Nature – Pathogens
- Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) virus in a common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Florida April 18, 2024
- Spatial analysis of dengue transmission in an endemic city in Brazil reveals high spatial structuring on local dengue transmission dynamics April 18, 2024
- Monkeypox virus genomic accordion strategies April 18, 2024
- A meta-analysis on the potency of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines in different animal models April 18, 2024
- Improvement of immune dysregulation in individuals with long COVID at 24-months following SARS-CoV-2 infection April 17, 2024
Nature – AMR
- A role for the stringent response in ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa April 13, 2024
- A folate inhibitor exploits metabolic differences in Pseudomonas aeruginosa for narrow-spectrum targeting April 9, 2024
- Author Correction: The plasmidome associated with Gram-negative bloodstream infections: a large-scale observational study using complete plasmid assemblies April 9, 2024
- Co-selection for antibiotic resistance by environmental contaminants April 1, 2024
- Colonisation of hospital surfaces from low- and middle-income countries by extended spectrum β-lactamase- and carbapenemase-producing bacteria March 29, 2024
Outbreaks
- Measles global outbreak continues to spread April 16, 2024
- Dad goes Viral on TikTok: Daughter has Pinworms April 16, 2024
CDC
Food Safety News
- Consumer Reports investigation raises concerns about pesticides in produce April 18, 2024
- New E. coli O157:H7 outbreak detected April 18, 2024
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Monthly Archives: April 2016
Mother’s Milk Develops a Healthy Gut Micriobiome
Contributed by Azarene Foutouhi The human gut microbiome is understood to perform useful and necessary functions that help to maintain a healthy body in a multitude of ways such as aiding in the breakdown of otherwise indigestible nutrients and providing … Continue reading
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What is going on with the Zika Virus?
Contributed by Alli Weis Firstly, what is the Zika virus and how is it spread? This is part 1 of a 3 part series… The Virus: Zika virus is a member of the virus family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus. The … Continue reading
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Congratulations Alli Weis, PhD Candidate, Microbiology
All of us at The Weimer Micro Lab would like to congratulate Alli Weis for two awards she recently won at the 2016 UC Davis Interdisciplinary Graduate and Professional Student Symposium. Alli won the Dean’s Prize for Best Oral Presentation in … Continue reading
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Wine can reduce risk of heart disease
Contributed by Nguyet Kong Recent research has been done to understand why wine can reduce the risk of heart disease and it’s all about the gut microbiome. Red wine has a compound called resveratrol that reduce … Continue reading
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