Anti-Infectives Week

HIV/AIDS Therapy - NNRTI capravirine reduces HIV-1 viral load in phase 1 study

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Reports advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS therapy research

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Researchers describe findings in HIV/AIDS therapy studies

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - Saquinavir & miconazole synergistic against C. albicans & C. neoformans

HIV/AIDS-Related Disease - Tumid lupus erythematosus uncovered following HAART-related immune restoration

HIV/AIDS-Related Nutrition - Vitamins C and E protect against AZT-induced oxidative stress

Helicobacter pylori -  Helicobacter pylori may play role in conjunctival MALT lymphoma

Herpes Simplex Virus - Herpes simplex virus studied, activity of alpha-helical peptides revealed

Human Papillomavirus - CDK inhibitor inhibits HPV-16 E7-induced numerical centrosome anomalies

Human T Cell Leukemia Virus - HTLV-1 Tax ubiquitination modulates its activity

Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus - Stable ubiquitination of HTLV-1 tax required for proteasome binding

Infections - Growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 inhibited in vitro by colicin

Influenza - Flu activity picking up in Colorado; vaccine restrictions lifted

Influenza Vaccine - Alabama health officials expand list of people who can get flu shots

Influenza Vaccine - Flu vaccine to be more widely available in New Mexico

Influenza Vaccine - Missouri relaxes guidelines for flu vaccine

Influenza Vaccine - More adult flu vaccine available in Florida

Influenza Vaccine - New Jersey eases restrictions on influenza vaccine

Influenza Vaccine - New York relaxes flu shot restrictions

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpes Virus - Small GTPase Rac1 links KSHV vGPCR to cytokine secretion and paracrine neoplasia

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - Fetal mesencyhmal stem cells susceptible to KSHV infection

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - Findings describe new data in kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus research

Knee Replacement - Two-stage reimplantation of infected TKA has high long-term success rate

Legal Issues - Augsburg flu shot case referred to federal prosecutors

Legal Issues - U.S. court upholds patent infringement suit against generic antibiotic maker

Legionella pneumophila -  Legionella pneumophila genomes have high plasticity

Leishmania Diagnostics - Real-time RT-PCR and PCR-ELISA quantifies L. infantum from tissue biopsies

Leishmaniasis - Drug company receives regulatory approval in Germany for leishmaniasis therapy

Listeria - Epidemic L. monocytogenes dairy farm strain causes sporadic human illness

Lysteria monocytogenes -  L. monocytogenes attachment to alfalfa sprouts leads to irrigation changes

Molecular Diagnostics - Multiplexed RT-PCR valuable for high throughput screening applications

Peripheral Blood - Recombinant IL-2 analog induces proliferation of unstimulated T cells

Personnel - Biopharma company names CEO

Personnel - Drug development company names science and technology advisors

Personnel - Therapeutics company names member to board

Personnel - William Siart resigns from board of dental-products company

Phosphatase - Expression, characterization, and analysis of purple acid phosphatase reported

Plant-based Medicine - Tea tree oil's antimicrobial activity studied in Staph. aureus-infected wounds

Proteomics - Rapid analysis of large protein-protein complexes using NMR developed

SARS - Assay for studying mutations of SARS virus protease developed

SARS - Geographic information system offered real-time tracking of SARS spread

SARS Coronavirus - Reports describe recent advances in SARS coronavirus research

Scabies Diagnostics - Asymptomatic S. scabiei infestation revealed by serology of Caprinae hosts

Ulcerative Colitis - Management of postoperative pouchitis reviewed

Virology - Researchers' data advance virology research