TB and Outbreaks Week

Bacterial Infection - Methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections are epidemic in injection drug users

Detection - Real-time PCR-based assay quantifies bacterial RNA in the environment

Hepatitis C Virus Transmission - Intravenous drug users inject less safely in prison than outside of prison

Infectious Disease - Rapid field test developed for detection of hantavirus antibodies

Virology - How a killer virus emerged: changed environment + mutation = evolution

AIDS/HIV Prevention - AIDS prevention techniques in Austrian schools analyzed

Anti-Infectives - Antibacterial mechanisms of MccJ25 characterized

Antibiotic Resistance - Scientists find protein essential for bacterial survival

Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Antimicrobial occurrence and susceptibility determined in Sfax-Tunisia isolates

Avian Influenza - World Bank approves US$5 million loan for Vietnam to fight bird flu

Bacterial Infection - Taiwanese health officials say student died of known bacterial infection

Bacterial Infection - Toxic shock-like syndrome due to group C streptococcus is fatal

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Bacteria present even after negative cultures from sputum

Coronavirus - Sensitive/specific EIA detects nucleocapsid antigen in sera from SARS patients

Coxsackievirus - Coxsackievirus B3-caused apoptosis is via VP2 and Siva protein interactions

Dengue Fever - Dengue fever outbreak reported in Palau

Diagnostics - Real-time PCR quantifies intestinal bacterial populations

Disease Control - CDC building new infectious disease lab in Colorado

Emerging Disease - Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases reviewed

Enterobacter Infection -  E. Sakazakii is rare cause of neonatal septicemia or meningitis in VLBW infants

Epidemics - Spatial data from single time point useful in epidemic estimations

Escherichia Coli - Minnesota officials link five E. coli cases to ground sirloin

Finance - Molecular diagnostics company reports second quarter 2004 financial results

Food Safety - Chi-Chi's sues suppliers in green onion hepatitis A outbreak

Food Safety - Fresh fruits, veggies are the new frontier of foodborne sickness

Food-Borne Illness - Symptoms of food-borne botulism may help predict fatality

Food-Borne Illness - Travelers' diarrhea not improved by restricted diet

Foot & Mouth Disease - Foot-and-mouth disease risk associated with proximity to infected premises

Giardiasis - Gangliosides show promise as dietary treatment

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Global burden of HIV/AIDS best estimated using plausible ranges

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Free antiretroviral drugs cut Taiwan's HIV transmission rate in half

HIV/AIDS Research - HIV-1 subtype B mutant escapes detection in fourth-generation HIV immunoassay

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - Hospital-acquired candidemia still a severe complication in advanced AIDS

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - L-AmB effective as secondary prophylaxis for leishmaniasis in HIV infection

HTLV-I Infection - Low prevalence of HTLV-I does not support screening blood donors in Lebanon

Hepatitis Risk - Georgia inmates get hepatitis B in prison, but cash not available for vaccine

Impotence - Hematogenous seeding does affect penile prosthesis infection risk

Infectious Disease -  Klebsiella pneumoniae genes linked to liver infection identified

Infectious Disease -  Triatoma dimidiata reinfestation occurs even after insecticide application

Infectious Disease - Brazilian TT virus isolate closely related to SEN virus-F

Infectious Disease - Full promise of genomics in disease research yet to be realized

Infectious Disease - Viral proteins may prevent bacterial infections

Influenza - More evidence links flu to schizophrenia

Influenza Strains - Cross-protection explains single influenza illness peaks in temperate climates