All Infectious Disease articles – Page 32
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NewsToddler diagnosed with rare Mycobacterium marinum infection following iguana bite
A 3-year-old girl was infected with an unusual Mycobacterium marinum infection, that developed following an iguana bite, report the doctors who treated her at this year’s ECCMID in April.
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NewsLab-made antibodies offer potential cure for yellow fever
New research indicates lab-made antibodies may be able to cure people infected with yellow fever, a virus for which there is no treatment.
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NewsDevastating pathogen has proteins mapped for the first time
A parasite which has devasting impacts on agriculture and human health is the first pathogen to have its proteins located and mapped within its cells – providing clues to their function and helping to identify potential drug targets.
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NewsNext epidemic could be spotted early in wastewater, say scientists
Researchers analysing wastewater say that routine monitoring at sewage treatment works could provide a powerful early warning system for the next flu or norovirus epidemic, alerting hospitals to prepare and providing public health agencies with vital health information.
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NewsScientists warn of rise in flesh-eating bacterial infection due to global warming
Continued warming of the climate would see a rise in the number and spread of potentially fatal infections caused by bacteria found along parts of the coast of the United States, researchers predict. Vibrio vulnificus bacteria grow in warm shallow coastal waters and can infect a cut or insect bite ...
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NewsCo-infection with ‘superbug’ bacteria increases SARS-CoV-2 replication up to 15 times
New research has revealed that IsdA, a protein found in all strains of Staph A., boosts SARS-CoV-2 replication by 10- to 15-fold.
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NewsExtensively drug-resistant Shigella sonnei strain emerges in France
Scientists monitoring Shigella in France have detected the emergence of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Shigella sonnei. Bacterial genome sequencing and case characteristics suggest that these strains, which originated in South Asia, mainly spread among men who have sex with men.
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NewsSurge in highly contagious killer fungus poses new threat to amphibians across Africa
The worst wildlife disease in history, chytridiomycosis, began to spread widely in Africa in the year 2000 and may be causing overlooked epizootics, a new study reveals.
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NewsStudy shows New York City rats carry SARS-CoV-2
Wild rats in the New York City municipal sewer systems and elsewhere in the city have been exposed to SARS-CoV-, a new study has revealed.
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NewsUbiquitin protein may be Achilles heel of the flu virus
Researchers have found a trove of potential active ingredients that could help to provide treatment for the influenza virus in the future.
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NewsLAMP assay for WHO priority pathogen cuts time and is more sensitive
A new LAMP assay technique cuts the time it takes to detect the WHO priority pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii and is also more sensitive than conventional methods.
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NewsNew sampling tech will help bioterrorism responders to trace anthrax contamination
New sampling technologies developed for environmental sampling can be adapted for use in the event of a bioterrorism attack, allowing responders to rapidly trace aquatic anthrax contamination in the field.
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NewsEU-funded PANDASIA project reduces risk of pandemics in Thailand and Europe
An international team of scientists will investigate how infectious diseases are transmitted between animals, humans and environment and how potential pandemics emerge, as part of the PANDASIA project w potential pandemics emerge.
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NewsClinicians ID severe form of mpox with high mortality in people with advanced HIV
An international collaboration of clinicians has identified a severe, necrotising form of mpox with a high mortality in immunosuppressed people living with HIV.
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NewsClimate change portends wider malaria risk as mosquitoes expand range in Africa
Scientists have found that the mosquitoes responsible for transmitting malaria in Africa are spreading deeper into southern Africa and to higher elevations than previously recorded.
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NewsVillainous pairing makes superbugs more deadly and drug-resistant
Some of the world’s most deadly and drug-resistant pathogens work collaboratively to become more powerful and infectious, a new study has found.
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NewsStudy reveals how drug resistant bacteria secrete toxins
Research suggests that reducing virulence in drug resistant infections rather than trying to kill bacteria outright may offer an answer to antimicrobial resistance.
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NewsResearch team unlocks the secrets to Strep A virulence
Researchers have unlocked one of the secrets as to why some forms of Strep A are associated with severe invasive infection.
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NewsSpotlight on how hepatitis E is able to infect cells
A recently developed cell culture model has finally made it possible for researchers to investigate how hepatitis E is able to infect cells.
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NewsNew inoculation based on Ebola VSV vaccine concept protects macaques
Researchers have successfully developed a vaccine against Sudan virus (SUDV) based on the licensed Ebola virus (EBOV) vaccine.