NIAID launches program to improve medical tools against emerging infectious diseases
...destruction by other cells. T cells either destroy infected target cells, control inflammation or promote powerful antibody responses. The Large-Scale Antibody and T Cell Epitope Discovery Program will increase knowledge of antibody and T-cell epitopes, which will facilitate the development of new medical to...Studies demonstrate positive data in treatment of hepatitis C
...on, hepatitis C is transmitted through exposure to infected blood. The virus, which affects an estimated 4 million individuals nationwide, is able to survive and flourish inside the body by taking up residence in the liver cells, and subsequently using the cells' inner machinery to make more copies of the vir...NIH awards OHSU $4 million biodefense contract to study tuberculosis
...sohn team is using healthy people who are latently infected with TB as a model of the type of immune response ... want to mimic in a vaccine. These individuals are infected with the disease, but don't show any signs or symptoms and are not contagious. The team will specifi...Some antibiotic resistance threat in hospitals could yield to hand washing
.../or liver or kidney disease. In addition, patients infected with MRSA were also more likely to be admitted to ...cal wound infections, says Song. Although patients infected with MRSA were up to 2.6 times more likely to have been treated with an antibiotic such as carbapene...Study shows weight-based REBETOL dosing in combination with PEG-INTRON significantly improves ...
...29, 2004) Twice as many African-American patients infected with the most difficult-to-treat form of chronic h...treatment of African-American patients chronically infected with hepatitis C genotype 1, the most difficult form of the virus to treat," said study principal in...Screening for virus RNA could increase safety of organ & tissue transplantation
...wever this approach is limited; some donors may be infected with a virus but have not yet 'seroconverted' (shown a full immune response to infection by producing antibodies), thereby posing a risk to transplant recipients. Jean-Michel Pawlotsky (Hpital Henri Mondor, Paris, France) and colleagues determined w...Supervised treatment interruptions fail to control HIV-1 viremia
...l therapy (HAART) for the treatment of individuals infected by HIV-1 is limited by high costs, drug resistance...of acute HIV infection. HIV-1 viral loads in newly infected patients remained suppressed for a median of six months after therapy had been stopped. However, a f...College of Nursing professor develops videos for computers to reduce HIV sexual risk behavior
...rcent of the women in this age group with HIV were infected through heterosexual contact. "An important aspect of this work is understanding, interpreting, and communicating the wisdom of the majority of women and men in the community who know how to reduce HIV risk," said Jones. "Another is the important rol...Spread of HIV could slow if repeat testing is supported
...it was because they are not worried about becoming infected with HIV and 40% don't believe testing is an impor... approximately one third of US residents currently infected by HIV are unaware they are infected. By identifying these prevalent behavioral and psychosocial co...Patients undergoing weight loss surgery have high rates of H pylori bacteria
...t of people living in industrialized countries are infected with H pylori, which is believed to be involved in gastroduodenal ulcer disease (a gastrointestinal tract disease characterized by ulcers in the stomach and upper intestinal tract, or foregut), in addition to gastric cancer, according to the article....Texas Children's Hospital specialists say proactive approach best defense against flu season
...fluenza" -- is transmitted through contact with an infected person, through air droplets or contaminated items. The virus produces a febrile respiratory tract illness that can lead to a primary viral pneumonia, which can be severe enough to result in hospitalization or require the use of a ventilator to bre...Gene from 1918 virus proves key to virulent influenza
... that code for hemagglutinin and neuraminidase and infected mice with the engineered viruses. "Here we demonst... engineered virus, Kawaoka says. "People who were infected with this virus in 1918 still have high antibodies, even after 80 years," he says. That scientifical...Stanford scientists help bring study of smallpox virus into 'molecular age'
...th the smallpox virus that do not occur in monkeys infected with a different virus. They hope their findings w...epressed in the circulating blood cells of monkeys infected with smallpox. They identified these genes by comparing blood samples obtained repeatedly during the...Federal policy has failed to prepare nation for possibility of bioterrorism
...pidly among an unprotected population before those infected are diagnosed and put in isolation wards. "After incubating for seven to 17 days, the first symptoms of smallpox appear: fever, tiredness, head and body aches, and sometimes vomiting. After two to four days, small red spots develop on the tongue a...Chicken pox vaccine saves $$, protects whole population
...he fetus during development, and to babies born to infected mothers." For people over the age of 12, vaccination involves two shots a month apart, and costs about $125. And, he adds, the "herd immunity" effect doesn't mean parents can skip getting a child vaccinated. "If anything, we need to ensure the highes...New survey reveals surprising insights into parental attitudes toward teenage sexual behavior
.... More than one million Americans are chronically infected with the disease. It is spread by an exchange of blood or bodily fluids, such as engaging in sexual activity, from contaminated needles used in tattooing or body piercing or being exposed to an open wound during contact sports. It can cause lifelon...Dispersing asylum seekers may increase HIV burden
...cross England were surveyed about dispersal of HIV infected asylum seekers. Many believed that dispersal was disruptive, may compromise HIV care, and may lead to increased transmission. Of particular concern was that dispersal is done at short notice or with no prior arrangement, and often without appr...Climate-based model to predict West Nile virus activity
...Older mosquitoes are the carriers of WNV, becoming infected when they feed on "reservoir" animals, such as birds, and undergo an incubation period of the virus lasting five to 14 days. During subsequent blood meals after this incubation period, the mosquitoes inject the virus into humans and animals, where it...AIDS toll in African heartland isn't always what people think
...ected countries of sub-Saharan Africa, where those infected are rarely tested and formally diagnosed. Weber and his colleagues at USAID and in-country governmental agencies have spent years amending surveys of rural populations in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda and Zambia to include questions about which, ...Jefferson-based technology promises to help find hard-to-diagnose appendicitis cases
...allow doctors to accurately see if the appendix is infected or not and permits them to treat the cause appropriately. "NeutroSpec is easy, quick and reliable and has no known risk," says Mathew Thakur, Ph.D., professor of radiology and radiation oncology and director of radiopharmaceutical research at Jeffer...