More than a billion cases of foodborne diseases, such as norovirus infections and salmonellosis, are recorded in Africa each ...

A 5,500-year-old skeleton from Colombia has revealed the oldest known genome of the bacterium linked to syphilis and related ...

Infectious diseases are illnesses caused by pathogenic microorganisms—including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites—that invade a host, replicate, and ...

Texas A&M AgriLife researchers track foodborne pathogens in produce and meat to improve food safety and protect consumers.

Scientists have recovered a genome of Treponema pallidum—the bacterium whose subspecies today are responsible for four ...

The Xpert GI Panel identifies pathogens directly from stool specimens collected in Cary-Blair transport media.

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

“Our results push back the association of T. pallidum with humans by thousands of years, possibly more than 10,000 years ago ...

Cleaning and disinfection priorities in healthcare often focus on surfaces. And yet, many life-threatening pathogens are spread through the air requiring different protocols, equipment and ...

American beeches have been suffering recently from a disease widespread in both Connecticut landscapes and forests.