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Zika poses long infection risk through sex

The virus that causes Zika fever can be transmitted through sexual contact long after initial infection as it survives for weeks in semen, according to research undertaken in Brazil. A paper published this month in...

29 April, 2016

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Key step in process of Shigella infection identified

Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Division of Infectious Diseases are investigating the mechanism by which several important pathogenic species of bacteria deliver proteins into the cells of the...

15 March, 2016

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Indian scientists develop Hepatitis C vaccine

A group of Indian scientists has developed a vaccine meant to treat Hepatitis C, a virus or infection that causes liver disease and inflammation of the liver. According to the report in Times of India, the team from the...

23 February, 2016

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New ‘super-infected’ mosquitoes may help fight dengue, Zika

Arboviruses such as Zika are those harboured by biting bugs like mosquitoes and ticks, which are known as “vectors” – the agents that carry and transmit an infectious pathogen into another living organism. The disease...

23 February, 2016

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New MCR-1 reports warn of untreatable infection threat

The newly identified MCR-1 resistance gene has been detected in six more countries, along with worrisome signs that it can appear alongside other resistance genes, which would make some infections untreatable, according...

12 January, 2016

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Swine flu: New H1N1 virus in Chinese pigs has potential to cause global pandemic

A new strain of the H1N1 swine flu virus with the potential to “transmit efficiently in humans” and cause a pandemic has been discovered in China. Scientists isolated 139 H1N1 swine flu viruses in pigs in...

4 January, 2016

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Gene behavior distinguishes viral from bacterial infections

Coughs, fevers and green mucus can accompany an infection, but most of the time, doctors can only guess whether the culprit is bacterial or viral. A new study points out a way to identify the perp. An infection changes...

24 December, 2015

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HIV antibody infusion safely suppresses virus in infected people

A single infusion of a powerful antibody called VRC01 can suppress the level of HIV in the blood of infected people who are not taking antiretroviral therapy (ART), scientists at the National Institutes of Health report...

24 December, 2015

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Researchers uncover essential interaction between malaria parasites and liver cells

Scientists at the Center for Infectious Disease Research recently uncovered a critical piece in the puzzle of how malaria parasites infect their host. The work, recently published in ScienceMagazine, reveals the details...

11 December, 2015

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‘Superballs’ can block infection by Ebola virus

Molecular ‘superballs’ have been created that can stop viruses infecting cells. The molecules, which are based on C60 fullerenes, are water soluble and biocompatible, and have shown promise in vitro in preventing...

27 November, 2015

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