TB and Outbreaks Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 4th, 2004
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Drug Development - Novel sesquiterpene lactones show promise as antimalarial agents
Drug Development - Pyrrole BM212 derivatives have improved antimycobacterial activity
Food-Borne Disease - Real-time PCR assay effective for Listeria detection in food samples
Meningitis - Meningococcal disease outbreaks in structured populations predicted
Smallpox - Real-time smallpox and pan-orthopox virus detection methods developed
Antimicrobial Drug Resistance - Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance in India determined
Avian Influenza - Bird flu now affecting 25 farms in British Columbia
Avian Influenza - Bird flu outbreaks create concern about human infection
Bubonic Plague - "Crystal engineering" helps scientists solve 3-D protein structures
Disease Outbreak - CDC cautions against adoptions from Chinese agency
Drug Development - Plasmodium vivax vivapains characterized
Drug Development - Novel assay provides improved measure of plasmodial Plm II activity
Drug Development - Novel ribonuclease has antimicrobial and antiproliferative activities
Environmental Health - Novel molecular assays detect mycobacteria, pseudomonads in metalworking fluids
Environmental Toxins - Polluted water linked to health problems among surfers
Epidemiology - Multilocus sequence Staphylococcus epidermidis typing effective
Food-Borne Disease - Fermented liquid feed reduces inter-chicken Salmonella transmission
Food-Borne Illness - New drug-resistant strain of Salmonella identified
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Pneumocystis carinii p55 variants identified
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Dapsone-induced hypersensitivity pneumonitis can mimic PCP
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Essential eukaryotic core identified from P. carinii
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Visceral leishmaniasis relapse common during ineffective HAART
HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis - Mycobacteremia among HIV patients in Sao Paulo examined
Hospitalization - More hospitals offering private rooms and reducing nosocomial infection
Immunology - Mast cells have protective role during urinary bladder infections
Infectious Disease - Listeria-induced encephalitis can mimic West Nile encephalitis
Infectious Disease - HHMI commits more than $30 million to help reverse brain drain
Infectious Disease - South Korea Salmonella enterica outbreak linked to infant formula
Infectious Disease - Veterinarians increasingly on front lines in identifying diseases in humans
Influenza - CDC: Flu season fairly typical, despite severe start in the West
Influenza - Time with patients, staff support boost flu shot rates
Influenza Virus - Genes from 1918 pandemic influenza virus used to test pathogenicity
Legal Issues - Two lawsuits filed in bacterial outbreak at Pittsburgh hospital
Malaria - Plasmodium falciparum membrane potential determined
Malaria - Platelet sequestration in malaria-induced thrombocytopenia characterized
Malaria Diagnosis - Pv30 antigen valuable for malaria serodiagnosis in Korea
Meningitis - New meningitis threat being contained by web of partnerships
Monkeypox - Prairie dogs transmit monkeypox to humans
Nosocomial Infection - DNA restriction enzyme typing needed for conclusive clonal determination
Nosocomial Infection - Handrub promotion extremely cost-effective
Policy - Campaign aims to prevent antimicrobial resistance in long-term care residents
Public Health - World to be polio-free by next year, but losing AIDS war
SARS - China CDC SARS validation report signed
Smallpox - HIV-positive U.S. military personnel accidentally vaccinated against smallpox
Smallpox Vaccine - Smallpox history reviewed
Stem Cell Research - Effect of Candida infection on murine hematopoiesis characterized
Tuberculosis - M. tuberculosis lprG gene needed for virulence in mice
Tuberculosis Diagnostics - BD ProbeTec ET suitable for rapid MTBC identification
Tuberculosis Diagnostics - Broth microdilution with 7H9 broth suitable as TB drug resistance test
Tuberculosis Diagnostics - Varible Etest TB drug resistance results cause concern
Tuberculosis Immune Control - Novel whole blood test measures T-cell responses to TB antigens
Vectors and Zoonoses - Mosquito genes influencing plasmodial development identified
Virology - HIV employs a sugar shield to evade host defenses
Whooping Cough - Cases of whooping cough piling up in Colorado
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