Listen To The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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The Lancet Infectious Diseases is a monthly journal, renowned for the publication of high-quality peer-reviewed reviews and analysis from around the world. In the monthly podcasts, editors of the journal discuss highlights of the current issue. (Author: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
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Recent episodes from Listen To The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Published: Aug 18, 08Editor of TLID, John McConnell, discusses infectious disease surveillance, heterosexual infectivity of HIV, and antibiotics for treatment of acute sinusitis in this issue's podcast.
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Published: Jul 25, 08Pam Das and Sally Hargreaves discuss highlights from the August issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases ahead of the World AIDS meeting in Mexico next month.
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Published: Jul 7, 08MRSA, typhus, and STOP TB: Hospital-acquired MRSA, the potential bioterrorism threat of typhus, and an analysis of the STOP TB partnership are discussed in a podcast.
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Published: May 23, 08The June issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases includes discussion of the female condom, introduced in Europe 15 years ago, but still a neglected tool for protection against pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, especially HIV. Sally Hargreaves discusses the potential role of the female condom, including its use in areas with high HIV prevalence, with Susie Hoffman and Theresa Exner, from Columbia University, New York City, USA, in this month's podcast.
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Published: Apr 25, 08'The pieces are increasingly in place to achieve the Secretary General's vision for universal coverage and make rapid gains toward ending malaria deaths in Africa. With one child dying every 30 seconds from malaria in Africa, we have not a moment to lose'. In a joint podcast between The Lancet and The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Sally Hargreaves assesses renewed efforts to scale up prevention and treatment of malaria, coinciding with World Malaria Day on April 25.
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Published: Feb 22, 08Sally Hargreaves discusses highlights from the March issue: a review about the emergence of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae that produce extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) within the community setting, an important cause of urinary-tract infections. Also discussed is a feature and the editorial about human papilloma (HPV) vaccination programmes, and the review about Whipple's disease, a condition which is both rare and poorly understood.
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Published: Jan 24, 08In September, 2006, a group of experts in antimicrobial research met to discuss the problems arising from the emergence of antibiotic resistance in health-care-associated Gram-negative bacteria and the lack of new antibacterial agents to challenge this threat.
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Published: Dec 24, 07John McConnell and Richard Lane discuss three reviews in the January issue: influenza vaccination in pregnant women; a meta-analysis of the antibiotic linezolid in the treatment of gram-positive bacterial infections; and a discussion of paediatric infection control, especially in the hospital setting, where children are at an increased risk of infection than adults.
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Published: Nov 28, 07Sally Hargreaves discusses highlights from the December issue: private sector investment in global health, especially HIV/AIDS, outlined in the Leading Edge and in a Newsdesk item; reviews on human brucellosis disease and meningococcal disease; and discussion of the feature concerning the forced isolation of individuals with tuberculosis in South Africa.
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Published: Oct 24, 07John McConnell discusses highlights from the November issue: a Review of bacterial genome sequencing and its use in infectious diseases, a Review of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and an Editorial on The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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Published: Oct 1, 07John McConnell discusses highlights from the October issue: a Leading Edge calling for canine rabies vaccination, and three Reviews; influenza vaccination among elderly people, intravascular catheter-related infections, and the benefit of vaccination among injecting drug users.
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Published: Aug 24, 07John McConnell dicusses a review about cutaneous leishmaniasis, a neglected parasitic disease; a meta-analysis investigating the association between mycobaterium avium paratuberculosis and Crohn's disease; and an unusual personal view about how the virtual gaming world could help us prepare strategies in the event of real-life disease epidemics
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Published: Jul 27, 07Senior Editor Sally Hargreaves from The Lancet Infectious Diseases discusses topics from the August issue: including a leading edge on prison health and communicable diseases, and a review on cholera by Jane Zuckerman and colleagues at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Travel Medicine.
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Published: Jun 29, 07John McConnell and Richard Lane discuss highlights from the July issue: a meta-analysis suggesting that the herbal product echinacea can reduce the chance of catching a cold by 58% and reduce the length of a cold by 1.4 days; also discussed is the article documenting worldwide HPV prevalence of 10%, and the leading edge editorial about the recent G8 summit.
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Published: May 25, 07Sally Hargreaves discusses the editorial in the June issue concerning health policies for migrants. Many countries adopt screening programmes which in some cases fail to be cost-effective and confer few benefits to public health. Also discussed are the reviews about universal screening of infants for hepatitis B, and the parasitic disease cystic echinococosis.
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