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Haiti cholera 'has S Asia link'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Thu, 05/05/2011 - 09:17

The cholera strain that has claimed more than 4,500 lives in Haiti closely resembles strains currently circulating in South Asia, a UN investigation finds.


 

Cholera strain evolves new mechanism for causing disease

EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases  Wed, 12/08/2010 - 23:00

(American Society for Microbiology) New clinical strains of cholera appear to have evolved a distinctly different mechanism to cause the same disease according to research published in the current issue of the online journal mBio.


 

IAC: HPV Vaccine Effective in Men (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Fri, 07/23/2010 - 08:00

VIENNA (MedPage Today) -- A quadrivalent vaccine against four strains of human papillomavirus was highly effective at reducing external genital lesions in men, a researcher said here.


 

Diabetes cases to double and costs to triple by 2034

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 11/26/2009 - 23:00

(University of Chicago Medical Center) In the next 25 years, the number of Americans living with diabetes will double and spending on diabetes will triple, rising from $113 billion to $336 billion.

This will add to the existing strains on an overburdened health care system.


 

Community MRSA Driving Hospital Resistance (CME/CE, with audio)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Tue, 11/24/2009 - 05:00

A sharp increase in community-associated strains of a drug-resistant pathogen among outpatients is driving the rise of resistance within hospitals, researchers said.


 

IDSA: Rare MRSA Strain Deadlier than Others (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Tue, 11/03/2009 - 13:29

PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- A rare strain of drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is about five times more deadly than other strains, a researcher said here.


 

Wide Use of Fluoroquinolones Raises Fear of TB Resistance (CME/C...

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Tue, 08/11/2009 - 09:56

The widespread use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics may be creating strains of tuberculosis resistant to the drugs, researchers said.


 

Antibodies Could Radically Alter Approach to Flu

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Mon, 02/23/2009 - 13:35

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- In a finding that could revolutionize the way we fight flu, researchers have isolated broadly neutralizing antibodies against a large group of influenza A strains.


 

Getting Closer to a Flu Supervaccine

TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Mon, 02/23/2009 - 12:00

A single shot that could block most strains is closer than ever


 

Nothing to sneeze at _ decoding the common cold

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 02/12/2009 - 15:50

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists have unraveled the genetic code of the common cold - all 99 known strains of it, to be exact.

But don't expect the feat to lead to a cure for the sniffling any time soon. It turns out that rhinoviruses are even more complicated than researchers originally thought....