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Salmonella Tennessee Identified In A Processed Food Ingredient

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to protect the public following the early identification of Salmonella Tennessee in one company's supply of hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP). This is a common ingredient used most frequently as a flavor enhancer in many processed foods, includi ...

read more The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to protect the public following the early identification of Salmonella Tennessee in one company's supply of hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP). This is a common ingredient used most frequently as a flavor enhancer in many processed foods, includi read more Sat Mar 2010 Sat Mar 2010

Foodborne Illness Costs US $152 Billion A Year

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
A consumer and public health group has released a new report that proposes acute foodborne illnesses cost the nation an estimated $152 billion per year in healthcare, workplace and other economic losses: the report also suggests that $39 billion of these costs (more than a quarter) are due to fo ...

read more A consumer and public health group has released a new report that proposes acute foodborne illnesses cost the nation an estimated $152 billion per year in healthcare, workplace and other economic losses: the report also suggests that $39 billion of these costs (more than a quarter) are due to fo read more Fri Mar 2010 Fri Mar 2010

Trius Therapeutics To Conform Protocol For Upcoming Torezolid Phosphate Phase 3 Trial With Newly Released FDA Draft Guidance

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Trius Therapeutics, Inc. announced that on February 26th, 2010, the FDA issued new draft guidance on non-inferiority clinical trials that will apply to the design of the Company's proposed Phase 3 trials for its investigational antibacterial drug torezolid phosphate... ...

read more Trius Therapeutics, Inc. announced that on February 26th, 2010, the FDA issued new draft guidance on non-inferiority clinical trials that will apply to the design of the Company's proposed Phase 3 trials for its investigational antibacterial drug torezolid phosphate... read more Fri Mar 2010 Fri Mar 2010

AOAC Awards Approval To FoodChekTM-E. Coli O157 Test For 375g Sample

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
FoodChek Systems Inc. ("FoodChek") (formerly Vacci-Test Corporation) is pleased to announce that the AOAC Research Institute, the approval body for all U.S. food safety tests, has approved a modification to its existing FoodChek™-E. coli O157 test for a 25g sample to that of the industry-standard ...

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Development Of Faster Method To Detect Bacterial Contamination In Coastal Waters

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Currently, beachgoers are informed about water-quality conditions based on results from the previous day's sample. Scientists must collect samples in the field, then return to a lab to culture them for analysis - a process that takes a minimum of 24 hours... ...

read more Currently, beachgoers are informed about water-quality conditions based on results from the previous day's sample. Scientists must collect samples in the field, then return to a lab to culture them for analysis - a process that takes a minimum of 24 hours... read more Fri Mar 2010 Fri Mar 2010

What Is Japanese Encephalitis? What Causes Japanese Encephalitis?

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Japanese encephalitis (JE), or Japanese B encephalitis to distinguish it from von Economo's A encephalitis, is a viral disease caused by a type of virus called a flavivirus. It is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. Usually, the illness is mild. Symptoms include headaches and a high te ...

read more Japanese encephalitis (JE), or Japanese B encephalitis to distinguish it from von Economo's A encephalitis, is a viral disease caused by a type of virus called a flavivirus. It is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito. Usually, the illness is mild. Symptoms include headaches and a high te read more Fri Mar 2010 Fri Mar 2010

FDA Warns Consumers In Puerto Rico Of Harmful Bacteria In Hand Sanitizers

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers in Puerto Rico that two hand sanitizers - "Bee-Shield Hand Sanitizer" with Aloe Vera (10 fl. oz. or 1 gallon bottles) and "MD Quality Hand Sanitizer" with Aloe Vera (10 fl oz. bottles) - contain high levels of a bacteria, Burkholderia cepaci ...

read more The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers in Puerto Rico that two hand sanitizers - read more Fri Mar 2010 Fri Mar 2010

Researchers Find Further Evidence Linking Epstein-Barr Virus And Risk Of Multiple Sclerosis

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and a team of collaborators have observed for the first time that the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) increases by many folds following infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). This finding implicates E ...

read more Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and a team of collaborators have observed for the first time that the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) increases by many folds following infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). This finding implicates E read more Fri Mar 2010 Fri Mar 2010

Three Years Out, Safety Checklist Continues To Keep Hospital Infections In Check

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The state of Michigan, which used a five-step checklist developed at Johns Hopkins to virtually eliminate bloodstream infections in its hospitals' intensive care units , has been able to keep the number of these common, costly and potentially lethal infections near zero - even three years after firs ...

read more The state of Michigan, which used a five-step checklist developed at Johns Hopkins to virtually eliminate bloodstream infections in its hospitals' intensive care units , has been able to keep the number of these common, costly and potentially lethal infections near zero - even three years after firs read more Wed Feb 2010 Wed Feb 2010

