TB and Outbreaks Week

Malaria Diagnosis - Clinical malaria under transmission conditions in Kenya defined

Malaria Prevention - 'Perfume' could lure mosquitoes and control malaria

Melioidosis - Real-time PCR assay enables rapid, accurate diagnosis

Meningitis - Study finds vaccine eliminates HIB disease in Gambia

Meningitis Vaccine - Cost effectiveness of meningitis immunization strategies reviewed

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus - Screening program helps prevent hospital-acquired MRSA infections

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus - Sequence types 8 and 80 predominate community-acquired MRSA in Norway

Mosquito-Borne Disease - Ferritin light-chain homologue promoter in Aedes aegypti mapped

Mosquito-Borne Disease - Foreign protein secreted in transgenic mosquitoes

Mycobacterium Avium -  M. avium isolation method from milk tank improved

Mycobacterium Avium - Real-time PCR detects M. avium subsp paratuberculosis in water & milk

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis -  M. tuberculosis PDT is monofunctional and nonfusion protein

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis -  Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains possess functional cellulases

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - ESAT-6 may contribute to macrophage activation in tuberculosis

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - ESAT-6/CFP-10 fusion protein and peptides used for optimal MTB diagnosis

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - GTP-binding/synergy loop domain mutations of MTB ftsZ compromise its function

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - IdeR binding sites in sequences of all M. tuberculosis ORFs identified

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - Monoacylated MDP confers TLR2/TLR4 activation on dendritic cells

Nipah Virus - Scientists discover how Nipah virus enters cells

Norovirus Transmission - Person-to-person spread the most important norovirus transmission route

Obesity - Choice/availability of take-out food not related to obesity prevalence

Outbreaks - Coccidioidomycosis epidemic associated with climatic changes

Polio - Identifying dominant mutations of poliovirus genome could lead to new therapies

Polio - India near eradication of poliovirus

Prostate Cancer - No serological evidence of association between prostate cancer and HSV2/HSV8

SARS - Controlling wildlife trade key to preventing health crises

SARS Coronavirus - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of SARS coronavirus

Schistosomiasis - Ten million Africans treated by international disease treatment program

Sexually Transmitted Infection - High herpes simplex virus-2 and syphilis seroprevalence among female drug users

Streptococcus Pyogenes - Different strains may circulate simultaneously during S. pyogenes outbreak

Tuberculosis - Antimycobacterial therapy associated with shift toward predominant Th1 phenotype

Tuberculosis - Biochemical changes associated with antituberculosis drugs

Tuberculosis - Cattle movements predict bovine tuberculosis occurrence in Great Britain

Tuberculosis - Tuberculosis diagnosis confirmed by PCR in prehistoric skeleton in Britain

Tuberculosis Diagnosis - Sensitivity of assays for detecting tuberculosis compared

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Ag85B fusion molecule-based tuberculosis subunit vaccine developed

Tuberculosis Vaccines - Research in tuberculosis vaccines provides new insights

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Faecium - Esp gene detected in all vancomycin-resistant E. faecium strains in Korea

West Nile Virus - Neutralizing antibodies to West Nile virus characterized

Yersinia Pestis - pgm locus plays role in Yersinia pestis adaptation to its environment