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View Post: Tuberculosis: On the Path to Prevention - insciences
1 Dec 2009 by insciences  
Their results show that one or multiple genes might provide certain people with resistance to tuberculosis infection. Their findings are published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium ... The hope is that these genetic resistance factors can be used in the near future to prevent TB infection in the general population by stimulating the mechanism responsible for resistance. ...
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View Post: Sequencing Study IDs Salmonella Strain Causing Serious Infections ...
1 Dec 2009 by a GenomeWeb staff reporter  
"[ST313] seems to have evolved to acquire a unique armory that allows it to efficiently infect vulnerable children and adults in some African regions," co-lead author Robert Kingsley, an infectious disease researcher at the Sanger Institute , ... In general, forms of non-typhoid-causing Salmonella mainly cause gastrointestinal problems such as food poisoning. But in the past decade or so, the researchers noted, non-typhoidal Salmonella — including S. Typhimurium — has been ...
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View Post: Influenza Update and Resources « What's New @ Loyola's Health ...
56 minutes ago by jgudenas  
While this site mainly contains information for healthcare professionals, there are many sections containing information about vaccinations, infection control, and general flu activity ... NIAID conducts and supports basic and applied research to better udnerstand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases. Some key features to the site include an overview of the 2009 H1N1 flu, differences between different flu, complications, treatments, ...
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View Post: South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies, president announces ...
1 Dec 2009 by Donna Bryson  
In New York, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that new infections are outpacing the gains from treating people with the HIV virus. He said that more must be done urgently to reach the U.N. goal of providing universal access to HIV ..... mcgeneral Half of ICU Patients Suffer From Infections; lizilizi1 Infectious Diseases [Social Studies]; sboneham Fighting a cold with homemade soup & other old wives tales. Should have read more when i worked in infectious diseases ...
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View Post: Vaginal Infections - What you can do to lower your risk of getting ...
19 hours ago by admin  
VAGINAL INFECTIONS1. General InformationKnowing the symptoms, causes and types of vaginitis is very important because the discomfort caused by vaginitis can. ... Vaginal infections are classified by the three major types: candida, bacterial vaginosis and trichomonas. Of these, candida (also known as "yeast infection"), is the cause of 20 to 40 percent of all cases of infectious vaginitis. It is also the most recurrent form of vaginal infection. f. What is candida? ...
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View Post: H Panji Irawan: HACEK Group Infections (Infective Endocarditis)
30 Nov 2009 by FX  
In general, the entire course should be with intravenous antibiotics. Once the patient is stable and cultures are negative, completing intravenous therapy on an outpatient basis is reasonable. However, even in the outpatient setting, ... However, given the lack of evidence, this be reserved for special circumstances and in consultation with an infectious disease specialist.7. Transfer If HACEK infection is diagnosed early, managing the infection in a center that does not ...
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View Post: FDA Approves Use of Roche Test to Screen Source Plasma for HIV ...
17 hours ago by Roche Molecular Systems Inc.  
infections than conventional antibody or antigen assays. Roche assays have been used since 1999 to screen blood and plasma products. Roche launched the automated cobas s 201 system and the cobas(R) TaqScreen MPX Test outside the. United States in 2006 for the most comprehensive ..... Infectious Disease Control. EC_AVService New Audio File: - Comment by Johan CARLSSON, Director-General, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control- Keynote http://url4.eu/rvXJ ...
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View Post: ENY-740/IN722: Emerging Infectious Diseases
19 Jun 2007
General symptoms of prion disease include loss of motor control, dementia, paralysis, wasting, and eventually death. Prions are thought to be responsible for scrapie, mad cow disease, and chronic wasting disease of animals, ..... Immunosuppressed hosts: An increase in people with suppressed immune systems increases the risk of infection with other diseases, including EIDs. Links between frequency and severity of infectious diseases and immunosuppression (for example due ...
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View Post: Happy Mommy Ako!: H1N1 Vaccine
1 Dec 2009 by It's me Tey!  
There are simple infection control techniques that you can use at home when caring for a sick person with a flu-like illness. Frequent hand washing by everyone in the home can help to reduce the spread of influenza viruses. Having the sick person wear a mask can help to stop ... "Anything that helps our immune systems stay robust helps prevent us getting infected with any disease," says Dr. Bonnie Henry, an infectious disease expert at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. ...
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View Post: Community-Acquired MRSA in Hospital Outpatients A Growing Problem ...
30 Nov 2009 by vermont  
MRSA is a bacteria that can cause serious infection and is resistant to most antibiotics, noted Science Daily, citing a recent study in next month's issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. ... CA-MRSA can be acquired in gyms, spas, schools - public places, in general - adding to the risk and growing problem of HA-MRSA, noted Science Daily. The study looked at information from over 300 microbiology labs serving hospitals nationwide, and found a seven-fold increase in the ...
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