Mycetoma is a common neglected disease caused by either fungi or bacteria which organize themselves into grains—areas of inflammation surrounded by a collagen capsule. Now, researchers reporting in ...

Mycetoma remains a neglected tropical disease that inflicts chronic subcutaneous infections—primarily in impoverished rural populations—often resulting in extensive tissue damage, disability and ...

Osaka, Japan – A groundbreaking study led by a global research consortium offers new hope for patients with mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease. Researchers using an insect model and transcriptome ...

Mycetoma is a common neglected disease caused by either fungi or bacteria which organize themselves into grains -- areas of inflammation surrounded by a collagen capsule. Now, researchers have studied ...

Under the scorching sun of rural Rajasthan, a barefoot farmer walks through his field—a scene so ordinary it barely draws notice. But what neither he nor the world sees is that a tiny thorn prick on ...

Mycetoma of the foot Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum Two molecules that accumulate in the microenvironment of a mycetoma could play significant roles in the immune response that leads ...

Mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease, can cause severe disfigurement and disability if not treated early. A holistic, community-based approach to detection and case management is effective at ...

Mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease, can cause severe disfigurement and disability if not treated early. A holistic, community-based approach to detection and case management is effective at ...

The world's only research centre on mycetoma, a neglected tropical disease common among farmers, has been destroyed in Sudan's two-year war, its director and another expert say. Mycetoma is caused by ...

Nairobi — The disease burden and distribution of mycetoma--a neglected tropical disease--are not very well understood. However, it is known to affect people in Sudan, Senegal, Mauritania, Kenya, and ...