Infectious Diseases Archive — Page 7 of 13
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July 24, 2023
Study explores how often children diagnosed with flu experience serious neuropsychiatric side effects
A Vanderbilt study is among the first to quantify how often children diagnosed with flu experience serious neuropsychiatric side effects. -
April 24, 2023
Study finds early RSV infection linked to significantly increased risk of asthma in children
A Vanderbilt study has found that RSV infection in the first year of life is associated with a significantly increased risk of asthma in children. -
April 24, 2023
Novel drugs have potential for treating tuberculosis
Drug-resistant tuberculosis is on the rise, and novel antibacterial drugs called SPTs have potential for treating the deadly lung infection. -
April 20, 2023
Study details RNA editing in virus-infected cancer cells
Vanderbilt researchers detail the landscape of RNA editing — a form of RNA modification — in primary effusion lymphoma cells during Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus infection and identify an edited viral microRNA that is critical for infection. -
March 30, 2023
NIH grant launches C. diff vaccine research initiative
Vanderbilt has received an NIH grant to launch the Vanderbilt Antibody and Antigen Discovery for Clostridioides difficile Vaccines, or VANDy-CdV. -
March 9, 2023
Study finds RSV may evade vaccines via rapid mutation
A Vanderbilt study concluded that RSV’s ability to mutate rapidly to escape detection by the body’s immune system makes it more challenging to design and develop vaccines that can stop it from spreading. -
March 2, 2023
Serious pneumococcal infections increase the risk of heart attack
A Vanderbilt study found that patients with serious pneumococcal infections, including pneumonia and sepsis, are at a substantially increased risk of heart attack after the onset of infection.