Infectious Disease News Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Infectious Disease News.
Table of Contents
- Different scenarios, a common thread Theodore C. Eickhoff, MD
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- AIDS Compendium
- Artemether-lumefantrine helped cure malaria regardless of tablet formulation
- Biomarkers for pregnancy-associated and cerebral malaria identified
- ‘Enough is enough’: the HIV/AIDS epidemic among black Americans
- Experts and advocates urge end to criminalization of HIV
- Leprosy rare but remains, even in the United States
- Mosquitoes associated with low risk of transmission for Rift Valley fever virus in the United States
- Road access linked to dengue fever risk in rural Ecuador
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- What aspect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic among black Americans is of particular concern to you?
- Chinese interventions reduced transmission of S. japonicum
- Electronic prescribing system may encourage physicians to choose lower-cost drugs
- Hand washing with soap and water best to fight spread of virus
- Improving hand hygiene best option to reduce CA-MRSA in hospitals
- Increase noted in meningitis caused by non-PCV7 serotypes
- Preventive therapy key for children aged younger than 2 years, regardless of TB skin test results
- Researchers urged improved influenza vaccination rates for working adults aged 50 to 64 years
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- Another reason to limit antibiotic use? Edward A. Bell, PharmD, BCPS
- Enzootic abortion of ewes Arnon Shimshony, DVM