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MRSA: ‘The household environment plays a key role in the transmission in the community setting’

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Once rare, the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infects hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. each year and kills about 20,000. Antibiotic overuse has made MRSA more common...

TB: Researchers find compound that reverses isoniazid resistance

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About 1.5 million people died of tuberculosis (TB) in 2017, making it the most lethal infectious disease worldwide. A growing rise in drug-resistant TB is a major obstacle to successfully treating the...

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RSV discovery provides potential target for vaccines, treatments

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By age 2, most children have been infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which usually causes only mild cold symptoms. But people with weakened immune systems, such as infants and the elderly,...

Gardnerella vaginalis may trigger recurrent UTIs: Study

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About half of all women will experience urinary tract infections in their lifetimes, and despite treatment, about a quarter will develop recurrent infections within six months of initial infection. A...

Anti-Zika antibody protects developing fetus in mouse study

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The most devastating consequence of Zika virus infection is the development of microcephaly, or an abnormally small head, in babies who were infected in utero. Now, researchers at Washington University...

Zika infection causes reduced fertility, low testosterone in male mice

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Most of the research to understand the consequences of Zika virus infection has focused on how the virus affects pregnant women and causes severe birth defects in their developing fetuses. But a new study...

Zika virus genetic material found in tears: Washington University researchers

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Researchers have found that Zika virus can live in eyes and have identified genetic material from the virus in tears, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The...

Zika research: Potential drug target identified by Washington University team

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Scientists potentially have found a way to disrupt Zika and similar viruses from spreading in the body. A team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified a single gene pathway...

MRSA treatment research: Washington University in St. Louis and Virginia Tech

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Researchers at two prominent facilities continue the quest for newer and better treatment options for the drug resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Researchers at Washington University School...

Chikungunya and RA: Overlapping symptoms and testing results can lead to misdiagnosis

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There has been in excess of 1.1 million locally acquired cases of the mosquito borne virus, chikungunya reported in the Western hemisphere since first detected in the Caribbean in Dec. 2013. A hallmark...