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Dengue virus becomes resistant to certain vaccines: Study
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Sept 21 (ANI): While searching for a new approach in vaccine development for dengue, researchers discovered that the dengue virus changes its shape through mutations in envelope protein to evade vaccines and therapeutics.
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Some antidepressants may provide treatment for multiple infectious disease
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jun 1 (ANI): Researchers have claimed that certain antidepressants could possibly be used to treat a wide range of diseases caused by bacteria living within cells.
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Climate change causing infectious diseases in UK frogs
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 10 (ANI): A recent study claimed that climate change in the United Kingdom is causing the fatal disease Ranavirus which infects common frogs.
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MAHE partners with NIAID TB portals program of NIH, USA
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 14 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has partnered with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH) to become a member of the NIAID TB Portals program (See: https://tbportals.n
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Math helps understand how human behavior spreads infectious diseases
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Aug 16(ANI): Turns out, mathematics can help public health workers understand and influence human behaviors that lead to the spread of infectious diseases.
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BMC kills 2L rodents to curb Leptospirosis during Monsoon
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): The BMC Insecticide department has killed more than two lakh rodents in the past six months to curb the rise of infectious diseases during monsoons.
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Chicken Pox cases on the rise in Hyderabad
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 04 (ANI): Infectious diseases tend to become more widespread in the summers because of the heat. The increase in the number of Chicken Pox victims substantiates this claim in Telangana's Hyderabad which is witnessing rising temperature.
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Immune-suppression must while planning for smallpox outbreak
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Mar. 03 (ANI): Unprecedented levels of immune-suppression in countries like Australia and the US must be considered in planning for the real risk of smallpox re-emerging in the world, an expert in infectious diseases has warned.
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Asians, Europeans more vulnerable to severe dengue
Updated : 8 years ago IST
London [U.K.], Feb. 24 (ANI): Turns out, genetics make Asians and Europeans susceptible to severe dengue, a new study has stated. As globalisation and climate change spread tropical infectious diseases around the globe, not all populations have the same degree of susceptibility.
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Sclerosis drug, a new weapon against superbugs
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 23 (ANI): They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and this applies just as well to infectious diseases. Now, a new study shows that a 20-year-old widely used medicine for multiple sclerosis can fight a type of multi-resistant bacteria.
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This protein cuts flu death risk, improves symptoms
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 30 (ANI): Scientists showed that a small protein, called retrocyclin-101 (RC-101), could potentially improve the symptoms and mortality associated with the flu and possibly other types of infectious illness as well.
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Time for action on Antimicrobial Resistance
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 30 (ANI): Antibiotics or antimicrobial agents have been used for the last 70 years to treat patients who have infectious diseases.
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