commu-nity Based health Financing Association and the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp ...
    - AllAfrica.com




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