Zoonotic Infections News

An outbreak of plague in Madagascar has spread to large urban areas, including the capital city and port towns, infecting at least 114 people and killing 21, according to WHO.

Rabies, an infectious viral disease that can be fatal without vaccination, causes tens of thousands of deaths every year globally, according to WHO.

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside have discovered that tayras, New World monkeys, sloths, porcupines and coatis can host kissing bugs, a vector of the parasite that causes Chagas disease, according to findings published in PeerJ.

A new human rabies antibody was noninferior to a currently administered immunoglobulin product for post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP, researchers said.

A British company plans to build a centralized facility with the capacity to produce one billion genetically modified mosquito eggs every week.

Despite recent advances in hepatitis C treatment and the availability of hepatitis vaccinations, deaths attributable to viral hepatitis have exceeded those caused by all other chronic infectious diseases, including HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, according to findings from the Global Burden of Disease study.

Experts agree that Americans who travel to countries in which certain infectious diseases are endemic face a variety of dangers. They range from age-old threats like malaria to those discovered more recently like Zika virus.

The risk for venous thromboembolism significantly increases soon after the onset of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, according to researchers.

Former CDC Director Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, wants to save 100 million lives.

Physicians said bacteria from guinea pigs caused three cases of severe pneumonia in the Netherlands.