It is commonly accepted that insects could possibly be a mechanical vector for transferring pathogens. Especially now larvae ...

While toilet bowls are designed such that the contents are supposed to flush downward, scientists have known for decades that ...

it should help scientists to improve predictive models for respiratory disease transmission in indoor environments, and could even inform the design of masks and ventilation systems that mitigate the ...

Nursing homes play a key role in the spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens, including the multidrug-resistant fungus ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are ...

This strategy is particularly vital for places like live-bird markets, where the risk of pathogen transmission from animals to animals and from animals to humans (zoonotic spillover) is very high.

Mosquitoes might be the bane of a summer barbecue in Kendall or a stroll on Miami Beach, but researchers in Florida are now ...

We live in an era when human activities are negatively modifying the world at alarming rates. We are experiencing a massive ...

The evidence is convincing in terms of the soundness of the theoretical projections and the impact that accounting for group sizes may have on inferences from surveillance data. However, it has not ...

Drinking water outbreaks have been documented but not on the same scale as other pathogens. Transmission is primarily by the fecal-oral route. Food is the dominant source, but water is a possible ...