Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 27th, 1997
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Breast Cancer (Screening) - Mammography News is Good, But More Work Needed
Breast Cancer (Screening) - Use of Mammograms Increased from 1989 to 1995
Genital Herpes - Rates Jump In Young Whites Since 1970s
Group A Streptococcus - Invasive Group A Strep Outbreak Associated with Varicella in Daycare Center
Hantavirus - Outbreak in Chile Due to High Rodent Populations
Immunizations - Shots Best Way To Fight New Superbugs
Malaria Therapies - Serum Concentrations of Mefloquine Higher than Whole Blood
Ohio, U.S. (Health) - Syphilis Cases Declining, Except in Some Urban Areas
Pfiesteria - Workshop Attendees Request Study of Pfiesteria Toxin on Humans
Vertical Transmission (HIV/AIDS) - Oral Zidovudine Treatment Evaluated in Thailand
Vertical Transmission (HIV/AIDS) - Study Correlates Zidovudine Therapy with Demographic and Other Factors
Diagnostics (Listeria) - "DNA Sequence-Based Subtyping of Listeria monocytogenes."
Genetics (Y. pestis) - "The 23-Kilobase Cryptic Plasmid of Yersinia pestis is Associated with the 9.5-Kilobase Plasmid."
Adolescent Health (Research) - "Age of Initiating Selected Health-Risk Behaviors among High School Students in the United States."
Opportunistic Infections - "Effect of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic on Mortality from Opportunistic Infections in the United States in 1993."
Rotavirus - "Sequence Analysis of NSP4 Gene of Human Rotavirus Allows Classification into Two Main Genetic Groups."
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