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Scientists create first mouse model of typhoid fever
(EurekAlert) Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have created the first true mouse model of typhoid infection. The development promises to advance the study of typhoid and the creation of new vaccines against the infection, which remains a major health threat in developing countries. The paper was published today in the online edition of the Read More »
- October 26, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Public Health, and Research
Plants provide accurate low-cost alternative for diagnosis of West Nile Virus
(EurekAlert) While the United States has largely been spared the scourge of mosquito-borne diseases endemic to the developing world—including yellow fever, malaria and dengue fever—mosquito-related illnesses in the US are on the rise. One pathogen of increasing concern in the U.S. is an arbovirus known as West Nile. Now Qiang “Shawn” Chen, a researcher at Read More »
- October 25, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Research
Migratory birds can spread haemorrhagic fever
(EurekAlert) A type of haemorrhagic fever that is prevalent in Africa, Asia, and the Balkans has begun to spread to new areas in southern Europe. Now Swedish researchers have shown that migratory birds carrying ticks are the possible source of contagion. The discovery is being published in the US journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Read More »
- October 24, 2012
- | Filed under Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, North America, Agents & Toxins, International, Public Health, and Research
Amoebae: Bacteria’s best friends?
(Cavalier Daily) A recent University study shows that anthrax, when aided by a specific type of amoeba, can thrive and multiply in soil — a trick that could prove deadly for livestock and other mammals. Bacillus anthracis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, produces spores — small, dormant cells — that reanimate Read More »
- October 24, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, and Research
Cranking Up Biosecurity
(The Scientist) Earlier this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) made the decision to list the SARS virus as a select agent, along with recently discovered haemorrhagic-fever viruses, Lujo and Chapare. This classification, which classifies pathogens or toxins as having the “potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety,” Read More »
- October 24, 2012
- | Filed under North America, Biosafety, Public Health, and Research