Reports

PRIORITY PRESS - 26th International Papillomavirus Conference and Clinical and Public Health Workshops

Enhanced Treatment Strategies for External Genital Warts

Montreal, Quebec / July 3-8, 2010

It is estimated that approximately 75% to 80% of sexually active men and women have been exposed to genital human papillomavirus (HPV). Types 6 and 11 are the cause of most cases of genital warts (GW) worldwide (J Am Osteopath Assoc...

PRIORITY PRESS - 26th International Papillomavirus Conference

Reducing the Burden of HPV-related Disease in Men and Women

Montreal, Quebec / July 3-8, 2010

According to Dr. Suzanne Garland, Director, Microbiological Research, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, genital warts (GWs) are the most common condition seen in sexual health services in the country. Multiple visits are...

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April-June 2010

NACI recommendations for herpes zoster vaccination Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR). Online publication January 2010;36(ACS-1):1-19. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has now recommended the herpes zoster...

PRIORITY PRESS - 19th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR)

Patient-Physician Communication in HIV Care: Opening the Dialogue

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan / May 13-16, 2010

As discussed by investigators under lead author Dr. Anita Rachlis, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, management of antiretroviral (ARV)-related symptoms is a major challenge in the treatment of HIV infection; uncensored...

NEW FRONTIERS - 19th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR 2010)

Close-Up on NRTI Backbones: Current Evidence with Preferred Regimens

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan / May 13-16, 2010

New data from the Canadian Cohort Collaboration (CANOC) has further reinforced previous evidence that the combination of abacavir and lamivudine (ABC/3TC) offers similar efficacy and safety when compared to the nucleoside reverse...

PRIORITY PRESS - Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada/ Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (CACMID) Annual Conference

Gram-positive Infections: Putting Research into Clinical Practice

Edmonton, Alberta / May 6-8, 2010

Edmonton - Information gathered by laboratory research is often seen as lacking in clinical relevance. But in vitro clarification of the actions of bactericidal and bacteriostatic agents can actually inform drug choice when taken into...

PRIORITY PRESS - 28th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)

Countering Increased Vulnerability to Meningococcal Disease

Nice, France / May 4-8, 2010

Nice - The incidence of invasive meningococcal disease has dropped dramatically in Canada and most Western countries as a result of mass immunization campaigns in the 1990s. However, declining immunological protection is occurring as...

PRIORITY PRESS - 28th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID)

Broadening Protection Against Pneumococcal Disease with Multivalent Vaccines

Nice, France / May 4-8, 2010

Nice - Streptococcus pneumoniae remains the leading cause of vaccine-preventable death worldwide, with an annual mortality of up to 1 million in young children and up to 1.6 million including the elderly. Children under 5 years of age are...

PRIORITY PRESS - American Transplant Congress 2010

Improving Long-term Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients

San Diego, California / May 1-5, 2010

San Diego - The calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) have long been the anchor of transplant immunosuppression, leading to low acute rejection rates in the short term. However, short-term gains have had little impact on long-term graft survival,...