Focus: The systematics and diversity of free-living ciliates, particularly marine and brackish forms in costal waters We are focusing our research on the systematics and diversity of free-living ...

Emerging infectious diseases are infections that have recently appeared within a population or those whose incidence or geographic range is rapidly increasing or threatens to increase in the near ...

Inflammatory diseases include a vast array of disorders and conditions that are characterized by inflammation. Examples include allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, coeliac disease ...

Infectious diseases are disorders that are caused by organisms, usually microscopic in size, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites that are passed, directly or indirectly, from one person to ...

Over the next century, less than 2 million would survive this and other communicable diseases brought by European explorers. Smallpox reached Massachusetts in 1633, brought by settlers from France ...

FATMA AL-MASKARI, MBChB, PhD, LRCP & SI, FFPH is Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University. Lifestyle diseases ...

Oct. 28, 2024 — A strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found in a Texas dairy worker who was infected this spring was able to spread among ferrets through the air, ... No Wasted Effort ...

Once the nymphs feed on a host, they change into adults. Hard ticks carry the germs that cause Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and other diseases. Their bite doesn’t hurt.

he said. Cirrhosis can occur in the late stages of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, which happens when fat builds up in the liver and can lead to inflammation ...

All majors are strongly encouraged to pursue collaborative research with any of the department’s faculty members who work in areas as diverse as bacterial pathogenesis, ecological impacts of invasive ...

The study of infectious diseases focuses on all aspects of the development of diseases including HIV, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Students in this field study topics like host ...