Nature – Pathogens- Prediction of mortality risk in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia in the intensive care unit using machine learning January 10, 2025
- Incremental benefit of high dose compared to standard dose influenza vaccine in reducing hospitalizations January 9, 2025
- Asymptomatic infection and antibody prevalence to co-occurring avian influenza viruses vary substantially between sympatric seabird species following H5N1 outbreaks January 9, 2025
- Neutralization of omicron subvariants and antigenic cartography following multiple COVID 19 vaccinations and repeated omicron non JN.1 or JN.1 infections January 9, 2025
- Impact of RSVpreF vaccination on reducing the burden of respiratory syncytial virus in infants and older adults January 9, 2025
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- Biochar filtration of drug-resistant bacteria and active pharmaceutical ingredients to combat antimicrobial resistance January 8, 2025
- Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Mycoplasma hyosynoviae strains isolated from five European countries between 2018 and 2023 January 7, 2025
- Longitudinal monitoring of sewershed resistomes in socioeconomically diverse urban neighborhoods January 7, 2025
- Aztreonam-avibactam: a new combination with activity against multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae complex January 7, 2025
- Methionine-driven methylation modification overcomes plasmid-mediated high-level tigecycline resistance January 6, 2025
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- Expanded Recommendations for Use of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines Among Adults Aged ≥50 Years: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, 2024 January 8, 2025
- Occupational Exposure to Mercury at an Electronics Waste and Lamp Recycling Facility — Ohio, 2023 January 8, 2025
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- Parker’s Promise — One mother’s way of helping parents cope with illnesses January 10, 2025
- A look back at FSIS’s 2024 January 10, 2025
Author Archives: WeimerMicroLab
Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA)
Contributed by Poyin Chen Scientific research is slowly but surely moving away from one gene-one organism focus. We now understand that individual genes are only a small part of a whole, just as a single organism is only a small … Continue reading
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Forensic Science and Microbiome
Contributed by Ning Chin Forensic science is the use of science to settle a legal argument. In criminal cases, a forensic technique is used to definitively identify the victim and the perpetrator. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that is present in most … Continue reading
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The Importance of Small Molecules in Biological Systems
Contributed by Narine Arabyan Metabolomics is a newly blooming and rapidly expanding field that combines the sciences of biology, chemistry, mathematics, and computer technology. Metabolomics is the study of metabolites or small molecules inside the cells and biological systems. This … Continue reading
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California has set the strictest antibiotics standards
Contributed by Nguyet Kong California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that set the strictest antibiotics standards in the United States for the use with livestock production from chickens to cows. This bill will go into effect in 2018, so … Continue reading
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Avian Influenza Breakouts in Southern China during the Winter Season
Contributed by Carol Huang On January 14th, 2016, the Health and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong Province, China, has reported an additional two human cases of avian influenza A (H7N9). Human infection with H7N9 flu virus, however, causes serious respiratory symptoms … Continue reading
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Alli’s QuickStart Genomics User Guide: How To Get On The Bus!
Contributed by Allison Weis The big scary world of genomics, when first entering, can be overwhelming to say the least. But with a deep breath and these tools, you’ll soon be whizzing down ATG Avenue with the other polymerases. First, … Continue reading
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100k Genome Project named in GenomeWeb Article
Outbreak Tracking, Infectious Disease Diagnostics Becoming Key Applications for NGS Dec 28, 2015 | Monica Heger Premium NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – In 2011, experts predicted that within five to 10 years, clinical microbiology labs would routinely sequence microbial genomes on a next-generation … Continue reading
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Norovirus
Contributed by Poyin Chen California is currently experiencing an outbreak of Norovirus. This nasty little virus, also known as the winter vomiting disease, infects via contact with infected surfaces or people and wreaks havoc on the digestive system. Norovirus infections … Continue reading
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Happy New Year !!
Contributed by Robin Jones It’s New Year’s Eve! As a child I couldn’t wait to see if I could stay awake long enough to celebrate the turning of the clock from 11:59 pm to 12:00 am. I would always have 1 party … Continue reading
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Regulation with WGS – The Wild West has Returned
Contributed by Bart Weimer Ph.D. WGS is becoming the method of choice for food safety outbreak and surveillance. The US CDC, US FDA, and the EU CDC (ECDC) have all announced that they will transition from pervious typing methods and … Continue reading
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