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DC HIV Study: Can Intense Treatment Prevent Spread?
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The Washington Post: "The National Institutes of Health and the D.C. Health Department are preparing to launch a study in the District with an ambitious goal: to determine whether aggressive treatment of every adult with HIV could eliminate AIDS.
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
Global Fund Approves $2.4B For Ninth Round GrantsEmail this article to a colleague.
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During its recent board meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved $2.4 billion for the three diseases, PlusNews reports. The money is for the fund's "ninth round of grants, bringing the total amount of approved funding since its inception in 2001 to $18.4 billion," according to the publication.
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
Recent Releases In Global HealthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Kaiser Family Foundation Looks At Views On The U.S. Role In Global Health As a follow-up to a survey conducted in May 2009, this poll examines Americans' attitudes toward U.S. global health investments and priorities.
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Aid / Disasters Source Type: news
La Jolla Institute finds previous seasonal flu infections may provide some level of H1N1 immunityEmail this article to a colleague.
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(La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology) Researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have found that previous influenza infections may provide at least some level of immunity to the H1N1 "swine" flu.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Watching Lyme disease-causing microbes move in ticksEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Journal of Clinical Investigation) Lyme disease is caused by the microbe Borrelia burgdorferi, which is transmitted to humans from feeding ticks. Researchers have now visualized the microbe moving through the feeding tick and determined that it has a biphasic mode of dissemination. Information such as this is essential if new methods of preventing human infection with Borrelia burgdorferi are to be developed.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Is flow cytometry better in counting malaria pigment-containing leukocytes compared to microscopy?Email this article to a colleague.
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Novel, robust and affordable cytometric methods should be evaluated in the field as they may assist in utilizing Hz-containing cells as clinically useful parameter.
Source: Malaria Journal - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Thomas HanscheidRosangela FritaMatthias LanginPeter KremsnerMartin Grobusch Source Type: journals
[Leading Edge] Vaccine safety: informing the misinformedEmail this article to a colleague.
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At the time of going to press, the first major vaccination campaigns to prevent pandemic H1N1 are getting underway. The vaccine might not have been ready in quite the volume hoped; nonetheless, for the production of vaccine in any substantial quantity in such a short time while still providing seasonal vaccine, those involved—the scientist, the pharmaceutical companies, and the chickens that laid the millions of eggs used—should be applauded.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: The Lancet Infectious Diseases Tags: Leading Edge Source Type: journals
[Reflection and Reaction] Influenza vaccination of childrenEmail this article to a colleague.
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In this issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Rogier Bodewes and colleagues state that influenza vaccination is beneficial for infants and young children, but at the same time they urge re-evaluation of vaccine recommendations because the inactivated vaccine available at present does not induce heterosubtypic immunity and might make infants more susceptible to pandemic influenza. Although there are numerous immunological mechanisms related to infection with influenza to be discovered, we feel that the conclusions should be put into perspective.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Terho Heikkinen, Ville Peltola Tags: Reflection and Reaction Source Type: journals
[Reflection and Reaction] Influenza A H1N1 diagnostics: the first, the fastest, and the most reliableEmail this article to a colleague.
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The recent emergence of pandemic influenza A H1N1 demands prompt development of well-optimised and well-evaluated diagnostic methods, permitting rapid risk assessment and measures for counteracting the spread of infection and allowing epidemiological surveillance. The perfect diagnostic method is highly specific to A H1N1 and yet robust enough to cope with small genetic changes, it should also be rapid and yet suited to high throughput analyses in case substantial demands are placed on laboratories during a pandemic.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Barbara Biere, Brunhilde Schweiger, Andreas Nitsche Tags: Reflection and Reaction Source Type: journals
[Reflection and Reaction] Preventing the spread of influenza A H1N1 2009 to health-care workersEmail this article to a colleague.
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There is ongoing debate about influenza transmission and how best to reduce the risk of infection among health-care workers. For no other common infectious disease is there such varied opinion, reflecting gaps in our knowledge about a common human pathogen. This debate is based on five variables ().
