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Campylobacter jejuni – hugely adaptable but how does it do it?
So to celebrate (that is really not the right word) World Zoonosis Day I have another post for you all – this one is looking at some very cool research into Campylobacter jejuni (hence the my earlier...
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A new zoonosis?
It’s been estimated that 3 out of every 4 emerging human diseases comes from animals and today has brought news of what has the potential to be another one. Scientists in California have published in...
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An unusual case of orf
Diseases don’t always behave exactly as we expect them too. Sometimes, even when we think we’ve worked out most things about them, they can surprise us. A case study published in Dermatology Online...
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Darn it!
Not only is there a paper out discussing the characterisation of the latest E.coli bug (see posts here, here and here) but the use of badger culling to prevent bovine tuberculosis cases in cattle is...
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Using a parasite as a vaccine…
A group of researchers (see reference below) have been looking at a very interesting new method of vaccine delivery: using trypanosomes. T. (megatrypanum) theileri is found infecting cattle worldwide....
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Bovine TB and badgers – why it all matters
I’ve been meaning to write about bovine TB for some time. The news in December that there will be a badger cull trial in England has finally spurred me into actually doing so. Before I start I should...
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“Pig” MRSA – are the pigs really to blame?
There is a strain of MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) that has been tracked passing from pigs to humans. It was always thought that the MRSA initially came from the pigs, but new...
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Sadly pet ownership comes with risks
Maryn McKenna over at SUPERBUG has got a post up discussing a recent paper (see below) that looked at 3 cases of (human) infection with Pasteurella multocida. In all 3 cases it is thought that the...
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Fish Pedicures and Zoonotic Diseases
As you can see the blog hiatus is over – it’s not that things have got a lot quieter (they haven’t), I’ve just missed blogging! And what better way to get back into things than with a random anecdote…...
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Zoonotic diseases – causing more problems than illnesses/deaths alone
@DiseaseMapper recently tweeted a link to a very interesting paper (which happily is also free to access so you can read it too – the link is here ) Why do I think this paper is so interesting?...
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