This is a selection of articles from the December 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Infectious Diseases headlines.
CDC HIV/STD/TB Prevention News Update 12/28/2006
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Source: WebBoard Conference: HIV/AIDS News - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Persistence of HIV-1 Variants with Multiple Protease Inhibitor (PI)-Resistance Mutations in the Absence of PI Therapy Can Be Explained by Compensatory Fixation
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Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Articles - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Selective Defect in Plasmacyoid Dendritic Cell Function in a Patient with AIDS-Associated Atypical Genital Herpes Simplex Vegetans Treated with Imiquimod
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Source: Clin Infect Dis Latest Articles - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Serious And Deadly ICU Blood Infections Could Be Cut By Two Thirds With Basic Training
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Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - December 28, 2006 Source Type: journals
Rifts Emerge on Push to End Written Consent for H.I.V. Tests
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Source: WebBoard Conference: HIV/AIDS News - December 28, 2006 Source Type: journals
Traveler's Diarrhea in Thailand: Randomized, Double-Blind Trial Comparing Single-Dose and 3-Day Azithromycin-Based Regimens with a 3-Day Levofloxacin Regimen
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Source: Clin Infect Dis Latest Articles - December 28, 2006 Source Type: journals
Medical teams are key to patient safety
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Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 28, 2006 Source Type: journals
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome Presenting as Sinusitis with Inflammatory Pseudotumor in an HIV-Infected Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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Source: AIDS Patient Care and STDs - December 27, 2006 Source Type: journals
High-Risk Groups for Late Diagnosis of HIV Infection: A Need for Rethinking Testing Policy in the General Population
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Source: AIDS Patient Care and STDs - December 27, 2006 Source Type: journals
Improving the Assessment of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci by Routine Screening
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Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Articles - December 27, 2006 Source Type: journals
Visualization of the herpes simplex virus portal in situ by cryo-electron tomography.
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Source: Herpes - December 26, 2006 Source Type: journals
Duration of the Metronidazole-Containing Regimen for Eradication of Helicobacter pylori Infection in Northern Japan.
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Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - December 26, 2006 Source Type: journals
A Simplified PCR Methodology for Semiquantitatively Analyzing Dengue Viruses.
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Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - December 26, 2006 Source Type: journals
Atlanta Hawks & Thrashers Make A Proactive Play Against Staph
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Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - December 26, 2006 Source Type: journals
AIHA Welcomes Open World Delegates to the United States
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Source: Development Gateway Topics | HIV/AIDS | Latest Resources - December 24, 2006 Source Type: journals
Cluster Of Journals Publish MSU Findings On Common Parasite
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Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - December 24, 2006 Source Type: journals
A Simple Spatial Model to Explain the Distribution of Human Tick-Borne Encephalitis Cases in Hungary
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Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - December 24, 2006 Source Type: journals
Indirect Flight of an African Bat to Israel: An Example of the Potential for Zoonotic Pathogens to Move between Continents
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Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - December 24, 2006 Source Type: journals
Dissociation between Inhibition and Killing by Levofloxacin in Human Granulocytic Anaplasmosis
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Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - December 24, 2006 Source Type: journals
Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Clethrionomys glareolus in the Czech Republic
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Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - December 24, 2006 Source Type: journals
Interview with Willy Burgdorfer, Ph.D.
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Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - December 24, 2006 Source Type: journals
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Results Of First Interim Safety And Antiviral Analysis Of The PROVE 1 Clinical Trial For Hepatitis
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Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - December 24, 2006 Source Type: journals
Human Herpesvirus 6 Reactivation in Trichloroethylene-exposed Workers Suffering from Generalized Skin Disorders Accompanied by Hepatic Dysfunction.
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Source: Herpes - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Coexpression of interleukin-2 enhances the immunization effect of a DNA vaccine expressing herpes simplex 1 glycoprotein d.
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Source: Herpes - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Concomitant Candida epiglottitis and disseminated Varicella zoster virus infection associated with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Source: Herpes - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
An unusual late complication of intracerebral haematoma in herpes encephalitis after successful acyclovir treatment.
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Source: Herpes - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, Afghanistan.
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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Chikungunya virus strains, Reunion Island outbreak.
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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Influenza A virus PB1-F2 gene.
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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Human rotavirus G9 and G3 as major cause of diarrhea in hospitalized children, Spain.
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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Severe pneumonia and human bocavirus in adult.
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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Influenza C virus infection in children, Spain.
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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Leishmaniasis in ancient Egypt and Upper nubia.
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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
West Nile virus isolation from equines in Argentina, 2006.
