Medical research
SARS-CoV-2 mutations do not appear to increase transmissibility
None of the mutations currently documented in the SARS-CoV-2 virus appear to increase its transmissibility, according to a UCL-led study.
May 25, 2020
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Infection, Genetics and Evolution
Infectious diseases constitute one of the main challenges to medical science in the coming century. The impressive development of molecular megatechnologies and of bioinformatics have greatly increased our knowledge of the evolution, transmission and pathogenicity of infectious diseases. Research has shown that host susceptibility to many infectious diseases has a genetic basis.
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Website
- http://www.journals.elsevier.com/infection-genetics-and-evolution/
- Impact factor
- 3.128 (2010)
HIV & AIDS
Scientists map the global spread of HIV – through the Western world and beyond – for the first time
For the first time, an international team of scientists from the European Society for Translational Antiviral Research (ESAR) has mapped the spread of the HIV virus around the globe after it reached the United States in the ...
Jun 15, 2016
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Genetics
Genetic variation unlikely to influence COVID-19 morbidity and mortality
A comprehensive search of genetic variation databases has revealed no significant differences across populations and ethnic groups in seven genes associated with viral entry of SARS-CoV-2.
Sep 24, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New research paper says we are still at risk of the plague
Today archaeologists unearthed a 'Black Death' grave in London, containing more than a dozen skeletons of people suspected to have died from the plague. The victims are thought to have died during the 14th century and archaeologists ...
Mar 15, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Parasite that gives people a real bellyache during summer also found in bats
A new study from Macquarie University has found that a certain type of parasite which infects people in greater numbers during summer, causing symptoms such as diarrhoea and abdominal pain, could also be spread by bats.
Aug 10, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Undergraduates publish parasite research
A team of University of Bristol undergraduates have published a study on genetic diversity in the sexually transmitted parasite Trichomonas vaginalis that they carried out as part of project work for their degrees in the ...
Jul 28, 2015
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Asymptomatic infection helps norovirus to spread in Indonesia
Norovirus, also referred to as the "winter vomiting bug", is the most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in humans. A Japanese research team has shown that norovirus is significantly present in the stools of healthy volunteers ...
Nov 6, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Usutu, an African virus under surveillance in Europe
"This is a virus transmitted by mosquitoes that circulates between birds. It can attack the nervous system of certain birds, such as blackbirds, and cause significant mortality. It was first observed in southern Africa, in ...
Jun 26, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Next-generation sequencing sheds light on rotavirus in Indonesia
Rotavirus A causes acute diarrhea in young children, and infects both animals and humans worldwide. A Japanese research group has found that the acute gastroenteritis infecting children in Indonesia between 2015 and 2016 ...
Jun 1, 2018
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