Nearly 700 million people suffer from mosquito-borne diseases — such as malaria, West Nile, Zika and dengue fever — each
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Tibetan sheep highly susceptible to human plague, originates from marmots
In the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, one of the region’s highest risk areas for human plague, Himalayan marmots are the primary carriers
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The medicine of the future against infection and inflammation?
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, have in collaboration with colleagues in Copenhagen and Singapore, mapped how the body’s own
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Latent TB treatment: Shorter is better: Game-changing study on treatment of latent Tuberculosis shows a novel, short therapy is safer and more effective in children and adults than standard therapy
Treatment of latent tuberculosis is set to transform after a pair of studies from the Research-Institute of the McGill University
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The effectiveness of chlorhexidine is limited in preventing infections in oral procedures
The human oral cavity is colonised by a huge variety of bacteria. When surgical procedures such as a tooth extraction
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Crowdsourcing friendly bacteria helps superbug cause infection
Antimicrobial resistant pathogens crowdsource friendly bacteria to survive in immune cells and cause disease, a new study by the University
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Whole genome sequencing reveals cluster of resistant bacteria in returning travelers: OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST392 found in 13 patients previously hospitalized in Gran Canaria
Thirteen patients with OXA-48-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST392 have been reported by Sweden and Norway between January and April 2018 —
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Potential new drug for two life-threatening diseases: New plant-based drug could provide treatment for two deadly tropical diseases
Derived from nature, a potential new drug to treat two life-threatening tropical diseases has been discovered as a result of
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Gonorrhea researchers identify novel route to vaccine, new antibiotic
Researchers have identified a protein that powers the virulence of the bacteria that causes gonorrhea, opening the possibility of a
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Opt for right food during monsoon
Eating during the monsoon season always becomes a cause of concern as one is prone to falling ill as the
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