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Leonard A Mermel Tags: Reflection and Reaction Source Type: journals
[Reflection and Reaction] Relative risk of death in the SMART studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the May issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Justin Stebbing and Angus Dalgleish noted that 79 of the 85 deaths (93%) in the SMART study happened in the USA, whereas 45% of the participants were enrolled outside the USA. They concluded that it was “apparently safer to be off highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) outside the USA rather than on HAART within the USA”, and contemplated possible reasons for this difference.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Birgit Grund, Jacqueline Neuhaus, Andrew Phillips, for the INSIGHT SMART Study Group Tags: Reflection and Reaction Source Type: journals
[Reflection and Reaction] Clostridium sordellii toxic shock syndromeEmail this article to a colleague.
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In their recent Review, Emma Lappin and Andrew J Ferguson provide a thorough and interesting update on the pathophysiology and management of two major toxic shock syndromes caused by the Gram-positive pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. As the most common cause of Gram-positive toxic shock syndromes, it is important for health-care providers to familiarise themselves with these pathogens. However, by contrast with the broad scope implied by the title of their paper, the authors did not mention toxic shock syndrome caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Clostridium sordellii. This oversight is surpris...
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: David M Aronoff, Jimmy D Ballard Tags: Reflection and Reaction Source Type: journals
[Cross-talk] Is that Streptococcus rattus I can smell on your breath?Email this article to a colleague.
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Microbiologists and dentists alike tend to scoff at the idea that we can lower the risk of dental caries by rinsing our mouths with antiseptics to destroy the bacteria, principally Streptococcus mutans, which promote decay. A final year BSc project done by a fellow student decades ago persuaded me of the absurdity of trying to sterilise the oral cavity in this way. 20 min after even the most vigorous swilling and gargling, the bacterial flora had returned to its original composition.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Bernard Dixon Tags: Cross-talk Source Type: journals
[Newsdesk] Highlights from the 47th annual meeting of the IDSAEmail this article to a colleague.
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Although the meeting is divided loosely into four official tracks—investigative, adult, paediatric, and HIV—and the programme contains a diverse set of symposia, teaching, and research presentation sessions, a few topics dominate the 47th meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Inevitably influenza features heavily, but many sessions on health-care acquired infections, antimicrobial resistance, and vaccine development mark this out as a very American conference.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Peter Hayward Tags: Newsdesk Source Type: journals
[Newsdesk] Responding to the renewed H1N1 pandemicEmail this article to a colleague.
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The end of influenza season in the southern hemisphere has provided some insight into what effect pandemic influenza A H1N1 2009 might have during the northern hemisphere influenza season. The high proportion of deaths among pregnant women and people infected with HIV was notable, with severe illness also associated with pregnancy and a range of comorbidities (eg, chronic lower respiratory and metabolic diseases and obesity).
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Onisillos Sekkides Tags: Newsdesk Source Type: journals
[Newsdesk] Childhood vaccination and progress towards MDG4Email this article to a colleague.
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Agencies and individuals worldwide are continuing their efforts to vaccinate the world's children and their achievements are highlighted by State of the World's Vaccines and Immunization, a major report published recently by WHO, UNICEF, and The World Bank. “We have good news…”, announced Daisy Mafubelu, Assistant Director General of Family and Community Health at WHO (Geneva, Switzerland). “The number of children being vaccinated is now at an all time high—and we have the numbers to prove this.” In 2008, 106 million children received routine vaccinations for childhood killer infectious diseases including measl...
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Kathryn Senior Tags: Newsdesk Source Type: journals
[Newsdesk] Funding boost needed for tuberculosisEmail this article to a colleague.
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European Union member states are not adequately financing research and development for tuberculosis, according to a new report by Médicins Sans Frontières (MSF). Given current shortcomings in diagnostics and treatment, as well as the inadequate nature of the BCG vaccine, these funds are urgently required. “Governments don't recognise the potential dire consequences if the resources aren't made available”, says Mel Spigelman (TB Alliance, New York, USA).
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Talha Burki Tags: Newsdesk Source Type: journals
[Newsdesk] New treatment for sleeping sickness still not implementedEmail this article to a colleague.
