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"Pigs, viruses and politics" May 2, 2009
Are Swine Workers in the United States at Increased Risk of Infection with Zoonotic Influenza Virus?
Kendall P. Myers, Christopher W. Olsen, Sharon F. Setterquist, Ana W. Capuano, Kelley J. Donham, Eileen L. Thacker, James A. Merchant, and Gregory C. Gray
Another study, this one published in the U.S. journal Clinical Infectious Diseases in 2006, found that workers in meat-processing plants have a greater likelihood of being infected by some version of the H1N1 flu virus than the general population (the odds of pig farmers getting the disease are significantly greater again).
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"A shot in the arm for vaccines" April 19, 2009
Vaccines: Pneumococcal Vaccination of Elderly Adults: New Paradigms for Protection
Lisa A. Jackson and Edward N. Janoff
Every year, an estimated 915,000 people 65 and older get pneumonia, and 40 percent of them end up in hospitals, according to a 2004 paper in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. Pneumonia often kills older people, said Richard Stefanacci, a geriatrician at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
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"Surviving Salmonella: What You Can Do" March 31, 2009
Reptile‐Associated Salmonellosis in Preschool‐Aged Children in Michigan, January 2001–June 2003
Eden V. Wells, Matthew Boulton, William Hall, and Sally A. Bidol
Reptiles, including turtles, are prone to pack salmonella on their skin. A 2004 study by Michigan researchers, reported in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, found that nearly 12 percent of salmonellosis cases in children up to age 5 were caused by reptiles.
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"Are Brazilians bad for you?" March 30, 2009
Severe Complications of a “Brazilian” Bikini Wax
Claire Dendle, Sheila Mulvey, Felicity Pyrlis, M. Lindsay Grayson, and Paul D. R. Johnson
A 2007 article in the medical journal Clinical Infectious Diseases examined the case of a 20-year-old Australian woman who ended up in a hospital emergency unit with a fever and swollen nether regions following a Brazilian.
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"Anal HPV infection clears quickly in women" March 16, 2009
Duration and Clearance of Anal Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection among Women: The Hawaii HPV Cohort Study
Yurii B. Shvetsov, Brenda Y. Hernandez, Katharine McDuffie, Lynne R. Wilkens, Xuemei Zhu, Lily Ning, Jeffrey Killeen, Lori Kamemoto, and Marc T. Goodman
During an average follow-up period of 1.2 years, 50 percent of the women incurred a total of 414 anal HPV infections. Of these, 58 percent cleared during follow-up, the team reports in the medical journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
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"Free antibiotics may have high cost later" March 5, 2009
Emergency Department Visits for Antibiotic-Associated Adverse Events
Nadine Shehab, Priti R. Patel, Arjun Srinivasan, and Daniel S. Budnitz
Even when the problem isn’t life-threatening, antibiotics can cause harm. About 142,000 emergency department visits each year are tied to antibiotic use, mostly allergic reactions, according to a recent study in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
