Infectious diseases

New research focusing on educating young people about sex and HIV/AIDS in Africa is using innovative techniques – such as ‘photo-voice’ and role-play...

Study highlights benefits of rapid whole-genome sequencing.

Each year melioidosis – a soil-borne disease dubbed the ‘Great Mimicker’ because of its frequent misdiagnosis – kills as many people in some regions...

Cambridge University researchers, funded by the BBSRC, have shed new light on a common food poisoning bug.

Understanding the spread of infectious diseases in populations is the key to controlling them. If the UK was facing a flu pandemic, how could we...

Researchers find that African bats have antibodies that neutralise a deadly virus.

Researchers have identified a novel mechanism whereby the organism Burkholderia pseudomallei that causes melioidosis, a neglected tropical infectious...

Veterinary research in Cambridge is spearheading a new generation of preventive methods to protect livestock from disease.