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After heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was marketed in France, Spain, Belgium, and England and Wales (United Kingdom), invasive disease from non-PCV7 serotypes (NVT) increased.

CDC researchers identified 1,097 foodborne disease outbreaks, which lead to 21,244 illnesses and 18 deaths, in the United States during 2007. Although Salmonella and norovirus were the most common culprits for both outbreaks and illnesses, these numbers were down 8% and 15% from the annual average reported from 2002 to 2006.

Published in a leading journal this week, a large genome study of meningitis and septicaemia suggests genetic differences could be why some people are more susceptible and others naturally resistant to these diseases.

Eastern Africa is free of polio again, with four countries - Ethiopia , Kenya, Sudan and Uganda - having reported no cases of the crippling disease for more than a year, U.N. and other aid agencies said. The WHO said the region had responded fast to the outbreak.

Effective tuberculosis control is compromised by a lack of clarity about the timeframe of viable Mycobacterium tuberculosis shedding after treatment initiation under programmatic conditions. This study quantifies time to conversion from smear and culture positivity to negativity in unselected tuberculosis patients receiving standardized therapy in a directly observed therapy short-course (DOTS) program.