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Weekly infections explode in Europe Weekly infections explode in Europe Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The number of coronavirus infections has continued to explode over the past week in Europe, but has declined in Latin America, the Middle East and Asia. A weekly roundup from AFP’s specialised database: Explosion in Europe …

Inexpensive and rapid testing of drugs for resistant infections possible Inexpensive and rapid testing of drugs for resistant infections possible Convergence of machine learning and dynamic laser speckle imaging to monitor bacterial motion enables rapid and accurate identification of antibiotic resistance and the minimum drug dosage needed to inhibit bacterial …

Scientists discover a new mechanism for cellular defense against viral and bacterial infections Scientists discover a new mechanism for cellular defense against viral and bacterial infections Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study published in the journal Science and coordinated by researchers of IDIBAPS, the UB and teh Spanish National Center …

Germany agrees to tighten virus rules as infections rise Germany agrees to tighten virus rules as infections rise German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, Bavaria’s Governor Markus Soeder, right, and Berlin’s mayor Michael Mueller arrive for a press conference after a meeting of the governors of the German states and Chancellor …

Young adults face higher risk of severe disease from infections than school-age children Young adults face higher risk of severe disease from infections than school-age children Credit: CC0 Public Domain The first systematic review of how the severity of infectious diseases changes with age suggests that the human immune system …

Novel map reveals how immune cells fight and remember infections Novel map reveals how immune cells fight and remember infections Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers have charted the activity of tens of thousands of genes in mouse immune cells over the course of an infection. The study from the University …

Russia sees record daily virus infections Russia sees record daily virus infections Credit: CC0 Public Domain Russia registered a record daily number of new coronavirus infections on Friday, surpassing its previous high from May. Officials reported 12,126 new infections, edging above the previous high of 11,656 on May 11 and …

Protective antibodies persist for months in survivors of serious COVID-19 infections Protective antibodies persist for months in survivors of serious COVID-19 infections Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a dying cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 (yellow), the virus that causes COVID-19. Credit: NIAID Integrated Research Facility, Fort Detrick, Maryland. People …

Understanding the progress of viral infections Understanding the progress of viral infections Team leader Prof. Guiscard Seebohm at the patch clamp measuring station. Credit: Marlen Keß It is only 120 millionths of a millimeter in size but can bring entire countries to a standstill: the Corona virus. Even if it …

Researchers find new way to prevent and cure rotavirus, other viral infections Researchers find new way to prevent and cure rotavirus, other viral infections Administration of IL-22 approximately doubled the rate at which rotavirus-infected cells of the intestinal wall migrated toward villus tips (second to left). Administration of IL-18 (second …