New study may show how to forestall a fatal, virus-caused immune-system meltdown
... pathogens including the Ebola, Marburg and Lassa fever viruses, as well as the influenza virus strain res... Lassa virus, which can cause an acute hemorrhagic fever and kills about 5,000 people a year in West Africa. (During some Lassa fever epidemics, as many as 5...Protein discovery targets antibiotic-resistant bacteria
...ellosis is related to that responsible for typhoid fever a huge problem in less developed countries the model being developed at Queens could potentially be a target for treating typhoid as well. The underlying goal is to control, if not clear, the infection. Its basic science that we are doing, but we...Scripps research team discovers a chemical pathway that causes mice to overeat and gain weight
...ce of EP3 receptors has long been known to prevent fever response in mice, and it was this effect that the ...earch on mice lacking the receptors had focused on fever inhibition until mice were about three months old. The team wanted to better understand the process ...Discovery could lead to better control of hemorrhagic fever viruses
...ough which a group of life-threatening hemorrhagic fever viruses enter and attack the body's cells, and sho... sped up the work. Although not all hemorrhagic fever viruses use TfR1 to enter the body's cells, the discovery may help explain why these viruses wreak s...Rutgers survey examines public responses to the recent spinach recall
... than three-quarters (77%) of Americans identified fever as a symptom, and nearly one-quarter (22%) reported that rashes were a symptom despite the fact that they are not commonly associated with any foodborne illness. "Most Americans know little about the symptoms of foodborne illnesses," said Hallman, ...Other highlights in the Jan. 17 JNCI
...tially they found that people who had ever had hay fever had a reduced risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Specif...ith high levels of the antibodies specific for hay fever had a 32 percent lower risk of NHL than people who didn't have hay fever. However, further investiga...Gene chip technology shows potential for identifying life-threatening blood infection
...ous systemic inflammation are subtle and similar - fever and an elevated white blood cell count - making it virtually impossible in many cases even for seasoned doctors to make a diagnosis based on symptoms alone. Non-infectious inflammation is common among ICU patients recovering from surgery, pancreatiti...Worms produce surprise insight into human fever
...ts in response to infections. But the mechanism of fever as a response to infection is still largely unknow...l fevers in poikilotherms and a mechanism by which fever works in metazoans, says Aballay. It also raises questions about the HSF-1 pathway in humans and w...Fortified milk reduces morbidity in preschool children
...llness by 15 percent, the number of days with high fever by 7 percent, the incidence of diarrhea by 18 percent and the incidence of pneumonia by 26 percent. Together, these results suggest an improved immunity against common infections in children, said Robert E. Black, MD, MPH, co-author of the study an......ure of clinical disease via antibiotics. Typhoid fever remains a major health problem in the developing w...treatment and vaccination, indicating that typhoid fever will remain a major health problem for the foreseeable future....Painkillers may threaten power of vaccines
...lock the cox-2 enzyme and thereby reduce pain and fever the drug also reduces the ability of B cells to make antibodies. The next step is to figure out the worst time to take drugs that inhibit cox-2 in the context of getting vaccinated. Is it the day before, the day of, or the day after" The timing is...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...a pigs following an aerosol challenge with acute Q fever were similar to those seen in human acute Q fever indicating an effective animal model of human disease say researchers from Texas A&M University. Th...New study finds on/off switch for septic shock
...of control. Sepsis progresses swiftly from chills, fever and shallow breathing, to dilated and leaky blood vessels, a lack of blood supply in the body's organs, multiple organ failure and, often, death. Infection causes the body's immune system to produce protective proteins called cytokines. Problems ar...Key molecular signaling switch involved in allergic disease identified
...States. Allergic diseases such as asthma and hay fever are problematic for about 30 percent of the population in the developed world. Researchers have developed various treatments to control allergy, but no cure has been found. The team has demonstrated, for the first time, the role of a proteolytic en...Data show treatment with Remicade reduced hospitalizations for ulcerative colitis patients by half
...es), dark brown urine, right-sided abdominal pain, fever or severe fatigue. Blood disorders have been r...ow blood pressure, swelling of face and hands, and fever or chills. Tell your doctor if you have experienced a severe allergic reaction. The most common side...Researchers map spread of pathogens in the human body
...the body, which is a bacterium that causes typhoid fever and food borne gastroenteritis in humans and animals, with severe medical and veterinary consequences and threats for the food industry. The work is of broad significance as these novel research approaches are applicable to a multitude of pathogenic...Leading scientists gather to discuss developments in infectious disease research
...ng world, including malaria, leishmaniasis, Dengue fever and food and water-borne protozoan parasites Disease threats posed by domestic and wild animals, including West Nile disease and Monkey Pox Why we are seeing an increase in Bubonic Plague cases in the United States Development of New D...Mass vaccination unnecessary in the event of a large bioterrorist US smallpox attack
... they include head and body aches, fatigue, a high fever and, sometimes, vomiting. This phase lasts two to four days and at this point people may or may not be contagious. Then a rash emerges all over the body and grows increasingly severe over the next 20 or so days, eventually forming scabs; during this ...Research holds promise for herpes vaccine
... intact. Measles, mumps, rubella, polio and yellow fever vaccines are all made from attenuated viruses. Research in recent decades has focused on subunit vaccines, which are made from one piece of a virus (a protein subunit). Subunit vaccines are safer than attenuated virus vaccines because the subunit c...... that produce symptoms like wheezing, asthma, hay fever or hives risk developing allergic sensitization much earlier in life than previously reported, according to a study by Cincinnati researchers. The study suggests that the current practice of avoiding skin testing for airborne allergens before age 4 ...