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Train quarantine 'the new normal' of infectious disease surveillance: experts (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
The emergency response that kicked into gear when a woman died on a crosscountry train Friday may have turned out to a false alarm.
Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 23:51:00 GMT

PolyMedix Receives Regulatory Clearance to Initiate Phase I Clinical Study of Novel Systemic Antibiotic Compound (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
RADNOR, Pa.----PolyMedix, Inc. , an emerging biotechnology company developing acute care products for infectious diseases and acute cardiovascular disorders based on biomimetics, has received a notice of no objection from Health Canada for the Company's Clinical Trial Application for its defensin mimetic antibiotic compound, PMX-30063.
Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 13:56:00 GMT

PolyMedix Receives Regulatory Clearance to Initiate Phase I Clinical Study of Novel Systemic Antibiotic Compound (Centre Daily Times)
PolyMedix, Inc. (OTC BB: PYMX, http://polymedix.com), an emerging biotechnology company developing acute care products for infectious diseases and acute cardiovascular disorders based on biomimetics, has received a notice of no objection from Health Canada for the Company's Clinical Trial Application ("CTA") for its defensin mimetic antibiotic compound, PMX-30063. This notice of no objection ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 14:14:54 GMT

GenVec Announces Grant For RSV Vaccine Program (Medical News Today)
GenVec, Inc. (Nasdaq:GNVC) announced that it has received an Advanced Technology Phase I Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, of the National Institutes of Health, to support the Company's efforts to develop vaccines for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 11:10:52 GMT

Institute for OneWorld Health sets up Strategic Advisory Board for diarrhoeal disease programme (PharmaBiz)
The Institute for OneWorld Health, a US-based non-profit pharmaceutical company which develops drugs for infectious diseases in the developing world has formed a Strategic Advisory Board to support the iOWH Diarrhoeal Disease Program (DDP).
Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 13:39:47 GMT

Illnesses on train where passenger died not infectious: officials (CBC Toronto)
Ontario's chief medical officer says it's unlikely a woman who died on board a Via Rail train had an infectious disease and says other passengers are not at risk.
Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 16:36:41 GMT

Train quarantine 'the new normal' of infectious disease surveillance: experts (CNews)
The emergency response that kicked into gear when a woman died on a crosscountry train Friday may have turned out to a false alarm. But public health officials say it was the type of rapid reaction needed to detect and contain future SARS-like outbreaks.
Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 23:59:00 GMT

A Call To Report Hospital Acquired Infections (Newstalk 1010 CFRB)
A call for hospitals to immediately report infectious diseases outbreaks like C. difficile. Health Minister George Smitherman has said he will make reporting hospital-acquired infections mandatory by the end of the year.
Publ.Date : Fri, 09 May 2008 18:49:39 GMT

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Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenicity An explanation of the biological mechanisms used by bacteria to overcome host immune defenses and cause disease.
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Pediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC) Special interest in pediatric infectious disease issues.
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