TB & Outbreaks Week articles from August 2000

TB & Outbreaks Week archives from August 2000

Scientists in Japan Identify Unique Phage on Outbreak Vibrio Species.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- An important study that has identified a unique identifier on Vibrio parahaemolyticus was recently reported in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology by researchers at the Osaka University in Japan. This...

Mycobacterium bovis a Leading Cause of TB at Mexico-U.S. Border.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to University of California at San Diego investigators, a large number of new tuberculosis (TB) cases identified at San Diego hospitals in the last few years have been caused by Mycobacterium bovis,...

Testing, Counseling Advocated to Slow HIV Epidemic in Developing Countries.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Offering free sex counseling and HIV testing to people in the developing world would curtail unsafe sex and could slash infection rates by more than 10% a year at a reasonable cost, new research suggests. ...

Scientists Describe Enterovirus 71 Outbreak in Children in Taiwan.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- The clinical manifestations of an enterovirus 71 (EV71) outbreak among children in Taiwan was described in a recent edition of the Journal of Clinical Virology by medical investigators at the National Cheng...

Microbe that Causes Ulcers Seen in Many Italian Hepatitis Patients.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study conducted by scientists in Italy found that patients with liver cirrhosis may also be plagued by the microbe known to cause gastric ulcers, Helicobacter pylori. The study, reported by A. Ponetto...

Hepatitis B Vaccination for Asian and Pacific Islander Children Emphasized.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- A report in the July 14, 2000, edition of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report says that Asian and Pacific Islander (API) children have a 20 to 30 times...

Klebsiella Infections in ICU Attributed to Formaldehyde-Based Disinfectant.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- A disinfectant used in a German intensive care unit (ICU) for babies and infants has caused two deaths and serious illness among many patients, according to a research letter published in the July 22, 2000,...

Genetic Traits Determine Susceptibility to Tuberculosis Infection.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Preliminary findings from a study indicate that patients with tuberculosis infection may be susceptible to that disease because of a genetic trait. The study is reported in the July 2000 Proceedings of the...

Risk May Be Greater for Internet Sex Seekers.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- People who seek sex partners through the Internet may be at greater risk for sexually transmitted diseases, including the virus that causes AIDS, according to an article in the July 26, 2000, issue of The...

Public Health Investigators Use Internet to Trace Syphilis Outbreak.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- A recent syphilis outbreak linked to an Internet chat room provided a unique opportunity to conduct public health control activities in cyberspace, according to an article in the July 26, 2000, issue of The...

Cytokine Imbalance Increases as Infection Progresses in Mice.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists in Norway have conducted research showing that cytokine expression changes with the progression of tuberculosis infection in the lungs of mice. The results of this research were reported in the...

No Relationship Realized Between Tuberculin Reactivity and Atopy.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- There appears to be no significant relationship between tuberculin reactivity and atopy in young adults vaccinated with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine. "An inverse association between tuberculin...

Point Mutation in mma3 Gene is Responsible for Impaired Methoxymycolic Acid Production.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Canada have discovered why methoxymycolic acid production in Mycobacterium bovis strains of bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) obtained after the year 1927 is impaired. "BCG vaccines are...

Researchers Document Rare Cases of West Nile Virus.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Two unique cases of West Nile virus infection highlight the need for greater vigilance regarding the mosquito-borne virus. Both West Nile virus cases reported in the American Academy of Neurology's July...

Genetic Tests Making U.S. Blood Supply Safer.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- New genetic tests have made the blood supply in the U.S. safer, allowing donation banks to detect viral infections sooner and keep them from slipping into transfusions, scientists said. Dr. Michael Busch...

Enterococcus faecium Outbreak Linked to Contaminated Blood Products.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Evidence suggested that an outbreak of Enterococcus faecium at a hospital in Brazil was linked to contaminated blood products. "The isolation of E. faecium from four patients in a short period of time (48...

Lethal Antibiotic Created to Cause Resistant Bacteria to Self-Destruct.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- NewBiotics Inc., San Diego, California, reported laboratory tests of its NB2001 drug candidate show the company's drug design causes resistant bacteria associated with hospital-acquired infections to...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Alters Interferon-{{gamma}} Expression in vitro.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Research conducted by Texas A&M Health Science Center investigators has shown that virulent mycobacteria inhibit the expression of interferon-{{gamma}} (IFN-{{gamma}}) in guinea pig cells. These findings...

Findings Reveal Public Concern.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Results from two new surveys announced by The Coalition for Transfusion Safety, a consortium dedicated to elevating awareness of the need for safer blood transfusions, uncover significant concerns about the...

Phase I Study Initiated for Non-Absorbed Toxin-Binding Polymer.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- GelTex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 2, 2000, for a non-absorbed toxin-binding...

