Table of Contents

Perspective

• Molecular Population Genetic Analysis of Emerged Bacterial Pathogens: Selected Insights, James M. Musser

Synopses

• Emergence of the Ehrlichioses as Human Health Problems, David H. Walker, J. Stephen Dumler
• Surveillance for Pneumonic Plague in the United States During an International Emergency: A Model for Control of Imported Emerging Diseases, Curtis L. Fritz, David T. Dennis, Margaret A. Tipple, Grant L. Campbell, Charles R. McCance, Duane J. Gubler
• Changing Patterns of Autochthonous Malaria Transmission in the United States: A Review of Recent Outbreaks, Jane Zucker

Dispatches

• Cluster of Lyme Disease Cases at a Summer Camp in Kent County, Maryland, G. Thomas Strickland, Leena Trivedi, Stanley Watkins, Margaret Clothier, John Grant, John Morgan, Edward Schmidtman, Thomas Burkot
• Unexplained Deaths Due to Possibly Infectious Causes in the United States: Defining the Problem and Designing Surveillance and Laboratory Approaches, Bradley A. Perkins, Jennifer M. Flood, Richard Danila, Robert C. Holman, Arthur L. Reingold, Laura A. Klug, Michael Virata, Paul R. Cieslak, Sherif R. Zaki, Robert W. Pinner, Rima F. Khabbaz, and the Unexplained Deaths Working Group
• Trends in Bacteremic Infection Due to Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus), 1986-1995, Daniel M. Musher, Richard J. Hamill, Charles E. Wright, Jill E. Clarridge, Carol M. Ashton

Letter

• PHLS Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance, England and Wales: Emerging Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae, David C. E. Speller, Alan P. Johnson, Barry D. Cookson, Pauline Waight, Robert C. George

Commentary

• Infectious Diseases in Latin America and the Caribbean: Are They Really Emerging and Increasing?, A. David Brandling-Bennett, Francisco Pinheiro
• Microbial Threats and the Global Society, Stuart B. Levy
• Xenotransplantation: Risks, Clinical Potential, and Future Prospects, Robert E. Michler

News and Notes

• Another Human Case of Equine Morbillivirus Disease in Australia
• Social Science and the Study of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Johannes Sommerfeld, Sandra Lane
• WHO Establishes New Rapid-Response Unit for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Philippe Stroot
• Rotavirus Vaccine Workshop Held, Roger I. Glass
• International Conference Addresses Preparedness for Emerging Strains of Pandemic Influenza, Dominick A. Iacuzio
• Course Offered on Clinical and Pathologic Features of Emerging Infections, C. Robert Horsburgh, Jr.
• NASA Sponsors Symposium on Remote Sensing and Control of Insect-Transmitted Diseases, Michael Braukus, Raj Khanna
• CDC Convenes Meeting to Discuss Strategies for Preventing Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections, The Working Group on Prevention of Severe Group A Streptococcal Infections
• Regional Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases Sparks Plan for Increased Collaboration, Bradford A. Kay

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