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Category Archives: Emerging Diseases
Microbe Talk: November 2016
When pathogenic viruses pass from their animal reservoir into humans – known as ‘spillover events’ – the consequences can be severe. For example, it is thought that the West African Ebola outbreak began with an 18-month-old child in Guinea contracting … Continue reading
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Tagged Ebola virus, Emerging Diseases
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On the Horizon: Rift Valley fever
In 1930, a new disease was reported in sheep on a farm near the town of Naivasha, in the central Rift Valley region of Kenya. This disease caused mass spontaneous abortions among pregnant ewes and the death of newborn lambs. … Continue reading
Microbe Talk: October 2016
The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) building in Boston is a high-tech facility for the study of emerging, and re-emerging, microbial diseases of humans and animals. The building, part of Boston University, is equipped up to Biosafety level 4 … Continue reading
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Tagged Emerging Diseases, virology, viruses
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On the Horizon: Hantaviruses
In early 2013, a man in North Wales was rushed to hospital showing symptoms of serious kidney problems. The source of his infection? His pet rats. Tests revealed that the causative agent was a rodent virus known as Seoul virus. … Continue reading
On the Horizon: Nipah virus
Our past two articles in the On the Horizon series have focused on diseases that were first identified decades ago. In this edition of the series, we’ll be looking at a virus that was only discovered at the very end … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Diseases, On the Horizon
Tagged Bangladesh, Emerging disease, Nipah, Palm sap
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On the Horizon: Xylella fastidiosa
It’s not just humans and animals that are affected by emerging diseases. In this latest addition to the On the Horizon series, we learn about a poorly understood bacterium that causes significant hardships to farmers across the world. The Apulia … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Diseases, On the Horizon, Plant Microbiology
Tagged Brazil, Italy, olives, plant disease, Xylella
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On the Horizon: The spread of Lassa fever
On the Horizon is the Society’s blog series on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases. For this article, we spoke to Dr Lina Moses from Tulane University in New Orleans about Lassa fever, a viral infection spreading across parts of West … Continue reading
On the Horizon: an introduction
Over the next few weeks and months, we’ll be publishing a collection of articles about emerging diseases in our On the Horizon series. In this first post, we spoke to David Heymann, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the London … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Diseases, On the Horizon
Tagged climate change, Emerging disease, Rift valley, WHO, World Bank
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Microbe Talk: May 2016
Meet Wolbachia – the bacteria that could rid the world of dengue Dengue is one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases. Around half of the entire planet’s population is at risk from dengue infection, which can lead to excruciating joint pain, haemorrhaging … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Diseases, Podcast, Virology
Tagged Aedes aegypti, Dengue, Eliminate Dengue, mosquito, vector control, Wolbachia
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An emerging fungal disease is killing snakes in the US
Ophidiomyces ophidiicola is an emerging pathogen that causes snake fungal disease, a potentially fatal infection spreading rapidly across North America. We spoke to microbiologist Dr Jeffrey Lorch about his recent work to identify the fungus causing the disease. For the … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Diseases, Mycology
Tagged conservation, Disease, fungal, Fungus, keratin, Ophidiomyces ophidiicola, SFD, snake, snake fungal disease
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