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TB and Outbreaks Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 30th, 2004

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Drug Development -  Wikstroemia indica biflavonoids active against drug-resistant Plasmodium

Food-borne Illness - Fresh garlic, semi-dried tomatoes linked to Salmonella Virchow spread

Bacteriology - YefM antitoxin family carries novel antibacterial target

Drug Development - Thiolactomycin analogues show promise as antimalarial, antitrypanosomal agents

Tuberculosis Diagnostics - Bactec MGIT 960 provides accurate TB drug resistance profiles

Tuberculosis Therapy - Location of M. tuberculosis KatG radical formation identified

Avian Influenza - Avian flu threat prompts poultry group to cancel banquet

Bioterrorism - NIOSH approves mask for protection from biological, chemical, and nuclear attack

Cholera - Research on pathogen's life cycle focuses on biofilm formation

Collaboration - Agreement signed for Chagas disease blood screening technology

Dengue Fever - Epidemiology of dengue virus in French Guiana elucidated

Drug Development -  N6-substituted adenosine derivatives have antimalarial activity

Drug Development -  N,N'-spacer-linked oligomeric ergolines have antimalarial activity

Drug Development - Agents derived from Central American medicine plants have antiprotozoal activity

Drug Development - Antimicrobial diflunisal hydrazide-hydrazones synthesized

Food-borne Illness - Report: FDA needs seafood safety fixes

Infectious Disease - CIEF-WCID may enhance norovirus testing

Infectious Disease - Epidemiology of human M. bovis infection in U.K. characterized

Influenza - Targeted treatment could contain pandemic influenza

Information Technology - Internet-based disease tracking system debuts in Michigan

Legal Issues - Ex-professor to be sentenced in missing plague vials case

Malaria Drug Resistance - Crt and Mdr1 orthologues not involved in P. chabaudi chloroquine resistance

Malaria Therapy - ACT adherence low for pediatric patients in Zambia

Malaria Therapy - Mefloquine-artesunate effective for treating uncomplicated malaria

Malaria Transmission - No Plasmodium infection found in donated blood from Turkey

Patents - Donation of patents may accelerate new treatment for global health problem

Respiratory Medicine - LTB4 promotes neutrophil recruitment to inflamed pleural space

SARS - Hong Kong health chief apologizes over SARS crisis handling

SARS - Hong Kong may drop some control measures against SARS

SARS - SARS without pneumonia could be common in outbreak areas

Schistosomiasis - IL-12 enhances immunity of Schistosoma mansoni fatty acid-binding protein

Sex Education - Health advocates rally against abstinence-only plan

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Research shows growing challenges in controlling STDs among gay and bisexual men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Bush Administration weighs condom warning

Smallpox - Clinical trial of smallpox vaccines to be conducted in St. Louis

Stem-Cell Research - Verotoxin and IFN-alpha have synergistic effect on erythropoiesis

Tick-borne Disease - Antibodies to tick salivary antigens detected in patients from Spain

Tick-borne Disease - Cases of spotted fever rickettsioses in U.S. travelers summarized

Tuberculosis - TB often underlies cervical lymphadenopathies in Mexican women

Tuberculosis - Tuberculosis cases increased in South Dakota in 2003

Tuberculosis Enzymology - Structural features of M. tuberculosis AKmt identified

Tuberculosis Enzymology - Structure of M. tuberculosis RpiB characterized

Tuberculosis Epidemiology - Factors linked to TB clustering in Spain identified

Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - STAT1 plays key role in defense against pulmonary TB in mice

Tuberculosis Proteomics - Structure of M. tuberculosis MPT51 protein characterized

Tuberculosis Therapy - Fast-flow EPR spectroscopy enables observation of isoniazid hydrazyl radical

West Nile Virus - U.S. CDC warns Oregon could be hit with West Nile this summer

West Nile Virus - Virus is blamed on hybrid mosquito

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