Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Studies suggest that fruit flies which have co-evolved with viruses have greater genetic variation underlying their susceptibility to future infections ...

Disease-causing nibbling amoeba hides by displaying proteins from host cells

Credit: Hannah Miller/UC Davis A parasitic amoeba that causes severe gut disease in humans protects itself from attack by biting ...

Lines blurring between human herpes simplex viruses

HSV-1, which mostly infects the mouth, and HSV-2, which causes genital sores, are forming recombinants in present-day humansCredit: Greg Pepper ...

Study: Health care providers split on who should prescribe HIV prevention drug

Some say primary care doctors should take the lead on PrEP; others feel any provider can, according to new UB ...

Darwin can help your doctor

Evolution and ecology inspire clinical research in infections and antimicrobial resistanceCredit: Marjon de Vos Taking an evolutionary view can inspire ...

510(k) market clearance for FluChip-8G Influenza A+B Assay

InDevR receives 510(k) market clearance for the first influenza diagnostic assay capable of distinguishing between seasonal and non-seasonal influenza A ...

Infectious Disease Research Center named 2019 Bioscience/Medical Manufacturer of the Year

Colorado State University recognized for innovation and education in bioscience, medicineCredit: CompanyWeek Colorado State University's Infectious Disease Research Center was ...

US 1 of 8 nations where child & adolescent health improved but maternal mortality worsened

Substantial mortality reductions mean children today are more likely than ever to reach their 20th birthdays; Progress is uneven in ...

Mayo Clinic doctors: Fecal transplants may be best answer to antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Non-pharmaceutical treatment combats recurring Clostridium Difficile infections CHICAGO--April 29, 2019-- Transplanting human donor fecal microbiota into the colon of a ...

H3N2 viruses mutate during vaccine production but new tech could fix it

Credit: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- In late March 2019, the World Health Organization and a vaccine advisory committee ...

Fleming’s method in miniature

Credit: ETH Zurich / Steven Schmitt and Helena Shomar It was 90 years ago that mould accidentally got onto a ...

Lifetime flu vaccine?

If the virus that causes flu were an ice cream cone, then the yearly vaccine teaches the immune system to ...

Mount Sinai researchers find significant delays in West Nile virus reporting

Delays impact accurate infectious disease forecasting (New York, NY - April 26, 2019) --Mount Sinai researchers found significant delays in ...

Common oral infections in childhood may increase the risk of atherosclerosis in adulthood

The association between childhood oral infections and adulthood carotid atherosclerosis was observed in The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, ...

Global malaria spending $2 billion short of WHO target, stifling progress

New study reveals wide variation in spending across the 106 countries, based on whether countries are seeking to control the ...

Humanization of antibodies targeting human herpesvirus 6B

Credit: Kobe University A research group led by Professor Yasuko Mori (Division of Clinical Virology, Center for Infectious Diseases, Kobe ...

Researchers verify new method of HIV transmission among injection drug users and effective prevention technique

'Cook your Wash' campaign reduces risk of HIV transmissionCredit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry LONDON, ON - New studies from Lawson ...

Dengue research in the Philippines evolving over time

Credit: Jacqueline Deen (CC BY 4.0) Communicable diseases including dengue continue to be major causes of morbidity and mortality in ...

Conflicting laws may keep contaminated needles in circulation, add to hep-C cases

Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Acute hepatitis C infections rose 98 percent between 2010 and 2015 nationwide, largely because more people were ...

Gonorrhoea cases on the rise across Europe