Anti-Infectives Week

HIV/AIDS-Associated Dementia - Blood-brain barrier compromise has role in pathogenesis of HIV-related dementia

HIV/AIDS-Associated Dementia - HIV dementia risk is associated with apolipoprotein E4 in older persons

HIV/AIDS-Associated Dementia - Oxidative stress markers increased in actively progressive HIV dementia

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - Severe respiratory disease necessitating hospitalization decreased in HAART era

HIV/AIDS-Related Dementia - Brain water diffusion contributes to cognitive deficits in HIV infection

HIV/AIDS-Related Dementia - HIV dementia is an evolving disease

HIV/AIDS-Related Lipodystrophy - F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose PET visualizes lipodystrophy in HIV-infected patients

Infant Mortality - Combining interventions into packages could save more lives cost effectively

Influenza Vaccine - Britain stockpiles drugs to combat flu

Influenza Vaccine - British regulators say Chiron free to resume making flu vaccine

Insecticides -  Bacillus thuringiensis cytolytic toxin studied, mechanism of action revealed

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - New research in the area of kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus detailed

Leishmaniasis - Promising visceral leishmaniasis treatments must translate into actual therapy

Leptospirosis - Percutaneous exposure results in laboratory-acquired leptospirosis

Lipoproteins -  Escherichia coli lipoprotein studied, nature of mislocation clarified

Malaria - Malaria morbidity in children increases as transmission intensity decreases

Malaria - Malaria still reduced in areas after withdrawal of deltamethrin spray

Malaria Diagnostics - Four plasmodium species detected in blood by real-time PCR

Malaria Therapy - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of malaria therapy

Mergers & Acquisitions - Acquisition to result in delivery of bacteriphage therapy to Western world

Mergers & Acquisitions - Dermal Defense acquires marketing rights for antimicrobial hand sanitizer

Microbial Identification - Multispacer typing useful for strain genotyping during outbreaks/bioterrorism

Microbial Resistance - Beta-lactam susceptibilities evaluated against Enterobacteriaceae isolates

Microbial Resistance - In France, ESBL-producing S. enterica strains emerging in chickens & humans

Mosquito-Borne Disease - Aircraft is the main vessel for mosquito entry into New Zealand

Mutagenesis -  Enterococcus faecalis lsa locus studied, differences clarified

Mycobacterial Infection - New mycobacaterial species found in sputum of patient with hemoptoic pneumonia

Mycobacterium Abscessus - Inability to type M. abscessus by PFGE assoc. with single clone of organism

Mycobacterium Xenopi Infection -  Mycobacterium xenopi infection developed following heart transplantation

Natural Products - Bronchitis symptoms reduced by substance in S. African geranium, study shows

Nosocomial Infections - U.S.FDA grants priorty status to drug for serious skin, soft tissue infections

Preventive Medicine - Article examining surgical infection prevention published in journal

Prions - Researchers' data advance prions research

Prison Health - Dallas County, Texas, says it lacks resources to battle jail infections

Protease -  Escherichia coli suicide studied, role of activating peptide revealed

Protein Signals -  Caenorhabditis elegans DAZ-1 studied, roles during oogenesis clarified

Protein Translocation -  Pseudomonas syringae secretion chaperones studied, protective role revealed

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa -  P. aeruginosa LigD analyzed, polymerase function clarified

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa -  Pseudomonas aeruginosa is non-clonal but has an epidemic population

Retroviral Infection - Ini1/hSNF5 is dispensable for retrovirus-induced cytoplasmic accumulation of PML

Reverse Transcriptase - AZT 5'-triphosphate mimics inhibit HIV reverse transcriptase

SARS Coronavirus - Chronological evolution of Ab levels determined after SARS coronavirus infection

SARS Coronavirus - RT-PCR distinguishes SARS coronavirus from other respiratory tract infections

SARS Vaccines - Recent findings illuminate research in SARS vaccines

Signal Transduction -  Escherichia coli signal transduction studied, systems characterized

Smallpox - Imvamune vaccination expected to be effective against smallpox after 3 days

Space Travel - Nanobacterial infections important during space travel

Streptococcal Equi Diagnostics - Multiplex PCR differentiates closely related streptococcal species

Tick-Borne Virus - Tick-borne viruses in Europe are potential agents of bioterrorism

Tuberculosis -  M. tuberculosis lineage with low IS6110 copy numbers clonally expanded

Tuberculosis - Genotypic/phenotypic heterogeneity among M. tuberculosis isolates determined

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus - Esp/vancomycin resistance may contribute to clonal enterococcal dissemination

Vibrio Cholerae - Possible source of V. cholerae outbreak is effluent from ships or poachers

Virology - Findings advance knowledge in virology research

West Nile Virus - West Nile virus is an emerging arbovirus