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Suspect H5N1 Cluster In Soc Trang Vietnam
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The commentary discusses a suspect H5N1 cluster in Soc Trang Vietnam (02/02/12 21:45) (Source: Recombinomics)
Source: Recombinomics - February 5, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Limited Enteral Intake of No Value in Acute Lung Injury (CME/CE)Email this article to a colleague.
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HOUSTON (MedPage Today) -- Caloric restriction failed to improve outcomes in ventilator-dependent patients with acute lung injury, results of an NIH-sponsored, multicenter trial showed. (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 5, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Complete deficiency of the sixth complement component (C6Q0), susceptibility to Neisseria meningitidis infections and analysis of the frequencies of C6Q0 gene defects in South Africans.Email this article to a colleague.
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Complete complement component 6 deficiency (C6Q0) is a co-dominant genetic disease presenting as increased susceptibility to invasive Neisseria meningitidis infections. Affected individuals have two affected alleles which can be homozygous or compound heterozygous for the particular gene defects they carry. This disorder has been diagnosed relatively frequently in Western Cape South Africans. Affected patients are prescribed penicillin prophylaxis. In 2004 we commenced a clinical follow-up study of 46 patients. Of these, 43 had family age-matched C6 sufficient controls. Participants were classified as eith...
Source: Clinical and Developmental Immunology - February 5, 2012 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Orren A, Owen EP, Henderson HE, van der Merwe L, Leisegang F, Stassen C, Potter PC Tags: Clin Exp Immunol Source Type: research
Best Treatment For TB Patients Could Be Determined By 'Goldilocks' GeneEmail this article to a colleague.
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'Tuberculosis patients may receive treatments in the future according to what version they have of a single 'Goldilocks' gene, says an international research team from Oxford University, King's College London, Vietnam and the USA. This is one of the first examples in infectious disease of where an individual's genetic profile can determine which drug will work best for them - the idea of personalised medicine that is gradually becoming familiar in cancer medicine... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tuberculosis Source Type: news
200 Years Of Infectious DiseasesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Unpredictable, ever-changing and with potentially far-reaching effects on the fates of nations, infectious diseases are compelling actors in the drama of human history, note scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. In an essay marking 200 years of publication of the New England Journal of Medicine, NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and coauthor David M. Morens, M.D... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
Map Shows Where in U.S. to Beware of Lyme DiseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Northeast and parts of the Midwest are hotbeds of the tick-borne disease (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections - February 5, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Infections, News, Source Type: news
US Vaccination Coverage Remained Low in 2010US Vaccination Coverage Remained Low in 2010Email this article to a colleague.
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Vaccination coverage for adults in the United States in 2010 fell far below Healthy People 2020 aims and need to be increased substantially to lower the burden of vaccine-preventable diseases. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 4, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Measles Cases Decreasing Worldwide, but Challenges Remain Measles Cases Decreasing Worldwide, but Challenges RemainEmail this article to a colleague.
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A decade-long decline in measles cases reversed in 2010, with 40% of countries not meeting the annual incidence target of fewer than 5 cases per million population. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 4, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Lay Health Workers and HIV Care in Rural Lesotho: A Report from the FieldEmail this article to a colleague.
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AIDS Patient Care and STDs , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: AIDS Patient Care and STDs)
Source: AIDS Patient Care and STDs - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research
Activating Transcription Factor 4 (ATF4) Promotes HIV Type 1 ActivationEmail this article to a colleague.
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AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses , Vol. 0, No. 0. (Source: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses)
Source: AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: article Source Type: research
Officials Warn of Possible Rabies in Rhode IslandOfficials Warn of Possible Rabies in Rhode IslandEmail this article to a colleague.
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A crowd of onlookers in downtown Providence may have been exposed to rabies last month by a bat that a man was carrying in a box, health officials said on Thursday. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 3, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Epidural Plus Fever in Mom May Raise Risks for BabyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Study found as mother's temperature rose, problems were more likely at birth (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Infections, Obstetrics, Anesthesiology & Pain, News, Source Type: news
Liberia: No Time for Complacency in HIV FightEmail this article to a colleague.
