TB and Outbreaks Week

Bacterial Resistance - Indian Salmonella Typhi isolates have reduced ciprofloxacin susceptibility

HIV/AIDS & Tuberculosis - HIV has less effect on point prevalence of TB disease than on TB incidence

Meningococcal Epidemiology - New genetic lineages of Neisseria meningitides W135 continue to emerge

Tuberculosis - Genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis in Africans is polygenic

Tuberculosis - Serum IgE levels higher in tuberculosis patients coinfected with HIV/parasites

Anthrax - Company gets $877.5 million U.S. government contract to supply anthrax vaccine

Aspergillosis - Aspergillosis: Emerging infection in critically ill patients without malignancy

Avian Influenza - Agencies warn of bird flu risk from seemingly healthy ducks

Bacterial Infection - Infection poses tough new foe for Oregon teams

Bacteriology - Pneumococcal virulence factor contributions to pathogenesis studied in mice

Basal Cell Carcinoma - Basal cell carcinoma rates continuously increasing in the Netherlands since 1973

Biohazard Containment - New Indianapolis airport terminal to have biohazard room

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy - Ireland detects first homegrown case of human form of mad cow

Burkholderia Cepacia - No correlation between B. cepacia complex wbiI RFLP genotype and species

Business & Finance - Company raises $11M to advance smallpox and other antiviral therapeutics

Calcivirus Inactivation - Nonionizing and ionizing radiation inactivate Calicivirus

Celiac Disease Epidemiology - Celiac disease prevalence higher in Turkish population compared to Western world

Cell Biology - New protein structure is a first step toward preventing E. coli diseases

Cigarette Smoke - Low levels of cigarette smoke induce irreversible change in cell chromosomes

Clostridium Perfringens - Cpe-positive Clostridium perfringens spores from feces isolated/enumerated

Community-Associated Infection - Risk of community-associated MRSA infection is associated with several factors

Cytomegalovirus Infection - Oral valganciclovir equivalent to oral ganciclovir for CMV prevention

Diagnostics - LightCycler PCR assay detects/characterizes enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Drug Development - Potent trypanocidal epoxyketones identified

Dysentery Vaccine - Cultural context of dysentery has implications for vaccine introduction

Ebola Virus - Blood samples from fatal and nonfatal cases of Ebola infection analyzed

Evolutionary Biology - Sex-determining genes of infectious fungus resemble human Y chromosome

Ganciclovir - Ganciclovir less toxic to myeloid SCs from cord blood than from bone marrow

HIV/AIDS & Tuberculosis - Strategy developed to decrease global burden of TB/HIV

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Rapid field test sensitive and specific for detecting/differentiating HIV types

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Simple and reproducible assay developed to screen HIV-1 subtypes

HIV/AIDS Infection - Association between dual HIV-1 infection and elevated viral load set point

HIV/AIDS Prevention - WHO issues new online tool kit for sex workers

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Indian firm withdraws its HIV drugs from World Health Organization list

HIV/AIDS-Related Infection - Protothecal arthritis and tenosynovitis resulted from hematogenous dissemination

HIV/AIDS-Related Transmission - HIV viral load increases in breast milk following ZDV discontinuation

Helicobacter Pylori - IL-1 receptor-1 gene polymorphism associated with increased H. pylori risk

Infectious Disease - Novel Streptococcus pyogenes exotoxin characterized

Infectious Disease - Pneumococcal gene expression characterized in invasive disease

Infectious Disease - Research institute announces $12 million in NIH contracts for smallpox research

Infectious Disease - Study compares hepatitis B treatments

Influenza - CDC and states announce plan to distribute 10.3 million flu shots nationwide

Influenza - Computerized orders increase administration of influenza, pneumococcal vaccines

Influenza - Flu preparedness must become public health priority

Influenza - Georgia's flu season has a slow start

Influenza A Pathogenesis - Hemagglutinin of 1918 pandemic influenza A virus confers enhanced pathogenicity

Influenza Vaccine - 15,000 people request a flu shot in Arizona county vaccine lottery

Influenza Vaccine - Additional doses of flu vaccine available for at-risk people in Louisiana

Influenza Vaccine - Alaskan health officials begin distributing more flu vaccine

Influenza Vaccine - Aventis gets federal contract to make flu vaccine year-round

Influenza Vaccine - Colorado getting another 66,000 flu shots