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Bacterium Defined

A tiny, single-celled microorganism, commonly known as a germ; some bacteria, called pathogens, cause disease

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Maple Leaf Foods Update On Its Bartor Road Facility And Positive Test Results For Listeria

Published October 11, 2008, 6:06 am, Medical News Today

Maple Leaf Foods (TSX/MFI) has posted the background materials distributed at a news conference. Documents provided with this advisory are: -- Listeria Fact Sheet -- Media Backgrounder on Positive Test Results at Bartor Road Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is a leading food processing company, headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

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Uganda: Cholera Fight in Kampala Makes Positive Leaps

Published October 11, 2008, 3:00 am, AllAfrica.com

Unlike in the past, communities affected by the latest cholera outbreak in Kampala are now responding fast to public health guidelines aimed at containing the infection.

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Deaths linked to MRSA superbug hit record levels

Published October 10, 2008, 2:43 pm, The Herald

Helen Puttick Health Correspondent helen.puttick@theherald.co.uk DEATHS linked to the hospital superbug MRSA reached record levels in Scotland last year, with the number recorded more than double that logged seven years ago.

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Deadly strep outbreak doesn"™t pose overall threat

Published October 10, 2008, 11:37 am, Fort Frances Times

By editorial Friday, 10 October 2008 - 1:30pm.

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Identification Of Gene With Probable Role In Human Susceptibility To Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Published October 10, 2008, 7:08 am, Medical News Today

A new gene that may confer susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis has been identified by Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) researchers and their collaborators in The Netherlands, Indonesia, United Kingdom, and the Russian Federation.

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Strep outbreak mainly impacting homeless, drug users

Published October 10, 2008, 6:51 am, CTV.ca

A deadly outbreak of streptococcal infections that's killed 10 people in northern Ontario is likely to spread but doesn't pose a widespread threat because it appears to be clustered around distinct groups of people, the province's chief medical officer of health said Thursday.

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Deadly strep outbreak on the move from West

Published October 10, 2008, 4:47 am, The Sault Star

A deadly outbreak of streptococcal infections that's killed 10 people in Northern Ontario is likely to spread but doesn't pose a widespread threat because it [...]

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Local botulism case creates concerns for health departments

Published October 10, 2008, 4:41 am, Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum

GALION -- A case of foodborne botulism was reported to Galion City and Crawford County Health Departments on Sept. 12. The victims were four family members who ate improperly home-canned green beans.

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Researchers Discover How Infectious Bacteria Can Switch Species

Published October 10, 2008, 3:09 am, Medical News Today

Scientists from the Universities of Bath and Exeter have developed a rapid new way of checking for toxic genes in disease-causing bacteria which infect insects and humans. Their findings could in the future lead to new vaccines and anti-bacterial drugs.

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Crestline botulism case causes concern

Published October 9, 2008, 7:41 pm, Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum

GALION — After a case of botulism in Crestline was reported Sept. 12, area health departments received many questions, and some misinformation surfaced.

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  • Microbeworld: Meet the Microbes: Drop down menus in the top navigation bar allow users to meet the microbes, discover what microbiologist s do and explore the place of microbes in everyday life. The Resources section includes several links for classroom activities, lesson plans, experiments, projects, resources and references for classroom and home use.

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  • Symbiosis | The twists and turns of fate | Economist.com: H. pylori helps to regulate stomach acid levels in a way that is usually helpful to both itself and its host. If the human side of the loop gets too strong, and the stomach becomes too acid, the bug may produce a substance called cag. The intended effect of this is to turn down the acid level. However, cag also has a side-effect. It is toxic to the stomach lining, and it is this toxicity that provokes the ulcers and cancers for which H. pylori is notorious.

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  • Pandemic: An interesting disease simulation, pandemic demonstrates how different things affect a contagion' ;s virulence.

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