TB & Outbreaks Week articles from July 2004

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Toxic exposure to molds and mycotoxins yield abnormal neurological functions.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Toxic exposure to molds and mycotoxins yield abnormal neurological functions. One hundred "patients who had been exposed to toxic molds in their homes" were studied. "The predominant molds...

Hepatitis E virus in human feces detected and quantitated by real-time PCR.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis E virus in human feces was detected and quantitated by a real-time PCR assay. "Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the causative agent of an acute and self-limited form of hepatitis. The virus is...

Complement has role in pathogenesis of invasive fungal infections.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Complement has a role in the pathogenesis of invasive fungal infections. "New therapeutic approaches enable organ transplantations and guarantee longer survival for AIDS patients or patients with...

Complications with A. niger infection is characterized by a high mortality rate.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hematological disease complicated by Aspergillus niger infection is characterized by a high mortality rate. According to recent research published in the journal Mycoses, "In this paper we analyzed...

La protein binds to NS5 and NS3 and to 5' and 3' ends of Dengue 4 virus RNA.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- La protein binds to NS5 and NS3 and to the 5' and 3' ends of Dengue 4 virus RNA. According to recent research published in the journal Virus Research, "In vitro replication of dengue virus requires...

S. mansoni modulates immediate hypersensitivity skin response to mite allergens.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Schistosoma mansoni infection could modulate the immediate hypersensitivity skin response to mite allergens. "Helminthic infections and allergic diseases are highly prevalent in many parts of the...

''Collateral damage'' linked to cephalosporin or quinolone antibiotic therapy.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ''Collateral damage'' is linked to cephalosporin or quinolone antibiotic therapy. "Collateral damage'' is a term used to refer to ecological adverse effects of antibiotic therapy; namely, the...

Fragranced candles pack a killer punch.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In recent years the consumer market for candles has grown dramatically, as candles of all shapes, sizes, colors and fragrances have been used increasingly in homes and restaurants to create atmosphere...

Patients with chronic ulcers and erosions should be screened for MRSA.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with chronic ulcers and erosions should be screened for MRSA. According to a study from Germany, "The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was prospectively...

Fault tree analysis used to assess bioterrorist risks to the U.S. food supply.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Fault tree analysis is used to assess bioterrorist risks to the U.S. food supply. According to a study from the United States, "Concerns about terrorist use of biological agents have increased at...

Chryseomonas luteola causes serious infections in Moroccan hospital.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chryseomonas luteola was identified as the source of serious infections in a Moroccan university hospital. "Chryseomonas luteola has only rarely been reported as a human bacterial pathogen. It has...

Whooping cough outbreak in Robertson County, Tennessee.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An outbreak of whooping cough in Robertson County has left about 40 people sick and prompted the health department to administer antibiotics in a number of homes, officials said June 14, 2004. ...

Nurse dies from tuberculosis.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A part-time nurse at Chesapeake General Hospital died of tuberculosis, prompting health officials to notify hundreds of people who may have come in contact with her. City health director Nancy...

Rabbit osteomyelitis effectively treated with biodegradable microspheres.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antibiotic-loaded microspheres proved highly effective in a rabbit model of osteomyelitis. In a recent study from the United States, "[b]iodegradable microspheres were manufactured from a high...

Rabies has potential use in vaccines for other infectious diseases.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at Jefferson Medical College have literally "fused" a part of a rabies virus protein to another foreign protein, resulting in a more robust immune response in animals than with the protein...

Antibiotic resistance emerging in nosocomial urinary tract infections.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antibiotic resistance is emerging in nosocomially acquired urinary tract infections, which requires prudent use of antibiotic therapy. According to published research from Germany, "Nosocomially...

Report calls for improved monitoring of potential health hazards in Chesapeake Bay.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Better monitoring of potential threats to human health from the Chesapeake Bay is needed, according to a recently released report that did not find any immediate health threat. A broad range of...

Virginia issues health alerts on Lake Anna carp, James River.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Virginia health officials are advising limits on the consumption of carp in Lake Anna in Spotsylvania and Louisa counties because of elevated levels of PCBs found in the flesh of the bottom-feeding...

Exotic species threaten health of Great Lakes.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vast populations of foreign fish, mussels and other creatures have invaded and damaged the Great Lakes in the last few decades, creating a more difficult problem than the industrial contamination that...

Cancer mortality rates in Europe are variable.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer mortality rates in Europe are variable. "Mortality data, abstracted from the World Health Organization database, are presented in tabular form for 26 cancer sites or groups of sites, plus...

