TB and Outbreaks Week

HIV/AIDS HAART - HAART is effective in large-scale HIV treatment initiative in sub-Saharan Africa

HIV/AIDS Healthcare - HIV status does not influence the outcome of general surgical admissions

HIV/AIDS Immunoreactivity - HIV-1-specific T helper clone can react efficiently with peptides from other pathogens

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Traditional healers adapt HIV prevention messages and family planning to their practices

HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis Coinfection - TB risk strongly associated with degree of immunodeficiency in HIV-infected children

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - HIV-1 recombinant canarypox vaccine safe and immunogenic in infants of HIV-1-infected mothers

HIV/AIDS-Associated Infection - Invasive pneumococcal disease lower in HIV/AIDS adults in childhood pneumococcal vaccine era

HIV/Malaria Coinfection - HIV-1 infection increases susceptibility to new malarial infections

Immunotherapy -  M. tuberculosis cell wall integrity is important to avoid recognition by T cells

Infectious Diseases - Nursing students as a group are at risk for tuberculosis infection in Brazil

Influenza - Flu vaccination recommendations expanded for children

Influenza - Modeling shows containment could delay, not prevent, pandemic flu

Leishmaniasis - Itraconazole successfully treats cutaneous leishmaniasis

Leptospirosis Outbreaks - Leptospirosis outbreak occurred among Israeli troops near the Jordan River

Leptospirosis Pathogenesis - Toll-like receptor 4 protects against lethal leptospirosis

Malaria Immunogenicity - Parasite Ag-specific CD4 cells generated in utero in placental P. falciparum infection

Malaria Vaccine - Anti-MSP-1 antibodies interfere with Plasmodium falciparum multiplication

Natural Products -  Flourensia cernua leaf extracts have antituberculosis activity

Pharmaceutical Research - Single intramuscular injection of peramivir reduces influenza infection

Pneumococcal Pneumonia - Leptin corrects host defense defects after acute starvation in pneumococcal pneumonia

Poliomyelitis - Poliomyelitis close to eradication; vaccine development targets two surviving strains

Public Health - U.S. CDC director encourages business, communities to play role in pandemic preparedness

Rubella Vaccine - Congenital rubella cataract provides reminder of vaccination need

SARS - Studies add new findings to SARS body of knowledge

Salmonella Outbreaks -  Salmonella enteritidis nursing home outbreak caused by contaminated pudding

Sexually Transmitted Disease - Web-based self-test for chlamydia, other STDs proposed

Staphylococcus Aureus Pathogenesis -  Staphylococcus aureus exposure to host cells induces antimicrobial peptides

Swine Fever Outbreaks - Current classical swine fever virus outbreaks related to single circulating strain

Topical Microbicides - PRO 2000 gel inhibits HIV and HSV infection following vaginal application

Transplant Medicine - New research in the area of transplant medicine detailed

Tuberculosis Prophylaxis - Anergy is an independent predictor of death for patients on TB prophylaxis

Tuberculosis Screening - Tuberculosis screening programs overseas are inadequate to detect disease

Tuberculosis Therapy - Experimental TB drug effective against resistant and latent M. tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Vaccine - BCG vaccination poses risk of BCG-induced disease in HIV-infected children

Tuberculosis Vaccine - BCG vaccine efficacy is enhanced by noncoding plasmid DNA

Tuberculosis Vaccine - New tuberculosis vaccines in preclinical testing are focus of review