Higher concentrations of the AIDS virus in genital secretions are linked to a greater risk of virus transmission between opposite-sex couples. The effect is independent of blood level of the virus.
Apr 6, 2011
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Candida auris (C.auris) is an emerging fungal pathogen associated with outbreaks of invasive healthcare-associated infections globally. It is frequently resistant to the commonly used antifungal drugs, which leaves very limited ...
Nov 17, 2022
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Despite major breakthroughs in HIV prevention and treatment, there were an estimated 1.8 million people newly infected with HIV in 2018, and an estimated 5,000 new HIV infections around the world every day. The pursuit for ...
Sep 19, 2019
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(AP) -- Two children and a young man have died this summer from a brain-eating amoeba that lives in water, health officials say.
Aug 18, 2011
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Spanish health authorities confirmed Friday a case of a man spreading dengue through sex, a world first for a virus which until recently was thought to be transmitted only by mosquitos.
Nov 8, 2019
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Toxoplasmosis, a disease caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii, is one of the most common parasitic infections in the world. In the U.S. it is estimated that more than 22 percent of the population 12 years and older have ...
May 21, 2012
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Scientists are pursuing injections or intravenous infusions of broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies (bNAbs) as a strategy for preventing HIV infection. This technique, called passive immunization, has been shown to protect ...
Aug 13, 2014
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Screening for symptoms of COVID-19 and self-quarantine are good at preventing sick people from spreading the coronavirus. But more and more evidence is suggesting that people without symptoms are spreading the virus too. ...
Jun 23, 2020
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(HealthDay)—The first injection drug to prevent HIV infection was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday.
Dec 21, 2021
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(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists studying flu vaccines have identified ways to overcome an obstacle called "original antigenic sin," which can impair immune responses to new flu strains.
Aug 13, 2012
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