Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . April 6th, 1998
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Conference Coverage (Emerging Infectious Diseases) - Gaps In Molecular Epidemiology Hinder Malaria Vaccine
Blood Banking - Third HIV-2 Positive Blood Donor Reported in U.S.
Therapy (TB) - Panel Finds Compliance Twice as Great with DOT
AIDS Therapies - HIV-Related Deaths and Illnesses Decline in U.S. Due to Combination Therapies
Education - CDC Upscales Efforts Against Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Epidemiology - Report Shows Progress in Controlling Cancer
Global - World Health Group's TB Policies Meet Resistance
Hunger - Ten Million Report Hunger, Even With Jobs
Immunizations - U.S. Advisers Set Makeup of 1999 Flu Shot
Legal Issues - Battle Between Dentist and AIDS Activists Goes To Supreme Court
Testing (Bird-Flu Virus) - ZStatFlu Test Able to Detect Fatal Hong Kong Virus
Tick-Borne Disease - Tick Bites Are Twice as Dangerous for One Man
Transmission - Researchers Describe How Syphilis Increases HIV Transmission
Epidemiology (Diphtheria) - "Epidemiology of Diphtheria in Three Regions, Russia, 1994-96."
Emerging Diseases - "Resurgent Vector-Borne Diseases as a Global Public Health Problem."
Genetics (HHV-8) - "Genetic Variation of Human Herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) Within Individuals and Among Virus from Geographically Diverse Sources."
Emerging Diseases - "Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers and Hantavirus Infections in the Americas."
Meningococcal B Disease - "Immunogenicity of Two Efficacious Outer Membrane Protein-Based Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccines Among Young Adults in Iceland."
Transfusion Medicine - "Emerging Issues in Blood Safety."
Travel Medicine - "Emerging-Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine."
Tuberculosis (HIV Coinfection) - "The Cote d'Ivoire National HIV Counseling and Testing Program for Tuberculosis Patients: Implementation and Analysis of Epidemiologic Data."
Tuberculosis (Outbreaks) - "An Outbreak Involving Extensive Transmission of a Virulent Strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
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