HIV :: Malawi promoting mass HIV testing campaign
The Malawian government – Health officials in Malawi are urging the country’s sexually active residents to receive voluntary HIV tests during a weeklong national campaign that started this week.
Virus
Bacteria :: Researchers discover key mechanism to emergence of deadly strep bacteria
The incidence of serious strep infections has risen dramatically in the last three decades, and this increase is largely attributed to the spread around the globe of a single strain of strep known as the invasive M1T1 clone.
Stent :: Modified herpes virus keeps arteries free-flowing following angioplasty or stent placement
A genetically engineered herpes simplex virus, primarily known for causing cold sores, may help keep arteries ?free-flowing? in the weeks following angioplasty or stent placement for patients, according to research published early in the online edition of PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America).
West Nile Virus :: Kansas announces first West Nile Virus case of 2007, US
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) today announced the first reported case of West Nile Virus of 2007. The patient is an adult from North Central Kansas.
HIV :: Major breakthrough in understanding how HIV interferes with infected cell division
Dr. ?ric A. Cohen, a researcher at the IRCM (Institut de recherches cliniques de Montr?al), and his team will publish on Friday, July 13, in PLoS Pathogens a discovery that could lead to the development of a new class of drugs to combat HIV.
Hepatitis C :: Study finds variable drug sensitivity among hepatitis C viruses
Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading reason patients receive liver transplants today. Unfortunately, infection of the new liver by residual HCV in the blood is inevitable, and the immune system suppression crucial to prevent transplant rejection can worsen HCV-mediated disease in transplant patients.
HIV :: A compound from olive-pomace oil gets 80 percent slowing down of HIV spread
Researchers from the University of Granada and Hospital Carlos III in Madrid, verified that maslinic acid — found in wax from olive skin — inhibits serin-protease, the enzyme used by HIV to release itself from the infected cell into the extracellular environment.
Bird Flu :: Avian Influenza in wild birds in Germany, France, Austria
The European Commission has been informed by the French and the Austrian authorities of new suspected cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in wild birds in their territories. Germany has also confirmed the occurrence of disease in Thuringia.
Influenza :: Flu scare in Perth, Australia, 3 children died
Three children have passed away from a combination of infections – influenza A infections and secondary bacterial infection this week in Perth, Australia.
Bird Flu :: Germany bird flu threat level high
The deadly bird avian flu virus H5N1 has spread to German poultry. A domestic goose died of the bird flu virus H5N1 in the village of Wickersdorf, Germany.