Infection Control Today - Emerging Infectious Diseases

Virus Hunters Tracking Down the Next HIV

It's not a matter of if a worldwide pandemic will strike but when, say experts like veterinarian and epidemiologist Jonna Mazet, a professor in the Department of Medicine and Epidemiology in the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine. That's why ...More

December 21, 2011

Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

Guidance for Patients with Carbapenem-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli is Released

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has developed "Guidance: Infection Prevention and Control Measures for Healthcare Workers in All Healthcare Settings Carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative Bacilli" to provide instruction in the management of patients colonized or ...More

December 6, 2010

Posted in News

NDM-1: An Update

Earlier this year, the medical community began hearing reports of a new "superbug," but in actuality, it was the emergence of a new resistance mechanism in the form of what is now called New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1). Encouraging this resistance mechanism is the ...More

December 6, 2010

Posted in News

Emerging Infectious Diseases Pose Current and Future Challenges

Newly recognized disease-causing viruses, bacteria and other infections are continually emerging around the world, posing difficult challenges for patient diagnosis and treatment and for public health responses. A special symposium section of the September issue of the ...More

September 22, 2010

Posted in News

Emerging E. coli Strain Triggers Antimicrobial-Resistant Infections

A new drug-resistant strain of E. coli, ST131, is a major cause of serious antimicrobial-resistant E. coli infections in the United States. ...More

July 30, 2010

Posted in News

Infectious Disease Specialists See Increase in Babesiosis Cases in New York

Westchester Medical Center infectious disease specialists report an increase in the potentially severe tick-borne disease Babesiosis in New York's Lower Hudson Valley over a 10-year period. ...More

July 23, 2010

Posted in News

Nearly 5 Percent of Key West Population Exposed to Dengue Virus

An estimated 5 percent of the Key West, Fla., population -- more than 1,000 people -- showed evidence of recent exposure to dengue virus in 2009, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Florida Department of Health. ...More

July 13, 2010

Posted in News

Research Collaboration to Evaluate Novel Adjuvants to Enhance Pandemic Flu Vaccines

Two global health non-profit organizations headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) and PATH, have entered into a research collaboration agreement to evaluate novel adjuvants for their ability to enhance the immune response of ...More

June 25, 2010

Posted in News

Researcher Awarded Grant to Study Meningitis Mechanism

A white blood cell that normally removes bacteria from the bloodstream helps Escherichia coli (E. coli) accumulate in the blood and enter the brain resulting in the deadly infection known as meningitis. Prasadarao V. Nemani, PhD, a scientist at The Saban Research Institute ...More

June 24, 2010

Posted in News

Pertussis Epidemic in California May be Worst in 50 Years

Urging Californians to get vaccinated now, Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), warned today that the state is on pace to suffer the most illnesses and deaths due to pertussis, also known as whooping cough, in 50 ...More

June 24, 2010

Posted in News

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