Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA articles from July 2004

Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA archives from July 2004

Diversity of Bartonella in rodents of Thailand determined.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have determined the prevalence and diversity of Bartonella in rodents of northern Thailand. According to a study from the United States and Thailand, "We report results of the first...

U.S. National Cancer Institute in vitro drug screening has expanded.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New anticancer drug screening data are now available on line, researchers say. According to recent research from the United States, "Development of new anticancer drugs is a costly and risky...

States awarded grant for colorectal cancer prevention educational program.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thanks to a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation (CRPF), CRPF will work with colorectal cancer...

Measles-mumps-rubella vaccination recommended at 12 to 15 months of age.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Measles-mumps-rubella vaccination is recommended at 12 to 15 months of age. "To determine seroconversion rates with measles-mumps-rubella vaccine administered to children at 9, 12, or 15 months of...

Model for disease outbreaks in realistic urban networks developed.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have developed a model for managing disease outbreaks in realistic urban social networks. "Most mathematical models for the spread of disease use differential equations based on...

SnET2 NDA accepted by FDA with priority review designation.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Miravant Medical Technologies (MRVT), a pharmaceutical development company specializing in PhotoPoint photodynamic therapy (PDT), announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted...

National study shows 82% of U.S. homes have mouse allergens.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS), one of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), have found that detectable levels of mouse allergen exist in the...

Link suspected between soccer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Soccer, neurotrauma, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis appear to be related. According to recent research from Germany, "Trauma has long been hypothesized but never proven to be a risk factor for...

Special protocol assessment agreed on for approval-enabling study of Ranexa.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CV Therapeutics, Inc., (CVTX) announced that the company and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have reached written agreement on a protocol for a clinical trial of Ranexa (ranolazine), which,...

CDC collaboration yields new test for anthrax.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new test funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and developed in collaboration with a commercial partner has become the first test approved by the U.S. Food and Drug...

NIH supports phase I clinical trial of DNA-based anthrax vaccine.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vical, Inc., (VICL) announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has advised the company it will support a phase I...

Public-private partnership extends Dutch-American cooperation in biodefense.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IQ Corp., a biopharmaceutical company based in The Netherlands, and the U.S. Navy Medical Research Center (NMRC) have entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to develop...

B. anthracis antigens for testing anthrax immunity identified.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have identified Bacillus anthracis extractable antigens that are suitable for testing anthrax immunity. According to published research from Israel, "Three extractable Bacillus anthracis...

Antimicrobial drug development declining.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite an increasing need for antimicrobial drugs, drug development in this area in the United States is declining. According to recent research published in the journal Clinical Infectious...

FDA issues non-approvable letter for Revelation Tx.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cardima, Inc., (CRDM) received a letter, dated May 21, 2004, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, stating that Cardima's premarket approval application (PMA) for the Revelation Tx Microcatheter...

Biotech firm submits response to FDA warning letter.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Celsion Corp. (CLN) announced that its response to the warning letter issued to it by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on May 7, 2004, was submitted to the FDA on Friday, May 28, 2004. ...

Defense Department starts first responder tech center at Pitt.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Defense Department has chosen a University of Pittsburgh business laboratory to market technology that could benefit law enforcement, firefighters and emergency medical personnel responding to a...

Vaccines for the prevention of diseases caused by potential bioweapons.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists review vaccines for the prevention of diseases caused by potential bioweapons in a recent issue of the journal Clinical Immunology. According to researchers in the United States, "The...

TrueTrack Smart System receives FDA approval for alternate site testing.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Home Diagnostics Inc.'s TrueTrack Smart System has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for alternate site testing, offering patients with diabetes the ability to draw a blood sample from...

Application filed for European marketing approval of RSR13 (efaproxiral).
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Allos Therapeutics, Inc., (ALTH) announced that it has filed a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) with the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) to market RSR13 (efaproxiral) as an adjunct to whole...

FDA warns against women using domperidone to increase milk production.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In response to reports that women may be using an unapproved drug, domperidone (Motilium; manufacturer: Janssen), to increase lactation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning...

Annual report finds cancer incidence and death rates on the decline.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The nation's leading cancer organizations report that Americans' risk of getting and dying from cancer continues to decline and survival rates for many cancers continue to improve. The "Annual...

