A study in Malawi has shown that shortly after an increase in antimicrobial use—specifically the antibiotic ciprofloxacin—rates of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella typhi increased.
Feb 20, 2024
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Early in the pandemic, clinicians noticed that certain immunocompromised patients were experiencing persistent SARS-CoV-2 infections, some lasting weeks to months at a time.
Jan 26, 2024
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A novel approach to studying the progression of tuberculosis (TB) from infection to disease has identified and treated people at increased risk of developing the disease that current methods of testing would not.
Jan 22, 2024
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Genotyping technology detects COVID variants more quickly and cheaply than ever before—according to research from the University of East Anglia and the UK Health Security Agency. The new study published in The Lancet Microbe ...
Jan 17, 2024
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Researchers in the U.S. and Uganda have developed tools that can detect the slightest traces of malaria in people who harbor the disease but do not show signs of sickness.
Jan 16, 2024
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Detecting malaria in people who aren't experiencing symptoms is vital to public health efforts to better control this tropical disease in places where the mosquito-borne parasite is common. Asymptomatic people harboring the ...
Jan 4, 2024
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Scientists studied the role of global genetic characterization of samples (or non-targeted metagenomics) using next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in diagnosing infections. The results of the study are published in the journal ...
Dec 18, 2023
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, genomic surveillance proved vital in helping us understand the evolution and spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Now, an international group of researchers is calling for its potential to be harnessed ...
Nov 14, 2023
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Malnutrition threatens the lives of millions of children under age 5, causing about 500,000 deaths per year in low- and middle-income countries. Short courses of antibiotics paired with a therapeutic peanut butter-based food ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Some strains of heavily antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Ghana are not successful at spreading outside of the hospital, suggesting that control measures can be focused on clinical settings to help curb treatment-resistant ...
Oct 16, 2023
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