An analysis of CIRDC, dissecting the polymicrobial nature of the syndrome and outlining standards for diagnostic testing.

Evolving viral pathogens present major threats to global health, and their emergence and spread are increasingly influenced by global change. Climate change, urbanization, land-use change and ...

A target capture approach helps scientists monitor viral genome evolution and characterize novel pathogen strains for containment and epidemiological studies. Accurately detecting and identifying ...

A genomic test developed at UC San Francisco to rapidly detect almost any kind of pathogen – virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite – has proved successful after a decade of use. The test has the ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects more than 250 million people worldwide and can lead to chronic liver disease and liver cancer ...

Opacity surrounds incidents at scientific facilities, with over 400 cases documented in the last half-century worldwide, including a cloud of bacteria that affected 10,000 people in 2019 ...

Learn how drone-based sampling is opening a new window into whale health in remote Arctic regions.

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. The aim of this study was to monitor the spectrum of viral pathogens involved in febrile rash illness (FRI) and their epidemiology. A ...

Drones have been used to successfully collect samples from the exhaled breath—or "blow"—from wild humpback, sperm and fin whales in northern Norway, hailing a new era of non-invasive health monitoring ...

Scientists have discovered that beneficial root-dwelling fungi boost plant resilience to disease by remodeling the plant cell ...