New Mexico Woman is Seventh Case This Year.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- A McKinley County, New Mexico, woman has been diagnosed with hantavirus, bringing New Mexico's total to seven cases this year, state health officials said. The 38-year-old woman was in critical condition...

Vaccine for 2000-2001 Flu Season Expected to be Delayed.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a notice in the July 14, 2000, edition of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, supply and distribution of the influenza vaccine for the...

FDA Approval Announced for Malarone.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Malarone (atovaquone and proguanil hydrochloride) for the prevention and treatment of malaria in adults and children. The drug, manufactured by...

United Kingdom Approves NeisVac-C Vaccine.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Baxter's Hyland Immuno business announced that the United Kingdom Medicines Control Agency has granted market authorization for NeisVac-C, a group C meningococcal conjugate vaccine. The vaccine is...

Suspected Anthrax Cases Reported in Ethiopia.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- The World Health Organization reports having received notice of of clusters of cases of suspected anthrax in the Afar region of Ethiopia. This area is inhabited by pastoralists who depend on livestock and...

WHO: Better Out-Patient Services Key to Health Gains for the Poor.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Better organized out-patient services could make the biggest immediate health gains for the poor in most of the world's developing countries, according to an article in the June issue of The Bulletin of World...

License Granted for Vaccine Technology.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- MedImmune, Inc. (MEDI), Gaithersburg, Maryland, announced that it has granted SmithKline Beecham (SBH), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a worldwide, exclusive license to its Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine...

New York Area Spraying to Kill Virus-Carrying Mosquitoes.
August 1, 2000... 2000 AUG 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Health officials in New York City mobilized insecticide-spraying trucks on July 18, 2000, after an encephalitis virus that killed seven people last year turned up again in mosquitoes and birds across the New...

Antituberculosis Drug Resistance Surveillance Needed in Europe.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Standardization of antituberculosis drug resistance surveillance is recommended, especially for Europe, by a working group of the World Health Organization and the Europe Region of the International Union...

Scientists Link Protein to Hemorrhaging.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a part of the Ebola virus that likely is responsible for the massive internal bleeding leading to most of those deaths. Ebola...

Vaccination May Not Protect U.S. Soldiers.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Plans to vaccinate all 2.4 million U.S. military personnel against anthrax are in fresh trouble. Research notes from a crucial test of the vaccine in monkeys suggest that, while jabs may keep soldiers...

Rifabutin/Protease Inhibitors Successfully Treat TB in HIV Patients.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Rifabutin combined with protease inhibitors (PI) can be used to effectively treat HIV patients with tuberculosis (TB). "Drug interactions between rifamycins and highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)...

New Nipah Virus Shows Similarities to Hendra Virus.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Preliminary investigation of the newly identified Nipah virus has shown that it shares many characteristics with Hendra virus, but it is a separate and distinct virus, according to U.S. Centers for Disease...

Factors Associated with Multi-Drug Resistant TB in Switzerland Identified.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- In the August 2000 issue of the European Respiratory Journal, the first report on a tuberculosis drug resistance national surveillance system linking all clinical and routine laboratory information of all...

Increasing Rates of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Denmark.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Recently, the World Health Organization launched its second global report on drug resistant tuberculosis, in which Denmark was mentioned as one of the countries with increasing rates of drug resistance. ...

Prevalence of New GB Virus-C/Hepatitis G Virus Studied in Taiwanese Population.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- An epidemiological study of GB virus-C/hepatitis G virus (HGV) in a small village in Taiwan was recently reported in the journal Liver. According to the report, low educational attainment was a significant...

Health Officials Fear Infection in Foxhounds Could Cause Disease in Humans.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- A fatal tropical disease has infected large numbers of foxhounds in the U.S. Public health officials fear that humans may contract the disease if the dogs come into contact with sandflies, which transmit...

Pneumonia Vaccine Ineffective in HIV-1 Infected Ugandan Adults.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- A 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine evaluated in HIV-1 Ugandan adults was reported by researchers in the United Kingdom to be practically useless. "Infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae is a...

Complement Activation is Higher in Patients with Severe Nephropathia Epidemica.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Patients who suffer from Puumala hantavirus-associated nephropathia epidemica (NE) have clinical outcomes that are associated with the complement activation system, say researchers in Finland at the University...

Lack of B Cells in Knockout Mice Diminishes TB Pathogenesis.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Although many studies have demonstrated the importance of T cells in the immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, the role of B cells in early immune response has remained poorly understood. ...

Is the U.S. Prepared to Respond in Case of Chemical or Biological Threat?
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- In a society that is technology-enabled, economically-driven, and politically unstable, the threat of terrorism is a grim reality. If and when such an event is threatened or actually occurs, clinical...

