Infectious diseases

Archaeological evidence shows that intestinal parasites such as whipworm became increasingly common across Europe during the Roman Period, despite...

Piers Mitchell (Department of Biological Anthroplogy) discusses what Roman toilets did for the health of the population.

An international consortium of laboratories worldwide that are studying the differences among dengue viruses has shown that while the long-held view...

An ‘exhausted’ army of immune cells may not be able to fight off infection, but if its soldiers fight too hard they risk damaging the very body they...

The global movement patterns of all four seasonal influenza viruses are illustrated in research published today in the journal Nature , providing a...

A team of scientists, part of the international effort to curb further spread of the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone, has released its first dataset of...

The most virulent strains of Streptococcus suis , the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in adult humans in parts of southeast Asia and in pigs...

Analysis of a latrine in Jerusalem that dates back over 500 years finds human parasites common in northern Europe yet very rare in Middle East at the...