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Table of Contents . . . July 13th, 1998
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Conference Coverage - CDC Shows Allergic Reactions Linked to Vaccine Gelatin
Conference Coverage (1st Annual Vaccine Research) - NIH Advised To Hand Over AIDS Vaccine Leadership
Diagnostics - CDC Develops New Practical Test for Measuring HIV Incidence
Education - Official Warns Against Complacency in HIV Prevention
Hemodialysis - CDC Reports Multistate Outbreak of Hemolysis
Infection Control (TB) - Screening Immigrants from Low Incidence Countries Costly
Epidemiology - Syphilis Falls To Lowest Reported Levels in U.S.
Epidemiology - U.S. Said Teen Pregnancy Rates Declining
Immunizations - Study Said Elderly Should Get Pneumonia Vaccine
Blood Contamination - "Nationwide Assessment of the Frequency of Blood Component Bacterial Contamination Associated with Transfusion Reaction."
Asthma - "Asthma Mortality in U.S. Hispanics and Non-Hispanics, 1984-1995."
Blood Contamination - "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Blood Safety: A CDC Perspective."
Epidemiology (TB) - "Culture-Negative Tuberculosis (TB) Cases, United States, 1993-1996."
Coronary Heart Disease - "Baseline Serum Total Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease Incidence in African-American Women (The NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-Up Study)."
Human Herpesvirus 8 - "Mapping and Serodiagnostic Application of a Dominant Epitope Within the Human Herpesvirus 8 ORF 65-Encoded Protein."
Pediatric/Adolescent Medicine - "Development of a Research Child Growth Reference and Its Comparison With the Current International Growth Reference."
Prenatal Care - "The Changing Pattern of Prenatal Care Utilization in the United States, 1981-1995, Using Different Prenatal Care Indices."
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