Tuberculosis Adversely Affects Outcome in HIV Patients.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Evaluation of cytokine profiles in HIV/AIDS patients shows that tuberculosis adversely affects outcome in these patients. "HIV infection is associated with a profound dysregulation of the immune system and...

Hepatitis A Disease Rate Remains High Among Populations in Atlanta, Georgia.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- In Atlanta, Georgia, the site for this year's major conference on emerging infectious diseases, a subset of the metropolitan population continues to have high hepatitis A virus infection rates, despite...

Vaccine Reaches Clinical Trial.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Much needed malaria vaccines may be available soon, researchers from Belgium reported. "Malaria remains one of the world's most deadly diseases," reported J. Cohen, SmithKline Beecham Biologicals,...

Scientists Study Neisseria meningitidis in Neonates.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported on the incidence of meningitis caused by Neisseria meningitidis in newborns at the CDC 2000 International Conference...

Infections Continued to Flourish in the Middle of West Nile Virus Outbreak.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Last summer, West Nile Virus showed up for the first time in the Western Hemisphere in New York City. Researchers still don't know how it reached the shores of the United States. However, in the middle of...

International Training Efforts Directed at Tuberculosis Testing and Diagnosis.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Tuberculosis remains a threat in countries throughout the world, and especially in developing countries, scientists report. With the use of international training efforts such as those coordinated by the...

DNA Immunization Generates Protective Immunity Similar to BCG Vaccine.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- DNA immunization against tuberculosis generated protective immunity similar to that induced by the bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine in a study conducted by U.S. government researchers. "Immunization...

Different Protective Effects of BCG Vaccine Evaluated.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against pulmonary tuberculosis elicits different protective immune responses in children from the United Kingdom as compared to children from Malawi. "Glaxo (now...

Passively-Delivered Antibodies are Protective.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Intranasal delivery of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) protected mice against challenge with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, reported researchers in the United Kingdom and Cuba. "There is an increased awareness...

Study Links Socioeconomic Factors to Contracting Infectious Disease.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Having access to a doctor appears to be the single most important factor in determining whether an individual will catch an infection from another infected person who is in close proximity, according to a new...

Phase III Studies Okay'd for Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Complicated Urinary Tract Infections.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CBST), Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced progress on its Cidecin (daptomycin for injection) clinical trial program following recent meetings with the U.S. Food and Drug...

Contaminated Drinking Water Blamed for Death of Six in Ontario.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Six people died from Escherichia coli bacteria that contaminated the drinking water of a southern Ontario, Canada, town in May 2000, according to a coroner's report issued July 26, 2000. The Ontario chief...

Suburbs Aren't Immune to Tuberculosis.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Two new tuberculosis cases in Princeton, New Jersey, show the airborne infection isn't limited to urban slums, experts say, suggesting that the government must keep up efforts to control the world's most...

Vietnam, Neighbors Struggle to Rein in Hepatitis B.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hepatitis B infection is rampant in much of Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa, taxing the medical resources of impoverished nations that also are struggling with the spread of HIV. Chronic carriers can go...

U.S. Senate Okays $600 Million for AIDS Treatment, Relief in Poor.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Legislation committing up to US$600 million in U.S. aid for fighting HIV and AIDS in Africa and developing countries elsewhere was passed July 26, 2000, by the U.S. Senate. On a voice vote, the Senate...

Oral Vaccine Trial Begins.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Antex Biologics (ATXB), Gaithersburg, Maryland, announced the start of a Phase Ib/II clinical trial of Antex's Helivax, an orally administered vaccine for Helicobacter pylori. According to the U.S. Centers...

Trial Completed for Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Staph. aureus Infections.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Micrologix Biotech Inc., Vancouver, British Columbia, has completed a U.S. Phase I human clinical trial demonstrating the safety of MBI 853NL. MBI 853NL is an antibiotic drug being developed for the...

Three Lots of Imovax Vaccine Voluntarily Recalled.
August 8, 2000... 2000 AUG 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Aventis Pasteur Inc., Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, announced that, as a precautionary measure, it is voluntarily recalling three lots of a rabies vaccine that is used for pre-exposure immunization. This...

DNA Blueprint Unveiled.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have determined the genomic sequence of Vibrio cholerae, the cause of severe diarrheal disease that has been endemic in southern...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mutations Indicate Susceptibility.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Rapid analysis of genetic mutations at the rpoB and pncA genetic sites on Mycobacterium tuberculosis can significantly enhance the development a plan of treatment for patients with TB, according to medical...

Respiratory Tract Pathogens and Response to Antibiotics Differ in Canada and USA.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- More and more infectious diseases are becoming resistant to antimicrobial agents and medical officials continue to warn us about the overuse of antibiotics. A major infectious disease surveillance effort...

