Tagging pathogens with synthetic DNA 'barcodes'
...ining various combinations of E. coli, anthrax and
tularemia bacteria and ebola and SARS viruses, and have found the color codes could clearly distinguish several different pathogens simultaneously. The research is described in a paper, "DNA fluorescence nanobarcodes for multiplexed pathogen detections," by L...
Tiny avalanche photodiodes target bioterrorism agents
...rrorism attack -- perhaps from smallpox, plague or
tularemia -- became very real. But the ability to detect such biological agents and rapidly contain an attack is still being developed. In a significant finding, researchers at Northwestern University's Center for Quantum Devices have demonstrated solar-blind...
War on terror meets war on cancer
...ir in an aerosol mist ?bacteria that cause plague,
tularemia or Q fever, for example ?the difference in isotope concentrations inside and outside the bacterial cells must be taken into account in trying to identify where the bacteria were grown based on the isotopic signature of the water in which they were cu...
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OpGen Database Helps to Reduce Bioterrorist Threat
...people could result in as many as 250,000 cases of
tularemia and 19,000 fatalities. OpGen has developed single-molecule DNA analysis technology that provides for whole genome analysis in large populations. The company has applied their technology to create a genome map of this Category "A" pathogen. Early...
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Clues Found On How Deadly Bacterium Gains Foothold
...ille A. Carver College of Medicine. "The rate of
tularemia or 'rabbit fever' infection has significantly decl...ccines against tularemia. A person infected with
tularemia cannot pass the disease on to another person. Hunters are at an increased risk of infection if they ...
Rhode Island Biotechnology Company Develops Tularemia Vaccine
... announced today that it has developed a promising
tularemia vaccine // candidate (TuliVaxTM) that confers prot...ospital to obtain bloods from people with previous
tularemia infection; 95% of the study participants demonstrated robust responses to the TuliVaxTM components. ...
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Tularemia
...pecific areas of the body include rabbit fever (
tularemia ), cat-scratch disease , lymphogranuloma venereu...f biologic warfare such as smallpox , monkeypox,
tularemia , and anthrax . Full article >>> They include Lyme disease , Rocky Mountain spotted...
Tick paralysis
...lorado tick fever , ehrlichiosis , babesiosis ,
tularemia , Q fever , and tick paralysis . Full article >>> Lyme disease Relapsing fever (also called tick fever , most common in the western US) Rocky Mountain spotted fever (throughout the US but most prevalent in the east) Tick p...
Tick fever
...rado tick fever , ehrlichiosis , babesiosis ,
tularemia , Q fever , and tick paralysis . Full article >>> Treatment for Lyme disease is most effective if begun early. Occasionally, tick bites also can be the cause of other illnesses, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever , Colorado...
Relapsing fever
...lorado tick fever , ehrlichiosis , babesiosis ,
tularemia , Q fever , and tick paralysis . Full article >>> Lyme disease Relapsing fever (also called tick fever , most common in the western US) Rocky Mountain spotted fever (throughout the US but most prevalent in the east) Tick p...
Rabbit fever
...pecific areas of the body include rabbit fever (
tularemia ), cat-scratch disease , lymphogranuloma venereum , chancroid , genital herpes , infected acne , dental abscess es, and bubonic plague . Full article >>> Lyme disease Relapsing fever (also called tick fever , most common...
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