Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:21:58 +0100
Harmful Bacteria On Raw Chicken Reduced By A Zap Of Cold Plasma
A new study by food safety researchers at Drexel University demonstrates that plasma can be an effective method for killing pathogens on uncooked poultry. The proof-of-concept study was published in the Journal of Food Protection...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Parasites Or Not? Transposable Elements In Fruit Flies
Many living organisms suffer from parasites, which use the hosts' resources for their own purposes. The problem of parasitism occurs at all levels right down to the DNA scale. Genomes may contain up to 80% "foreign" DNA but details of the mechanisms by which this enters the host genome and how hosts attempt to combat its spread are still the subject of conjecture...
Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
How Bacteria Come Back From The Dead
Salmonella remains a serious cause of food poisoning in the UK and throughout the EU, in part due to its ability to thrive and quickly adapt to the different environments in which it can grow...
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
200 Years Of Infectious Diseases
Unpredictable, ever-changing and with potentially far-reaching effects on the fates of nations, infectious diseases are compelling actors in the drama of human history, note scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health...
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis - Update
The World Health Organization (WHO) has ongoing programs to improve and monitor tuberculosis (TB). The WHO's 2011 report on global TB control provides the most comprehensive information ever collected on the problems and issues of disease, as well as deaths caused by TB and multidrug-resistant TB (i.e. disease marked by in vitro resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampicin)...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:00:00 PST
Areas Of Highest Human Risk For Lyme Disease In Eastern United States Detailed On New Map
A new map pinpoints well-defined areas of the Eastern United States where humans have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease, one of the most rapidly emerging infectious diseases in North America, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
The Leading Cause Of Infection Outbreaks In US Hospitals Is Norovirus
Norovirus, a pathogen that often causes food poisoning and gastroenteritis, was responsible for 18.2 percent of all infection outbreaks and 65 percent of ward closures in U.S...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Childhood Infections Linked To High Risk Of Ischemic Stroke
Common infections in children pose a high risk of ischemic stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2012. In a review of 2.5 million children, the researchers identified 126 childhood ischemic stroke cases and then randomly selected 378 age-matched controls from the remaining children without stroke...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PST
Shedding New Light On The Way Superbugs Such As MRSA Are Able To Become Resistant To Treatment With Antibiotics
Scientists have shed new light on the way superbugs such as MRSA are able to become resistant to treatment with antibiotics. Researchers have mapped the complex molecular structure of an enzyme found in many bacteria. These molecules - known as restriction enzymes - control the speed at which bacteria can acquire resistance to drugs and eventually become superbugs...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
Pneumonia Survival May Improve With Stimulation Of Brain Hormone Action
An international research team may have found a way to block a second wave of death that can result from pneumonia treatment. Antibiotics are effective at killing pneumococcus - the cause of about 50 percent of pneumonias - but as it dies the bacterium releases potentially lethal toxins...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST
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