Infectious Emerging Diseases

A Plasmodium species-specific, ultrasensitive, nucleic acid detection assay to enable fast and inexpensive testing of symptomatic and asymptomatic carriers in low-resource settingsCredit: Peter Nguyen / Wyss Institute at Harvard University…

What The Viewpoint Says: The amplified impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations has important implications for individuals at risk of or exploited in human trafficking. Authors: Jonathan Todres, J.D., of the Georgia State University…

(Boston)-- Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, requires models that can duplicate disease development in humans, identify potential targets and enable drug testing. Specifically, access to…

Conspiracy beliefs predict resistance to COVID-19 vaccination and preventive behaviors, study finds Belief in conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic is not only persistent but also is associated with reluctance to accept a…

Indigenous self-determination, leadership and knowledge have helped protect Indigenous communities in Canada during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and these principles should be incorporated into public health in…

This study of ischemic stroke patients is the first to associate the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in patients with COVID-19 and ischemic stroke and stroke severity.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Stroke patients who also have…

The removal of one gene renders poxviruses - a lethal family of viral infections that are known to spread from animals to humans - harmless, a new study in the journal Science Advances reports. During this ground-breaking study,…

What The Editorial Says: Authors of this editorial review the evidence for the management of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) that may apply to patients with severe COVID-19, what has been learned about…

German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina hosts international virtual panel discussion In May 2020, the United Nations warned that the COVID-19 pandemic has the seeds of a major mental health crisis if action is not taken. Social…

What The Study Did: Researchers examined changes in the proportion of female corresponding authors in bioRxiv (biorxiv.org) and medRxiv (medrxiv.org), which are online archive and distribution services for unpublished preprint research in…

A 90-minute COVID-19 test has been shown to have over 94 per cent sensitivity, and 100% specificity in a new studyCredit: Thomas Angus/Imperial College London A 90-minute COVID-19 test has been shown to have over 94 per cent…

What The Study Did: This laboratory study assessed the efficacy of the nasal antiseptic solution povidone-iodine against transmission of SARS-C0V-2. Authors: Samantha Frank, M.D., of the University of Connecticut School of Medicine in…

Results suggest a need to routinely test homeless populations, including those who are asymptomatic, in non-clinic settings.Credit: Taylor Johnson A study of SARS-CoV-2 at 14 shelters in the Seattle metropolitan area underscores…

Higher surface tension of red blood cells prevents parasite from invading The secret of how the Dantu genetic blood variant helps to protect against malaria has been revealed for the first time by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger…

What The Study Did: Researchers in this observational study examined the association between wearing eyeglasses daily and susceptibility to COVID-19. Authors: Yiping Wei, M.D., Ph.D., and Jianjun Xu, M.D., Ph.D., of the Second…

Credit: Care Mentor AI As part of the anti-COVID-19 program of the Skoltech Center for Computational and Data-Intensive Science and Engineering (CDISE), Care Mentor AI data scientists used Skoltech's Zhores supercomputer to enhance…

'Molecular clock' analysis showed no widespread 'community' distribution of the highly contagious coronavirus disease until mid-February Initial findings reported by the Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union (ACGU) suggest that following…

A study on the effectiveness of multiple treatments, including laboratory-made antibodies, at preventing mild COVID-19 from advancing to severe illness in the outpatient setting is underway by researchers at The University of Texas Health…

The tool, available online, is the first of its kind and was developed and validated using anonymised data from around 120,000 sepsis patients from the ICNARC national database for critical care units across England. The new tool is…

What The Article Says: This Viewpoint examines the evidence for vaccination of children against COVID-19. Authors: Lainie Friedman Ross, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Chicago, is the corresponding author. To access the embargoed…