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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Key difference between humans and other mammals is skin deep
While humans and other species share some of the same genetic information, new research found that humans are unique among
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Colistin-resistant multidrug-resistant bacteria pervasive in rural Vietnam town
A new study has found that the majority of residents in a rural village of Vietnam harbored multi-drug-resistant (MDR), colistin-resistant
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Advance genetics study identifies virulent strain of TB
LSTM’s Dr Maxine Caws is co-lead investigator on an advanced genetics study published in Nature Genetics(link is external), which has
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Target for chikungunya treatment
Scientists have identified a molecule found on human cells and some animal cells that could be a useful target for
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Multi-drug resistant infections rising in children: An increase in hospital-acquired infections are on the rise among US children
Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections, one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in children across the United States, are on the
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Stone Age hepatitis B virus decoded: Study recovers oldest viral genomes, and shows the hepatitis B virus has been circulating in Europe for at least 7,000 years
An international team of scientists led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and
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Machine learning flags emerging pathogens: A new machine learning tool could flag dangerous bacteria before they cause an outbreak, from hospital wards to a global scale
A new machine learning tool that can detect whether emerging strains of the bacterium, Salmonella are more likely to cause
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Dengue virus transmission dominated by those with undetected infection
People showing virtually no symptoms are likely the primary source of dengue fever, according to new research published in PLOS
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