TB and Outbreaks Week

Malaria - Research add new data to malaria body of knowledge

Malaria Therapy - Efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine regimens compared in Ghanese children

Malaria Vaccine -  P. falciparum surface protein P. vivax homologue characterized

Meningitis - More training and supervision needed to cut meningitis deaths

Mercury Poisoning - Loss of IQ due to mercury poisoning is economic productivity loss to U.S.

Mycobacterial Infection - Strain-specific effects of M. avium on macrophage gene expression determined

Mycobacterium Avium -  M. avium enters state of metabolic dormancy in response to starvation

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis -  M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis rapidly detected/typed from broth cultures

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - HemZ is essential for heme biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - Immunity to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is influenced by age

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - Transmembrane TNF provides acute control of M. tuberculosis infection

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - W-Beijing MTB strains identified with targeted IS6110 fingerprints hybridization

Nocardiosis - Underlying diseases common in patients with nocardiosis

Philanthropy - Pharma company names fourth class of Global Health Fellows

Poliomyelitis - Rotary International plays role in fight to end polio worldwide

Poliovirus - Cloning system mass produces virus-binding protein specific for poliovirus-1

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa - Mab against P. aeruginosa protective against fatal pseudomonas sepsis

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa - Substance P regulates NK cell IFN-gamma production/resist to P. aeruginosa

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Group A RSV isolates from Argentina have more genetic variability than group B

Rotavirus Gastroenteritis - G9 is predominant genotype in pediatric rotavirus gastroenteritis in Belgium

SARS Coronavirus - Rolling circle amplification test rapid/sensitive for SARS coronavirus detection

SARS Outbreaks - Recent findings illuminate research in SARS ouTBreaks

SARS Vaccine - RNA interference inhibits SARS-CoV antigen

Smallpox Vaccine - Company announces testing of synthetic DNA vaccine against smallpox

Staphylococcus Aureus -  S. aureus Panton-Valentine leucocidin+ isolates from diverse backgrounds

Stem Cell Transplantation - Clinical sequelae following microbially-contaminated SC infusions are rare

Tuberculosis - Children require higher INH dose to achieve concentrations comparable to adults

Tuberculosis - Gestational multidrug-resistant tuberculosis therapy not toxic among children

Tuberculosis - High-resolution CT detects activity of suspected smear negative pulmonary TB

Tuberculosis Risk Factors - Risk of TB for children in contact with infected adults reported

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Mucosal delivery of ESAT-6 induces cell-mediated responses in lung

Umbilical Cord Blood Banking - Semiautomated RBC depletion system saves time/improves cell recovery

Water-Borne Illness - Systems approach to water-borne disease outbreak study described

Yellow Fever - Fragment of yellow fever virus may hold key to safer vaccine