Follow
Animal infection
Animal infections occur when an agent invades a host animal's tissues where it replicates and releases toxins causing disease. Some animal infections, known as zoonotic diseases, can be transferred to humans.
-
MAR 27, 2015Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 24, 2015Microbiology
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum produces chemical compounds called terpenes that give off odors that attract ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 20, 2015Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 18, 2015Immunology
Rodents infected with a common parasite lose their fear of cats, resulting in easy meals for the felines. Now, Indiana U ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 10, 2015Immunology
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, have designed a new type of vaccine ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 09, 2015Immunology
Alligators are formidable animals. They have been around since the age of dinosaurs-and they certainly look like i ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 06, 2015Immunology
There are 4 known groups of HIV strains that affect humans. Two of them originated in western lowland gorillas in ...Written By: Robert WoodardFEB 23, 2015Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 23, 2015Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of ...Written By: Greg CruikshankDEC 01, 2014Microbiology
Timely surveillance warranted to help prevent "the Next Epidemic"
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeSEP 22, 2014Immunology
Sixty percent of those infected in Africa die within eight days to three weeks after contracting the Ebola virus. But so ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 16, 2014Immunology
activity, it was able to target the mechanisms leading to the prevention of replication and modulation of the immune sys ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 08, 2014Microbiology
A massive global collaborative effort is under way to understand how the Ebola virus affects cells, why the virus is let ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJUN 17, 2014Immunology
Necessity is the mother of invention and that's what happened in the Soviet Union when they didn't have access to leadin ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 05, 2014Videos
The skin is the body's primary barrier against physical insults and microbial pathogens. It represents a unique envi ...Written By: Robert WoodardFEB 08, 2014Videos
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is resistance of a microorganism to an antimicrobial medicine to which it was previously ...Written By: Jennifer Ellis
MAR 27, 2015
Immunology
A team at Rockefeller University tracked the appearance and disappearance of protein coats within the blood of mice infe
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Microbiology
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum produces chemical compounds called terpenes that give off odors that attract
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 20, 2015
Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 18, 2015
Immunology
Rodents infected with a common parasite lose their fear of cats, resulting in easy meals for the felines. Now, Indiana U
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 10, 2015
Immunology
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, have designed a new type of vaccine
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 09, 2015
Immunology
Alligators are formidable animals. They have been around since the age of dinosaurs-and they certainly look like i ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 06, 2015
Immunology
There are 4 known groups of HIV strains that affect humans. Two of them originated in western lowland gorillas in ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
FEB 23, 2015
Microbiology
The appearance of infectious diseases in new places and new hosts, such as West Nile virus and Ebola, is a predictable r
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 23, 2015
Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
DEC 01, 2014
Microbiology
Timely surveillance warranted to help prevent "the Next Epidemic"
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...
A family of viruses that can be deadly may ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
SEP 22, 2014
Immunology
Sixty percent of those infected in Africa die within eight days to three weeks after contracting the Ebola virus. But so
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 16, 2014
Immunology
activity, it was able to target the mechanisms leading to the prevention of replication and modulation of the immune sys
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 08, 2014
Microbiology
A massive global collaborative effort is under way to understand how the Ebola virus affects cells, why the virus is let
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
JUN 17, 2014
Immunology
Necessity is the mother of invention and that's what happened in the Soviet Union when they didn't have access to leadin
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 05, 2014
Videos
The skin is the body's primary barrier against physical insults and microbial pathogens. It represents a unique envi
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
FEB 08, 2014
Videos
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is resistance of a microorganism to an antimicrobial medicine to which it was previously
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis