Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 4th, 1997
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Therapy (TB) - Short-Term Incarceration of Noncompliant Patients Works
Influenza - Which Flu Will Fly? Genetic Trends Might Tell
Therapy (TB) - DOT More Cost Effective Than Self-Administered Therapy
Buruli - Flesh Disease On the Rise in Rainforest Areas of Africa
Drug Resistance - New Approach For Producing Novel Antibiotics Demonstrated
Drug Resistance (TB) - rpoB Sequencing Useful for Rifampin Susceptibility Testing
Gene Transfer (Epithelial Cells) - Sialoglycoconjugates Interfere with Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer
Government - CDC Asked To Help Health Officials Investigate TB Scare
Hantavirus - Use Caution When Removing Mouse Droppings and Nests
Infectious Disease - Prevalence Of Infectious Diseases Demonstrates Need For Continued Interventions
Measles - Hospital Takes Steps To Contain Diagnosed Case
Measles - Outbreak Kills 85 Children in Nepal
Mycobacterium smegmatis - Fatal M. smegmatis Reported in Child
Pediatrics - Michigan Makes Greatest Gain in Immunization Levels
Pharmacokinetics - Efficacy of TB Treatment Not Affected by HIV, Diarrhea
Public Health - Computerized Surveillance System Provides Weekly Data for Notifiable Diseases
Diagnostics (TB) - "A New Type of Repetitive Element in Mycobacterial Two-Component System Operons."
Diagnostics (TB) - "A Novel Assay for the Simultaneous Detection of Clinically Relevant Mycobacteria."
Diagnostics (TB) - "Evaluation of the Roche COBAS AMPLICOR M. tuberculosis Test for Direct Detection of M. tuberculosis in Respiratory Specimens."
Diagnostics (TB) - "Rapid Detection of tuberculosis in Respiratory Specimens by the Modified Amplified M. tuberculosis Direct Test (MTD2)."
Legionella parisiensis - "The First Clinical Isolate of Legionella parisiensis, from a Liver Transplant Patient with Pneumonia."
Legionnaires' Disease - "The Role of Arbitrarily Primed PCR in Identifying the Source of an Outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease."
Measles - "Trends in Importation of Measles to the United States, 1986-1994."
Nosocomial (HCV) - "Barriers to Hepatitis C Transmission Within Breathing Systems: Efficacy of a Pleated Hydrophobic Filter."
TB (Immunology) - "Mycobacterium tuberculosis Des Protein: An Immunodominant Target for the Humoral Response of Tuberculous Patients."
TB (Infection Control) - "Benefit of Two-Step PPD Testing of New Employees at a New York City Hospital."
TB (Infection Control) - "Obstacles Encountered in Application of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines for Control of Tuberculosis in a Large Dental Center."
TB (Infection Control) - "Status of Tuberculosis Infection Control Programs at Texas Hospitals, 1989 Through 1991."
TB (Occupational Exposure) - "Descriptive Profile of Tuberculin Skin Testing Programs and Laboratory-Acquired Tuberculosis Infections in Public Health Laboratories."
TB (Prevention) - "Missed Opportunities for Tuberculosis Prevention and Derivated Costs."
TB (Susceptibility Testing) - "Rapid Prediction of Rifampin Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
TB (Vaccines) - "Disseminated Bacille Calmette-Guerin Disease after Vaccination: Case Report and Review."
TB (Vaccines) - "Functions and Specificity of T Cells Following Nucleic Acid Vaccination of Mice Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection."
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