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WER 2008 Index

19 December 2008, vol. 83, 51/52 (pp 461–464)
Note to travellers: prevention of falciparum malaria
Index of countries/areas Index, Volume 83, 2008, Nos. 1–52

12 December 2008, vol. 83, 50 (pp 449–460)
Outbreak news
– Cholera, Zimbabwe
450 Update on progress controlling yellow fever in Africa, 2004–2008
Global leprosy situation, 2008 (additional information)
Renewal of paid subscriptions

5 December 2008, vol. 83, 49 (pp 441–448)
Progress in global measles control and mortality reduction, 2000–2007

28 November 2008, vol. 83, 48 (pp 429–440)
Worldwide implementation of hepatitis B vaccination of newborns, 2006
Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication, May 2008
Influenza

21 November 2008, vol. 83, 47 (pp 421–428)
Global networks for surveillance of rotavirus gastroenteritis, 2001–2008
Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2008

14 November 2008, vol. 83, 46 (pp 413–420)
413 Health conditions for travellers to Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)
415 Update: WHO-confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) infection, November 2003–May 2008

7 November 2008, vol. 83, 45 (pp 401–412)
WHO external quality assessment project for the detection of subtype influenza A viruses by polymerase chain reaction – summary analysis, 2007 and 2008
Influenza

31 October 2008, vol. 83, 44 (pp 393–400)
WHO recommendations concerning the distribution, handling and synthesis of variola virus DNA, May 2008
Progress towards eliminating rubella and congenital rubella syndrome in the western hemisphere, 2003–2008

24 October 2008, vol. 83, 43 (pp 385–392)
Evaluating clinical trial data and guiding future research for rotavirus vaccines
Worldwide progress in introducing pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, 2000–2008
Corrigendum

17 October 2008, vol. 83, 42 (pp 373–384)
23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine WHO position paper

10 October 2008, vol. 83, 41 (pp 365–372)
Outbreak news
– Cholera, Iraq – update
Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2009 southern hemisphere influenza season

3 October 2008, vol. 83, 40 (pp 357–364)
357 Outbreak news
– Cholera, Guinea-Bissau
– Melamine contamination, China
– Yellow fever, Guinea
358 Human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) in North- West Frontier Province, Pakistan, October–November 2007

26 September 2008, vol. 83, 39 (pp 349–356)
Outbreak news
– Cholera, Iraq
– Melamine-contaminated powdered infant formula, China
Progress towards eliminating measles in Japan, 2008
WHO web sites on infectious diseases

12 September 2008, vol. 83, 37/38 (pp 333–348)
Global programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis
Conclusions of the meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on the Global Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis, November 2007
WHO web sites on infectious diseases

19 September 2008, vol. 83, 38 (pp 349–356)
Validation of neonatal tetanus elimination in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, India, 2008
356 WHO web sites on infectious Diseases

5 September 2008, vol. 83, 36 (pp 321–332)
Laboratory surveillance for wild and vaccine-derived polioviruses, January 2007–June 2008
Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2008
WHO web sites on infectious diseases

29 August 2008, vol. 83, 35 (pp 313–320)
Progress towards eradicating poliomyelitis in Nigeria, January 2007–August 2008
320 WHO web sites on infectious diseases

22 August 2008, vol. 83, 34 (pp 301–312)
Validation of neonatal tetanus elimination in Bangladesh by lot quality-assurance cluster sampling
African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control – report on task force meeting, July 2008

15 August 2008, vol. 83, 33 (pp 293–300)
Global leprosy situation, beginning of 2008

8 August 2008, vol. 83, 32 (pp 285–292)
Joint WHO-CDC conference on laboratory quality systems, Lyon, April 2008 – joint statement and recommendations
Meeting of Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 18–19 June 2008

1st August 2008, vol. 83, 31 (pp 261–284)
Cholera, 2007
Corrigendum
WHO web sites on infectious diseases

25 July 2008, vol. 83, 30 (pp 261–268)
Informal consultation of the Global Polio Laboratory Network – June 2008

18 July 2008, vol. 83, 29 (pp 253–260)
Second meeting of National Influenza Centres – Western Pacific and South-East Asia regions
Report from the Inter-American Conference on Onchocerciasis, November 2007
Influenza

