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"Blocked eye vessels may cause malaria and could be treated by statins, say experts" January 15, 2009
Perfusion Abnormalities in Children with Cerebral Malaria and Malarial Retinopathy
Nicholas A. V. Beare, Simon P. Harding, Terrie E. Taylor, Susan Lewallen, and Malcolm E. Molyneux
In their study, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the researchers examined the retinas of 34 children in Malawi who were admitted to hospital with suspected cases of cerebral malaria.

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"Eye study shows how deadly form of malaria kills" January 15, 2009
Perfusion Abnormalities in Children with Cerebral Malaria and Malarial Retinopathy
Nicholas A. V. Beare, Simon P. Harding, Terrie E. Taylor, Susan Lewallen, and Malcolm E. Molyneux
In their study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, the researchers examined the retinas of 34 children in Malawi who were admitted to hospital with suspected cases of cerebral malaria.

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"Hepatitis A vaccine gives long-lasting protection" January 6, 2009
Persistence of Antibody to Hepatitis A Virus 10 Years after Vaccination among Children and Adults

Laura L. Hammitt, Lisa Bulkow, Thomas W. Hennessy, Carolyn Zanis, Mary Snowball, James L. Williams, Beth P. Bell, and Brian J. McMahon
"The estimated duration of antibody persistence was 21-27 years, depending on the vaccination schedule," Hammitt and colleagues write in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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"Circumcision May Cut Cervical Cancer Rates" December 18, 2008
Effect of Male Circumcision on the Prevalence of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus in Young Men: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Conducted in Orange Farm, South Africa
Bertran Auvert, Joelle Sobngwi-Tambekou, Ewalde Cutler, Marthi Nieuwoudt, Pascale Lissouba, Adrian Puren, and Dirk Taljaard
Other studies, especially in developing nations, have shown that circumcised men are less likely to contract HIV.

Both studies are published in the January 1 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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" Male circumcision 'may protect women against cervical cancer'
" December 18, 2008
Effect of Male Circumcision on the Prevalence of High-Risk Human Papillomavirus in Young Men: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial Conducted in Orange Farm, South Africa
Bertran Auvert, Joelle Sobngwi-Tambekou, Ewalde Cutler, Marthi Nieuwoudt, Pascale Lissouba, Adrian Puren, and Dirk Taljaard
Three new studies show that circumcision reduces the risk of both sexually transmitted infections in men and possibly their future sexual partners.

The reports, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, will fuel the debate over whether men - and newborn boys - should be circumcised. 

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"Common Cold Virus Alters Body's Genes" October 24, 2008
Comparison of the Safety and Immunogenicity of 2 Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Vaccines— Nonadjuvanted Vaccine or Vaccine Adjuvanted with Alum—Given Concomitantly with Influenza Vaccine to High-Risk Elderly Individuals
Ann R. Falsey, Edward E. Walsh, Jose Capellan, Stefan Gravenstein, Maria Zambon, Eddy Yau, Geoffrey J. Gorse, Robert Edelman, Frederick G. Hayden, Janet E. McElhaney, Kathleen M. Neuzil, Kristen L. Nichol, Eric A. F. Simões, Peter F. Wright, and Valérie M.-P. Sales
A second study, this one published in the Nov. 15 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases, found that respiratory syncytial virus, the main cause of lung infections and hospitalizations in children, may actually linger in the body even after symptoms subside.

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"HPV infection rates similar in men and women" October 10, 2008
Age-Specific Prevalence, Incidence, and Duration of Human Papillomavirus Infections in a Cohort of 290 US Men
Anna R. Giuliano, Beibei Lu, Carrie M. Nielson, Roberto Flores, Mary R. Papenfuss, Ji-Hyun Lee, Martha Abrahamsen, and Robin B. Harris
Although men are at high risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, most last no more than a year, about the same time this sexually transmitted disease persists in women, researchers report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.