ALLMedicine™ Emerging Infectious Diseases Center

Jul 1st, 2022 - Pandemics have devastating effects that can be mitigated with the existence of global infrastructure for pandemic preparedness along with the adaptation of existing research studies and establishment of biorepositories early in an outbreak. Observ...

Jun 28th, 2022 - Devastating pandemics, such as that due to COVID-19, can provide strong testimony to our knowledge of the genetic and evolutionary determinants of infectious disease susceptibility and severity. One of the most remarkable aspects of such outbreaks...

Jun 25th, 2022 - The world has been facing a pandemic owing to COVID-19. We have also seen the geographic expansion and outbreaks of other emerging infectious diseases (EID) in recent years. This paper investigates the direct and indirect effects of land use land ...

Jun 24th, 2022 - The administration of convalescent plasma is often used for treatment of emerging infectious diseases. This natural history protocol will collect plasma from subjects that were vaccinated to or recovered from an emerging infectious disease of inte...

Jun 24th, 2022 - The high morbidity and mortality associated with both pandemic and seasonal influenza and the anticipation for future influenza pandemics puts influenza front and center in infectious disease research. Because the natural history and pathogenesis ...

Jun 20th, 2020 - This review focused on the use of plant‐based foods for enhancing the immunity of all aged groups against COVID‐19. In humans, coronaviruses are included in the spectrum of viruses that cause the common cold and, recently, severe acute respiratory...

Jun 24th, 2022 - The administration of convalescent plasma is often used for treatment of emerging infectious diseases. This natural history protocol will collect plasma from subjects that were vaccinated to or recovered from an emerging infectious disease of inte...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Study Description: This protocol will enroll up to 200 adults per year who are scheduled to be vaccinated against severe acute respiratory syndromecoronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or other emerging pathogens.Participants will provide blood samples prior...

Jun 24th, 2022 - The high morbidity and mortality associated with both pandemic and seasonal influenza and the anticipation for future influenza pandemics puts influenza front and center in infectious disease research. Because the natural history and pathogenesis ...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Emerging infectious diseases such as the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic cause substantial morbidity and mortality. During the early emergent phases of such diseases, there is often no vaccine to prevent infection, nor specific therap...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Since the fall 2001 distribution of letters containing Bacillus anthracis spores via the US postal system, increased attention has been paid to the evaluation and management of bioterrorism-related illness. Similarly, the emergence of Severe Acute...

Jun 8th, 2022 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hello. I'm Paul Auwaerter with Medscape Infectious Diseases, speaking from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Monkeypox joins the legion of occasional emerging infectious diseases that, as...

May 11th, 2022 - The annual cost of Lyme disease in the United States could be nearly $970 million, according to new research. But not all cases of Lyme disease are equally costly. Costs for patients with disseminated Lyme disease were more than twice as high as t...

Apr 25th, 2022 - Testing the DNA of antimicrobial-resistant Plasmodium falciparum in the blood of travelers from malaria-endemic regions may help researchers monitor how drug resistance changes over time, a study from Canada reports. "Malaria remains the deadliest...

Apr 20th, 2022 - Heartland virus (HRTV), an emerging infection first detected in lone star ticks in Missouri in 2009, has spread to lone star ticks in Georgia, a study published in Emerging Infectious Diseases reports. HRTV disease is transmitted by the bite of an...

Apr 13th, 2022 - There was a higher incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection among households where a family member was recently discharged from the hospital but not formally diagnosed with such an infection, a study of insurance claims data found. In the a...