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 jejuni An 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 Yáñez, 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
News and Notes
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