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The Acquisition of Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Travel-Associated and Home-Acquired Campylobacter jejuni Infection: A Case-Case Comparison
Iain Gillespie, Public Health Laboratory Service, London, United Kingdom

Active Laboratory Surveillance in Massachusetts
Bela Matyas, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Jamaica Plain, MA

Acute Respiratory Virus Surveillance in Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt, July 2000-June 2001
Diaa Salman, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No 3., Cairo, Egypt

The Agent: Prions as Emerging Infectious Particles
David Bolton, New York State Institute for Basic Research, Staten Island, NY

AIDS
Michael Gottlieb, Los Angeles, CA

Analysis of a Health Indicator Surveillance System: Its Ability to Detect Annual Influenza Activity for the 1999-2000 and 2000-2001 Seasons Compared to Traditional Surveillance Systems
Ji-Eun Lee, Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections System, Silver Spring, MD

Anthrax in the U.S. Postal System
Michele Pearson, CDC, Atlanta, GA

An Anthrax Outbreak Averted: Public Health Response to a Contaminated Envelope on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC, 2001
V.P. Hsu, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Anthrax Vaccines
Arthur Friedlander, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, MD

Antibiotic Susceptibility and the Mechanisms of Macrolide Resistance in Invasive Group B Streptococcus, Minnesota, 1998 and 2000
Joanne Bartkus, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, MN

Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella is Associated with Increased Hospitalization: NARMS 1996-2000
J.K. Varma, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella Serotype Typhimurium, R-Type ACSSuT, is Associated with Bacteremia: NARMS 1996-2000
Kare Molbak, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Are Martha's Vineyard Landscapers at Increased Risk for Tularemia?Massachusetts, 2001
K.A. Feldman, CDC, Fort Collins, CO

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Behind the Scenes at the Emerging Infectious Disease Journal
Peter Drotman, CDC, Atlanta, GA
Brian Mahy,
CDC, Atlanta, GA
Poly Potter,
CDC, Atlanta, GA

Biology of Aging
Steven Castle, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Biology of Immune Senescence
Richard Miller, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Bioterrorism
Richard Hoffman, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO

Bioterrorism Preparedness: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities
James Hughes, Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Bioterrorism 2001: Lessons Learned
L.A. Cole, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ

Bringing Dengue Prevention Down to Earth: Evaluation of a Head Start Project in Puerto Rico
Carmen Pérez-Guerra, CDC, San Juan, PR

BT Surveillance in NYC
Farzad Mostashari, Bureau of Communicable Disease, New York City Department of Health, New York, NY

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Campylobacter coli—What’s the Big Deal?
Sarah O'Brien, Public Health Laboratory Service, London, United Kingdom

CDC-PAHO Collaboration: Surveillance of Emerging/Reemerging Diseases in the Amazon and the Southern Cone Region
Gabriel Schmunis, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC

CD Electronic Surveillance in the UK and EU
Michael Catchpole, PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, United Kingdom

Challenges in the Interpretation of Classical and Molecular Epidemiology Results; Two Calicivirus Outbreaks Due to Oysters, Denmark at New Year 2000
Francois-Xavier Hanon, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Changes in Circulating Enterovirus Serotypes in the United States, 2001
Andy Mullins, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Changing Epidemiological Patterns of Salmonella serotype Enteritidis in Barbados: Implications for Tourism and Trade
Lisa Indar-Harrinauth, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

Clinical and Epidemiologic Features of Smallpox
Stanley Foster, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Clinical Management and Outcomes of Lyme Disease in Wisconsin
Daniel O'Leary, CDC, Fort Collins, CO

Clinical Management of Smallpox Patients
Peter L. Havens, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Clusters of Clinical Syndromes in Patients with Unexplained Encephalitis
Carol Glaser, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, CA

Computerized Decision Support for Appropriate Antimicrobial Drug Prescribing
Matthew Samore, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance
Barry Farr, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, VA

Coordinating Environmental Public Health Practice with Epidemiology and Laboratory Analysis: A Waterborne Outbreak of "Norwalk-like Virus" in the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming
Scott Seys, Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne, WY

Cutaneous Anthrax in New York City
Marcelle Layton, New York Department of Health, New York, NY

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Dengue Fever Outbreak in Hawaii—2001
Paul Effler, State of Hawaii Department of Health, Honolulu, HI

Detection and Genetic Analysis of Swine Hepatitis E Virus in Farm Waste
Theresa Cromeans, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Detection and Typing of Enterovirus in Cerebrospinal Fluid
Blair Rosen, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, NY

