Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 20th, 1996
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HBV Vaccines - Vaccine Given Over 4 Months Offers Same Protection as 6 Month Schedule
Epidemiology - TB Rates Continue To Decline
Immunology - Glycoconjugate-Based Strategies May Limit Cerebral Malaria
Melanoma - May Designated National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Rabies - All Human Cases in 1995 Caused By Bats
Diagnostics (TB) - "Multiplex PCR Specific for Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain W."
Epidemiology (TB) - "Epidemiologic Interpretation of M. tuberculosis (M.tb) DNA Fingerprints."
Testing (TB) - "Use of Rapid DNA Fingerprinting of M. tuberculosis Isolates for Clarification of Suspected Laboratory Cross-Contamination and Errors."
Childhood Mortality - "US Childhood Mortality, 1950 Through 1993: Trends and Socioeconomic Differentials."
Epilepsy - "Reproductive Risk Factors for Epilepsy among Ten-Year-Old Children in Metropolitan Atlanta."
Ischemic Heart Disease - "Baldness and Ischemic Heart Disease in a National Sample of Men."
Ischemic Heart Disease - "The Contribution of Diabetes to Early Deaths from Ischemic Heart Disease: US Gender and Racial Comparisons."
Sarcoidosis - "Sarcoidosis Mortality in the United States, 1979-1991: An Analysis of Multiple-Cause Mortality Data."
Smoking Issues - "Exposure of the US Population to Environmental Tobacco Smoke: The Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988 to 1991."
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