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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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MAR 11, 2015Microbiology
Households can serve as a reservoir for transmitting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a ...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 05, 2015Immunology
A team of infectious disease computer modelers at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a free, mobile-friendly too ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 02, 2015Immunology
Alere Inc, Waltham, Mass, a leading maker of rapid diagnostic tests, has received IVD CE marking in Europe for the Alere ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 27, 2015Health & Medicine
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile, or C. diff) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United St ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 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 CruikshankFEB 18, 2015Microbiology
Researchers have found a remarkable-and heretofore unseen-way in which viruses disperse between cells. Multiple poliovir ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeDEC 19, 2014Videos
Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium, which is transmitte ...Written By: Robert WoodardNOV 17, 2014Technology
PathSensors Inc. (www.PathSensors.com), a Baltimore-based biotechnology and environmental testing company, is developing ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 12, 2014Health & Medicine
To turn the tide, nearly two million children took part in a double-blind study for the polio vaccine
On the ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeNOV 03, 2014Immunology
The news is frightening, whether you live in or travel to places where you might be likely to be exposed to it or whethe ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 23, 2014Videos
A surprisingly perky overview of deadly infectious diseases.Written By: Robert WoodardSEP 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 10, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
In a new study from the University of Pennsylvania and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research published ...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 MicheliAUG 15, 2013Videos
Antibiotics have long been considered the 'silver bullet' against infection. Now, medical experts are concerned ...Written By: Jennifer Ellis
MAR 11, 2015
Microbiology
Households can serve as a reservoir for transmitting methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a
...
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 05, 2015
Immunology
A team of infectious disease computer modelers at the University of Pittsburgh have launched a free, mobile-friendly too
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 02, 2015
Immunology
Alere Inc, Waltham, Mass, a leading maker of rapid diagnostic tests, has received IVD CE marking in Europe for the Alere
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 27, 2015
Health & Medicine
Clostridium difficile (C. difficile, or C. diff) caused almost half a million infections among patients in the United St
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
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
FEB 18, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers have found a remarkable-and heretofore unseen-way in which viruses disperse between cells. Multiple poliovir
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
DEC 19, 2014
Videos
Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease caused by a protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium, which is transmitte
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
NOV 17, 2014
Technology
PathSensors Inc. (www.PathSensors.com), a Baltimore-based biotechnology and environmental testing company, is developing
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 12, 2014
Health & Medicine
To turn the tide, nearly two million children took part in a double-blind study for the polio vaccine
On the ...
On the ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
NOV 03, 2014
Immunology
The news is frightening, whether you live in or travel to places where you might be likely to be exposed to it or whethe
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 23, 2014
Videos
A surprisingly perky overview of deadly infectious diseases.
Written By:
Robert Woodard
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 10, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a new study from the University of Pennsylvania and National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research published
...
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
AUG 15, 2013
Videos
Antibiotics have long been considered the 'silver bullet' against infection. Now, medical experts are concerned
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis