Reports
The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.
PRIORITY PRESS - 10th Canadian Immunization Conference
Nasopharyngeal colonization and disease transmission: Eradication of Vaccine-Specific Organisms Dramatically Reduces Disease Incidence in Recipients/Non-Recipients Alike
Vancouver, BC / December 3-5, 2012
Vancouver - Asymptomatic nasopharyngeal (NP) colonization by typical colonizing bacteria, most notably Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae is a prerequisite for the development of local and invasive...
PRIORITY PRESS -10th Canadian Immunization Conference
Improving Influenza Protection in Seniors with Adjuvanted Vaccines
Vancouver, BC / December 3-5, 2012
Vancouver - Immunosenescence significantly increases the likelihood of the elderly acquiring serious infections including influenza. If hospitalized, they are at risk for increasing frailty and disabilities. Trivalent inactivated vaccines...
PRIORITY PRESS - 10th Canadian Immunization Conference
Invasive Meningococcal Disease: Focus on the New Serogroup B Disease Vaccine
Vancouver, BC / December 3-5, 2012
Vancouver - Each year in Canada, approximately 200 individuals are affected by invasive meningococcal disease (IMD), and about half of them are children. Mortality from IMD has remained essentially unchanged since the 1950s with a...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Direct-acting Antiviral Agents in Chronic HCV Therapy: Exploring Less Complex Regimens
Boston, Massachusetts / November 9-13, 2012
Boston - Therapy for chronic hepatitis C viral infections has changed significantly, thanks to the development of direct-acting antiviral agents that target specific vulnerabilities of the virus in all or most of its variant forms....
PRIORITY PRESS - 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)
Alternative Treatment Options for Serious Gram-positive Hospital Infections
San Francisco, California / September 9-12, 2012
San Francisco - For staphylococcal bacteremia and other severe or complicated gram-positive infections, vancomycin has long been the first-line therapy. A series of reports here at the 2012 ICAAC meeting provided evidence that alternative...
PRIORITY PRESS - 52nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC)
Reassessing Optimal Treatment Strategies for Three Fungal Infections: Latest Updates
San Francisco, California / September 9-12, 2012
San Francisco - The opportunity to improve outcomes was outlined for 3 life-threatening fungal infections at the 2012 ICAAC. One was a re-exploration of optimal therapy for invasive aspergillosis; another was an evaluation of improving...
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VACCINE
Summer 2012
Extending Australian national HPV vaccination program to malesGeorgousakis et al. Population-wide vaccination against human papillomavirus in adolescent boys: Australia as a case study. Lancet Infect Dis 2012 [Epub ahead of...
PRIORITY PRESS - EUROGIN 2012
Managing Inequities in Protection Against HPV-related Disease Through Gender-neutral Vaccination
Prague, Czech Republic / July 8-11, 2012
Prague - When routine vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) was first approved in 2006, it was focused on preventing cervical cancer in women. However, a range of cancers is now known to be associated with HPV in men and women,...
PRIORITY PRESS - 89th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Paediatric Society
Prevention and Minimization of Potential Complications from Infection and Disorders in Infancy
London, Ontario / June 6-9, 2012
London, Ontario - Vaccination is the premier strategy recommended for preventing common and rare childhood infections and its track record is exceedingly impressive. Yet as delegates heard during the CPS meeting, there appears to be a...