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A consortium of federal agencies and nongovernmental organizations has published a report proposing a set of common measures and data-collection methods for use in asthma clinical research. The report identifies standard definitions and methodologies for measuring seven groups of outcomes that are important in asthma clinical studies: symptoms, exacerbations (asthma attacks), biomarkers (biological substances that indicate disease state), lung function, quality of life, asthma control questionnaire results, and health care utilization and costs.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Mar, 6 Marzo 2012
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Investigators at the National Institutes of Health have identified a genetic mutation in three unrelated families that causes a rare immune disorder characterized by excessive and impaired immune function. Symptoms of this condition include immune deficiency, autoimmunity, inflammatory skin disorders and cold-induced hives, a condition known as cold urticaria.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Lun, 16 Gennaio 2012
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A new article from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in summarizing a recent meeting of experts who gathered to map directions toward an EBV vaccine, highlights that, although it may not be possible to create a vaccine that completely prevents EBV infection, the authors note, clinical observations and results from clinical trials of an experimental EBV vaccine suggest that it may be possible to create an EBV vaccine capable of preventing the diseases that sometimes follow EBV infection.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Lun, 7 Novembre 2011
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The 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) brings together a variety of health care professionals involved in research, patient care, public health, disease prevention and education relating to infectious diseases.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Mar, 25 Ottobre 2011
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Pyrazinamide has been used in combination with other drugs as a first-line treatment for people with tuberculosis (TB) since the 1950s, but exactly how the drug works has not been well understood. Now, researchers have discovered a key reason why the drug effectively shortens the required duration of TB therapy. The finding potentially paves the way for the development of new drugs that can help eliminate TB in an infected individual even more rapidly.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Lun, 29 Agosto 2011
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On June 5, 1981, an article concerning five previously healthy, young gay men in Los Angeles diagnosed with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, an infection that usually appears only in individuals with substantial immune system damage, appeared in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Mar, 7 Giugno 2011
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In new research reported in Nature, scientists analyzed the genetic makeup of more than 650 influenza viruses isolated during the systematic surveillance of pigs slaughtered in Hong Kong between 1998 and 2010. When the investigators supplemented this information with additional data stretching back 34 years, they could discern when specific subtypes of flu virus—including strains that had previously infected only birds or humans—first appeared in Hong Kong swine.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Lun, 30 Maggio 2011
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May 8–14, 2011 is the 15th Food Allergy Awareness Week, acknowledging this year those who live every day with the concern that their exposure to certain foods may have the potential to trigger a life-threatening allergic reaction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that food allergy affects 5 percent of children under the age of 5 and 4 percent of older children in the United States. Scientists believe that the percentage of adults with food allergy is similar to that observed in older children. Until we can better understand why food allergy develops in one person and not another, and find out how to prevent and possibly cure food allergy, research and education are two of the best tools to help people living with this disorder.
Food Allergy Awareness Week was established in 1997 by the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN), a patient and family advocacy and education organization. This year, the Food Allergy Initiative (FAI), another advocacy group, joins FAAN in recognizing the commemorative week. Both FAAN and FAI participated in the development of the food allergy guidelines.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Mar, 3 Maggio 2011
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Expanded use of active surveillance for bacteria and of barrier precautions—specifically, gloves and gowns—did not reduce the transmission of two important antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospital-based settings, according to a clinical trial conducted in 18 intensive care units in the United States. Incomplete compliance by health care providers with recommended hand hygiene procedures and the use of gloves and gowns, along with time lags in confirming the presence of bacteria in patients, may have contributed to the findings.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Lun, 18 Aprile 2011
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A daily dose of an oral antiretroviral drug, currently approved to treat HIV infection, reduced the risk of acquiring HIV infection by 43.8 percent among men who have sex with men. The findings, a major advance in HIV prevention research, come from a large international clinical trial published online Nov. 23 by the New England Journal of Medicine.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Mar, 23 Novembre 2010
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