The JanuaryFebruary 1999 issue of the journal contains the articles listed below.
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International Update
Perspectives
- The Economic Impact of Staphylococcus aureus Infection in
New York City Hospitals, R. J. Rubin, C. A. Harrington, A. Poon, K. Dietrich,
J. A. Greene, and A. Moiduddin
- Socioeconomic and Behavioral Factors Leading to Acquired
Bacterial Resistance to Antibiotics in Developing Countries, Iruka N. Okeke,
Adebayo Lamikanra, and Robert Edelman
- Campylobacter jejuniAn Emerging Foodborne
Pathogen, Sean F. Altekruse, Norman J. Stern, Patricia I. Fields, and David
L. Swerdlow
Synopses
Research
- HIV-1 Dual Infections and Recombinants Are an Integral Part
of the HIV Epidemic in Brazil, Artur Ramos, Amilcar Tanuri, Mauro Schechter,
Mark A. Rayfield, Dale J. Hu, Maulori C. Cabral, Claudiu I. Bandea, James Baggs, and
Danuta Pieniazek
- Genetic Diversity and Distribution of Peromyscus-Borne
Hantaviruses in North America, Martha C. Monroe, Sergey P. Morzunov, Angela
M. Johnson, Michael D. Bowen, Harvey Artsob, Terry Yates, C.J. Peters, Pierre E. Rollin,
Thomas G. Ksiazek, and Stuart T. Nichol
- Climatic and Environmental Patterns Associated with
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome Cases in the Four Corners Region, David M.
Engelthaler, David G. Mosley, James E. Cheek, Craig E. Levy, Kenneth K. Komatsu, Paul
Ettestad, Ted Davis, Dale T. Tanda, Lisa Miller, J. Wyatt Frampton, Richard Porter, and
Ralph T. Bryan
The January-March 1999 issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases will be highlighting
hantavirus research. This theme issue will include the following cluster of articles:
- Long-Term Studies of Hantavirus Reservoir Populations in
the Southwestern United States: Rationale, Potential, and Methods, James N.
Mills,Thomas G. Ksiazek, C.J. Peters, and James E. Childs
- Long-Term Hantavirus Persistence in Rodent Populations in
Central Arizona, Ken D. Abbott, Thomas G. Ksiazek, and James N. Mills
- A Longitudinal Study of Sin Nombre Virus Prevalence in
Rodents, Southeastern Arizona, Amy J. Kuenzi, Michael L. Morrison, Don E.
Swann, Paul C. Hardy, and Giselle T. Downard
- Long-Term field Studies of Small Mammals for Hantavirus
Prevalence: Statistical Sensitivity for Detection of Spatial and Temporal Patterns in
Rodent Population Densities, Cheryl A. Parmenter, Terry L. Yates, Robert R.
Parmenter, and Jonathan L. Dunnum
- Natural History of Sin Nombre Virus in Western Colorado,
Charles H. Calisher, William Sweeney, James N. Mills, and Barry J. Beaty
- Long-Term Studies of Hantavirus Reservoir Populations in
the Southwestern United States: A Synthesis, James N. Mills, Thomas G.
Ksiazek, C.J. Peters, and James E. Childs
Dispatches
- Proficiency of Clinical Laboratories in and Near
Monterrey, Mexico to Detect Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci, L. Clifford
McDonald, Luis R. Garza, and William R. Jarvis
- Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Susceptibility to
Vancomycin Isolated from a Patient with Fatal Bacteremia, Sharon S. Rotun,
Virginia McMath, Dianna J. Schoonmaker, Peggy S. Maupin, Fred C.Tenover, Bertha C. Hill,
and David A. Ackman
- Candida dubliniensis Candidemia in Patients with
Chemotherapy-Induced Neutropenia and Bone Marrow Transplantation, Jacques
F.G.M. Meis, Markus Ruhnke, Ben E. De Pauw, Frank C. Odds, Wolfgang Siegert, and Paul E.
Verweij
- Household Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Alberta,
Canada, James D. Kellner, A. Patrick Gibb, Jenny Zhang, and Harvey R. Rabin
- Preventing Zoonotic Diseases in Immunocompromised Persons:
The Role of Physicians and Veterinarians, Sara Grant and Christopher W. Olsen
- Mycoplasma penetrans Bacteremia Associated with
Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome, Antonio Yáńez, Lilia Cedillo, Olivier
Neyrolles, Encarnación Alonso, Marie-Christine Prévost, Jorge Rojas, Harold L. Watson,
Alain Blanchard, and Gail H. Cassell
- Infectious Diarrhea in Tourists
Staying in a Resort Hotel , Rachel M. Hardie, Patrick G. Wall,
Patricia Gott, Madhu Bardhan, and Christopher L.R. Bartlett
Commentary
Letters
- Navigational Instinct: A Reason Not to Live Trap
Deer Mice in Residences, Charles H. Calisher, William P. Sweeney, J. Jeffrey
Root, and Barry J. Beaty
- Bartonella quintana in Body Lice Collected
from Homeless Persons in Russia, Elena B. Rydkina, Véronique Roux, Eugenia
M. Gagua, Alexandre B. Predtechenski, Irina V. Tarasevich, and Didier Raoult
- Tick-Transmitted Infections in Transvaal:
Consider Rickettsia africae, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Jean Beytout,
and Didier Raoult
- Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Salmonella
Enteritidis in Trinidad and Tobago, B.P. Cherian, Nicole Singh, W.
Charles, and P. Prabhakar
- New emm (M Protein Gene) Sequences of Group A
Streptococci Isolated from Malaysian Patients, Farida Jamal, Sabiha Pit,
Richard Facklam, and Bernard Beall
- Mutant Chemokine Receptor (CCR-5) and its
Relevance to HIV Infection in Arabs, Iman H. Al-Sheikh, Amjad Rahi, and
Mohammed Al-Khalifa
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