Welch Foundation Honors Orth As 'Rising Star'in Chemistry

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Dr. Kim Orth, associate professor of molecular biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been honored with the 2010 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research for pioneering work focusing on the mechanisms bacteria use to cause disease... ...

read more Dr. Kim Orth, associate professor of molecular biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has been honored with the 2010 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research for pioneering work focusing on the mechanisms bacteria use to cause disease... read more Wed Feb 2010 Wed Feb 2010

40 Per Cent Of Cancers Are Preventable: Message For World Cancer Day

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
This year, the message for World Cancer Day, 4th February, is "Cancer can be prevented too", with experts suggesting that 40 per cent of the 12.4 million cancers diagnosed and 7.6 million cancer deaths worldwide could be prevented if we applied what we know about avoiding infections and changing ...

read more This year, the message for World Cancer Day, 4th February, is read more Wed Feb 2010 Wed Feb 2010

FDA Updates Statement On The Investigation Into The Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
The Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S... ...

read more The Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S... read more Wed Feb 2010 Wed Feb 2010

Antimicrobial Treatment For Buruli Ulcer Is Effective In Early, Limited Disease

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
New research shows that two different antimicrobial regimens for treating buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection) are effective at treating early, limited disease. This is the conclusion of an Article published Online First (http://www.thelancet... ...

read more New research shows that two different antimicrobial regimens for treating buruli ulcer (Mycobacterium ulcerans infection) are effective at treating early, limited disease. This is the conclusion of an Article published Online First (http://www.thelancet... read more Wed Feb 2010 Wed Feb 2010

Study Finds Association Between Genes That Regulate Maternal Inflammatory Response, Bacterial Vaginosis And Preterm Delivery

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™ in Chicago, researchers showed the use of haplotype tagging (hap-tag) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to study the relationship between genetic predispositions, an environmental f ...

read more In a study presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™ in Chicago, researchers showed the use of haplotype tagging (hap-tag) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to study the relationship between genetic predispositions, an environmental f read more Wed Feb 2010 Wed Feb 2010

Eating Your Greens Could Save Your Life

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
The age old reminder to always eat your greens isn't just for kids anymore. Not only are the vitamins and minerals good for you, but eating greens could also save your life, according to a recent study invoving scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)... ...

read more The age old reminder to always eat your greens isn't just for kids anymore. Not only are the vitamins and minerals good for you, but eating greens could also save your life, according to a recent study invoving scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)... read more Thu Jan 2010 Thu Jan 2010

Engineering A New Way To Study Hepatitis C

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Researchers at MIT and Rockefeller University have successfully grown hepatitis C virus in otherwise healthy liver cells in the laboratory, an advance that could allow scientists to develop and test new treatments for the disease. About 200 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C, whi ...

read more Researchers at MIT and Rockefeller University have successfully grown hepatitis C virus in otherwise healthy liver cells in the laboratory, an advance that could allow scientists to develop and test new treatments for the disease. About 200 million people worldwide are infected with hepatitis C, whi read more Thu Jan 2010 Thu Jan 2010

Oxford University Press Enters Publishing Partnership With Infectious Diseases Society Of America

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), a leading professional society, have announced a new publishing partnership for IDSA's highly cited and internationally prestigious journals: Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) and The Jour ...

read more Oxford Journals, a division of Oxford University Press, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), a leading professional society, have announced a new publishing partnership for IDSA's highly cited and internationally prestigious journals: Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) and The Jour read more Thu Jan 2010 Thu Jan 2010

Antibiotics Might Team Up To Fight Deadly Staph Infections

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Israel's Weizman Institute of Science have found that two antibiotics working together might be more effective in fighting pathogenic bacteria than either drug on its own... ...

read more Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Israel's Weizman Institute of Science have found that two antibiotics working together might be more effective in fighting pathogenic bacteria than either drug on its own... read more Thu Jan 2010 Thu Jan 2010

Neglected Tropical Diseases Not Limited To Tropics: Diseases Found In The Indigenous Peoples Of The Arctic

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
Demonstrating that the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is not just dependent on climate, but mainly related to incidence of poverty, a new paper published in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases details the large number of neglected infections of poverty in the Arct ...

read more Demonstrating that the burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) is not just dependent on climate, but mainly related to incidence of poverty, a new paper published in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases details the large number of neglected infections of poverty in the Arct read more Thu Jan 2010 Thu Jan 2010

Lab First To Confirm Salmonella In Nationwide Outbreak

Categorie : Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo. Testing conducted by the Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa ...

read more The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo. Testing conducted by the Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa read more Thu Jan 2010 Thu Jan 2010

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