TB and Outbreaks Week

Antimicrobial Resistance - Carbapenem resistance is emerging in strains worldwide

Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever - Dengue hemorrhagic fever increasing among children in northern Brazil

SARS Coronavirus - Recombinant nucleocapsid protein-based assay detects anti-SARS-CoV IgG

Sporotrichosis - Sporotrichosis diagnosis may be confounded by Leishmania coinfection

West Nile Virus - Interferon can cure cells of West Nile virus replicons

Acinetobacter Infection - Risk factors identified for multidrug-resistant A. baumannii infection

Air Monitoring - PCR method quantifies A. fumigatus conidia from environmental air samples

Avian Influenza - Cross-impact analysis predicts mutation trends in influenza A

Bacteriology - Bacteria may keep host cells alive longer by tugging on cell membranes

Bacteriology - Carbohydrate microarrays facilitate detection and study of pathogens

Cholera Monitoring - Monitoring environment and cholera presence predicts diarrhea epidemics

Tuberculosis Vaccines - Recent findings in tuberculosis vaccines described

Cowpox - Cowpox virus infection associated with streptococcal septicemia

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever - ELISA method used to diagnose Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

Cystic Fibrosis - Persistent environmental reservoirs of P. aeruginosa not found in CF center

Dengue Virus - Effect of DEN-2 infection on macrophage gene expression determined

Diabetes Type 1 - Diabetes type 1 outbreak earlier in immigrants' children born in Italy

Diarrheal Illness - Hygiene interventions identified to reduce diarrhea in less developed countries

Disease Associations - Case of congenital tuberculosis reported in Florida

Drug Resistance - Scientists track antimicrobial-resistant organisms

Exercise and Nutrition - Exercise and diet have roles in prevention of chronic disease

Food Contamination - Continuous education assures good food hygiene on merchant ships

Food-Borne Illness - Drug-resistant bacteria on poultry products differ by brand

Food-Borne Illness - FDA issues health advisory about certain soft cheese made from raw milk

HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance - Drug-resistant HIV-1 genotypes detected only in subjects infected after 2000

HIV/AIDS Education - Cognitive intervention method reduces HIV/AIDS discriminatory attitudes

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV-1 spread through six transmission lines in the U.K.

HIV/AIDS Healthcare - Unmet dental needs perceived to be associated with socioeconomics in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Appropriate HIV education maximizes acceptance of antenatal HIV antibody test

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Predictors of condom use determined among HIV-positive patients in South Africa

HIV/AIDS Prognosis - Survival prognostic factors differ by CD4 count among IVDU pre/post HAART era

HIV/AIDS Screening - Urgent care center-based routine HIV screening programs are effective

Human Papillomavirus - HPV-13 polymorphisms determined for HIV+ and women at risk for HIV infection

Infection Control - Emerging Infections Program reduces response time to foodborne disease