Ecology drives the worldwide distribution of human diseases.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mounting evidence suggests that ecological and climatic conditions influence the emergence, spread, and recurrence of infectious diseases. Global climate change is likely to aggravate climate-sensitive...

Fast-food beef tacos blamed for multistate E. coli outbreak.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thirteen people from Arizona, California and Nevada who ate beef tacos from a national fast-food restaurant chain in 1999 became infected with Escherichia coli, according to a new study. ...

Pili are present on surface of Francisella tularensis.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pili are present on the surface of Francisella tularensis. "Francisella tularensis is a highly infectious Gram-negative bacterium with potential for use as a bioweapon. Analysis of the F....

Improved nutrition could prevent more than half of the world's child deaths.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Undernutrition is the underlying cause of more than 53% of all child deaths that occur annually, including those from infectious diseases, pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and malaria, according to a new...

Advocacy group applauds G8 inclusion of AIDS vaccine as agenda item.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) applauded the Group of Eight Industrialized Nations (G8) for including HIV/AIDS - and specifically a preventive vaccine - on the agenda for this year's...

Early diagnosis and treatment of primary HIV-1 infection may be critical.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Early diagnosis and treatment of primary HIV-1 infection may be critical. According to recent research published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, "Emerging evidence suggests that early...

Investigational PI 640385 (VX-385) indicates activity against HIV.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (VRTX) presented data for an investigational protease inhibitor (PI) 640385 (VX-385) that appears to be active against HIV, including strains that...

United States House moves to help AIDS orphans in developing nations.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The United States House of Representatives has directed the government to increase its help for orphans and vulnerable children in developing countries and moved to set up a new office concentrating on...

Anal Pap smears inaccurate predictor of high-grade anal dysplasia.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Anal Pap smears are inaccurate predictors of high-grade anal dysplasia. "We compared the pathological diagnoses obtained by anal Papanicolaou (Pap) smear with those obtained by anal biopsy or by...

Increased HIV testing in underutilized venues may increase HIV status awareness.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Increased HIV testing in underutilized venues may increase the awareness of HIV status. According to recent research from the United States, "In an effort to help fight the HIV epidemic, we offered...

Sterile needle program eyed in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Defying a state ban, city officials are poised to approve New Jersey's first needle exchange program for intravenous drug users in hopes of stemming what one health official calls an "epidemic" of HIV...

HBV/HIV coinfected patients increased risk for virologic failure after HAART.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HBV/HIV coinfected patients have an increased risk for virologic failure after HAART. "Between June 1994 and February 2003, a total of 111 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with...

Study: Filtration protects patients from pathogens in hospital water.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As awareness of the dangers of hospital water rise with each new infectious outbreak, Janet Stout, PhD, director of special pathogens laboratory, Veterans Administration (VA) Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)...

Alternative pathway complement activation critical in P. aeruginosa infection.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Complement activation by the alternative pathway is critical for survival of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. According to recent research published in the journal Infection and Immunity,...

Role of TLR4 in defense against Gram-negative bacteria clarified.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The role of TLR4 in immune defense against Gram-negative pathogens has been clarified. According to recent research from the United States, "[m]ammalian cells recognize LPS from Gram-negative...

HPS cases related to rodent distribution, agricultural and demographic variables.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome cases are related to rodent distribution, agricultural and demographic variables. According to published research from Argentina, "We studied the spatial and temporal...

Mechanism of fluconazole resistance in C. glabrata during prophylaxis elucidated.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The mechanism of fluconazole resistance in Candida glabrata during prophylaxis has been elucidated. "Candida glabrata can become resistant to fluconazole, causing persistent colonization and...

Stability indicating method for SPf66 antimalarial peptide in solution.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have developed a method for indicating the stability of SPf66 antimalarial peptide in solution. According to published research from Spain, "Stability studies on the SPf66 antimalarial...

Leukocyte antigen alleles affect antibodies to Plasmodium antigen.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human leukocyte antigen class II alleles influence levels of antibodies to the Plasmodium falciparum asexual-stage apical membrane antigen 1 but not to merozoite surface antigen 2 and merozoite surface...

Laboratory surveillance for bacterial meningitis established in Croatia.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report results from active laboratory-based surveillance for bacterial meningitis in Croatia and the characterization of Neisseria meningitidis isolates causing meningococcal disease in a...

Experts call for heightened action to remove pathogens from hospital water.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thousands of patients in the U.S. become ill and die each year from hospital-acquired (nosocomial) infections. Many of these infections are transmitted on the hands of healthcare workers or from...

