Infectious Disease

• Meeting News Coverage Perspective

• Once-weekly treatment effective as daily treatment in TB continuation phase

• Infectious Disease News, April 2013
• ATLANTA — A 6-month tuberculosis treatment regimen with once-weekly rifapentine and moxifloxacin in the 4-month continuation phase was noninferior...More »

• Meeting News Coverage Video

• Renewed hope for incorporating new therapies into regimens for TB

• March 6, 2013
• ATLANTA — David Cohn, MD, offers his perspective on the plenary session presented by Andreas Diacon, MD, which included discussion on the FDA...More »

• Meeting News Coverage

• CVA6 associated with hand-foot-and-mouth disease mimicked other disorders

• March 2, 2013
• MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Coxsackievirus A6, an emerging enterovirus strain associated with severe hand-foot-and-mouth disease, displayed features...More »

• In the Journals

• Steroids may reduce TB mortality

• Infectious Disease News, April 2013
• Recent data indicate that corticosteroids may help reduce mortality among those with all forms of tuberculosis.
  “In clinical care, one enduring...More »

• Breaking News

• ACIP considers Japanese encephalitis vaccine in children

• Infectious Disease News, March 2013
• A vaccine for Japanese encephalitis that is currently licensed for use in adults is now being considered for use in children aged 2 months to 16 years,...More »

• New biomarker may predict risk for upper respiratory diseases

• February 20, 2013
• Sheldon Cohen, PhD, of Carnegie Mellon University, explains the role of telomere length in human immunity to prevalent diseases....More »

• In the Journals Video

• Telomere length predicted risk for respiratory infections in adults

• Infectious Disease News, March 2013
• A newly identified biomarker in the immune system may predict the ability of young and middle-aged adults to fight upper respiratory infections, new...More »

• Breaking News

• UK reports third case of novel coronavirus infection this month

• Infectious Disease News, March 2013
• The World Health Organization has reported one more case of infection with the novel coronavirus in the United Kingdom, the third confirmed case this...More »

• Breaking News

• UK reports another case of novel coronavirus infection

• February 14, 2013
• The United Kingdom has reported one more case of infection with the novel coronavirus, according to a report by the World Health Organization. There have...More »

• In the Journals

• Three doses of malaria treatment associated with higher birth weight

• February 13, 2013
• A three-dose or more regimen of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine for malaria prevention was associated with a higher birth weight among pregnant women in Africa,...More »

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