Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Researchers have provided the first insight on the impact of mass vaccination campaigns in India, introduced in 2010Credit: SEAR/A. Cabellero-Reynolds ...

A silver lining like no other

Self-sterilizing microneedles revolutionizing vaccination and drug deliveryCredit: University of South Australia Vaccinations are the world's frontline defence against infectious diseases ...

HPTN 071 demonstrates community-wide HIV prevention strategy can reduce new infections

Credit: HIV Prevention Trials Network DURHAM, NC - Researchers today presented results from the HPTN 071 (PopART) study at the ...

HIV prevention study finds universal ‘test and treat’ approach can reduce new infections

NIH-sponsored trial suggests home-based HIV testing and referral to care works at population levelCredit: Kim Cloete New HIV infections declined ...

Forecasting mosquitoes’ global spread

An international team gauges the coming threat of mosquito-borne diseasesCredit: Moritz Kraemer for Nature Microbiology; DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0376-y. Outbreaks of mosquito-borne ...

Researchers uncover new facets of HIV's 'arms race' with human defense system

Study could contribute to new therapies COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new study reveals details about the evolutionary contest between HIV ...

Texas Biomed scientists developing new vaccine strategy for tuberculosis

Experimental TB protection delivered through a spray instead of a shotCredit: Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (March 4, 2019) - ...

Putting the break on our immune system's response

Researchers have discovered how a tiny molecule known as miR-132 acts as a "handbrake" on our immune system - helping ...

Study aims to reduce sexually transmitted infections in men

Researchers at the University of Southampton are set to launch a new study to help improve condom use and tackle ...

Global maps enabling targeted interventions to reduce burden of mosquito-borne disease

Now, with an unprecedented level of accuracy, an international team of researchers, led by Dr Moritz Kramer at the University ...

GARDP and Penta partner to tackle drug-resistant infections in children

Geneva /Padova, Monday 4 March 2019 - The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP) and Penta, the paediatric infectious ...

Scientists expose hidden risks of diarrhoeal disease

A rapidly evolving new subspecies of the cryptosporidium parasite - a leading cause of diarrhoeal disease in children worldwide - ...

Researchers find window of opportunity for treatment of early cystic fibrosis lung infections

New research from DTU Biosustain and Rigshospitalet suggests that disease-causing microbes in young cystic fibrosis (CF) patients change rapidly within ...

A quick path to antimalarial resistance