TB and Outbreaks Week

Malaria - Individual malaria disease susceptibility/outbreak severity varies in Sudan

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Palivizumab used to control RSV outbreak in neonatal intensive care unit

Tuberculosis - Small populations of fit MDRTB strains can out-compete low fitness strains

Antimicrobials - Novel compounds have antiretroviral and antibacterial activity

Avian Cholera - Wetlands an unlikely reservoir for the bacteria that causes avian cholera

Avian Influenza - Biostatisticians tackle potential avian flu outbreak in computer modeling effort

Avian Influenza - Bird flu vaccine expected to be ready by 2007

Bacteriology -  E. coli genomic cold shock response characterized

Bacteriology - Transcriptional activity of E. coli MelR protein characterized

Bioterrorism - Computer program developing to track disease, biological attacks

Brucellosis & Q Fever - Brucellosis/Q fever seroprevalence determined in Central African Republic cattle

Chlamydia - Novel high-throughput assay screens antichlamydial activity

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Survival predicted by correlates in sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Cystic Fibrosis - Transcriptional regulator AlgR controls P. aeruginosa cyanide production

Cytomegalovirus - Two pasteurization methods inactivate CMV in breast milk

Dialysis - Non-diphtheria corynebacterial infections reported in CAPD patients

Disease Threat - Meningitis-like disease not an 'outbreak,' Philippine health official says

Drug Development - Novel assay screens anti-SARS drugs

Ebola Virus - Ebola amino acid motif required for interferon antagonism

Ebola Virus - Neugene antisense drug demonstrates efficacy against Ebola virus

Environmental Health - Quantum dot system enables photostable Cryptosporidium labeling

Equine Influenza Virus - Two co-circulating strains of equine influenza should be included in vaccines

Escherichia Coli - Toxin-producing E. coli survive in foods stored at wide temperature range

Food Poisoning - Polycavernoside A causes fatal food poisoning from red alga Gracilaria edulis

Food-Borne Disease - Novel immunoassay suitable for bovine Campylobacter fetus screening

Food-Borne Illness -  E. coli in dried sausage able to withstand digestion process

HIV/AIDS & Leishmaniasis -  L. infantum enhances HIV-1 replication in MDMs through complex cytokine network

HIV/AIDS & Tuberculosis - Interference with endosomal sorting machinery contributes to AIDS/TB synergism

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV increasingly striking women in Asia

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Median CD4 lymphocyte counts are low in HIV-uninfected adults in Botswana

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Condom access reduces HIV transmission if preceded by educational workshops

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Early marriage does not protect girls from HIV exposure in sub-Saharan Africa

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Relationship between substance abuse and HIV-infected women explored

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Study: LEXIVA + RTV may replace AGENERASE + RTV

HIV/AIDS Treatment - U.S. HHS secretary Thompson applauds efforts to fight HIV/AIDS in Tanzania

HIV/AIDS Treatment - Updated federal guidelines recommend additional first-line therapy for HIV

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - Higher CD4 counts/HAART predicts pulmonary M. kansasii/HIV infection survival

Healthcare Access - Shortage of health workers hampering global health

Herpesvirus Outbreak - Owner likely spreads deadly herpesvirus to colony of captive common marmosets

Hyperthyroidism - Iodine contaminants responsible for neonatal chemical hyperthyroidism in Nigeria

Immunology - Eosinophils secrete plasminogen activator inhibitor-2

Infection - A bacterial virulence pheromone is inactivated by phagocyte-derived oxidants

Infection - CRP used to diagnose infections in infants in developing countries

Infection - Manufacturing agreement for staph infection treatment announced

Infectious Disease - Immunology experts move forward on worldwide research database