microbiology, infectious disease, disease & medicine

Menglà virus, detected in bats in China, infects cells through the same host receptor targeted by the deadly pathogens.

It’s the first time the deadly pathogen has been found in West Africa.

A report also concludes that an investment of $2 per person per year could forestall that fate.

Tens of thousands of hogs are being slaughtered to stop its spread.

An accomplished infectious disease scientist, Meyers spent the 1960s treating and studying the condition in central Africa.

Some patients could suppress the virus without antiretroviral therapy for months after the drug infusions.

A Florida teenager is the first person with a confirmed infection by the mosquito-borne virus.

They may be a prospective source for an influenza pandemic, researchers warn.  

The results suggest the virus could severely alter brain development in infants infected after birth, but blocking a signaling protein early on might ease certain symptoms.

Researchers found a previously undiscovered hepadnavirus in an immunocompromised cat.

A review of several dozen hospitalized patients in Brazil finds neurological conditions, including inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, in addition to Guillain-Barre syndrome.

ZMapp effectively rescued macaques from Ebola in a small trial, but it could be several months before supplies of the drug meet the growing human demand for it.