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Mosquito-borne viruses linked to stroke
(University of Liverpool) A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne viruses may be a trigger for stroke, new University of Liverpool research published in the The Lancet Neurology has found.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - September 18, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Age and pre-existing conditions increase risk of stroke among COVID-19 patients
(University of Cambridge) Fourteen out of every 1,000 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospital experience a stroke, a rate that is even higher in older patients and those with severe infection and pre-existing vascular conditions, according to a report published this week.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - October 28, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

COVID-19 linked to worse stroke outcomes
(University College London) People who experience strokes while infected with COVID-19 appear to be left with greater disability after the stroke, according a study led by UCL and UCLH researchers.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 5, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Study reveals frequency and characteristics of stroke in COVID-19 patients
(University of Missouri-Columbia) A review of nearly 28,000 emergency department records shows less than 2% of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 suffered an ischemic stroke but those who did had an increased risk of requiring long-term care after hospital discharge. Those are the findings from a study conducted by researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and MU Health Care.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 3, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

COVID-19 in combination with hemorrhagic stroke doubles death risk
(University of Utah Health) COVID-19 and hemorrhagic stroke are a deadly combination, increasing the risk of death up to 2.4 times among patients who have this pairing compared to those who only had hemorrhagic strokes, according to a nationwide study led by University of Utah Health scientists. Patients who survived had longer hospital stays, more medical complications, and less favorable outcomes than those who did not have both conditions.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 14, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Acute ischemic stroke during convalescent phase of asymptomatic COVID-2019 infection in men
(JAMA Network)What The Study Did:This case series reports the risk factors, incidence rate and features of acute ischemic stroke experienced by a group of male patients ages 50 years or younger in the convalescent stage of COVID-19.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 22, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Hospitalizations for ischemic stroke before, during COVID-19 pandemic
(JAMA Network)What The Study Did:Hospital discharge rates, hospitalization outcomes and demographic factors were examined among U.S. patients with ischemic stroke before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 17, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

COVID-19 related strokes, other neurological impact under study
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Traditional stroke treatments like clot-dissolving tPA and surgical removal of big clots in the brain are good choices as well when the stroke results from SARS-CoV-2 infection, investigators report.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 20, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Antivirals for HCV improve kidney and cardiovascular diseases in diabetic patients
(Wiley) Researchers from Taiwan reveal that antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) improves kidney and cardiovascular outcomes for patients with diabetes. Results of the study published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, show that incidences of kidney disease, stroke, and heart attack were lower in patients treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin compared to HCV patients not treated with antivirals or diabetic patients not infected with the virus.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 11, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Hospitalized for pneumonia? Your risk of cardiovascular disease is higher
This study is the first to show this association using only patients with no cardiovascular disease previous to their contracting pneumonia.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - January 20, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Chicken pox virus may be linked to serious condition in the elderly
(American Academy of Neurology) A new study links the virus that causes chicken pox and shingles to a condition that inflames blood vessels on the temples and scalp in the elderly, called giant cell arteritis. The study is published in the Feb. 18, 2015, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The condition can cause sudden blindness or stroke and can be life threatening.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 18, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Flu vaccine may reduce risk of death for type 2 diabetes patients
( Imperial College London ) The flu vaccine may reduce the likelihood of being hospitalized with stroke and heart failure in people with type 2 diabetes, according to new research. The study, from scientists at Imperial College London, also found patients who received the influenza vaccination had a 24 per cent lower death rate in the flu season compared to patients who weren't vaccinated.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - July 25, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

A cinematic approach to drug resistance
(Harvard Medical School) In a creative stroke inspired by Hollywood wizardry, scientists from Harvard Medical School and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have designed a simple way to observe how bacteria move as they become impervious to drugs.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - September 8, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Raising the curtain on cerebral malaria's deadly agents
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Using state-of-the-art brain imaging technology, scientists at the National Institutes of Health filmed what happens in the brains of mice that developed cerebral malaria (CM). The results, published in PLOS Pathogens, reveal the processes that lead to fatal outcomes of the disease and suggest an antibody therapy that may treat it.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 6, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

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