Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Bottom Line: Hepatitis C virus infection is a major cause of illness and death in the United States and injection ...

Almost 60 percent of patients were prescribed antibiotics in a way that did not follow AUA guidelines A new study ...

This article by Dr. Ahmed A. Haroun et al. is published in Current Bioactive Compounds, Volume 14 , Issue 4 ...

Credit: Mary Gillham Archive Project, Flickr, CC BY 2.0, 2017 Since 2012, the number of cases of leprosy in Morocco ...

Findings could lead to early diagnosis, better treatment studiesCredit: NIAID WHAT: An ultrasensitive test has been developed that detects a ...

The pneumonia causing pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa has developed a twin-track strategy to colonize its hostCredit: Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum ...

Intervention could be used to increase screening for other infectious diseasesCredit: Jon Gardiner/UNC Chapel-Hill Chapel Hill, N.C. - Chinese gay ...

A team from GW is investigating the causes of cardiovascular disease in HIV-infected patients WASHINGTON (Dec. 20, 2018) -- Atherosclerosis ...

Wide dissemination of colistin-resistant Escherichia coli, a growing therapeutic concern, in rural communities in Vietnam revealedCredit: Osaka University A team ...

Credit: CDC (Deborah S. Jacobs, Jia Yin) WASHINGTON, DC -- Contact lenses are worn by an estimated 45 million Americans. ...

Scientists at the KU Leuven Rega Institute in Belgium have developed a new vaccine against the Zika virus. This vaccine ...

Vaccine is highly effective, but prevents only a small number of cases A computer-generated model developed by Johns Hopkins Medicine ...

Testing and treatment are key, say IDSA guidelines ARLINGTON, Va. - Pregnant women and the extremely obese are among those ...

This 100-year-old oncogenic virus often used to study HIV-1, and understanding the molecular basis of binding informs ways to prevent ...