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03/26/2019 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Gonorrhea is becoming antibiotic-resistant in China

A new study that was published in the journal PLOS Medicine has found that Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains that are resistant to azithromycin and have decreased susceptibility to ceftriazone are prevalent in China. According to the study, the prevalence of a dual resistance in N. gonorrhoeae rose between the years 2013 and 2016, showing that treatment […]

02/19/2019 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Zika virus found to linger for months in sperm cells, even after blood, urine tests are clear

A recent study that has been published in the journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases shows that the Zika virus stays in semen for up to six months after infection. Researchers at the Paris, France-based French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), Paris-based Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and academic practitioners from University Toulouse III- Paul Sabatier and Toulouse University Hospital have shown that […]

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