[ad_1] ©frank29052515 / stock.adobe.com What might the world look like in 50 years? Well, if the world’s climate continues to change and heat up, the sea levels will rise. Weather patterns may shift, and as a result landscapes and agricultural practices could also alter. But what about diseases? Will climate change affect those, too? Yes, …
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[ad_1] A host for Japanese encephalitis. Source: The Centre for Disease Control Arboviral diseases are caused by a group of viruses spread to humans by arthropods such as mosquitoes or ticks. Arboviruses can be harboured and amplified by wild birds and some animals. Once a bird or animal is heavily infected with virus particles, a …
[ad_1] © anyaivanova / Getty Images / iStock BMC Infectious Diseases is excited to announce that it has expanded its scope to include animal studies! Animal models in infectious diseases serve as invaluable tools, allowing scientists to bridge the gap between the laboratory and the complex realities of human infections. Understanding and treating infectious diseases …
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[ad_1] Bobby the bone NON-Surgical Treatment Of Perthes’ (NON STOP) study logo What is Perthes’ disease? Perthes’ Disease is a rare condition that affects the developing femoral head (the “ball” of the “ball and socket” hip joint) of a child due to poor blood supply. In this condition, the blood supply to the femoral head …
[ad_1] Artwork (silhouette and skeleton) by Alessio Ciaffi BMC Ecology and Evolution – New information on paleopathologies in non-avian theropod dinosaurs: a case study on South American abelisaurids A recent study published in BMC Ecology and Evolution explores the pathology of theropods – bipedal carnivorous dinosaurs – finding evidence of non-injurious pathologies and suggesting that …
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[ad_1] Removing vital genes that affect a creature’s behaviour could be a way to ameliorate the impact of disease vectors such as mosquitoes. Vinaya Shetty and colleagues describe the effects of knocking out the circadian clock gene in Aedes aegypti – a significant arboviral disease vector. Srimathy Sriskantharajah 23 Feb 2024 Aedes aegypti is a …
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[ad_1] The effects of climate change are numerous and vary depending on the environment. Combating these effects is a particular challenge for urban areas, especially densely populated cities, where climate-related environmental changes can negatively impact the health of human (and animal) populations that live there, such as through the urban heat island effect, increasing adverse …
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[ad_1] Krisztian Magori reviews the horrid history of the impact of war and conflict on infectious diseases, the protection provided to civilians by international humanitarian law, and the track-record of compliance with such protection in recent and current conflicts. Krisztian Magori 9 Feb 2024 © Rick / Stock.adobe.com War and conflict throughout history have resulted …
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[ad_1] BMC Biomedical Engineering warmly welcomes submissions to its Collection on the development, novel applications and/or major improvements of point-of-care diagnostic devices. Sara Zandomeneghi 8 Feb 2024 © CIPhotos / Getty Images / iStock Point-of-care (POC) diagnostics, defined as diagnostics at or near the site of patient care, has recently gained increased popularity due to …
[ad_1] © Prostock-studio / stock.adobe.com A doctor shows a bottle of pills to a patient Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the CHARMER team have worked with healthcare professionals and older people, a patient group undoubtedly under-served by clinical research, to develop an approach to support geriatricians (hospital doctors who …
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