Detection of La Crosse Virus in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Tissues by Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction
Brett Slater, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, NY

Determination of Allelic Diversity in the mec Operon of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Wisconsin
Sanjay Shukla, Marshfield Medical Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI

Development and Evaluation of PCR-Based Diagnostics for Identification of Salmonella O Antigens Based on the rfb Locus
Collette Fitzgerald, CDC, Atlanta, GA

A DoD Global Influenza Surveillance Program
Linda Canas, Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX

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Ecological Niche Modeling and Differentiation of Populations of Triatoma Brasiliensis Neiva, 1911, the Most Important Chagas Disease Vector in Northeastern Brazil (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)
Jane Costa, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Emergence of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Dogs in North America
Zandra Duprey, CDC, Atlanta, GA

The Emergence of Infectious Diseases Among Wildlife and the Origin of Human Zoonoses
Peter Daszak, Consortium for Conservation Medicine, Palisades, NY

The Emergence of Rift Valley Fever in the Arabian Peninsula, 2000
Hammam El Sakka, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No 3, Cairo, Egypt

The Emergence of Serogroup Y Disease and the Epidemiology of Invasive Meningococcal Disease in Colorado, 1997-2001
Lucinda Hammond, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, CO

Emerging and Reemerging STDs
Gail A. Bolan, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley, CA

Emerging Fluoroquinolone Resistance among Non-Typhoidal Salmonella in the United States: NARMS 1996-2000
Shannon Rossiter, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Emerging Infectious Diseases: The World Bank Perspective
O.K. Pannenborg, The World Bank, Washington, DC

Emerging Rickettsioses of the Thai-Myanmar Border
Philippe Parola, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Emerging Vectorborne Disease: The Case of Yellow Fever
C.J. Peters, University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Emerging Vectorborne Infections
Duane Gubler, CDC, Fort Collins, CO

Barry Beatty,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Emerging Zoonoses: A Novel Epizootic of Skunks Infected with a Bat Variant of Rabies
Mira Leslie, Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, AZ

Enhanced Emergency Department Surveillance System Following the World Trade Disaster—New York City, September 14 to October 10, 2001
Debjani Das, New York Department of Health, New York, NY

Enhanced Laboratory-Based Surveillance of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157, the Netherlands
Yvonne Van Duynhoven, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Epidemiology of Raccoon and Skunk Rabies in the Eastern United States
Marta Guerra, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Epidemiology of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Infections in Connecticut, February 1, 2000-January 31, 2001
Q. Phan, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, CT

Eradication of Chagas Disease
Gabriel Schmunis, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC

Eradication of Dracunculiasis
Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Eradication of Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis
Eric Ottesen, Lymphatic Filariasis Support Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Eradication of T. solium Cysticercosis
Peter Schantz, CDC, Atlanta, GA

The Essential Role of Behavioral and Social Sciences in the Prevention of Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emily Zielinski-Gutiérrez, CDC, Fort Collins, CO

An Evaluation of an Educational Videotape to Prevent Botulism among Alaska Natives
Catherine Dentinger, CDC, Anchorage, AK

Evidence of Effectiveness of Egg Quality Assurance Programs, Mandatory Refrigeration, and Traceback Investigations to Mitigate Egg-Associated Salmonella enteritidis Infections in the United States
Gerald Mumma, CDC, Atlanta, GA

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Failure to Detect C. pneumoniae in Atherosclerotic Specimens
Silvio Pitlik, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikvah, Israel

First Encounters with New Diseases: The Clinician's Perspective
Merle Sande, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

First Isolation of Human Metapneumovirus in Australia
Theo Sloots, Royal Children's Hospital and Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

Foodborne Disease
Leslie Kux, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD

Foodborne Viruses in Europe: Web-Based Technologies for Investigation of Transnational Outbreaks of Viral Gastroenteritis
Ben Lopman, Public Health Laboratory Service, London, United Kingdom

Food Safety: Perceived Risk and Public Trust
Carol Tucker Foreman, Consumer Federation of America, Washington, DC

Foot and Mouth Disease
Christopher Bostock, Institute of Animal Health, Compton, United Kingdom

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Genetic Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases
Janet McNicholl, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Geographical Coherence of Influenza Epidemics in the U.S., France, and Australia: 1978-1998
Cecile Viboud, INSERM U444, Paris cedex 12, France

