Alveolar echinococcosis is a disease caused by an infection with tiny tapeworms. While it’s rare, AE can cause harmful, sometimes fatal, side effects in humans. Learn more about the symptoms ...

Three of the top ten leading causes of reduced life expectancy around the world are respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (third), lower respiratory infections ...

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is an infection caused by the parasite Echinococcus multilocularis, which is carried by coyotes, dogs and foxes.

LANGHORNE, Pa., October 22, 2024--Savara Inc. (Nasdaq: SVRA) (the Company), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare respiratory diseases, announced that a new episode of The ...

Alberta is now a hot spot of a potentially deadly tapeworm passed from wild canines to humans — and many cases of the parasitic infection could be going undetected, warns an infectious disease ...

Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (aPAP) is a disease characterized by alveolar filling that leads to progressive accumulation of surfactant in alveoli, hypoxemia, and in some patients ...

The significance of the new discovery is not just limited to the PAP disease. Bloated, foamy macrophages are also found in people with obesity or atherosclerosis. "Maybe we can learn from alveolar ...

Antiviral innate immune memory in alveolar macrophages following SARS-CoV-2 infection ameliorates secondary influenza A virus disease Journal: Immunity Published: 2024-09-27 DOI: ...

More information: Huachun Cui et al, TREM2 promotes lung fibrosis via controlling alveolar macrophage survival and pro-fibrotic activity, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57024-0 ...

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