Seminars in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Seminars in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology July 1, 2001 – June 30, 2004

2001 Name Presentation Title Aoki, Fred Chemoprohylaxis & therapy of influenza: current status Embree, Joanne Biological terrorism: what we should all know on Halloween night Coombs, Kevin Virus assembly & disassembly: from reassortant genetics to proteomics Minuk, Gerry Viral hepatitis research at the liver disease unit Zhanel, George New antibiotics: whats driving their development Tipples, Graham Herpes virus (HHV&VZV) basic and applied research at the NML 2002 Name Presentation Title Bernard, Kathy Revisiting corynebacterium diphtheriae: disease syndromes, the bacterium & diphtheria toxin Weingartl, Hanna Avian zoonotic viruses (WNV, NDV) Kabani, Amin The evolution of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: setting up mycobacterial comparative genomics capacity in Winnipeg Moses, Stephen A randomized controlled trial of male circumcision to reduce HIV incidence in Kisumu, Kenya VanCaeseele, Paul What’s new at the Cadham Provinicial Laboratory Drebot, Mike ? Andonov, Anton Edible vaccines Booth, Stephanie Making microarrays and using them to study prion diseases Severini, Alberto Interesting problems of recombination in herpes viruses and other large DNA viruses Dawood, Magdy Variations in patients’ responses to hepatitis C virus infection Wylie, John The Winnipeg injection drug use social network study Booth, Tim Diagnostic imaging of prion diseases Fowke, Keith Genetic susceptibility to HIV infection Yang, Xi Hygiene hypothesis: what the experimental studies say Orr, Pam Sexual violence and dislocation as social risk factors involved in the acquisition of HIV among women in Manitoba Coombs, Kevin Biomarkers for wastewater and sludge management Embree, Joanne Universal infant pneumococcal immunization: review of the basics for the decision Hazelton, Paul Adventures with gastroenteric viruses Forgie, Sarah Otitis media in the new millennium – “ear 2k” Flick, Ramon Manipulation of RNA viruses: development of reverse genetic systems Carpenter, Mike Hepatitis C virus NS5A protein: indentifying functional roles through protein interactions Nicolle, Lindsay Nosocomial Armageddon: C.difficile associated diarrhea meets antimicrobial resistance Simonsen, Neil The immunobiology of cryptosporidium parum Alfa, Michelle Biofilm in reused medical devices: role in disease transmission 2003 Name Presentation Title Berry, Jody Antibody libraries from immune repertoires: the development of monoclonal antibody to infectious agents Yang, Xi Why infection inhibits allergy Plummer, Frank Progress on understanding resistance to HIV-1 in sex workers Zhanel, George Multi-drug resistant streptococcus pneumoniae: prevalence, mechanisms and treatment Li, Yan Expression and characterization of the nucleocapsid (N) protein of SARS-associated coronavirus: a candidate for serodiagnosis Embree, Joanne Practicing pediatrics in Pumwani Fowke, Keith Why do HIV-specific immune responses wane? Law, Barb Risk factors for RSV hospitalization among a cohort of premature infants of 33 to<36 weeks gestinational age Coombs, Kevin Molecular dissection of viral replication: from genetics to proteomics and beyond HayGlass, Kent Why are you allergic? Why is your sister not 2004 Name Presentation Title Moses, Stephen Randomized, controlled of male circumcision for reducing HIV incidence among young men in Kisums: progress to date and future plans Knox, David Interferon responsive gene expression in rodent models of TSE disease Feldmann, Heinz Ebola in the Congo: a potential site for testing intervention and prophylaxis? Booth, Stephanie The host response to prion infection: a genomic analysis He, Runtao Structural and functional analysis of a SARS-Co-V nucleocapsid protein Fowke, Keith The genetics and immunology of resistance and susceptibility to HIV infectioins Tipples, Graham Studies on (i) VZV genetic variation and (ii) measles aersol vaccine Plourde, Pierre An outbreak of HAV in a Winnipeg restaurant