Global Drug Resistance: The Case of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Keith Klugman, School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria (New Political/Economic Model for Addressing Priority Infectious Diseases)
Bill Steiger, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington DC

Global Health, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and International Regulations
David Fidler, School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

The Globalization of Our Food Supply: Implications for Emerging Infections
Michael Osterholm, University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, Minneapolis, MN

Global Migration and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Daniele Grondin, International Organization for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland

A Greenhouse Study to Model Potential Field Use of Genetically Modified Bacterial Symbionts for Chagas' Disease Control
Pritha Sen, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Group B Meningococcal Vaccines
Gustavo Sierra, Finlay Institute, Havana, Cuba

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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome
Bruce Tempest, Gallup, NM

Health Impact of the Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis Phage Type 4 Epidemic
Goutam Adak, Public Health Laboratory Service, London, United Kingdom

High Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance in Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC); Minnesota 2000-2001
John Besser, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, MN

HIV in the Older Patient
Bradley Bender, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

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Impact of Aging on the Epidemiology of Infections in Adults
Thomas Yoshikawa, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA

Impact of Infectious Agents on Farming and Food Production
Peter J. Walker, CSIRO Livestock Industries, Indooroopilly, Australia

Impact of the BSE/vCJD Outbreak: U.S. Concerns for TSEs
Ermias Belay, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Implications of Gene Transfer and Inducible Resistance for Successful Therapy
Abigail Salyers, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC

Importance of Bacillus anthracis Molecular Subtyping During the Recent Multi-State Bioterrorism-Associated Anthrax Outbreak in the United States
A. Hoffmaster, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Improving Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates for People 65+ in Rhode Island through Coalition Building Efforts
Thomas Bertrand, Rhode Island Department of Health, Providence, RI

Incidence and Type Distribution of Astrovirus Among Spanish Children
Alicia Sánchez-Fauquier, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Madrid, Spain

Increasing Detection of Malaria in U.S. Hospitals Using the OptiMAL Rapid Diagnostic Test
Carol Palmer, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Increasing Water Vessel Use in Kenya
Philip Makutsa, CARE International in Kenya, Homa Bay, Kenya

Influenza Surveillance in New York State, 1998-2001
Marilyn Kacica, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY

Inhalational Anthrax—New York City, October-November 2001
T.H. Holtz, New York City Department of Health, New York, NY

Inhalation Anthrax in Florida
Steve Wiersma, Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, FL

Inhalation Anthrax of Unknown Source
James Hadler, Connecticut Department of Public Health, Hartford, CT

Integrated Surveillance and Control of Emerging Foodborne Diseases—The Successful Danish Experience
Henrik Wegener, Danish Zoonosis Institute, Denmark

The Interface of Animal and Human Health
Corrie Brown, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Intestinal Anaerobic Bacteria in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Paavo Toivanen, Turku University, Turku, Finland

Investigation of Q Fever in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2000: An Example of International Cooperation
Jennifer McQuiston, CDC, Atlanta, GA

In vivo Sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to Chloroquine and Sulfadoxine/Pyrimethamine During an Outbreak of Malaria in Burundi, 2001
François Dantoine, Epicentre, Paris, France

Is Drinking Water a Risk Factor for Endemic Cryptosporidiosis in the Immunocompetent General Population of the San Francisco Bay Area?
Asheena Khalakdina, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

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Keynote
Gail Cassell, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Peter Drotman, CDC, Atlanta, GA
James Hughes, Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA
Jeffrey Koplan, Director, CDC, Atlanta, GA
Patty Stonesifer, Executive Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA

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Laboratory Capacity
Brad Kay, WHO, Lyon, France

Ray Arthur, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Laboratory Response in the Commonwealth of Virginia to the Intentional Release of Bacillus anthracis
Denise Pettit, Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services, Richmond, VA

Lessons Learned from Implementing Electronic Laboratory Reporting, New York State
Perry Smith, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY

Letters from Trenton: The Anthrax Investigation at the Source, New Jersey, 2001
J. Reefhuis, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Lyme Disease Incidence in Wisconsin: A Comparison of State Reported Rates with Rates from a Population-Based Cohort
Allison Naleway, Marshfield Medical Research Foundation, Marshfield, WI

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Mapping of West Nile Virus Risk in the Northeast United States Using Multi-Temporal Meteorological Satellite Data
P. Bryon Backenson, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY

Microbiologic Testing to Identify Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli in HUS Patients: FoodNet 1997-2001
C.R. Braden, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Microheterogenicity of the Volgograd Clone of West Nile Virus
Alexander Platonov, Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russian Federation

