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Penn State research suggest that global warming could limit the spread of dengue fever

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Infection with dengue virus makes mosquitoes more sensitive to warmer temperatures, according to new research led by Penn State researchers. The team also found that...

Finland study: Antibodies present more than one year after COVID-19 infection

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The majority of those infected with the coronavirus had neutralizing antibodies after more than a year, according to a study by the National Institute for Health and...

SARS-related coronavirus found in UK horseshoe bats

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A coronavirus related to the virus that causes Covid-19 in humans has been found in UK horseshoe bats – according to new collaborative research from the University of East Anglia, ZSL (Zoological...

COVID-19 antibody levels remain high nine months after infection: Study

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Testing of an entire Italian town shows antibody levels remain high nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic. Researchers from...

Syphilis: Worldwide prevalence of syphilis among MSM 15x higher than men in the general population

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The global burden of syphilis among men who have sex with men (MSM) has been estimated for the first time in a new study published in The Lancet Global Health. Led...

Persistent Lyme infection in brain, possible correlation between infection and Lewy body dementia: Tulane study

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Tulane University researchers found the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in the brain tissue of a woman who had long suffered neurocognitive impairment after her...

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteremia in young children with pneumonia associated with a high mortality rate

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Resistance to antibiotics is common and often deadly among children with pneumonia in Bangladesh, according to a new study coauthored by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) with colleagues...

Study: Sachet water consumption was positively associated with increasing risk of cholera in DRC

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Cholera is a diarrheal disease caused by ingestion of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium. In November 2017, a cholera epidemic occurred in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic...

Dengue fever ‘hot spots’ can provide a predictive map for future outbreaks of Zika and chikungunya

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Data from nine cities in Mexico confirms that identifying dengue fever “hot spots” can provide a predictive map for future outbreaks of Zika and chikungunya. All three of these viral diseases are spread...

Study confirms the low likelihood that SARS-CoV-2 on hospital surfaces is infectious

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A new study by UC Davis researchers confirms the low likelihood that SARS-CoV-2 contamination on hospital surfaces is infectious. The study, published June 24 in PLOS...