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A major advance in the treatment of sleeping sickness is still awaiting implementation 13 months after data from a successful trial was presented. Kits of the combination treatment nifurtimox–eflornithine (NECT) are sitting in a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warehouse pending the resolution of legal barriers to their use. Experts are optimistic that NECT will be a major advance in the fight against sleeping sickness but are warning against complacency over the disease—in particular, the belief that sleeping sickness might be soon eradicated.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Kelly Morris Tags: Newsdesk Source Type: journals
[Newsdesk] Integration of surveys for neglected tropical diseasesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Limited resources and limited access to regions torn by current or recent conflict pose a challenge to neglected tropical disease (NTD) control programmes in many developing countries. As a result, many organisations have been searching for ways to maximise the efficiency of those programmes. A new study from Southern Sudan has shown feasibility of integrated field surveys to assess community needs for mass drug administration.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: David Lawrence Tags: Newsdesk Source Type: journals
[Newsdesk] Research briefEmail this article to a colleague.
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Influenza virus causes seasonal epidemics because it evades existing natural and vaccine-induced immunity by accumulating aminoacid changes in its attachment protein, haemagglutinin. Two studies provide new insights into this antigenic drift. In one study, researchers passage virus between naive and immunised mice and examine the changes that accumulate. In response to variations in neutralising antibody pressure between individuals, influenza virus evolves by accumulating aminoacid substitutions that adjust the avidity with which haemagglutinin binds to host cell receptors. Results suggest that an increase in paediatric i...
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jane Bradbury Tags: Newsdesk Source Type: journals
[Media Watch] Film: House of numbersEmail this article to a colleague.
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Released June 21, 2009.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Talha Burki Tags: Media Watch Source Type: journals
[Media Watch] Book: Handbook of tuberculosisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Despite the availability of cheap and effective treatments, tuberculosis continues to be a major global health problem, causing an estimated 8·8 million new cases and 1·6 million deaths every year. Efforts to control tuberculosis by the consistent use of existing interventions have met with only limited success over the past decade, slowing its rate of increase but failing to make substantial progress towards the goal of tuberculosis elimination. Several advances in clinical management, molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, and cell biology have led to accumulation of a large body of knowledge on host–pathogen i...
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alimuddin Zumla Tags: Media Watch Source Type: journals
[Errata] ErrataEmail this article to a colleague.
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Sutcliffe CG, van Dijk JH, Bolton C, Persaud D, Moss WJ. Effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected children in sub-Saharan Africa. Lancet Infect Dis 2008; 8: 477–89. Under the heading “Mortality and loss to follow-up” (page 484), “HIV-positive caregiver” was incorrectly listed as a risk factor for death. The cited research actually shows that HIV-positive caregivers are protective against paediatric mortality compared with caregivers who were untested or not infected with HIV.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: The Lancet Infectious Diseases Tags: Errata Source Type: journals
[Errata] ErrataEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mebis J, Goossens H, Berneman ZN. Cefepime and mortality. Lancet Infect Dis 2009; 9: 585–86. Whereas the authors had no personal conflicts of interest to declare, for clarity they declare that Antwerp University Hospital was in receipt of a research grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb until 2008. Virga Jesse Hospital received a research grant and sponsorship for scientific symposia until 2007 and in 2008–09 received partial sponsorship for symposia from Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: The Lancet Infectious Diseases Tags: Errata Source Type: journals
[Review] Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus: convergence of two epidemicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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The link between diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis has been recognised for centuries. In recent decades, tuberculosis incidence has declined in high-income countries, but incidence remains high in countries that have high rates of infection with HIV, high prevalence of malnutrition and crowded living conditions, or poor tuberculosis control infrastructure. At the same time, diabetes mellitus prevalence is soaring globally, fuelled by obesity. There is growing evidence that diabetes mellitus is an important risk factor for tuberculosis and might affect disease presentation and treatment response. Furthermore, tuberculosis ...
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Kelly E Dooley, Richard E Chaisson Tags: Review Source Type: journals
[Review] Accuracy of serological assays for detection of recent infection with HIV and estimation of population incidence: a systematic reviewEmail this article to a colleague.
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We systematically reviewed the accuracy of serological tests for recent infections with HIV that have become widely used for measuring population patterns incidence of HIV. Across 13 different assays, sensitivity to detect recent infections ranged from 42–100% (median 89%). Specificity for detecting established infections was between 49·5% and 100% (median 86·8%) and was higher for infections of durations longer than 1 year (median 98%, range 31·5–100·0). For four different assays, comparisons were made between assay-derived population incidence estimates and a reference incidence estimate. The median percentage di...
