Reducing delays in identifying visceral leishmaniasis
Women in Indian states with endemic visceral leishmaniasis - also known as Kala Azar - should be encouraged to seek ...
Tag: Epidemiology
How inhaled fungal spores cause fatal meningitis
Credit: Walsh NM, et al. (2019) Pathogenic fungal spores capitalize on host immune cells to escape the lung and gain ...
Vaccination programs substantially reduce HPV infections and precancerous cervical lesions
Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination programs have substantially reduced the number of infections and precancerous cervical lesions caused by the ...
University at Buffalo scientist receives federal grant for “Jewels in Our Genes” follow up
Study seeks to identify genes that are unique to breast cancer in African American womenCredit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. ...
Every penny counts: Reducing infections improves care, cuts costs
Patient safety is the primary objective of infection prevention but infection preventionists in a Syracuse healthcare system demonstrate how to ...
Interdisciplinary approach decreases broad spectrum antibiotic usage
An interdisciplinary approach to antimicrobial stewardship involving comprehensive blood culture identification (BCID) testing decreased broad spectrum antibiotic use, according to ...
A hidden truth: Hospital faucets are often home to slime and biofilm
Credit: University of Michigan Health System Hand hygiene is a critical component of infection prevention in hospitals, but the unintended ...
New female external catheter technology reduces CAUTI by 50%
Hospital-wide introduction of new female external catheter technology halved the number of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) according to new ...
Study questions success of health intervention currently used in developing countries
In the early 20th century, researchers in Massachusetts studied the first community-based health intervention in the world, the Framingham Health ...
More monitoring needed to reduce post-hospitalization urinary tract infections
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Broader monitoring of patients is needed to reduce the number of people who develop a urinary tract ...
Multiresistant intestinal bacteria spread widely in Vietnamese hospitals
Credit: John Karlsson/LiU Around half of patients admitted to hospital in Vietnam are carriers of multiresistant intestinal bacteria, which are ...
Video games offer clues to help curb animal disease outbreaks
As Asia and Europe battle African swine fever, University of Vermont research shows how farmers' risk attitudes affect the spread ...
Exposure to air pollution in India is associated with more hypertension in women
Long-term exposure to air pollution has been previously associated with a higher risk of hypertension in high-income countries, where air ...
European pregnancy rates from IVF and ICSI ‘appear to have reached a peak’
Increased use of treatments using frozen embryos Vienna 25 June 2019: The latest annual data collected by ESHRE from European ...
Cholesterol medication could invite diabetes, study suggests
Patient data shows association between statins and type 2 diabetes COLUMBUS, Ohio - A study of thousands of patients' health ...
Chronic conditions — not infectious diseases — are top 5 causes of early death in China
Substantial reductions in maternal and child mortality reveal 'dramatic shift' from communicable to chronic conditions; Top risk factors are high ...
Deaths from cardiovascular diseases attributable to heat and cold down 38% in Spain
Temperature-related mortality has been decreasing in Spain over the past four decades, according to a new study led by the ...
How bacteria kill host cells from the inside
Credit: Anne Blanc-Potard A bacterial pathogen that typically multiplies outside of host cells can enter and induce the destruction of ...
One third of Cambodians infected with threadworm, study finds
Credit: CDC, US Federal Government public domain Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted threadworm that is endemic in many tropical and ...
Europe: Chronic hepatitis B infections on the rise since 2008
Steady decline in acute cases reflects successful vaccination programmesCredit: ECDC In 2017, the majority (58%) of the almost 27 000 ...