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High Tuberculosis Reinfection Rates in South Africa
• Infections • Jun 24 05
Tuberculosis attributable to reinfection occurs four times as often as new tuberculosis in South Africa, according to a report in the June…
Bacterial virus may underlie meningitis
• Infections • Jun 20 05
The cause of bacterial meningitis is, by definition, a bacterial infection - but it may not be quite that simple. The true…
Fungal pesticides may reduce malaria transmission
• Infections • Jun 11 05
Mosquitoes carrying a Malaria parasite that were exposed to surfaces coated with fungus-based pesticides had a dramatically reduced ability to transmit malaria, according to…
West Nile sprays did not contaminate people
• Infections • Jun 02 05
Light, targeted spraying to control mosquitoes that might spread West Nile virus did not lead to raised pesticide levels in people, US…
Sixth Norwegian dies of Legionnaire’s disease
• Infections • May 31 05
A sixth Norwegian has died from an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease but the rare illness seems to have stopped spreading, department director…
Tests for human WNV vaccine are promising
• Infections • May 14 05
Early tests of a vaccine for West Nile virus are promising, a Cambridge biotech company said Wednesday.
Dr. Thomas Monath, chief scientist…
Leprosy originated in Africa or Near East - study
• Infections • May 13 05
Leprosy, a disease widely believed to have been spread out of India, in fact appears to have originated in Africa or…
Hepatitis A test often misleading
• Infections • May 12 05
Routinely testing people for Hepatitis A virus (HAV) - when they don’t have clinical symptoms of infection or a history of exposure…
Genital herpes vaccine making progress
• Infections • May 06 05
The largest study to date of a Genital herpes vaccine under development by GlaxoSmithKline shows it is safe, well tolerated and produces…
Bacterial meningitis outbreak in Delhi causes panic
• Infections • May 05 05
A strain of bacterial meningitis has killed nine people in the Indian capital and possibly affected 42 others, sending thousands of panicky…
Failure to adopt new drugs fuels rise of malaria
• Infections • Apr 28 05
New drug-resistant strains of Malaria could thwart global efforts to halve malaria deaths by 2010 unless major players in the fight against the disease…
Scientists identify new compound to fight SARS
• Infections • Apr 28 05
A team of scientists in Hong Kong has discovered a new class of compounds can effectively stop the deadly SARS virus from replicating and…
Respiratory virus poses significant risk to elderly
• Infections • Apr 27 05
In elderly adults and patients with cardiopulmonary disease, infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an illness on a par with influenza A,…
Hepatitis C can be sexually transmitted
• Infections • Apr 25 05
The virus that causes Hepatitis C (HCV) can be sexually transmitted and the risk is directly related to the frequency of intercourse,…
Targeted proteins may treat West Nile - researchers
• Infections • Apr 25 05
Targeted proteins called monoclonal antibodies may work to treat West Nile virus, a mosquito-borne disease that came to North America in 1999,…
Most flu bug kits destroyed, no cases seen: CDC
• Infections • Apr 22 05
Most of the kits containing a killer flu bug that ended up in thousands of laboratories around the world, sparking fears of a pandemic,…
Partnership to roll back malaria accused of failing
• Infections • Apr 22 05
An international partnership of more than 90 organisations and countries to reduce global deaths from Malaria has failed to control the disease and may…
Mothers may pass malaria on to their infants
• Infections • Apr 21 05
Doctors should consider Malaria as the cause of illness in newborns and young infants with fever whose mothers who have immigrated from areas where…
S. Africa says suspected Marburg case is malaria
• Infections • Apr 21 05
A sick Angolan traveller under observation in South Africa as a possible victim of the deadly Marburg virus has been determined to be suffering…
S. Africa tests Angola traveller for Marburg
• Infections • Apr 20 05
South African health officials are performing tests for Marburg virus infection on a sick passenger who arrived on a plane from Angola, which is…
Angola says Marburg outbreak coming under control
• Infections • Apr 18 05
Angolan officials believe the world’s worst Marburg virus epidemic is coming under control in the north of the country where the war-shattered infrastructure has…
Marburg spreads but Angola isolation ward empty
• Infections • Apr 15 05
A 400-bed isolation ward set up at the epicenter of a deadly outbreak of Marburg disease in Angola is empty, shunned by families loath…
UK shortage of MMR vaccine sparks mumps fear
• Infections • Apr 15 05
A shortage of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine has forced Britain to prioritise supplies for routine childhood immunization, at the expense of catch-up…
Vaccine promising for infants’ lung infection
• Infections • Apr 13 05
A vaccine against parainfluenza virus type 3 is safe and triggers an immune response in infants, researchers report. Human PIV3, say the researchers, is…
Combo vaccine less effective than mono version
• Infections • Apr 12 05
A vaccine aimed at preventing both pneumococcal disease and meningitis elicits a lower immune response against the meningitis bug than does the…