Latest Sexually transmitted diseases and infections Stories
New panels provide manufacturers with material from a variety of donor genotypes and recent collection periods. Milford, Massachusetts (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 SeraCare Life Sciences, a provider of high quality biological materials that help optimize diagnostic performance, reliability and repeatability across the IVD lifecycle, announced it has launched three new ACCUVERT™ seroconversion panels and one new ACCUSET™ performance panel. These product additions expand the company’s...
The Recently Launched Website is Extremely User-Friendly AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Mineral Detox, a 2-step natural product that is formulated to help resolve herpes, has just launched a brand new website. The site is very user-friendly and easy-to-navigate, and features a lot of in-depth information about the Mineral Detox product. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130515/CG14488) As anyone who has herpes knows quite well, it can be an...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Herpes is an infectious disease that affects more than 24 million people in the United States alone, according to a recent report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Now, researchers have identified a class of immune cells that exist in genital skin and mucosa that may play a role in developing a vaccine to prevent one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in America. These immune cells,...
In recognition of National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month, polyDNA recommends efforts to reduce unintended teen pregnancy and taking Gene-Eden-VIR against latent, STD viruses Rochester, NY (PRWEB) May 06, 2013 A new study published in the journal Pediatrics this month (1) says “most older teens (aged 17-19) are sexually active.” And, “Approximately 30% of those aged 15 to 16 have had sex.” These are important statistics since a Guttmacher.org report published in March of this...
Lack of autoclave use and proper sanitary practices lead to rampant transmission of the AIDS virus in Africa. The Revolutionary Science Saniclave 200 autoclave is affordable and is available in 120 VAC and 240 VAC. Minneapolis, MN (PRWEB) April 30, 2013 Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 69% of the world's HIV positive population. This number continues to climb. Studies show that contrary to popular belief, this pandemic is not caused by lifestyle choices alone. Part of this problem...
The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) is requesting $53.48 million in emergency funding from Congress to help prepare our public health first responders for reality of drug-resistant gonorrhea. WASHINGTON, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gonorrhea has long been one of the most commonly-reported sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the U.S. and, unfortunately, with rising antimicrobial resistance, it has also become one of the most frightening for public health. We are now...
polyDNA recommends using Gene-Eden-VIR to protect against genital herpes. Rochester, NY (PRWEB) April 17, 2013 polyDNA’s monthly survey shows that many in the public are unaware of the recommended ways of preventing genital herpes. In the open comments section of the survey, a typical response was offered by Shari C. from Raleigh, N.C. “I have been dating a really great guy who recently told me he has herpes (got it from his ex-wife). I don't have herpes and I don't a lot...
Throat cancers on the rise due to epidemic of HPV infection TORONTO, April 17, 2013 /CNW/ - Researchers in London, Ontario, are conducting a first-ever clinical trial to determine which treatment option gives patients with throat cancers the best quality of life. These cancers are dramatically on the rise due to the epidemic of HPV (human papilloma virus) infection. Surgeon Dr Anthony Nichols and radiation oncologist Dr David Palma at the Lawson Research Centre have received a...
The EBook, Which was Written by a Former Herpes Sufferer, Contains In-Depth and Helpful Information about a Product that Claims to Help Get Rid of Herpes LONDON, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- HerpesEliminator.com, a website that is devoted to helping people get rid of herpes, has just launched a new Ebook that provides readers with in-depth information about a herpes cure that is allegedly extremely effective. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130416/CG95417) The...
A herpes virus infection may cause primary tumors of the heart in adults. polyDNA recommends killing the herpes virus as early as possible. Rochester, NY (PRWEB) April 14, 2013 Herpes is usually associated with genital sores, fever blisters, cold sores, sexually transmitted infections and social stigmas. However, a new study links both genital herpes and oral herpes to the development of tumors of the heart. “This study has shown that HSV DNA is detected significantly more frequently...
Latest Sexually transmitted diseases and infections Reference Libraries
Haemophilus ducreyi is a fastidious gram-negative coccobacillus causing the sexually transmitted disease chancroid, a major cause of genital ulceration in developing countries characterized by painful sores on the genitalia. Early symptoms are dark and light green shears in excrement. Chancroid starts as an erythematous popular lesion that breaks down into a painful bleeding ulcer. It can be cultured on chocolate agar. It is an opportunistic microorganism that infects through the...
Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), also known as African Green Monkey virus, is a retrovirus able to infect at least 33 species of African primates. SIV has been present in monkeys and apes for at least 32,000 years, probably longer. Strains from two of these primate species have crossed the barriers into humans resulting in HIV-2 and HIV-1. Contraction involves contact with the blood of chimps that are often hunted for bushmeat in Africa. SIV infections appear in many cases to be...
Papillomaviridae is a taxonomic family of non-enveloped DNA viruses, collectively known as papillomaviruses. There are several hundred species, or types, of papillomaviruses that have been identified. Most infections are asymptomatic or cause small benign tumors. Types 16 and 18 carry risks of becoming cancerous. They replicate in the basal layer of the body surface tissues. Typically they infect the skin but can infect a particular body surface. HPV type 1 tends to infect the soles of...
Herpes simplex virus 1 and 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2), are two members of the virus family Herpesviridae that infect humans. They are both ubiquitous and contagious and can spread when an infected person is producing and shedding the virus. Symptoms include watery blisters in the skin, mouth, lips, or genitals. Lesions usually heal with a scab characteristic of herpetic disease. HSV-1 and -2 remain latent in the body hiding from the immune system in the cell bodies of nerves. Some people do...
The African Swine Fever virus, ASFV, is a double-stranded DNA virus that replicates in the cytoplasm of infected cells. It can affect most pigs, wild and domesticated, as well as soft ticks. It is the only virus with a DNA genome that is transmitted by arthropods. The virus causes a lethal hemorrhagic disease in domestic pigs which sometimes leads to death in as little as a week. In every other species the virus causes no discernible disease. The virus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa...
