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Latent Infection Defined

An infection that lies dormant in the body for months or years but can reappear

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US College Students Needing TB Testing Now Have The Benefit Of QFT(TM)

Published August 29, 2008, 6:08 am, Medical News Today

Students attending US colleges that require tuberculosis (TB) testing will now benefit from interferon-gamma release assays (IGRA) such as QuantiFERON(R)-TB Gold (QFT(TM)), with the release of update TB testing guidelines from the American College Health Association (ACHA).

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BGHS students at risk in TB case

Published August 28, 2008, 7:38 am, Bowling Green Daily News

Twenty-five students and staff at Bowling Green High School have been identified as having a possible risk of exposure to a student with tuberculosis.

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Health Canada OKs shingles vaccine

Published August 27, 2008, 6:22 am, C-Health

Health Canada has approved a vaccine that helps prevent painful shingles outbreaks in older people who had chickenpox earlier in life.

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Health Canada approves vaccine to protect against shingles

Published August 26, 2008, 4:26 pm, The Globe and Mail

Vaccine boosts immunity to the varicella zoster virus – the bug that causes chickenpox – which lives in latent form in the nervous system of people who have had the disease

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Syphilis cases in region level off, Capital Health says

Published August 26, 2008, 3:12 pm, Fort Saskatchewan Record

The overall number of syphilis cases has leveled off in the capital region from previous years, according to health officials. “We believe that we’re making progress, but it requires continued work,” said Dr. James Talbot, associate medical officer of Capital Health.

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Uganda: The Big Picture on Aids

Published August 26, 2008, 12:54 am, AllAfrica.com

THOUGH I think about HIV every day at Straight Talk, attending the world AIDS conference in Mexico this month came as a shock. It was like having my brain prised open, taken apart and then re-assembled.

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