Illinois holding international conference on PCBs.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists from around the world are meeting at the University of Illinois to discuss the latest research on the effects of PCBs, chemicals once widely used in manufacturing but banned in the 1970s...

Companies end Genasense expanded-access program in melanoma.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genta, Inc., (GNTA) and Aventis (AVE) announced the termination of the Expanded Access Program for Genasense (oblimersen sodium) Injection in combination with dacarbazine. The decision to close the...

Near-infrared labeled endostatin localizes at tumors in animal models.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Near-infrared labeled endostatin localizes at tumors in animal models. "Endostatin is a potent inhibitor of angiogenesis currently in phase I clinical trials. Imaging technologies that use near...

FDA issues marketing clearance for AED Plus pediatric capability.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ZOLL Medical Corporation (ZOLL) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) marketing clearance for the new pediatric capability in ZOLL's automated external...

U.S. patent issued relating to biocompatible HAp coating technology.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MIV Therapeutics Inc. (OTCBB) announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded The University of British Columbia (UBC) a patent relating to MIVT's licensed biocompatible hydroxypatite...

Company initiates Diquafosol phase III dry eye trial.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (ISPH) announced the initiation of a phase III trial of diquafosol tetrasodium for the treatment of dry eye. Inspire received an approvable letter for diquafosol from...

Panel recommends CHARITE artificial disc for FDA approval.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- DePuy Spine, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, reported that the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unanimously recommended approval, with...

Pregnancy more likely from one act of unprotected sex than previously believed.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study suggests that a single act of unprotected intercourse is more likely to lead to an unwanted pregnancy than was previously believed. In a study of women who had either been sterilized or...

U.S. Patent Office requested to re-examine cord blood stem cell patent.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thermogenesis Corp. (KOOL) has requested that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) re-examine patent No. 5,004,681 issued to PharmaStem Corporation, relating to the collection and preservation of...

FDA does not approve application to amend existing Angiomax label.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Medicines Company (MDCO) has received a review letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) stating that the company's application to amend the existing Angiomax (bivalirudin) label is...

IgG1 antibody for neutralization of dengue type 4 virus identified.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have identified a full-length humanized immunoglobulin G1 antibody that is highly efficient for neutralization of dengue type 4 virus. According to published research from the United...

FDA approves Second Look 200 for breast-cancer detection.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- iCAD, Inc., (ICAD), which designs, develops, and markets computer-aided detection (CAD) imaging technology and systems for the early detection of breast cancer and other medical applications, announced...

FDA approves expanded labeling claims for SurePath Liquid-Based Pap Test.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TriPath Imaging, Inc., (TPTH) has received approval for expanded labeling claims from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include the use of a brush/plastic spatula combination collection...

Zargis Acoustic Cardioscan cleared for marketing.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zargis Medical Corp., a subsidiary of Speedus Corp. (SPDE), has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market Zargis Acoustic Cardioscan. Cardioscan is, according to the...

Connecticut receives $3 million for Lyme disease study.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers with the Connecticut state Department of Public Health expect to receive $3 million in federal funding to study ways to prevent Lyme disease, state health officials said. The funding,...

Recombinant anti-MUC1 scFv has improved stability.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recombinant version of an anti-MUC1 scFv has greatly improved stability and efficacy. According to recent research from the United States, "[a]nti-MUC1 single-chain Fv (scFv) fragments generated...

FDA approves Zenith FLEX AAA endograft.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Cook, Inc.'s Zenith FLEX AAA endovascular graft for U.S. distribution, company officials reported. "The Zenith FLEX design represents what we...

MS method to measure toxaphene congeners in human serum developed.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have developed a method to measure toxaphene congeners in pooled human serum collected in three U.S. cities using high-resolution mass spectrometry. "Because human toxaphene exposure data...

Lead levels not as safe as previously thought.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found a link between levels of lead and cadmium - both toxic and carcinogenic metals - in the blood and peripheral arterial...

Thymosin Beta 4 receives Orphan Drug designation for Epidermolysis Bullosa.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., (RGRX) has received Orphan Drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) for its drug, Thymosin...

