The soil-dwelling bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei is responsible for causing the deadly disease melioidosis. Once considered an obscurity, the disease is now recognized as an emerging fulminating infectious disease of global significance.
Antimicrobial resistance puts millions of lives at risk, and in the United States, antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and fungi contribute to more than 35,000 deaths each year. Antimicrobial resistance occurs when changes in bacteria cause the drugs used to treat them to become less effective.
Whether HIV infection adversely affects exposure to first-line TB drugs in children is debatable. It is also not known whether HIV infection increases the risk of plasma underexposure or overexposure to TB drugs. This study sought to address these questions.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) among older adults, with significant health and socioeconomic burden on a global scale. RSV-related hospitalizations and healthcare costs are exacerbated by the presence of comorbidities, the rates of which have been increasing among older adults
Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are the most prevalent bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) globally. Despite frequent co-infections in patients, few studies have investigated how mono-infections may differ from co-infections.
Central nervous system tuberculosis (CNS-TB) is a rare but devastating clinical manifestation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection of the brain and spinal cord. It results from the hematogenous dissemination of Mtb from the primary sites of infection across the blood–brain barrier, leading to cerebral pathology and granulomatous inflammation at the base of the meninges
Dr. Josephine Clark-Curtiss, whose career spanned half a century, worked tirelessly to help mitigate the spread of dangerous infectious diseases. After a valiant personal battle against ovarian cancer, she passed away on Nov. 6, 2023.
UF EPI member studies how the genetic makeup of a tuberculosis bacterial population changes during transmission.
The overall prevalence of tick-borne infections is increasing globally, due to the expansion of tick populations into new geographic regions and increased human exposure as a result of environmental and climatic changes.
Marine bivalves are important for ecosystem health and support valuable fisheries, but with increasing human consumption they are also an important aquaculture commodity. While only 11% of bivalve production comes from wild caught fisheries, 89% (17.7 million tonnes) is produced through aquaculture.
