TB and Outbreaks Week

Bacterial Pathogen - Oligonucleotide array technology rapidly detects foodborne pathogenic bacteria

Hepatitis C Virus Infection - Persistence of hepatitis C virus associated with human leukocyte antigen class 1

Influenza Virus - Antigenically and genetically similar influenza C viruses in Japan characterized

Meningitis Outbreak - Nosocomial meningitis outbreak caused by Acinetobacter baumannii

SARS Infection Control - Providing SARS infection control information to outpatients increases compliance

AIDS/HIV Diagnosis - HIV-1 superinfections assessed by autologous heteroduplex mobility

Acinetobacter Baumannii - Multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak occurred in surgical room

Adenovirus - Membrane Cofactor Protein identified as adenovirus receptor

Anthrax - Study of primary care doctors' response to 2001 attacks shows prudent care

Arsenic Pollution - Synthetic zeolites used for arsenate removal from pollutant water

Bacteriology - Swedish company presents mass screening tests at investment conference

Bioterrorism - NIH grants awards for the development of human antibody against anthrax

Blood Safety - Chiron announces blood-screening licensing agreement

Bovine Mastitis - Clinical bovine mastitis diagnosed in a Prototheca zopfii outbreak

Cancer Vaccine - Raf kinase expression increases mortality of influenza-infected mice

Chagas Disease -  T. cruzi downregulates apoptotic genes in BALB/c fibroblasts

Circovirus Type 2 - Porcine circovirus type 2 from pigs was in Croatia detected and characterized

Conjunctivitis Outbreak - E-mail surveys assist investigation and response in conjunctivitis outbreak

Crohn Disease - SEEK1 polymorphisms not associated with Crohn disease in Newfoundland

Cystic Fibrosis - Mucoid P. aeruginosa lipotoxins underlie inflammation

Diagnostic Devices - HIV diagnostic proves effective in Dominican Republic trials

Diagnostics - Chinese CDC attends HIV/AIDS training seminar

Diagnostics - arsC genes identified/quantitated in environmental samples by real-time PCR

Disease Transmission - Older women's knowledge of HIV is lacking, study finds

Drug Delivery - Microencapsulation improves safety and efficacy of amphotericin B

Emerging Pathogens - Emerging pathogen suggests amphibian trade should be closely monitored

Environmental Health - County officials in Oklahoma look for cause of infections

Finance - Diagnostics firm secured new funding to develop new sensor technology

Food Safety - Food-borne illness strikes at least 2 billion people a year

Food-Borne Illness - Scientists have bionanotechnology recipe to find elusive bacteria

Genomics - Comparative study of Legionnaire's disease published

Genomics & Genetics - TNF-TNFR super-family gene SNPs associated with immune-mediated disease

Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci - Debate-guidelines for glycopeptide-resistant enterococci control have not worked

Group B Rotaviruses - Group B rotaviruses have been circulating in Western India since 1993

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV-1 non-B subtypes from heterosexual transmission predominate in Scotland

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - South Africa needs more nurses as HIV/AIDS infections among healthcare workers rise

HIV/AIDS Prevention - New lead in quest to protect women from sexual HIV transmission

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Peer program teaches inmates about HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Primary hotline questions in Netherlands regard HIV transmission/risk/testing

HIV/AIDS Prevention - U.N. warns Africa to brace itself for the AIDS time bomb

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Africans give their governments poor marks on evaluation

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Former Maryland Governor wants public registry for people with AIDS

HIV/AIDS Treatment - HIV-positive Russians detained during protest in western city

Healthcare Coverage - Health workers confirm Wisconsin's first flu case of the season

Infection Control - Disinfection, and sterilization adherence reduce hospital-related infections

Infectious Disease -  Acanthamoeba triggers cell cycle arrest in host cells

Infectious Disease - Company awarded SIBR grant for infectious disease detection

Influenza - Bacterium causes U.S. flu vaccine shortage

Influenza - Disease management company to offer viral antidote to U.S. during flu season

Influenza - Drug-DNA combination could offer longer-lasting, more efficient flu vaccine

Influenza - Experts: Good hygiene can ward off flu

Influenza - Study to test flu shot and nasal spray flu vaccine side by side