Zoonotic Infections News

A recent sampling and analysis of more than 200 species of small mammals has detected several animal viruses similar to hepatitis A, and provides new evidence suggesting a zoonotic origin to the human disease.

A recent sampling and analysis of more than 200 species of small mammals has detected several animal viruses similar to hepatitis A, and provides new evidence suggesting a zoonotic origin to the human disease.

A researcher from the University of Central Florida, College of Medicine, developed a surveillance tool that attracts mosquitoes, diagnoses those carrying disease and marks them with a different color to warn residents in at-risk areas, according to a press release.

WHO recently confirmed that several autochthonous cases of Zika virus transmission were reported in Paraguay, Venezuela and Mexico.

Patients with chikungunya may present a constellation of symptoms including peripheral joint involvement, myalgia, back pain and non-musculoskeletal manifestations, according to researchers in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Two Kansas State University researchers are among an international team that will use a $2.5 million grant to explore how vector-borne diseases spread across great distances and to learn how to better control epidemics, according to a press release.

The FDA recently approved a new indication for the anthrax vaccine BioThrax to prevent disease in individuals who may have been exposed to Bacillus anthracis, according to a press release.

Researchers successfully identified individuals from Uganda who were untreated for schistosomiasis and hookworm infections during mass drug administrations based on their socioeconomic status and minority group affiliation, according to recent findings.

Recent research data published in Emerging Infectious Diseases details efforts by 17th century Venetian leadership to spread Yersinia pestis throughout Ottoman siege camps and discusses implementation flaws that may have hampered its success.  

Recent data suggested that several species of nonhuman primates can carry mammalian and avian astrovirus genotypes, some of which were previously thought to infect humans exclusively.