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The strain of E. coli causing an outbreak in Europe is a previously unseen strain experts at the World Health Organisation have said. -
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed an app for mobile phones to help monitor the way infectious diseases, including flu, are spread. -
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Visitors to petting farms are being reminded to wash their hands with soap and water to prevent the spread of bacteria. -
This year's Spring Meeting once again took place in sunny Stratford-upon-Avon at the Stratford Q Hotel. The venue was the perfect setting for a day of talks on Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs). -
Almost the entire population of sweet-potato whitefly, an aphid like creature which has caused devastation to sweet potato crops, have been infected with Rickettsia bellii in the past six years. -
Researchers from Imperial College London have discovered a protein which could be targeted for the development of a new tuberculosis vaccine. -
Scientists have found that bacteria in the gut of mice help to fight off the flu. The neomycin sensitive bacteria started an immune response triggering the production of T-cells and antibodies to fight the flu virus. -
The BSE epidemic first identified in 1987 as a mystery brain disease in cattle has come to an end. There were only 17 cases reported worldwide in cattle last year. -
Scientists at Oxford University have developed a new vaccine targeting a different part of the flu virus which could make the vaccine effective against all strains of flu.
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