Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

ECDC estimate: around 9 million Europeans live with chronic hepatitis B or CCredit: ECDC European surveillance data show on-going transmission ...

Genetic screen identifies genes that protect cells from Zika virus

Genes found to safeguard against infection as well as resuscitate infected cells, Tel Aviv University researchers say The Zika virus ...

Rotavirus cell invasion triggers a cacophony of calcium signals

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine To successfully set off disease, rotavirus, a virus that causes severe diarrhea and vomiting in ...

Bacteria-killing gel heals itself while healing you

McMaster researchers aggregate trillions of phages into new formCredit: JD Howell, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON July 25, 2019 - McMaster ...

MERS-CoV vaccine is safe and induces strong immunity in Army-led first-in-human trial

SILVER SPRING, MD - A Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV) vaccine candidate was shown to be safe, well-tolerated, ...

Mouse, not just tick: New genome heralds change in Lyme disease fight

UCI-led study points toward new ways to prevent disease transmission Irvine, Calif., July 24, 2019 -- As Lyme disease increases, ...

PSU biology prof gets $1.25M grant to study effect of Western diet on immune system

A Portland State University biology professor will continue her research into the effect of the Western diet on the immune ...

Surprising insight into Legionnaires’ disease

Frankfurt researchers have explained the mechanism of regulator SidJ in detail -- accelerated publication in NatureCredit: EMBL Grenoble In order ...

Antimalarial treatments less effective in severely malnourished children

Credit: UNAMID, Albert-González-Farran Researchers have found that severe malnutrition is associated with lower exposure to the antimalarial drug lumefantrine in ...

PrEP use high but wanes after three months among young African women

Innovative adherence strategies needed to support long-term usage, NIH-funded study suggestsCredit: NIAID In a study of open-label Truvada as daily ...

Most women use vaginal ring for HIV prevention in open-label study

NIH-supported research explored tool to expand HIV prevention choices for womenCredit: Andrew Loxley, courtesy of the International Partnership for Microbicides ...

E. coli superbug strains can persist in healthy women’s guts

Even without symptoms or antibiotic use, these virulent and multi-drug resistant strains are carried in the gut for long timeCredit: ...

Folic acid reduces risk of neural tube defects linked to HIV drug dolutegravir

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Dolutegravir is a preferred medication for treating HIV infection, but it recently has been linked ...

Microfluidics device helps diagnose sepsis in minutes