TB and Outbreaks Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 17th, 2004
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Allergy & Immunology - IL-1 receptor antagonist attenuates airway hyperresponsiveness to ozone
Coronavirus - Novel peptides inhibit SARS coronavirus
Coronavirus - SARS-associated coronavirus infection inhibited by immoral immune response
Diagnostics - One-step quantitative RT-PCR assay detects SARS coronavirus
Hypertension - Hypertensive nephrosclerosis linked to obesity/insulin resistance rather than BP
Allergy & Immunology - Interaction between parasitoses and allergy in third world countries elucidated
Anthrax - Research shows progress toward early identification of anthrax inhalation
Aspergillosis - ABLC best therapeutic choice to decrease systemic Aspergillus fumigatus burden
Bacterial Resistance - Infection control measures should guide methicillin-resistant S. aureus control
Bacteriology - Homologue of aliB found in capsule region of nonencapsulated S. pneumoniae
Brucellosis - Novel immunoassay facilitates diagnosis in food animals
Business & Finance - Biopharmaceutical company adopts policies to move toward Nasdaq compliance
Cardiovascular Disease - Infective endocarditis characterized in pacemaker recipients
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - In vitro test systems compared
Directly Observed Therapy - Successful tuberculosis control program in China could be expanded
Disease Outbreaks - West Nile, whooping cough cases keep state lab busy
Drug Development - New breed of vaccine-producing plants aims to fight human diseases worldwide
Drug Development - Phase 1 clinical trial with bivalent anthrax vaccine initiated
Environmental Toxins - E. coli waves the Blue Flag for our beaches
Food Safety - Park Service cautions concessionaires after outbreak
Food-Borne Illness - Getting to the bottom of the burger bug
Gastroenterology - Proteins expressed by H. pylori-infected gastric epithelial cells identified
HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - AIDS in Latin America: A controllable epidemic?
HIV/AIDS Funding - Report: Myanmar to receive US$35.6 million from Global Fund
HIV/AIDS Healthcare - Knowledge gap increases HIV contagion fear in nurses in Uganda
HIV/AIDS Prevention - Campaign aimed at reducing HIV infection
HIV/AIDS Prevention - Prevention program lowers unprotected sex among recently released prisoners
HIV/AIDS Prevention - Stigmatization thwarts HIV prevention efforts in Honduras north coast
HIV/AIDS Screening - Use of two HIV antibody screening tests increase false-positive rate
HIV/AIDS-Related Disease - Pneumocystis activates AM NF-KB signaling through mannose receptors
Health Threat - Health officials close Arizona hotel
Helicobacter Pylori - H. pylori vacA and cagA genotypes seen more in chronic active gastritis
Hemorrhagic Syndrome - Compared drug doses for hemorrhagic syndrome from venomous caterpillar effective
Hepatitis A Virus - Health official says no errors made in hepatitis scare
Hepatitis A Virus - Wendy's worker tests positive for hepatitis A in Marion
Hepatitis C Virus - Chemokines and CCR5 interaction critical in regulating T cell function
Hepatitis C Virus - CpG oligodeoxynucleotides promising class of drugs for HCV infection
Hepatitis C Virus - Enrichment technique to detect hepatitis-specific T cells studied
Hepatitis C Virus - Intravenous drug abuse associated with high risk of HIV/HCV coinfection
Herpesvirus - bis(Thiosemicarbazone) compounds active against wild-type and ACV-resistant HSV
Infectious Disease - H. pylori typing methods compared
Infectious Disease - Cryptococcal glucuronoxylomannan disrupts endothelial neutrophil rolling
Infectious Disease - Intraocular B. henselae found in HLA-B27 uveitis patient
Infectious Disease - Nuclear import inhibition counters staphylococcal enterotoxin B
Infectious Disease - Proteomic research centers target bioterrorism agents
Influenza - Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan released
Influenza - Record number of flu vaccines to be made
Influenza - Stomach flu in Nepal kills up to 177, sickens more than 12,000 since April
Influenza Vaccine - Economic implications of enhanced pandemic vaccine supply outlined
Influenza Vaccine - Real-time RT-PCR applied for quantitation of avian influenza virus
Malaria - Interactions between worm infections and malaria reviewed
Malaria - NIH advises company it intends to fund $2.8 million for malaria vaccine program
Malaria Diagnosis - PCR-ligase detection assay for malaria infection diagnosis developed
Malaria Risk Factor - Risk factors for severe malaria in Bamako, Mali reported
Medical Devices - ProSeal laryngeal mask airways retain protein contamination after two washings
Meningitis - Encouraging results seen for long-term efficacy of meningitis C vaccine
Meningitis - Four-year-old Chesterton boy dies of meningitis
Parasitology - Antigenic glycans in parasitic infections are vaccine candidates
Patents - U.S. government grants patent for MVA-BN vaccine
Pertussis - Doctor at Swedish Medical Center possibly exposed 200 to whooping cough
Polio - Authorities battle polio outbreak in Muslim region following vaccination ban
Prescription Drugs - GlaxoSmithKline criticizes decision to hear pricing complaint on AIDS drug
Relapsing Fever - Two cases of relapsing fever confirmed in Montana
Retrovirus - Hemophagocytic syndrome sign of transformation to adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
SARS - Independent tests show respirator protects against SARS virus
SARS - New glycan arrays discover autoimmunogenic activities of SARS-CoV
Salmonella - Second lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania salmonella outbreak
Sepsis - Sepsis-associated gene expression profiles identified
