TB and Outbreaks Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 6th, 2002
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Infectious Disease - Ribosomal protein mutation confers staphylococcal quinupristin resistance
Tuberculosis Therapy - Molecular testing can distinguish between treatment failure and reinfection
Common Cold - New treatment developed
Infectious Disease Vaccine - Delayed varicella immunization may improve efficacy
Malaria - Gene crucial to antimalarial drug resistance more common than thought
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Lower degrees of 'social capital' predict higher rates of STDs
AIDS Conference - Zimbabwean women very willing to use diaphragms as potential HIV prevention method
Antibacterial Therapy - Drug targets for treatment of tuberculosis identified
Chagas Disease - Diagnostic kit rewarded by the Altran Foundation
Diarrhea - Aid workers battle outbreak in flood-ravaged Bangladesh
Hepatitis C - Reused needles infect at least 19
Immunization - Invasive pneumococcal disease more prevalent in England/Wales than reported
Infectious Disease - Chickenpox vaccination now required for preschool, kindergarten enrollment in some states
Infectious Disease Diagnosis - Molecular analysis can distinguish viral hemorrhagic fevers
Influenza - Roche receives approval in Europe for Tamiflu
Laboratory Methods - Detection of bioterrorism viruses brought closer to local sites
Malaria - Dozens dead in outbreak in Kenya
Patient Information - New website provides research information for Gulf War veterans
Smallpox - Across the U.S., volunteers undergo vaccine trials in case of attack
Smallpox - U.S. officials ready plan for quarantine
Toxic Shock Syndrome - Surprising role found for staph's toxic shock toxin
Yellow Fever - Mosquito carrying urban form of disease encircles cities in the Americas
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