Prof Dr Kamran Ashraf- Parasitologist

04/11/2019

14/04/2019

After South Waziristan, where cases of Leishmania have crossed over thirty thousand, reports of the disease spreading to Tank have been received where two cases have already been reported from a village in the region.

Meanwhile, K-P government institutions are busy in ‘Green and Clean Pakistan’

22/02/2019

This "megachile pluto" whose female can reach nearly 4 cm long and more than 6cm wingspan, four times larger than the honey bee, was discovered by the British Alfred Russel Wallace in 1858.

All black, the size of a human thumb, Wallace's bee, the largest in the world, had not been seen for decades: researchers announced Thursday to have finally found on a remote island of Indonesia.

07/02/2019

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
خیبرپختونخوا میں جلد کی بيماری لشمينيا نے پنجے گاڑ دیے

خیبرپختونخوا میں جلد کی بیماری لشمینیا نے پنجے گاڑ دیے ہیں۔ صرف ایک سال میں 21 ہزارسے زائد افراد مچھر کے کاٹنے کا شکار ہوئے۔ خیبرپختونخوا ان دنوں مچھر کے خوف میں مبتلا...

06/02/2019

27/01/2019

Rare leishmaniasis disease takes epidemic turn in Sindh-Balochistan border areas.

Rare leishmaniasis disease takes epidemic turn in Sindh-Balochistan border areas by PPI , (Last Updated January 23, 2019) KARACHI: Noted Skin Specialist and Karachi Institute of Skin Diseases Director Dr Iqbal Nabi Soomro on Wednesday said that a rare skin disease leishmaniasis is rising on an epide...

09/12/2018

It's Sunday and how are you?

24/11/2018

What If all Insects Disappeared from the Planet?

12/11/2018

Big data for parasitic helminths

Comparative study of 81 genomes of parasitic and non-parasitic worms identifies gene family births and expanded gene families at key nodes in the phylogeny that are relevant to parasitism and proteins historically targeted for drug development.

30/10/2018

Dogs could be trained to sniff out malaria in people, potentially preventing the spread of the deadly disease, according to new research presented today at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting.

Dogs could be trained to sniff out malaria in people, potentially preventing the spread of the deadly disease, according to new research presented today at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting. Researchers found that dogs were able to scent malaria in samples of socks...