All Infectious Disease articles – Page 70
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NewsEvidence needed for preventative measures to stop surgical infections
A new research review will look at improving preventive measures to stop surgical infections. It will also ask why we are doing what we are doing, especially when some interventions lack quality evidence to back them.
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NewsDrug-resistant tuberculosis responds rapidly to bedaquiline-based second-line therapy
Patients who have drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have a similar microbiological response to bedaquiline-based second-line medications as patients with drug-sensitive TB taking first-line regimens.
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NewsStudy reveals potential flaw in operating room ventilation that increases risk of Covid infection
Simple modifications to ventilation systems improve airflow, making operations safer for both patients and surgical teams.
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NewsAI could improve speed and accuracy of response to infectious disease outbreaks in hospitals
A research review will highlight the potential artificial intelligence (AI) has to improve speed and accuracy of investigations into infectious disease outbreaks in hospitals, and potentially provide real time information to stop or prevent them.
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NewsArtificial intelligence has huge potential in infection control, as long as the right questions are asked and safeguards are in place
Artificial intelligence can help prevent infectious disease outbreaks including ensuring staff wear personal protective equipment correctly and managing day-to-day hospital activities such as medication prescription and cleaning.
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NewsAustria isolates and genotypes Leptospira bacteria for the first time
The serological diagnostic test used to detect antibodies against the bacterium responsible for leptospirosis performs better when local variants are used but no locally circulating strain has been available in Austria - until now.
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FeaturesUnder the microscope: Alaskapox
Alaskapox virus (AKPV) is genetically more similar to old world than new world Orthopoxvirus.
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NewsStudy finds high number of persistent COVID-19 infections in the general population
A new study has found that a high proportion of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the general population lead to persistent infections lasting a month or more, with some of these showing a high number of mutations.
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NewsBat mating swarms may be the key to solving the next pandemic
The evolution of viral tolerance in Myotis bats may help scientists prevent future pandemics, say researchers.
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NewsDroughts may trigger HIV transmission increase among women in rural sub-Saharan Africa
Droughts have the potential to increase the spread of HIV for women living in rural parts of Africa, researchers at the University of Bristol have found.
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NewsNanoparticles containing lupeol treat visceral leishmaniasis with scant side effects
In animal tests conducted at São Paulo State University (UNESP), the strategy reduced spleen and liver parasite numbers by 99.9%.
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NewsSurge in gonorrhoea cases in Denmark: up by 46% between 2021 and 2022
An observed rise in gonorrhoea cases particularly affected younger women and men who have sex with women, indicating a potential shift in infection and transmissibility dynamics across the country.
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NewsStudy identifies surge in antibiotic-resistant typhoid
Researchers used whole genome sequencing to identify that S Typhi isolates with mutations evolved locally from the endemic S Typhi population in Blantyre, Malawi, and were not the result of importations from other countries.
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NewsStudies find flu vaccines were effective in 2022-2023 flu season
Two recent studies have found that flu vaccines were effective for all ages against both moderate and severe flu in the U.S. during the 2022-2023 flu season.
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NewsHigh vaccination coverage key against expected increase of measles cases in Europe
In 2023, significant increases in the number of measles cases and outbreaks were observed globally, including in 40 of the 53 countries of the European region, and in at least ten EU/EEA countries.
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NewsFight against malaria takes a step forward with fresh drug targets
New work has taken research one step closer to designing new therapies to fight and eradicate malaria thanks to a lab technique called R-DeeP.
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NewsClimate change drove the emergence of West Nile virus in Europe
Researchers investigated the extent to which West Nile virus spatial expansion in Europe can be attributed to climate change while accounting for other direct human influences such as land use and human population changes.
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NewsEnvironmental monitoring offers low-cost phage tool for typhoid fever surveillance
Researchers can accurately track where typhoid fever cases are highest by monitoring environmental samples for bacteriophages that specifically infect the bacterium that causes typhoid fever.
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NewsDrought may drive deadly amphibian disease by disrupting skin microbiome
Progressively severe droughts are disrupting the microbiomes of the thumbnail-sized orange frogs, potentially leaving them vulnerable to a deadly fungal disease, according to a new study by an international research team.
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NewsCARB-X funds Visby Medical to develop a portable rapid diagnostic for gonorrhea
Visby Medical aims to improve patients’ health outcomes and increase the lifespan of the last remaining antibiotic for resistant gonorrhea.