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Study suggests strain with Haiti cholera mutations may increase severity of disease

The cholera strain that transferred to Haiti in 2010 has multiple toxin gene mutations that may account for the severity of disease and is evolving to be more like an 1800s version of cholera, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

17 Apr 2013

Registration open for 7th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention

Registration for the 7th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2013) -- which will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from June 30 to July 3, 2013 -- is now open through the conference webpage, which notes "[d]elegates are encouraged to register by 18 April 2013 ... to avoid the late fee surcharge, which begins on 19 April."

17 Apr 2013

Research shows how climate, environmental changes influence spread of dangerous viruses

How are human and animal diseases in general affected by the climate becoming "wilder, wetter and warmer"? Solveig Jore's doctoral research shows that the tick Ixodes ricinus has spread over larger geographical areas in Norway and that climate and environmental changes, access to host animals and demography affect tick distribution in Norway.

17 Apr 2013

Regional meeting to scale up collaborative TB/HIV activities begins in Maputo

"The regional meeting to scale up collaborative TB/HIV activities in Africa kicked off in Maputo last week with presentations scheduled for 14 African country representatives to share progress and challenges in confronting TB/HIV co-infection in the most highly impacted region of the world," the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.

17 Apr 2013

Researchers study how airborne infections spread in naturally ventilated hospital wards

The chance of infection in some hospital wards varies dramatically according to whether the nurses leave the windows open.

17 Apr 2013

New York Times examines indictments of Sierra Leone health officials over misuse of GAVI funding

The New York Times examines the indictment of 29 top health officials "by Sierra Leone's anticorruption agency on charges of misappropriating a half-million dollars in grants from" the GAVI Alliance.

17 Apr 2013

Misconduct by Zimbabwe U.N. official might have worsened 2008 cholera outbreak, U.N. tribunal finds

South Africa's Mail & Guardian examines the findings of a recent U.N. tribunal that found misconduct by the former head of the U.N. Development Programme office in Zimbabwe, which led to the 2009 wrongful dismissal of the head of the U.N.'s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs after he warned about the potential for a cholera epidemic.

17 Apr 2013

Antiretroviral therapy does not affect resting energy expenditure in HIV-infected women

Studies have shown that about 10 percent of men infected with human immunodeficiency virus have an elevated resting energy expenditure.

17 Apr 2013

Flunisyn Phase 2a trial data shows positive results in elderly population

Following the widely publicised US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report in February that the current season's flu vaccine is only 9% effective in the over-65 population, Immune Targeting Systems Limited, today announces positive data from a Phase 2a trial with the Company's lead pan-strain influenza A T-cell vaccine, Flunisyn, in the elderly population.

17 Apr 2013

Circumcision offers men some protection against HIV, discovers TGen-led study

Male circumcision reduces the abundance of bacteria living on the penis and might help explain why circumcision offers men some protection against HIV, according to a study led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute.

17 Apr 2013

Reports of H7N9 cases, deaths continue from across China

"Two more people have died in China from a new strain of bird flu, raising the death toll from the virus to 13, state media reported Sunday," the Associated Press reports.

16 Apr 2013

Production of synthetic artemisinin an attack against farmers currently growing the plant

"On Thursday, the founder of Amyris Biotech triumphantly announced production of 70 million doses of the anti-malarial compound artemisinin," Jim Thomas, research program director for ETC group, a technology watchdog that works with farmers' organizations, writes in The Guardian's "Poverty Matters" blog.

16 Apr 2013

Malaria strategies need to target at-risk populations, researchers say

New strategies are needed to fight malaria in countries with low prevalence, because "pockets of infection remain, mainly among men living or working outdoors," according to a paper published in The Lancet, BBC News reports.

16 Apr 2013

IRIN examines how mining industry in Mozambique increasing fears of HIV

IRIN examines how "[e]very mining boom brings the fear of a rising HIV infection rate, particularly in a country like Mozambique, where the estimated prevalence is already 11.3 percent."

16 Apr 2013

Global Fund has achieved impressive results, but more work remains

"This week I had the pleasure to host a preparatory meeting between donors of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria," European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs writes in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog.

16 Apr 2013

Pneumococcal vaccine: an interview with Graham Clarke, CEO ImmBio

The pathogen that we are talking about is called streptococcus pneumoniae. That is a fairly common bacteria and if you did a nasal swab you would find that quite a lot of people have this bacterium living in their nasal passages.

16 Apr 2013

Benitec to conduct phase I/II clinical trial of TT-034 in patients with HCV in UCSD site

RNAi-based therapeutics company Benitec Biopharma Limited today announced the selection of the University of California, San Diego, Health Sciences as the second site for its upcoming phase I/II first-in-man trial for TT-034 in Hepatitis C infections.

16 Apr 2013

New study to discover preventive use of antibiotics for Lyme disease

At the start of the "Tick Week", the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment and Wageningen University are commencing a large-scale study to discover whether preventive use of antibiotics can stop Lyme disease developing after a tick bite.

16 Apr 2013

Luminex's MAGPIX instrument gets FDA approval

Luminex Corporation today announced it has received U.S. FDA clearance of its MAGPIX instrument, with its xTAG Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel.

From Luminex 16 Apr 2013

Study shows mathematical models can help assess effectiveness of HIV intervention combinations

South Africa is home to the largest HIV epidemic in the world with a total of 5.6 million people living with HIV. Large-scale clinical trials evaluating combination methods of prevention and treatment are often prohibitively expensive and take years to complete.

16 Apr 2013

Disease/Infection News

Study suggests strain with Haiti cholera mutations may increase severity of disease

Registration open for 7th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention

Research shows how climate, environmental changes influence spread of dangerous viruses

Regional meeting to scale up collaborative TB/HIV activities begins in Maputo

Researchers study how airborne infections spread in naturally ventilated hospital wards

New York Times examines indictments of Sierra Leone health officials over misuse of GAVI funding

Misconduct by Zimbabwe U.N. official might have worsened 2008 cholera outbreak, U.N. tribunal finds

Antiretroviral therapy does not affect resting energy expenditure in HIV-infected women

Flunisyn Phase 2a trial data shows positive results in elderly population

Circumcision offers men some protection against HIV, discovers TGen-led study

Reports of H7N9 cases, deaths continue from across China

Production of synthetic artemisinin an attack against farmers currently growing the plant

Malaria strategies need to target at-risk populations, researchers say

IRIN examines how mining industry in Mozambique increasing fears of HIV

Global Fund has achieved impressive results, but more work remains

Pneumococcal vaccine: an interview with Graham Clarke, CEO ImmBio

Benitec to conduct phase I/II clinical trial of TT-034 in patients with HCV in UCSD site

New study to discover preventive use of antibiotics for Lyme disease

Luminex's MAGPIX instrument gets FDA approval

Study shows mathematical models can help assess effectiveness of HIV intervention combinations

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