Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 16th, 1999
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Outbreaks - 23 Cases of Strain W TB Have Been Reported Outside NY
Case Reports - TB Mimics Cancer of the Spleen
Immunology - Vitamin D May Be Critical in TB Immunity, UK Study Finds
Infection Control - Screening is Best Option in Nursing Homes
Pathogenesis - Specific TB Pattern Seen in Rheumatic Patients
Testing - Centralized TB Labs Needed to Expedite Susceptibility Testing
Treatment - TST-Positive Liver Patients Need Preventive Therapy
Anthrax Vaccine - Pentagon Says Anthrax Vaccine Costs Will Double
Influenza - Technique Developed To Create Flu Viruses
Opportunistic Infections (TB) - "Disseminated Tuberculosis with Tuberculous Abscess of the Anterior Chest Wall (Pott's Disease Equivalent of the Sternum) with a Review of Variants of Tuberculosis of the Skin."
Coinfection (TB/HIV) - "Cutaneous Mycobacterial Infections in HIV Seropositive Patients: A Retrospective Review."
Diagnostics (M. genavense) - "Optimal in vitro Growth Conditions for Mycobacterium genavense."
Infection Control (TB) - "Mycobacterium tuberculosis and DOTS in the Free State."
Cellular Immunity (Animal Models) - "Susceptibility of Mice Deficient in CD1D or TAP1 to Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
Congenital Tuberculosis - "Congenital Tuberculosis: Difficulties of Early Diagnosis."
Disease Progression (Animal Models) - "Severity of Tuberculosis in Mice Is Linked to Distal Chromosome 3 and Proximal Chromosome 9."
Disease Progression (TB) - "Influence of Polymorphism in the Genes for the Interleukin (IL)-1 Receptor Antagonist and IL-1 beta on Tuberculosis."
Epidemiology (TB/AIDS) - "Incidence of Tuberculosis Among Reported AIDS Cases in Quebec from 1979 to 1996."
Epidemiology (TB/HIV) - "Tuberculosis and the HIV Epidemic: Increasing Annual Risk of Tuberculous Infection in Kenya, 1986-1996."
Hantavirus - "Antibody Responses in Humans to an Inactivated Hantavirus Vaccine (Hantavax (R))."
Mycobacteria - "Characterization of the Functional Replication Origin of Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
Pathogenesis - "Cellular Proteinases Trigger the Infectivity of the Influenza A and Sendai Viruses."
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