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Rebecca Guy, Judy Gold, Jesus M García Calleja, Andrea A Kim, Bharat Parekh, Michael Busch, Thomas Rehle, John Hargrove, Robert S Remis, John M Kaldor, for the WHO Working Group on HIV Incidence Assays Tags: Review Source Type: journals
[Review] Pharmacogenetics of antimalarial drugs: effect on metabolism and transportEmail this article to a colleague.
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The prevention and management of malaria is primarily based on the use of drugs. Clinical trials have however revealed that between individuals there is large variability in the pharmacokinetic profiles of many antimalarial drugs. The resulting variations in concentrations of the drug within plasma might lead to either suboptimum effectiveness or drug toxicity in some patients. The evidence is increasing that polymorphically expressed drug-metabolising enzymes, predominantly various cytochrome P450 isozymes but also drug transporters, might contribute to the variability in drug response (incomplete cure, relapse, or resist...
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Reinhold Kerb, Richard Fux, Klaus Mörike, Peter G Kremsner, José Pedro Gil, Christoph H Gleiter, Matthias Schwab Tags: Review Source Type: journals
[] Acute hepatitis C and HIV coinfectionEmail this article to a colleague.
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We present a case of a man infected with HIV with sexually acquired acute hepatitis C and discuss the immunology, natural history, and epidemiology of acute hepatitis C and coinfection with HIV. Several recent reports have documented acute hepatitis C among men who have sex with men who engage in high risk sexual practices and often have concomitant genital ulcer disease. We review treatment options for the medical management of acute hepatitis C and coinfection with HIV.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Jodie Dionne-Odom, Melissa K Osborn, Henry Radziewicz, Arash Grakoui, Kimberly Workowski Source Type: journals
[Personal View] Yearly influenza vaccinations: a double-edged sword?Email this article to a colleague.
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Yearly vaccination against seasonal influenza viruses is recommended for certain individuals at high risk of complications associated with influenza. It has been recommended in some countries, including the USA, that all children aged 6–59 months are vaccinated against seasonal influenza. However, it has been shown—mainly in animals—that infection with influenza A viruses can induce protective immunity to influenza A viruses of other unrelated subtypes. This so-called heterosubtypic immunity does not provide full protection, but can limit virus replication and reduce morbidity and mortality of the host. This type of ...
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Rogier Bodewes, Joost HCM Kreijtz, Guus F Rimmelzwaan Tags: Personal View Source Type: journals
[] Azole resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus: a side-effect of environmental fungicide use?Email this article to a colleague.
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Invasive aspergillosis due to multi-azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus has emerged in the Netherlands since 1999, with 6·0–12·8% of patients harbouring resistant isolates. The presence of a single resistance mechanism (denoted by TR/L98H), which consists of a substitution at codon 98 of cyp51A and a 34-bp tandem repeat in the gene-promoter region, was found in over 90% of clinical A fumigatus isolates. This is consistent with a route of resistance development through exposure to azole compounds in the environment. Indeed, TR/L98H A fumigatus isolates were cultured from soil and compost, were shown to be cross-resist...
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Paul E Verweij, Eveline Snelders, Gert HJ Kema, Emilia Mellado, Willem JG Melchers Source Type: journals
[Clinical Picture] Tamponade with a thickened pericardiumEmail this article to a colleague.
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A 24-year-old Caribbean man, with no previous medical history, presented with cough, dyspnoea, and weight loss of 6 kg over the previous month. He reported a 2-month history of night sweats without fever. Physical examination revealed breath frequency of 40 breaths per min and a tachycardia of 121 beats per min, with soft heart sounds and ankle oedema. Laboratory findings showed a normal complete blood count and C-reactive protein of 107 mg/L. HIV serology was negative. Echocardiography found a tamponade with a thickened pericardium (6 mm), confirmed by a contrast-enhanced thoracic CT scan ().
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Pierre Loulergue, Olivier Mir Tags: Clinical Picture Source Type: journals
Predicting the impact of insecticide-treated bed nets on malaria transmission: the devil is in the detailEmail this article to a colleague.