Prevacid IV for Injection approved by the FDA for erosive esophagitis.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to market an intravenous (IV) formulation of Prevacid (lansoprazole). When patients are unable to take...

E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to salami in British Columbia.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 was linked to salami in British Columbia, Canada. According to recent research published in the journal Epidemiology and Infection, "An outbreak of E. coli...

Bioassay suitable for screening of enrofloxacin residues in chicken.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have developed a bioassay suitable for rapid screening of enrofloxacin residues in chicken tissues. According to a study from the United States, "Regulatory monitoring for most...

LC/MS analysis of brevetoxin metabolites in Eastern oyster reported.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report results of an LC/MS analysis of brevetoxin metabolites in the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in a recent issue of the journal Toxicon. According to a study from the United...

Progress in enteric vaccine development outlined.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers outline recent progress in enteric vaccine development in the journal Best Practice and Research in Clinical Gastroenterology. "Enteric infections resulting in diarrhea are among the...

Aminoglycoside rescues disease-causing mutation in vasopressin receptor gene.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aminoglycoside rescues a disease-causing nonsense mutation in the V2 vasopressin receptor gene in vitro and in vivo. According to a study from Germany and the United States, "Many human diseases...

FDA, NIH drive clinical genomics: Is widespread application in the near future?
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The promise of clinical genomics for improving drug development and enhancing healthcare is enormous, both from a medical and market perspective. Genomics offers the potential to improve both drug...

Referral to district hospitals key to improving care for severely ill children.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The marginal role of referral to district hospitals for severely ill children in low-income countries is highlighted by a new report. According to the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness...

Experts say AIDS prevention and treatment should be integrated to fight epidemic.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mistakes made by industrialized nations in dealing with the AIDS epidemic could be repeated in developing countries unless HIV prevention efforts are expanded along with treatment, experts warned. ...

Drugs donated by AIDS patients in U.S.helps prolong lives worldwide.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Jose Clemente, who restores artworks in Mexico's capital, has never met Daphne Rivera, a Brooklyn health educator. But medicine donated by Rivera are keeping Clemente alive. From Mexico to...

G-8 adopts plan to speed HIV vaccine development.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Bush administration has won support from its major allies for a proposal to try to accelerate development of a vaccine for the virus that causes AIDS. The endorsement at this year's Group of...

Cases of HIV-infected newborns decline in New York.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of newborns infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has reached a record low in New York, 8 years after the state required that mothers be notified if their babies test positive. ...

FDA certificate to export products to Japan granted for RespAide.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Emergency Filtration Products, Inc., (EFP, EMFP) announced that it had obtained a Certificate for Products for Export from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its RespAide, Vapor Isolation...

West Nile virus trial expands to include additional lethal viruses.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenoMed, Inc., (GMED) announced the expansion of its antiviral trials to include viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever. Dr. Alfonso J. Rodriguez will be directing the use of GenoMed's patent-pending...

Low-level viremia of hepatitis B found in antibody-positive blood donor.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found low-level viremia of hepatitis B virus in an anti-HBc- and anti-HBs-positive blood donor. "In many countries, screening of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in blood donors is limited...

FDA permission granted to resume DX-88 clinical trials.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dyax Corp. (DYAX) reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), upon further review of recently submitted data, has given the company permission to resume phase II clinical trials involving...

U.S. FDA grants tentative approval to market fenofibrate tablets.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. (RPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL), announced that RLL has received tentative approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),...

Interferon-gamma attenuates interferon-alpha activity in liver cells via STAT1.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interferon-gamma attenuates interferon-alpha activity in liver cells via STAT1. "Interferon (IFN)-gamma (interferon-gamma) modulates IFN-alpha therapy in chronic hepatitis C infection: however, the...

Interleukin-6 obstructs T cell-mediated hepatitis.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Interleukin-6 obstructs T cell-mediated hepatitis. According to recent research published in the Journal of Immunology, "the hepatoprotective effect of interleukin (IL)-6 on various forms of liver...

CDC study shows impact of water dangers.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pools, lakes, and oceans can provide hours of summer fun and physical activity, but recreational waters can also be dangerous. In 2001, more than 3300 people drowned and 4100 people were treated in...

