TB and Outbreaks Week

HIV & Tuberculosis - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis prevalent in HIV/AIDS patients with pulmonary TB

HIV/AIDS Behavioral Medicine - HAART initiation does not increase sexual risk behavior among HIV-infected drug users

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

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV prevalence rate is 24.6% for multinational organization in South Africa

HIV/AIDS Healthcare - Characteristics of HIV/AIDS patients admitted to ICU between 1990-2003 have not changed

HIV/AIDS Knowledge - Inpatient clinical training enhances HIV-related knowledge of residents in Taiwan

HIV/AIDS Life Expectancy - HIV-infected drug users not on HAART have the lowest life expectancy of HIV/AIDS cohorts

HIV/AIDS Mortality - Advanced AIDS-related mortality declined in Hong Kong in the era of HAART

HIV/AIDS Prognostic Indicators - HIV/AIDS patients with advanced skin disorders have very low mean CD4 cell counts

HIV/AIDS Risk Factors - Risk factors identified for loss to follow-up of HIV/AIDS patients

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Foreskin inner mucosal surface has cells that make it highly susceptible to HIV

HIV/AIDS Transmission - HIV-1 susceptibility may be influenced by DC-SIGN-related molecule polymorphisms

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Group M-based HIV-1 Gag peptides frequently targeted by T cells in chronic infection

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Polyvalent DNA prime/protein boost HIV-1 vaccine is immunogenic and safe

Immunizations - Iraqi government launches first round of National Immunization Days with U.N. support

Influenza Vaccine - Positive and negative predictors of flu immunization determined

Leprosy Pathogenesis - Elevated CCL2 with reduced Mycobacterium-induced response leads to leprosy disease dissemination

Malaria - Malaria, mosquitoes and man - breaking a deadly cycle

Malaria - Pediatric malaria artesunate suppositories as effective as i.m. artemether

Meningitis - Pneumococcal meningitis dexamethasone treatment mortality risk factors identified

Nephrology - Shiga toxin-2 holotoxin and B subunit toxic to renal tubular epithelial cells

Parasitology - Chagas parasite Trypanosoma cruzi glutamate transport characterized

Pneumococcal Pneumonia - Pneumococcal endonuclease allows escape from neutrophil extracellular traps

Rabies Vaccine - Monoclonal antibody cocktail neutralizes rabies virus isolates

Respiratory Medicine - WHO announces launch of Global Alliance Against Chronic Respiratory Diseases in China

SARS - New findings in the area of SARS detailed

Salmonellosis - Drug-resistant Salmonella outbreak is linked to ground beef in U.S.

Tuberculosis Evolution - Mycobacterial lineages are adapted to particular human populations

Tuberculosis Screening - Targeted, school-based tuberculosis screening program effective in low-burden area

Tuberculosis Transmission - TB increase among young children caused by close family interaction and delayed diagnoses

Upper Respiratory Tract Infections -  Moraxella catarrhalis serum resistance mediated by UspA2 vitronectin binding