The teacher died a month after encountering a bat in her Merced County classroom.

Regulatory and liability issues are delaying immunization of the most vulnerable group

The effect of sex on the prevalence and severity of parasitic diseases is an emerging area of research. Several factors underlie sex-based differences, including sociocultural influences that affect e...

Human Bourbon Virus Infections, USA

The U.S. needs to reassure the world it has the outbreak under control.

Natural sciences; Biological sciences; Microbiology; Virology; Systems biology.

Health Alert Network (HAN). Provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

An elderly, immunocompromised man in Alaska, USA, died from disseminated borealpox virus (BRPV) infection despite antiviral treatment. This case highlights

Dr. Tony Schountz, PhD is professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. Accomplished virol...

Diverse mechanisms contribute to persistent symptoms after Lyme disease, and a holistic multidisciplinary approach is needed to optimize care.

Triatomine insects (a.k.a. kissing bugs) vector the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, agent of Chagas disease, a neglected and deadly cardiac disease of hum

Jamestown Canyon virus (JCV) is a bunyavirus and arbovirus responsible for neuroinvasive disease in the United States. Little is known about JCV pathogenesis, and no host factors required for cellular...

FDA-approved vaccines for smallpox and mpox cause side effects or require multiple doses. An experimental single-dose vaccine uses the horsepox virus to harness the benefits of both strategies.

YouTube video by American Society for Microbiology

Tropical medicine; Disease; Pathogenic organism