LCC from January 2011-April 2011 Lists

Memorandum January 18 , 2011

Salmonella and Campy/obaeter are two of the most common foodbome pathogens that produce illness in humans, causing an estimated> 1 million and >800,000 illnesses, respectively, due to food consumed in the United States. Most of these estimated illnesse s are not confirmed by culture. Exposure to poultry meat is an important risk factor for illness from both pathogens. Evidence for this link has...

Measles resurgence in Belgium from January to mid-April 2011: a preliminary report.

From 1 January to 14 April 2011, a total of 155 measles cases were notified in Belgium, whereas throughout 2010, there were only 40. Of the 103 cases with known vaccination status, 87% had not been vaccinated with measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. The resurgence of measles is the consequence of insufficient vaccine coverage in previous years. Efforts to communicate the benefits of measles vaccinat...

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Suppose that Sam's job is to pump the water used by several farms in the community. One day, Sam hears that local officials suspect a beneficial new chemical from a nearby factory has found its way into the reservoir. So, Sam continues to pump the water, believing it will help the crops. Sure enough, the crops started thriving. However, now imagine that officials were actually completely wrong ...

0434_GF_OnDrugDelivery Pulmonary April 2011.indd

Copyright © 2011 Frederick Furness Publishing 18 The route of administration is critical for any medicine. For decades, the most common dosage forms were either oral or for injection. Patients generally preferred oral therapies over injected medications because oral delivery is non-invasive and convenient. Based on this preference and advances in drug delivery technologies, several other non-in...

Optics & Photonics News - April 2011