TB and Outbreaks Week

Food Safety - pH and salt concentration of cooked food affects E. coli O157:H7 survival

Foot-and-Mouth Disease - Analysis characterized viruses from 1993 Italian foot-and-mouth disease outbreak

Genetics & Genomics - Isoniazid affects M. tuberculosis arylamine N-acetyltransferase gene expression

HIV/AIDS Behavioral Medicine - African American homeless men with mental illness have high lifetime occurrence of IDU use

HIV/AIDS Behavioral Medicine - Unstable housing environments associated with increased risk of HIV infection

HIV/AIDS Blood Safety - Cobas Ampliscreen HIV-1 test detected blood donor seroconversion from minipool

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Research add new data to HIV/AIDS diagnostics body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Studies add new findings to HIV/AIDS diagnostics body of knowledge

HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance - Prevalence of primary resistance to HIV drugs increasing in the United Kingdom

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Protease and RT polymorphisms in HIV-1 subtype A variants prevalent in Russia

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Recent findings in HIV/AIDS pathogenesis described

HIV/AIDS Prevention - HIV risk reduction intervention effective in soon-to-be-released prison inmates

HIV/AIDS Prison Health - HIV/AIDS knowledge lacking among prison and offender populations

HIV/AIDS Professional Education - Knowledge regarding face mask use by dental personnel lacking among patients in Nigeria

HIV/AIDS Sociology - Relative risk of death from HIV/AIDS increased in persons of low socioeconomic status

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trials - European commission recommends criteria for European and African HIV/AIDS vaccine trials

HIV/AIDS-Associated Cardiovascular Disease - HIV infection associated with cardiovascular disease in Africa

HIV/Tuberculosis Coinfection - Low CD4 count and high HIV RNA after 6 months on HAART associated with increased TB risk

Healthcare Costs - Interventions targeting doctors have greater impact on shortening TB treatment delay

Infectious Diseases - Conceptual framework classifies infectious disease threats

Influenza - Fewer than half of U.S. healthcare workers get flu shots

Influenza - Scientists unravel critical genetic puzzle for flu virus replication

Listeriosis Outbreak - Multistate U.S. outbreak of listeriosis is linked to turkey deli meat

Malaria - Studies describe new findings in malaria research

Mycobacterium Avium - MAP survives in the intestines and internal organs of Eristalis tenax larvae

Patents - U.S. patent application filed for synDNA vaccines and other therapeutic compounds

Pneumonia - Newer antibiotic more effective at treating pneumonia in older patients

Public Health - Americans believe quarantines are helpful in combating disease, but don't support tough enforcement

SARS - Findings describe new data in SARS research

SARS - Particular combinations of repeats in L-SIGN confer reduced SARS infection risk

SARS - SARS CoV viral load distribution highest in patients living nearest to index patient

SARS - SARS coronavirus infection may be immune mediated

Smallpox - Studies in mice show potential of antibodies from chimps and humans to protect against smallpox

Tobacco Use - Increased mortality associated with tobacco and smokeless tobacco use

Vaccine Development - Rabies virus G-ERA-mediated apoptosis may help improve live vaccine immunogenicity