TB and Outbreaks Week

Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever - M RNA of Balkan Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus strain characterized

Epidemiology - Gastroenteritis outbreak associated with group A rotavirus/genogroup 1 sapovirus

Klebsiella Pneumoniae - ESBL-positive K. pneunmoniae clones cause sustained epidemic outbreaks

Tuberculosis - Regulatory sequence recognized by M. tuberculosis MprA identified

West Nile Virus - Public health interventions limited in ability to deal with multiple epidemics

Anthrax - Monoclonal antibody ETI-204 is effective therapy against inhalational anthrax

Anthrax Vaccines - Studies advance knowledge in anthrax vaccines research

Antimicrobials - Findings advance knowledge in antimicrobials research

Avian Influenza - Animal health company launches new Avian Influenza vaccine

Avian Influenza - Asian bird flu vaccine now safe enough to use, but can we make it?

Avian Influenza - NIAID initiates trial of experimental avian flu vaccine

Breast Cancer - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer

Brucellosis - Plasmapheresis effective for infection-induced thrombotic microangiopathy

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Honeybee products may help control tumor growth

Critical Care Medicine - Colistin effective for multiresistant Gram-negative ICU infections

Cystic Fibrosis - Steroid therapy may raise risk of infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria

Drug Abuse - Medically supervised drug injection facilities safer for users

Drug Delivery - Viruses could deliver HIV, malaria, rabies and cancer vaccines as pills

Ebola Virus - Recombinant Zaire ebola virus is effective for screening antiviral compounds

Epidemiology - Quick action against re-emerging infectious diseases can avert outbreaks

Foodborne Illness - Eating seafood that contains toxic substances can affect nervous system

Foodborne Illness - Microbiologists discover how food poisoning E. coli O157 became so toxic

Foodborne Illness - Scientists discover that host cell lipids facilitate bacterial movement

Foodborne Illness - Six bangs and the bug's out: light pulses as disinfectants

HIV-2 Drug Mutation - Polymorphisms specific to HIV-2 identified in untreated patients

HIV/AIDS Drug Development - Recombinant cyanovirin-N developed for use as vaginal anti-HIV microbicide

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Low CCR5Delta32 frequency related to higher susceptibility to HIV-1 infection

HIV/AIDS Mortality - Net survival for HIV-infected children is 67% at 1 year and 39% at 5 years

HIV/AIDS Mortality - Parental mortality from AIDS decreases primary school attendance in Tanzania

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Discrete-event simulation evaluates vertical transmission prevention strategies

HIV/AIDS Psychology - Posttraumatic growth occurs in majority of persons 1+ years after HIV diagnosis

HIV/AIDS Research - Advances in laboratory testing for HIV used to follow disease process

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Sexual prejudice significant predictor of false beliefs about HIV transmission

HIV/AIDS-Related Cardiology - Metabolic changes occurring with HAART increase heart disease risk

HIV/AIDS-Related Diabetes - Apparent type 1 diabetes resolves in AIDS patient with CMV coinfection

HIV/AIDS-Related Orthopedics - Sepsis not seen during 1-year follow-up of orthopedic implants in HIV infection