Sexual and Reproductive Health - Sex education taught by pupils a new approach to tackling STDs
Sexually Transmitted Disease - STDs on the rise in Britain
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - AP: Americans fear AIDS threat to kids
Smallpox - FDA grants fast track designation for smallpox vaccine candidate IMVAMUNE
Smallpox Vaccine - Time effects of vaccination exist on T cell memory to smallpox
Staphylococcus - Staph outbreak hits North Carolina prisons
Streptococcus - Genome-wide analysis provides understanding of flesh-eating bacteria epidemics
Toxoplasmosis - IgM response in pregnant women is too variable to predict timing of infection
Tuberculosis - Farm worker pleads no contest after evading tuberculosis treatment
Tuberculosis - Fort Wayne firefighters, others being tested for tuberculosis
Tuberculosis Threat - Tuberculosis case reported at South Dakota State Penitentiary
Tuberculosis Vaccine - Protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis characterized
West Nile Virus - Arizona hospitals to test West Nile treatment
West Nile Virus - Dead birds infected with West Nile found in two West Virginia counties
West Nile Virus - Firms race for dominance of West Nile virus blood testing market
West Nile Virus - Hall County, Nebraska, reports mosquito infected with West Nile
West Nile Virus - Health officials report Ohio's first West Nile death of 2004
West Nile Virus - Illinois has second West Nile case
West Nile Virus - Nebraska health officials report second case of West Nile
West Nile Virus - Three more West Nile virus cases reported in South Dakota
West Nile Virus - Variable size pooling accurately estimates arbovirus vector infection rates
West Nile Virus - West Nile virus found in Reno, Nevada, area
West Nile Virus - Year's first cases of West Nile in Minnesota horses confirmed
Disease Outbreaks - West Nile, whooping cough cases keep state lab busy
Food-Borne Illness - Getting to the bottom of the burger bug
Gastroenterology - Proteins expressed by H. pylori-infected gastric epithelial cells identified
HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - AIDS in Latin America: A controllable epidemic?
HIV/AIDS Funding - Report: Myanmar to receive US$35.6 million from Global Fund
HIV/AIDS Healthcare - Knowledge gap increases HIV contagion fear in nurses in Uganda
HIV/AIDS Prevention - Campaign aimed at reducing HIV infection
HIV/AIDS Prevention - Prevention program lowers unprotected sex among recently released prisoners
Helicobacter Pylori - H. pylori vacA and cagA genotypes seen more in chronic active gastritis
Hemorrhagic Syndrome - Compared drug doses for hemorrhagic syndrome from venomous caterpillar effective
Hepatitis A Virus - Health official says no errors made in hepatitis scare
Hepatitis A Virus - Wendy's worker tests positive for hepatitis A in Marion
Hepatitis C Virus - Chemokines and CCR5 interaction critical in regulating T cell function
Hepatitis C Virus - Intravenous drug abuse associated with high risk of HIV/HCV coinfection
Infectious Disease - Nuclear import inhibition counters staphylococcal enterotoxin B
Infectious Disease - Proteomic research centers target bioterrorism agents
Influenza - Canadian Pandemic Influenza Plan released
Malaria - Interactions between worm infections and malaria reviewed
Malaria - NIH advises company it intends to fund $2.8 million for malaria vaccine program
Malaria Diagnosis - PCR-ligase detection assay for malaria infection diagnosis developed
Malaria Risk Factor - Risk factors for severe malaria in Bamako, Mali reported
Medical Devices - ProSeal laryngeal mask airways retain protein contamination after two washings
Meningitis - Encouraging results seen for long-term efficacy of meningitis C vaccine
Meningitis - Four-year-old Chesterton boy dies of meningitis
Parasitology - Antigenic glycans in parasitic infections are vaccine candidates
Polio - Authorities battle polio outbreak in Muslim region following vaccination ban
Prescription Drugs - GlaxoSmithKline criticizes decision to hear pricing complaint on AIDS drug
Relapsing Fever - Two cases of relapsing fever confirmed in Montana
Retrovirus - Hemophagocytic syndrome sign of transformation to adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
SARS - Independent tests show respirator protects against SARS virus
SARS - New glycan arrays discover autoimmunogenic activities of SARS-CoV
Salmonella - Second lawsuit filed in Pennsylvania salmonella outbreak
Sepsis - Sepsis-associated gene expression profiles identified
Sexually Transmitted Diseases - AP: Americans fear AIDS threat to kids
Toxoplasmosis - IgM response in pregnant women is too variable to predict timing of infection
Tuberculosis - Farm worker pleads no contest after evading tuberculosis treatment
Tuberculosis - Fort Wayne firefighters, others being tested for tuberculosis
Tuberculosis Threat - Tuberculosis case reported at South Dakota State Penitentiary
Tuberculosis Vaccine - Protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis characterized
West Nile Virus - Arizona hospitals to test West Nile treatment
West Nile Virus - Dead birds infected with West Nile found in two West Virginia counties
West Nile Virus - Firms race for dominance of West Nile virus blood testing market
West Nile Virus - Hall County, Nebraska, reports mosquito infected with West Nile
West Nile Virus - Health officials report Ohio's first West Nile death of 2004
West Nile Virus - Three more West Nile virus cases reported in South Dakota
West Nile Virus - Variable size pooling accurately estimates arbovirus vector infection rates
West Nile Virus - West Nile virus found in Reno, Nevada, area
West Nile Virus - Year's first cases of West Nile in Minnesota horses confirmed
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