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Smartly seated behind his computer, crunching out numbers and making calls to colleagues, Anthony*, a 38-year-old father of three, is amongst those looking to check the spread of HIV in Liberia. He received confirmation of his own positive status after testing in 2007. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
CDC Expert Commentaries on Medscape: It's Not Too Late to Vaccinate! with Joseph Bresee, MDEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Source: CDC Flu updates)
Source: CDC Flu updates - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Norovirus Top Cause of Hospital Infection Outbreaks, Says StudyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Gastrointestinal bug causes vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhea (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Infections, Nursing, News, Source Type: news
Malaria’s Global Death Toll Much Higher Than ThoughtEmail this article to a colleague.
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Study estimates 1.2 million die each year, nearly double previous estimates (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Infections - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Family Medicine, Infections, Preventive Medicine, News, Source Type: news
Vaccine development: Man vs MRSAEmail this article to a colleague.
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Nature 482, 7383 (2012). http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/482023a
Author: Maryn McKenna
For decades, Robert Daum has studied the havoc wreaked by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Now he thinks he can stop it for good. (Source: Nature)
Source: Nature - February 3, 2012 Category: Research Authors: Maryn McKenna Tags: Feature Source Type: research
Yellow fever in GhanaEmail this article to a colleague.
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On 20 December 2011, the Ministry of Health of Ghana notified WHO of a yellow fever (YF) outbreak occurring in 3 districts; Builsa and Kassena-Nankana-West in the Upper East Region and Kitampo-South in the Brong Ahafo Region located in the mid-western part of the country. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Yellow fever in CameroonEmail this article to a colleague.
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In December 2011, the Ministry of Health of Cameroon notified WHO of a yellow fever outbreak in the North Region of the country. (Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks)
Source: WHO Disease Outbreaks - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Stem Cells Could Drive Hepatitis Research ForwardEmail this article to a colleague.
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Hepatitis C, an infectious disease that can cause inflammation and organ failure, has different effects on different people. But no one is sure why some people are very susceptible to the infection, while others are resistant. Scientists believe that if they could study liver cells from different people in the lab, they could determine how genetic differences produce these varying responses. However, liver cells are difficult to obtain and notoriously difficult to grow in a lab dish because they tend to lose their normal structure and function when removed from the body... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 3, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Liver Disease / Hepatitis Source Type: news
Averting Drug ResistanceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is growing exponentially, contributing to an estimated 99,000 deaths from hospital-associated infections in the U.S. annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One reason that this is happening is that drug resistant proteins are transporting "good" antibiotics, or inhibitors, out of the cells, leaving them to mutate. In a paper recently published in the journal Nature, Professor of Biochemistry Dorothee Kern and collaborators including former postdoctoral student Katherine A... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 3, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: MRSA / Drug Resistance Source Type: news
Areas Of Highest Human Risk For Lyme Disease In Eastern United States Detailed On New MapEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new map pinpoints well-defined areas of the Eastern United States where humans have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease, one of the most rapidly emerging infectious diseases in North America, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As part of the most extensive Lyme-related field study ever undertaken, researchers found high infection risk confined mainly to the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Upper Midwest and low risk in the South. The results were published in the February issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 3, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
cholestyramine, Questran, Questran LightEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: cholestyramine, Questran, Questran LightCategory: MedicationsCreated: 7/26/1999 10:41:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 2/3/2012 (Source: MedicineNet HIV General)
Source: MedicineNet HIV General - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Malaria's Global Death Toll Much Higher Than ThoughtEmail this article to a colleague.
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Title: Malaria's Global Death Toll Much Higher Than ThoughtCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/3/2012 10:05:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/3/2012 (Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General)
Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Fighting malaria with one hand tied backEmail this article to a colleague.
