Where will the next pandemic begin? The Amazon rainforest offers troubling clues
Scientists have traced about 1/3 of all known infectious disease outbreaks in humans to rapid land use change. Where will next pandemic...
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Scientists have traced about 1/3 of all known infectious disease outbreaks in humans to rapid land use change. Where will next pandemic...
#Clostridium #Cdiff #CDI #microbiology #infectiousdisease Background The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for Clostridium...
#Helicobacter #pathogenesis #virulence #infectiousdisease #microbiology Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis and disease outcomes are...
#microbiology #pathogenesis #immunology #immunity #bacteria #virus #virology #mycology #infectiousdisease #genetics #microbiota The...
#babesiosis #microbiology #infectiousdisease Babesiosis is most often caused by the tiny parasites Babesia microti and transmitted to...
#microbiota #microbiome #infectiousdisease #microbiology #inflammation The human gut hosts a dense and diverse microbial community,...
#Salmonella #cellbiology #infectiousdisease #microbiology Intracellular bacteria such as Salmonella are a major threat to human health....
#microbiology #infectiousdisease Traditionally, an infection is thought to happen when microbes—bacteria, fungi, or viruses—enter and...
The mosquito-borne arbovirus #Zika virus (ZIKV, Flavivirus, Flaviviridae), has caused an outbreak impressive by its magnitude and rapid...
Humanity faces an unknown number of new & potentially fatal viruses emerging from Africa's tropical rainforests, according to Professor...
Researchers report that new mutations in pfgch1 gene in Plasmodium falciparum, which enhance resistance to a drug...
The lymphatic system delivers fluid and larger molecules to the circulatory system, and it is involved in immune system surveillance....