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April 4, 2008

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Infectious Disease

Research from University of Manitoba in Escherichia coli provides new insights

2008 APR 11 - -- According to recent research published in the Journal of Nutrition , "Infectious diarrhea is a major problem in both children and piglets .[Drug Week]

Scientists at University of Hong Kong target tuberculosis

2008 APR 8 - -- According to a study from Hong Kong, People's Republic of China, "Susceptibility to tuberculosis may be affected by host genetic factors .[TB & Outbreaks Week]

Research from Institute Pasteur broadens understanding of legionnaire disease epidemiology

2008 APR 10 - -- A report, 'Multigenome analysis identifies a worldwide distributed epidemic Legionella pneumophila clone that emerged within a highly diverse species,' is newly published data in Genome Research .[Gene Therapy Weekly]

Study findings on pneumonia therapy are outlined in reports from Queensland University of Technology, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation

2008 APR 10 - -- Research findings, 'Selection of SHV extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-dependent cefotaxime and ceftazidime resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae requires a plasmid-borne blaSHV gene,' are discussed in a new report .[Blood Weekly]

UC Davis researchers discover how HIV turns food-poisoning into lethal infection

2008 APR 9 - -- Nearly half of all HIV-positive African adults who become infected with Salmonella die from what otherwise would be a seven-day bout of diarrhea.[Vaccine Weekly]

Study findings from Gaziantep University, Medical Department broaden understanding of urinary tract infection

2008 APR 10 - -- "Urinary tract infection is a common bacterial infection in children .[Women's Health Weekly]

Scientists uncover how superbug Staph aureus resists our natural defenses

2008 APR 11 - -- Researchers at the University of Washington have uncovered how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including the notorious MRSA "superbug" strains, resists our body's natural defenses against infection.[Drug Week]

GenVec Receives Grant for Malaria Vaccine Program

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers GAITHERSBURG, Md.-- --April 3, 2008--GenVec, Inc.[Business Wire]

New research on malaria vaccines from S. Pichyangkul and co-authors summarized

2008 APR 9 - -- "Several lines of evidence suggest that targeting pre-erythrocytic-stage parasites for malaria vaccine development can provide sterile immunity .[Vaccine Weekly]

Studies from N. Protopopoff and co-authors have provided new information about malaria

2008 APR 8 - -- "Prevention of malaria epidemics is a priority for African countries .[TB & Outbreaks Week]

New malaria study findings recently were published by researchers at University of Liverpool

2008 APR 8 - -- "Malaria is a significant public health problem in Tanzania . Approximately 16 million malaria cases are reported every year and 100,000 to 125,000 deaths occur," scientists writing in the Malaria Journal report.[TB & Outbreaks Week]

Data on malaria published by A. Nahum and colleagues

2008 APR 11 - -- "Benin has recently shifted its national antimalarial drug policy from monotherapies to combinations containing artemisinin derivatives .[Drug Week]

Research results from University of Malawi, Medical Department update understanding of malaria

2008 APR 7 - -- "Malaria fever is a common medical presentation and diagnosis in Malawi .[Health & Medicine Week]

Reports summarize falciparum malaria research from University of Oxford

2008 APR 7 - -- "The protection afforded by human erythrocyte polymorphisms against the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has been proposed to be due to reduced ability of the parasite to invade or develop in erythrocytes .[Health & Medicine Week]

Researchers from Curtin University of Technology detail new studies and findings in the area of malaria

2008 APR 11 - -- "Piperaquine is an important partner in antimalarial treatment strategies .[Drug Week]

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