Frequency of violent behavior among youths similar in different countries.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adolescents from five countries had similar frequencies of violence-related behaviors, including fighting and weapon carrying, according to a new study. Aggressive and violent behavior is a...

Federal appeals court says Arizona twins should get Social Security benefits.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Arizona twins conceived from frozen sperm after their father died of cancer are eligible to collect Social Security benefits, a federal appeals court ruled. In a case that might effect tens of...

United States senators target dietary supplement law.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A decade-old federal law on dietary supplement safety and the FDA's enforcement are not up to the job of protecting Americans' health, two senators told an FDA official. Senator Richard Durbin of...

FDA begins priority review of NDA for clofarabine in pediatric acute leukemia.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ILEX (ILXO) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the filing of its new drug application (NDA 21-673) for clofarabine for the treatment of refractory or relapsed acute...

Hepatic artery infusion has high partial response but no longevity benefit.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatic artery infusion therapy to treat unresectable liver metastases from colon cancer leads to response, but not to improved overall survival. According to recent research from the United States,...

Economic analysis of two-dose MMR vaccination program in U.S. reported.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have released an economic analysis of the current universal two-dose measles-mumps-rubella vaccination program in the United States in a recent issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases....

UCSD partners with Peru in NIH grant to battle world's number 2 killer.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the middle of the Peruvian Amazon, a battle against malaria - the second largest killer of people worldwide - will be undertaken by an international team of researchers led by tropical disease...

CDC lifts suspension of adoptions from Chinese agency.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. health officials have lifted a temporary ban on adoptions from a Chinese agency where a measles outbreak was reported. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lifted the...

Epidemiology of measles in the United States from 1997-2001 reported.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists report the epidemiology of measles in the United States from 1997-2001 in a recent issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. According to recent research from the United States, "Of...

Measles outbreak epidemiology in the U.S. in 1993-2001 reported.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists report measles outbreak epidemiology in the United States from 1993 to 2001 in a recent issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. "To evaluate the extent of measles virus circulation...

Minimum investigation rate for evaluating measles monitoring proposed.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A minimum rate of investigation of measles-like illnesses can serve as a standard for evaluating measles surveillance. "To determine whether measles case finding is sensitive, we developed a...

Surveillance is adequate to detect endemic measles in the U.S.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surveillance is adequate to detect endemic measles in the United States. "Evidence that endemic measles has been eliminated in the United States rests on the performance of the surveillance system....

Acute measles mortality in the United States during 1987-2002 reported.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators report the acute measles mortality in the United States during 1987-2002 in a recent issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. "We used capture-recapture methodology to estimate...

Measles hospitalizations during 1985-2002 in U.S. reported.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists report the incidence of measles hospitalizations during 1985-2002 in the United States in a recent issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. According to a study from the United...

Disparity in measles vaccine coverage in minority children eliminated.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The disparities in measles childhood vaccine coverage among racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States have been eliminated. "The gap in measles vaccine coverage between white and...

Vaccination levels associated with lack of measles in preschoolers.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaccination levels are associated with lack of measles transmission among preschool-aged populations in the United States. "Knowledge of the minimum level of vaccination capable of preventing...

Vaccine-induced antibodies to measles persist 26 to 33 years.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaccine-induced antibodies to measles persist up to 33 years after vaccination. "Because measles-specific antibody titer after vaccination is lower than after natural infection, there is concern...

Genetic analysis of measles viruses in U.S. performed.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A genetic analysis of measles viruses isolated in the United States between 1989 and 2001 indicate the absence of an endemic genotype since 1994. "This report describes measles virus surveillance in...

Measles elimination goals assessed.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists define and assess measles elimination goals in a recent issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. According to published research from the United States, "Although three of six World...

Measles elimination in U.S. aids global measles elimination efforts.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The elimination of measles in the United States provides lessons for global measles elimination efforts. According to a study from the United States, "Lessons learned from the successful end of...

Measles virus shedding does not occur with inapparent measles infections.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Measles virus shedding apparently does not occur in people with inapparent measles virus infections. According to recent research from the United States, "Serological evidence of measles virus...

Overview of measles surveillance in the United States released.
July 4, 2004... 2004 JUL 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers provide an overview of measles surveillance in the United States in a recent issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. "The elimination of endemic measles from the United States has...