Modeling Tuberculosis Dissemination in Harris County, Texas, 1995-1998, with Spatial Analysis and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Matthew Stone, University of Texas-Houston, Houston, TX

A Molecular Approach to the Epidemiology of Giardia duodenalis in a Peruvian Shantytown
Paul Hoover, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Molecular Characterization of a Multiresistant Strain of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium DT204b Responsible for an International Outbreak of Salmonellosis
E.J. Threlfall, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, United Kingdom

Monitoring of Human Exposure to Bacillus thuringiensis After Aerial Applications for Insect Control
David Levin, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

Multi-Drug Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae with Decreased Susceptibility to Cefixime, Hawaii, 2001
Susan Wang, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Multiple Array Technology to Look for mRNA Patterns Associated with Disease and Pathogens
David Relman, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Multi-State Outbreak of Salmonella Senftenberg Infections Associated with Green Grapes—Western States, 2001
A.B. Cronquist, CDC, Denver, CO

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A Neighborhood Outbreak of Q Fever Linked to a Goat Ranch in California
Michele Jay, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA

The New Human Metapneumovirus
Albert Osterhaus, University of Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

New Strategies on the Old Ideas: Malaria Control Without Insecticides and Community Participation in Aedes aegypti Control, Mexico's Experiences
Jorge F. Méndez-Galván, Ministry of Health, Mexico City, Mexico

New Technologies and Vaccine Development
Margaret Ann Liu, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA

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Opening Session
Gail Cassell, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN
Peter Drotman, CDC, Atlanta, GA
James Hughes, Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC, Atlanta, GA
Jeffrey Koplan, Director, CDC, Atlanta, GA
Patty Stonesifer, Executive Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA

Outbreak of Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii in a Restricted Zone in British Columbia
Mike Starr, University of British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, Canada

An Outbreak of Salmonella Javiana Associated with Amphibian Contact—Mississippi, 2001
Padmini Srikantiah, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Outbreak of Viral Gastroenteritis and an Ill Baker Who Should Have Known Better: Novel Application of E-mail for Rapid Investigation
Marc-Alain Widdowson, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Outbreaks of Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Serotype Typhimurium Infections Associated with Small Animal Veterinary Facilities in Idaho, Minnesota, and Washington, 1999
Jennifer Wright, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Outbreaks of Salmonellosis at Elementary Schools Associated with Dissection of Owl Pellets
Fred Anderson, Washington County Department of Public Health and Environment, Stillwater, NM

Outbreak Surveillance: An Important Tool for Controlling Communicable Diseases
Michael Baker, ESR, Wellington, New Zealand

Overview: Disease Eradication
Walter Dowdle, Task Force for Child Survival and Development, Atlanta, GA

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Patient Safety: Applying Industrial Quality Models in Healthcare Settings to Improve Outcomes
Julie Gerberding, CDC, Atlanta, GA

PER.C6: A Human Designer Cell Line Providing a Pandemic-Proof Platform for the Manufacturing of Safe Influenza Vaccines
Fons UytdeHaag, Crucell Holland BV, Leiden, The Netherlands

Postdiarrheal Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in New York State
H.H. Chang, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY

Prevalence and Consequences of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Campylobacter Infections: NARMS 1997-2000
Jennifer McClellan, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Prevalence of Hepatitis C and other Chronic Liver Disease Etiologies in Primary Care Practices
Andre Sofair, Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, New Haven, CT

Prevalence of Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. Following the Discontinued Use of Antimicrobial Growth Promoters in Broilers and Swine in Denmark
Mary Evans, Danish Veterinary Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

Preventing Human Disease by Controlling Pathogen Transmission in the Animal Reservoir
Charles Rupprecht, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Prevention Effectiveness
Martin Meltzer, CDC, Atlanta, GA
Anne Haddix, School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
Leonard Mermel, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI

Promoting Appropriate Antimicrobial Drug Use in Developing Countries
Sayomporn Sirinavin, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Prospects for New Antimicrobial Drug Development: Industry Perspective
Gail Cassell, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN

Protecting the Nation's Health in an Era of Globalization: CDC's Global Infectious Disease Strategy
Scott Dowell, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Proteomics and Pathogen Discovery
Donald Hunt, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Public Health and Policy Implications of the Recent Large Drinking Water Outbreaks in Canada
Andrea Ellis, Center for Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Public Health Laboratory Response to an Anthrax Incident in Connecticut
Donald Mayo, Connecticut State Health Department, Hartford, CT

