Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . July 27th, 1998
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Outbreaks (HPS) - CDC Reports Three Cases of Hantavirus in April of 1998
Hantaviruses - (beta)3 Integrins Mediate HPS-Associated Respiratory Failure
Outbreaks (TB) - Soviet Collapse May Mean MDR-TB Epidemic in Finland
Pathogenesis - Phagocytosis Mediated by M. tb LAM is Characterized
Testing (TB) - Amplicor PCR Can Rule Out TB
Legionellosis - Aspects of Legionnaires' Disease Reviewed
Legionellosis - Nosocomial Legionella Infection Common in Transplant Patients
Pediatrics - New Vaccines Could Cut Childhood Mortality Dramatically
Respiratory Tract Infection (Therapy) - Twice-Daily Spiramycin as Effective as Thrice-Daily Amoxicillin for URTI
Occupational Risks - Forty Tested in New York State Needle Scare
Anti-Tumor Immunity - "Anti-Tumor Arabinomannan Extracted from M. tuberculosis (Z-100) Modulates Type 2 T Cell Responses in Cultures of Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte."
Anti-Tumor Immunity - "Effect of Anti-Tumor Arabinomannan Extracted from M. tuberculosis (Z-100) on the Production of IL-12 by Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Treated with Type 2 Cytokines.
Disease Associations - "Lung Disease, Transplantation, and Musculoskeletal Integrity."
Epidemiology (TB) - "Tuberculin (PPD) Conversion In New York City Emergency Medical Service Health Care Workers."
Hantavirus - "Tissue Distribution of Hantavirus Antigen in Naturally Infected Humans and Deer Mice."
Tuberculosis (Drug Resistance) - "Differential Gene Expression in Response to Adjunctive Recombinant Human Interleukin-2 Immunotherapy in Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients."
Tuberculosis (Drug Resistance) - "Global Surveillance for Antituberculosis-Drug Resistance, 1994-1997."
Tuberculosis (Immunology) - "Fas Ligand-Induced Apoptosis of Infected Human Macrophages Reduces the Viability of Intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
Tuberculosis (Immunology) - "Identification and Characterization of a 29-kilodalton Protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture Filtrate Recognized by Mouse Memory Effector Cells."
Tuberculosis (Vaccines) - "Evaluation of New Vaccines in the Mouse and Guinea Pig Model of Tuberculosis."
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