Ann Ginsberg named head of clinical development for TB group.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance), a public-private partnership accelerating the discovery and development of more effective and affordable tuberculosis (TB) medicines, announced...

Monocyte recruitment to lungs characterized in pneumococcal pneumonia.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The migration of monocytes to the lungs has been characterized in an animal model of pneumococcal pneumonia. According to recent research from Canada, the "recruitment of monocytes into the...

Health officials say Botswana polio campaign was wake-up call to the world.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The discovery of Botswana's first polio case in 13 years is a wake-up call to other African countries believed to be free of the crippling disease, U.N. officials warned amid a massive door-to-door...

IgM-enriched polyclonal Igs reduce Klebsiella load in ventilated rats.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- IgM-enriched polyclonal immunoglobulins reduce Klebsiella levels in mechanically ventilated rats. "Mechanical ventilation is known to induce bacterial translocation from the lung into the systemic...

Hospital says flawed cleaning procedure may have exposed patients to viruses.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A hospital notified 177 patients that they may have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis because equipment used to check their digestive systems might not have been properly cleaned. North Shore...

Large multicenter study to examine vascular access infection.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A large study in Europe will characterize hemodialysis-related infections in renal disease patients. "A multicenter prospective study has been planned, in a large sample of Italian end-stage renal...

Mothers transmit RSV infection more often to sons.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mothers transmit respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) to sons more readily than to daughters, a recent study found. "Opposite gender transmission may increase the severity of certain infections. If...

Malnourishment impairs humoral response to S. mansoni.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Malnourishment impairs humoral immunity in a murine model of schistosomiasis. A group of parasitologists in Brazil "previously demonstrated that mice subjected to a hypoproteinic diet showed milder...

Differential gene expression found in Gram-negative and Gram-positive sepsis.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Differences in gene expression have been identified in sepsis patients with Gram-negative and Gram-positive infections. "Sepsis is the most common cause of death in patients in the intensive care...

Low formaldehyde concentrations induce DNA damage in UV-irradiated skin cells.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low formaldehyde concentrations induce DNA damage in UV-irradiated skin cells. According to a study from Germany, "Long-term occupational exposure to formaldehyde (FA) increases the risk for...

MRSA increasingly resistant to last antibiotic have evolved in eight countries.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria that are increasingly resistant to vancomycin, the antibiotic of last resort in the war against superbugs, have emerged independently in at...

New research helps explain the rise in hospital MRSA infections.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research by scientists at the University of Warwick, England, may explain why methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are so difficult to control in hospitals. MRSA is a...

Brugia malayi immune evasion characterized.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Filaria-induced immune evasion has been characterized. "To assess the physiologic interactions between the infective stage of Brugia malayi - one of the extracellular parasites responsible for...

Methoxymycolic acid loss by M. bovis does not affect BCG virulence.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Loss of methoxymycolic acid production by Mycobacterium bovis does not affect the virulence of BCG vaccine strains. "BCG vaccines are a family of closely related daughter strains of an attenuated...

Tuberculin-boosted antibodies correlate with immunity in cattle.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tuberculin-boosted antibody responses correlate with pathology and cell-mediated immunity in cattle vaccinated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG and infected with M. bovis. According to published...

Inadequate vaccines can help breed more vicious malaria strains.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaccination programs could create conditions that promote the evolution of virulent strains of the disease, according to a laboratory-based study of the malarial parasite Plasmodium in mice. The...

Novel murine model of Hantaan virus infection developed.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel murine model may shed new light on cytotoxic T-cell activity during HTNV infection. In a recent study, virologists in Japan "established a viral persistence model that involves the adoptive...

Health official fears monsoon could bring West Nile virus cases.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Coconino County, Arizona, health officials are bracing for possible West Nile virus cases after this year's monsoon season. County Health Department Director Barbara Worgess told the Board of...

Bird in Knox County, Tennessee, confirmed to have West Nile virus.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first bird in Tennessee detected this year to have the West Nile virus was found earlier this month in Knox County, health officials said. A horse in Fayette County was confirmed to have the...

First human case of West Nile virus this year reported in Lincoln, Nebraska.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first human case of West Nile virus in Nebraska this year has been reported in Lincoln, health officials said June 15, 2004. The person is an adult living in the central part of the capital...

Three more dead birds test positive for West Nile in Mississippi.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Three more dead birds found in Mississippi this month have tested positive for West Nile virus, totaling five infected birds discovered in the state this year. Two of the latest birds were found in...

