TB & Outbreaks Week articles from July 2003

TB & Outbreaks Week archives from July 2003

DNA immunization effective against MRSA.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel DNA vaccine may provide protection against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), researchers in Brazil report. MRSA is "a major pathogen responsible for serious hospital...

Genetic locus linked to resistance in mice.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers have identified genetic loci that may confer tuberculosis resistance in mice. "The mouse DBA/2 (D2) strain is very susceptible to infection...

Novel liquid occlusive effective for wound dressing.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel liquid wound dressing can help maintain hemostasis and prevent infection. Researchers in the United States "evaluated a novel octylcyanoacrylate-based liquid occlusive dressing for...

New range of antibiotics may present a threat to public health, biologists say.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A remarkable range of antibiotics under development may compromise our natural defenses against infection, warns a McGill University evolutionary biologist Graham Bell. Dr. Graham Bell and coauthor...

Permethrin-treated bed nets reduce mortality in young children in Kenya.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Permethrin-treated bed nets reduced mortality in young children in an area of high perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya. "A group-randomized controlled trial of insecticide...

Rifampicin, dexamethasone differ in immunomodulatory effects.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rifampicin and dexamethasone has different immunomodulatory effects. "The antibiotic rifampicin is used extensively in the treatment of mycobacterial and other infections," scientists in Zimbabwe...

Hijacking Rho GTPases allows control of life or death of infected cells.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some pathogenic bacteria hijack the infected cell's cytoskeleton and Rho GTPases so that they can control life or death issues in the cells they inhabit. According to recent research from Italy,...

Biodefense R&D agreement signed with U.S. Army.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (BISP) announced that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army's Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases...

Protein interaction discovery tool launched, technology used in SARS studies.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc., (CIPH) announced the launch of its new Interaction Discovery Mapping (IDM) platform based on the SELDI ProteinChip Biomarker System and that the company's technology is being...

Glycine-treated products can be stored briefly and used after opening.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some glycine-treated blood products can be stored briefly and used after opening. Scientists in Japan "evaluated microbial viability in preparations packaged for single use only which mandate that...

Zinc deficiency contributes to malaria, other disorders in developing world.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Zinc deficiency contributes to malaria and other disorders in the developing world. According to published research from the United States, "zinc deficiency places children in many low-income...

L10 ribosomal protein has structural homology with QM, reduces cell growth.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Entamoeba histolytica has a ribosomal protein, L10, which has homology with human QM and is involved in reducing cell growth. According to a study from Mexico, "The complete amino acid sequence of...

Water salinity can predict Vibrio cholerae levels.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Water salinity can be used to predict Vibrio cholerae levels. V. cholerae "is autochthonous to natural waters and can pose a health risk when it is consumed via untreated water or contaminated...

Acidified sodium chlorite effective for preventing salmon contamination.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acidified sodium chlorite is an effective means of preventing salmon contamination. In a study from the United States, the antimicrobial activity of ASC "against Listeria monocytogenes in salmon"...

Novel model improves prediction of Listeria beef contamination.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel predictive model can aid the prevention of Listeria beef contamination. In a study from the United States, "the effects of heating temperature (60 to 73.9 degrees C), sodium lactate (NaL;...

Sodium levulinate effective for preventing sausage contamination.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sodium levulinate effectively prevents microbial sausage contamination. Scientists in the United States "compared the effects of 1.4% or 2.7% sodium levulinate or sodium lactate on aerobic plate...

Carditis may be associated directly or indirectly to Helicobacter pylori.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Carditis is a risk factor associated with several aspects of gastritis and may be due to Helicobacter pylori. "Dyspepsia is a common clinical problem. Its causes include peptic ulcer disease,...

Enolase may contribute to Aeromonas hydrophila pathogenicity in enteritis.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Aeromonas hydrophila expresses enolase, which binds human plasminogen; this may contribute to pathogenicity. According to a study from the United States, "Aeromonas hydrophila is an emerging human...

Incidence of sepsis could be underestimated in newborns.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Authors of a research letter in the June 6, 2003, issue of The Lancet suggest that the incidence of disease caused by group B streptococcal infection in babies is underestimated because the current gold...

TNF variation doesn't appear to increase TB susceptibility in HIV-1 infected.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tumor necrosis factor variation doesn't appear to increase susceptibility to tuberculosis in HIV-1 infected people, study results suggest. HIV-1 infection increases the rate of TB development in...

Gastric and enterohepatic species have different lectin adhesins.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Helicobacter species have different lectin adhesins for attachment that may vary dependent on where it likes to live. According to recent research from Sweden, "Helicobacter pylori is able to...

