TB and Outbreaks Week

Infectious Disease - The structure of a key enzyme solved

Pseudomonas Syringae - Leading bacterial pathogen is sequenced

Malaria Diagnosis - Neutrophil lipocalin levels linked to malaria severity

Malaria Pathogenesis -  P. falciparum hastens red blood cell senescence

Malaria Risk Factor - Plasmodial pfcrt K76T mutation unreliable as drug resistance marker

Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Adjunctive interleukin-2 does not improve anti-TB treatment efficacy

Antibacterial Function - Immature dendritic cells have a receptor for human mannan-binding lectin

Antibiotic Research - Resistance may occur in bacteria if innate antibiotic proteins are used

Antibiotic Resistance - Newly discovered inhibitors of bacterial lactamases may prevent resistance

Antibiotic Resistance - World Health Organization: Farmers should cut antibiotic use

Antiviral Therapy - Novel DSTP derivative inhibits growth of HIV and herpesviruses

Blood Safety - All donations now screened for West Nile in U.S.

Citrobacter Braakii - LPS polysaccharide from strain PCM 1531 isn't same as others in group O6

Environmental Health - Aerosolized mycobacteria may underlie respiratory disease outbreaks

Escherichia Coli - The StcE gene was probably acquired by E. coli O157:H7 via plasmid

Finance - Grants to fund rapid, portable detection systems for HIV, blood lead

Food-borne Disease -  Vibrio vulnificus strains vary seasonally in the Galveston Bay estuary

Food-borne Disease - Antimicrobial cocktail may reduce bacteria in fresh-cut produce

Food-borne Disease - Bacteriophage: Poultry's welcome virus

Geriatric Influenza Risk - Influenza A recurrence in myocarditis may cause cardiogenic shock

HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - EGFR is a human cytomegalovirus receptor

HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Neutralizing antibodies don't prevent gB2 CMV reactivation in HIV patients

HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Substance P expression linked to diarrhea severity during cryptosporidiosis

HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis - Active case-finding needed to identify HIV patients with TB in Africa

Immune Evasion -  Peptostreptococcus magnus protein L has immunoglobulin binding domains

Infection Control - Company expands Ramoplanin program with launch of infection control study

Infection Susceptibility - Mannose-binding lectin quantity, thus infection resistance, may be genetic

Infectious Disease -  Aeromonas pathogens carry cagA gene from H. pylori

Infectious Disease -  Clostridium species not significant cause of pediatric diarrhea in Brazil

Infectious Disease - Dengue virus serotype 3 viral evolution elucidated

Infectious Disease - Integron-bearing but drug-susceptible E. coli strains found in Rio Grande