Tag: Encephalitis
Scientists discover protein used by the parasite and how it changes the identity of immune cells
Stockholm [Sweden]November 5 (ANI): Toxoplasma is a parasite that affects the majority of people worldwide. Now scientists have discovered how this tiny parasite spreads so successfully throughout the body, including to the brain. After infection, the parasite takes over immune cells. The study was led by researchers at Stockholm University and published in the scientific […]
Scientists reveal how the parasite injects protein into the immune cell’s nucleus, changing the cell’s identity
Stockholm [Sweden], October 31 (ANI): Majority of people on the planet are infected with the parasite Toxoplasma. Now a study led by researchers at Stockholm University shows how this small parasite spreads so successfully throughout the body, including to the brain. Immune cells are hijacked by the parasite after they become infected. The results of […]
Denmark potentially in the firing line for five mosquito-borne diseases, warns researcher
Rift Valley Fever, West Nile Fever and Japanese Encephalitis – they sound so exotic, don’t they? As if they were the last things you would ever catch in Denmark. Ditto rabbit fever and Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Outside of a poorly run children’s zoo, this does not sound plausible. But according to an academic at the […]
The activity of ticks is increasing in the south, fading after Midsummer in the Oulu region
During the spring and early summer, more than 36,000 tick observations have been reported to the University of Turku. Punkkilive website. These point to particularly high concentrations of parasitic spiders on the south coast, as well as many observations from the Oulu region. "The predominant species in Oulu is taiga, which makes up about 98 […]
THL: Reduction of respiratory infections during a Covid pandemic
Data from last year’s disease registry published by the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) showed that the Covid pandemic continued to slow the spread of several infectious diseases, and fewer respiratory infections in particular were reported. The data revealed that in 2021, significantly fewer laboratory-confirmed cases of Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma were detected, […]
Summary of Science: Has religious satire shaped our culture more than religion itself?
What about the holy war, the bloody battles among Christians, and the general accounts of medieval barbarism, it is common to perceive the Middle Ages as more pious than the atheist modern era. But that may not be the case. In a new paper, ‘The Gospel of Deviance’, satire researcher Dennis Meyhoff Brink from the […]
More people want to be vaccinated against TBE during the pandemic
The demand for vaccination against the TBE virus has increased during the pandemic. TBE is a virus that is transmitted to humans from ticks and affects the brain through encephalitis or meningitis. “There are new cases in new places where you have not had TBE before,” he says Jemma Myrberg who works on Avenirhälsan’s vaccination […]
From Iceland – Horse owners warned of serious illness
A serious contagious disease caused by the equine herpes virus appeared in February at a large horse race held in Valencia, RÚV reports. Horse owners in Iceland are being reminded of strict rules around horses to protect the breed from the disease. The virus does not affect humans but can cause encephalitis and paralysis in […]
Ticks can spread more infection to humans than previously thought
Ticks are far larger spreaders of infection than previously thought. This is shown by new research from the University of Copenhagen. 1000 ticks from Gribskov were examined, and it turned out that more than half of the adult ticks could be infected with disease. Also read: Tick ​​researcher: TBE is also elsewhere in the forest […]