Signs posted warning of West Nile virus in Southern California cities.
July 6, 2004... 2004 JUL 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Health officials posted signs in several Southern California cities warning the public about the possibility of contracting West Nile virus this summer. The signs were posted at recreational...

Reduced vancomycin susceptibility has emerged in successful epidemic lineages.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reduced vancomycin susceptibility has emerged in successful epidemic lineages. According to a study from England, "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with reduced vancomycin...

Structure of SARS-coronavirus spike S fusion protein core characterized.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The structure of the SARS-coronavirus spike S fusion protein core has been characterized. According to published research from the University of Colorado, "The spike (S) glycoprotein of...

Seasonal forecast predicted for St. Louis encephalitis virus transmission.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The seasonal forecast is predicted for St. Louis encephalitis virus transmission. "Disease transmission forecasts can help minimize human and domestic animal health risks by indicating where...

DP-RAPD methodology infers genetic similarity among closely related viruses.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Degenerate-primed random amplification of polymorphic DNA infers genetic similarity among closely related viruses. According to a study from Canada, "Often it is necessary to distinguish among...

Novel DHFR inhibitors active against P. carinii, T. gondii, and M. avium.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novel dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors are active against P. carinii, T. gondii, and M. avium. According to a study from the United States, "Six previously undescribed...

Minireplicon of virulence plasmid pXO2 of B. anthracis isolated.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have isolated a minireplicon of the virulence plasmid pXO2 of Bacillus anthracis and characterized the plasmid-encoded RepS replication protein. "A minireplicon of plasmid pXO2 of...

Genetic immunization effective against anthrax.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genetic immunization is effective against anthrax. According to recent research from the United States, "The objective of this study was to determine whether a DNA prime-protein boost immunization...

Terbinafine resolves E. jeanselmei infection in heart transplant recipient.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Terbinafine can resolve Exophiala infection in immunosuppressed patients. According to a case report from Minnesota, an "immunosuppressed heart transplant recipient developed Exophiala jeanselmei...

Ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae type b increasing.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The prevalence of beta-lactamase-nonproducing, ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae type b is increasing rapidly in patients with meningitis. According to recent research from Japan, "A...

Antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae reviewed.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists review antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae in a recent issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. According to a study from the United States, "The recent emergence of strains...

Nation's expanded mad cow testing program slow to gear up.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Early screening of high-risk cattle for mad cow disease has found no suspected cases in the 2,871 tests taken during the expanded program's first 2 weeks. But the Agriculture Department's $70...

Risk reduction methods for BSE in U.S. elucidated.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Risk reduction methods for preventing bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the U.S. is elucidated. According to a study from the United States, "Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has not been...

Florida woman dies from mad cow disease; contracted disease years ago overseas.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Florida woman believed to have contracted mad cow disease years ago in England has died, the first such death in the United States, health officials said. Charlene Singh, 25, died at her father's...

Molecular diagnostic tools aim to identify healthy persons with prion disorders.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Molecular diagnostic tools aim to identify healthy persons with prion disorders. "Clinical criteria and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for the diagnosis of human prion diseases (sporadic,...

Outbreak on rise in Vietnam.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vietnam has reported twice as many dengue fever infections this year compared to the same period last year, and the number of cases is expected to rise, state-controlled media reported. According...

FDA turns down two requests to resume green onion shipments.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has turned down two Mexican growers' requests to resume shipping green onions to the United States after they were implicated in last year's hepatitis A outbreak...

Federal health officials alert to threat of new mosquito disease.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As if West Nile virus wasn't bad enough, now U.S. health officials are on the lookout for another mosquito-borne disease, fearing it could become a permanent part of the American landscape if it...

Liposomal encapsulation of nisin enhances anti-Listeria efficacy.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Liposomal encapsulation of nisin and lysozyme enhances their anti-Listeria efficacy. In a recent study from the United States, the "[e]fficacy and stability against Listeria monocytogenes of nisin...

Novel anti-Leishmania immunotherapies show promise.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pair of novel immunotherapeutic agents show promise for treatment of leishmaniasis. "Enhancing granuloma development and effector function, but without inducing the pathology associated with...

Georgia's viral meningitis cases higher than usual.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For the second year in a row, the number of viral meningitis cases in Georgia is much higher than normal, state health officials said. The cases reported as of June nearly matches the typical...

Missouri food distributor admits having rat-tainted meat.
July 13, 2004... 2004 JUL 13 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The owner of a now-closed food processing and distribution company pleaded guilty June 21, 2004, to trying to sell thousands of pounds of meat that was contaminated by rodents. Lihn Vi Lam, 47,...