Pseudomonas folliculitis outbreak linked to swimming pool inflatable.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A folliculitis outbreak in the United Kingdom has been linked to a contaminated swimming pool inflatable. According to recent research from England, "on 18 February 2002, the Communicable Disease...

Drinking water chlorination may not prevent childhood diarrhea.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chlorination of drinking water may not prevent childhood diarrhea in developing areas. According to published research from Sri Lanka, "to evaluate the importance of public-domain transmission of...

First echovirus type 13-associated aseptic meningitis cases reported in Spain.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first cases of aseptic meningitis (AM) associated with echovirus type 13 have been reported in Spain. "Echoviruses are the commonest cause" of AM, scientists there explained. "Echovirus...

Genotypic variation in "Cryptosporidium parvum characterized.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genotypic variation in "Cryptosporidium parvum has been characterized, providing valuable epidemiological information on this pathogen. In a study from Australia, C. parvum "oocyst DNA samples (n =...

Multidrug-resistant Salmonella outbreak in United Kingdom linked to lettuce.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A multidrug-resistant Salmonella outbreak in the United Kingdom has been linked to lettuce consumption. "Between 1 August and 15 September 2000, 361 cases of Salmonella enterica serotype...

Novel epidemic Acinetobacter strain identified in Argentina.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel epidemicAcinetobacter strain has ben identified in Argentina. "To identify epidemic Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) clones, 38 carbapenem-resistant AB isolates from 5 hospitals were analyzed"...

Selenium deficiency may increase viral infection risk.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Selenium deficiency may increase the risk of viral infections. "The discovery that the juvenile cardiomyopathy known as Keshan disease likely has a dual etiology that involves both a nutritional...

Etest useful for posaconazole susceptibility testing of filamentous fungi.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Etest method can be useful for determining the posaconazole susceptibility of fungal pathogens. In a study from the United States, "the performance of the Etest for posaconazole susceptibility...

WIDER I system effective for susceptibility testing.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The WIDER I system is effective for susceptibility testing of several common pathogens. Scientists in Spain conducted a study "to evaluate the WIDER I system for susceptibility testing of...

Ciprofloxacin may alter submandibular gland function.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ciprofloxacin impairs submandibular gland function in animals. In a study from Iran, "the effects of Ciprofloxacin (Cipro), a fluoroquinolone antibiotic, on rat submandibular gland structure and...

Drug resistance prevalent in North American respiratory pathogens.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drug resistance is increasingly common in North American respiratory pathogens. According to published research from Canada, "the PROTEKT surveillance study commenced in 1999 to examine the...

Site-specific capsules effective for oseltamivir delivery.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Site-specific capsules are effective for delivery of anti-influenza medication. Scientists in the United States "investigated the site-specific absorption of oseltamivir using targeted delivery and...

Company announces follow on finance to undertake vaccination initiative.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adjuvantix Limited, a Sheffield, U.K., based vaccine adjuvant company, announced the completion of a further investment from the White Rose Technology Seedcorn Fund (WRTSF), bringing its total funding...

Epidemiologic data for 2002-03 flu season reported.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Center for Infectious Diseases, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reported that, overall, the 2002-03 U.S. influenza season was mild, though various regions of the country...

Herpesvirus macrophage inflammatory proteins play key role in development.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Herpesvirus macrophage inflammatory proteins play a key role in Kaposi sarcoma development. "Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV)/Human herpesvirus 8 encodes three chemokines, which are...

New high performance mini-laboratory for microbiological analyses introduced.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A French biotech company, GeneSystems, has invented a very high speed technology for microbiological analysis, in the form of an automated laboratory apparatus, called the GeneDisc Cycler. This...

Researchers are learning how food-borne bacteria make you sick.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Whether foodborne bacteria make people sick depends on a variety of factors, and better understanding of the infection process could lead to ways to stop such illnesses from occurring, according to...

Bed nets dramatically reduce malaria exposure in Kenyan infants.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bed nets dramatically reduced malaria exposure in infants in an area of intense perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya. According to published research from the United States, Kenya, and...

Malaria reduced in pregnant women by permethrin-treated bed nets in Kenya.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Malaria was reduced in pregnant women by permethrin-treated bed nets in an area of intense perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya. "The impact of insecticide (permethrin)-treated bed nets...

Permethrin-treated bed nets reduce local population of malaria vectors.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Permethrin-treated bed nets reduced the local population of malaria vectors. According to recent research published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, "The effect of...

