TB and Outbreaks Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 3rd, 2003
Non-Subscriber - Summaries OnlyRelated Areas: Other Issues in TB and Outbreaks Week | Other Publications
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Osteopontin levels linked to disease severity
Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - Lymphotoxin beta receptor plays key role in infection control
Infectious Disease - Novel assay useful for Salmonella genotyping
Infectious Disease Therapy - Brazilian medicinal plants active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Tuberculosis Diagnosis - Automated acid-fast bacilli stainer shows promise
Tuberculosis Proteomics - Rv3133c/DosR is a transcription factor involved in infection latency
Antibiotic Resistance - Secrets of drug resistance revealed
Bubonic Plague - Yersinia pestis survives for days on environmental surfaces
Finance - Vaccine producer provides updates on corporate programs
Food-borne Disease - Novel molecular assay detects pandemic Vibrio strain in seawater
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infections - Seasonal flux seen in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia rate
Hepatitis A Vaccine - Hepatitis A vaccine does not affect course of HIV
Hepatitis C Vaccine - DNA vaccine and interleukin-12 plasmid protect against hepatitis C
Infectious Disease - Experts examine global progress in vaccines
Infectious Disease - Imported oysters may spread Norwalk-like viruses in Switzerland
Infectious Disease Diagnosis - Novel molecular assay detects low levels of Norwalk-like viruses
Infectious Disease Therapy - Levofloxacin treatment produces bactericidal levels in aqueous humor
Influenza - Nasal vaccine delivery platform data presented at vaccine conference
Leprosy - Sitofloxacin effective for treatment
Noroviruses - Study finds portion of population resistant to infectious Norwalk virus
Nosocomial Infection - Study shows toxic mold spread by hospital showers
Opportunistic Infection - Virulence factors of Serratia marcescens identified by in vivo screening
Pneumococcal Vaccine - Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine protects children in Brazil
Pneumonic Plague - New data released on plague, strep vaccines
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Therapy - Drug resistance rates dropping in southern Taiwan
Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Pretreatment drug for RSV-related wheezing also effective after symptoms set in
SARS - Antiviral medicine sent to Chinese Hospitals for testing
SARS - China broadens usage of i-STAT system
SARS - Commercial lab test available
SARS - Drop in cases raises questions about masks
SARS - Expert says treatment for slowing AIDS virus might help
SARS - Expert: Virus may mutate profoundly
SARS - FTC and FDA crackdown on Internet marketers of bogus SARS prevention products
SARS - Modified cold drug may work
SARS - Precautions strain U.S. health system
SARS - Quarantine historically first defense against virus
SARS - Variant gives clues to origin of infection
SARS - WHO sees encouraging indications that outbreak can be contained
SARS - WHO: Death rate is about 15%
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Navajo Nation battles syphilis, HIV with rare public campaign
Smallpox - MIT research may lead to treatment
Staphylococcal Infection - Enterotoxin H induces Valpha-specific T-cell expansion
Staphylococcal Infection - Sigma factor SigB plays role in drug resistance
Stem Cell Transplantation - Cidofovir effective but toxic for adenovirus-infected patients
Stem Cell Transplantation - Cord blood grafts linked to heightened cytomegalovirus risk
Tick-borne Disease - Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi found in ticks
Tuberculosis - Gene that controls susceptibility discovered
Tuberculosis Drug Resistance - Beijing genotype does not have abnormal capacity for resistance mutations
Tuberculosis Drug Resistance - XTT-based susceptibility assay fast, accurate
Tuberculosis Immunology - Complex chemokine responses underlie bone degeneration
Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - Cytokine release by infected monocytes mediated by MAPK pathways
Tuberculosis Proteomics - Rv2579 protein is haloalkane dehalogenase
Vaccinia Virus Vaccine - Vaccinia virus vaccine stable whether diluted or undiluted
West Nile Virus - CDC inks licensing agreement for test for WNV
Zoonosis - SIV from multiple lineages can infect human macrophages
NewsRx is Social
Follow us on your favorite social network by clicking on a button below:
Top Medical Newsletters
Awards
Best Health/Healthcare Content, 2012
Best Health/Healthcare Content, 2011
Best e-Business Site, 2010
Best e-Business Site, 2009
Best e-Business Site, 2008
Best e-Business Site, 2007
Best e-Business Site, 2006
Best Healthcare Content, 2005
Best Overall Internet Site, 2005
Best Interactive Site, 2005
Facts & Stats
NewsRx also is available at LexisNexis, Gale, ProQuest, Factiva, Dialog, Thomson Reuters, NewsEdge, and Dow Jones.
- Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top Health News and Media Publications
- Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top Science Publications in Biology/Physiology
- Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top News and Media for the Business of Pharmaceuticals
- Amazon's Alexa 2010 PageRank: #2 News and Media Site for the Pharmaceutical Industry
