TB and Outbreaks Week

Malaria Animal Models - Olive baboon suitable as malaria infection model

Malaria Genomics - Oligonucleotide array helps clarify P. falciparum genome

Malaria Therapy - Baseline plasmodial atovaquone resistance determined in Africa

Malaria Therapy - Cytochrome P4502C8 and CYP3A4/5 are involved in human chloroquine metabolism

Malaria Therapy - Molecular assay predicts plasmodial drug resistance

Malaria Therapy - Plasmodial pfcrt mutations linked to amodiaquine resistance

Malaria Therapy - Underdosing may hasten malarial drug resistance in Kenya

Medical Error - Group says law would hide patient safety, hospital infection data from public

Melanoma Therapy - Interleukin-12 needed for anti-metastatic effects of Z-100

Meningococcal Disease - New, affordable vaccine stops meningitis

Mosquito-borne Disease - Molecular assay distinguishes An. claviger species

Mosquito-borne Disease - Molecular assay helps distinguish Anopheles species

Mycobacteria - Distinct RecA proteins seen in different mycobacterial strains

Mycobacteria - Key M. tuberculosis enzyme is thermophilic

Mycobacteria - Proteome analysis reveals M. tuberculosis virulence genes

Mycobacterium Smegmatis -  M. smegmatis has an alkaline phosphatase that is a cell surface lipoprotein

Opportunistic Infection - In tropical regions, isosporiasis is common in HIV patients

Oral Biology - Necrotizing stomatitis can be caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Outbreaks - Ciguatera fish poisoning peaks portend cholera outbreaks

Outbreaks - Novel method aids fruit bat urine collection

Personnel - Jerald Sadoff, MD, named CEO of TB vaccine effort

Pneumonia - Pneumococcal vaccine significantly reduces disease in South African children

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa -  P. aeruginosa type 4 O-antigen begins with 2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-D-glucose

Public Health - Health officials express concern about flu complacency

SARS - Inadequate plumbing systems likely contributed to disease transmission

SARS - New pact signed to develop vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome

SARS - Virus can change quickly and unpredictably, analysis indicates

Smallpox - Project aims to make inoculations safe by "leashing" current vaccine virus

Stem-Cell Transplantation - VZT immunity delayed in cord blood transplant recipients

Tuberculosis Animal Models - SWR mice may be useful for studying TB during immune suppression

Tuberculosis Drug Resistance - Drug-resistant TB highly prevalent in Archangel prison

Tuberculosis Therapy - Discordant mycobacterial kanamycin and amikacin resistance seen

Tuberculosis Therapy - Genomic studies clarify effects of anti-TB drugs

West Nile Virus - CDC says virus will likely spread to California next year

West Nile Virus - Key genomic regions in WNV replication identified

West Nile Virus - West Nile virus causes first death in 2003 in Pennsylvania