Cytokine profile during paroxysms characterized.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The cytokine profile of malaria patients suffering from paroxysms has been characterized. "The paroxysms of Plasmodium vivax malaria are antiparasite responses that, although distressing to the...

Campaign targets more than 5 million children.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A measles vaccination and vitamin A campaign, targeting more than five million children aged between six months and 15 years, was launched in Ethiopia on June 6, 2003, by the United Nations Children's...

Case of possible human-to-human transmission under investigation.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Wisconsin nurse may have contracted monkeypox from a patient in what would be the first known case of the disease spreading from one person to another in the United States, officials said on June 12,...

First outbreak of human infection in Western Hemisphere reported.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Public health officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana have reported the first outbreak of human infections with a...

Smallpox vaccination recommended for those exposed to virus.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued interim guidance advising states that persons investigating monkeypox outbreaks and involved in caring for infected individuals or...

Fatty acid analysis useful for identification.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fatty acid analysis can be useful for identifying different species of mycobacteria. In a study from Turkey, "the cellular fatty acid profiles of 67 strains belonging to three different species of...

Respiratory tuberculosis mortality risk evaluated by job type.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH; U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) researchers recently listed occupations and industries with higher incidence of deaths due...

Disseminated Nocardia asteroides is a risk after trauma in the elderly.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An elderly immunocompetent patient acquired disseminated Nocardia asteroides following mild arm trauma. According to published research from Czech Republic, "A case of disseminated infection with...

Bartonella bacilliformis IalB is expressed with low pH and temperature.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The expression of IalB is altered following the environmental clues of pH and temperature change, but not in response to oxidative stress or hemin change, and relates to vector-host passage. ...

Fas-Fas ligand and CTLA-4 engagement cause T cell unresponsiveness in infection.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Paracoccidiomycosis is characterized by unresponsiveness to antigens that is found due to Fas-Fas ligand (CD95-CD95L) and cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 engagement. According to a study from...

Government statistics underestimate neonatal mortality in rural western Kenya.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Government statistics underestimate the actual neonatal mortality in rural western Kenya. According to published research from Kenya, "Estimates of mortality in children less than five years old...

Permethrin-treated bed nets reduce morbidity in young children in Kenya.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Permethrin-treated bed nets reduced morbidity in young children in western Kenya. "Information on the impact of insecticide (permethrin)-treated bed nets (ITNs) from randomized controlled trials in...

Permethrin-treated bed nets reduce sick child visits for malaria.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Permethrin-treated bed nets reduced the number of sick child visits to peripheral health facilities for the treatment of malaria. According to recent research published in the American Journal of...

Eradication efforts should continue in southern Africa, report says.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although wild poliovirus circulation appears to have been interrupted in the Southern part of Africa polio eradication activities should be sustained until global eradication is certified, officials...

Household water treatment seen as key to disease prevention.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The second meeting for the Establishment of the International Network to Promote Safe Household Water Treatment and Storage ended on June 5, 2003, with presentations showing major public health benefits...

Inscent receives federal grant to develop novel mosquito repellents.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inscent, Inc., has received an small business innovative research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health to develop a new generation of highly efficient, environmentally responsible...

Pool inspection data could be used more effectively.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Swimming is one of the most popular activities in the U.S. and a healthy way to spend leisure time. Over the past decade, however, there has been an increase in the reported number of swimming-related...

HRV2 conformational change occurs at low pH, with or without receptor.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Following entry, human rhinovirus type 2 is capable of conformational change at a low pH, regardless of whether or not it is attached to a receptor. According to recent research from Austria, "Human...

CDC confirms Singapore is in the clear.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Singapore's tourism industry reached a second milestone in its recovery from the SARS virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) completely removed its travel alert for...

Death rate lower in countries responding aggressively to initial outbreak.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three months after severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) began its spread out of southern China, it is clear that a country's response to the epidemic can have a major impact on the percentage of...

Low-dose interferon alpha lozenges to be used against SARS.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amarillo Biosciences, Inc., (AMAR), a U.S. pharmaceutical research and development firm, is taking new steps to help combat the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Asia. The...

Study suggests glycyrrhizin may be more effective than other antivirals.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A preliminary study published as a fast-track research letter in the June 14, 2003, issue of the Lancet suggests that the antiviral agent glycyrrhizin could be more effective than other antivirals in...

WHO says SARS outbreak could be coming to an end.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) said on June 12, 2003 the global severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak may be nearing an end, and hard-hit Hong Kong reported no new infections or deaths...

