NIH Study Supports New Approach for Treating Cerebral Malaria
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health found evidence that specific immune cells may play a key role in the ...
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Combining Viral Genomics with Public Health Data Revealed New Details About Mumps Outbreaks
In 2016 and 2017, a surge of mumps cases at Boston-area universities prompted researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT ...
Bats’ Fierce Immune Systems Drive Viruses To Higher Virulence, Making Them Deadlier in Humans
A new University of California, Berkeley, study finds that bats' fierce immune response to viruses could drive viruses to replicate ...
New Tool Monitors Real Time Mutations in Flu
A Rutgers-led team has developed a tool to monitor influenza A virus mutations in real time, which could help virologists ...
Steroids Could Do More Harm Than Good in Treating Coronavirus
Steroids should be avoided in the treatment of the current novel coronavirus, experts have advised. A commentary article published in The ...
Antibody Mixture May Help Block Ebola Virus Infection
A research team led by scientists at Vanderbilt University Medical Center has developed an antibody mixture that in animals is ...
A Pneumonia Outbreak Associated with a New Coronavirus of Probable Bat Origin
NOTE: The following paper (.pdf) is undergoing accelerated peer-review. Abstract follows: Since the SARS outbreak 18 years ago, a large ...
Coronavirus and Brexit: UK Must Act Quickly Before Being Shut out of Europe’s Health Protection System
The threat posed by 2019-nCoV and the fragmentation of existing health protection systems caused by Brexit call for urgent assessment ...
MERS Coronavirus Antibodies in Bactrian and Hybrid Camels from Dubai
Previous published serological studies showed that sera of Bactrian camels were all negative for MERS-CoV antibodies, suggesting that Bactrian camels ...
Scientists Create Decoy Molecule that Neutralizes Arenaviruses
A host of disease-causing viruses called arenaviruses lurk in animal populations in various parts of the world, sometimes crossing over ...
Survivors of Ebola Virus Disease Develop Polyfunctional Antibody Responses
Monoclonal antibodies can mediate protection against Ebola virus (EBOV) infection through direct neutralization as well as through the recruitment of ...
Children in Many Lower Income Countries Receive Average of 25 Antibiotic Prescriptions by Age 5
Children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are receiving an average of 25 antibiotic prescriptions during their first five years of life, an ...
Complete Genome Sequence of a SARS-Related Coronavirus from Kenyan Bats
The 2002 and 2003 outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) infection was a significant public health threat at ...
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