A genomic test developed by researchers to rapidly detect almost any kind of pathogen -- virus, bacteria, fungus or parasite -- has proved successful after a decade of use.

Transmission of Oropouche virus to the womb has been confirmed in two stillbirths and one birth with congenital anomalies that occurred in Brazil.

Dylan Riley was playing frisbee golf when he fell and got a cut that later became infected with streptococcus bacteria. It ...

Only a small amount of virus is necessary for PRRS infection via skin penetration, which could be from re-used needles, tail ...

Otitis media can also affect adults, although it is primarily a condition that occurs in children. Middle ear infections are usually a result of a malfunction of the eustachian tube, a canal that ...

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Certain chronic conditions and disorders can impact this section of the ear and cause inflammation. Bacterial and viral infections cause many forms of ear infections. Cold and flu viruses are the more ...

Growing evidence suggests that the link “doesn’t seem to be specific to any type of infection, whether it be bacterial or viral,” said Walker, who was an author of the study. Walker and his ...

After your body fights off the infection, the virus stays hidden in your nerve cells. It can reactivate later in life as shingles, a painful rash that typically develops on one side of the body.

That some virus types contain just RNA strongly suggests that viruses predate cells, Anantharaman said. The virus-first hypothesis is still the most widely accepted among evolutionary biologists.