TB and Outbreaks Week

Disease Outbreaks -  Staphylococcus aureus epidemic occurred in overcrowded neonatal nursery

Disease Outbreaks - Adenovirus A31 outbreak identified in pediatric hematology unit

HIV/AIDS & Leishmaniasis - Visceral leishmaniasis/HIV coinfection increasing in India

Mycobacterial Pathogenesis -  Mycobacterium paratuberculosis virulence determinants identified

Nosocomial Infections - Copper surfaces reduce survival of epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Airway Viral Infection - Antiviral defense impaired in epithelial nitric oxide-deficient patients

Avian Influenza - H5N1 influenza virus characterized from bar-headed geese collected during outbreak

Blood Safety - Filter modifications reduce risk of transfusion-transmitted prion disease

Blood Safety - Hepatitis B virus DNA detected in HBsAg and anti-HBc negative blood bank donor

Borrelia Pathogenesis -  Borrelia recurrentis and B. duttonii are resistant to complement

Disease Outbreaks - Small concentrations of Aspergillus spores can cause an aspergillosis outbreak

Drug Resistance -  Shigella sonnei acquires drug resistance via horizontal transfer of conjugative R plasmids

Epidemiology - African swine fever virus replicates in ticks but viral clearance occurs at later times

Gonorrhea Diagnostics - Localized gonorrhea transmission networks identified by strain characterization method

HIV/AIDS & Malaria - Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis reduces overall mortality and malaria morbidity in HIV patients

HIV/AIDS & Osteonecrosis - HIV-related osteonecrosis associated with significant disability

HIV/AIDS & Pneumocystis -  Pneumocystis jirovecii dihydropteroate synthase mutations rare in HIV/AIDS patients in Brazil

HIV/AIDS Behavioral Medicine - Depressive symptoms predict sexual risk behavior among teenagers

HIV/AIDS Contact Dermatitis - Allergic contact dermatitis to basic red 46 occurred in HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - Clinical criteria alone identify HIV-infected patients who need HAART

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Increased HIV prevalence associated with incarceration among intravenous drug users in Tehran

HIV/AIDS Evolution - Simian immunodeficiency virus SIVcpz evolution and transmission routes explored

HIV/AIDS Knowledge - Sexual activity and HIV/AIDS knowledge explored among teenagers and adults in rural Kenya

HIV/AIDS Pathogenesis - Tumor susceptibility gene 101 variability associated with HIV disease progression

HIV/AIDS Postexposure Prophylaxis - HIV postexposure prophylaxis completion rates low among adolescent sexual assault victims

HIV/AIDS Prevention - Required coverage of syringe distribution to prevent HIV infection among IDUs determined

HIV/AIDS Progression - Genetic factors identified that explain 9% of slow progression to AIDS

HIV/AIDS Progression - Plasma HIV RNA levels differ among HAART-treated children according to gender

HIV/AIDS Vertical Transmission - Cure rate model predicts age at which HIV infection can be detected in infants

Human Papillomavirus - Smoking related to lower high-risk human papillomavirus clearance in HIV-negative women

Influenza B Virus Epidemiology - Victoria lineage influenza B virus re-emerging in Brazil

Invasive Fungal Infection - Critically ill patients are predisposed to invasive fungal infections

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - NF-kappa B activation by KSHV vFLIP required for spindle shape of infected endothelial cells

Lung Cancer - Nonmalignant respiratory diseases may be independent risk factors for lung cancer

Measles Virus Evolution - High substitution rate of measles virus may allow evolution of escape

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Diagnostics -  Mycobacterium tuberculosis recovery improved by microscopic observation drug susceptibility

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Diagnostics - Multiplex PCR assay differentiates Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex