Testing wastewater samples is one of the primary methods for assessing infectious disease prevalence in populations. By collecting and testing samples from various water treatment plants, scientists ...

Michael Peel’s Big Read (January 10) comment that approximately three-quarters of emerging or re-emerging infectious pathogens are zoonotic should serve as a stark warning for governments to ...

It’s peak cold and flu season in the northern hemisphere. These respiratory viruses and other infectious pathogens are spread through close contact and/or touching contaminated surfaces. Many people ...

The field of zoonotic infectious diseases, particularly those involving tick-borne pathogens, has taken center stage in global health due to the rapid ...

Basic research on prevalent and neglected infectious diseases and pathogens is crucial for new treatment, diagnostic, and prevention strategies, translating advancements from the laboratory to the ...

Recent studies suggest that m cells do not break down orally administered antigens; this function, and the subsequent presentation of processed antigens to T cells, is carried out by bone ...

Pinpointing the type of bacteria that are at the root of an infection in clinical samples removed from living tissues, such as blood, urine or joint fluids, to quickly identify the best anti-microbial ...

Pathogens that transmit through the air will be described by the term ’infectious respiratory particles’ or IRPs, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The world health body has thus ended ...