HIV :: Mobile phones to fight HIV AIDS pandemic
Leading players in the mobile phone industry and the U.S. Government have joined forces to fight HIV/AIDS and other health challenges in 10 African countries.
Infectious Diseases
Healthcare :: Protein discovery targets antibiotic-resistant bacteria
A new type of protein discovered by Queen?s University researchers may be useful in developing treatments for antibiotic-resistant bacteria, such as those that cause food poisoning and typhoid.
Contraception :: Unpredictable nature of a contraceptive vaccine
Australian scientists are raising concerns over the unpredictable nature of a contraceptive vaccine that aims to control populations of wild animals, such as rabbits and foxes.
HIV :: Young Africans suffering advanced HIV disease from delayed diagnosis
A new study suggests the effects of long-standing, undiagnosed HIV infection are hanging over a generation of adolescents in Zimbabwe, causing organ damage, chronic ill health, stunted growth, and other problems.
HIV :: First large-scale HIV vaccine trial in South Africa opens
A large-scale clinical trial of a candidate HIV vaccine?which previously showed promise in smaller studies in the United States and elsewhere?has now opened in South Africa.
Influenza :: Fighting influenza & co. with 40,000 blood samples
Four million people die every year from respiratory diseases such as viral influenza. For elderly people in particular, an infection can be dangerous.
MRSA :: No reliable risk factors found for CA-MRSA
Loren Miller, M.D., M.P.H. has found no reliable epidemiological or clinical risk factors that could distinguish patients with CA-MRSA infection from patients with CA-MSSA infection. “What this means,” says Dr. Miller, “is that the average Joe or Jane can get CA-MRSA.”
HIV :: National Black HIV AIDS Awareness and Information Day
Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day February 7, 2007.
HIV :: Common parasitic infection leads to increased risk for HIV infection
A new study shows a significantly increased risk of HIV infection among women with a common sexually transmitted disease, trichomoniasis. Although studies have been undertaken in the past to show the link between sexually transmitted infections and susceptibility to HIV, the study published in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online, is one of the first to demonstrate a statistically significant association between trichomoniasis and HIV infection.
Cancer :: Device for rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases and cancer
The Ikerlan-IK4 and Gaiker-IK4 Technological Center have patented a device which is capable of the rapid and effective diagnosis of infectious diseases caused by various bacteria.