4 July 2008, vol. 83, 27/28 (pp 237–252)
Soil-transmitted helminthiasis

27 June 2008, vol. 83, 26 (pp 233–236)
Outbreak news
– Poliomyelitis in Nigeria and West/Central Africa
Index, Volume 83, 2008, Nos. 1–26
WHO web sites on infectious diseases

20 June 2008, vol. 83, 25 (pp 225–232)
Measles and rubella laboratory network: 2007 meeting on use of alternative sampling techniques for surveillance

13 June 2008, vol. 83, 24 (pp 217–224)
Trends in the epidemiology of leprosy – Viet Nam, 1983–2006

6 June 2008, vol. 83, 23 (pp 209–216)
Updated guidelines on tuberculosis and air travel Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2008
Influenza

30 May 2008, vol. 83, 22 (pp 193–208)
Meeting of the immunization Strategic Advisory Group of Experts, April 2008 – conclusions and recommendations

23 May 2008, vol. 83, 21 (pp 185–192)
Validation of neonatal tetanus elimination in selected states – India, 2007
Influenza

16 May 2008, vol. 83, 20 (pp 177–184)
WHO position statement on integrated vector management
Executive Summary of meeting on improving vaccine regulatory capacity, December 2007

9 May 2008, vol. 83, 19 (pp 169–174)
Outbreak news
– Enterovirus, China
Progress towards interrupting wild poliovirus transmission worldwide, January 2007– April 2008

2 May 2008, vol. 83, 18 (pp 157–168)
Outbreak news
– Rift Valley fever, Madagascar
– Severe acute watery diarrhoea with cases positive for Vibrio cholerae, Viet Nam
– Yellow fever, Liberia
Dracunculiasis eradication
WHO web sites on infectious diseases

25 April 2008, vol. 83, 17 (pp 145–156)
Buruli ulcer: progress report, 2004–2008
Influenza
Malaria, Bahamas
Note to travellers

18 April 2008, vol. 83, 16 (pp 133–144)
Brief summary of analyses of the 2007 Survey on the capacity of National Influenza Centres

11 April 2008, vol. 83, 15 (pp 125–132)
Elimination of yaws in India

4 April 2008, vol. 83, 14 (pp 117–124)
Somalia is again polio-free
Validation of neonatal tetanus elimination in Zambia by lot quality-assurance cluster sampling

28 March 2008, vol. 83, 13 (pp 109–116)
Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan, January–December 2007
Influenza

21 March 2008, vol. 83, 12 (pp 105–108)
Yellow fever, Paraguay
Performance of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance and incidence of poliomyelitis, 2008

14 March 2008, vol. 83, 11 (pp 97–104)
Progress towards reducing measles mortality and eliminating measles, WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1997–2007

7 March 2008, vol. 83, 10 (pp 89–96)
Outbreak news
– Ebola haemorrhagic fever, Uganda – end of the outbreak
– Meningococcal disease in the African meningitis belt
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli : advances in technical and laboratory aspects of research and development of vaccines
WHO web sites on infectious diseases

29 February 2008, vol. 83, 9 (pp 77–88)
Meeting of the International Task Force for Disease Eradication – 11 October 2007
Recommended composition of influenza virus vaccines for use in the 2008–2009 influenza season
87 Influenza

22 February 2008, vol. 83, 8 (pp 69–76)
Yellow fever in Africa and South America, 2006

15 February 2008, vol. 83, 7 (pp 61–68)
Outbreak news
– Yellow fever, Brazil
Progress introducing Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine in low-income countries, 2004–2008
Influenza

8 February 2008, vol. 83, 6 (pp 49–60)
Typhoid vaccines: WHO position paper
WHO web sites on infectious diseases

1 February 2008, vol. 83, 5 (pp 45–48)
Polio eradication: surveys of routine immunization coverage and seroprevalence against polioviruses, Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia

25 January 2008, vol. 83, 4 (pp 37–44)
Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety, 12–13 December 2007

18 January 2008, vol. 83, 3 (pp 25–36)
Conclusions and recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Poliomyelitis Eradication, Geneva, 27–28 November 2007
Influenza

11 January 2008, vol. 83, 2 (pp 17–24)
Rift Valley fever fact sheet
Influenza
WHO web sites on infectious diseases

4 January 2008, vol. 83, 1 (pp 1–16)
Meeting of the immunization Strategic Advisory Group of Experts, November 2007 – conclusions and recommendations
Corrigendum



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