Articles Tagged With: measles
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Vaccinated HCWs Can Still Acquire Measles, Expose Patients
Even workers with a history of measles vaccination or immunity should wear an N95 or equivalent respiratory protection when examining or caring for patients with suspected or confirmed measles, says Shruti K. Gohil, MD, lead author of a recent study on the issue and associate medical director of Epidemiology & Infection Prevention at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.
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Measles in Our Not-So-Magical Kingdom
ABSTRACT & COMMENTARY: Routine vaccination would have prevented most of these recent cases in California.
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Full July 1, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Tuberculosis: A Primer
Tuberculosis (TB) is the second most common infectious cause of death in adults worldwide after HIV/AIDS. -
Leprosy revealed with HIV treatment
HIV/AIDS specialists in britain and the U.S. caring for HIV+ persons from developing countries are reporting a new phenomenon - exacerbations of previously unrecognized leprosy in HIV+ persons receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). As patients initiate HAART, and with improvement in their immune systems, their leprosy appears to "wake up."