TB and Outbreaks Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . January 17th, 2006
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Epidemiology - Measles virus genotype B2 still circulating in Africa
Outbreak Surveillance - Early warning system in Darfur detects local outbreaks but does not estimate mortality
Preventive Medicine - Many healthcare workers in New York State do not receive treatment for latent TB
Sapovirus Outbreaks - Sapovirus cause of gastroenteritis outbreak among infants in day care center in Japan
Avian Influenza - Large firms slow to start avian flu preparedness plan, international study shows
Diagnostics - Clinical features but not microbiology differs in young and elderly pulmonary TB patients
Diagnostics - Findings advance knowledge in diagnostics research
Diagnostics - High clinical suspicion and specific lab techniques required to identify unusual outbreaks
Diagnostics - Molecular diagnostics optimizes autopsy diagnosis when infection is suspect
Diagnostics - Multiplex PCR enhances specificity of M. avium subspecies paratuberculosis detection
Diagnostics - Real-time NASBA as sensitive as real-time PCR for SARS-CoV detection
Disease Control - Spatial heterogeneity enhances rabies control by focusing vaccine bait distribution
Disease Control - U.S. development agency to lead president's malaria initiative
Drug Resistance - Risk factors for colonization with cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae identified
Enterobacter Sakazakii - Enterobacter sakazakii produces cell-to-cell signaling molecules
Epidemiology - Global warming will cause changes in the epidemiology of infectious disease
Epidemiology - Incidence of infectious spondylitis in Spain underestimated
Epidemiology - Spoligotyping demonstrates nursing auxiliary TB case unrelated to other TB cases
Epidemiology - Superspreading is a normal feature of disease spread
HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Reducing HIV/AIDS burden is achievable despite increasing epidemic in developing countries
HIV/AIDS Mother-to-Child Transmission - ZDV plus 3TC is the most effective regimen in reducing mother-to-child HIV transmission
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Virulent R. equi suppresses acidification in phagolysosomes to ensure survival
HIV/Tuberculosis Coinfection - CD4 count/WHO stage/age are independent TB risk factors in HIV patients on HAART
Influenza - Influenza pandemic may occur if the virus achieves efficient human-to-human transmission
Influenza - Pre-pandemic flu vaccine candidate with adjuvant shows good immune response in trial
Influenza - Vaccines developer receives Chinese government funding for pandemic flu vaccine R&D
Meningoencephalitis - Naegleria fowleri causes seasonal meningoencephalitis in Holstein cattle
Mycobacterium Bovis BCG - Neutrophil stimulation with M. bovis BCG causes release of functional soluble TRAIL/Apo-2L
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - MTB DosS sensor controlled through heme binding of molecular oxygen or nitric oxide
Outbreak Surveillance - Network analysis identifies high infection-risk individuals
Pneumonia - Oral telithromycin reportedly cured over 90% of community-acquired pneumonia
Sarcoidosis - Endotoxin upregulates interleukin-18 in sarcoidosis
Sociology Research - Nutrition security, livelihood and HIV/AIDS is linked among farmers in South Africa
Tuberculosis Eradication - Global initiative for TB screening and treatment is an important step to combat TB
Tuberculosis Vaccines - Researchers describe findings in Tuberculosis Vaccines studies
Tuberculosis-Related Hip Arthroplasty - Immediate cementless total hip arthroplasty successful in active tuberculosis
Virology - Mannose-binding lectin genotype BB may be associated with susceptibility to HTLV
West Nile Virus - WNV replication interferes with poly(I:C)-induced IFN gene transcription and IFN response
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