The Harm of the Anti-Vaccination Movement
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has just listed the anti-vaccination movement as one of the top health threats for 2019. This article addresses the...
Electrostatic Technology for Surface Disinfection in Healthcare Facilities
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Studies have shown that less than 50% of environmental surfaces in patient care rooms are properly cleaned and disinfected. Evidence strongly suggests that cross...
Would you Tune in to Mosquito Week?
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What living thing is most dangerous to humans? Sorry Shark Week, it is not the Great White Shark; it is the mosquito! In fact,...
Respiratory Viruses, How They are Transmitted, and the Potential Role of Surfaces
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Disclosures: All authors are employees of Diversey Inc
Abstract
While respiratory viruses are a global health concern, significant gaps exist...
Has the Antibiotic Course Had Its Day?
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Therapeutic interventions for infectious diseases are complicated by multiple factors, including unknowns surrounding the identity of the infectious agent(s), the bacterial load, and the...
Walking in the Woods – Lyme Disease
I remember enjoying my walks in the woods in Manitoba, Canada, and never being too concerned about anything, maybe a turned-over tree, wet spots,...
The Maggots: Professional Wound Cleaners
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Maggots have been used in wound therapy for many decades. The digestive peptides of maggots have antimicrobial, anti-complement and anti-biofilm properties. These peptides can...
The Language of Zika Virus Testing
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When a new virus emerges or an old one re-emerges, one of the earliest conversations is about whether there exist good tests to detect...
Osler Sinai Receives TIPS Sudden Science Grant
At the beginning of 2018, Infectioncontrol.tips, in conjunction with The Infection Prevention Strategy and NSF International Applied Research Center (NSF ARC) announced a $35,000...
The Need for Rapid Contagion Screening
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Some of the most communicable infectious diseases present with fever when they are most contagious.
Diseases like flu, norovirus, Ebola, measles and tuberculosis all pose...
