Zoonotic Infections News

Almost half of the recommendations graded as “strong” in 17 current Infectious Diseases Society of America clinical practice guidelines are based on lower-quality evidence, an analysis found.

On Feb. 1, 2016, almost 70 years after Zika was first discovered by chance in a forest in Uganda, WHO declared a global public health emergency over an increase in microcephaly and neurological complications linked to the virus.

I chose a career in infectious diseases during my residency in Detroit.

An average of nearly half a million Americans are estimated to have received a diagnosis of Lyme disease each year from 2010 to 2018, according to a new analysis published in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

I was always interested in infectious diseases, owing to the vast breadth of the field.

Bartonella quintana, the agent that caused trench fever among soldiers during World War I, has been observed among homeless populations in Canada, according to a small study of cases published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

New Lyme disease guidelines published in Arthritis & Rheumatology were co-authored by the Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Academy of Neurology and American College of Rheumatology.

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can obtain and transmit Zika virus more easily than a sub-Saharan Africa-dwelling relative, potentially explaining why the Americas suffered a large Zika outbreak and Africa did not, researchers said.

My interest and career choice in infectious diseases intertwine with a personal life journey that spans across three continents.

Ticks carrying the bacterium that causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever are more than twice as likely to feed on humans rather than dogs when temperatures increase, study results indicate.