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Infectious Disease
Infectious Disease: Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi; the diseases can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. Zoonotic diseases are infectious diseases of animals that can cause disease when transmitted to humans. Most infectious diseases have only minor complications. But some infections - such as pneumonia, AIDS and meningitis - can become life-threatening.
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SEP 13, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. On ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 03, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Although spending time in nature can reduce stress and generally improve health and well-being, insects like mosquitoes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 02, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Our skin is a crucial, protective barrier that is considered to be a major part of our immune defenses. When pathogens t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2024Microbiology
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world because of the diseases they carry, indulging malaria and dengue. Mosq ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2024Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus that causes the illness - SARS-CoV-2 - has had a practically infinit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2024Microbiology
Fungi are everywhere, and in many cases, a fungal infection can be eliminated by a person's immune system. But fungal in ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2024Microbiology
Animal models have served as excellent models of many aspects of human biology and disease, but they cannot mimic every ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
For many people, getting chickenpox is a rite of passage in childhood. About 95% of people carry the virus that causes i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a common Gram-negative bacterium. They can live almost anywhere, including wate ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2024Microbiology
India is experiencing the most severe outbreak of a disease known as Chandipura virus in decades. Previous outbreaks hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2024Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases jump species to infect humans, and scientists have been studying the links in this transmission netwro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 30, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Oropouche virus (OROV) causes Oropouche fever (OROF); the first case was identified in a forest worker in Trinidad and T ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 29, 2024Microbiology
The H5N1 avian influenza is highly pathogenic and has been devastating bird populations worldwide. It continues to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2024Microbiology
Highly pathogenic avian influenza could once only be caught from an infected bird. But it seems the virus can now move f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 15, 2024Microbiology
Many of us experienced chickenpox as kids. The virus has a few sneaky ways to cause illness, and hang around in the body ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks carry the bacterium, Borrelia burgdoferi, which causes Lyme disease. Lyme is becoming more common as the climate c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2024Microbiology
When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2024Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium that can be found throughout the environment. It can also cause deadly, multidrug- ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2024Earth & The Environment
Aspergillus is a common fungus that produces spores, which can be found in many indoor and outdoor environments. There a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2024Microbiology
Our guts are full of microbes like bacteria, fungi, and viruses, and this gut microbiome has to stay properly imbalanced ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2024Earth & The Environment
We're nowhere near a world like the one in HBO's The Last of Us, but there have been notable increases in fungal infecti ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The overwhelming majority of people that think they have the flu never get tested, even when they see a doctor about it, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Organoids are an improved model for the study human biology and disease, because they are miniaturized versions of human ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Two new research studies are addressing the rising threat of fungal infections, which can be very difficult to treat. On
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Although spending time in nature can reduce stress and generally improve health and well-being, insects like mosquitoes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 02, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our skin is a crucial, protective barrier that is considered to be a major part of our immune defenses. When pathogens t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2024
Microbiology
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals in the world because of the diseases they carry, indulging malaria and dengue. Mosq
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2024
Microbiology
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus that causes the illness - SARS-CoV-2 - has had a practically infinit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2024
Microbiology
Fungi are everywhere, and in many cases, a fungal infection can be eliminated by a person's immune system. But fungal in
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2024
Microbiology
Animal models have served as excellent models of many aspects of human biology and disease, but they cannot mimic every
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
For many people, getting chickenpox is a rite of passage in childhood. About 95% of people carry the virus that causes i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) is a common Gram-negative bacterium. They can live almost anywhere, including wate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Are all bacterial cells in a group alike? It doesn't seem so. A population of bacterial cells may be heteroresistant...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2024
Microbiology
India is experiencing the most severe outbreak of a disease known as Chandipura virus in decades. Previous outbreaks hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2024
Microbiology
Zoonotic diseases jump species to infect humans, and scientists have been studying the links in this transmission netwro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 30, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Oropouche virus (OROV) causes Oropouche fever (OROF); the first case was identified in a forest worker in Trinidad and T
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 29, 2024
Microbiology
The H5N1 avian influenza is highly pathogenic and has been devastating bird populations worldwide. It continues to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2024
Microbiology
Highly pathogenic avian influenza could once only be caught from an infected bird. But it seems the virus can now move f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 15, 2024
Microbiology
Many of us experienced chickenpox as kids. The virus has a few sneaky ways to cause illness, and hang around in the body
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Ticks carry the bacterium, Borrelia burgdoferi, which causes Lyme disease. Lyme is becoming more common as the climate c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2024
Microbiology
When our body is attacked by a pathogen, the pathogen has to find ways to evade our immune system and invade our cells t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2024
Microbiology
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a bacterium that can be found throughout the environment. It can also cause deadly, multidrug-
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Aspergillus is a common fungus that produces spores, which can be found in many indoor and outdoor environments. There a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2024
Microbiology
Our guts are full of microbes like bacteria, fungi, and viruses, and this gut microbiome has to stay properly imbalanced
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2024
Earth & The Environment
We're nowhere near a world like the one in HBO's The Last of Us, but there have been notable increases in fungal infecti
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The overwhelming majority of people that think they have the flu never get tested, even when they see a doctor about it,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organoids are an improved model for the study human biology and disease, because they are miniaturized versions of human
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch