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PETALING JAYA: Find out more about new infectious diseases at a talk entitled New and Emerging Infectious Diseases by Professor Stephen B. Calderwood from Harvard Medical School. Organised by University Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar), the talk will be held on Feb 19 at 10am at the Utar campus here in Jalan 13/6. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
The war on disease in Asia: Avian virus Jan 28, 2008
Avian flu is just one of many emerging infectious diseases in these countries ... Source: World Health Organization About this report: Star-Bulletin reporter Helen Altonn looked into emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in the Asia Pacific region on an East-West Center 2007 Health Journalism Fellowship for U.S. and Asian health writers. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found in Arctic Jan 26, 2008
The scientists detailed their findings in the January issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Copyright. (Fox News)
Seasonal flu vaccine may help in fight against H5N1 Jan 26, 2008
Researchers at the National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rome published a study in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases in December showing that ordinary seasonal flu vaccines may provide a small amount of protection against bird flu. Their study was among the first to support the idea that getting an annual flu shot may help people's bodies fight off the H5N1 virus. (Guardian Unlimited)
Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found in Wild Arctic Birds Jan 25, 2008
He and his team report their findings in the January issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Spreading Immunity. (National Geographic)
High Arctic STD rate raises fears of greater HIV in the North Jan 22, 2008
"It's definitely been going up in the North and it's rather alarming at how fast," Dionne Gesink Law, a co-author of the paper published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, said Monday. The paper compared instances of chlamydia and gonorrhea in Canada's three northern territories with southern Canada, Alaska and Greenland between 2003 and 2006. (Brandon Sun)
Can hantavirus infection spread among humans? Jan 19, 2008
The findings will soon be published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. . (EurekAlert!)
Are Urban Vermin the Most Disease-Ridden Animals? Jan 18, 2008
Even so, zoonotic diseases represent a growing proportion of emerging infectious diseases; two British studies calculated that about 75 percent of emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic. (By comparison, about 60 percent of all human pathogens can infect animals. (Scientific American)
Establishing a nationwide emergency department-based syndromic surveillance system for better public health responses in Taiwan Jan 18, 2008
With international concern over emerging infectious diseases (EID) and bioterrorist attacks, public health is being required to have early outbreak detection systems. A disease surveillance team was organized to establish a hospital emergency department-based syndromic surveillance system (ED-SSS) capable of automatically transmitting patient data electronically from the hospitals responsible for emergency care throughout the country to the Centers for Disease Control in Taiwan (Taiwan-CDC)... (BioMed Central)
HealthSport's Enlyten SportStrips Included in Special Operations Forces Nutrition Guide Jan 15, 2008
USU is a typical academic health center with a unique focus on health promotion and disease prevention, and with the specialized mission of educating health care practitioners to deal with peace and wartime casualties, natural disasters, emerging infectious diseases and other public health emergencies. About HealthSport, Inc.. (Primezone Releases)
High degree of resistance to antibiotics in Arctic birds Jan 12, 2008
In the latest issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, Swedish researchers report that birds captured in the hyperboreal tundra, in connection with the tundra expedition Beringia 2005, were carriers of antibiotics-resistant bacteria. These findings indicate that resistance to antibiotics has spread into nature, which is an alarming prospect for future health care. (EurekAlert!)
Smallpox Vaccine Alternative Identified Jan 10, 2008
UC Irvine is home to the Pacific-Southwest Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research one of only 10 federally funded regional centers dedicated to research for countering bioterrorism and infectious disease threats. About the protein microarray laboratory. (Science Daily)
Drug-resistant E. coli found in polar birds Jan 3, 2008
Reporting in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, scientists in Sweden traveled to vast regions of the frigid polar ice cap in search of species they hoped had been spared exposure to drug-resistant strains. They were surprised when they discovered widespread antibiotic-resistant E. coli in Arctic-dwelling birds never exposed to the drugs. (AZCentral -- News)
Shot may fight bird flu Dec 27, 2007
They also found a few immune cells called CD4 T-cells seemed to recognize and act against H5N1 virus and seasonal vaccine administration enhanced the frequency of such reactive CD4 T-cells, they wrote in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Our findings indicate that seasonal vaccination can raise neutralizing immunity against (H5N1 avian influenza) virus, the researchers concluded. (MSNBC -- Health)
Federal bill provides $845M for isle projects Dec 22, 2007
$25 million for a laboratory that will study emerging infectious diseases and bioterrorism threats. $6. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Texas Football Succumbs to Virulent Staph Infection From Artificial Turf Dec 22, 2007
His report was published by the CDC in the December edition of Emerging Infectious Diseases. It's a big problem, and it's likely to get bigger. (Bloomberg)
Can Interacting Pathogens Explain Disease Patterns? Dec 15, 2007
24, 2005) Emerging infectious diseases pose a global threat to human and animal health, and the problem is likely to worsen, warns an expert in this week's British Medical Journal. The recent emergence of. (Science Daily)
Ruling may stall opening of biolab Dec 14, 2007
The project, known as the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, is being built on Albany Street and represents a bid by BU to vault into the top tier of the nation's medical research institutions. Underwritten by federal funds, the laboratory, scheduled to open next fall, is a cornerstone in the Bush administration's campaign to prepare for potential acts of bioterrorism. (Boston Globe)
Immune Compound Blocks Virus' Ability To Hijack Antibodies Dec 14, 2007
Funding from the Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative, the National Institutes of Health, the Midwest Regional Center for Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases supported this research. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Deadly Virus Strips Away Immune System's Defensive Measures Dec 14, 2007 'Superbug' Infections More Than Doubled In Hospitals, Study Finds Dec 7, 2007 Risk analysis for Boston lab slammed as 'shoddy' Dec 6, 2007 Antibiotic-resistant infection takes toll in US Dec 5, 2007 Hospitals marshal resources to wipe out MRSA Dec 3, 2007 Health Highlights: Nov. 29, 2007 Dec 1, 2007 LMN microbiology staff honored Nov 29, 2007 Canada and China announce joint health measures Nov 28, 2007 Center seeks new diarrheal disease tests Nov 28, 2007 WHO group to tackle H5N1 virus-sharing dispute Nov 20, 2007 Poxvirus' Ability To Hide From The Immune System May Aid Vaccine Design Nov 20, 2007 M'angalore to host Microbiology Conference for First Time Nov 16, 2007 Known chlamydia cases in USA top 1M Nov 14, 2007 Sanofi Pasteur and Acambis Join Forces to Bring West Nile Vaccine to Market Nov 13, 2007 Framework to be developed to help S'pore fight infectious diseases Nov 11, 2007 Gubler to lead program in Singapore Nov 4, 2007 A Do Not Honor list would be honorable Nov 3, 2007 On the virus beat Oct 16, 2007 Old Virus Causing New Disease in United States Oct 16, 2007 BU biolab faces new scrutiny from Massachusetts Oct 14, 2007 Biolabs must be closely watched Oct 11, 2007 Hawaii Biotech seeks FDA OK to test West Nile vaccine Oct 10, 2007 Kraczkiewicz: Health board supports regulating bio-lab Oct 5, 2007 Bird Flu Virus Can Pass Mother to Child Oct 2, 2007 Avian Flu In Humans Had Multiple Effects: Can Even Cross Placenta To Fetus Sep 29, 2007 Study: Mom can pass bird flu to fetus Sep 28, 2007 New research shows how H5N1 virus causes disease Sep 28, 2007 Ciommo, Glennon advance in council race Sep 26, 2007 Indonesia dismisses human-to-human bird flu report Sep 4, 2007 Study confirms human-human spread of bird flu Sep 1, 2007 No pandemic looms, but officials prepare Aug 31, 2007 Study Confirms 2006 Human-Human Spread of Bird Flu Aug 31, 2007 Humans Spread Bird Flu To Humans in Indonesia Aug 30, 2007 Software confirms human-to-human spread of avian flu Aug 30, 2007 High-risk behaviors could lead to HIV epidemic in Afghanistan Aug 29, 2007 UN Warns World at Greater Risk from Infectious Diseases Aug 25, 2007 AIDS Vaccine Field Moves Toward Larger-scale Efficacy Trials: Volunteers? Aug 24, 2007 Easy-to-use Anthrax Vaccine Produces Immunity With Nanoparticles, Not Needles Aug 18, 2007 Pets May Carry Bacteria Deadly to Humans Aug 7, 2007 Marburg virus makes unwelcome comeback Aug 5, 2007 Clues To Future Evolution Of HIV Come From African Green Monkeys Jul 17, 2007 CDC lab's backup power fails Jul 7, 2007 China publicizes strategy on curbing epidemic Jul 6, 2007 Burma junta faulted for rampant diseases UCB, Jun. 28 Jun 29, 2007 Fever After Smallpox Vaccination Tied To Individual Genetic Variations Jun 20, 2007 * New AIDS regulation adopted Jun 15, 2007 Diets high in salt may increase stomach ulcers May 26, 2007 Health Highlights: May 23, 2007 May 24, 2007 Spread of disease tied to US combat deployments May 7, 2007 Bird Flu Genome Study Shows New Strains, Western Spread Apr 20, 2007 Bernard Matthews awarded 589356 Apr 20, 2007 Bad news for frogs; amphibian decline worse than feared Apr 17, 2007 CDC eyes Hawaii as key defense for outbreaks Apr 15, 2007 World Health Day to meet global challenges Apr 8, 2007 Nations Focus on Health Risks Posed by Globalization Apr 7, 2007 Protective Masks Often Not Worn Properly Apr 7, 2007 Biomedical lab evacuated Mar 21, 2007 Thai bird flu strain found to be resistant to drug Mar 20, 2007 UW's bio-defense, animal response conference set for March 17-18 Mar 14, 2007 Conference focuses on public health emergencies Mar 12, 2007 Bed-hopping led humans to 3 million-year itch Mar 8, 2007 Experts Creating Bird Flu Pandemic Model Mar 2, 2007 Norovirus vaccine near, researchers say Feb 24, 2007 Chlamydia Vaccine: Early Animal Trials Show Promise Feb 23, 2007 Manipulating Nature: Scientists Query Wildlife Birth-control Method Feb 13, 2007
With support from the National Institutes of Health's Regional Centers for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research program, Virgin teamed up with co-author Adolfo Garc;a-Sastre, Ph ... Funding from the Midwest Regional Centers for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research and the New England Regional Center for Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research supported this research. (Science Daily)
New Software To Aid Early Detection Of Infectious Disease Outbreaks Dec 8, 2007
According to the results published in the September 2007 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the transmission was not sustained. "The faster we learn about emerging infectious diseases and their characteristics, the quicker we can contain and mitigate them," said Longini. (Science Daily)
The study, which appears in the December issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, is the first to examine the recent magnitude and trends related to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, infections. It also found that hospitalizations of patients with general staph infections increased 62 percent across the country. (Science Daily)
Construction of the $178-million Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory is due to finish in 2008, but one state and one federal lawsuit are challenging its opening. The facility will house research on deadly pathogens such as the Ebola and monkeypox viruses. (Nature News Service)
It will appear in the December issue of 'Emerging Infectious Diseases. Staph, or Staphylococcus aurreus, are a kind of bacteria that infect wounds and cause life-threatening infections, such as blood poisoning and pneumonia. (Daily News & Analysis)
In October, a federal report estimated that nearly 19,000 people died in the USA in 2005 after being infected with a virulent drug-resistant bacterium called methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA more than the number killed by HIV/AIDS. A study released on Thursday in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases found that hospitalizations related to MRSA nearly doubled between 1999 and 2005, from 127,000 to almost 280,000. "It's a battle for us, a big battle," says Nina Shik,... (USA Today)
Between 1999 and 2005, the number of patients hospitalized in the United States with "superbug" (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- MRSA) infections more than doubled, from 127,000 to nearly 280,000, says a study in the December issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Superbugs have evolved resistance to the most commonly used antibiotics, which makes them more difficult and expensive to treat. (MEDLINEplus)
The WLRN is a subset of the National Laboratory Response Network, a collaborative, voluntary system of laboratories that are equipped to respond quickly to acts of chemical or biological terrorism, emerging infectious diseases, and other public health threats and emergencies. Kirk indicated that fewer than forty labs in Wisconsin have completed the training modules. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Areas to be discussed include: food, drug and product regulations; emerging infectious diseases and the promotion of scientific exchange. This announcement is an important next step in health co-operation between both countries, a priority agreed upon at the G8 Meeting in July by [Chinese] President Hu [Jintao] and the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, said Dr. Chen Zhu, China's Minister of Health. (Globe and Mail -- International)
The researchers hope the technology will also lead to regional centers that will process samples from outlying areas, helping provide global surveillance of emerging infectious diseases. The research program will include subcontracts to San Diego-based Illumina Inc., and Carlsbad, Calif. (Herald Online, SC -- Health)
David Fidler, an international law professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, wrote about some of the legal aspects of the virus-sharing issue in the January early online issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases. Fidler wrote that Indonesia has asserted that pathogenic virus samples are covered by the Convention on Biological Diversity, an international treaty adopted in 1992 to guide national strategies for conserving biological diversity. (CIDRAP)
The research was supported in part by the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (MRCE), a multi-institutional research center anchored at Washington University School of Medicine ... Funding from the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, the Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the National Institutes of Health supported this research. (Science Daily)
A CME on emerging infectious diseases was conducted which emphasized on the emergence of new infections and re-emergence of old infections. Eminent Parasitologist Dr SC Parija from JIPMER, Pondicherry spoke on newer parasitic diseases- tip of the iceberg. (Daijiworld.com)
Doctors say efforts to fight STDs have been hampered by pressure to respond to a range of public health problems, from AIDS to emerging infectious diseases to food-borne epidemics. "The gap between what we were previously able to do and what we need to do is growing larger," Douglas says. (USA Today)
(1) Cost-effectiveness of West Nile virus vaccination, Armineh Zohrabian,Edward B. Hayes, and Lyle R. Petersen, Emerging Infectious Diseases - - Vol. 12, No. 3, March 2006 (2) CDC Fact Sheet, West Nile Virus: What You Need To Know, Available at Sanofi Pasteur Pascal Barollier Media Relations Tel: +33(0)4-37-37-51-41 Sanofi Pasteur Len Lavenda Media Relations US Tel: +1-570-839-4446. SOURCE Sanofi Pasteur. (PR Newswire)
The Health Ministry is also developing new diagnostics for emerging infectious diseases. Aside from existing infrastructure, one expert said Singapore's experience in some diseases is an advantage. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
He also has obtained funding from the National Institutes of Health for a biocontainment laboratory at the medical school for research on emerging infectious diseases. Gubler, who has been in Washington, D.C., meeting with NIH and other officials, said in a telephone interview he will continue to work with Hawaii in the program he negotiated with Duke to start an emerging infectious-disease program in Singapore. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
The C.W. Bill Young Center for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases was dedicated last year. It's named for Rep. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Gregory Gray of the UI Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases and his colleagues were surprised that types 5 and 21 caused serious illnesses, though they were previously rarely known to do so. "We don't know why some strains cause more serious diseases," he said. (Daily Iowan, IA)
Gregory Gray of the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the University of Iowa and colleagues were trying to get a handle on which types of adenoviruses were most common and which were causing serious outbreaks of disease. This had not been easy to do because the old diagnostic tests were slow and could not differentiate easily among the different strains of adenovirus. (MEDLINEplus)
"The analysis that is required on the worst-case scenario aspect of the project involves issues that are not routinely before our environmental agencies."It made sense to get some outside expertise to make sure [Bowles] fully understood whether this analysis was adequate or not," he said.Ten specialists convened by the research council are scheduled to conduct a hearing Friday in Washington, taking testimony from BU and opponents of the facility.BU won a hard-fought national competition in 2003... (Boston Globe)
CDC's Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory is one of about 1,300 labs that handle potentially deadly toxins. The government, mostly through the CDC, conducts records inspections inside 409 laboratories approved to handle 72 of the world's deadliest organisms and toxins, including anthrax, bird flu viruses, monkey-pox and plague-causing bacteria. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Hawaii Biotech is a privately held biotechnology company focused on research and development of vaccines for emerging infectious diseases including West Nile virus and Influenza. MINI SITE MAP. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Dr. David Ozonoff, former chairman of the Department of Environmental Health, in the Boston University School of Public Health, stated he had initially favored the proposed laboratory as a research facility designed to finding cures for emerging infectious diseases. But he discovered that the purpose of the lab was to conduct research on pathogens with potential use as biological weapons. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
"The work helps us to understand H5N1's high fatality rate, as well as serving as model for global collaboration in the field of emerging infectious diseases," said Dr. Ian Lipkin of Columbia University in New York, who directed the study. Lipkin and a team at Peking University in Beijing studied tissue taken from two people killed by H5N1 in China -- a 24-year-old pregnant woman and a 35-year-old man. (MEDLINEplus)
According to the paper's senior author W. Ian Lipkin, MD, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and professor of Epidemiology, Neurology, and Pathology at Columbia, "This is the first major paper from the Beijing Infectious Disease Center, established in the aftermath of SARS by Beijing University, the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology (the CDC of China), and the Mailman School of Public Health. The work helps us to... (Science Daily)
The work helps us to understand H5N1s high fatality rate, as well as serving as model for global collaboration in the field of emerging infectious diseases, said Dr. Ian Lipkin of Columbia University in New York, who directed the study. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Health)
The work helps us to understand H5N1s high fatality rate, as well as serving as model for global collaboration in the field of emerging infectious diseases. . (EurekAlert!)
M hlberger will join BU's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories in March. The centerpiece of the project, which is under construction on Albany Street, is a Biosafety Level-4 lab where scientists will be able to study the world's deadliest germs, including Ebola, anthrax, and plague. (Boston Globe)
A mathematical analysis published last week in the U.S. journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases said it found statistical evidence of human-to-human transmission in a cluster of cases on Sumatra island, where eight family members died in May 2006 ... ADVERTISEMENT (article continues below) "We find statistical evidence of human-to-human transmission in Sumatra, but not in Turkey," they wrote in a report published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases on the two clusters studied. (Scientific American)
Longini's team claims they have found that proof, reporting in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Using a computerized disease-transmission model that took into account the number of infected cases, the number of people potentially exposed, the viral-incubation period and other parameters, the researchers produced the first statistical confirmation of humans contracting the disease from each other. (CTV.ca)
But the UI Hygienic Laboratory, along with the Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship, is taking a more proactive approach to a potential pandemic ... One of the groups of researchers is the Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship, which began as an initiative to ensure that the public would be safe from numerous infectious diseases. (Daily Iowan, IA)
"We find statistical evidence of human-to-human transmission in Sumatra, but not in Turkey," they wrote in a report published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. "This does not mean that no low-level human-to-human spread occurred in this outbreak, only that we lack statistical evidence of such spread.". (MEDLINEplus)
D., and colleagues, will be published inthe journal Emerging Infectious Diseases ... References: Emerging Infectious Diseases paper, "Detecting human-to-human transmission of avian influenza A (H5N1)", September 1, print edition. (Science Daily)
The study will be published next month in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention journal called "Emerging Infectious Diseases." The study was funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences' MIDAS network and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. MIDAS (Models of Infectious Disease Study) will make the data available for other researchers to study after the publication, and TranStat will also be made available free online. (EETimes)
The findings are published in the September issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Although HIV prevalence is currently low among injection drug users in Kabul, Todd and colleagues with the National HIV/AIDS Control Program of the Afghan Ministry of Public Health found that risky injecting and sexual behaviors were alarmingly high. (EurekAlert!)
VOA News - WHO: Infectious Diseases Spreading Rapidly Around World. A trusted source of newsand information since 1942. (Voice of America)
Implementation of the results of the studies should improve participation of African volunteers in clinical trials for new drugs and vaccines against emerging infectious diseases currently ravaging Africa, including AIDS, TB and malaria, and enable clinicians to better monitor and define adverse events in trials. In the first reference range studies conducted on such a large scale, researchers from the involved organizations examined the blood tests of approximately 5,500 clinically healthy... (Science Daily)
The research was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, via the Great Lakes Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, and by the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences. Citation: Infection and Immunity, August 2007, p. 4020-4029, Vol. 75, No. 8. (Science Daily)
For instance, a small 2005 British study of a vet facility, detailed in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, "suggests that dogs can act as reservoirs of MRSA, which can pose a public health risk to owners and veterinary staff.". A 2003 report in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases found that two dog owners who suffered persistent MRSA infections relapsed every time they returned home from the hospital. (Fox News)
But on an emerging infectious diseases website run by the International Society for Infectious Diseases, the moderator sounds a. "In prior outbreaks of viral haemorrhagic fevers in Africa, the occurrence of cases leads to panic and contacts frequently leave the area...returning to their distant villages while incubating the infection," they write. (Reuters AlertNet)
Wertheim adds, "Understanding how emerging infectious diseases evolve in their natural host organism helps us understand the disease's possible trajectory.". The team's next steps are figuring out exactly when SIV infected African green monkeys and studying SIVs in other species of monkeys. (Science Daily)
These maximum containment labs are part of the 368,000-square-foot Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory on the agency's Clifton Road campus. Construction on the building, which began in 2001, was completed in Sept. 2005 and staff started moving in. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Health publicized a strategy on preventing and controlling "emerging infectious diseases" on Thursday, promising to develop a long-termpolicy against deadly epidemics like SARS and bird flu. According to the document, the ministry will develop a network that is alert and quick to react to the outbreak of infectious diseases. (Xinhuanet, China)
"Burma is not at war with its neighbors, and its security is more profoundly threatened by the rise of drug-resistant malaria and tuberculosis, and by emerging infectious diseases such as avian influenza, than from external military threats.". Stover and fellow researchers from the Human Rights Center and Johns Hopkins launched the project last year to discover the roots of Burma's dire disease epidemics and to determine whether international aid could be delivered in a way that is responsible... (University of California Newswire, CA)
The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health through a grant to the Midwest Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (MRCE), which Stanley directs. Routine smallpox vaccinations in the United States were halted in 1972, when the disease was considered eradicated in this country, but the U.S. military and other high-risk groups, including some healthcare workers, continue to get the vaccine. (Science Daily)
The Legislature yesterday also passed an amendment to the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Law (Vfvk), enabling the administration to define newly emerging infectious diseases as threats to national security. The amendment also grants the government the right to cull pets or domestic animals in the event of an outbreak of any communicable disease transmitted by animals. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
USU is a typical academic health center with a unique focus on health promotion and disease prevention and the specialized mission of educating health care practitioners to deal with peace and wartime casualties, natural disasters, emerging infectious diseases and other public health emergencies. This work was supported by a grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health. (News-Medical.net)
Global climate change will trigger a major increase in the number of emerging infectious diseases, a panel of experts said during a news conference Tuesday at the American Society of Microbiology's annual general meeting in Toronto, Canada. The experts added that rising temperatures will alter the way that dozens of infectious diseases -- such as lyme disease, malaria and currently unknown viruses -- affect human health, the Toronto Star reported. (Forbes)
The spread of leishmaniasis (pronounced LEASH-ma-NYE-a-sis) is part of a trend of emerging infectious diseases in the United States in recent years as a result of military deployments, as well as the pursuit of adventure travel and far-flung business opportunities in the developing world, health officials say. Among those diseases appearing more frequently in the United States are three transmitted by mosquitoes: malaria, which was contracted by 122 troops last year in Afghanistan; dengue fever;... (Boston Globe)