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With variabilities of vector mosquitoes in host-seeking behaviours and the responses to treated nets, it is anticipated that scale-up applications of INTs might produce varying degrees of success dependent on local entomological and epidemiological contexts. This study highlights that increased ITN coverage led to significant reduction in risk exposure and malaria incidence only when treated nets concurred high killing effects. It is necessary to test efficacy of treated nets on local dominant vector mosquitoes, at least in laboratory, for monitoring and evaluation of ITN programmes.
Source: Malaria Journal - November 16, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Weidong GuRobert Novak Source Type: journals
WHO Evades Ukraine Sequence Questions at News ConferenceEmail this article to a colleague.
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Commentary discusses WHO’s failure to respond to questions about small changes in H1N1 sequences in general and Ukraine sequences in particular. A map of the outbreak is linked. (11/15/09 12:25)
Source: Recombinomics - November 15, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: info
Ukraine Dead Increase to 282 - Still No SequencesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The commentary discusses the explosion of cases and deaths in Ukraine. A map of the outbreaks is linked. (11/15/09 07:32)
Source: Recombinomics - November 15, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: info
Terrence Higgins Trust Welcomes Department Of Health Nursing Degree Announcement, UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has welcomed the announcement by the Department of Health that all new nurses will be educated to degree level from 2013. Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) currently employs nurses who work in Chlamydia screening programmes for young people, HIV testing clinics and clinics that offer contraception services and screening for sexually transmitted infections.
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 15, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Sexual Health / STDs Source Type: news
Nurse Researchers And Educators Reveal The New Faces Of HIV/AIDSEmail this article to a colleague.
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World AIDS Day 2009 will be marked with both grim and hopeful data: more than 25 million people have died of AIDS worldwide since 1981; 33 million are living with HIV/AIDS. While potent, effective medications have changed an HIV diagnosis from death sentence to manageable chronic illness in resource rich countries, global rates of infection still outstrip prevention and treatment capacity. And, increasingly, past "knowns" don't apply. Half of all people with HIV worldwide are now women.
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 15, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
SPOT Targets Area Youth With HIV, STDsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the last 10 years, the St. Louis area has seen an alarming increase in new diagnoses of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among 13-24 year-olds. Between 1997-2007, more than 50 new diagnoses of HIV were made each year among adolescents and young adults, who are often disconnected from the health-care system or support services. Nationwide, St. Louis has among the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases in this age group.
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 15, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
$17 Million To UC San Diego For Methamphetamine/AIDS ResearchEmail this article to a colleague.
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Igor Grant, MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues have been awarded a $17 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to establish the Translational Methamphetamine AIDS Research Center (TMARC) at UC San Diego. Grant is director of the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (HNRC), a clinical research center designated and funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 15, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
Medical Test Manufacturer Donates 4,500 HIV Test Kits For The World AIDS Day 2009 Testing Millions Global CampaignEmail this article to a colleague.
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Chembio Diagnostics, Inc., a NY-based company that develops, manufactures, licenses and markets proprietary rapid diagnostic tests, is donating more than 4,500 rapid HIV test kits to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's 2009 Testing Millions Global Campaign, based in Los Angeles, to commemorate World AIDS Day 2009 on December 1st. "It's important to remember the need for routine testing so that AIDS patients can receive treatment," said Lawrence A. Siebert, chairman and CEO of Chembio.
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 15, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
Swine flu outbreak forces public school to closeEmail this article to a colleague.
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A public school has been forced to close following a swine flu outbreak affecting 100 pupils and some staff it emerged on Saturday.
Source: The Telegraph : Swine Flu A H1N1 - November 15, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Moraxella catarrhalis acquisition, airway inflammation and protease-antiprotease balance in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Moraxella catarrhalis causes approximately 10% of exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and also colonizes the lower airway in stable patients. Little is known about the effects of colonization by M. catarrhalis on airway inflammation and protease-antiprotease balance, and how these changes compare to those seen during exacerbations. Since COPD is a progressive inflammatory disease, elucidating the effects of bacterial colonization and exacerbation on airway inflammation is relevant to understanding disease progression in COPD. Our aims were (1) Analyze changes in airway inflammation in ...
