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Hepatitis A: UNC scientists discover key to virus replication, show drug effectiveness

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The viral replication cycle is crucial for a virus to spread inside the body and cause disease. Focusing on that cycle in the hepatitis A virus (HAV), UNC School of Medicine scientists discovered that...

New antibody detection method for coronavirus that does not require a blood sample

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Despite significant and stunning advances in vaccine technology, the COVID-19 global pandemic is not over. A key challenge in limiting the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)...

SARS-CoV-2 virus can lose 90% of infectivity when in aerosol particles within 20 minutes: Study

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The SARS-CoV-2 virus can lose 90% of infectivity when in aerosol particles within 20 minutes, according to new University of Bristol findings. The study, published in the journal of the Proceedings of...

Monkeypox mean incubation period estimated at 8.5 days: Netherlands study

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 During the currently evolving outbreak of monkeypox cases worldwide, 31 cases have been confirmed in the Netherlands up to 31 May 2022. Efforts to stop the spread of infection focus...

Flu vaccination linked to 40% reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease: Study

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People who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40% less likely than their non-vaccinated peers to develop Alzheimer’s disease over the course of four years, according to a new study from UTHealth...

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More than 1,000 genes linked to the development of severe COVID-19: International research team

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Researchers from the University of Sheffield and Stanford University in the US have discovered there are specific genetic signals in people who develop severe coronavirus infection. It...

Clostridiodes difficile: Study finds fecal microbiota transplantation to be cost effective treatment for first recurrent infection

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Research recently published in Clinical Infectious Diseases from the University of Minnesota Medical School has found that Fecal Microbiota Transplantation, or FMT, is an optimal...

Study Confirms Pathogenesis of EV-D68 Virus Causing Polio-like Paralyzing Illness in Children: UNC School of Medicine

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine provides evidence that enterovirus D68 directly infects spinal cord neurons and that a corresponding robust immune...

Staphylococcus aureus infections: Predicting which will turn severe

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A common culprit of skin and respiratory infections, Staphylococcus aureus is highly unpredictable. Between 20 and 30 percent of people carry quiet colonies on their skin and in their nostrils, which...

Chagas disease: New gene variants make the parasite more dangerous, ‘A better understanding of how this process works can help us develop new methods for diagnosing, preventing and treating’

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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have mapped how the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi forms new variants that are more effective at evading the immune system and causing disease. Their findings...