For years researchers have been working to create an "invisible condom" for women to prevent HIV infection. Now research reports a scientific breakthrough with a vaginal gel that helps prevent HIV and herpes infections in women. The vaginal microbicide gel contains 1% tenofovir, an antiretroviral drug used in HIV treatment. Researchers estimate that the gel can reduce the risk of HIV infection by up to 40 percent, preventing millions of new HIV infections worldwide.
The double-blind placebo-controlled study, presented at the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria, examined the effectiveness of tenofovir vaginal gel on women at high risk for HIV infection. Researchers at the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA), administered tenofovir gel or a placebo to 889 sexually active and HIV-negative women (ages 18 to 40) living in urban and rural sites in South Africa. All of the women were counseled on application of the vaginal gel, safe sex and condom use.
The researchers found that the tenofovir group had a 39 percent decreased risk of HIV infection, compared to the placebo group. Furthermore, the tenofovir group had a 51 percent decreased risk of genital herpes infection. However, there was some evidence that the gel may become less effective over time. A larger study is currently underway.
"Tenofovir gel could fill an important HIV prevention gap by empowering women who are unable to successfully negotiate mutual faithfulness or condom use with their male partners," says researcher Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Associate Director of CAPRISA and Associate Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University, in a news release. "This new technology has the potential to alter the course of the HIV epidemic, especially in southern Africa where young women bear the brunt of this devastating disease."
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Cranberries have been traditionally used to treat and prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Cranberries are rich in antioxidant proanthocyanidins (PACs) called A-type PACs. Previous studies suggest that PACs can decrease bacterial adhesion on urinary tract walls. Now research reports that higher cranberry doses (72 mg PACs) maximally promote urinary tract health.
The study, published in BMC Infectious Diseases, investigated the effect of cranberry on the adhesion of bacteria on urinary tract walls. Researchers at the Marucci Center for Blueberry and Cranberry Research at Rutgers University, New Jersey, administered either 0, 18, 36 or 72 mg of cranberry PACs daily to 32 participants from four countries. The scientists used commercially available Urell produced by Pharmatoka in France.
The researchers found that the anti-adhesion effect was dose-dependent. Six hours after cranberry intake the 72 mg group had a 100 percent anti-adhesion effect, the 36 mg group had 90 percent and the 18 mg group had 50 percent. However, after 24 hours the 18 mg group had no anti-adhesion effect, while the 37 mg group had 12.5 percent and the 72 mg group had 50 percent.
"Administration of PAC-standardized cranberry powder at dosages containing 72 mg of PAC per day may offer some protection against bacterial adhesion and virulence in the urinary tract," the study authors conclude. "This effect may offer a nyctohemeral [day and night] protection."
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In 2009, Canadian researchers became concerned that there may be a link between seasonal flu shots and an increased risk of swine flu. Now studies report that seasonal flu vaccination may increase the risk of H1N1 swine flu infection. However, there may be an unidentified factor causing the association. Researchers recommend further studies to determine if seasonal flu vaccine depresses immunity against swine flu.
The study, published in PLoS Medicine, investigated the association of seasonal flu vaccination and increased risk of pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) swine flu. Canadian public health agencies including the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control in Vancouver conducted four studies including about 2,700 participants with and without pH1N1, during the summer of 2009.
The four studies found that seasonal flu shot participants had about 1.4 to 2.5 times increased risk of pH1N1 infection, compared to that who did not get a seasonal flu shot, One study revealed that seasonal vaccination protected against seasonal flu, but was linked with a 68% risk of pH1N1 illness.
"For the next season, WHO has recommended that pH1N1 be included in seasonal vaccine formulations, thereby providing direct pH1N1 protection and obviating the possible risk we identified in association with the seasonal vaccine in 2009," the study authors write. "The possible scientific implications of our findings, however, will remain important to consider over the long term."
