News tagged with neisseria gonorrhoeae
Spanish prostitutes least likely to use condoms
The Centre for Epidemiological Studies into Sexually-Transmitted Diseases and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT) started a pioneering study in Spain in 2005 to look into the prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among ...
May 28, 2009 |
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Gonorrhea acquires a piece of human DNA
If a human cell and a bacterial cell met at a speed-dating event, they would never be expected to exchange phone numbers, much less genetic material. In more scientific terms, a direct transfer of DNA has never been recorded ...
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Waiting for the right moment: Bacterial pathogens delay their entry into cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pathogens make themselves feel at home in the human body, invading cells and living off the plentiful amenities on offer. However, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, ...
Aug 24, 2010 |
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Cellular and molecular events that restrict HIV transmission identified
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified two molecules that when activated by drugs, can inhibit a number of specific aspects of HIV transmission. These findings, published July 1 in the ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Possible 'superbug' status for sexually-transmitted infection
The rise of multidrug resistance in gonorrhoea-causing bacteria is threatening to make this sexually-transmitted infection extremely difficult to treat. Professor Catherine Ison, speaking at the Society for General Microbiology's ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea increases from 2 percent to 28 percent
The prevalence of quinolone-resistant gonorrhea has increased rapidly in Ontario - Canada's most populous province - from a rate of 2% in 2001 to 28% in 2006, found a study published in CMAJ http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg287.pdf. Infections in heterosexual men appear to have contribut ...
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Feb 02, 2009 |
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Scientists study microbe filaments' power
Researchers from The University of Arizona and Columbia University have discovered that tiny filaments on bacteria can bundle together and pull with forces far stronger than experts had previously thought ...
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Apr 18, 2008 |
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