A cross infection is the transfer of harmful microorganisms, usually bacteria and viruses. The spread of infections can occur between people, pieces of equipment, or within the body. These ...

People with cystic fibrosis are vulnerable to cross‑infection. Bacteria that are usually harmless to people who don't have cystic fibrosis can be harmful to those who do. Infection can be passed from ...

The researchers also say their findings provide a blueprint for a second-generation, universal vaccine that could prevent infection from ... infections that also cross-recognize proteins of ...

Author Shila Patel, MSc, BSc, RGN, is clinical nurse specialist, infection control, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. Patel, S. (2007) Decontaminating to reduce cross-infection.

Some viruses can easily be transmitted to another person with cystic fibrosis, which is called cross-infection. Cross-infection can occur when someone else with cystic fibrosis coughs or sneezes ...

The T cells of the never-infected probands presumably arose from previous infection with other common cold coronaviruses and cross-reacted with the SARS-CoV-2 RNA polymerase in the tests.

A Covid-19 patient whose “selfish” valve-style face mask was blamed for a cross infection in a quarantine hotel last week has been found to be carrying a new variant of the virus with a high ...