Understanding the origin -- and the genetic behavior -- of a pathogen is the holy grail in the world of infectious disease.
Unfortunately, because the international infrastructure concerning plant pathology is not well developed, the identification of a deliberate release of a pathogen is difficult to ascertain.
Ensuing vaccines were nothing more than a dead or weakened strain of a pathogen such as polio, mumps or measles that trains the body to generate protective antibodies.
The effective tracking of new and emerging diseases in the U.S. and throughout the world is critically needed to help make these determinations....Unfortunately, because the international infrastructure concerning plant pathology is not well developed, the identification of a deliberate release of a pathogen is difficult to ascertain.
Federal guidelines published last year for evaluating organ donors with encephalitis urge "extreme caution" if the suspected cause is a viral pathogen, such as rabies.
By testing out various combinations of amino acids, Dr Ghadiri found several octets that were particularly effective against the antibiotic-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus, a common pathogen.
Hundreds of trees are being cut down on a Devon estate to prevent the spread of a killer plant pathogen with no cure, site managers have said.
He collaborated with a team of pathogen hunters, including Fabian Leendertz of the Robert Koch Institute in Germany and Stephen Rich of the Laboratory of Medical Zoology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
On September 14th the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta issued the first of several daily alerts concerning an outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7, a potentially lethal pathogen typically associated with adulterated beef.
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Fuller Torrey (and others) suggests the protozoa Toxoplasma gondii is a likely suspect for the pathogen that causes schizophrenia.
It has managed to escape that control, and left humanity with a genetic weakness that another pathogen, HIV, has exploited.
Other recent outbreaks from the same pathogen are blamed on swimming in a contaminated lake and contact with infected animals.
Premier pathogen causes 102, 000 hospital infections a year.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have designed hardware and software that turns the iPhone into a powerful biosensor that's useful for toxin and pathogen testing as well as medical diagnosis.
Unheard of by most people, it is also the pathogen with the highest death rate, killing more than 500 Americans a year.
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