TB and Outbreaks Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . April 29th, 2003
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Tuberculosis Therapy - Drugs used for multiresistant infections safe during pregnancy
Tuberculosis Vaccine - Modified BCG including ESAT-6 provides improved protection
Food-Borne Disease - Enterotoxic Clostridium perfringens rare in American retail food
Infectious Disease - Nontuberculous mycobacteria prevalent in cystic fibrosis patients
Legionnaires Disease - Automotive plant workers may be at risk
Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - alphaGalCer enhances natural killer T cell response
Anthrax - Heteropolymer data presented at international anthrax meeting
Anthrax - Researchers find second anthrax toxin receptor
Antibiotic Resistance - Bacteria gene transfer blamed
Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccine - Novel vaccination strategies based on Mycobacterium bovis BCG developed
Cytomegalovirus - Seropositivity strongly linked to mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome
Disease Transmission - 15% Prevalence of chronic HBV infection found in blood donors in Kumasi, Ghana
Environmental Health - Seasonal abundance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in Alabama oysters determined
Food-Borne Disease - Alfalfa symbiotes do not aid enterobacteria entry
Genital Herpes - FDA approves Valtrex caplets for recurrent infections in HIV patients
Genital Herpes - Vaccine in final phase of testing
Healthcare Financing - Russia accepts World Bank loan to combat AIDS, tuberculosis
Hepatitis C Therapy - Infectious HCV pseudo-particles may help develop new treatments
Herpes - Safe vaccine developed
Infectious Disease - Lactobacillus plantarum can prevent cheese-borne Listeria outbreaks
Infectious Disease - Hantavirus infection uncommon in Venezuela
Infectious Disease - Neuraminidase underlies influenza virus, streptococcal synergism
Infectious Disease - Novel assay enables quantification of ofloxacin isomers
Infectious Disease - Novel immunoassay distinguishes tick-borne from Japanese encephalitis
Influenza - Research shows benefits of vaccination for elderly
Influenza - Safer vaccine manufacturing possible in cold conditions
Influenza - St. Jude develops vaccine against potential pandemic H5N1 using reverse genetics
Influenza Vaccine - Oculo-respiratory syndrome reported as new influenza vaccine adverse event
Meningitis - Work describes how bacteria get into brains
Mycobacteria - Nonculturable M. tuberculosis cells identified
Neisseria Meningitidis - Neisseria meningitidis outbreak threatens Hajj pilgrims
Opportunistic Infection - Asymptomatic patients may spread Pneumocystis jiroveci infection
Pneumococcal Vaccine - Immunogenic protein contaminants found in pneumococcal vaccines
Polio - WHO calls India "number 1" eradication priority
Rabies - All bat handlers should be vaccinated
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - SARS demonstrates the risks of globalization
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - WHO points at "super spreaders" as key to stopping SARS
Sexually Transmitted Disease - N. gonorrhoeae enhances cellular HIV expression
Staphylococcal Infection - Glycopeptide resistance possible without agr function
Staphylococcus Aureus - CDC publishes information on world's first reported infection with VRSA
Stem Cell Transplantation - Antimicrobial prophylaxis unnecessary for autograft recipients
Stem Cell Transplantation - Human metapneumovirus linked to lower respiratory tract disease
Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - Sphingosine kinase inhibition underlies phagosome suppression
Tuberculosis Therapy - Mycothiol protects mycobacteria from toxic oxidants and antibiotics
Tuberculosis Therapy - Rifampin-pyrazinamide effective against high-risk latent infection
Varicella - Vaccine could save children's lives and prevent shingles in later life
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