Zoonotic Infections News

WILMINGTON, Del. — Julie Ledgerwood, DO, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' Vaccine Research Center, reviews progress on development of the cAd3-EBO vaccine, presented today at the New Technologies, New Vaccines 2015 conference.

New data suggest that a metabolic biosignature may detect early Lyme disease before patients have a detectable antibody response to Borrelia burgdorferi.

Despite global trends showing an overall decline in malaria cases, disease prevalence in rural Uganda appears to be increasing — a serious problem that may be taking place in other rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa — according to the results of a 2-year surveillance study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

A high proportion of T- and B-cells appear to be activated during the course of Ebola virus disease, according to data recently published in PNAS.

Zoonotic transmission through the bite of a non-human primate appears to be a major route of infection with the human T-lymphotropic virus type 1, according to recent findings.

Previous cases of dengue virus transmission may be undetected or misdiagnosed among Ghanaian children with febrile illnesses, according to data recently published in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Addressing faults in the global community’s response to the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak could lessen or prevent similar outcomes in future epidemics, according to a statement from the International Rescue Committee.

The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit at the Nebraska Medical Center, which treated several American patients who acquired Ebola virus in West Africa, released its protocol for patient discharge, handling a patient’s body after death and environmental disinfection, as well as handling medical waste.

The origin of the last two phylogenetic lineages of HIV-1 have been traced to western lowland gorillas in southern Cameroon, according to recent findings published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Recent data suggest earlier treatment with doxycycline may reduce morbidity and mortality in American Indian patients with Rocky Mountain spotted fever.