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Internationally, millions of dollars were spent last year to provide seasonal and swine flu vaccinations to priority groups. Healthcare workers are one of the priority groups targeted for mass flu shots. Now research reports that flu shots for healthcare workers were ineffective in preventing flu among elderly nursing home residents. The study was conducted by the Cochrane Collaboration, a non-profit group that reviews scientific evidence for medical treatments,
The review, published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, examined studies of health care workers vaccinations between 1997 and 2009. Researchers at the University of Calgary in Canada analyzed randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and other studies assessing healthcare workers vaccination and effectiveness against influenza illness in elderly nursing home residents.
The researchers found that vaccinating healthcare nursing home workers had no impact on confirmed flu cases among elderly residents. Furthermore, vaccination did not effect the number of pneumonia-linked cases or deaths.
"We conclude there is no evidence that vaccinating healthcare workers prevents influenza in elderly residents in long-term care facilities," the study authors write. "High quality RCTs are required to avoid risks of bias in methodology and conduct, and to test these interventions in combination."
Further research of anti-flu measures like face masks, hand washing, early detection and quarantine are recommended.
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The International World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that people with contagious diseases like TB should not fly until no longer infectious. However, experts have been debating this controversial subject. Recent studies suggest that recirculated airplane cabin air is not likely to transmit infectious diseases. Now research reports it's unlikely that airline passengers will catch TB from an infected flier. This suggests that the health of the immune system determines illness.
The review, published in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, examined 39 studies of tuberculosis and air travel. Researchers at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, analyzed 13 studies of 4,300 airline fliers from six countries. The studies assessed current guidelines for airline passengers with infectious tuberculosis.
The researchers found two studies with evidence of an infected flier spreading disease to fellow passengers. Furthermore, there were 10 infections diagnosed in passengers flying with a TB-infected passenger.
"The analysis suggests that there is reason to doubt the value of actively screening air passengers for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and that the resources used might be better spent addressing other priorities for the control of tuberculosis," the study author writes.
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Lectins are sugar-binding plant proteins that can identify and attach to pathogens such as bacteria and viruses. This binding effect can stop reactions that lead to infection. Now research reports that the lectin BanLec found in bananas can block the spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This discovery may provide a future vaginal microbicide treatment to prevent HIV infection.
The in vitro study, published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, investigated BanLec's effect on HIV activity. Researchers at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, performed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to determine if BanLec can bind the gp120 HIV envelope protein and block HIV cellular entry.
The researchers found that BanLec can bind to the sugars on the HIV envelope. This effect blocked HIV entry into the cell. Findings also revealed that BanLec is similar in potency to the anti-HIV drugs T-20 and maraviroc.
"Based on these results, BanLec is a potential component for an anti-viral microbicide that could be used to prevent the sexual transmission of HIV-1," the study authors conclude.
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Vitamin D deficiency can increase the risk of many diseases including osteoporosis, some cancers, heart disease, depression and inflammatory conditions. Vitamin D is made by the skin on exposure to sunlight. More than half of Americans are vitamin D deficient. Now research reports that vitamin D plays an important role in activating immunity against infections. This discovery may help create new therapies to fight infectious diseases and epidemics.
The study, published in Nature Immunology, investigated the effect of vitamin D on immune T-cells. T-cells are white blood cells called lymphocytes that fight infections. The researchers found that T-cells send activating signals to the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene when it recognizes a foreign pathogen like bacteria or viruses. The VDR gene then produces a protein that binds vitamin D to the T-cell and activates it.
"When a T cell is exposed to a foreign pathogen, it extends a signaling device or 'antenna' known as a vitamin D receptor, with which it searches for vitamin D," says lead researcher Carsten Geisler of Copenhagen University's department of international health, immunology and microbiology, in a news release. "This means the T cell must have vitamin D or activation of the cell will cease. If the T cells cannot find enough vitamin D in the blood, they won't even begin to mobilize."
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Internationally, the World Health Organization is reporting a worldwide decline in H1N1 swine flu activity. There has been debate among experts if the swine flu still warrants vaccination. Now research reports there is "poor quality" evidence that flu vaccines effectively prevent influenza illness in the elderly. The study was conducted by the Cochrane Collaboration, a non-profit group that reviews scientific evidence for medical treatments,
The review, published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, examined 75 studies of influenza vaccines. Researchers at the Cochrane Collaboration in Rome, Italy, analyzed randomized controlled trials (RCTs), quasi-RCTs, and case-control studies assessing influenza vaccine effectiveness against influenza illness or influenza-like illness.
