Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented and cured, yet it kills 1.6 million people a year, more people than any other infectious disease Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented and cured, yet it kills 1.6 million people a year, more…
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Science overturns longstanding assumption Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a way to identify the beginning of every gene -- known as a translation start site or a start codon -- in bacterial cell DNA with…
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Researchers have identified a single genetic alteration in a malaria-transmitting mosquito species that confers resistance to a widely-used insecticide, according to a new study. The research, which combines genetic sequencing with field…
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Credit: Dennis Kunkel, Sarah Bordenstein and Robert Brucker WOODS HOLE, Mass. — Controlling mosquito-borne illnesses, such as Dengue or West Nile virus, has historically been difficult due to a lack of effective vaccines…
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More severe mononucleosis in college students increases the risk of severe chronic fatigue syndrome 6 months later One to five percent of college students develop infectious mononucleosis each year, and about 10 percent are diagnosed six…
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Many people view pollutants and pathogens as separate causes of illness. However, recent research indicates that the two can interact, changing how people and animals respond to infectious diseases. According to an article in Chemical…
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Human Organ Chips uncover human microbiome metabolites that enhance colon injury by enterohemorrhagic E. coli in human-mouse comparative studyCredit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (BOSTON) -- It remains mysterious why…
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Credit: Natalie Brassill, University of Arizona. March 20, 2019 - Salads were recently in the news--and off America's dinner tables--when romaine lettuce was recalled nationwide. Outbreaks of intestinal illness were traced to romaine…
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New program supports better tools, increased collaboration between optical engineers and biomedical researchersCredit: UMass Medical School The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has named Caterina Strambio De Castillia, PhD, a CZI…
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It's time to make TB a disease of the pastCredit: ECDC The latest ECDC-WHO report Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in Europe 2019 (2017 data) shows that despite an overall decline in numbers of people suffering from TB, the…
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Blocking bacteria-molecule interaction might prevent many deadly illnessesCredit: Patrick Schlievert, Ph.D., University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine A new study identifies a single molecule as a key entry point used by two types of…
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Interactive maps can guide surveillance efforts, protect human healthCredit: Carol Blyberg (Millbrook, NY) In the Americas, primate species likely to harbor Zika - and potentially transmit the virus - are common, abundant, and often…
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An antimicrobial coating made of precious metals reduced growth of bacteria on contamination-prone surfaces inside the ISS, where extreme conditions can foster antibiotic-resistant superbugs Astronauts leave behind many things when they…
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In a new case study, researchers at North Carolina State University describe an adolescent human patient diagnosed with rapid onset schizophrenia who was found instead to have a Bartonella henselae infection. This study adds to the…
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