<?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 © 2011. 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>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:04:55 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SiteExecutive v2011</generator><item><title><![CDATA[05/06/2011. Absence of Smallpox "Take" May Not Indicate Revaccination Failure:]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2011/cbnreport_0506.html</link><description><![CDATA[Successful vaccination against smallpox is generally determined by inspection of the vaccine site approximately one week after vaccination. It has long been observed that people who are revaccinated have lower rates of vaccine takes.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2011/cbnreport_0506.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 17:01:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[01/20/2011. Airborne Transmission of Prions:]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2011/cbnreport_01212011.html</link><description><![CDATA[The assumption that prion diseases spread exclusively by ingestion or direct inoculation has been challenged by results of a study by Haybaeck et al., who conducted experiments demonstrating airborne transmission of the prion disease, scrapie, to mice.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2011/cbnreport_01212011.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:00:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cholera in Haiti and Beyond.]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_12032010.html</link><description><![CDATA[December 3, 2010.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_12032010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:44:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electronic Health Market Used to Predict the Spread of Dengue in the U.S.]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_11052010.html</link><description><![CDATA[November 5, 2010.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_11052010.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 19:46:46 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lassa Fever in Philadelphia.]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_10082010.html</link><description><![CDATA[October 8, 2010.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_10082010.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:39:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of Cutaneous Anthrax Cases in Bangladesh.]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_09172010.html</link><description><![CDATA[September 15, 2010.]]></description><guid 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California.]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_07022010.html</link><description><![CDATA[July 2, 2010.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_07022010.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:57:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universal Vaccines: Hope for the Future.]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_05282010.html</link><description><![CDATA[May 28, 2010.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_05282010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 15:14:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airborne Spread of Clostridium difficile.]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_05142010.html</link><description><![CDATA[May 13, 2010.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_05142010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 14:54:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many Gaps Exist In Plans for Environmental Decontamination Following a Large-Scale Bioterrorism Attack.]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_04162010.html</link><description><![CDATA[April 16, 2010.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_04162010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:00:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puerto Rico Declares Dengue Fever Epidemic.]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_03222010.html</link><description><![CDATA[March 22, 2010.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_03222010.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:28:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthrax Cases Among Heroin Users in Europe Illustrate Novel Risk.]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_01222010.html</link><description><![CDATA[January 21, 2010.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_01222010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:49:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unusual Case of GI Anthrax in New Hampshire Raises Questions.]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_01082010.html</link><description><![CDATA[January 7, 2010.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2010/cbnreport_01082010.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 12:14:40 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>

