TB and Outbreaks Week

Drug Resistance - Drug resistance genotypes differ between Beijing and non-Beijing MTB strains

Epidemiology - PFGE is the preferred molecular typing method for Salmonella surveillance

Epstein-Barr Virus - Cholestasis is associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection

Genetics & Genomics -  Yersinia pestis gene required for flea blockage identified

HIV/AIDS Behavioral Medicine - Risk behavior odds among HIV-infected persons are higher in homeless populations

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - AIDS triples the mortality of adults aged 25-44 years in Pointe-Noire

HIV/AIDS Knowledge - Risk perception and knowledge predicts willingness to provide care for HIV/AIDS patients

HIV/AIDS Mortality - Uninfected children born to advanced HIV mothers are at high risk of mortality and morbidity

HIV/AIDS Screening - Targeting chronically ill populations for HIV treatment has short-term benefits in cost savings

Hepatitis A Vaccine - Vaccinating toddlers against hepatitis A in one Israeli community reduced overall incidence

Herpes Simplex Virus - HSV-1 genital infections are increasing in Spain

Herpesvirus - Genital herpes infections predominantly transmitted via asymptomatic viral shedding

Influenza - Businesses believe pandemic flu a threat but few are prepared

Influenza - Drug manufacturer applies to Roche to license and produce Tamiflu vaccine

Influenza Vaccine - Biopharmaceutical supply channel innovator receives U.S. distribution deal

Information Technology - U.S. CDC BioSense program awards support contracts to research and engineering company

Malaria - Study explored immunological interactions between HIV and malaria

Malaria Control - Reducing child mortality from malaria in Africa is the focus of review

Malaria Therapy - Research influences replacement of chloroquine with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Tanzania

Mergers & Acquisitions - Drugmaker acquires influenza vaccine manufacturer ID Biomedical Corp.

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - MTB PPE55 may differentiate between latent and subclinical tuberculosis infection

Patents - FluMist maker acquires rights to reverse genetics patent

Pertussis - Whooping cough persistence may have been traced to a key toxin

Prison Health - Incarceration and race disparities in U.S. HIV rates is the focus of a new study

Proteomics - Identified mannoproteins are important targets of antibody response during cryptococcosis

Public Health - Federal government begins pandemic planning with states

Quality Assurance - Sputum smear quality varies among laboratories in Taipei

Research Funding - U.S. government grant to fund novel HIV therapy research

Surgical Technology - Cryoprecipitate-derived fibrin glue reduces bacterial infection in GI surgical anastomoses

Tuberculosis - Diagnostics company completes successful test of TB test kit in the Republic of Ukraine

Tuberculosis - Researchers identify gene that enables mycobacteria to form biofilms

Tuberculosis Diagnosis - ELISPOT is as good as tuberculin skin testing to detect latent TB infection

Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - Biophysical inhibition of lung surfactant may play a role in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis

Virology - Viruses circumventing and/or inhibit key cellular events required for survival