Antimicrobial resistance and ecological disruption caused by broad-spectrum disinfectants have created an urgent need for ...

A systematic review of more than 200 studies published in BMC Infectious Diseases on human viruses over more than a century ...

The outcome of a pathogenic infection is influenced by the activities and functions of each interacting partner. Pathogens use sophisticated mechanisms to manipulate their host, but they also face ...

For years scientists have puzzled over why the intracellular pathogen Salmonella is able to survive — and thrive — in human and animal tissues, even within otherwise hostile cells that are part of the ...

Some pathogens hide inside human cells to enhance their survival. Researchers have uncovered a unique tactic certain bacteria use to spread in the body without being detected by the immune system. In ...

In a recent study published in The Lancet Microbe, researchers analyze the global incidences of laboratory-acquired infections (LAIs) and accidental pathogen escapes from 2000 to 2021 to identify ...

Researchers with the University of Minnesota recently made an unfortunate discovery: A water mold that has devastated forests along the West Coast has made its way to Minnesota. The U of M revealed ...

Update: Harmful fungus? What to know about Chinese scholars who smuggled pathogen into U.S. DETROIT, MI - A Chinese scholar at University of Michigan and her boyfriend worked to smuggle a biological ...

RP2 provides results in less than two hours for more than 20 viruses and bacteria that cause common respiratory infections with similar symptoms, including COVID-19, influenza A and B, respiratory ...

A bottleneck to enabling widespread access to molecular diagnostics, especially in low- and middle-income countries, has been the high cost and complex logistics associated with rapid point-of-care ...