Human norovirus and adenovirus, two major causes of viral gastroenteritis, can persist for extended periods inside ...

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Researchers have found that compounds produced by the creosote bush, a desert plant common to the Southwestern United States, exhibit potent anti-parasitic activity against the protozoa responsible ...

Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, can survive within the ubiquitous soil protozoan, the amoeba, by producing proteins that protect against the latter microbe's digestion, ...

"Replication of MRSA in amoeba and other protozoa raises several important concerns for hospital hygiene." In laboratory tests, the researchers found that within 24 hours of its introduction, MRSA had ...

Seemingly innocent microorganisms may have harmful consequences: Ubiquitous waterborne protozoa appear capable of aiding the survival of several types of bacteria responsible for gut-wrenching food ...

SEATTLE, Wash. (FOX 10) -- Doctors believe a woman who died from rare brain-eating amoebas used tap water to rinse her sinuses. The 69-year-old Seattle resident died in February after undergoing brain ...