Clinicians' Biosecurity News Archive: 2010
                

• 12-17-2010: Are Immune Complexes Responsible for Severe Cases of 2009 H1N1 Influenza? Many hypotheses have been advanced to explain the severe pathology seen in some cases during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.
• 12-03-2010: Cholera in Haiti and Beyond There have been 7 distinct cholera pandemics during the last 2 centuries. The current pandemic, caused by the El Tor biotype, has been occurring since 1961
• 11-19-2010: Efficacy and Safety of Peramivir Peramivir has been fully approved for use in Japan, and results of a trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of intravenous peramivir have just been published.
• 11-05-2010: Electronic Health Market Used to Predict the Spread of Dengue in the U.S. Knowing the number, severity, and location of cases is essential to responding effectively to an infectious disease outbreak.
• 10-29-2010: Influenza Update: Highlights from the 48th Annual Meeting of IDSA Summary of 2 sessions on influenza from 48th annual IDSA meeting--new insights gleaned from the experience with the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.
• 10-22-2010: Universal Flu Vaccination of Healthcare Personnel: A Patient Safety Issue HHS developed an action plan to prevent healthcare-associated infections through influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel.
• 10-08-2010: Lassa Fever in Philadelphia Of the many diseases that can be imported into the US by travelers, viral hemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are of particular concern.
• 09-17-2010: Hundreds of Cutaneous Anthrax Cases in Bangladesh More than 400 cases of cutaneous anthrax have been reported in Bangladesh. None have been fatal, and all have been linked to infected cattle.
• 09-03-2010: Typhoid Fever: A Reemerging Threat? Salmonella is known for causing gastroenteritis. Organisms of the Salmonella genus also cause the more serious illness typhoid (or enteric) fever.
• 07-30-2010: Is Rift Valley Fever Virus a Real Risk for the United States? With extensive travel occurring between SA and the U.S. during the World Cup, a reappraisal of the risk of RVFV disease in the U.S. is warranted.
• 07-23-2010: An Alternative Approach to Pandemic Influenza that Clinicians Everywhere Could Use Clinicians should demand that research to determine whether generic immunomodulatory agents might be useful in managing seasonal influenza and the next pandemic
• 07-22-2010: Pertussis Resurgent in California Whooping cough, or pertussis, a disease thought by many to be of historical significance only, has steadily resurged and, in a few cases, has been deadly.
• 06-11-2010: The Evidence for ECMO Use in Severe Influenza Clinical evidence does not support use of EMCO in adult patients with acute respiratory failure secondary to infection with H1N1 influenza.
• 05-28-2010: Universal Vaccines: Hope for the Future The authors assert the importance of universal vaccines for control of infectious diseases and call for further development.
• 05-14-2010: Airborne Spread of Clostridium difficile Patients who are infected with C. difficile can shed large amounts of spores; a recent study demonstrates that the spores may also be spread through the air.
• 04-30-2010: 1976 Swine Flu Vaccination and 2009 H1N1 It is well established that the 2009 H1N1 virus affected younger people disproportionally and that older people are more likely to have immunity to the virus.
• 04-16-2010: Many Gaps Exist In Plans for Environmental Decontamination Following a Large-Scale Bioterrorism Attack A new analysis of environmental decontamination recently published in the journal identifies gaps in federal decontamination policy and technical practice.
• 03-30-200: The 2009 H1N1 Experience: Conference Report The Center convened a conference to review the most significant lessons learned from the response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic.
• 03-22-2010: Puerto Rico Declares Dengue Fever Epidemic An epidemic of dengue fever was declared in Puerto Rico after 210 cases were recorded during the month—triple the number of cases in January 2007.
• 03-03-2010: New Report: The Next Challenge in Healthcare Preparedness In 2007, the ASPR in the HHS contracted with the Center to conduct a 2-year, comprehensive assessment of the HHS Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP).
• 03-03-2010: ACIP Endorses Universal Flu Vaccination ACIP voted unanimously to recommend that the entire US population receive annual influenza vaccination, with the exception of children under 6 months of age.
• 02-19-2010: Hospital Response to the 2009 Influenza Pandemic: A Survey of U.S. Hospital Epidemiologists Authors of a study report results of survey of hospital epidemiologists—overall, hospitals were prepared, but other activities suffered.
• 02-05-2010: H5N1 Remains a Pandemic Threat Since late April 2009, the world’s attention has been focused on the H1N1 pandemic, which, fortunately, has been less severe than feared.
• 01-22-2010: Anthrax Cases Among Heroin Users in Europe Illustrate Novel Risk Cases of anthrax in Scotland and Germany highlight a new risk—recreational heroin use. Only 1 prior case of anthrax infection in a heroin user has been reported
• 01-08-2010: Unusual Case of GI Anthrax in New Hampshire Raises Questions NH HHS announced that a female member of a drumming group was diagnosed with gastrointestinal anthrax, presumably contracted at an event on December 4.