TB and Outbreaks Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 23rd, 2003
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Drug Development - Targeted norfloxacin prodrugs have antituberculosis activity
Tuberculosis Therapy - MMP inhibitor prevents M. tuberculosis-induced macrophage apoptosis
Drug Development - Kalopyanax pictus extract has strong antimalarial activity
Drug Development - Protein tyrosine kinase inhibitors show promise for malaria treatment
Tuberculosis Diagnostics - Resazurin microtiter assay cheap, rapid, and accurate for TB resistance testing
Tuberculosis Proteomics - Mycobacterial type III polyketide synthases isolated
Antifungal Therapy - Historical data on therapy of invasive aspergillosis reveals synergy, antagonism
Antifungal Therapy - Pediatric patients may benefit from voriconazole for invasive aspergillosis
Candidiasis - PDE2 induces Candida albicans hyphae production; virulence is not increased
Cat Scratch Disease - Bartonella henselae IgG can last over a year; symptoms not titer-related
Cytokine Production - Zinc deficiency produces cell-type specific alteration of cytokine expression
Drug Development - Novel manadomanzamines may benefit TB, HIV patients
Encephalitis - Vaccine maker to collaborate with WHO on Japanese vaccine for virus
Finance - MMV to fund clinical development of malaria drug
Food-borne Illness - Chi-Chi's outbreak raises questions about FDA's ability to screen
Food-borne Illness - Cooking ensures safe vegetables, CDC says
Food-borne Illness - Microplate sandwich assay suitable for detection of E. coli O157:H7 in food
Gastroenterology - Bleeding duodenal ulcer repair should be endoscopic if valve surgery is recent
HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis - Chest radiography has limited value in HIV-TB diagnosis
Helicobacter Pylori - Growth phase H. pylori is sensitive to iron starvation, otherwise survives
Helicobacter Pylori - Purified H. pylori CagA, HspB proteins can induce gastric cell division
Immune Evasion - Streptococcus pyogenes M protein has 2 domains binding complement and IgA
Immunology - Nramp1-mediated innate resistance mediated by IRF-8
Infectious Diseases - Bacteria use novel mechanism to express genes
Leishmaniasis - Leishmaniasis parasites identified in humans and dogs in eastern Sudan
Liposomal Ciprofloxacin - Francisella tularensis infection can be treated with liposomal ciprofloxacin
Malaria - Data on DB289 presented at tropical medicine meeting
Malaria - Improved PCR assay sensitively detects avian malaria infection
Malaria Immunology - Natural killer cells have antimalarial activity
Malaria Pathogenesis - P. yoelli peroxiredoxin expression characterized
Malaria Pathogenesis - Hepatocyte expression of HGF and its receptor needed for malaria infection
Malaria Pathogenesis - Melatonin and N-acetyl-serotonin induce calcium mobilization in malaria parasites
Malaria Therapy - Clindamycin-dihydroartemisinin antimalarial regimen effective
Malaria Therapy - Effect of quinine pharmacokinetics on treatment response elucidated
Microarrays - Synthetic lethality is determined by microarray; DNA helicase genes elucidated
Mosquito-borne Disease - Free bednets for pregnant women effective at reducing infant malaria in Kenya
Mosquito-borne Disease - Temperature effects on An. gambiae aquatic development clarified
New Products - NewsRx expands to 100 titles in Health Law and Business
Nosocomial Infection - Solution to hospital infections could be in the air
Nosocomial Infections - Bacteremia from methicillin-resistant staphylococci problem in Turkish hospital
Parasitology - Alveolar echinococcosis is still a serious environmentally-acquired risk
Pediatric AIDS - Why do most breastfed infants of HIV-positive moms resist infection?
Pertussis - Incidence of pertussis among infants appears to be increasing
Pulmonary Medicine - Bronchodilator therapy may ameliorate TB-induced CAO
SARS - Animal model shows early promise for SARS vaccine
SARS - Better tests needed for diagnosis
SARS - Communication is key to successful U.S. quarantine
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - STDs could increase risk of cervical cancer
Stem-Cell Transplantation - Unrelated donor status has limited impact on post-SCT CMV risk
Tuberculosis Diagnostics - BacT/ALERT 3D system suitable for TB drug resistance screening
Tuberculosis Drug Resistance - Mycobacterial pncA mutations linked to pyrazinamide resistance
Tuberculosis Genomics - Novel mycobacterial phosphoprotein phosphatase identified
Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - Virulent M. tuberculosis downregulates AM apoptosis genes
Tuberculosis Therapy - Permanent ethambutol-induced ocular toxicity reported
Virology - Budding viral hijackers may co-opt cell machinery for the getaway
West Nile Virus - Few WNV-infected animals found in Austria
West Nile Virus - Scientists get images of West Nile pathogen
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