TB and Outbreaks Week

Diagnostics - Immunochromatographic assay distinguishes C. albicans & C. dubliniensis

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus - EMSRA strain tracked from one hospital as it spread to surrounding hospitals

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis -  Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cameroon family is molecularly characterized

Pneumocystis Carinii Therapy - Piperazine-linked bisbenzamidines active against Pneumocystis carinii

SARS Outbreak - Strict infection control is an effective intervention following SARS exposure

Acinetobacter Baumannii - Multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii clone identified in 24 hospitals

Aflatoxin Exposure - Aflatoxin exposure and toxicity add to disease burden in developing countries

Avian Influenza - After bird flu kills six in Vietnam, WHO warns outbreak is possible

Bacteriology - Role of C. albicans Rim101p in adaptive pH responses clarified

Bioterrorism - Smallpox containment updated

Blood Safety - Hemovigilance system decreased incidence of severe adverse transfusion events

Blood Safety - Significant differences exist between hemovigilance systems

Botulism - Household dust may be source of infant botulism

Cadmium Toxicity - Non-toxic cadmium dose alters gene expression in testes

Candida Infection - Very-low-birthweight infants may harbor Candida for a prolonged time period

Diagnostics - PCR detects/monitors pathogenic viruses in immunosuppressed pediatric patients

Diet & Nutrition - Vegetable soup consumption decreases oxidative stress/biomarkers of inflammation

Disease Threat - Boston University researchers did not report illness

Drug Development - Benzothiazole derivatives have potent antimalarial activity

Ebola Virus Vaccine - Antibodies produced against envelope glycoprotein GP of Ebola virus

Environmental Health - Scientists decipher genome of bacterium that cleans up groundwater pollutants

Epstein-Barr Virus - Epstein-Barr virus detected in lymphoma cells in mantle cell lymphoma patient

Epstein-Barr Virus - Lytic transactivator Rta induces Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 1

Epstein-Barr Virus - Researchers' data advance epstein-barr virus research

Food-Borne Disease - Polymyxin B attenuates Salmonella-induced endotoxin shock

Genotype - Clinical and nonclinical Acanthamoeba isolates studied, ATP hydrolysis revealed

HIV/AIDS Associated Disorder - IV immunoglobulin used to treat HIV patient with DILS-associated myositis

HIV/AIDS Policy - Corporate South Africa slow to response to HIV/AIDS crisis

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Attitude towards condoms predicts intention of use in college males

HIV/AIDS Prevention - U.S. CDC recommends prophylaxis in all cases of accidental exposure to HIV

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - Cryptococcal meningitis decreased/cerebral toxoplasmosis increased in HARRT era

Helicobacter Pylori -  H. pylori cag pathogenicity island disrupted in majority of patient isolates

Herpesvirus - HMGB1 facilitates RTA-mediated viral gene expression in gamma-2 herpesviruses

Herpesvirus - Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 glycoprotein B processing similar to KSHV gB & CMV gB

Infections -  Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection studied, specific signals identified

Influenza - RT-PCR using primers based on HA2 gene detects all 15 HA influenza A subtypes