The Disease DailyMay 20, 2013
Subscribe to Syndicate

You are here

Home

virus

Apr 3, 2013
Comments
0

Ebola: Still the Scariest Virus Out There?

By Steven Purcell
Simply uttering the word Ebola is enough to cause a person to cringe, shudder, twitch, or perhaps even recoil in horror. Rightly so. Ebola hemorrhagic fever (Ebola HF), the result of an infection...
Ebola, virus, ebola hemorrhagic fever, outbreak
Apr 3, 2013
Comments
0

Why 223 Cases of Polio Still Matter

By Anna Tomasulo
For many Americans, especially young adults, poliovirus not only has no relevance to their lives, they may not even be sure what it is or how it affects the body. But make no mistake, polio—an...
polio, virus, vaccine, immunization, eradication, Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Mar 18, 2013
Comments
3

Organ Transplant Leads To Rabies Infection and Death

By Anna Tomasulo
Last Friday, March 15, the CDC confirmed that a rabies death in Maryland was caused by an organ transplant from an infected donor. Three other patients received organs from the now deceased donor,...
rabies, organ transplant, virus, donor, maryland
Mar 13, 2013
Comments
0

Think This Year's Flu Was Bad? Next Year May Be Worse

By Anna Tomasulo
If there’s one virus outside of the common cold that most of us have had firsthand experience with, it’s clearly influenza. That alone makes it one virus everyone ought to pay attention to—...
influenza, vaccine, virus
Feb 14, 2013
Comments
0

Usutu Virus Highlights Importance of Disease Surveillance

By Katharina Schwan
In 2001, the city of Vienna, Austria noticed a strange and sudden disappearance of its Eurasion Blackbird population. Researchers and scientists were equally puzzled by the decrease in blackbirds...
blackbird, Surveillance, Vienna, Usutu, virus, Disease Surveillance
Oct 3, 2012
Comments
0

Gene Sleuths Identify Novel Hemorrhagic Fever Virus

By Katharina Schwan
In 2009, a fifteen-year-old boy walked into a rural health clinic in western Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) displaying symptoms of acute hemorrhagic fever, such as a severe nosebleed and...
hemorrhagic fever, DR Congo, virus
Jun 26, 2012
Comments
0

New Test Detects Dengue Virus Faster

By David Bui
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new test to rapidly diagnose dengue infection in humans. The test, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, differs from...
Dengue, mosquito, diagnosis, antibody, virus, CDC
May 16, 2012
Comments
0

New Research Explores Important Immune Reactions in the Skin

By David Scales
  At HealthMap we study infectious diseases, but we often overlook the only reason infectious diseases become important: because our immune systems let us down. When working properly, the immune...
langerhans cells, dendritic cells, immune system, bacteria, fungus, virus
Apr 13, 2012
Comments
0

Possible New Virus Discovered In Kawasaki Research

By Katharina Schwan
“Kawasaki? I thought that was a motorcycle.” This was my mother’s response when I told her my topic for this week’s article. She is not alone in her unfamiliarity with a term that is more commonly...
Kawasaki Disease, virus, Rowley
Nov 23, 2011
Comments
0

Three new cases of H3N2 in Iowa

By Anna Tomasulo
The Iowa Department of Public Health released a statement yesterday informing the public of three cases of Influenza A/H3N2 virus in children.  None of the cases were fatal and all have recovered...
influenza, virus, H3N2, Iowa