Infectious Disease News Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.

Table of Contents

• Beyond Zika: The threat of diseases spread by Aedes mosquitoes
• Q&A: Rare diseases require ‘heightened awareness’
• APIC updates guidance for CLABSI prevention
• App guides pregnant women on infections, vaccinations
• Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease common in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
• Deferred HCV therapy in MSM with HIV/HCV increases risk for mortality
• H1N1 dominates mild 2015-2016 flu season
• Harvoni effective for elderly with HCV genotype 1
• Increased HCV treatment for PWID in UK prisons cost-effective
• Johns Hopkins announces first successful HIV-positive to HIV-positive organ transplants in US
• Limited resources for Zika response slow progress in Puerto Rico
• Novel severity score shows promise in predicting in-hospital C. difficile mortality
• Senate committee holds hearing on Daraprim price increase, distribution agreements
• Syphilis outbreak declared in Nevada county
• Treatment options limited for chronic Lyme patients
• VA expands HCV therapy for veterans
• The ethics of gene drives against Aedes aegypti
• Hardly harmless: The dangerous tradition of ‘pox parties’ Julie R. Garon, MPH; Walter A. Orenstein, MD
• Poliomyelitis: Are we there yet? Donald Kaye, MD, MACP; Marjorie P. Pollack, MD
• FDA approves Anthim for inhalation anthrax
• FDA approves Descovy for treatment of HIV
• FDA approves Odefsey for treatment of HIV
• FDA approves Xpert Carba-R assay for detection of carbapenem resistance genes
• Adding antibiotic improves treatment for skin abscesses
• Alternative preventive therapy, RDTs show promise against resistant malaria in pregnant women
• Antibiotic stewardship common in VA hospitals
• ARGs in manure-treated soil decline swiftly after antibiotics phased out
• ART greatly reduces incidence of opportunistic infections in low-, middle-income countries
• Bat-borne infection spreads through contaminated date palm wine
• CDC interventions contribute to long-term reductions in access-related BSIs
• CDC publishes ACIP smallpox vaccine guidelines for persons with occupational exposure
• CDC’s PulseNet significantly reduces incidence, impact of foodborne illness
• Dengue vaccine shows full protection in human challenge model
• Discount voucher intervention fails to increase Tdap cocooning
• Expert opinions on measles-specific vaccine exemptions vary widely
• Flu vaccine does not increase risk for surgical patients
• Global HIV/HCV burden exceeds 2 million, driven by PWID
• HAIs decreasing; antibiotic resistant bacteria still threaten inpatients
• HCV prevalent in ED; many cases missed by birth-cohort testing
• HCV prevalent in semen of MSM with HIV; anal infection likely
• Vaccine avoidance causes most measles cases
• Isavuconazole effective against mucormycosis
• Limited data suggest N95 respirators, surgical masks provide similar protection
• Man’s death from rabies underscores threat of delayed recognition
• MERS spreads in UAE health care facilities before diagnoses
• Microcephaly occurs in 1% of women infected with Zika during early pregnancy
• MRSA infection prevalence declines among US pediatric population
• Nebraskan cases suggest airborne person-to-person transmission of M. bovis
• Nepal makes significant progress toward measles elimination
• Norovirus-driven gastroenteritis in Quebec more common after start of rotavirus vaccine
• One-quarter of hospital readmissions potentially preventable
• PO-CAP shows clinical differences vs. B-CAP
• Research suggests relationship between Toxoplasma gondii parasite, aggression
• Study bolsters link between Zika and microcephaly
• ‘Suitcase’ lab provides real-time genomic surveillance during Ebola outbreak
• Symptomatic dengue infection during pregnancy associated with adverse fetal outcomes
• Trained dogs detect bacteria from urine samples
• TSRI scientists capture detailed picture of HIV structure
• Urine-based TB test lowers mortality
• Wrestlers incur most skin infections among high school athletes
• Younger adults more likely to link to HCV treatment vs. older adults
• C. difficile onset increases in communities, decreases in hospitals
• Canadian patient considered first to contract HIV after PrEP failure
• Ebola survivors exhibit long-term brain issues
• HIV exposure causes 50% of infant deaths at 24 months in Botswana
• HSV-2 therapeutic vaccine reduces viral shedding, genital lesions
• Perinatal HIV-exposure associated with language impairments in preschool children
• Rhinovirus types A, C most common among younger children with RTI
• Strategies used during HIV, HCV outbreak in Indiana may prevent future epidemics
• Helminths, parasites and flukes, oh my! A review of treatments for common NTDs Rachel S. Bacher, PharmD
• Bornavirus: Zoonotic and animal health aspects Arnon Shimshony, DVM