Zika virus (ZIKV) may be sexually transmissible for a shorter period than previously estimated, according to a systematic review published
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First randomized trial of ‘kick and kill’ approach to HIV cure leaves puzzles to be solved
Researchers have reported the results of the first randomised clinical trial to test a novel strategy involving waking up and
Continue reading »New approach to treating infectious diseases as an alternative to antibiotics: Scientists clarify how E.coli bacteria attach to human intestines
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is known as a major cause of diarrhea in travelers and people living in developing countries.
Continue reading »How HIV is shielded from immune attack
Scientists from UNSW Sydney and the UK have discovered that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) hijacks a small molecule from
Continue reading »New findings on bacteria in female bladders: Study could lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections
Scientists and physicians at Loyola University Chicago and Loyola Medicine were the first to publish groundbreaking research that debunked the
Continue reading »A new toxin discovered in Cholera bacteria
The bacterium Vibrio cholerae was discovered more than 150 years ago but remains as one of the main causes of
Continue reading »Compound made inside human body stops viruses from replicating
The newest antiviral drugs could take advantage of a compound made not by humans, but inside them. A team of
Continue reading »Scientists reveal how gut microbes ‘recover’ after antibiotic treatment
New insight on how antibiotics affect the gut microbiome — the community of microbes that live inside us — has
Continue reading »Yellow fever: A new method for testing vaccine safety
Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and Sanofi Pasteur have recently developed a novel alternative method to animal testing
Continue reading »Cattle may spread leptospirosis in Africa, study suggests
The bacterial infection leptospirosis is increasingly recognized as an important cause of fever in Africa. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS
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