TB and Outbreaks Week

Biomedical Research - Vectors - "Construction of Plasmid Vectors to Produce Antisense RNA in Mycobacteria."

Biomedical Research - Vectors - "Expression of Heterologous Genes in Novel Mycobacterial Vectors."

Drug-Resistance - "Identification of the Molecular Target for Isoniazid in Mycobacterium tuberculosis."

Immunology - Mycobacterial Diseases - "Immunopotentiating Effects of Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) in Mycobacterial Diseases."

Pathogenesis - Mycobacteria - "Mycobacterial Transcription Apparatus."

Pathology - TB - "The Stationary Phase of M. tuberculosis."

Policy - TB Transmission - "Summary of CDC Guidelines for the Prevention of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in Healthcare Facilities."

Diagnosis - Abdominal Tuberculosis - "Abdominal Tuberculosis in Taiwan: A Report from Veterans' General Hospital, Taipei."

Diagnostics - Drug Resistant Mutations - "Rapid Mycobacterium Species Assignment and Unambiguous Identification of Mutations Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Automated DNA Sequencing. DOUBLEQUOT

Diagnostics - Intracellular Ag-Ab Reaction - "Localization of Intracellular Monoclonal Antibody Specific for Mycobacteria in Experimentally Induced Pulmonary Tuberculous Lesion."

Diagnostics - Recombinant MPB64 and DTH - "Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity to a Recombinant Mycobacterial Antigen, MPB64, in Guinea Pigs Sensitized to Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium bovis BCG. DOU

Epidemiology - Community Infection Ratio - "Community Infection Ratio as an Indicator for Tuberculosis Control."

Epidemiology - Tuberculosis in Young Children - "Tuberculosis in Children Younger than Five Years Old: New York City."

Immunology - Dysregulation of T Cells - "Dysregulation of Homeostasis of Blood T-Lymphocyte Subpopulations Persists Chronic Multibacillary Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients Refractory to Treatment."

Immunology - Interleukin-8 Release - "Enhanced Interleukin-8 Release and Gene Expression in Macrophages after Exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Its Components."

Infection Control - TB in a Church Setting - "Outbreak of Tuberculosis in a Church."

Insurance - Affect on Primary Care Services - "Clients Without Health Insurance at Publicly Funded HIV Counseling and Testing Sites - Implications for Early Intervention."

International/Asia - TB in Nepal - "Feasibility Study of a District Tuberculosis Control Programme with an 8-Month Short-Course Chemotherapy Regimen Utilizing the Integrated Health Service Network under Field Conditions in Nepal."

Tuberculous Spondylitis - "Tuberculous Spondylitis a Forgotten Differential Diagnosis of Backache."