Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Findings can help guide surveillance and prevent deadly outbreaksCredit: Rajib Islam (Millbrook, NY) Since its discovery in 1999, Nipah virus ...

Reducing delays in identifying visceral leishmaniasis

Women in Indian states with endemic visceral leishmaniasis - also known as Kala Azar - should be encouraged to seek ...

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 ...

‘Can you hear me, now?’ A new strategy ‘raises the volume’ of gut-body communication

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Throughout the gastrointestinal tract there are specialized hormone-producing cells called enteroendocrine cells and, although they ...

NIH funds creation of new lab model for TB/HIV research

First-of-its-kind model could prove cheaper and more effective San Antonio, Texas (June 26, 2019) - When people suffer from both ...

Malaria hijacks your genes to invade your liver

At least 100 human genes are pressed into the parasite's service; represent possible drug targets for early stages of infectionCredit: ...

Climate warming could increase malaria risk in cooler regions

Malaria parasites develop faster in mosquitoes at lower temperatures than previously thoughtCredit: Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Malaria parasites ...

The Lancet: HPV vaccination programmes have substantial impact in reducing HPV infections and precancerous cervical lesions

A meta-analysis including 60 million individuals in high-income countries finds significant decreases in HPV infections, anogenital wart diagnoses and precancerous ...

New Australian-Pacific scabies treatment has lasting results, study finds

Update of the world's first comparative trial of mass drug administration against scabiesCredit: MCRI Results of a two-year update of ...

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