Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . July 27th, 1998
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Conference Coverage (12th World AIDS) - HIV Exposed Health-Care Workers Won't Take AIDS Drugs
Conference Coverage (12th World AIDS) - SF Health Department Defends Controversial Plan
Legionellosis - Aspects of Legionnaires' Disease Reviewed
Outbreaks (HPS) - CDC Reports Three Cases of Hantavirus in April of 1998
Pediatrics (Therapy) - Thymus Research Shows Promise for Diagnosis and Treatment in Some Pediatric AIDS
Blood Disposal - Canadian Province Makes It Easier To Pour Blood Down Drains
Drug Resistance - Multi-Resistant HIV Strains Sound Alarm
Gender Issues - Peer-Based Programs for HIV Positive Women Shown To Empower Population
Treatment - AIDS Treatment Often Fails Because Pills Are Too Hard To Swallow
Vertical Transmission - Doctors Hope AZT Treatment Will Cut Newborn AIDS Among World's Poor
Diagnostics (CMV) - "Evaluation of a Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) IgA Capture Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA)."
At Risk Populations (HIV) - "Trends by Year of First Positive HIV Test Among Persons with HIV Disease in Rural/Non-Urban Alabama (AL)."
Diagnostics (Dengue) - "Adaptation of a Generic DNA Enzyme Immunoassay (DEJA) Kit for Identification of Dengue Virus, Serotypes 1-4, from the First Round RT-PCR products of Clinical Samples."
Emergency Medicine - "Visits to Emergency Departments for Gynecologic Disorders in the United States, 1992-1994."
Neisseria meningitidis - "Age-Dependent Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C Class-Specific Antibody Concentrations and Bactericidal Titers in Sera From Young Children From Montana Immunized With a Licensed Polysaccharide Vacci
Obstetrics - "An Empiric Evaluation of the Institute of Medicine's Pregnancy Weight Gain Guidelines by Race."
Rabies - "Epidemiology of Human Rabies in the United States, 1980 to 1996."
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