Epidemiology

This video describes a forthcoming paper in PLoS Medicine by Daniel Mäusezahl and colleagues. The paper is going to be published on the 18th August; it's under embargo until August 17th at 5PM Pacific Time. Citation: Maeusezahl D, Christen A, Duran Pacheco G, Tellez FA, Iriarte M, et al. (2009) Solar Drinking Water Disinfection (SODIS) to Reduce Childhood Diarrhoea in Rural Bolivia: A Cluster-Randomized, Controlled Trial. PLoS Med 6(8): e1000125. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000125 For...

"Characterization of chromosomally integrated HHV-6A in a family with two out of four CIHHV-6 members symptomatic for CNS dysfunction" 6th International Conference on HHV-6 & 7 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA Day 1 - June 20, 2008 - Epidemiology & CIHHV-6 Session

"Novel evidence indicates integration of unique human herpesvirus-6A DNA sequences into human chromosomes" 6th International Conference on HHV-6 & 7 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA Day 1 - June 20, 2008 - Epidemiology & CIHHV-6 Session

In a paper published in June in PLoS Medicine, a controlled trial at three urban STD clinics, Lee Warner and colleagues found that showing an educational video in waiting rooms reduced new infections by approximately 10%. The educational video relating to this paper is provided here. Warner L, Klausner JD, Rietmeijer CA, Malotte CK, O'Donnell L, et al. (2008) Effect of a Brief Video Intervention on Incident Infection among Patients Attending Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics . PLoS...