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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