Amplicon-based sequencing may boost severe pneumonia diagnosis in ICU, particularly for fungal infections and ...

We often tell ourselves a comforting story about the history of disease: it’s the price of civilization. For most of human ...

More than a billion cases of foodborne diseases, such as norovirus infections and salmonellosis, are recorded in Africa each ...

A 5,500-year-old skeleton from Colombia has revealed the oldest known genome of the bacterium linked to syphilis and related ...

Infectious diseases are illnesses caused by pathogenic microorganisms—including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites—that invade a host, replicate, and ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

The Xpert GI Panel identifies pathogens directly from stool specimens collected in Cary-Blair transport media.

Researchers from Bose Institute found that dust storms from Western India carry airborne bacteria, including pathogens, ...

Cleaning and disinfection priorities in healthcare often focus on surfaces. And yet, many life-threatening pathogens are spread through the air requiring different protocols, equipment and ...

American beeches have been suffering recently from a disease widespread in both Connecticut landscapes and forests.

Delaying or missing childhood vaccines can leave children exposed to serious, preventable diseases. Dr Sandeep R, Consultant ...