TB and Outbreaks Week

Diagnostics - Novel rapid PCR field assay detects E. coli O157:H7 and L. monocytogenes

HIV/AIDS Transmission - N-9-containing lubricants may enhance rectal transmission of HIV and other STDs

Malaria - Inflammatory cytokines increased in pregnant women with P. falciparum

SARS Coronavirus - Pivotal role of SARS coronavirus E protein in viral budding elucidated

West Nile Virus - Recovery at 1 year is poor in elderly persons with West Nile virus infection

AIDS/HIV Research - Classic AIDS diagnosed in sooty mangabey after an 18-year natural infection

Anthrax - Enzyme images reveal secrets of antibiotic resistance, suggest new drug design

Antimicrobial Resistance - Using antimicrobials to which MRSA strains are resistant perpetuate the outbreak

Avian Influenza - Health officials downplay flu fears after death in Thailand

Avian Influenza - Thai bird flu cases raise concern over human transmission

Avian Influenza - Thai bird flu spread is "one-alarm" fire

Bacterial Infections - Doctors worry as drug-resistant staph infects more healthy people

Bacteriology - LspA1 and LspA2 protein expression by H. ducreyi required for virulence

Bartonella - Population genetic analysis of Bartonella bacilliformis performed

Brain Abscess - PPAR-gamma agonist reduces S. aureus-induced microglial activation

Chagas Disease - Genes involved in cardiac mitochondrial dysfunction identified

Chagas Disease - High-resolution satellite imagery assists hunt for infectious "kissing bugs"

Collaborations - Deal signed with Korean partners for TB drug development

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting - Expanded PTFE surgical membrane does not increase mediastinitis risk

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Causal link behind BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has scientific basis

Critical Care Medicine - Closed tracheal suctioning system lowers gastric-bronchial cross-contamination

Croup - Study suggests steroid for kids with croup

Cryptosporidiosis - Cryptosporidiosis occurrence found in patients in hospital in Brazil

Diphtheria Vaccine - Diptheria toxin expressed in Streptococcus fails to neutralize toxicity

Dracunculiasis - Eradication program has almost wiped out parasitic disease

Drug Development -  Plasmodium vivax hexose transporter characterized

Drug Development - Flavin-dependent thymidylate synthase activity characterized

Drug Resistance - HIV-1 K103N mutation present in antiretroviral therapy-naive patients

Drug Resistance - Increased drug resistance reported in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates

Enterobacter Outbreak - Source of Enterobacter aerogenes outbreak in pediatric unit not elucidated

Environmental Health - Fungal burden monitored for 2 years in a Florentine hematology ward

Epilepsy - Valacyclovir reduces seizure susceptibility in HSV-1-infected mice

Foot-and-Mouth Disease - U.K. management of foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in 2001 still controversial

Gastric Cancer - Curing Helicobacter pylori infection does not prevent all gastric cancers

HIV/AIDS Coinfection - High frequency of HIV/HBV coinfection in Cote d'Ivoire

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV-1 CTL escape mutants frequently transmitted in HLA-A24-positive Japanese