Infectious Disease

• Breaking News

• US flu activity higher than national baseline

• January 7, 2013
• The number of outpatient visits for influenza-like illness so far this season is above the national baseline, according to the CDC’s FluView.
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• In the Journals

• Serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine shows promise in Burkina Faso

• January 4, 2013
• In the 2 years since introduction of the new serogroup A meningococcal conjugate vaccine into Burkina Faso, there has only been one confirmed case of...More »

• FDA approvals

• FDA approves four-strain seasonal influenza vaccine

• December 18, 2012
• The FDA approved this week a quadrivalent influenza vaccine for use in adults and children aged 3 years and older for the prevention of seasonal...More »

• Second-hand smoke increased risk for meningococcal disease

• Infectious Disease News, January 2013
• Second-hand smoke and fetal exposure to maternal smoking significantly increased the risk for invasive meningococcal disease, according to study findings...More »

• In the Journals

• National vaccination program reduced HPV prevalence among women

• Infectious Disease News, January 2013
• A national government-funded vaccination program significantly lowered the prevalence of HPV among women in Australia, researchers have found.
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• In the Journals

• HPV reactivation risk may increase in older women

• Infectious Disease News, January 2013
• New data published online today from a 2-year, semiannual, follow-up study suggest that HPV reactivation risk may increase in women aged approximately 50...More »

• Breaking News

• Measles, polio immunization campaign targets children in Syria

• December 12, 2012
• A mass immunization is under way in the Syrian Arab Republic to protect young children against polio and measles, according to UNICEF.
  Nearly 2.5 million...More »

• Breaking News

• CDC: This could be a bad flu year

• December 3, 2012
• This year’s influenza season marks the earliest regular influenza season seen since the 2003-2004 season, according to the CDC.
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• In the Journals

• Respiratory infections may trigger acute MI

• Infectious Disease News, December 2012
• Researchers from University College London have suggested that influenza and other respiratory infections may trigger acute myocardial infarctions.
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• In the Journals Perspective

• Tdap comparable to Td vaccine, recommended for older adults

• Infectious Disease News, December 2012
• The risk for adverse events after receiving the tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis vaccine in adults aged 65 years and older was comparable to that of...More »

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