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A Marvellous Month of Infectious Science
Cold weather helps to spread flu across the country A very cool new study from McMaster University researchers shows how weather patterns impact the spread of influenza A virus across Canada. Using outbreak data gathered over more than 13 years, … Continue reading
Posted in Bacteria, Disease, Immunology, Microorganisms, Science, Vaccines, Viruses
Tagged antibodies, bacteria, emergence, influenza, pain, rice, rotavirus, speed, T cell, vaccine
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How to survive the bacterial antibiotic revolution
These days, we have a pretty serious problem when it comes to our ability to kill resistant bacteria causing serious illness. People petition governments to urge action, while drug companies lament over how those pesky bacteria evolved to defeat their … Continue reading
Posted in Bacteria, Disease, Microorganisms, Science
Tagged allicin, antibiotic, antimicrobial, bacteria, clostridium difficile, defensin-1, E. coli, garlic, honey, manuka, microbes, MRSA, probiotics, pseudomonas aeruginosa, resistance, salmonella, shigella, superbug, yoghurt
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Colonised livestock transmit MRSA to farmers
These days, most people are aware of the increasing development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria that cause human disease, which is at least partially driven by the overprescription of antibiotics. Even our most robust antibiotics, active against a wide range … Continue reading
Forensic evidence links badgers and cows in British tuberculosis infections
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a serious disease that threatens the health of livestock, wildlife, and the agricultural economy, particularly in the United Kingdom. Although every cow in the UK is subjected to a yearly bTB test, and those with positive … Continue reading
Posted in Disease, Ecology, Genetics, Microorganisms, Science
Tagged bacteria, badger, bovine tuberculosis, bTB, cattle, cow, cull, epidemic, forensic, livestock, m. bovis, meles meles, mycobacterium bovis, pathogen, vaccination, whole genome sequencing, wildlife
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The Life and (Long) Times of Bugs
If there’s one thing that Jurassic Park taught us, it’s that evolution is a long, drawn-out process*. Novel traits evolve in different species over millions of years, so most human scientists aren’t around long enough to see them happen in … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution, Genetics, Microorganisms, Science
Tagged bacteria, chelating agent, citrate, E. coli, Escherichia coli, evolution, exploitation, glucose, progeny
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