Infectious Diseases - Aug 22, 2018 Edition

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August 22, 2018     Infectious Diseases     The latest infectious diseases news from News Medical

Why Sample and Tube Size are Considered for Safe Preservation There is a common misconception that the bigger the tissue sample is, the better it is. However, the importance of size does depend on the end-use. Read Full Article Here

Eliminating malaria-carrying mosquitoes does not impact ecosystem, shows study   By combining studies on one species of malaria-carrying mosquito, researchers found that no other animals rely solely on them for food.         Fucose-based food supplement could be used to stop the spread of norovirus in children's hospitals   Norovirus is the most common cause of gastroenteritis worldwide; it causes tens hundreds of thousands of deaths each year and is particularly risky for children under 3 years old.

Researchers emphasize need for baby boomers to get tested for hepatitis C   According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 300 million people across the globe are unaware they're living with viral hepatitis. In fact, baby boomers-;those born between 1945-1965-;are five times more likely to have hepatitis C, one of the many different strains of this viral infection.       Scientific group takes new step towards designing new HIV vaccine   The scientific group of Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University headed by Professor Andrei Kozlov published the results of a study devoted to the search of solutions for creating the HIV vaccine.       Researchers discover new antibodies that have capacity to treat all Ebola viruses   Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and their colleagues are a step closer to developing a broadly effective antibody treatment against the three major Ebola viruses that cause lethal disease in humans.       Researchers find possible active substance that may cure hepatitis E   An international team of researchers has now found a possible active substance against the virus in the naturally occurring substance silvestrol. The substance inhibited the replication of pathogens both in cell culture and in the mouse model.       Extended-release naltrexone appears to help HIV-positive patients reduce heavy drinking   Extended-release naltrexone -- an injection that decreases heavy drinking in the general population when taken in conjunction with counseling -- appears to help HIV-positive individuals reduce their number of heavy drinking days too, say Yale researchers.       Measles cases on the rise in Europe   According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is a sharp rise in the number of measles cases across Europe in the first six months of this year. Measles has affected over 41,000 individuals and killed 37, says the WHO.

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