Focus Diagnostics announces FDA clearance for Simplexa Group A Strep Direct Kit
Focus Diagnostics, the clinical-laboratory products business of Quest Diagnostics, today announced the FDA 510(k) clearance and CLIA moderate-complexity categorization for its Simplexa Group A Strep...
View ArticleFDA grants CLIA waiver for Alere i Strep A test
Alere Inc., a global leader in rapid diagnostic tests, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted CLIA waiver for the Alere i Strep A test. The test, which was cleared for...
View ArticleResearchers track re-emergence of scarlet fever-causing bacteria
An international study led by University of Queensland researchers has tracked the re-emergence of a childhood disease which had largely disappeared over the past 100 years.
View ArticleScientists identify new genes needed by Streptococcus pyogenes to grow in...
Scientific and veterinary research charity, the Animal Health Trust, in partnership with world-leading scientists at the Houston Methodist Research Institute, have identified new genes linked to how,...
View ArticleScarlet fever rates in England hit highest level in 50 years
The prevalence of scarlet fever is the highest it has been in England for 50 years, according to a study published in The Lancet.
View ArticleUIC scientists identify new chemical compound to stop bacteria from causing...
A study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry is the first to describe a signaling pathway that affects communication -- a process called quorum sensing -- between Streptococcus bacteria cells.
View ArticleTraumatized children tend to suffer from diseases suffer in adulthood
Traumatized children and children who develop multiple allergies tend to suffer in adulthood from chronic inflammatory diseases and psychiatric disorders.
View ArticleUGA researchers create statistical method to better predict disease reemergence
Several University of Georgia researchers teamed up to create a statistical method that may allow public health and infectious disease forecasters to better predict disease reemergence, especially for...
View ArticleResearchers get one step closer to global Strep A vaccine
The search for a global Strep A vaccine has narrowed after researchers sequenced the DNA of more than 2000 Group A Streptococcus samples from around the world.
View ArticleLarge-scale genomic sequencing narrows search for Strep A vaccine
The global search for a group A streptococcal (Strep A) vaccine has narrowed after researchers identified a common gene signature in almost all global Strep A strains by sequencing thousands of genomes...
View ArticleIVI and MCRI to coordinate global push for developing vaccine against Strep A...
The International Vaccine Institute and Australia's Murdoch Children's Research Institute will coordinate a global push to free the world of Group A Streptococcus, the contagious bacteria that kills...
View ArticleScientists discover new strain of group A streptococcus bacteria in England...
A team of scientists led by Imperial College London have discovered a new strain of group A streptococcus bacteria.
View ArticleNew strain of Streptococcus A rampant in England and Wales
According to a new study on cases of scarlet fever and other Streptococcus A infections in England and Wales, the recent rise in cases is due to a newly identified strain. This accounted for the great...
View ArticleDeaths of Chinese children, adolescents from infectious diseases prior to...
Deaths of children and adolescents in China due to infectious diseases were becoming rare prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study.
View ArticleNew clinical trial to assess safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma to...
There is only one approved, specific treatment for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, albeit with modest efficacy.
View ArticleWhy doctors keep monitoring kids who recover from mysterious COVID-linked...
Israel Shippy doesn’t remember much about having COVID-19 — or the unusual auto-immune disease it triggered — other than being groggy and uncomfortable for a bunch of days. He’s a 5-year-old, and would...
View ArticleMedieval remedy can help treat modern day infections
Antibiotic resistance is an increasing battle for scientists to overcome, as more antimicrobials are urgently needed to treat biofilm-associated infections.
View ArticleMedieval medicine to tackle antibiotic resistance
Biofilm-associated infections are notoriously difficult to treat, and they also play a role in antibiotic resistance as more antimicrobials are urgently needed to treat biofilm-associated infections....
View ArticleSupercharged "clones" trigger the re-emergence of scarlet fever
A University of Queensland-led team of international researchers says supercharged "clones" of the bacteria Streptococcus pyogenes are to blame for the resurgence of the disease, which has caused high...
View ArticleNew model could help test vaccines against the deadly Strep A bacteria
Researchers have successfully developed a new Strep A human challenge model, paving the way to test vaccines against the common deadly bacteria that causes sore throats, scarlet fever and skin sores.
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