1001 mystery
Dead hair continues to grow long?
Many Hollywood movies have drawn a spooky spectacle: The person who died but hair and nails continues to grow as long as a living person. T
Infectious Disease
Browse ScienceInfo articles and explainers related to Infectious Disease.
Topic archive
Articles about Infectious Disease
231 published items.
Archeology
'Fire snake' crawls from the medieval saint's leg
Italian researchers found the earliest description of worm disease only when studying a medieval painting.
Archeology
Discover 48 mysterious bones about 'black death'
British archaeologists have found 48 skeletons in a mass grave, dating from the 14th century.
Doomsday
Archaeological remains of victims of epidemics 'Apocalypse Day' Egypt
Archaeologists excavate the remains of horrific plague victims described as
Biology
The project hunts for 1.7 million unknown viruses
An international team of scientists describes the Global Virome Project (GVP) expected to begin later this year in research letter published in Science magazine on Febru…
Biology
New findings about MERS-CoV virus cause many people to worry
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) can be transmitted from person to person through the intestinal tract, not just through the air as it has been reported until…
Biology
Parasites: 'You' or 'enemies' of humans?
There is nothing wrong with saying the parasite is harmful to the host. They cause disease even death, so we often try to avoid parasitic infection at all costs.
Biology
Consequences when mosquitoes become extinct
If extinct, 3,500 species of mosquitoes on Earth will now disappear. Among them, about 200 species of mosquitoes are capable of sucking human blood and three species of…
Biology
11 reasons mosquitoes are the most dangerous species on Earth
Mosquitoes are not only annoying, they also spread many deadly diseases. Therefore, mosquitoes are one of the most dangerous species on Earth.
Biology
Canadian scientist 'revives' the extinct virus that once killed 500 million people
Last week, Science magazine reported that a group of Canadian scientists synthesized a strain of artificial smallpox virus.
Biology
Discovering new 'monsters' has the ability to invade a human body
Scientists have discovered a virus with strange behavior, different from any previous virus, and this is really alarming.
Biology
Hateful flies are far more dangerous than you think
In fact the hateful flies are more dangerous than what people imagine, they are filthy, spreading infectious diseases.
Biology
IS cannibalism spreads to Europe
The tropical predator microbial disease discovered at IS strongholds may have spread to Europe after raging in the Middle East, experts warned.
Biology
Understanding the Zika virus 'eating human brain' is especially dangerous
Recently, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam expressed concern about the possibility of appearing virus species eating dangerous human brain in the country - Zika virus.
Biology
Discover 18 strains of virus originating from mice
Scientists have published 18 viruses found in 133 mice living in New York City (USA).