Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

CONTAINING a viral outbreak with public health measures firstly requires identification of the causative virus, followed by more detailed understanding…

PANDEMIC: the term making headlines across the world, instilling fear in many, and urging scientists across the world to unite and find a cure…

The human gut microbiome has garnered much attention over the past two decades with important discoveries linking it to human health and disease.

In this review, the authors systematically summarise the current literature, standard practice, and analysis pipeline in the field of indoor microbiome…

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a significant cause of morbidity in children. Delayed treatment is associated with complications that may result in chronic kidney disease and, subsequently, end-stage kidney disease.

There is an increasing incidence of life-threatening systemic mycoses, specifically fulminant infections by the Candida species in hospitalised patients…

How dare I, a serious academic, behave in the same way as everyone else and engage with social media? Read and find out more

Diabetes is a non-communicable disease (NCD) meaning that it often cannot be seen. After 20 years of living with Type 1 diabetes I am lucky to have no…