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Health News and Information - News Medical

	March 21, 2018
	Infectious Diseases
	The latest infectious diseases news from News Medical

Scientists evaluate reliability of Zika virus diagnostics

Globally, Brazil has been the hardest hit by the current Zika outbreak. Almost all cases of Zika-associated malformations in newborns have been reported from this country

			Johns Hopkins doctors successfully transplant hepatitis C-infected kidneys into virus-free patients In a small study, doctors at Johns Hopkins have successfully transplanted 10 hepatitis C-infected kidneys into patients without hepatitis C and prevented the patients from becoming infected by hepatitis C. The success of these transplants could mean more organs being available for the nearly 100,000 people in the U.S. currently waiting for a kidney transplant.

			Innovative antibody delivery method could offer effective way to combat Ebola infection More than 11,000 people died during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa from 2013-16, demonstrating both the deadly nature of the virus and the limitations of the medication used to fight it.

	Technological advances in biosensors could reduce spread of HIV infection 1.8 million people acquire HIV each year, with the World Health Organisation estimating that 1 in 5 people living with HIV do not realize they are infected. Therefore, strategies for faster and earlier diagnosis are as important as ever to limit the spread of HIV.

	Discovery may lead to effective research and better treatments for Ebola, other viral diseases University of Alberta researchers have found the Ebola polymerase (enzyme), which may lead to more effective research and better treatments for the often fatal infection, and other related viral diseases.

	Study reveals new strategy to prevent mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus A clinical study coordinated by the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development and Chiang Mai University with their Thai, American, and French partners, strengthens the case for a new strategy to prevent mother-to-child transmission of the hepatitis B virus.

	Researchers identify new mechanism to disrupt HIV latency HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has a secret life. Though anti-retroviral therapy can reduce its numbers, the virus can hide and avoid both treatments and the body's immune response.

	Managing eating habits could help control malaria infections, study suggests Malaria infections might be brought under control by managing the eating habits of infected people or animals, according to a new study.

	Scientists develop rapid test that could revolutionize diagnostics of infectious diseases Scientists of the Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technologies, Center for Sepsis Control and Care at the University Hospital Jena and Friedrich Schiller University work at a faster and cheaper alternative for hitherto time consuming pathogen diagnostics.

	Eight-week hepatitis C treatment regimen may be just as effective as 12 weeks in black patients A study by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute found that contrary to current hepatitis C treatment guidelines, an eight-week treatment regimen may be just as effective as 12 weeks in black patients.

	ACTA trial in AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis validates new therapeutic regimens The results of the ACTA trial were presented at the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science held in Paris from 23 to 26 July 2017.

	Misconceptions about MMR vaccine found to influence usage of Zika vaccine People's willingness to use a Zika vaccine when it's available will be influenced by how they weigh the risks associated with the disease and the vaccine, but also by their misconceptions about other vaccines, a new study has found.

	Yellow fever outbreak in Brazil necessitates vaccination for travelers Brazil is in the midst of a yellow fever outbreak, with the mosquito-borne virus reaching popular tourist destinations that do not normally see the disease. Since January 2018, 10 cases of yellow fever have been confirmed in international travelers visiting Brazil, including four deaths.

	Measles alert after two passengers with the disease fly into US Vulnerable persons who have not been vaccinated for measles and have been through airports in Newark, New Jersey, Detroit and Memphis this month are being warned about the possible risk of measles by the health officials. They have announced that two air passengers from overseas were confirmed to have had measles and were travelling via these airports.