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Malaria does not just kill babies and children under five – it kills adults too, in nearly as large proportionsDecades of assumptions about the lethality of malaria have been overturned by the publication of a paper in the Lancet from an academic institute in Seattle which says the disease kills twice as many as everybody thought. Even more extraordinary – it would seem that conventional wisdom about the disease has been wrong all this time.It does not just kill babies and children under five — it kills adults too, in nearly as large proportions.The Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation has astounded the global ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Tags: Malaria Society Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria Global development Infectious diseases Medical research Science The Guardian Analysis News Source Type: news
SeraCare Launches Five New Infectious Disease Panels Including First...Email this article to a colleague.
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SeraCare Life Sciences announced it has launched new infectious disease panels for HIV, HBV, HAV and CMV markers, and a first-of-its-kind performance panel for parvovirus B19, most commonly associated...(PRWeb January 30, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9142297.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 3, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Endothelial glycocalyx dysfunction in disease: albuminuria and increased microvascular permeabilityEmail this article to a colleague.
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AbstractAppreciation of the glomerular microcirculation as a specialized microcirculatory bed, rather than as an entirely separate entity, affords important insights into both glomerular and systemic microvascular pathophysiology. In this review we compare regulation of permeability in systemic and glomerular microcirculations, focusing particularly on the role of the endothelial glycocalyx, and consider the implications for disease processes. The luminal surface of vascular endothelium throughout the body is covered with endothelial glycocalyx, comprising surface‐anchored proteoglycans, supplemented with adsorbed solubl...
Source: The Journal of Pathology - February 3, 2012 Category: Pathology Authors: Andrew HJ SalmonSimon C Satchell Tags: Invited Review Source Type: research
infoSIDA Mobile Site Features a New Domain NameEmail this article to a colleague.
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The infoSIDA mobile site now has a new domain name (http://m.infosida.nih.gov/)! The new name mirrors the distinct Web address created for infoSIDA (http://infosida.nih.gov/) as part of the recent AIDSinfo and infoSIDA redesign efforts.
The infoSIDA mobile site offers the same Spanish-language features that are available on infoSIDA. Features include educational materials, webpages on annual HIV/AIDS awareness days, a clinical trials search tool, and links to HIV-related health topics. (Source: AIDSinfo At-a-Glance: Offering Information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Research, A Service of the U.S. Department...
Source: AIDSinfo At-a-Glance: Offering Information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Research, A Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Join AIDSinfo in Observing National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness DayEmail this article to a colleague.
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February 7, 2012, marks the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day that serves to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS in the African-American community. According to the 2009 HIV Surveillance Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), African Americans are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. In the 40 states with confidential name-based HIV reporting, African Americans accounted for 52% of all diagnoses of HIV infection in 2009 and for 44% of people living with AIDS in 2008.
For information and resources about HIV/AIDS and African Americans, visit the AIDSinfo webpage highlighting ...
Source: AIDSinfo At-a-Glance: Offering Information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Research, A Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
NIAID Issues Requests for Applications for HIV/AIDS Clinical Research NetworksEmail this article to a colleague.
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NIAID has issued five new requests for applications (RFAs) to establish leadership groups for clinical research networks focused on distinct areas of HIV/AIDS research. Specifically, the leadership groups will have overall responsibility for developing, implementing, and adapting clinical research agendas to address NIAID's HIV/AIDS scientific priorities in the following areas:
HIV/AIDS and HIV-associated Infections in Pediatric and Maternal Populations
Integrated Strategies to Prevent HIV Infection
Microbicides to Prevent HIV Infection
Therapeutics for HIV/AIDS and HIV-associated Infections in Adults
Vaccines t...
