Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- Can gene drives end mosquito-borne disease?
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- 7% of visitors at NYC attraction shed respiratory virus in spring, summer
- ADHD medication may cut risk for STIs
- CDC: More signs of a severe flu season in US
- Data from DRC suggest many Ebola infections may go unrecognized
- Experts worry about consequences of Trump’s HIV/AIDS council firings
- Herpes zoster subunit vaccine cost-effective among older patients
- HIV-positive, exposed children have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes
- Household screening doubles detection of TB cases
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- Injectable birth control increases HIV risk by 40%
- LA case a reminder about sexually transmitted Zika
- Most older adults think nursing homes should require staff flu shots
- Older male doctors in small Southern practices prescribe most antibiotics
- Physicians commonly prescribe risky antibiotics for UTIs during early pregnancy
- Q&A: Facing climate change, ID clinicians must ‘expect the unexpected’
- Risky behaviors among PWID persist, CDC says
- Severe influenza greater burden in LMICs than in wealthier countries
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- Studies show long-term benefits of fecal transplant for recurrent CDI
- Venezuela case suggests Zika virus transmitted through breast-feeding
- Zika caused more birth defects in US than expected
- How transparent should gene drive research be?
- Fitzgerald resigns from CDC over ‘complex’ financial conflicts
- Ending the HIV epidemic in black communities requires more than staying the course Melanie A. Thompson, MD
- Plague: Blame the flea, not the rat Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Larry I. Lutwick, MD
- FDA clears rapid Campylobacter tests
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- ID specialists search for ways to reach homeless
- Adjunctive rifampicin does not improve outcomes in S. aureus bacteremia
- Breathing can transmit flu, study finds
- Conflict in Ukraine fuels HIV epidemic
- Extended dosing with Dificid improves cure rates for C. difficile
- Fosmidomycin-piperaquine appears safe, effective against malaria
- Genomics can help estimate risk for cholera epidemics
- High-risk HPV more common in males than in females
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- HIV comorbidities increase in US as patients age
- Most patients hospitalized with MDROs readmitted within 1 year
- Older patients with HIV at higher risk for cancer
- Patients on opioid substitutes have better outcomes with interferon-free HCV regimens
- Patients with HBV who discontinue tenofovir relapse sooner
- Pediatric hospitalizations for seizures fall after introduction of rotavirus vaccines
- Positive LAM results predict mortality in children with HIV
- Remains of 16th century mummy reveal long history of HBV in humans
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- Repeated flu vaccination reduces disease severity in older adults
- Researchers detect mcr-4 in humans for first time
- Researchers identify three new mosquito vectors of Zika in Mexico
- Researchers link Dengvaxia vaccination to false-positive dengue test results
- Rhesus macaques in Florida expose parkgoers to deadly virus
- Sepsis survivors face significant impairments requiring long-term care strategies
- Serum albumin level predicts serious HIV events
- SHEA issues guidance on contact precautions
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- Survival rates improve among patients with HIV, MDR-TB coinfection
- Study shows similar risk of empiric broad-spectrum antimicrobials in ICUs
- Suboptimal ART adherence associated with greater inflammation in patients with HIV
- Surfers more likely to harbor antibiotic-resistant bacteria in gut
- Symptom-based score predicts acute HIV infection
- UTI antibiotics commonly prescribed for nonspecific symptoms
- Triple threat: Treatment challenges for emerging pathogens Kimberly Boeser, PharmD, MPH, BCIDP; Ashley Cubillos, PharmD, BCPS