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Antibody could improve survival rates of dengue, West Nile virus

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New treatments to cut the global death rate from dengue, Zika and West Nile viruses could result from research led by The University of Queensland. Associate Professor Daniel Watterson from UQ’s...

Malaria: Mutations are already widespread in parasite populations in Africa and Asia

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In the ongoing arms race between humans and the parasite that causes malaria, Taane Clark and colleagues at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) report that new mutations that enhance...

Multiple mosquito blood feedings increase malaria transmission potential: Study

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Multiple bouts of blood feeding by mosquitoes shorten the incubation period for malaria parasites and increase malaria transmission potential, according to a study published December 31 in the open-access...

Valley fever: The cost of the fungal infection in Arizona is very expensive

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a new study published this week in the journal, Open Forum Infectious Diseases, researchers from the University of Arizona and others estimated the lifetime cost-of-illness...

Pregnant women in third trimester unlikely to pass SARS-CoV-2 infection to newborns

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Pregnant women who are infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, during the third trimester are unlikely to pass the infection to their newborns, suggests a study funded by the National...

Black-legged tick

Predicting the future geographic spread of Lyme disease in the Midwest

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 By drawing from decades of studies, scientists created a timeline marking the arrival of black-legged ticks, also known as deer ticks, in hundreds of counties across 10 Midwestern...

Ebola: Reston virus spreads efficiently in pigs, according to researchers

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Reston ebolavirus (RESTV) should be considered a livestock pathogen with potential to affect other mammals, including people, according to National Institutes of Health scientists. The caution comes from...

Chagas disease: Scorpion venom molecules kill Trypanosoma cruzi, according to Brazilian researchers

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Animal toxins are research targets owing to their therapeutic and biotechnological potential. Researchers at the Federal University of the ABC (UFABC), Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and Federal...

COVID-19 mortality risk besides age: Men, obesity, diabetes or high blood pressure have highest risk

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Hospitalized COVID-19 patients have a greater risk of dying if they are men or if they are obese or have complications from diabetes or hypertension, according to a new study conducted by University of...

Naegleria fowleri study: PAM incidence remained stable, the geographic range of exposure locations expanded northward

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 According to a new study published in the journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Naegleria fowleri is a free-living ameba that causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM),...