Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . April 28th, 2003
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Infectious Disease - Hantavirus infection uncommon in Venezuela
Virology - Artificial vaccines offer hope to prevent diseases
Anthrax - Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus used as vector in anthrax vaccine
Ebola Virus - Ebola and lassa viruses target dendritic cells and prevent cytokine release
Rabies - All bat handlers should be vaccinated
Anthrax - Heteropolymer data presented at international anthrax meeting
Anthrax - Researchers find second anthrax toxin receptor
Anthrax Vaccine - Researcher publishes review of Bacillus anthracis
Botulism - Vaccination with botulinum toxin fragment protects against poisoning
Food-Borne Disease - Alfalfa symbiotes do not aid enterobacteria entry
Food-Borne Disease - Enterotoxic Clostridium perfringens rare in American retail food
Infectious Disease - Novel immunoassay distinguishes tick-borne from Japanese encephalitis
Malaria Diagnosis - OptiMAL test effective for finding, distinguishing malaria parasites
Malaria Diagnosis - Single-step PCR assay finds and distinguishes Plasmodium parasites
Malaria Pathogenesis - Variable P. falciparum merozoite protein phenotype enhances cell invasion
Malaria Vaccine - Plasmodium falciparum MSP-142 is promising malaria vaccine candidate
Mosquito-Borne Disease - Aedes aegypti hemocytes quickly phagocytose, melanize pathogens
Mosquito-Borne Disease - Host testosterone levels do not affect plasmodial gametocyte sex ratio
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