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New West Nile And Japanese Encephalitis 'Pseudoinfectious' Vaccines Produced
May 30, 2008 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have developed new vaccines to protect against West Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses. The investigators created the vaccines using an ... > full story -
West Nile Vaccine Breakthrough
May 19, 2008 Researchers have made a giant leap forward in the race to develop a vaccine for the potentially debilitating West Nile virus. Researchers have found a way to generate immune response levels ... > full story -
Geneticists Trace The Evolution Of St. Louis Encephalitis
May 15, 2008 Researchers have sequenced the entire genetic code of 23 strains of Flavivirus, the virus that causes St. Louis encephalitis, to understand its evolutionary history. This study, published in ... > full story -
Broad Analysis Of Pollutants Using Fuzzy Logic Could Guide Water Quality Improvement
April 17, 2008 A fuzzy logic approach to analyzing water quality could help reduce the number of people in the developing world forced to drink polluted and diseased water for ... > full story -
Severe West Nile Infection Could Lead To Lifetime Of Symptoms
March 17, 2008 Most people who suffer severe infection with West Nile virus still experience symptoms years after infection and many may continue to experience these symptoms for the rest of their lives according ... > full story -
Antibiotic May Prevent Dreaded Brain Fever, Study Suggests
February 19, 2008 Two researchers suggest that a common antibiotic called minocycline may prevent children from death due to Japanese encephalitis, or commonly known as brain fever. The team found that minocycline, an ... > full story -
Uukuniemi Virus Helps To Explain The Infection Mechanism Of Bunyaviruses
February 15, 2008 The Uukuniemi virus is the first bunyavirus whose structure researchers have been able to determine. Together with more detailed studies of the viral membrane proteins, knowledge of the Uukuniemi ... > full story -
Herpes Virus May Play Role In Central Nervous System Diseases
December 21, 2007 Scientists have discovered evidence suggesting a herpes virus may be responsible for some cases of meningitis and encephalitis. Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is one of the most prevalent in humans. ... > full story -
West Nile Virus' Spread Through Nerve Cells Linked To Serious Complication
October 18, 2007 Scientists believe they have found an explanation for a puzzling and serious complication of West Nile virus infection. West Nile virus can enter a nerve cell, replicate and move on to infect other ... > full story -
Central Nervous System Infections Rare But Devastating Following Heart Transplantation
October 8, 2007 Central nervous system infections develop infrequently following heart transplants but are a significant predictor of death, according to a new article. In the past 10 years, approximately 24,000 ... > full story
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