TB and Outbreaks Week

Avian Influenza - Avian influenza virus A/chicken/Yamaguchi/7/04 (H5N1) strain highly pathogenic to other birds

Norovirus Outbreaks - Noroviruses are an important cause of gastroenteritis in Taiwan

Tuberculosis Epidemiology - Tuberculosis infectiousness of initial case associated with higher rate of cluster growth

Antimicrobials - Bisbenzamidine derivatives active against Pneumocystis pneumonia and less toxic than pentamidine

Antituberculosis Toxicity - Hepatotoxicity self-limiting after short-course therapy for latent tuberculosis

Aspergillus Endophthalmitis Treatment - Intravitreal voriconazole successfully treats Aspergillus endophthalmitis infection

Avian Influenza - New bird flu drug promises to beat the problem of resistance

Avian Influenza - Novavax succeeds in making vaccine against new mutation of bird flu

Blood Safety - Prion protein affinity ligand reduces transmissible spongiform encephalopathy infectivity

Brucellosis Diagnosis - Brucellosis may be misdiagnosed in patients with osteoarthritic complaints

Business Update - Hemispherx announces purchase of royalty interest from Stem Cell Innovation

Cat Scratch Disease -  Bartonella henselae cause of multifocal osteomyelitis

Dental Caries Vaccine - Mutans streptococci antigen is appropriate for use in dental caries vaccine

Epidemiology - Sexually transmitted disease rates higher in blacks than whites in United States

Epidemiology - Sexually transmitted disease rates in south shaped by historic and contemporary social forces

Fungal Infection Prognostics - Antifungal susceptibility test results do not predict early clinical outcome in cryptococcosis

HIV/AIDS Cancer Risk - Squamous cell cancer of anus and anal intraepithelial neoplasia risk increased in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Survival - Three million years of life have been saved in U.S. as a direct result of AIDS treatment

HIV/Tuberculosis Epidemiology - Distribution of risk groups changing for HIV/tuberculosis coinfected patients in Netherlands

Herpes Simplex Virus - Herpes simplex virus-1 incidence is 48.2% in radiation-induced oral mucositis

Herpes Simplex Virus Pathogenesis - HSV DNA packaging protein UL25 located on external capsid surface

Histoplasmosis - Latent histoplasmosis reactivated following antitumor necrosis factor alpha treatment

Infectious Diseases -  Plasmodium falciparum membrane proteins are refractory to genetic deletion

Malaria Healthcare - Shopkeeper training to improve malaria home management in Kenya is cost-effective

Melioidosis - ImmuneRegen product to be tested as defense to potential biological weapon

Monkeypox Diagnosis - Real-time PCR assays to detect monkeypox virus have been developed

Monoclonal Antibodies -  Pneumocystis melanins protect the organism from environmental stressors

Mycobacterium Diagnostics -  Mycobacterium species rapidly detected and identified by real-time PCR and DNA microarray

Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis Diagnostics - Decision analysis model helps control Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in commercial dairy herds

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Diagnostics - Real-time PCR primer-probe sequence changes affect Mycobacterium tuberculosis assay performance

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Pathogenesis -  Mycobacterium tuberculosis LprA regulates innate immunity and APC function

Pneumococcal Pneumonia - Initial combination therapy improves severe pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia survival