January 21, 2011 - Volume 4 - Issue 3

Infectious Diseases News Brief

• Standardized Screening Rule For TB In People Living With HIV In Low Income Settings
• Southeast Asian Malaria Proving Resistant While New African Vaccine Emerges

FluWatch

• January 9 to January 15, 2011 (Week 2)
  During week 02 several indicators of influenza activity have decreased across the country: the number of regions reporting widespread and localized influenza activity, the number of outbreaks, the percentage of specimens testing positive for influenza, the ILI consultation rate and the number of paediatric and adult hospitalizations.