[Emerging Infectious Diseases * Volume 3 * Number 3 * July - September 1997]

Perspectives

   * Recombination in HIV: An Important Viral Evolutionary Strategy, D.S.
     Burke
   * Host Genes and HIV: The Role of the Chemokine Receptor Gene CCR5 and
     Its Allele (delta 32CCR5), J.M. McNicholl, D.K. Smith, S.H. Qari,
     and T. Hodge
   * Resistance, Remission, and Qualitative Differences in HIV
     Chemotherapy, D.E. Kirschner and G.F. Webb
   * Emerging Foodborne Diseases, S.F. Altekruse, M.L. Cohen, and D.L.
     Swerdlow
   * DDT, Global Strategies, and a Malaria Control Crisis in South America,
     D.R. Roberts, L.L. Laughlin, P. Hsheih, and L.J. Legters
   * Emerging and Reemerging Helminthiases and the Public Health of China,
     P.J. Hotez, Feng Zheng, Xu Long-qi, Chen Ming-gang, Xiao Shu-hua, Liu
     Shu-xian, D. Blair, D.P. McManus, and G.M. Davis

Synopses

   * Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Outside the Health-Care Setting:
     Prevalence, Sources, and Public Health Implications, L.C. McDonald,
     M.J. Kuehnert, F.C. Tenover, and W.R. Jarvis
   * Flea-borne Rickettsioses: Ecologic Considerations, A.F. Azad, S.
     Radulovic, J.A. Higgins, B.H. Noden, and J.M. Troyer
   * Aedes albopictus in the United States: Ten-Year Presence and Public
     Health Implications, C.G. Moore and C.J. Mitchell
   * Using a Mathematical Model to Evaluate the Efficacy of TB Control
     Measures, L. Gammaitoni and M.C. Nucci
   * Borna Disease Virus Infection in Animals and Humans, J.A. Richt, I.
     Pfeuffer, M. Christ, K. Frese, K.Bechter, and S. Herzog

Dispatches

   * Deer Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) and the Agents of Lyme Disease and
     Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in a New York City Park , T.J.
     Daniels, R.C. Falco, I. Schwartz, S. Varde, and R.G. Robbins
   * Jail Fever (Epidemic Typhus) Outbreak in Burundi, D. Raoult, V. Roux,
     J.B. Ndihokubwayo, G. Bise, D. Baudon, G. Martet, and R. Birtles
   * Hantavirus Transmission in the United States, R.M. Wells, J. Young,
     R.J. Williams, L.R.Armstrong, K. Busico, A.S. Khan, T.G. Ksiazek, P.E.
     Rollin, S.R. Zaki, S.T. Nichol, and C.J. Peters
   * Population Dynamics of the Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) and Sin
     Nombre Virus, California Channel Islands, T.B. Graham and B.B. Chomel
   * Emerging Quinolone-Resistant Salmonella in the United States, H.
     Herikstad, P. Hayes, M. Mokhtar, M.L. Fracaro, E.J. Threlfall, and
     F.J. Angulo
   * Multidrug-Resistant Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Associated with
     Persistent Diarrhea in Kenyan Children, W.K. Sang, J.O. Oundo, J.K.
     Mwituria, P.G. Waiyaki, M. Yoh, T. Iida, and T. Honda
   * Molecular Epidemiologic Investigations of Mycoplasma gallisepticum
     Conjunctivitis in Songbirds by Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA
     Analyses, D.H. Ley, J.E. Berkhoff, and S. Levisohn
   * Reevaluating the Molecular Taxonomy: Is Human-Associated Cyclospora a
     Mammalian Eimeria Species? N.J. Pieniazek and B.L. Herwaldt
   * Rapid Increase in the Prevalence of Metronidazole-Resistant
     Helicobacter pylori in the Netherlands, E.J. van der Wouden, A.A. van
     Zwet, J.C. Thijs, G.D.C. Vosmaer, J.A.J. Oom, A. de Jong, and J.H.
     Kleibeuker
   * An Increase in Hookworm Infection Temporally Associated With Ecologic
     Change, B. Lilley, P. Lammie, J. Dickerson, and M. Eberhard
   * Using Laboratory-Based Surveillance Data for Prevention: An Algorithm
     for Detecting Salmonella Outbreaks, L.C. Hutwagner, E.K. Maloney, N.H.
     Bean, L. Slutsker, and S.M. Martin

Commentaries

   * Host Genes and HIV Infection: Implications and Applications, R.A.
     Kaslow
   * Controversies in the Management of Cysticercosis, C. Evans, H.H.
     Garcia, R.H.Gilman, and J.S. Friedland

Letters

   * Paratyphoid Fever due to Salmonella enterica Serotype Paratyphi A, A.
     Kapil, S. Sood, V.P. Reddaiah, B. Das, and P. Seth
   * MHC and Infectious Diseases, V.S. Sloan
   * Reply to V.S. Sloan, N. Singh
   * Acute Epiglottitis due to Pasteurella multocida in an Adult without
     Animal Exposure, M. Glickman and R.S. Klein
   * Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Surveillance to Monitor Trends in Infection
     with Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Other Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli,
     B.E. Mahon, P.M. Griffin, P.S. Mead, and R.V. Tauxe

Book Review

   * Virus Hunter, N. Nathanson

News and Notes

   * Salmonella Typhimurium Definitive Type 104
   * Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections in
     HIV-Infected Persons
   * Erratum

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