Salmonella enterica is the name of a group of rod-shaped bacteria that can cause gastroenteritis in humans and other animals.
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Petting zoos could potentially transmit highly virulent drug-resistant bacteria to visitors
New research presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Amsterdam, Netherlands (13-16 April)
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Opioid epidemic is increasing rates of some infectious diseases: Health, substance use professionals must work together to thwart public health crisis
The United States faces a converging public health crisis as the nation’s opioid epidemic fuels growing rates of certain infectious
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Bacteria ‘trap’ could help slow down antibiotic resistance
Scientists have developed a new and faster test for identifying how single bacteria react to antibiotics, which could help in
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OxyContin reformulation to curb opioid abuse led to hepatitis C surge, study finds: Study cautions that some drug abuse control strategies can cause other health harms
Reformulation of the pain medicine OxyContin in 2010 to make it more difficult to abuse directly led to a large
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Urine testing of people with HIV for tuberculosis can save lives and be cost-effective: Mass. General-led study supports urine-based tuberculosis screening in two African countries
Screening all hospitalized patients with HIV for tuberculosis (TB) using urine tests would improve life expectancy and be cost-effective in
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Zika vaccines should induce responses by CD4+ T cells
Immune cells called CD4+ T cells could be important mediators of protection against the Zika virus, according to a study
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Combination therapy treats leishmaniasis, HIV patients
Coinfection with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been observed in at least 35 countries on four
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Experimental antibody ‘cocktail’ protects animals from three deadly Ebola viruses
Scientists from academia, industry, and government have developed a combination of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that protected animals from all three
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Invasion of the ticks: experts warn of worrisome proliferation
2018 was a record year for tick – 2019 could be worse In the year 2018, the highest number of
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