Category Archives: Infection

Researchers from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) have found that breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection in vaccinated individuals provides long-lasting immunity against similar strains of the virus. However, immunity from newer variants is significantly reduced. A highly distinct variant of SARS-CoV-2, Omicron and its subvariants rapidly outcompeted the Delta variant to become […]

SYDNEY —  An 8-centimeter worm has been found alive in the brain of a woman in Australia, and researchers say it is the first time the parasite has ever been discovered in humans. The worm was extracted from the patient’s brain during surgery in the Australian capital, Canberra, in June 2022. The extraordinary case has […]

Representative Image (IANS) COVID-19 viral variants can evolve about three times faster in deer than in humans, according to a study that documented at least 30 COVID-19 infections in white-tailed deer in the US that were introduced by humans. The study, published in Nature Communications, showed that white-tailed deer across Ohio, US, have increasingly been […]

Abstract Understanding the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination in pregnancy on neonatal and maternal outcomes informs clinical decision-making. Here we report a national, population-based, matched cohort study to investigate associations between SARS-CoV-2 infection and, separately, COVID-19 vaccination just before or during pregnancy and the risk of adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes among women […]

Bhatt S, Weiss DJ, Cameron E, Bisanzio D, Mappin B, Dalrymple U, et al. The effect of malaria control on Plasmodium falciparum in Africa between 2000 and 2015. Nature. 2015;526:207–11. Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar  World Health Organization. World Malaria Report 2022. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022. Google Scholar  World Health Organization. A […]

Abstract We looked for predicting factors for the detection of infectious foci on 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography in combination with computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) among patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) who participated in an interventional study that was conducted at Rambam Health Care Campus, between July 1, 2015 and February 1, 2019. The primary outcome […]

A grassroots group of health professionals are calling for British Columbia to reinstate mask mandates in schools and hospitals to prevent a repeat “tripledemic” of COVID-19, RSV and influenza infections that pushed the province’s hospitals to the brink last fall. And with data showing rising COVID-19 cases in B.C. and two new viral subvariants on […]

Blanket measures are ineffective for Covid-19. Photo / Alin Luna, Unsplash OPINION Interventions designed to limit the spread of Covid have been rolled back around the world. In New Zealand, the Government removed all remaining public health measures last week. But although the emergency is over and the disease is rapidly becoming endemic, the risk […]

Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is an infection spread to humans through the bite of blacklegged ticks carrying a type of bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi, or very rarely, B. mayonii.  Common symptoms include a erythema migrans rash (often shaped like a distinctive “bullseye”), fever, fatigue and headaches. Without treatment, the infection can spread […]