Source: AIDSinfo At-a-Glance: Offering Information on HIV/AIDS Treatment, Prevention, and Research, A Service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Cytoadherence and virulence - the case of Plasmodium knowlesi malariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Another twist in the tale of cytoadherence ? Is in vitro cytoadherence really a marker of virulence, even in case of parasites, such as P. knowlesi or P. vivax, which are not normally sequestered ? (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - February 3, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Farrah FatihAngela SinerAtique AhmedLu Chan WoonAlister CraigBalbir SinghSanjeev KrishnaJanet Cox-Singh Source Type: research
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E Virus infection in rural and urban populations, TunisiaEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study investigated the prevalence and risk factors of HEV infection in Tunisian adult general population, either in blood donors (n=687) or in patients hospitalised for acute hepatitis (n=202). The mode of transmission differed between these two populations: contact with animals and living in rural habitat were the main risk factors of being in contact with HEV in asymptomatic blood donors, while HEV was contracted through contaminated water in symptomatic cases. HEV seroprevalence in adult blood donors in Tunisia was relatively low (5.4%) and increased with age.© 2012 The Authors Clinical Microbiology and Infection ...
Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection - February 3, 2012 Category: Microbiology Authors: Neffati HoucineRitter JacquesFeki SalmaDron Anne‐GaëlleSlim AminHassine MohsenBraham HamadiRamiere ChristopheAndre PatriceAouni MahjoubScholtes Caroline Source Type: research
Conference focuses on vaccines for chronic diseasesEmail this article to a colleague.
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(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) At a symposium sponsored by the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and scheduled for Feb. 7-9, an international group of researchers will discuss development of vaccines for addiction, cancer, chronic infectious diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 3, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): Objectives and DesignEmail this article to a colleague.
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In this report, the authors delineate the study’s objectives, principal methodological features, and timeline. At baseline, ELSA-Brasil enrolled 15,105 civil servants from 5 universities and 1 research institute. The baseline examination (2008–2010) included detailed interviews, clinical and anthropometric examinations, an oral glucose tolerance test, overnight urine collection, a 12-lead resting electrocardiogram, measurement of carotid intima-media thickness, echocardiography, measurement of pulse wave velocity, hepatic ultrasonography, retinal fundus photography, and an analysis of heart rate variability. Lo...
Source: American Journal of Epidemiology - February 3, 2012 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Aquino, E. M. L., Barreto, S. M., Bensenor, I. M., Carvalho, M. S., Chor, D., Duncan, B. B., Lotufo, P. A., Mill, J. G., Molina, M. D. C., Mota, E. L. A., Azeredo Passos, V. M., Schmidt, M. I., Szklo, M. Tags: RESEARCH-ARTICLE Source Type: research
Kenya: Patients Demand More Funds for Aids DrugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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People living with HIV/Aids and rights activists have protested against lack of funding and a government policy they say is intent on stripping the disease of its special status. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 2, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Kenya: 'He Gave Me HIV, Then I Sought Revenge on Womanisers'Email this article to a colleague.
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Because in our country, and on our continent, HIV has pervaded the most intimate moments in peoples' relationships, it has burrowed itself deep into the very soul of our most unmentionable of taboos -- sex. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 2, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Comparison of Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza A InfectionsComparison of Pandemic and Seasonal Influenza A InfectionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study compares the clinical and epidemiological features. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 2, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Journal Article Source Type: news
More with Maryn: McKenna on Antibiotic ResistanceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Journalist and author Maryn McKenna talks about antibiotic resistance in agriculture and human health, MRSA, and a brief return to the subject of fecal transplants. [More] (Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed)
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 2, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Health,Health,Society & Policy,Pharmaceuticals,More Science,Evolutionary Biology,Infectious Diseases,Biology,Everyday Science Source Type: research
Malaria kills twice as many people as previously thought, research findsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Malaria kills 1.2 million people every year, a finding that has implications for global efforts to eliminate the diseaseMalaria kills twice as many people every year as formerly believed, taking 1.2 million lives and causing the deaths not only of babies but also older children and adults, according to research that overturns decades of assumptions about one of the world's most lethal diseases.The findings from the research, published on Friday, which has reanalysed 30 years of data on the disease using new techniques, will force a rethink of the huge global effort that has been under way to eliminate malaria. That ambitio...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 2, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Tags: Malaria Society Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria Global development World news Infectious diseases Medical research Science The Guardian Source Type: news
Could an Infection Cause Tourette's-Like Symptoms in Teenage Girls?Email this article to a colleague.