The researchers found only one RCT that detected vaccine effectiveness again flu symptoms, although the study did not report any effect against flu complications. The rest of the studies were judged to be of low quality, making data interpretation inconclusive.
"The available evidence is of poor quality and provides no guidance regarding the safety, efficacy or effectiveness of influenza vaccines for people aged 65 years or older," the study authors write. "To resolve the uncertainty, an adequately powered publicly-funded randomised, placebo-controlled trial run over several seasons should be undertaken."
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On February 12, 2010 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their latest situation update on the H1N1 swine flu. The CDC reports that most key flu indicators remain the same. However, flu indicators suggest that people continue to be infected by the H1N1 flu.
"We don't seem to be seeing the disappearance of this virus," says CDC official, Dr. Anne Schuchat, in a news report.
For the fourth week in a row, no states were reporting widespread cases. The six states reporting flu activity include Alabama, Georgia, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Carolina. Furthermore, the CDC reports that doctor visits for flu symptoms increased slightly nationally but remain low overall. There have been very few H1N1 hospitalizations reported by states.
Internationally, the World Health Organization is reporting a worldwide decline in H1N1 flu activity. British health authorities have shut down their swine flu hot line due to declining cases. There is debate among experts if there will be a new pandemic wave in the spring as seen last year.
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New infections are often a complication of antibiotic therapy. Scientists have been searching for evidence of why this occurs. It is known that probiotics such as acidophilus and bacillus are beneficial bacteria found in the intestinal flora. Now research reports that good bacteria in the gut keep immunity primed to fight infections. This discovery may explain why probiotic therapy may combat infection and the negative effects of antibiotics.
The study, published in Nature Medicine, investigated the mechanistic role of bacterial flora in mice. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia genetically engineered mice to lack the Nod1 neutrophil receptor. The Nod1 receptor recognizes the cell wall of bacteria. Neutrophils are white blood cells that fight viruses and bacteria.
The researchers found that the engineered mice were less effective at destroying Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, than normal mice. Findings also revealed that the blood of normal mice contained bacterial cell wall material that influenced neutrophils. Furthermore, when antibiotic-treated mice and human neutrophils were treated with Nod1, immunity was improved.
"Neutrophils are being primed by innate bacterial signals, so they are ready to go if a microbe invades the body," says researcher Jeffrey Weiser, MD, professor of Microbiology and Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. "They are sort of 'idling', and the baseline system is already turned on."
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South Korean researchers announced the identification of an herbal substance used in Traditional Oriental Medicine (TOM) that can treat the Type-A H1N1 flu virus. The scientific team is based at the Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine's Center for Herbal Medicine Improvement Research in Daejeon, South Korea. The researchers suggest that this discovery may create drug therapies to prevent and treat flu viruses like H1N1 in about three years.
The scientists developed the drug known as KIOM-C from herbs used in TOM such as Angelicae Gigantis Radix, Cnidii Rhizoma, peony and licorice. They administered KIOM-C or other drugs to mice infected with H1N1. The mice were dissected to monitor results.
The researchers found that the mice given KIOM-C were virus-free after nine days of treatment. However, the mice that received the other drugs did not survive. The researchers found no side effects associated with KIOM-C.
"Laboratory tests conducted at the local company BioLeaders Corp. showed the potent anti-viral qualities of the drug made from a substance found in Oriental medicine," says lead researcher Ma Jin-yeul, head of Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine's Center for Herbal Medicine Improvement Research, in JoonAng Daily.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released their latest estimates on the H1N1 swine flu pandemic from April through December 2009. The CDC estimates that about 55 million Americans have been infected with H1N1 swine flu since it first appeared in April, 2009. Swine Flu has killed about 11,160 Americans during the first eight months of the pandemic from April through December 12, 2009.
"CDC developed a method to provide an estimated range of the total number of 2009 H1N1 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the United States by age group using data on flu associated hospitalizations collected through CDC's Emerging Infections Program," the CDC states in their latest report.
