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An autoimmune disease is where the immune system attacks healthy cells in the body, instead of reserving this defense mechanism for invading pathogens. This...
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An autoimmune disease is where the immune system attacks healthy cells in the body, instead of reserving this defense mechanism for invading pathogens. This...
The Canadian study examined fecal dropping from rats, sampled at an Abbotsford poultry farm (in British Columbia.) The majority of the samples contained a...
Pierce’s disease is a longstanding disease of grapevines. It is bacterial in origin, caused by the species Xylella fastidiosa. Infection leads to yellowing and...
Back in September 2015, Digital Journal reported on a form of multi-drug-resistant gonorrhea (a sexual health bacterial disease), spreading in the north of England,...
Chikungunya fever is a disease transmitted to humans by Aedes mosquitoes. The virus can cause fever, headaches, and joint pain. The word for the...
Last month the world’s biggest annual pharmaceutical microbiology conference took place in Bethesda, U.S. (as reported by Digital Journal), it was the turn of...
Assessing whether a wound has become infected is not straightforward. A doctor or nurse needs to undress the wound (which takes time and care)...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) refers to a strain of the bacterium S. aureus that has acquired resistance to a major class of antibiotic methicillin....
The declaration of Sierra Leone’s status has been made by the World Health Organization (WHO) based on 42 days having elapsed since the last...
Scientists working at the Public Health Laboratory based at Porton Down, Wiltshire, in the U.K. have discovered a new bacterial illness spread by ticks....