TB and Outbreaks Week

Burkholderia Cepacia -  Burkholderia cepacia complex isolated from hemodialysis unit outbreak

Candidiasis - Non-albicans Candida spp. emerging as important pathogens in neonatal ICUs

Diagnostics - Rapid bioassay using bioconjugated nanoparticles detects single bacterial cell

Diagnostics - Real-time PCR quickly/accurately detects S. enterica and E. coli O157:H7

West Nile Virus - West Nile virus remains relatively genetically homogeneous in New York State

Anthrax - Fast-acting vaccine starts working in mice within hours

Antibiotic Resistance - Bacterium uses Sonar-like strategy to "see" enemies or prey

Antibiotic Resistance - Study explores antibiotic misuse

Antiretroviral Therapy - Novel sesterterpenes isolated from Madagascan sponges inhibit HIV-1 RT

Avian Influenza - Monks pray for spirits of poultry culled to prevent bird flu in Hong Kong

Biotechnology - Antimutagenic and antioxidative effects of green tea components clarified

Bioterrorism - Ecology and Environment wins Louisiana bioterrorism preparedness contract

Candidemia - Candidemia is rare in allogeneic stem cell transplantation recipients

Childhood Immunization - Vaccine contributions to health highlighted at expert meeting

Complementary and Alternative Medcine - Complementary and alternative medicine use prevalent among HIV-infected women

Dengue Virus - American/Asian dengue 2 virus genotype introduced into Yucatan State of Mexico

Dengue Virus - Genome from severe 2001 dengue-1 epidemic in French Polynesia characterized

Dengue Virus - Mosquitoes contribute to evolutionary conservation of dengue virus

Diagnostics - Collaboration to improve rapid tuberculosis diagnosis for HIV patients

Diagnostics - Nipah virus-specific monoclonal antibodies identified

Disease Control - WHO says coming days critical for control of disease in tsunami-hit countries

Disease Outbreaks - Experts fan out to prevent disease outbreaks in Sri Lanka

Drug Resistance - Dissemination of E. coli producing CMY-11 due to cephamycin-resistant outbreaks

Echovirus - Echovirus 13 outbreak presented as viral meningitis in Lithuanian children

Enterovirus - Enterovirus 71 infection induces endothelial cell activation and apoptosis

Epidemics - Probabilistic model demonstrates ability to forecast spread of epidemics

Escherichia Coli - Enzyme-linked immunomagnetic chemiluminescence detects E. coli 0157:H7 in beef

Finance - Hawaii-based biopharma company awarded $15.5 million in NIH funding

Flavivirus Vaccine - Transmembrane domains of yellow fever virus proteins are localization signals

Global Health - Vaccine program makes strides in increasing immunization coverage

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV-1 sub-subtype A3 circulating in Senegal since 1988

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Novel Bayesian method reconstructs known HIV-1CRF04_cpx transmission network

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Scarcity of HIV/AIDS risk-reduction materials targeting older adults

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Triple-drug therapy promising against African HIV subtype

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - Widespread and invasive Trichophyton rubrum infection mimics KS in AIDS patient

HIV/AIDS-Related Infection - Intramedullary tuberculoma mimicked primary CNS lymphoma in AIDS patient

HIV/AIDS-Related Infection - Novel sequevar of M. flavescens isolated from synovial fluid of AIDS patient

Hantavirus - HLA B8-DRB1*03 not associated with nephropathia epidemica severity in children

Herpes Simplex - Natural carrageenan has virucidal effects on genital herpes infection in mice

Herpesvirus - Hematopoietic differentiation can lead to human herpesvirus 6 reactivation