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COVID-19 Healthcare Disruption and Potentially Unreported STIs

November 25, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted healthcare systems in many ways beyond direct care of COVID-19 patients. One disruption lies in the public health infrastructure for reporting of infectious diseases, such as sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

biomedicalodyssey ⋅ Perspectives in Research covid-19, guest post, infectious disease, Research, STI ⋅

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Quarantine Reading Recommendations

May 21, 2020

Tired of watching TV but don’t know what to read? Graduate students at the Johns Hopkins Department of the History of Medicine recommend some great titles on the history of public health and infectious disease to get your reading list started.

Kristin Brig ⋅ A Day in the Life History of medicine, infectious disease, public health, reading list ⋅

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The Dengue Vaccine Controversy Explained

July 9, 2019

Dengue, a virus endemic to Latin America and Southeast Asia, infects about 400 million people and causes about 25,000 deaths each year by dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). To date there is no cure for dengue, and its toll hits hardest in areas with poorly developed medical systems. Due to the deadly consequences of this virus, […]

Talia Henkle ⋅ Perspectives in Research dengue, FDA, infectious disease, Vaccine ⋅

Smarter Antimalarial Use: Altering Drug Duration to Improve Efficacy

October 16, 2017

Fighting malaria is getting harder, with rising rates of drug resistance and drug tolerance making it more difficult for doctors to effectively cure patients. Drug resistance is distinct from drug tolerance, in that a resistant microbe can survive even high doses of a particular drug, while tolerant microbes are able to replicate in the drug’s […]

Rachel Evans ⋅ Perspectives in Research infectious disease, Multidrug Resistance ⋅

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Predicting the Path of the Next Flu Pandemic

June 7, 2017

We’re all familiar with the flu. Most consider it a pesky inconvenience or perhaps a good reason to miss work to stay home and watch Netflix. Among the list of viruses frequently mentioned in the news — Ebola, HIV, Zika — the “scare factor” associated with the flu is relatively low. But to an epidemiologist, […]

Emily Fray ⋅ Perspectives in Research flu virus, infectious disease ⋅

Zika Virus: Where Did It Come From, and How Big of a Threat Is It?

March 2, 2016

Recently, my inbox has been filled each morning with emails warning about Zika virus. And my clinics have been filled with women wondering what the risks are to them and their unborn babies. Some are even wondering about the risks to future babies, heeding concerns from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggesting […]

Diana Cholakian ⋅ Perspectives in Research infectious disease, pregnancy, zika ⋅

Visualizing the Salivary Gland of a Mosquito

January 27, 2016

Buzzing. Biting. Itchiness. Mosquitoes can be annoying but can also be a carrier of many diseases, including malaria. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 198 million cases of malaria were estimated to have occurred and 500,000 died of the disease worldwide in 2013. Most of these cases are caused by malaria parasites […]

ytreesukosol ⋅ Perspectives in Research basic science, infectious disease, mosquito, parasites ⋅

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