Contaminated acupuncture needles source of infection.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acupuncture needles can be a source of staphylococcal infection. Scientists in Hong Kong described "a case of Staphylococcus aureus subcutaneous abscess centered over the Jizhong acupuncture point...

Enterotoxin L is yet another virulence factor, and it can activate T cells.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin L is yet another virulence factor and it can activate T cells. "Staphylococcus aureus causes a wide variety of diseases. Major virulence factors of this organism...

NGO physicians set to resume work in the Central African Republic.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Spanish medical nongovernmental organization, Medicos Sin Fronteras (MSF; Doctors without Borders) is set to resume its help to victims of sleeping sickness later in June 2003 in three eastern towns...

Eli Lilly and Co. unveils global partnership to battle MDR-TB.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eli Lilly and Co. (LLY) unveiled a global effort with the World Health Organization (WHO), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Brigham and...

Dimycocerosyl phthiocerol-related genes identified.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mycobacterial genes - and potential therapeutic targets - involved in dimycocerosyl phthiocerol synthesis have been identified. "Tuberculosis is one of the leading preventable causes of death....

Food and Drug Administration says screening tests will be ready to protect blood supply.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gearing up for another season of West Nile virus, federal officials in the U.S. said on June 9, 2003, that two screening tests to protect the country's blood supply from the disease should be available...

USGS tracking mosquito-transmitted virus again in 2003.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is again mapping the trail of the West Nile Virus in 2003 both online and in near real-time. The USGS website, http://westnilemaps.usgs.gov, shows where the...

Exotic diseases transmitted from animals to humans are public health threat.
July 1, 2003... 2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The monkeypox outbreak illustrates a growing problem: exotic animals give exotic diseases to people who get too close, a trend that some medical specialists call a serious public health threat. ...

Oritavancin effective against cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis.
July 8, 2003... 2003 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The novel antimicrobial agent oritavancin (LY333328) is effective against cephalosporin-resistant pneumococcal meningitis, researchers in Spain say. Carmen...

Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine may improve immunity against other infections.
July 8, 2003... 2003 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) tuberculosis vaccine may improve immunity against other infections as well, researchers say. Results from other studies...

Carpobrotus edulis extract effective against lymphoma, staphylococcal infection.
July 8, 2003... 2003 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel plant extract can sensitize drug-resistant lymphoma cells and induce antistaphylococcal immune responses. "Although alkaloids from the family Aizoaceae have anticancer activity, species of...

Gastric and bronchial lavage useful in borderline cases.
July 8, 2003... 2003 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gastric and bronchial lavages can be useful for confirming suspected cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. Researchers in Turkey "assessed whether acid fast bacilli (AFB) determination in gastric lavage...

Report says WHO guidelines on SARS should be refined.
July 8, 2003... 2003 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Current World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for diagnosing suspected severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) may not be sufficiently sensitive in assessing patients before admission to hospital,...

Novel prodrug shows promise against methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
July 8, 2003... 2003 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel prodrug shows promise for the treatment of drug-resistant staphylococcal infections. "Crystalline 1 (TAK-599) is a novel N-phosphono prodrug of anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus...

Osteopontin involved in Th1 polarization of immune response.
July 8, 2003... 2003 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Osteopontin (OPN) may play a key role in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis. OPN, "a noncollagenous matrix protein produced by macrophages and T lymphocytes, is expressed in granulomatous lesions...

Diversa receives DoD Chemical and Biological Defense Initiatives Fund award.
July 8, 2003... 2003 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Diversa Corporation (DVSA) announced that one of its biodefense proposals has been selected to receive a $1.38 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense's Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD)...

UNAIDS report focuses on HIV, TB in prisons.
July 8, 2003... 2003 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prison conditions in most countries of the world are ideal for the transmission of HIV. "They are frequently overcrowded. They commonly operate in an atmosphere of violence and fear. Tensions...

Pakistani injection drug users twice as likely to donate blood.
July 8, 2003... 2003 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thirty percent of injection drug users in Pakistan are paid to donate blood, which could contaminate the global blood supply and increase the spread of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B and C, according to a...

Sterilized plastic sheets reduce infection risk during hydrotherapy.
July 8, 2003... 2003 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The use of sterilized plastic sheets reduces the infection risk for burn patients undergoing hydrotherapy. According to published research from Uladag University in Bursa, Turkey, "the shower...

Outbreak has killed 87 in Mozambique since beginning of 2003.
July 8, 2003... 2003 JUL 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eighty-seven people have died of cholera in Mozambique since the beginning of 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on June 17, 2003. As of June 15, 11,796 cases were reported by the...