NIH study finds lower concentration of PrEP drug in pregnant young women
Strict adherence to daily PrEP is especially important in pregnancy, investigators concludeCredit: Peter Anderson Among African adolescent girls and young ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Princeton researchers identify factors essential for chronic hepatitis B infection
Virus uses these factors to establish itself permanently in the liverCredit: Image courtesy of Lei Wei and Alexander Ploss, Princeton ...
Mosquito-borne viral diseases
European project of the University of Bayreuth studies the influence of biodiversityCredit: Graphic: Nils Tjaden. As a result of climate ...
SARS influencing response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic in Singapore
AJR details how Singapore General Hospital responded to the SARS outbreak of 2003, including a thorough list of 43 ground ...
Individual response to COVID-19 ‘as important’ as government action
Credit: Reprinted from The Lancet, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30567-5, Anderson et al., Figure 1, How will country-based mitigation measures influence the course of ...
VIDO-InterVac-led research team at USask awarded almost $1M to fight new coronavirus
Credit: Debra Marshall A University of Saskatchewan research team and collaborating scientists from across the country have been awarded almost ...
The search for a biological link between reactivated HSV and neurological disease
Study finds HSV reactivation kills neurons and antivirals can stop itCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Without even knowing it, most ...
Many lyme disease cases go unreported; A new model could help change that
Researchers have drawn on 17 years of data to develop a model that identifies areas in which the tick-borne illness ...
Wuhan CT scans reliable for coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnosis, limited for differentiation
Chest CTs have low rate of misdiagnosis and can standardize imaging features and transformation rules for rapid diagnosis, yet modality ...
Preventing spread of SARS coronavirus-2 in humans
Göttingen infection researchers identify potential drugCredit: Illustration: Markus Hoffmann Several coronaviruses circulate worldwide and constantly infect humans, which normally caused ...
Chlamydia build their own entrance into human cells
Infection biology: Publication in PNASCredit: HHU / Dr. Sebastian Haensch Together with scientists from Paris and Munich, a team of ...
X-ray eyes peer deeper into deadly pathogen
Credit: James Zook Tularemia is a rare but often lethal disease. It is caused by one of the most aggressive ...
Public health leaders call for coordinated communication response to COVID-19
Credit: National Academy of Medicine On Thursday in the National Academy of Medicine's Perspectives, public health leaders including CUNY Graduate ...
App, AI work together to provide rapid at-home assessment of coronavirus risk
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University A coronavirus app coupled with machine intelligence will soon enable an individual to ...
Coronavirus treatment and risk to breastfeeding women
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 4, 2020--Little data is available about the ability of antiviral ...
Newfound cell defense system features toxin-isolating ‘sponges’
Credit: Courtesy of Nature A "decoy" mechanism has been found in human and animal cells to protect them from potentially ...
Novel compound sparks new malaria treatment hope
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute A novel class of antimalarial compounds that can effectively kill malaria parasites has been ...
Chinese researchers detail chest CT findings in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia
Most patients have ground-glass opacities (GGO) or mixed GGO and consolidation and vascular enlargement in the lesion--lesion likely to have ...
Hydrogen sulfide heightens disease in tuberculosis, suggesting a new therapeutic target
The tuberculosis bacteria induce increased hydrogen sulfide production by human macrophages, which increases pathogenesis.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A new ...
Anti-evolution drug could stop antibiotic resistance
Credit: Veening lab The spread of antibiotic resistance is partly due to the ability of bacteria to pick up DNA ...
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