Furthermore, the CDC reports that swine flu infections have been steadily declining since October. Doctor visits and hospitalizations for flu symptoms decreased nationally. No states were reporting widespread cases as of the first week of January. The nine states reporting flu activity include Alabama, Georgia, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York and Virginia.
"Almost all of the influenza viruses identified so far continue to be 2009 H1N1 influenza A viruses," the CDC reports. "These viruses remain similar to the virus chosen for the 2009 H1N1 vaccine, and remain susceptible to the antiviral drugs oseltamivir and zanamivir with rare exception."
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Estimates of severity of H1N1 swine flu have been hard to calculate due to the difficulties of counting and testing large numbers of people with symptoms. These estimates help health officials plan for and project outcomes and interventions to treat symptoms. Now research reports that H1N1 flu will most likely be less severe than predicted.
The study, published in PLoS Medicine, investigated the severity of the pandemic's impact in the U.S. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the UK Medical Research Council analyzed surveillance data from the CDC, New York and Milwaukee during April through July 2009. They used the Bayesian statistical analysis to estimate the proportion of H1N1 patients requiring hospitalization and intensive care admission or patient deaths.
Health officials originally estimated a case/fatality ratio of 0.1% (one death for every 1000 infections). Now using current data, the researchers estimate a case/fatality ratio of 0.048%. Other calculation methods estimated it to be seven to nine times lower.
"These estimates suggest that an autumn-winter pandemic wave of pH1N1 with comparable severity per case could lead to a number of deaths in the range from considerably below that associated with seasonal influenza to slightly higher, but with the greatest impact in children aged 0-4 and adults 18-64," the study authors write. "These estimates of impact depend on assumptions about total incidence of infection and would be larger if incidence of symptomatic infection were higher or shifted toward adults, if viral virulence increased, or if suboptimal treatment resulted from stress on the health care system; numbers would decrease if the total proportion of the population symptomatically infected were lower than assumed."
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]]>Canadian health authorities report that 172,000 doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine have been recalled. Canadian health officials pulled a batch of the vaccine due to reports of higher rates of severe allergic reactions. Canada began swine flu innoculations in October, with 6.6 million doses released for distribution.
The H1N1 vaccine doses with the brand name Arepanrix were voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline Inc. "(GlaxoSmithKline) is taking this cautionary action because (the Public Health Agency of Canada) has received a higher than expected number of reports of anaphylaxis in this lot number compared to other lots," says GlaxoSmithKline spokesperson Megan Spoore, in a news report. "On an ongoing basis (GlaxoSmithKline) is working with Health Canada to ensure that each vaccine lot released to the provinces and territories consistently meets quality and safety standards."
The batch of Arepanrix was associated with life-threatening allergic reactions known as anaphylaxis. Adverse allergic reactions include swollen lips, tongue or throat, hives and difficulty breathing. Manitoba health officials report that acute allergic reactions were seen in one of 20,000, which is much higher than the normal rate of one in 100,000. One death was reported from the anaphylaxis. This batch of the vaccine will not be administered, pending an investigation.
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On December 15, 2009 U.S. health authorities reported that 800,000 H1N1 swine flu shots for children have been recalled. U.S. health officials pulled pre-filled syringes intended for young children because tests showed that the vaccine's strength had fallen below required levels. The U.S. began swine flu innoculations in October, with over 95 million doses released for distribution.
The shots were voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer, Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of France-based Sanofi-Aventis group. "On December 7, Sanofi Pasteur notified CDC and FDA that the potency in one batch (called a "lot") of pediatric syringes that had been distributed was later found to have dropped below a pre-specified limit," the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states in their latest news report. "As a result of this finding, Sanofi Pasteur tested additional lots and found that three other lots that had been distributed also had an antigen content that, while properly filled at the time of manufacturing, was later measured to be below pre-specified limits."
The CDC does not recomend revaccination for children who received shots from the recalled tots, since the vaccine potency was only slightly below required levels. They also stress that the vaccine is safe. "There are no safety concerns with these lots of H1N1 vaccine", the CDC states. "All lots successfully passed pre-release testing for purity, potency and safety."
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