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"Children are at high risk to Adenovirus due to low immunity": Dr Sayan Ch
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"Children are at high risk to Adenovirus because of low immunity. Adults have more immunity comparatively to the children, thus there are more chances for the children to get infected by the virus," said Sayan.
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Detecting rapidly mutating bacteria and viruses with AutoPLP
Updated : 3 years ago IST
As we have learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the microorganisms that cause various diseases can rapidly change into versions that avoid detection and treatment. However, researchers presenting in ACS Infectious Diseases have discovered a process that could aid in detecting these elusive in
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New study explores challenges of developing mucosal vaccines for respirato
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Vaccines that provide long-lasting protection against influenza, coronaviruses and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are difficult to develop. In a new review article in Cell Host & Microbe, researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the N
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Merck Foundation, African Union, 11 African Ministers conducted Merck Foun
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 4 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted the Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit - MARS 2022 Awards Ceremony, in partnership with the African Union (Scientific Tec
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Marburg vaccine shows promising results in first-in-human study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
A newly published paper in The Lancet shows that an experimental vaccine against Marburg virus (MARV) was safe and induced an immune response in a small, first-in-human clinical trial. The vaccine, developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),
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Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit - MARS Awards 2022 Winners Announc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa]/ Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 10 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck Germany announced the winners of the Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit (MARS) Awards 2022 announced in partnership with African Union (Scient
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Researchers reveal particles that determines potential infection risk
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Study revealed particles emitted by diseased people frequently carry infectious disease pathogens. However, depending on where in the respiratory system they originate, these aerosol particles can have a wide range of sizes. The lung produces PM5, or microscopic particles, generally with a d
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China shifts how it counts Covid deaths as crematoriums fill up
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the latest guidelines from the National Health Commission, only those whose death is caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure after contracting the virus are classified as Covid deaths, said Wang Guiqiang, a top infectious disease doctor.
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Measles kills four-year-old girl in Mumbai, toll reaches 16
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a statement issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the girl had an acute respiratory failure due to bronchopneumonia with measles.
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Study shows new and more detailed world map of antimicrobial resistance
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has become aware of the value of using sewage analyses to monitor disease development in an area. However, at DTU National Food Institute, a group of researchers has been using sewage monitoring from throughout the world since 2016 as an effective and
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Study reveals why highly infectious cholera variant mysteriously died out
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study reveals why a highly infectious variant of the cholera bug, which caused large disease outbreaks in the early 1990s, did not cause the eighth cholera pandemic as feared but instead unexpectedly disappeared.
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Antimicrobial therapy can prevent sepsis in pneumonia patients
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Research sheds light on the initial phase of infectious disease and the potential for prevention of pneumococcal septicaemia.
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