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Science of Infectious Disease
An infectious disease can be defined as an illness due to a pathogen or its toxic product, which arises through transmission from an infected person, an infected animal, or a contaminated inanimate object to a susceptible host. There are several scientific practices in place to identify and/or treat an infectious disease.
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JUN 29, 2020Microbiology
Vaccines that contain live attenuated viruses may be giving people some protection from serious cases of COVID-19 that i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 28, 2020Microbiology
The 1918 pandemic flu was caused by a variant of the HIN1 strain of the influenza virus, and its genome shows that it pr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2020Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and our bodies are one of the many places they have colonized. These gut microbes c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 20, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Communities worldwide are emerging from lockdowns due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus, and cases are rising.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2020Microbiology
We've known that face masks can reduce the likelihood that asymptomatic people will spread the illness. But they are als ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2020Microbiology
COVID-19 cases have been rising in several states, and China has identified a new outbreak.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2020Microbiology
It's estimated that an astonishing 75% of emerging pathogens that infect people are zoonotic - they originate in animals ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2020Microbiology
The Zika virus, which is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, poses significant risks to the developing fetus, and new work ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2020Microbiology
A deadly virus has been spreading among the wild rabbit populations of the southwestern United States. This devastating ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2020Microbiology
Shipworms are known as the 'termites of the sea.' They are not actually worms; these infamous mollusks that have brought ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 18, 2020Microbiology
SARS-CoV caused an outbreak of SARS in 2003. Samples collected from those patients back then may help us against SARS-Co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 14, 2020Microbiology
New research reported in the New England Journal of Medicine has indicated that domestic cats can easily be infected wit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 13, 2020Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept through various countries with widely discrepant mortality rates.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's is a common form of dementia that affects as many as 5.5 million Americans and the incidence is increasing a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Many species of Campylobacter bacteria are infectious and can cause a disease called campylobacteriosis in animals and p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 07, 2020Immunology
Researchers from Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech have reported preliminary results of a study into the development of a va ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 06, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought to cause symptoms that primarily affect the respiratory system, there has been evidence that the virus can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2020Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a bacterium that lives in mosquitoes around Lake Victoria, and appears to block malaria.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 04, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists still have a lot to learn about the numerous and varied consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, which ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has become politicized as leaders seek to place blame ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 03, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
COVID-19 was declared a public health threat on January 30th and since then it took the world by a storm with more than ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 27, 2020Microbiology
The pandemic virus that causes COVID-19 has now infected nearly 3 million people, and killed over 200,000.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made a breakthrough in our understanding of HIV infections.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 26, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
This work may help explain why the virus is so easy to transmit.Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2020
Microbiology
Vaccines that contain live attenuated viruses may be giving people some protection from serious cases of COVID-19 that i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 28, 2020
Microbiology
The 1918 pandemic flu was caused by a variant of the HIN1 strain of the influenza virus, and its genome shows that it pr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2020
Microbiology
The world is full of microorganisms, and our bodies are one of the many places they have colonized. These gut microbes c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 20, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Communities worldwide are emerging from lockdowns due to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic virus, and cases are rising.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2020
Microbiology
We've known that face masks can reduce the likelihood that asymptomatic people will spread the illness. But they are als
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2020
Microbiology
COVID-19 cases have been rising in several states, and China has identified a new outbreak.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2020
Microbiology
It's estimated that an astonishing 75% of emerging pathogens that infect people are zoonotic - they originate in animals
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2020
Microbiology
The Zika virus, which is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, poses significant risks to the developing fetus, and new work
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2020
Microbiology
A deadly virus has been spreading among the wild rabbit populations of the southwestern United States. This devastating
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2020
Microbiology
Shipworms are known as the 'termites of the sea.' They are not actually worms; these infamous mollusks that have brought
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 18, 2020
Microbiology
SARS-CoV caused an outbreak of SARS in 2003. Samples collected from those patients back then may help us against SARS-Co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 14, 2020
Microbiology
New research reported in the New England Journal of Medicine has indicated that domestic cats can easily be infected wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 13, 2020
Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has swept through various countries with widely discrepant mortality rates.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Alzheimer's is a common form of dementia that affects as many as 5.5 million Americans and the incidence is increasing a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Many species of Campylobacter bacteria are infectious and can cause a disease called campylobacteriosis in animals and p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 07, 2020
Immunology
Researchers from Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech have reported preliminary results of a study into the development of a va
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 06, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought to cause symptoms that primarily affect the respiratory system, there has been evidence that the virus can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2020
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered a bacterium that lives in mosquitoes around Lake Victoria, and appears to block malaria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 04, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists still have a lot to learn about the numerous and varied consequences of the transatlantic slave trade, which
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The origin of SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic virus that causes COVID-19, has become politicized as leaders seek to place blame
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 03, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
COVID-19 was declared a public health threat on January 30th and since then it took the world by a storm with more than
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 27, 2020
Microbiology
The pandemic virus that causes COVID-19 has now infected nearly 3 million people, and killed over 200,000.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have made a breakthrough in our understanding of HIV infections.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 26, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
This work may help explain why the virus is so easy to transmit.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch