Mycobacteria are the world’s most deadly bacteria — causing infectious diseases including tuberculosis (TB), which alone kills more than one…
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For the first time in Finland, researchers at the Nanoscience Center in University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have isolated a giant…
Read More »Like the dengue and Zika viruses, Oropouche virus causes a febrile illness. There are recent indications that infections during pregnancy…
Read More »In today’s interconnected world, infectious diseases pose an escalating threat, as demonstrated by the coronavirus pandemic and outbreaks of H1N1,…
Read More »New research shows how small shifts in the molecular makeup of a virus can profoundly alter its fate. These shifts…
Read More »A new artificial intelligence tool could aid in limiting or even prevent pandemics by identifying animal species that may harbor…
Read More »Research from Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago strongly suggests that…
Read More »Zika virus and dengue virus are very close relatives. Both are mosquito-borne flaviviruses, and both specialize in infecting a host’s…
Read More »As the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak continues, scientists are working to better understand the virus’s threat to human health. The…
Read More »In 2015, an outbreak of Zika virus triggered an epidemic in the Americas. People infected with Zika, typically via a…
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