MEDSCAPE's Infectious Diseases MedPulse 2-09-02

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ID JOURNAL SCAN - JANUARY

David Haburchak, MD, summarizes and comments on important new

publications, including:

- Telemedicine and DOT for TB

- Bioterrorism and Quarantine

- Fusariosis From the Hospital Water System

- Ventriculitis in Neurosurgical Patients

- Fatigue Syndromes and Exercise

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/422859?srcmp=id-020502

ANGELS IN OUR MIDST - CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO PREVENTING

BLINDNESS

There are many organizations that provide funding, education, and other

assistance to the millions of blind people throughout the world.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/414953

EARLY TREATMENT, DIAGNOSIS: CHALLENGES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Does your clinical staff have a high index of suspicion for

presentations that could signal onset of virulent infections?

Review ID management strategies, risk stratification, and more in

"Challenges in Infectious Disease: Pneumonia, Influenza, and

Biologic Weapons of Terror." Now available in the InfluenZone,

Medscape's collection of clinical flu resources.

http://www.medscape.com/resource/flu

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NOTICE TO READERS: EVALUATION OF POSTEXPOSURE ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS TO PREVENT ANTHRAX

Approximately 10,000 persons potentially exposed to anthrax were recommended to take at least 60 days of postexposure anti-biotic prophylaxis.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/421038

IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY USE AND PROGRESS -- UNITED STATES, 2001

Registries are key tools used to increase and sustain high vaccination coverage by providing complete and accurate information on which to base vaccination decisions.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/421035

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-- DENGUE --

DENGUE OUTBREAK HITS RIO, AT LEAST ONE DEAD

At least one person has died in Rio de Janeiro of hemorrhagic dengue

fever amid an outbreak of the mosquito-borne viral disease following

heavy rains in Brazil the past month, authorities said on Friday.

http://id.medscape.com/viewarticle/419868?srcmp=id-020502

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BRAZIL DENGUE EPIDEMIC KILLS 5, THOUSANDS SICK

At least five people have died in Rio de Janeiro of hemorrhagic dengue fever amid an outbreak of the mosquito-borne viral disease, and the number of infected has more than doubled since last week, authorities said on Friday.

http://id.medscape.com/viewarticle/421412?srcmp=id-020502

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-- WATER-BORNE DISEASE --

ITALY TO BAN SELLING MINERAL WATER BY THE GLASS

Selling mineral water by the glass in Italian restaurants and bars will be soon against the law, under a new decree from the Ministry of Health. http://id.medscape.com/viewarticle/421249?srcmp=id-020502

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HEALTH EXPERTS PREDICT LEPROSY WILL BE ERADICATED BY 2005

International health experts said on Wednesday they will wipe out leprosy by 2005 in the final push of a World Health Organization program that saw the disease retreat rapidly across the globe in the 1990s.

http://id.medscape.com/viewarticle/423066?srcmp=id-020502

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FLU WATCH: CLINICAL RESOURCES, IN THE INFLUENZONE

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epidemiology, clinical news, and more - check the latest

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