News tagged with journal of infectious disease
Reports highlight the evolving role of clinical microbiology laboratories
With the increasing availability of sophisticated technologies to rapidly diagnose and treat infectious diseases, the duties and the role of clinical laboratory microbiologists, who traditionally perform these tests, could ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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New method for making human-based gelatin
Scientists are reporting development of a new approach for producing large quantities of human-derived gelatin that could become a substitute for some of the 300,000 tons of animal-based gelatin produced annually for gelatin-type ...
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Researchers step closer to treatment of virulent hospital infection
Clostridium difficile is a health problem that affects hundreds of thousands of patients and costs $10 billion to $20 billion every year in North America. Researchers from the University of Calgary and th ...
Mar 18, 2011 |
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Vaccine made with synthetic gene protects against deadly pneumonia
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed an experimental vaccine that appears to protect against an increasingly common and particularly deadly form of pneumococcal pneumonia. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Trial suggests statin may affect markers associated with progression of HIV
A recent multicenter clinical trial of atorvastatin, a type of cholesterol-lowering drug, found that although the drug did not inhibit plasma HIV RNA levels, it did inhibit expression of cellular markers of immune activation ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 16, 2011 |
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First new C. difficile drug in a generation superior to existing treatments: Researchers
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a significant and growing problem in hospitals and other health care facilities, but no new drugs to treat the condition have been developed in several decades. However, a large-scale, phase ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Spanish doctors unveil promising AIDS vaccine
Spanish researchers announced Tuesday they have developed an AIDS vaccine which cuts the viral load by a significant amount in most patients although they cautioned it is still not enough as a treatment.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Study finds little decline in hepatitis C infections among injection drug users
A recent 20-year study of injection drug users (IDUs) in Baltimore found a significant decline in new cases of HIV infection but only a slight decline in new cases of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The findings suggest ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Neutron scattering study yields new insights into virus life cycle
(PhysOrg.com) -- Without a host, a virus is a dormant package of proteins, genetic material and occasional lipids. Once inside a living cell, however, a virus can latch onto cell parts and spring into action ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Sex, race, and geography influence health outcomes following primary HIV infection
Women, nonwhites, and people in the southern United States who were newly infected with HIV and followed for an average of four years experienced greater HIV/AIDS-related morbidity compared to men and people of other races ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 18, 2011 |
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Study confirms 2 vaccine doses protect children from chickenpox
Two doses of the varicella, or chickenpox, vaccine provide excellent protection in children against this highly contagious and, in some cases, severe disease. To be published in the February 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Di ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 05, 2011 |
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Eating healthier means living longer
The leading causes of death have shifted from infectious diseases to chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. These illnesses may be affected by diet. In a study published in the January ...
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Influenza virus strains show increasing drug resistance and ability to spread
Two new studies raise public health concerns about increasing antiviral resistance among certain influenza viruses, their ability to spread, and a lack of alternative antiviral treatment options. The findings are published ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 07, 2010 |
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New studies examine links between XMRV and human disease
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus–related virus (XMRV) has been the subject of many studies since its discovery in 2006, but conflicting reports have created an unclear picture of XMRV's role in human disease. In three ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Vaccinations should continue as influenza pandemics epidemics wane
Influenza pandemics often come in multiple waves. As the one wave subsides, public health officials have to decide whether continuing vaccination programs is warranted to prevent or reduce a subsequent wave. In a new study ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 05, 2010 |
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