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - November 15, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Ganapathi ParameswaranCatherine WronaTimothy MurphySanjay Sethi Source Type: journals
Need A Helping Hand? Just Infect A Stranger With A Cooperative GeneEmail this article to a colleague.
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Cooperation is seen in every corner of life from microbes to humans, many times with no obvious advantages to those that provide it at high costs.
Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - November 14, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
$17 Million To UC San Diego For Methamphetamine/AIDS ResearchEmail this article to a colleague.
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Igor Grant, MD, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and colleagues have been awarded a $17 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to establish the Translational Methamphetamine AIDS Research Center (TMARC) at UC San Diego. Grant is director of the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (HNRC), a clinical research center designated and funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 14, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
SPOT Targets Area Youth With HIV, STDsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In the last 10 years, the St. Louis area has seen an alarming increase in new diagnoses of HIV and sexually transmitted infections among 13-24 year-olds. Between 1997-2007, more than 50 new diagnoses of HIV were made each year among adolescents and young adults, who are often disconnected from the health-care system or support services. Nationwide, St. Louis has among the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases in this age group.
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 14, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Sexual Health / STDs Source Type: news
Hoping For A Fluorescent Basket Case How HIV Is Assembled And Released From Infected Cells InfectedEmail this article to a colleague.
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Although recent advances have raised hopes that a protective vaccine can be developed, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remains a major public health problem. Much has been learned about HIV-1, the virus that causes the disease. However, basic aspects of person-to-person transmission and of the progressive intercellular infection that depletes the immune system of its vital T cells remain imperfectly understood.
Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - November 14, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
New Hampshire Voters Support New Oversight Of Food, Pew-Commissioned Poll FindsEmail this article to a colleague.
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An overwhelming majority of New Hampshire voters - 90 percent - support food safety legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) new authority to ensure the food Americans eat does not make them sick, according to a new poll commissioned by the Pew Health Group and conducted by Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies. Support for stronger food protections is high regardless of voters' gender, income level or political affiliation.
Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - November 14, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
New Poll Finds 71 Percent Of Americans Favor Investing More In Disease Prevention As Central To Health ReformEmail this article to a colleague.
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Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released a new public opinion survey that finds that 71 percent of Americans favor an increased investment in disease prevention and that disease prevention is one of the most popular components of health reform. Forty-four percent of Americans strongly favor investing more in prevention.
Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - November 14, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Preventive Medicine Source Type: news
Public Support For New Government Oversight Of Food, Pew-Commissioned Poll FindsEmail this article to a colleague.
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An overwhelming majority of Ohio voters - 91 percent - support food safety legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) new authority to ensure the food Americans eat does not make them sick, according to a new poll commissioned by the Pew Health Group and conducted by Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies. Support for stronger food protections is high regardless of voters' gender, income level or political affiliation.
Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - November 14, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
89 Percent Of North Carolina Voters Support New Oversight Of Food, Pew-Commissioned Poll FindsEmail this article to a colleague.
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An overwhelming majority of North Carolina voters - 89 percent - support food safety legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) new authority to ensure the food Americans eat does not make them sick, according to a new poll commissioned by the Pew Health Group and conducted by Hart Research and Public Opinion Strategies. Support for stronger food protections is high regardless of voters' gender, income level or political affiliation.
Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - November 14, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Nutrition / Diet Source Type: news
Adolescent Experiences of Discrimination, Harassment, Connectedness to Community and Comfort with Sexual Orientation Reported by Adult Men Who have Sex with Men as a Predictor of Adult HIV StatusEmail this article to a colleague.
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This study suggests that the
relationship between negative adolescent experiences among MSM and adult HIV infection may not be straightforward, but may
also dependent upon aspects of the intensity of the negative experiences, the relationship of the victim and the perpertrator(s),
the sexual identity of the victim at the time and/or the number of these experiences or the length of time over which they
occurred. Studies investigating specific multiple stressors in adolescent gay development and their effect on adult health
outcomes are needed.
Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original PaperDOI 10.1007/s10461-009...
Source: AIDS and Behavior - November 14, 2009 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: AIDS and Behavior Source Type: journals
