Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 21st, 1996
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Conference Coverage (ICAAC) - Pneumonia Vaccines Worth the Effort, CDC Researcher Says
Conference Coverage (ICAAC) - CDC: "Missed Opportunities" Led to Increase in Hepatitis B
HBV Vaccines - Contract Awarded for Hepatitis B Adult Vaccine
HIV (Diagnostics) - Scientists Uncovering Rare HIV Strains in America
HIV (Testing) - Test Available at Reduced Rate to Nonprofit Organizations
Influenza - Efficacy Data Announced for Intranasal Influenza Vaccine
Lyme Disease (Diagnosis) - New Tests Require Validation in Clinical Setting
Obstetrics (Pregnancy Rates) - Abstinence and Welfare Reform Generate Decline in Illegitimacy
Vaccines (Development) - License Received To Market Comvax for Hib and Hepatitis B
Drug Evaluations (Antimalarial) - "Evaluation of Selected Antimalarial Drugs in the Babesia Microti-Hamster Model."
Epidemiology (Salmonella) - "A Health Food Fights Back: An International Outbreak of Salmonella newport Infections due to Alfalfa Sprouts."
Epidemiology (Salmonella) - "Fresh-squeezed Salmonella: An Outbreak of Salmonella hartford Associated with Unpasteurized Orange Juice in Florida."
Nosocomial Infections - "Evaluation of the Influence of Nurse to Patient Ratio on Primary Bloodstream Infection Rates in Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients."
Nosocomial Infections - "Evaluation of the Role of the Nurse-to-Patient Ratio in Nosocomial Infection Transmission in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Patients."
Nosocomial Infections - "Nosocomial Serratia marcescens Infection/Colonization in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Patients Traced to Probable Health Care Worker Transmission."
Biosafety - "Biosafety in the Clinical Mycobacteriology Laboratory."
Diagnostics (HIV) - "Performance Characteristics of a Rapid HIV Antibody Assay in a Hospital with a High Prevalence of HIV Infection."
Infection Control - "Risk Factors for Mortality Associated with Enterococcal Bloodstream Infections."
Meningococcal Disease - "Meningococcal Disease in Los Angeles County, California, and Among Men in the County Jails."
Occupational Safety - "Summary of the NIOSH Guidelines for Air Sampling and Analytical Method Development and Evaluation."
Vertigo - "Outbreak of Vertigo in Wyoming: Possible Role of an Enterovirus Infection."
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