PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCHES ENCYCLOPEDIA

NIAID Grantees Identify Potential Target for Malaria Drugs NIAID-funded researchers at the University of California, San Diego, have identified a potential target for a family of new malaria drugs currently in development: PI4K, a protein that is essential throughout the malaria parasite’s life cycle. The drugs, known as imidazopyrazines, block parasite development in both the bloodstream and liver stages of infection. For more information on the study, published online in  Nature , and future steps, see the NIAID media  availability: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/news/ newsreleases/2013/Pages/ MalariaPI4K.aspx . 

Tele-monitoring reduces exacerbation of COPD in the context of climate change--a randomized controlled trial Jehn M, Donaldson G, Kiran B, Liebers U, Mueller K, Scherer D, Endlicher W, Witt C Environmental Health 2013, 12:99 (21 November 2013) Abstract                   http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/12/1/99/abstract Provisional PDF      http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/pdf/1476-069X-12-99. pdf

The impact of heat on mortality and morbidity in the Greater Metropolitan Sydney Region: a case crossover  analysis Wilson LA, Morgan G, Hanigan IC, Johnston F, Abu-Rayya H, Broome R, Gaskin C, Jalaludin B Environmental Health 2013, 12:98 (15 November 2013) Abstract                   http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/12/1/98/abstract Provisional PDF      http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/pdf/1476-069X-12-98. pdf

Modeling acute respiratory illness during the 2007 San Diego wildland fires using a coupled emissions-transport system and generalized additive modeling Thelen B, French NH, Koziol BW, Billmire M, Owen RC, Johnson J, Ginsberg M, Loboda T, Wu S Environmental Health 2013, 12:94 (5 November 2013) Abstract                   http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/12/1/94/abstract Provisional PDF      http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/pdf/1476-069X-12-94. pdf

Association between environmental factors and current asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema symptoms in school-aged children from Oropeza Province -- Bolivia: a cross-sectional study Solis-Soto MT, Patiño A, Nowak D, Radon K Environmental Health 2013, 12:95 (5 November 2013) Abstract                   http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/12/1/95/abstract Provisional PDF      http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/pdf/1476-069X-12-95. pdf

Spatial disparity in the distribution of superfund sites in  South Carolina: an ecological study Burwell-Naney K, Zhang H, Samantapudi A, Jiang C, Dalemarre L, Rice L, Williams E, Wilson S Environmental Health 2013, 12:96 (6 November 2013) Abstract                   http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/12/1/96/abstract Provisional PDF      http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/pdf/1476-069X-12-96. pdf

Has the short-term effect of black smoke exposure on pneumonia mortality been underestimated because hospitalisation is ignored: findings from a case-crossover study Gittins M, McNamee R, Carder M, Beverland I, Agius RM Environmental Health 2013, 12:97 (7 November 2013) Abstract                   http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/12/1/97/abstract Provisional PDF      http://www.ehjournal.net/ content/pdf/1476-069X-12-97. pdf