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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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Happy Year of the Ox
Happy #YearOfTheOx ! #牛年行大運 #牛年
David Ojcius
Feb 10, 20211 min read


Vaccine vs variant: Promising data in Israel's race to defeat pandemic
Israel’s swift vaccination rollout has made it the largest real-world study of Pfizer Inc’s #COVID19 vaccine. Results are trickling in,...
David Ojcius
Feb 10, 20211 min read


France Stalls Between Slow COVID19 Vaccine Rollout & High Infection Rates
#coronavirus numbers have plateaued despite months of economically damaging restrictions, & vaccinations still lag behind other European...
David Ojcius
Feb 10, 20211 min read


Description of mutations in Coronavirus Variants of Concern.
Article describes coronaviruses that appear to be more infectious than other circulating coronaviruses, including #B117 #B1351 and #P1....
David Ojcius
Feb 9, 20211 min read


Gum disease linked to COVID-19 complications
A study of >500 patients with #COVID19 found that those with periodontal disease were 3.5 times more likely to be admitted to ICU, 4.5...
David Ojcius
Feb 8, 20211 min read


Resurgence of Ebola in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
DR Congo announced a new case of #Ebola in Butembo, where a previous outbreak was declared over in June 2020. Butembo was an epicentre of...
David Ojcius
Feb 7, 20211 min read


U.K. coronavirus variant spreading rapidly through United States, study finds
The #B117 #coronavirus variant that was 1st observed in the UK is spreading rapidly across the US, outcompeting other mutant strains &...
David Ojcius
Feb 7, 20211 min read


The animals that ticks bite in the U.S. South can impact Lyme disease spread
The paucity of #LymeDisease cases in the southern US may be due to what black-legged ticks bite. Ticks in the N.E. commonly bite...
David Ojcius
Feb 6, 20211 min read


Mutated virus may reinfect people already stricken once with covid-19, sparking debate and concerns
South African #B1351 #coronavirus variant may reinfect people already stricken once with #COVID19. The finding, though far from...
David Ojcius
Feb 6, 20211 min read


Climate change may have driven the emergence of SARS-CoV-2
A new study provides the first evidence of a mechanism by which #climate change could have played a direct role in the emergence of the...
David Ojcius
Feb 5, 20211 min read


Powerful Antiviral Treatment for COVID-19 Discovered That Could Change How Epidemics Are Managed
Scientists find that thapsigargin (a plant-derived product) triggers a highly effective broad-spectrum antiviral innate immune response...
David Ojcius
Feb 5, 20211 min read


The AstraZeneca vaccine protects against more contagious coronavirus variant
The #astrazenecavaccine is found to give strong protection against the #B117 #coronavirus variant that was first seen in the UK,...
David Ojcius
Feb 5, 20211 min read


Fecal microbiota transplants help patients with advanced melanoma respond to immunotherapy
For patients with cancers who do not respond to immunotherapy drugs, adjusting the composition of the gut #microbiota through fecal...
David Ojcius
Feb 4, 20211 min read


Drinking green tea, coffee lowers risk of death for stroke and heart attack survivors
Stroke & #heart attack survivors can reduce multiple causes of death & prevent further cardiovascular events by drinking green #tea or...
David Ojcius
Feb 4, 20211 min read


Covid-19 vaccine may slow transmission of the coronavirus
The AstraZeneca vaccine has the potential to slow transmission of the #coronavirus - the latest study to report evidence that a...
David Ojcius
Feb 4, 20211 min read


How gut microbes could drive brain disorders.
Studies over the past decade revealed that the trillions of bacteria in the gut could have profound effects on the #brain, & might be...
David Ojcius
Feb 3, 20211 min read


Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 by human sera from people who received Pfizer vaccine
Given concerns that the #B117 #coronavirus variant that first emerged in the UK may evade current vaccines, a study tested the variant...
David Ojcius
Feb 3, 20211 min read


Your toothbrush reflects you, not your toilet
After studying microbial communities living on bristles from used toothbrushes, researchers found those communities matched microbes...
David Ojcius
Feb 3, 20211 min read


Even with vaccines, we still need treatments for Covid. So what works?
Vaccines have been described as the solution to the #COVID19 pandemic. But treatments, which are bringing down death rates, will be...
David Ojcius
Feb 2, 20211 min read


Bacteria Have Been Seen Literally Changing Shape to Avoid Antibiotics
Scientists discover a simple new way bacteria (Caulobacter crescentus) avoid #antibiotics in the human body - by changing shape. Upon...
David Ojcius
Feb 1, 20211 min read
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