Antibiotic Treatment Increases Risk in Patients Infected with Escherichia coli 0157.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- More evidence that antibiotic treatment increases the risk for hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) in patients infected with Escherichia coli 0157:H7 was reported in a recent edition of the New England Journal of...

Apoptosis Associated with Poor Immune Response.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Splenomegaly and poor T-cell response have been associated with apoptosis in mice susceptible to Mycobacterium bovis BCG (bacille Calmette-Guerin) infection by investigators in France. Researchers found...

Test Determines if Patients Suffering from Chronic Lung Disease Should Fly.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- In the August 2000 issue of the European Respiratory Journal (ERJ), doctors in Britain propose a new protocol to determine if persons suffering from respiratory disorders should fly or not. At a time when...

Researchers in The Netherlands Offer Insights on Compliance.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Ensuring completion of treatment, in particular in high-risk groups, is very important for the prevention of tuberculosis transmission. A Netherlands study, published in the August 2000 issue of the European...

Large Outbreak in Romania Involved Multiple Types of Enteroviruses.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that a large outbreak of viral meningitis in Romania was caused by three different types of enteroviruses. This is unusual in that it is the...

Peruvian Plants Inhibit Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, studying medicinal plants from the Peruvian rainforests, have come across results that may significantly influence the direction of the fight...

Use of Triclosan in Household Products May Increase Harmful Microbial Resistance.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Evidence that the widespread use of antimicrobial agents has lead to increased resistance in harmful bacteria continues to grow. Now, preliminary reports indicate that bacterial resistance to triclosan,...

Prevention of Nasal Colonization Could Eliminate Disease in High Risk Patients.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The anterior portion of the nasal passages is a prime site for colonization by Staphylococcus aureus. Scientists at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital maintain that by eliminating...

Mad Cow Disease Can't Be Ruled Out in U.S., Canada, EU Says.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cases of mad cow disease are unlikely to occur in the United States and Canada but cannot be ruled out, according to a European Union report released August 2, 2000. The report studied the risks of the...

CDC Research Underscores Deadly Tie Between HIV and TB Pandemics.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presented new findings on the link between the HIV and tuberculosis (TB) pandemics at a press briefing at the XIII International AIDS Conference in...

TB Contacts Screening Suggested.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Health clinics should look more carefully for the AIDS virus among people who have close contact with tuberculosis patients because HIV positive people are much more vulnerable to TB, the U.S. Centers for...

Cluster of Cases Reported in Leicestershire, U.K.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Surveillance Unit has advised the U.K. Department of Health that it has identified a cluster of four confirmed cases and one probable case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob...

Tuberculosis Cases Increase in Alaska.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new study of tuberculosis in Alaska shows a 10% increase in cases from 1998 to 1999, but a public health physician says the increase is not as bad as it sounds because a handful of cases can drive up the...

Melon's Rind Won't Prevent Illness.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Most people wouldn't think to wash a watermelon before slicing it, but health experts say that's the best defense against bacteria like Escherichia coli. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, health officials have linked...

Imported Case in The Netherlands Reported to WHO.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Health officials in The Netherlands recently notified the World Health Organization (WHO) about an imported case of Lassa fever. A man, working as a surgeon in Sierra Leone (outside the capital Freetown)...

WHO Reports "Substantial Progress" Toward Eradication in Europe.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- In 1988, the World Health Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) resolved to eradicate polio globally by 2000. Substantial progress has been made toward this goal in the 51-member states of the...

Could Mosquitoes Be a Vector for Hepatitis C Virus?
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- It is a generally-held assumption that mosquitoes cannot transmit some types of viruses, including hepatitis virus. Researchers in France, however, have been able to grow hepatitis C virus (HCV) in mosquito...

Lysine Auxotroph of M. tuberculosis H37Rv Induces Immunity in Mice.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A lysine auxotroph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv used as a vaccine was able to induce cell-mediated immunity in a murine model. "A mutant strain of M. tuberculosis H37Rv (mc23026) in which the lysA...

Poland TB Rate Twice that of European Union.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The number of tuberculosis cases in Poland is twice as high as the rest of the European Union, according to an Agence France Presse August 3, 2000, report. The head of the country's Institute of...

Edible Vaccine Shows Promise Fighting Virus in Lab Tests.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A respiratory virus that strikes hardest at young children and the elderly in nursing homes has lost a preliminary bout with a two-fisted enemy - genetically modified cherry tomatoes containing an edible...

Disease Confirmed in Infected Bird in Massachusetts.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) announced July 28, 2000, that West Nile virus (WNV) has been confirmed by the State Laboratory Institute in an adult dead crow found July 22 in a wooded...

Fear of West Nile Virus Grips Northeast U.S.
August 15, 2000... 2000 AUG 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Worried by instances of the potentially fatal West Nile virus, some people in the Northeast are asking health officials to test everything from a dead bat in a toilet to birds that were shot to death or...