Viral and bacterial meningitis are explored in this factsheet, helping nurses to identify when emergency treatment is needed.

Bacteria steal DNA from silent viruses and use it like a memory bank. That memory helps them protect future generations.

The list of 24 pathogen families is the first to consider global health threats, as well as threats specific to the UK population ...

In addition to the hygiene benefits of using bacterial viral filters they also support productivity in pulmonary function testing by reducing the time spent cleaning and sterilising test equipment.

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Fairburn explains that in the absence of an active anti-phage defence, viral infections inhibit bacterial growth and cause a ...

Dr Nagpal emphasises the importance of understanding the difference between a viral and a bacterial cold and shares that the treatment may differ. Some people also wonder whether a bacterial cold ...

Meningitis can be caused by infections of bacterial, viral, or fungal origin. Viral meningitis is generally less severe than bacterial meningitis and commonly resolves without complications.

Now, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage ...

So far, however, no mRNA vaccine has been approved for clinical use against a bacterial target. Afrigen and Evaxion began working on an mRNA version of the EVX-B2 gonorrhea vaccine. Preclinical ...

Viral infections are the most common cause of meningitis, followed by bacterial infections and, rarely, fungal and parasitic infections.