Saturday, June 22, 2013

FOR KIDS: Infection time

Disease is more severe when it hits in the morning, at least in mice

By Stephen Ornes

Web edition: June 20, 2013

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Salmonella bacteria (pink) invade a cell in the body. How efficiently they infect may depend on the time of day, new data show.

Credit: Nat'l Inst. of Allergy and Infectious Dis.

Salmonella is a germ to avoid: Some types of these bacteria can trigger food poisoning. But the severity of the illness may depend on what time ? day or night ? the infection took place, a new study in mice finds.


Visit the new?Science News for Kids?website and read the full story:?Infection time

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/351145/title/FOR_KIDS_Infection_time

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