been working closely with organizations all over the world to facilitate their efforts in getting vaccines made and distributed. Bringing with her many years of experience in vaccine development in the industrial sector, Liu is " excited about being at an organization that has really helped to catalyze a change in the whole mentality about vaccines. " " As a researcher trying to develop a vacci...

A Matter of Priorities Dr. Richard J. Campana, left foreground, participates in tree planting ceremony at 1967 International Shade Tree Conference at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. Dr. Campana, chairman of the department of botany and plant pathology at the University of Maine and one of the foremost researchers actively searching for new methods of control for Dutch elm disease, is the immediat...

American trypanosomiasis, commonly known as Chagas disease, is caused by the flagellate protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. An estimated eight million people infected with T. cruzi currently reside in the endemic regions of Latin America. However, as the disease has now been imported into many non-endemic countries outside of Latin America, it has become a global health issue. We reviewed the...

In response to the outbreak of an emerging infectious disease, e.g., H1N1 influenza, public health authorities will take timely and effective intervention measures to contain disease spread. However, due to the scarcity of required resources and the consequent social-economic impacts, interventions may be suggested to cover only certain subpopulations, e.g., immunizing vulnerable children and t...

Relevance . Pandemic of the new coronavirus infection has become a challenging issue for world healthcare system. Control epidemic process is one main priorities in combat against disease Aim The research highlights asymptomatic carriers disease. Conclusions It was revealed that patients with form COVID-19 have less lasting immunity response compared those had clinically active forms infection....

Investment in disease control should be targeted to critical points that provide the greatest benefit to the livelihoods of livestock-dependent stakeholders. Risk-based targeting should balance the impacts of diseases against the feasibility of their control. This requires sensitive and specific surveillance systems that provide representative overviews of the animal health situation for accura...