Zoonotic Infections News

Findings published in Vet Record showed that people in the United Kingdom transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to their cats, but researchers did not find evidence of cat-specific mutations.

As early as I can remember, science, history and fiction captured my interest.

Researchers reported the first known case of human Dracunculus worm infection in Vietnam. The case was caused by an unknown species of worm that was determined not to be the species that causes dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm disease.

IDWeek organizers announced that the 2021 meeting will be entirely virtual again because of the continued presence of COVID-19 and related restrictions.

I had veterinary virologists as parents. My dad studied and worked on rabies for his PhD, and my mother was a pioneer in India on buffalopox virus, which is very closely related to cowpox and smallpox, also earning her PhD.

Surpassing the previous record of cases reported for 2016, the United States reached another all-time high with 2,161 confirmed cases of malaria in 2017, data published in MMWR showed.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted Wednesday to shorten the recommendation for rabies PrEP to a two-dose vaccine schedule, aligning with international guidance.

I know people in this field often say that they wanted to work in infectious diseases ever since they were an embryo or a small child. But that was really the case with me.

Prior to COVID-19, experts frequently warned that it was not a matter of if, but when the world would experience its next pandemic.

A phase 4 trial demonstrated that a human rabies immune globulin was safe and effective in children when given as part of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis, researchers reported in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics.