The idea that microbial agents may cause psychotic disorders has a surprisingly lengthy history. As the germ theory of diseases became established in the late-nineteenth century, several European ...

Infectious agents comprise a vast and diverse group of pathogens—including bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, helminths, and prions—that are responsible for a wide spectrum of diseases. These agents ...

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Spatial disease ecology is emerging as a new field that requires the integration of complementary approaches to address how the distribution and movements of hosts and parasites may condition the ...

Prions, infectious proteins associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad Cow Disease, were previously thought to accumulate mainly in the brain, but Yale and University of Zurich ...

PhD student in Immunology and Cancer Therapy, Université de Lausanne Infections are a double-edged sword when it comes to cancer. On the one hand, infections are our foes. Several viruses, such as the ...

The term modes of transmission refer to how an infectious agent, also called a pathogen, can be transferred from one person, object, or animal, to another. Viruses, bacteria, parasites, or fungi can ...

At least eight Ecuadorean children in Taisha, in the province of Morona Santiago bordering Peru, died between February and April 2025 due to an unknown infectious agent, showing symptoms like fever, ...

Dr. Sameer Bhati, Public Health Analystn says that infectious diseases have been with us forever, together with the Common ...

As cultural successors, hedgehogs reside in close proximity to humans. Road traffic, lawn mowers and infectious agents threaten the prickly insect eaters. Some infectious agents can be transmitted to ...

Each month, The Clinical Advisor makes one new clinical feature available ahead of print. Don’t forget to take the poll. The results will be published in the next month’s issue. Many definitions of ...