<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[CBN Agents and Diseases]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/</link><description><![CDATA[Clinicians' Biosecurity Network Report archive for biosecurity agents and diseases.]]></description><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright © 2010. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><managingEditor><![CDATA[cbn_editor@upmc-biosecurity.org]]></managingEditor><webmaster><![CDATA[cbn_editor@upmc-biosecurity.org]]></webmaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:54:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SiteExecutive v4.1</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Typhoid Fever: A Reemerging Threat? (09-03-2010)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/09Sep_2010/cbnreport_09032010.html</link><description><![CDATA[In the U.S., Salmonella is known chiefly for causing gastroenteritis and sparking recalls of food products--most recently eggs. However, organisms of the Salmonella genus also cause the more serious illness typhoid (or enteric) fever.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/09Sep_2010/cbnreport_09032010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:26:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Rift Valley Fever Virus a Real Risk for the United States? (07-30-2010)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/07Jul_2010/cbnreport_07302010.html</link><description><![CDATA[RVFV is caused by a HFV spread by mosquitoes. RVFV is endemic in South Africa, where World Cup was hosted. With extensive travel occurring between SA and the U.S., a reappraisal of the risk of this disease in the U.S. is warranted.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/07Jul_2010/cbnreport_07302010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:06:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pertussis Resurgent in California (07-02-2010)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/07Jul_2010/cbnreport_07022010.html</link><description><![CDATA[Whooping cough, or pertussis, has steadily resurged and, in a few cases, has been deadly. Most recently, the California Department of Public Health declared a pertussis epidemic on June 23, 2010.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/07Jul_2010/cbnreport_07022010.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:57:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universal Vaccines: Hope for the Future (05-28-2010)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/05May_2010/cbnreport_05282010.html</link><description><![CDATA[Summary of Cassone and Rappuoli review of universal vaccines in April 2010 issue of mBio. The authors assert the importance of universal vaccines for control of infectious diseases and call for further development.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/05May_2010/cbnreport_05282010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:14:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airborne Spread of Clostridium difficile (05-14-2010)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/05May_2010/cbnreport_05142010.html</link><description><![CDATA[Hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections are a growing problem. Infected patients shed spores that can be left on surfaces, but a recent study in Clinical Infectious Diseases demonstrates that the spores may also be spread through the air.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/05May_2010/cbnreport_05142010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 13:54:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many Gaps Exist In Plans for Environmental Decontamination Following a Large-Scale Bioterrorism Attack (04-16-2010)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/04Apr_2010/cbnreport_04162010.html</link><description><![CDATA[A new analysis of environmental decontamination recently published by Franco and Bouri in the journal Biosecurity and Bioterrorism identifies gaps in federal decontamination policy and technical practice.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/04Apr_2010/cbnreport_04162010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:00:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puerto Rico Declares Dengue Fever Epidemic (03-22-2010)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/03Mar_2010/cbnreport_03222010.html</link><description><![CDATA[An epidemic of dengue fever was declared 1/26/2010 in Puerto Rico after 210 cases were recorded during the month--triple the number of cases in Jan. 2007. Of the cases reported, only 3 were of the hemorrhagic variety. No fatalities have been reported.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/03Mar_2010/cbnreport_03222010.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:28:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthrax Cases Among Heroin Users in Europe Illustrate Novel Risk (01-22-2010)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/01Jan_2010/cbnreport_01222010.html</link><description><![CDATA[Bacillus anthracis, a ubiquitous but deadly pathogen found in soil, has been primarily an occupational disease, with some exceptions. Recent cases of anthrax, some fatal, in Scotland and Germany highlight a new risk--recreational heroin use.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/01Jan_2010/cbnreport_01222010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:49:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unusual Case of GI Anthrax in New Hampshire Raises Questions (01-08-2010)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/01Jan_2010/cbnreport_01082010.html</link><description><![CDATA[On December 26, 2009, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announced that a female member of a drumming group was diagnosed with gastrointestinal anthrax, presumably contracted at an event held on December 4.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/01Jan_2010/cbnreport_01082010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:14:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adenovirus 14: An Emerging Threat (04-17-2009)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2009/04_April_2009/cbnreport_04172009.html</link><description><![CDATA[The Journal of Infectious Disease has just published 2 papers by teams of researchers describing separate, severe outbreaks of Adenovirus 14 (Ad14), a historically rare serotype of adenovirus that has not been known to cause severe disease.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2009/04_April_2009/cbnreport_04172009.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:42:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[3rd Generation Smallpox Vaccine LC16m8 Proved Safe and Immunogenic (03-20-2009)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2009/03_March_2009/cbnreport_03202009.html</link><description><![CDATA[New JAMA study from Japanese researchers testing LC16m8,  tissue-cultured 3rd gen smallpox vaccine. Overall, the vaccine displayed high levels of vaccine take in primary vaccinees and provoked an effective booster response in some revaccinees.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2009/03_March_2009/cbnreport_03202009.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:31:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[HHS Award Multiple Contracts for Anthrax Countermeasures (09-28-2007)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2007/09_September_2007/cbnreport_09282007.html</link><description><![CDATA[CBN Report: BARDA awarded contracts for advanced development of anthrax countermeasures Anthim and Valortim. BARDA also awarded a purchase contract for BioThrax anthrax vaccine.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2007/09_September_2007/cbnreport_09282007.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:32:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Potential Disaster of Extensively Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (11-10-2006)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2006/11_November_2006/cbnreport_111006.html</link><description><![CDATA[At the recent meeting of the IDSA in Toronto (October 12-15, 2006), Dr. Henry Blumberg of the Emory University School of Medicine presented a comprehensive review of tuberculosis in the world. The picture is grim.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2006/11_November_2006/cbnreport_111006.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smallpox Antiviral Effective in Animal Trials (10-23-2006)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2006/10_October_2006/cbnreport_102306.html</link><description><![CDATA[On October 18, 2006, SIGA Technologies, Inc. announced that its antiviral drug candidate SIGA-246 demonstrated a high degree of protection against variola, the smallpox virus, in a primate trial conducted at the CDC.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2006/10_October_2006/cbnreport_102306.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
