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Volume 8, Number 8—August 2002

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Perspective

Passive Antibody Administration (Immediate Immunity) as a Specific Defense Against Biological Weapons
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A. Casadevall

Synopses

Worldwide Occurrence of Beijing/W Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A Systematic Review
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J. R. Glynn et al.

Research

Use of Automated Ambulatory-Care Encounter Records for Detection of Acute Illness Clusters, Including Potential Bioterrorism Events
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R. Lazarus et al.
Outbreak of Serogroup W135 Meningococcal Disease after the Hajj Pilgrimage, Europe, 2000
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J. Aguilera et al.
Genetic Characterization of Hantaviruses Transmitted by the Korean Field Mouse (Apodemus peninsulae), Far East Russia
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K. Lokugamage et al.
West Nile Virus Outbreak in Horses, Southern France, 2000: Results of a Serosurvey
B. Durand et al.
Outbreak of Cyclosporiasis Associated with Imported Raspberries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2000
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A. Y. Ho et al.
Human Exposure to Herpesvirus B–Seropositive Macaques, Bali, Indonesia
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G. A. Engel et al.
DNA Vaccine Expressing Conserved Influenza Virus Proteins Protective Against H5N1 Challenge Infection in Mice
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S. L. Epstein et al.
Antecedent Treatment with Different Antibiotic Agents as a Risk Factor for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus
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Y. Carmeli et al.
Genetic Homogeneity of Measles Viruses Associated with a Measles Outbreak, São Paulo, Brazil, 1997
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M. I. Oliveira et al.
Serologic Evidence of H1 Swine Influenza Virus Infection in Swine Farm Residents and Employees
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C. W. Olsen et al.
Phylogenetic Relationships of Southern African West Nile Virus Isolates
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F. J. Burt et al.
Pandrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Causing Nosocomial Infections in a University Hospital, Taiwan
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P. Hsueh et al.

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Dispatches

Haemophilus aphrophilus Endocarditis after Tongue Piercing
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H. Akhondi and A. R. Rahimi
Genetic Detection and Isolation of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, Kosovo, Yugoslavia
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A. Papa et al.
Hep-2–Adherent Escherichia coli Strains Associated with Acute Infantile Diarrhea, São Paulo, Brazil
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I. C. Scaletsky et al.
Infantile Pertussis Rediscovered in China
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J. Wang et al.
Shigellosis Linked to Sex Venues, Australia
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B. O'Sullivan et al.
Human Infection Caused by Leptospira fainei
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J. Arzouni et al.

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Commentaries

Nature of the Virus Associated with Endemic Balkan Nephropathy
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C. Riquelme et al.

Another Dimension

Jet-Black Eschar
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J. R. Gilsdorf

Letters

Polymerase Chain Reaction for Screening Blood Donors at Risk for Malaria: Safe and Useful?
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T. Hänscheid et al.
Screening Blood Donors at Risk for Malaria: Reply to Hänscheid et al.
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A. Benito and J. Rubio
Rickettsia aeschlimannii: A New Pathogenic Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia, South Africa
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A. Pretorius and R. J. Birtles
Age as a Risk Factor for Cutaneous Human Anthrax: Evidence from Haiti, 1973–1974
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A. F. Kaufmann and A. L. Dannenberg

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Books and Media

Candida and Candidiasis
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M. E. Brandt
Food Safety for Professionals (Second Edition)
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C. Brewer and A. P. Liang

About the Cover

Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863). "Arab Horses Fighting in a Stable." 1860.
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P. Potter

Corrections

Correction Vol. 8, No. 7
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