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The majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, HIV, Ebola and SARS). Understanding patterns of viral diversity in wildlife and determinants...

Immunisation during pregnancy is a relatively new strategy, and is currently limited to tetanus, pertussis, and influenza vaccines. None of these vaccines were developed specifically for use in pregnancy, but they provide an effective...

Maternal immunisation has the potential to substantially reduce morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases after birth. The success of tetanus, influenza, and pertussis immunisation during pregnancy has led to consideration of additional maternal immunisation...

Islamic countries, and countries with more conservative sexual views based on religion in general, should implement educational projects in government-organised programmes. As we mentioned in our original Correspondence,2 the organisation of intervention policies based...

In northeast Brazil, dengue seropositivity is high but is not homogenous in the population.14 It is not known whether cases of congenital Zika syndrome occurred preferentially in women with previous dengue infection or whether...

Considerable challenges hamper effective communication between health workers and people with chronic hepatitis. A first step in addressing the burden of chronic hepatitis in sub-Saharan Africa would be to improve training of health workers...

Engineered microbes turn a bacterium’s immune response against itself using CRISPR.See it on Scoop.it, via Viruses and Bioinformatics from Virology.uvic.ca Modified viruses deliver death to antibiotic-resistant bacteria Source: Viral Bioinformatics

BANGKOK – The Permanent Secretary of the Public Health Ministry disclosed that free HPV vaccine will be distributed to Thai children this July to maximize the prevention of rectal cancer in Thailand next year....

The Indian vaccine, which protects against gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus, was tested in Niger. See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Africa health: Rotavirus vaccine could save 500,000 children a year Source: Virology News

[The Herald] Government is in the process of mounting a risk based survey of the wild bird population to establish possible primary source of the Avian See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News Zimbabwe:...