How malaria invades red blood cells
How do malaria parasites invade human red blood cells where they multiply and cause infection? And can we use this knowledge to find a way to...
Tag: infection
Hacked off by the adenovirus
Every year, thousands of people in the UK get a bout of cold, (which is not the same as influenza), but can still leave you feeling unwell...
A robust new virus
Human parvovirus 4, ‘PARV4’, is a tiny, robust DNA virus. In the decade since it was first reported – the result of a trawling expedition...
Why Hepatitis B Isn’t On Its Way Out (Yet)
Is hepatitis B infection a problem that will gradually fizzle out over time? On initial reflection, it is easy to think it might be. We...
How we fight infection
Our bodies are designed to keep out infection, using an armoury that includes a tough outer layer of skin, tiny hair-like structures in the respiratory tract that...
Why more women die of bacteraemia
Scientific research is an ongoing process and one conclusion often raises more questions than it answers. Our research, published in the journal of Clinical Microbiology...
Sepsis is just as urgent as a heart attack and should be treated similarly
“Every year doctors, in the UK, have to deal with 150,000 cases of sepsis, resulting in around 44,000 deaths. This condition (also known as the...
Wearing face veils in the workplace
The NHS has a long tradition of balancing patient safety and religious views and practices. In 2008 there was some debate over new health guidelines...
