TB and Outbreaks Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 22nd, 2002
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Being under 16 triples risk among sexual health clinic clients
Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - Nramp1 mutations linked to heightened disease severity
HIV Transmission - Scientists and health groups call for removal of N-9 from condoms, lubricants
Infectious Disease - Antibiotic cycling may reduce risk for pediatric intensive care patients
Influenza Testing - Prompt detection of influenza with rapid tests helps control disease spread, severity
Tuberculosis - TB patients become noncontagious with immune-enhancing compound
Tuberculosis Therapy - Novel phage-based treatment effective against mycobacterial infections
Antibiotic Resistance - Cipro, related antibiotics overprescribed, fueling microbe resistance
Antibiotic Resistance - Study: Fortified orange juice reduces strength of prescription
Antimicrobials - bioLead and Elitra announce drug discovery and development collaboration
Community-acquired Pneumonia - CAP drug market to decline from $1.3 billion in 2001 to $1 billion in 2011
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - First case found in Italy
Ebola Virus - Novel assay detects seroconversion in all host species
Food-borne Illness - Funding discussed to protect agriculture from terrorism
Food-borne Illness - Wisconsin company recalls beef over E. coli worries
Genital Herpes - Drug cuts transmission by half
Infection Control - New hand hygiene practices reduce drug-resistant germs in Washington, DC, hospital
Infectious Disease - Prices lowered for HIV/AIDS, antimalarial medicines
Influenza - CDC recommends universal childhood immunization against influenza
Influenza - Enrollment completed in phase II trial for FluINsure
Influenza - Still lessons to learn from vaccine failure in 1947 epidemic
Influenza - World Health Organization urges stepped-up fight against flu
Malaria - U.S. reports cases after 2 decades
Meningitis - Rapid diagnostic methods being developed for infectious diseases in children
Pneumonia - Alternative treatment available for community-acquired pneumonia
Pneumonia - Pneumococcal vaccination may help avoid recurrence of disease
Rotavirus - Protective immunity after natural rotavirus infection points to vaccine need
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Decline in sexual risk behaviors seen among high school students from 1991-2001
Smallpox - U.S. has enough vaccine
Tuberculosis - U.S.-Russian team announces breakthrough
Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus - Investigational antibiotic found to be rapidly bactericidal against VRSA superbug
West Nile Virus - House OKs mosquito-control programs
West Nile Virus - Signs of virus found in breast milk
West Nile Virus - Tests show first human case of West Nile virus in Pennsylvania
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