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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.

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A Collapse Foretold: How Brazil’s Covid-19 Outbreak Overwhelmed Hospitals
Brazil's #COVID19 outbreak pushes hospitals to brink of collapse. The country faces the most new Covid-19 cases & deaths in the world, a...
David Ojcius
Mar 27, 20211 min read
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The novel Coronavirus Infects Cells in the Mouth – Saliva May Play Role in COVID19 transmission
An international team of scientists has found evidence that #SARSCoV2, the #coronavirus that causes #COVID19, infects cells in the mouth....
David Ojcius
Mar 26, 20211 min read
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Development of humoral immunity
#immunology #openaccess All articles are free This issue of Biomedical Journal contains four review articles describing our current...
David Ojcius
Mar 26, 20213 min read
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For Biden, a New Virus Dilemma: How to Handle a Looming Glut of Vaccine
US officials are anticipating the supply of #COVID19 vaccine to outstrip US demand by mid-May if not sooner, & are grappling with what to...
David Ojcius
Mar 26, 20211 min read
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Extreme exercise can lead to mitochondrial functional impairment
Researchers found that people who go to extremes when exercising can go too far, resulting in mitochondrial functional impairment &...
David Ojcius
Mar 25, 20211 min read
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Some COVID-19 Vaccines More Effective Against New Strains Than Others
Results suggest that the #Pfizer #COVID19 vaccine has good efficacy against the new UK & S. African #coronavirus variants. The...
David Ojcius
Mar 25, 20211 min read
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'Superbugs' kill more than 35K Americans each year. Doctors to blame?
#AntibioticResistance #antibiotics As the medical community develops treatments to combat the coronavirus, another deadly enemy continues...
David Ojcius
Mar 25, 20211 min read
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Structural and Functional Features of the P2X4 Receptor: An Immunological Perspective
#immunology #innateimmunity Extracellular nucleotides are important mediators of activation, triggering various responses through plasma...
David Ojcius
Mar 25, 20212 min read
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How Do Plague Stories End?
In the literature of contagion, when society is finally free of disease, it’s up to humanity to decide how to begin again. #pandemic...
David Ojcius
Mar 24, 20211 min read
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Disease outbreaks more likely in deforestation areas, study finds
Tree-planting can also increase health risks if it focuses too narrowly on small number of species, paper says Outbreaks of infectious...
David Ojcius
Mar 24, 20211 min read
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People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a price
As the #COVID19 pandemic enters its 2nd year, many people want to know when life will go back to how it was before the #coronavirus. The...
David Ojcius
Mar 24, 20211 min read
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Tissue-specific diversity of bacterial endophytes in Mexican husk tomato plants
Tissue-specific diversity of bacterial endophytes in Mexican husk tomato plants (Physalis ixocarpa Brot. ex Horm.), & screening for their...
David Ojcius
Mar 23, 20211 min read
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They Had Mild Covid. Then Their Serious Symptoms Kicked In.
A study found that ~1/3 of people struggling with #LongCovid (shortness of breath, cough, abdominal pain) did not have signs of illness...
David Ojcius
Mar 23, 20211 min read
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A Changing Gut Microbiome May Predict How Well You Age
The secret to successful aging may lie in part in your gut, according to a new report. The study found that it may be possible to predict...
David Ojcius
Mar 22, 20211 min read
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Itching to discover a new species? Follow this map
Ecologists involved in mapping all life on Earth have now taken the next step: predicting where the life we don’t know about is waiting...
David Ojcius
Mar 22, 20211 min read
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AstraZeneca’s U.S. trial shows coronavirus vaccine is 79 percent effective
US trial of #AstraZenaca #COVID19 vaccine shows it is safe & 79% effective overall. The result is a boost for the troubled vaccine, which...
David Ojcius
Mar 22, 20211 min read
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Covid vaccine warning! Possible side effects for seniors
#COVID19 #COVID19Vaccine #Vaccines #coronavirus
David Ojcius
Mar 21, 20211 min read
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Anxiety about "return to normal" after COVID19 pandemic
More than a year into the #COVID19 pandemic, people have become accustomed to the lives they’ve built and the routines they’ve created in...
David Ojcius
Mar 21, 20211 min read
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Making it easier to be a patient in times of a pandemic
What responses are needed when a public health crisis, the #COVID19 pandemic, disrupts continuity of care in a dental school clinic? To...
David Ojcius
Mar 21, 20211 min read
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Global COVID19 vaccine supply shortages challenge drug company monopoly practices
Despite rising alarm over the #COVID19 immunization gap & calls for greater cooperation, drug companies are continuing to protect...
David Ojcius
Mar 21, 20211 min read
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