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Emerging Infectious Diseases  * Volume 2 * Number 4 * October-December, 1996
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Perspectives

   * Guarding Against the Most Dangerous Emerging Pathogens: Insights from
     Evolutionary Biology, P.W. Ewald
   * Social Inequalities and Emerging Infectious Diseases, P. Farmer

Synopses

   * Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Virulence: Type III Secretion and
     Pathogenicity Islands, J. Mecsas and E.J. Strauss
   * New Vaccines for the Prevention of Pneumococcal Infections, H. Käyhty
     and J. Eskola
   * A Mathematical Model and CD4+ Lymphocyte Dynamics in HIV Infection, T.
     Hraba and J. Dolezal
   * Chlamydiae as Pathogens: New Species and New Issues, R.W. Peeling and
     R.C. Brunham

Dispatches

   * Experimental Inoculation of Plants and Animals with Ebola Virus, R.
     Swanepoel, P.A. Leman, F.J. Burt, N.A. Zachariades, L.E.O. Braack,
     T.G. Ksiazek, P.E. Rollin, S.R. Zaki, and C.J. Peters
   * Encephalitis Caused by a Lyssavirus in Fruit Bats in Australia, G.C.
     Fraser, P.T. Hooper, R.A. Lunt, A.R. Gould, L.J. Gleeson, A.D. Hyatt,
     G.M. Russell, and J.A. Kattenbelt
   * Creutzfeld-tJakob Disease in the United States, 1979-1994: Using
     National Mortality Data to Assess the Possible Occurrence of Variant
     Cases, R.C. Holman, A.S. Khan, E.D. Belay, and L.B. Schonberger
   * Rapid Increase of Resistance to Erythromycin and Clindamycin in
     Streptococcus pyogenes in Italy, 1993-1995 , G. Cornaglia, M. Ligozzi,
     A. Mazzariol, M.Valentini, G. Orefici, the Italian Surveillance Group
     for Antimicrobial Resistance, and R. Fontana
   * Assessing the Costs and Benefits of an Oral Vaccine for Raccoon
     Rabies: A Possible Model, M.I. Meltzer

Commentary

   * Traditional Healers and Global Surveillance Strategies for Emerging
     Diseases: Closing the Gap, N.E. Groce and M. E. Reeve

Letters

   * Widespread Foodborne Cyclosporiasis Outbreaks Present Major
     Challenges, D.G. Colley
   * Identification of Cyclospora in Poultry, H.L. García-López, L.E.
     Rodríguez-Tovar, and C.E. Medina-De la Garza
   * PCR Confirmation of Infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis, N.J.
     Pieniazek, S.B. Slemenda, A.J. da Silva, E.M. Alfano, and M.J.
     Arrowood
   * Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Depopulation of French Polynesia
     in the 19th Century, P.M.V. Martin and C. Combes
   * Epidemic Zoster and AIDS, D.M. Morens, A.K. Agarwal, S. Sarkar, S.
     Panda, and R. Detels
   * Ancient Egypt and Today: Enough Scourges to Go Around, D.G. Colley
   * AIDS and [AAA] in Egypt? , R.J. Littman and D.M. Morens

Addendum

News and Notes

   * ABA Sponsors Program on Law and Emerging Infectious Diseases, D.P.
     Fidler
   * A Global Theme Issue: Bibliography of References, M.A. Winker
   * Conference on Emerging Foodborne Pathogens, D. Dalisera


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