Oct 16, 2021
The bacteria that causes the neglected tropical disease, Leprosy, Mycobacterium leprae, was once thought to be an obligate human pathogen.
However, they have been shown to be found in captive non-human primates, armadillos and most recently, red squirrels.
A recent study published in Nature showed that two...
Oct 14, 2021
There are five Plasmodium species that cause malaria with the vast majority of reported cases being due to Plasmodium falciparum.
Plasmodium vivax is the second most common reported cause of malaria.
My guest today says P. vivax infections represent a major unrecognized burden on global health calling it "obscure...
Oct 9, 2021
In today's Outbreak News This Week Livestream, I'll look at some recent polio news to include a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 (cVDPV2) case reported in Ukraine.
In addition, Ebola appears to have resurfaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
I'll look at an article about H5N6 avian...
Oct 2, 2021
On today's livestream, I'll be looking at the human rabies case in Illinois, H5N6 avian influenza in China in 2021, dengue in South Asia and the outbreaks in Nigeria.
Sep 28, 2021
World Rabies Day is celebrated annually to raise awareness about rabies prevention and to highlight progress in defeating this horrifying disease.
28 September also marks the anniversary of Louis Pasteur’s death, the French chemist and microbiologist, who developed the first rabies vaccine.
Texas State University’s...