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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD): Treatment shows ‘very encouraging’ early results

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A world-first treatment for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), developed by scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Prion Unit at UCL, has shown “very encouraging” early...

Children previously infected with COVID-19 develop natural circulating antibodies that last for at least seven months, according to a UTHealth Houston study

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Children previously infected with COVID-19 develop natural circulating antibodies that last for at least seven months, according to a new study led by researchers at UTHealth Houston. The...

Campylobacter jejuni vaccine candidate set for human trials

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A potential vaccine developed by University of Guelph researchers to combat one of the main causes of bacterial diarrheal illness worldwide is set to be tested on people early this...

Rat Hepatitis E virus could be considered an emerging disease in Europe: Study

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In a recent study published in the Journal of Hepatology last month, researchers describe the first cases of acute hepatitis related to Orthohepevirus C infection (HEV-C), also known as rat Hepatitis E...

Nipah and Hendra viruses may provide blueprints for vaccine design and antibody treatments

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Recent molecular findings offer new details on how Nipah and Hendra viruses attack cells, and the immune responses that try to counter this onslaught. The results point toward multi-pronged...

Coronavirus infects penis, testicles and prostate in monkeys: Northwestern study

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Multiple tissues of the male genital tract can be infected with SARS-CoV-2, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study in large animal models. The study, in SARS-CoV-2 infected-rhesus macaques, revealed...

Rabies: Genomic surveillance helps prepare for outbreaks in bats

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The COVID-19 pandemic and the significant impact of emerging variants have shown the importance of understanding viruses in as much detail as possible. Luckily there are many ways scientists can learn...

Study finds mosquitoes transmitting West Nile virus love to bite non-native lizards in Florida, Arizona

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In the United States, West Nile virus circulates among wild birds, transmitted by Culex mosquitoes, which transmit West Nile virus and other viruses in the southern United States. Humans can become infected...

A story about vultures, feral dogs, rabies – and piles of rotting animal carcasses

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In the yards behind the slaughterhouses—also called abattoirs—of Ethiopia, an ecological shift is unfolding that has echoes of similar crises all over the world. Species with...

Borrelia burgdorferi fragments in the nervous system could be a cause of persistent symptoms post-treatment: Tulane study

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Even after antibiotic treatment, some Lyme disease patients suffer from an array of symptoms including neurological issues that greatly diminish their quality of life. Brain scans...