The virus may be brought by someone from the community at large to this hot zone, instigating a wide chain of transmission. Such individuals are likely to be those with mild infection (since ...

The good news is that infection prevention actions are something that anyone can learn.” Understand the chain of transmission. The best place to start, Duncan says, is with a model known as the chain ...

Cutting a Link in the Chain of Transmission. ... “They either become completely and utterly infection conscious,” Dr. Hanage said, ...

To date, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has affected over 58.52 million individuals and led to more than 1.38 million deaths worldwide. Second waves of the pandemic are still ongoing ...

By breaking the chain of an infection's transmission, vaccination can also protect people who haven't been immunized. But to work, this protection requires that a certain percentage of people in a ...

Blocking a key protein found in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes -- the principal vector for malaria transmission to humans in Africa -- could thwart infection with malaria parasites and thus prevent ...

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can spread rapidly within skilled nursing facilities. After identification of a case of Covid-19 in a skilled nursing facility ...

During the 2018–2020 Ebola virus disease ... (EVD) that led to a transmission chain resulting in 91 cases across six health zones in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).