TB and Outbreaks Week

Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant S. Aureus - CA-MRSA emergence potentially increases risk for horizontal transmission

Crohn Disease -  M. avium ssp. paratuberculosis detected in majority of Crohn disease

ESBL-Producing Escherichia Coli Outbreaks -  E. coli producing CTX-M-14 beta-lactamases cause of community-wide outbreak

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - Two DNA-based assays more sensitive than microscopy for detecting MTB

Nosocomial Infection - Adenovirus causes diarrhea outbreak in adult stem cell transplantation patients

Autism Epidemic - Scientific evidence does not exist for autism epidemic

Blood Banking - Automated culture not practical for routine screening of bacteria in platelets

Burkholderia Cepacia Outbreaks - Contaminated disinfectant cause of B. cepacia pseudooutbreak in blood bank

Business Update - Bioharmaceutical company reports second quarter and 6-month financial results

Cerebrospinal Meningitis - Meningococcal prophage may promote epidemic N. meningitidis clone

Dengue Fever - Acute dengue fever diagnosis optimized by RT-PCR plus immunoglobulin M detection

Tuberculosis - Reports advance knowledge in tuberculosis research

Diagnostics - Rapid one-step immunochromatography detects monoclonal H. pylori Ag in stool

Drug Resistance - Researchers find how some antibiotics kill bacteria

Dysentery Outbreaks - Dysentery outbreak associated with ceftriaxone-resistant Shigella sonnei

Ebola Vaccine - Live vaccine protects primates against Ebola and Marburg viruses

Echinococcosis - Ultrasound useful for cystic echinococcosis screening in Peru

Epidemiology - Limited options for antimicrobial treatment of Shigella sonnei in children

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus - FIV is endemic in free-ranging populations of 9 Felidae and 1 Hyaenidae species

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Real-time RT-PCR diagnoses/monitors HIV-1 infection in resource-poor setting

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Program needed to prevent HIV transmission among married couples in rural China

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Survey uncovers surprising attitudes toward HIV vaccine research

HIV/AIDS Resistance - Exposed HIV-1-resistant persons produce more IL-4 delta 2 than IL-4 molecules

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Heterosexual transmission route most frequent among newly diagnosed HIV patients

HIV/Tuberculosis Coinfection - HIV/TB-coinfected patients have both Th1 and Th2 cytokine secretion suppression

Hantavirus - ELISA and Western blot detect hantavirus infections caused by Sin Nombre virus

Histoplasmosis - Construction sites cause of recurrent exposure to Histoplasma capsulatum

Infectious Diseases - Study yields insights into pathogenic fungi - and beer

Influenza - VIB signs cooperation agreement for the development of a new flu vaccine

Influenza A Virus - Influenza A virus induces I kappa B kinase activity in airway epithelial cells

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - Genome-wide transcription profile for RRV closely parallels KSHV

Leishmaniasis Outbreaks -  L. donovani & L. tropica cause of localized LCL outbreaks

Leishmaniasis Vaccine - Leishmania vaccine causes nitric oxide-mediated amastigote apoptosis

Lung Cancer - Smoking may cause most premature cancer deaths in Black men in the United States

MMR Vaccines - Recent findings in MMR vaccines described

Malaria Vaccine - Antibodies induced by polypeptides linked to P. vivax immunity

Malaria Vaccine - Genetic diversity of Plasmodium vivax merozoite protein gene reported