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Over the weekend Erin Brockovich made the news yet again as she and her nonprofit team descended on the village of Le Roy, N.Y., determined to test for environmental toxins that might be giving the town's teenagers symptoms of Tourette's syndrome. She has reportedly been stonewalled thus far by local officials, who have already ruled out toxins as the cause of last October's sudden outbreak of tics and involuntary movements in 12 girls who attend Le Roy Junior–Senior High School. An environmental testing company surveyed the air and water and found nothing amiss, and a local neurologist concluded upon exa...
Source: Scientific American - Official RSS Feed - February 2, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Health,Infectious Diseases,Everyday Science,Energy & Sustainability,Environment,Physics Source Type: research
H3N2v Matched In Iowa SwineEmail this article to a colleague.
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The commentary discusses an H3N2v match in Iowa swine. (01/31/12 16:45) (Source: Recombinomics)
Source: Recombinomics - February 2, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
NSABB Comments On H5N1 Transmission CensorshipEmail this article to a colleague.
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The commentary discusses NSABB comments on H5N1 transmission censorship. (01/31/12 23:00) (Source: Recombinomics)
Source: Recombinomics - February 2, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
2012 Guizhou H5N1 Recombination and RBD ChangesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The commentary discusses 2012 Guizhou H5N1 RBD changes and recombination (02/02/12 21:45) (Source: Recombinomics)
Source: Recombinomics - February 2, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Pulmonary TB linked to EGFR mutations in lung cancerEmail this article to a colleague.
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A history of pulmonary tuberculosis is associated with a higher incidence of mutations in the epidermal growth factor receptor gene in patients with adenocarcinoma of the lung, researchers report in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - February 2, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Room for manoeuvre when prescribing statins to dyslipidaemic patients on antiretroviral therapyEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Source: HIV Medicine)
Source: HIV Medicine - February 2, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: J MyersM RaymentS SonechaG MoyleM Boffito Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
Low free testosterone in HIV‐infected men is not associated with subclinical cardiovascular diseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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ConclusionsCompared with HIV‐uninfected men, HIV‐infected men had lower FT, as well as more prevalent carotid lesions. In both groups, FT was not associated with CAC presence, log carotid IMT, or carotid lesion presence, suggesting that FT does not influence subclinical CVD in this population of men with and at risk for HIV infection. (Source: HIV Medicine)
Source: HIV Medicine - February 2, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: AK MonroeAS DobsX XuFJ PalellaLA KingsleyWS PostMD WittTT Brown Tags: Original Research Source Type: research
Africa: Empowering Women to Fight HIVEmail this article to a colleague.
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What makes a young African doctor decide to devote her career to helping women fight HIV? Dr. Sengeziwe Sibeko is a 37-year-old medical researcher with a degree in obstetrics and gynecology from the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in South Africa, an MSc in epidemiology from Columbia University in the United States, and is about to take up a fellowship to study for her PhD at Oxford University in the United Kingdom. AllAfrica's Julie Frederikse interviewed Dr. Sibeko at the (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 2, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: Back to the LabEmail this article to a colleague.
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Professor Salim Abdool Karim, director of the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (Caprisa) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and Columbia University in the United States, spoke to AllAfrica's Julie Frederikse about the unexpected halt of a study into tenofovir vaginal gel. This followed a finding that the microbicide failed to prevent HIV transmission, in contrast to the positive result in a previous study conducted by his Caprisa team. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 2, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Abortion Had No Role in Planned Parenthood Move, Komen Group SaysEmail this article to a colleague.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation, facing a hail of criticism for cutting off funding of breast exams at Planned Parenthood, has denied that abortion played a role in its decision. (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 2, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Africa: No Changing Mindset on Contraception 'Overnight'Email this article to a colleague.
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Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim is an infectious diseases epidemiologist and associate scientific director of the Centre for the Aids Programme of Research in South Africa (Caprisa). AllAfrica's Julie Frederikse spoke to the 51-year-old and asked her about the challenges facing her team as they search for effective ways to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - February 2, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
