TB and Outbreaks Week

Campylobacter Outbreaks - Long-lasting gastroenteritis outbreak associated with Campylobacter milk contamination

Diagnostics - MTB susceptibility testing by blood agar can be used in resource-limited areas

Legionellosis Outbreaks -  Legionella pneumophila serogroup 5 cause of Legionnaire disease outbreak

Neonatal Ocular Herpes Infection - Genital herpes epidemic likely to cause increase in neonatal ocular herpes

Rhodotorula Mucilaginosa Outbreaks -  Rhodotorula mucilaginosa outbreak identified in neonatal intensive care unit

Anthrax Histopathology - Murine model reproduces human histopathology of anthrax

Avian Influenza - Rapid response stockpile of Tamiflu now ready and available to the World Health Organization

Avian Influenza Epidemiology - Avian influenza isolated from migratory waterfowl in Germany

Behavioral Medicine - Tuberculosis health care seeking delay risk factors in Kiev identified

Bubonic Plague Vaccine - Plant-made subunit vaccine against pneumonic and bubonic plague orally immunogenic

Business & Finance - Celesio proposes dividend of EUR 1.40 per share at annual general meeting

Chlamydia Pneumoniae - Diabetes development promotes Chlamydia pneumoniae dissemination from lung to peripheral blood

Cholera Transmission - Cholera stool bacteria repress chemotaxis to enhance transmission

Complementary & Alternative Medicine -  Pelargonium sidoides leaves have antibacterial properties

Cryptosporidiosis -  Cryptosporidium-related diarrhea and enteritis effectively treated by nitazoxanide

Cystic Fibrosis Infection -  Burkholderia cenocepacia is prevalent in CF patients with rapid deterioration or stable infection

Diagnostics -  Cryptosporidium parasites rapidly detected in environmental samples by real-time PCR

Diagnostics -  Plasmodium falciparum malaria immunoassay is cost-effective and reliable

Diagnostics - DR. MTBC assay has less false positives than BD ProbeTec ET system for MTB direct detection

Diagnostics - New research from the United Kingdom and India in the area of diagnostics detailed

Diagnostics - Peptide mimotopes sensitive and specific for diagnosis of Epstein-Barr virus

Diagnostics - Rapid diagnostic malaria tests can be cost-effective

Diagnostics - Three human herpesviruses simultaneously detected by multiplex PCR-based DNA array

Drug Development - Lentinan stimulates innate and adaptive immunity against Listeria monocytogenes infection

Drug Resistance - Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis curable in non-HIV-infected persons

Drug Resistance - Researchers' work from France, Germany and the South Korea adds to drug resistance body of knowledge

Endogenous Retrovirus Pathogenesis - Transgenic mice susceptible to porcine endogenous retrovirus

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia Coli Vaccine - Reduced doses of oral-killed ETEC plus cholera toxin B subunit vaccine safe and immunogenic

Epidemiology - Human and animal enteric caliciviruses detected in oysters from various U.S. coastal areas

Epidemiology - Pulmonary tuberculosis case detection rate is low in Burkina Faso

Epidemiology - West Nile virus persists in Southern California by three mechanisms

Epstein-Barr Virus - Researchers' data from Germany, the United States and Sweden advance Epstein-Barr virus research

Epstein-Barr Virus & Nephropathy - Systemic Epstein-Barr virus infection associated with membranous nephropathy in children

Escherichia Coli Outbreaks - Human Vero cytotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157 infection linked to birds

Gastroenteritis Outbreaks - Hemolytic-uremic syndrome not associated with concomitant mild gastroenteritis outbreak

Genetics - Researchers' findings from Norway, the United Kingdom and Sweden advance genetics research

Genetics & Genomics -  Rickettsia prowazekii E strain gene mutation reverts to wild type in virulent revertant Evir strain

Genetics & Genomics - Single-nucleotide repeat analysis subtypes Bacillus anthracis isolates

HIV/AIDS - New findings from France, Switzerland and the United States in the area of HIV/AIDS described