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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
KPC type beta-lactamase, rural Pennsylvania.
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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Active cytomegalovirus infection in patients with septic shock.
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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Descriptive analysis of endemic and travel hepatitis A cases in Ontario, 1998 to 2004.
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Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Explanation for failure of TMC-125 (etravirine) in TMC227 study
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Source: WebBoard Conference: HIV/AIDS News - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Prion Filter Could Prevent VCJD Spread From Donated Blood
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Source: CJD / vCJD / Mad Cow Disease News From Medical News Today - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
HEALTH-MOZAMBIQUE: Healers' Practices Under the HIV Spotlight
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Source: IPS Inter Press Service - HIV/AIDS - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Filter removes mad cow proteins from blood
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Source: New Scientist - BSE and vCJD - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Ertapenem (Invanz) approved in US for prevention of surgical site infections post elective colorectal surgery
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Source: NeLM news - Infection - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
Rwanda: Voluntary Testing a Strong Tool Against Aids
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Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
Malawi: Chiefs Lead By Example in Response to HIV/Aids
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Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
Short-duration therapy for hepatitis C: suitable for all?
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Source: Journal of Viral Hepatitis - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
Risk Of Avian Flu Spread Being Studied By FAO Crisis Centre Experts In South Korea
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Source: Bird Flu / Avian Flu News From Medical News Today - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
Modulation of F1 hybrid stature without altering parent plants through trans-activated expression of a mutated rice GAI homologue.
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Source: Herpes - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
Successful Treatment of Paecilomyces lilacinus Keratitis in a Patient With a History of Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis.
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Source: Herpes - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
Absolute Count and Percentage of CD4+ Lymphocytes Are Independent Predictors of Disease Progression in HIV-Infected Persons Initiating Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
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Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Articles - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
Phenotypic Susceptibility to Didanosine Is Associated with Antiviral Activity in Treatment-Experienced Patients with HIV-1 Infection
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Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Articles - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
Equivalence Trial of Melarsoprol and Nifurtimox Monotherapy and Combination Therapy for the Treatment of Second-Stage Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Sleeping Sickness
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Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Articles - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
International Workshop on Editorial Leadership in HIV/AIDS Reporting Opens in Lusaka
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Source: Development Gateway Topics | HIV/AIDS | Latest Resources - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals
Patent holder seeks Aids drug dialogue
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Source: WebBoard Conference: HIV/AIDS News - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals
Disease Ecology: Community Structure and Pathogen Dynamics, A.T. Peterson
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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals
Cover: Exploding Totem in Art and Biology, P. Potter
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Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals
Cultural Practices In Namibia Hinder HIV Prevention, Group Says
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Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals
Washington, D.C., HIV Testing Campaign Poorly Planned, Lacking In Results, Report Says
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Source: HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals
Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Virulence Markers: Positive Association with Distinct Clinical Characteristics and Segregation into 3 Enteropathogenic E. coli Serogroups
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Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases Latest Articles - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals
Nigeria: 2006 and Global Polio Eradication
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Source: AllAfrica News: Polio - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Africa: Nonprofit "Malaria No More" Network Tackling the Deadly Disease
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Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Namibia: Dutch Campaign for Orphans At Rundu
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Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Ethiopia: Practical Ways to Save Lives
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Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Uganda: Contraceptives - But Will They Take It?
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Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Volume 44, number 2: A Randomized Trial of the Duration of Therapy with Metronidazole plus or minus Azithromycin for Treatment of Symptomatic Bacterial Vaginosis
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Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Volume 44, number 2: What Length of Follow-Up in Patients with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Coinfection Is Necessary to Consider the Level of Transaminases to Be "Persistently Normal"?
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Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Volume 44, number 2: Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial of Aerosolized Ribavirin for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Upper Respiratory Tract Infection in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients
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Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Volume 44, number 2: Use of Vancomycin or First-Generation Cephalosporins for the Treatment of Hemodialysis-Dependent Patients with Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
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Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Volume 44, number 2: Eradication or Decolonization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Carriage: What Are We Doing and Why Are We Doing It?
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Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Volume 44, number 2: Randomized Controlled Trial of Chlorhexidine Gluconate for Washing, Intranasal Mupirocin, and Rifampin and Doxycycline Versus No Treatment for the Eradication of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization
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Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Volume 44, number 2: Candidemia in Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices
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Source: Clinical Infectious Diseases Latest Issue - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
UCSD Researchers Discover Internal Compass Of Immune Cell
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Source: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses News From Medical News Today - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Cruise-Ship Bug Blamed For Olive Garden Gastro Sickness
