TB and Outbreaks Week

Food Safety - Inadequate meat inspection programs associated with trichinellosis outbreaks in Serbia

Food-Borne Illness - Norovirus genotypes characterized from oyster-linked gastroenteritis outbreak

Gastroenterology - Infectious diarrhea is a major cause of childhood mortality in developing countries

Genetics & Genomics - Measles virus genotypes from outbreaks in the Eastern Mediterranean region have been identified

Genetics & Genomics - New measles genotype identified in Uganda

Genetics & Genomics - Rotavirus outbreak strains have high frequency of mixed infections with serotype G8

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HLA class II alleles associated with HIV-1 pathogenesis in Botswana

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Viral reservoirs precludes complete HIV elimination from treated patients

Healthcare Costs - Isoniazid is cost-effective for reducing TB burden in recently converted persons

Infectious Diseases - Combination microbicides protect monkeys against HIV-like virus

Infectious Diseases - Economic crisis has triggered re-emergence of infectious diseases in Madagascar

Influenza - CombiMatrix announces availability of comprehensive influenza array and service

Influenza - Infectious disease society responds to President Bush's strategy on pandemic influenza

Influenza - Pandemic or not, flu is a serious health threat

Influenza Vaccine - U.S. phase I/II study of influenza cell culture vaccine begins

Information Technology - University of Maryland engineer creates software to streamline flu clinic process

Malaria -  P. falciparum's different protein wiring may hold promise for antimalarial drug development

Malaria -  Plasmodium falciparum gene polymorphisms associated with malaria treatment failure

Malaria - Malaria prevention, management and control indicates lack of social education

Malaria - Proof of concept studies prove safety of antimalarial molecule

Malaria Vaccine - IL-4 receptor expression needed to protect against malaria liver stages

Mergers & Acquisitions - Prion diagnostics company acquires Pfizer Animal Health diagnostic products

Nosocomial Infections -  K. pneumoniae nosocomial outbreak strains in 1997 and 2005 not clonally related

Nosocomial Infections - Patients infected with nosocomial bacteria generate nonresistant and resistant strains

Nosocomial Infections - Vfend equals two-drug candidemia regimen, with fewer serious side effects

Parasitology - Raccoons are a naturally occurring intermediate host of Neospora caninum

Pertussis Epidemiology - Resurgence of pertussis in Europe reported

Proteomics - PI 3-K and MAPK pathways regulate pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines by PPD antigen

Respiratory Medicine - Tuberculosis is an uncommon but definite cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome in ICUs

SARS - Data advance knowledge in SARS research

SARS - Rhabdomyolysis is associated with acute renal failure in SARS patients

Sociology Research - Liverpool cholera riots of 1832 demonstrate the complex social response to epidemic disease

Trichinellosis Outbreaks - Infected wild animal meat associated with 52.3% of trichinellosis outbreaks in Russia

Trichinellosis Outbreaks - Trichinellosis outbreak is West Greenland associated with game meat consumption

Tuberculosis - Tuberculosis blood test is believed to be superior to skin test

Tuberculosis - Vaccine maker, Aeras Global TB Vaccine Foundation partner to develop new TB vaccine

Viral Pneumonia - BK polyoma virus is emerging as important pathogen in immunocompromised patients

Zoonosis - Interspecies transmission of Enterozytozoon bieneusi is possible