الاثنين، 25 يناير 2016

ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News

ScienceDaily: Health & Medicine News


Examining genetic diversity of T. cruzi from California kissing bugs

Posted: 21 Jan 2016 11:51 AM PST

Trypanosoma cruzi is a protozoan parasite that can cause an insidious onset of Chagas disease, a fatal cardiac disease in humans and dogs. The parasite is transmitted via triatomine insects, commonly called kissing bugs.

Targeted school closure policies may help the fight against pandemic influenza

Posted: 21 Jan 2016 11:51 AM PST

Targeted school closure policies may help mitigating the spread of pandemic influenza, while entailing lower social costs than more traditional policies, such as nationwide school closure.

Immune response differences might determine severity of West Nile Virus disease

Posted: 21 Jan 2016 11:51 AM PST

While most West Nile Virus infections in humans are asymptomatic and go unnoticed, the virus causes serious and sometimes fatal neurologic illness in some people. A new study suggests that an exaggerated and abnormal immune response contributes to the development of neurologic symptoms following West Nile Virus infection.

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