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Are all infectious diseases caused by viruses and bacteria?

Viruses and bacteria are not responsible for all infections diseases. Many infectious diseases are caused by viruses and bacteria. But there are also other types of pathogens that cause illness.
News Medical

Air sampling detects 70–90% of poultry viruses and reveals 50 more hidden threats

Traditional poultry swabbing misses key viral threats—new research shows how air and surface sampling provides a faster, safer way to track dangerous pathogens in live-bird markets. Study: Air ...
The Scientist

Q&A: What if Immune Cells Don’t Actually Detect Viruses and Bacteria?

It’s a common, straightforward idea in science: When a viral, bacterial, or parasitic pathogen sneaks its way into a host and tries to infect cells, the immune system detects its presence and mounts a ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Waterborne Diseases That Are Sensitive to Climate Variability and Climate Change

All stages of the fossil-fuel life cycle are a threat to human health, yet global overdependence on fossil fuel continues unabated, despite ambitious international agreements to lower greenhouse-gas ...
The Conversation

We found coronaviruses in UK bats – so far the danger’s minimal but we need to know more about viruses that can spread to humans

Francois Balloux receives funding from the EU Horizon 2020 programme and UKRI. Cedric Tan receives doctoral funding from Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore. Lucy van Dorp ...