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UK reports third ‘mad cow’ case from transfusion
• Infections • Feb 09 06
A third case of variant-CJD - the human form of mad cow disease - associated with a blood transfusion has recently been diagnosed in…
Discovery of the molecular mechanism that inhibits HCV replication in vitro
• Infections • Feb 08 06
The hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects more than 170 million people worldwide and leads to both acute and chronic liver diseases. Since its discovery…
Hepatitis C recurs rapidly after liver transplant
• Infections • Feb 03 06
When a diseased liver is removed from a patient with Hepatitis C (HCV), serum viral levels plummet. However, after receiving a healthy liver transplant,…
New treatment for brucellosis
• Infections • Jan 18 06
Concepcion Lecaroz, a researcher from the University of Navarra, has developed a new therapy against brucellosis. This zoonosis - a disease or infection of…
Zimbabwe cholera outbreak kills 11 - state media
• Infections • Jan 06 06
Four people have died in a second cholera outbreak in the last two weeks in Zimbabwe, bringing the death toll to 11, state…
Groundbreaking research into some of the most deadly antibiotic-resistant diseases
• Infections • Dec 16 05
Pioneering research by a North East of England scientist could lead to a cure for some of the most deadly antibiotic-resistant diseases.
Toxic Shock,…
Swedish researchers knock out anthrax bacterium
• Infections • Dec 01 05
Researchers at Stockholm University have found a substance that quickly knocks out the anthrax bacterium. The bacterium has been used in terrorist attacks in…
Accurate and rapid method of diagnosing bacterial meningitis
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Infections • Nov 22 05
University of Sydney researchers at Westmead Millennium Institute develop an accurate and rapid method of diagnosing bacterial meningitis.
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Hepatitis B Yields More to Telbivudine than Epivir
• Infections • Nov 15 05
In patients with chronic hepatitis B infection, investigational telbivudine (LdT), a newer nucleoside analog, showed significantly better antiviral activity than the old standby Epivir…
Syphilis rises in US but gonorrhea at new low
• Infections • Nov 09 05
The number of U.S. syphilis cases rose for the fourth straight year in 2004, fueled by increases among men, while the gonorrhea…
Man dies of pig-borne disease in Hong Kong
• Infections • Oct 28 05
According to officials in Hong Kong, tests have shown that a man who died in hospital earlier this month had the pig-borne disease Streptococcus…
MRSA Infections in Newborns Are On the Rise
• Infections • Oct 11 05
Community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are cropping up with surprising frequency in newborn boys, and mom could be involved, researchers reported here.
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A Scribbled Antibiotic Prescription Can’t Buy Patient Satisfaction
• Infections • Oct 11 05
The notion has been challenged that a patient with an acute respiratory tract infection (URI) won’t go away happy without an antibiotic prescription.
Indeed,…
Malaysia says dengue fever is nearing epidemic
• Infections • Sep 28 05
Malaysia has warned that dengue fever is nearing an epidemic and joined neighbour Singapore in declaring war on the deadly mosquito-borne virus.
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Bats may have been source of SARS
• Infections • Sep 13 05
Bats found in Hong Kong carry a virus very similar to the severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS virus and might be…
Bacteria may put sewage treatment workers at risk
• Infections • Sep 02 05
Exposure to bacterial toxins may cause flu-like symptoms, breathing problems and skin reactions in some workers at sewage treatment plants, a study has found.
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UK scientists suggest India may be source of BSE
• Infections • Sep 02 05
Mad cow disease may have originated from animal feed contaminated with human remains washed ashore after being floated downriver in Indian funerals, British scientists…
Encephalitis death toll in northern India nears 400
• Infections • Sep 01 05
The death toll from a raging Encephalitis epidemic in northern India is nearing 400 with about a dozen people, mostly children, dying…
New test may spot mad cow-type disease in blood
• Infections • Aug 29 05
Scientists at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston are developing a highly sensitive blood test for detecting prion particles, the infectious…
Scientists identify new respiratory virus
• Infections • Aug 22 05
A new human virus, provisionally named human bocavirus, has been identified in the respiratory secretions of children, according to a report released Monday.
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Cholera outbreak kills 84 in Guinea-Bissau
• Infections • Aug 09 05
A cholera outbreak has killed 84 people in Guinea-Bissau since the middle of June and infected more than 5,000 others, the…
New cleaning process reduces hospital risk of vCJD
• Infections • Aug 03 05
A new cleaning process can reduce the risk of hospital transmission of the human form of mad cow disease, scientists said on Wednesday.
Doctors…
Cholera outbreak kills 58 in Guinea-Bissau
• Infections • Aug 01 05
Cholera has killed 58 people in Guinea-Bissau since the middle of June and infected more than 4,000 others, with the disease spreading…
Killer Infections Warned in South Africa
• Infections • Jul 11 05
Professor Anthony MBewu, the president of the Medical Research Council, predicted this week that hospital-acquired infections, a global public-health problem, will reach the scale…
Indonesia polio outbreak worsens with 11 new cases
• Infections • Jul 06 05
Indonesian authorities have reported 11 new cases of polio after a house-to-house search for paralysed children, pushing the total in the…