Zoonotic & Vector-Borne Diseases

Leonard Sigal, MD, explains why Lyme disease is sometimes overdiagnosed or overtreated.

It was a big year for Lyme disease on Contagion®, with coverage of advances in early testing and other diseases that may be linked with the disease, to a panelist of experts debating the existence of chronic Lyme disease in our first-ever Peer Exchange® panel.

Herewith, 4 New Year’s resolutions for the infectious disease community—at least according to us here on the Public Health Watch.

In case you missed them, we've compiled the top five infectious disease articles from this past week.

Robert Bransfield, MD, DLFAPA, explains how psychoneuroimmunology can work to bridge the gap between psychiatrists and infectious disease physicians to improve patient care.

The first step in global health security is prevention, but how does it work against a diverse range of threats?

The expansion in tick populations has led to an increased risk of infection for humans and animals with both established tick-borne agents and newly recognized ones, creating a serious One Health problem.

In case you missed them, we've compiled the top 5 articles from this past week.

The US Department of Health and Human Services Tick-Borne Disease Working Group held its first public meetings in Washington, DC, this week and it has already generated plenty of eye-grabbing headlines.

Although deemed eradicated throughout the world in 1980 thanks to a protective vaccine, research on smallpox continues to this day given the potential for the highly contagious virus to be used in biological warfare.

Stay up-to-date on the latest infectious disease news by checking out our top 5 articles of the week.

Robert Bransfield, MD, DLFAPA, discusses direct methods that can be used to acquire statistics related to suicides that are a result of Lyme and associated diseases.

Experts from academia, industry, and public health agencies—including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the US Food and Drug Administration—discuss the new generation of antibody tests.

Questions regarding a finance executive’s expertise in infectious diseases aside, the move seems straightforward enough—at least on the surface.

The results of 3 phase 1 clinical trials have shown that an investigational Zika purified inactivated virus vaccine was well-tolerated and induced an immune response in adult participants.

How can infectious disease physicians and psychiatrists overcome the current communication and knowledge gap to provide the best care possible for their patients?

Chembio Diagnostics, Inc.’s DPP Zika System, was recently awarded a conditional Long-Term Arrangement (LTA) for purchasing from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), once the company satisfies certain conditions.

Leonard Sigal, MD, discusses different causes of persisting symptoms after Lyme disease infection.

Two new studies are providing some additional insight and hope for treating the effects of the Zika virus.

Stay up-to-date on the latest infectious disease news by checking out our top 5 articles of the week.

Robert Bransfield, MD, DLFAPA, explains how he was able to establish a correlation between suicidal risk and Lyme disease.

The results of a new study suggest that naturally-acquired immunity against the Zika virus may already occur in women in endemic regions of the world.

Researchers are gaining a greater understanding of the role that human genetics plays in determining who contracts tuberculosis as well as how severely it impacts its victims.

The latest WHO External Situation Report suggests that the plague outbreak that has been ravaging Madagascar for months may finally be winding down.

Congress has requested more information about how government agencies are currently using predictive modeling and simulation technologies to assess the country’s risk for outbreaks and prepare responses.