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Infectious diseases also known as contagious diseases, transmissible diseases or communicable diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms that infect a host organism and can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one organism to another.
In a game-changing development for malaria vaccines, single-dose immunization with a genetically weakened whole malaria parasite vaccine achieved an unprecedented 90% protection.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with considerable clinical heterogeneity and diverse treatment options. A study now shows that heightened extrafollicular B cells and anti-BAFF therapy are linked to inferior responses to COVID-19 vaccines.
In two independent cohorts of Ugandan children with severe malaria, elevated blood uric acid was found to be common and linked to both acute and postdischarge mortality, as well as poorer long-term cognitive outcomes.
Xiu-Fang Xin recalls several papers that described one of the most influential and widely accepted examples of indirect activation of nucleotide-binding, leucine-rich repeat receptors in plants.
T. Jake Liang describes how meeting a patient with fulminant hepatitis led to a collaboration that resulted in the first infectious clone of hepatitis C virus.
