Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . January 28th, 2003
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Infectious Disease - Aqualox effective for treating Legionella-contaminated water
Nosocomial Infections - Resistant enterobacteria surveillance unnecessary under normal conditions
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - M. avium modulates macrophage expression of signaling and adhesion molecules
Infectious Disease - Acute hemolysis triggers splenomegaly, severe liver inflammation in murine model
Infectious Disease Therapy - Antimicrobial-impregnated silicone tissue expanders may reduce plastic surgery infection risk
Malaria Pathogenesis - Brain-sequestered alpha beta CD8+ T cells play key role in cerebral malaria development
Food-borne Illness - Antioxidant food additives prolong shelf life of beef burgers
Food-borne Illness - NFSMI provides free information online to schools, other food services
Genital Herpes - Study of transmission from mother to infant at birth confirms old assumption
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Bartonella henselae often spread by feline pets
HIV/AIDS Transmission - Behavior change determines impact of treatment on HIV transmission in advanced epidemics
Immunization Tracking - I-trax's eImmune used to track first 100 Smallpox vaccinations
Infectious Disease - Five-year infection rates in surgical neonates and infants receiving parenteral nutrition
Infectious Disease - Hospital building demolitions can increase environmental levels of airborne fungal pathogens
Infectious Disease - Scientists invent new ways to fight infection by exploiting bacterial communication
Infectious Disease - Source, carriers, and management of a Serratia marcescens outbreak on a pulmonary unit
Infectious Disease - Study reveals prostate as a habitat for multiple viral infections
Infectious Disease Therapy - Novel ciprofloxacin derivative has improved absorptive permeability
Malaria Therapy - Amino acid 23 mediates cysteine protease activity in murine P. falciparum
Malaria Therapy - Chlorproguanil-dapsone therapy selects for dhfr mutations inP. falciparum
Malaria Transmission - Climate change has little impact on East African malaria resurgence
Malaria Transmission - Malaria transmission, sex ratio and erythrocytes with two gametocytes
Measles - CDC notes improved prevention of outbreaks in Cambodia
Measles - Global vaccine coalition backs U.N. immunization strategy
Mosquito-borne Disease - Bacillus sphaericus carries true phosphofructokinase
Nosocomial Infections - Contamination in ICUs can exacerbate carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii outbreaks
Nosocomial Infections - Emergence of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium at a hospital in Pakistan
Polio - U-M study takes a closer look at polio's lifelong effects
Pulmonary Medicine - Proinflammatory cytokines involved in fibroblast-eosinophil interactions
Stem Cell Transplantation - Bone marrow grafts can resolve interferon receptor deficiency
Tuberculosis - Community care model could save many in poverty with drug-resistant TB
Tuberculosis Diagnosis - Impact of age and radiographic presentation on the presumptive diagnosis of pulmonary TB
Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - Interleukin-10 reactivates chronic pulmonary tuberculosis in mice
Tuberculosis Therapy - Isoniazid not recommended for liver transplant recipients with positive tuberculin skin tests
West Nile Virus - Experts believe mosquitoes may not be sole source
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