TB and Outbreaks Week

Dental Water Contamination -  Legionella and free-living protozoa not reduced by flushing dental water lines

M. Avium Ssp. Paratuberculosis Transmission -  Mycobacterium avium ssp paratuberculosis may be transmissible to humans via beef and dairy intake

SARS Outbreaks - SARS apartment complex outbreak in Hong Kong spread primarily though the air

Antimicrobial Resistance - Bacteria tested for susceptibility against piperazinyl-cross-linked fluoroquinolone dimers

Antimicrobials - Quorum-sensing inhibitors make biofilms more susceptible to antimicrobial treatments

Antituberculosis Drug - Physiological variability does not affect bioequivalence of fixed-dose rifampicin combinations

Bacterial Meningitis Vaccine - Genome-based vaccine discovery evaluated against meningococcal B strains

Burkholderia Outbreaks - Flagellin P-based PCR detected Burkholderia mallei in equine glanders outbreak

Community-Acquired Pneumonia Diagnostics - Serum procalcitonin distinguishes causes of community-acquired pneumonia

Drug Abuse - Intervention stabilized HIV prevalence among IDUs in Northern Vietnam and Southern China

Drug Resistance - Bacterial pathogen susceptibility to carbapenems and other broad-spectrum agents monitored

Epidemiology - Sleeping sickness is spreading throughout southeastern Uganda

Food Safety - Noroviruses persists on common food preparation surfaces

HIV/AIDS & Prison Health - Prison-based HIV prevention intervention increased intentions related to condom use

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV incidence and sex behavior do not differ between out-migrants and residents in Zimbabwe

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - HIV infection responsible for 49% of disease burden in Zimbabwe

HIV/AIDS HAART - Aboriginal IDUs have lower HAART uptake than non-Aboriginals over 24-months

HIV/AIDS Healthcare - Community-based HIV treatment service maintains efficacy after rapid scale-up

HIV/AIDS Knowledge - Sexually transmitted infection knowledge varies among female sex street workers in Italy

HIV/AIDS News Media - Australian community-based HIV media presents aura of ambivalence about HAART strategies

HIV/AIDS Prevention - HIV-infected person likely to engage in safe sex if partner is perceived as being uninfected

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Successful telephone recruitment strategies identified for HIV prevention for gay men

HIV/AIDS Research - Blacks are hit hardest by HIV infection among U.S. youth

HIV/AIDS Risk Factors - Risk factors for unsafe sex behaviors among male rural migrants in Shanghai identified

HIV/AIDS Risk Reporting - Audio computer-assisted self-interview improves HIV risk reporting among substance abusers

HIV/AIDS Sexual Risk - Unprotected sex among gay men may not be specifically driven by serostatus assumptions

Influenza Vaccine - Microbix's vaccine technology significantly boosts production of human flu virus from eggs

Influenza Virus Epidemiology - High influenza virus transmission allows rapid spread beyond local spatial constraints

Insect Bites - Pediatrician offers tips to help treat insect bites and stings

KSHV Vertical Transmission - Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus strains concordant between mother and child

M. Tuberculosis-Induced Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - MTB-induced carpal tunnel syndrome successfully treated with surgery and anti-infectives

Market Analysis - Investor advisor envisions market reactions to fears of an avian flu pandemic

Mycobacterium Ulcerans Drug Resistance - Antibiotics not effective against Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

Neurotoxicity - Rifampicin attenuates MPTP-induced neurotoxicity

Obesity Epidemiology - Increased depression incidence linked to increased prevalence of obesity

Outbreak Surveillance - Outbreaks of specified animal diseases and other diseases summarized

Pandemics - Mobile tool can decontaminate spaces of pandemic causing viruses

Pandemics - Rapid containment and prevention of avian flu needed to prevent human pandemic

Pneumocystis Coinfection -  Pneumocystis populations can exist in competitive coexistence

Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnostics - Serum adenosine deaminase and plasma platelet factor-4 elevated in pulmonary tuberculosis

SARS Immunology - Vg9Vd2 T cells play a protective role during SARS

SARS Surveillance - SARS outbreak surveillance discrepant between German local and national health departments

Tobacco Use - Smoking cessation treatment efficacy does not differ between males and females in Brazil