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Researchers evaluate face masks and coverings as protection against COVID-19

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 It’s been shown that when two people wearing masks interact, the chance of COVID-19 transmission is drastically reduced. This is why public health officials have pleaded...

Bartonella infection associated with psychiatric symptoms and skin lesions: NC State study

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Bartonella bacteria are increasingly recognized as an emerging infectious disease threat. A new study by North Carolina State University researchers has found additional instances of Bartonella infection...

Researchers study why some people become seriously ill or die from Neisseria meningitidis

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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have come one step closer toward understanding why some people become seriously ill or die from a common bacterium that leaves most people unharmed. In a...

Mycobacterium abscessus: Johns Hopkins scientists develop a possible new antibiotic

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Scientists from Johns Hopkins University and Medicine have developed a possible new antibiotic for a pathogen that is notoriously resistant to medications and frequently lethal for people with cystic fibrosis...

NYU Langone study: Once hospitalized, black patients with COVID-19 have lower risk of death than white

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 While multiple research studies show that Black and Hispanic patients are more likely to test positive for COVID-19, a team of investigators at NYU Langone Health has found that...

Surveillance on schistosomiasis in five provincial-level administrative divisions of the People’s Republic of China in the post-elimination era

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Background: The People’s Republic of China (P. R. China) has made significant progress on schistosomiasis control. Among the 12 provincial-level administrative divisions (PLADs) with schistosomiasis...

Argentina hantavirus outbreak linked to ‘super-spreader’ events: Researchers

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 “Super-spreader” events and extensive person-to-person contact propelled an outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a small village in Argentina from 2018-2019,...

Trypanosoma cruzi: Study suggests metabolism influences drug resistance

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 New insight on how a parasite can resist current therapies has been published in the open-access eLife journal. The study in cultures of human cells infected with Trypanosoma...

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Lyme disease guidelines released: Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 New evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of Lyme disease have been developed by a multidisciplinary panel led by the Infectious...

SARS-CoV-2 mutations do not appear to increase transmissibility

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 None of the mutations currently documented in the SARS-CoV-2 virus appear to increase its transmissibility in humans, according to a study led by UCL researchers. The analysis...