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Unknown virus discovered in humans

An international team based in Austria has unearthed a previously unknown type of virus in samples of human bodily fluids. The researchers were looking for viruses that infect bacteria, known as bacteriophages, with an...

20 November, 2019

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Glucose transporters blocked in bacterial meningitis

Escherichia coli K1 (E. coli K1) continues to be a major threat to the health of young infants. Affecting the central nervous system, it causes neonatal meningitis by multiplying in immune cells, such as macrophages...

4 August, 2016

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E. coli: The ideal transport vehicle for next-gen vaccines?

Researchers experimenting with harmless strains of E. coli — yes, the majority of E. coli are safe and important to healthy human digestion — are working toward that goal. They have developed an E. coli...

11 July, 2016

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E. Coli may offer cheap way to create a Malaria vaccine

Researchers have found a way to use E. coli bacteria to inexpensively manufacture a once hard-to-produce protein that is critical to the development of a malaria vaccine. Nirbhay Kumar, professor and chair of tropical...

24 January, 2014

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Update on E.coli outbreak in Germany and cluster in France

France has reported a cluster of eight patients with bloody diarrhoea who were infected with E.coli

28 June, 2011

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Germans target sprouts in E coli outbreak, clear other foods

German government officials lifted their recommendation against eating cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce, and showcased evidence that puts sprouts front and center

13 June, 2011

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Sprouts so far innocent of E. coli outbreak; bacterium strikes brain oddly

The source of a deadly outbreak of Escherichia coli bacteria in Germany remains elusive

8 June, 2011

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New clues found in tracing the origin of the deadly E coli strain and an appeal for the sharing of additional data

Following previous efforts, BGI and their collaborators at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, as well as a growing number of researchers around the world

8 June, 2011

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Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in Germany

On 22 May, Germany reported a significant increase in the number of patients with haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and bloody diarrhoea caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC).

8 June, 2011

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E. Coli outbreak in Germany claims first victim

At least one person has died in Germany after contracting a dangerous strain of E. coli. The outbreak, whose cause is currently not known,

25 May, 2011

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