Zoonotic Infections News

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend a vaccine for tick-borne encephalitis for laboratory workers and people traveling abroad to endemic areas.

In this episode, Cassandra Calabrese, DO, dual-boarded in infectious disease and rheumatology, walks us through when to suspect Bartonella (it’s not always a house cat!), how to diagnose and how to treat.

A two-decade study of the impact of treated mosquito bed nets for malaria control in Tanzania found that the benefits of using the nets in early childhood persisted into adulthood, assuaging some immunity-related fears.

According to a new estimate published in MMWR, around 5% of U.S. infants born to mothers with a confirmed or possible Zika virus infection during pregnancy had a Zika-associated brain or eye defect, and many had more than one.

I completed medical school and internal medicine residency in the years immediately before protease inhibitors against HIV reached the clinic.

While visiting a neighbor’s home, a previously healthy 5-year-old boy was bitten on the right side of his face by an unleashed dog inside his neighbor’s home.

Five people died from rabies in the United States last year, including three in just a 6-week span from Sept. 28 to Nov. 10 — a “sobering reminder,” one expert said, of the risk still posed by one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

For years, we have been asking you to tell us why you chose a career in infectious diseases, a specialty whose importance has hardly been more apparent. We continue to be captivated by the stories you tell.

We compiled a list of the 10 most-read Healio | Infectious Disease News articles from 2021.

After devastating surges in hospitalizations and deaths, many look forward with some relief to the possibility of COVID-19 shifting into an endemic phase, like seasonal influenza.