In a paper in the May issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, an international team of researchers, including University of Maryland professor Steven Salzberg, report the first ever large-scale sequencing of western genomes of the deadly avian influenza virus, H5N1. Their study of 36 genomes of the virus collected from wild birds in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMA), and Vietnam confirms not only that the virus has very recently spread west from Asia, but that two of the new western... (Science Daily)
The World Health Organization blames the increasing trend of emerging infectious diseases inpart on the industrialization of the animal production sector in general, and the emergence of H5N1 on intensive poultry production in particular. According to the Royal Geographical Society, Massive demand for chicken has led to factory battery farming which provides ideal conditions for viruses to spread orally and via excreta which inevitably contaminates food in the cramped conditions that most birds... (Scotsman)
"Because these two groups differ in physiological susceptibility to factors associated with amphibian declines (e.g., pesticide exposure or emerging infectious diseases), these ecologically similar lizards provide an invaluable contrast for sorting hypotheses about mechanisms driving amphibian declines.". Due to the pristine nature of the site, the researchers were able to dismiss a number of possible explanations for the dramatic decline in reptile and amphibian populations, including habitat... (Mongabay.com)
"That's where all the action will be for emerging infectious diseases in the future," Gubler said ... 5 million from the state) to build a biocontainment laboratory on the ocean side of the new school in Kakaako for research on emerging infectious diseases. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
He said no single institution has all the capacities needed to respond to public health emergencies caused by epidemics, natural disasters or environmental emergencies, or by new and emerging infectious diseases. "When the health threats become so great they become a menace to our infrastructure and health systems," he said. (Independent Online)
the threat posed by emerging infectious diseases, such as influenza and SARS. the easier spread of disease around the globe due to the movement of people and tainted goods as part of the global economy. (Forbes)
Only 24 percent put the masks on right, the researchers reported in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. "Improper donning would promote the entry of unfiltered air through leaks or gaps between the respirator and the skin, compromising the protection offered," said the researchers, led by the CDC's Kristin Cummings. (MEDLINEplus)
The metal skeleton has been erected for the lab, to be known as the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories. Michael F. Flaherty, a Boston city councilor who has taken issue with the Level-4 lab in the past, said yesterday's incident helped ease some of his fears. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Their findings were published in the March issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. There are two H5N1 strains circulating in Thailand, one in the northeast and the other in the central part of the country. (AlertNet)
The conference is presented by the Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases at Colorado State University. Sponsors include the Colorado Veterinary Medical Foundation, American Humane, Petfinder. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
n these times of emerging infectious diseases and growing threats of terrorism, an understanding of the legal authority public health professionals may use during a crisis has become an absolute necessity, said Jane Drummond, Director of the Department of Health and Senior Services. t's vital that public health and law enforcement officials have a clear understanding of their roles and how they can work together to keep people safe. (California Democrat, MO)
If you look at emerging infectious diseases that affect humans all over the world, most have their origins on some other host before threatening humans, he said. Studying what it takes for a parasite to be successful in switching hosts adds to our knowledge about what makes a good host for the spread of disease. (The Australian)
"Larry has a group of about 40,000 people from around the world that all receive e-mails about events related to emerging infectious diseases," Polgreen said. "They all have access to what is going on. Their fingers are on the pulse of the infectious disease world.". (Dog Flu Diet and Diseases)
The project, published this month in the Centers for Disease Control's Emerging Infectious Diseases journal, came after 30 years of failed attempts to isolate the virus. Timothy Straub, lead researcher at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, said the research could eventually lead to a vaccine similar to a typical flu shot. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
It's the most common bacteria-related sexually transmitted disease in the United States, so researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio's South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) and The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center have partnered to discover a vaccine that will prevent Chlamydia ... Arulanandam is one of 19 faculty members in UTSA's new South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases. (Science Daily)
Professor Cooper also raises concerns that individuals that survive the vaccine may be more likely to carry infectious diseases with the potential to affect other animals. An immuno-contraceptive vaccine causes an animal's immune system to produce antibodies that act against some essential event or structure in the reproductive process. (Science Daily)
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