Zoonotic Infections News

The outbreak of chikungunya virus throughout the Caribbean and countries in Central and South America continues to spread, according to the CDC, and will continue to affect travelers to the region.

Some United States Southerners with Chagas disease may have acquired the infection locally, placing them at greater risk for heart disease, according to data presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual meeting.

Officials at Frankfurt University Hospital, Germany, have reported undetectable virus in an Ebola patient treated with a novel bio-filtration therapy, according to a press release.

A MRSA strain found in UK hospitals may be linked to a bacteria found in livestock, according to recently published data.

During a media event held at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual meeting in New Orleans, a panel of seven infectious disease experts fielded questions related to the current Ebola outbreak.

Sixty-eight percent of malaria patients hospitalized in Malaysian Borneo in 2013 were infected by the once-rare primate malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi, according to research data presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

A research team from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has developed a rapid antibiotic susceptibility test to evaluate the effect of potentially thousands of FDA-approved drugs against Borrelia burgdorferi, according to a report published in PLOS One.

Text message reminders improved patient adherence to malaria treatment regimens, according to recently published data.

A Canadian biotechnology company has developed a prototype diagnostic test that quickly detected Ebola virus antibodies, according to a press release.

The number of recorded outbreaks and unique diseases around the world seems to have increased since 1980 whereas per capita cases declined, according to recently published data.