Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . September 8th, 1997
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Epidemiology (TB) - Tuberculosis Drops in U.S. for Fourth Straight Year
Arthritis (Disease Association) - No Link Found Between Rubella Vaccination and Chronic Arthritis
Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccine - Researchers Study Vaccine in Fight Against Asthma, Allergies
Conference Announcement - CDC Addresses Occupational Health Issues at Conference
Diagnostics - Lysis Method Identifies Mycobacteria in Blood and Bone Marrow
Diagnostics (TB) - MGIT and AMPLICOR Detect Mycobacterial Infection
Drug Resistance - Antibiotic Misuse Causing Frightening New Bugs
Drug Resistance - CDC Newsletter Educates Readers About Proper Antibiotic Use
Drug Resistance (TB) - Mystery Behind Proteins That Keep Tuberculosis Bacteria Alive Unlocked
Funding - Grant Received To Develop Tuberculosis Vaccine
Immunology - Mysterious M Cells, Key to Mucosal Immunity, Reveal Their Secrets
Immunology (TB) - New M. tuberculosis Export Protein Reported
Immunology (TB) - Scientists Find Possible New Way To Fight Tuberculosis
Infection Control - Tuberculosis Patient Walks Away from Mandatory Treatment
Influenza - Control Policies Needed to Prevent Nosocomial 'Flu
Influenza - WHO Confirms New Influenza Virus Strain In Humans
Measles - Two Doses Of Vaccine Offers The Best Protection From Measles
Needle Exchange Programs - APHA Supports Lifting Federal Ban on Funding for Needle Exchange
Pediatrics (Pertussis) - Four Doses of Pertussis Vaccine Better than Three
Public Health - Is Compulsory Overseas Medical Screening Of Migrants Justifiable?
Therapy (TB) - Pulmonary Resection Can Complement Multi-Drug Resistant TB Therapy
Vaccine Development - "Universal" Antigen Elicits Immunity to All Haemophilus Strains
Vaccine Development - Recombinant BCG May Have Host of Uses
DNA Vaccines (TB) - "DNA Vaccination Against Tuberculosis, Utilizing Genes of M. tuberculosis Secreted Proteins."
DNA Vaccines (TB) - "DNA Vaccines Against TB."
Vaccine Development (TB) - "Production of Avirulent Mycobacterium bovis Auxotrophs by High Efficiency Electroporation with a Suicide Plasmid."
Epidemiology (TB) - "Long-Term Risk of Tuberculosis among Foreign-Born Persons in the United States."
Hantavirus - "Genetic Characterization and Phylogeny of Andes Virus and Variants from Argentina and Chile."
Hantavirus - "High Prevalence of Hantavirus Infection in a Group of Chinese Patients with Acute Hepatitis of Unknown Aetiology."
Immunology (Mycobacteria) - "IL-2 and IL-12 Act in Synergy to Overcome Antigen-Specific T Cell Unresponsiveness in Mycobacterial Disease."
Immunology (TB) - "Activation of Human Dendritic Cells Following Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
Immunology (TB) - "Interleukin 12 (IL-12) Is Crucial to the Development of Protective Immunity in Mice Intravenously Infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
Mycobacterium avium complex - "Disseminated Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study: Increasing Incidence, Unchanged Prognosis."
Occupational Risk (TB) - "Risk of Tuberculin Conversion According to Occupation among Health Care Workers at a New York City Hospital."
Pediatrics (TB) - "Impact of HIV Infection on the Development, Clinical Presentation, and Outcome of Tuberculosis among Children in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire."
Therapy (TB) - "A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Directly Observed Therapy vs Self-Administered Therapy for Treatment of Tuberculosis."
Therapy (TB) - "Short-Term Incarceration for the Management of Noncompliance with Tuberculosis Treatment."
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