Background: Chagas disease is characterized by intense myocardial fibrosis stimulated by the exacerbated production of inflammatory cytokines, oxidative stress, and apoptosis. Air pollution is a serious public health problem and also follows this same path. Therefore, air pollution might amplify...

The burden of disease associated with environmental exposures disproportionately impacts residents of low- and middle-income countries. Children living in rural regions of these countries may experience higher exposure to insecticides from indoor residual spraying used for malaria control and...

In malaria-endemic countries, monitoring of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors in areas contaminated with different sources of pollutants is still lacking. This study investigated insecticide resistance and its mechanisms in Anopheles arabiensis across four villages in Southeast Tanzania....

Background: Though anecdotal evidence suggests that smoke from HAP has a repellent effect on mosquitoes, very little work has been done to assess the effect of biomass smoke on malaria infection. The study, therefore, sought to investigate the hypothesis that interventions to reduce household...

Water pollution is a major concern influencing human lives in many ways. It affects not only the nature of potable water, but also the health of those who consume it. Hazardous water pollutants are broadly categorized into soluble toxicants and toxic planktons. The presence of planktons in potable...

This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the association between air pollution and DNA methylation in adults from published observational studies. PubMed, Web of Science and Embase databases were systematically searched for available studies on the association between air ...

Alginate is a prominent food component extensively employed in developing functional food items and a dietary supplement with significant anti-inflammatory potential. Globally, rising air pollution by particulate matter (PM) has become a significant threat to humans, causing collateral lung tissue...

Despite the advances in safety technology and the improved implementation of precautionary measures, crude oil pollution has been occurring in the oceans globally. The water accommodated fraction (WAF) of crude oil and chemical dispersant are hypothesized to cause sub-lethal adverse effects on...

Arthropods are most dominant being, as they have highest number of species and most ancient group of animal kingdom. Mosquitoes are most diverse group of arthropods that are carriers of human diseases viz. dengue, malaria, chikungunya etc. which are not fully cured yet (in the manner of...

Submerged macrophytes-biofilm symbionts are sensitive to water pollution and can be possibly used as the bio-indicators of aquatic ecosystems. However, the physiological responses of submersed macrophyte and microbial community to environmental pollution remain unclear. In this study, impacts of...