TB and Outbreaks Week

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - French BSE epidemic in the late 1980s was completely undetected

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus co-infection does not alter HIV disease progression

Malaria - Increased malaria risk in children who are underweight/live at lower altitudes

Q Fever - Aerosolization from renovation work possible cause of Q fever outbreak

Retroviral Infection - HTLV-11 infection associated with neurological disorder similar to HAM/TSP

Aging - Functional foods offer hope for fighting infections

Anthrax - Basic research producing new anthrax therapies

Anthrax - Government collecting blood from vaccinated soldiers to create treatment

Anthrax - Needle-free anthrax vaccine shows promise in animal studies

Anthrax - Virus product could kill anthrax and beat antibiotic resistance

Antimicrobials - Extra copies of A. fumigatus squalene epoxidase gene confer resistance to terbinafine

Aspergillosis - Mode rate doses of corticosteroids increase invasive aspergillosis risk in ASCT

Aspergillus - H₂ O₂ /AMB-mediated cell death in A. fumigatus triggers apoptotic-like phenotype

Avian Influenza - Three fatal human cases of avian influenza confirmed in Viet Nam

Avian Influenza - World Health Organization says more funding needed to investigate bird flu

Bioterrorism - Ebola and Marburg hemorrhagic fever potential agents for biologic warfare

Bioterrorism - Novel method estimates time and size of bioterror attack for real-time use

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Trend of French BSE epidemic over six birth cohorts in 2001/2002 estimated

Cholera Toxin - Novel toxin W07 from V. cholerae has functional homology to cholera-toxin

Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Effect of prebiotic and probiotic foods on health discussed

Cryptosporidiosis - Risk factors identified for Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum infections

Diahrrhea - Images reveal how rotavirus enters cells

Diarrhea - Company pursues treatments for big killer of children

Drug Development - Clinical use of sepsis assay supported in peer-reviewed publication

Ebola - Scientists fear new Ebola outbreak may explain sudden gorilla disappearance

Epstein-Barr Virus - EBV detected in neoplastic cells of patient with Crohn disease

Finance - Female condom company reports third quarter fiscal year 2004 financial results

Finance - Vaccine maker reports increased revenues, provides quarter and 6-month update

Food Safety - Produce supplier says FDA cleared it in salmonella outbreak

Food-Borne Illness - Sensitivity analysis methods based on food safety risk applications compared

Genomics - The BAX PCR assay for screening Listeria monocytogenes has high specificity

Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Guillain-Barre syndrome surveillance determines incidence and related events

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV cases increasing in Japan among gay men and young adults

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV estimate/projection for areas of low level/concentrated epidemics determined

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV prevalence is high in drug users and commercial sex workers in Myanmar

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV/AIDS epidemic in China in the rapid expansion phase

HIV/AIDS Exposure - New guidelines maximize effects of occupational HIV post-exposure prophylaxis

HIV/AIDS Prevention - HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment initiated in American Indian communities

HIV/AIDS Screening - Rapid HIV test decreases post-exposure prophylaxis after occupational exposure

HIV/AIDS-Associated Disease - Liver disease important cause of morbidity/mortality in HIV infection

Hantavirus - CDC looking for cause of hantavirus as victim recovers

Heart Transplantation - Post-transplant strongyloides hyperinfection syndrome reported

Hemorrhagic Colitis - Probiotic treatment prevents/treats enterohemorrhagic E. coli O157:H7 infection

Hepatitis C Virus - Mother-to-infant transmission of HCV is low in Brazil

Hospital-Acquired Infection - Can better oral hygiene in the ICU reduce incidence of pneumonia?

Infectious Disease - Origin of dispersal of P. sergenti from foci of leishmaniasis identified

Infectious Disease - Silencing bacteria could stop infections and save lives

Infectious Disease - World facing "silent emergency" as billions struggle without basic sanitation