PulseNet and Beyond
Balasubra Swaminathan, CDC, Atlanta, GA

PulseNet Experience: Software Changes and Improvements to Online E. coli National Database
Susan Hunter, CDC, Atlanta, GA

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Q Fever in the United States: Experience of Infectious Disease Consultants and Comparison to National Reporting During 2000
Jennifer McQuiston, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Quinupristin/Dalfopristin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolated from Human Stools, Retail Chicken, and Retail Pork: EIP Enterococci Project
Kathryn Gay, CDC, Atlanta, GA

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Randomized Trial of Day Care Staff Education to Improve Parent Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Appropriate Antibiotic Use
Donita Croft, Wisconsin Division of Public Health and CDC, Madison, WI

Rapid Adaptation of a Serologic Assay for the Bioterrorism-Related Anthrax Outbreak—October-December, 2001
C.M. Greene, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Rapid Molecular Identification of B. anthracis in New York State in Response to Recent Bioterrorism Incidents
Kimberlee Musser, New York, State Department of Health, Albany, NY

Rapid Screening and Identification of West Nile Virus in Captive and Wild Birds Using Non-Invasive Environmental Samples and a Portable TaqMan RT-PCR
Johnny Callahan, Tetracore, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD

Real-time Fluorescence PCR Assays for the Detection and Characterization of Heat-Labile and Heat-Stable Enterotoxin Genes from Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Nancy Strockbine, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Real-time International Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance by the Enter-net Surveillance Network
Ian Fisher, PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, United Kingdom

Recurrent Histoplasmosis Outbreaks in Acapulco, Mexico
Yuri Roldán-Aragón, National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico

Re-estimating the Global Burden of Typhoid Fever
John Crump, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Re-introduction of Dengue 3 in Aragua, Venezuela: Clinical, Epidemiological and Laboratory Features of a New Outbreak
Guillermo Comach, Lardidev-Biomed, Universidad de Carabobo, Maracay, Venezuela

The Reservoir: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and What's Been Done About It
Dagmar Heim, Swiss Federal Veterinary Office, Bern-Liebefeld, Switzerland

Risk Factors for Lyme Borreliosis: A German Case-Control Study
Andrea Ammon, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany

Risk Factors for Sporadic Escherichia coli O157 Infections in the United States: A Case-Control Study in FoodNet Sites, 1999-2000
M.H. Kennedy, CDC, Atlanta, GA

The Risk of Food and Water Contamination from Animal Manure
Christine Moe, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

The Role of Healthcare Systems in Bioterrorism Preparedness
Trish Perl, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Rotavirus Vaccines in Development
Rajiv Bahn, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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Sesame-Seed Paste Caused an International Outbreak Due to Salmonella Typhimurium DT104—The Investigation in Norway
Ole Alvseike, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Sex Workers as Targets of and Agents for HIV/STI Prevention
Rafael Mazin, Pan American Health Organization HCA/HCP, Washington, DC

Shared Animal and Human Influenza Viruses: A Role in the Next Pandemic?
Kennedy Shortridge, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong

Shigella dysenteriae Serotype 1 in West Africa: Intervention Strategy for an Outbreak in Sierra Leone, 1999-2000
Philippe Guerin, Epicentre, Paris, France

Smallpox Vaccine and Vaccination Strategies
Joanne Cono, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Surveillance for Patients with Acute Febrile Illness in Egypt
Salma Afifi, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt

Surveillance of Livestock for Zoonotic Diseases and Veterinary Bio-Threat Agents
William Hueston, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Syndromic Surveillance in a Managed Care Setting
Richard Platt, Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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Threat Letter Menace: The Fiji Experience
Kamal Kishore, Fiji School of Medicine, Suva, Fiji

Three Outbreaks of E. coli O157 Infections Due to Retail Ground Beef in Minnesota, 2000: Detection, Investigation, and Characteristics
Ellen Swanson, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, MN

Transmission of the Main Viral Pathogens Causing Gastroenteritis, NLV, SLV, and Rotavirus
Yvonne van Duynhoven,
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Trypanosomiasis as a Reemerging Infection
Anne Moore, CDC, Atlanta, GA

Tuberculosis Gene Deletion Typing, Not YATM ("Yet Another Typing Method")
Yves Goguet, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

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The Unfolding Variant (vCJD) Epidemic
Robert Will, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Update on the WHO Global Alert and Response Network
Ray Arthur, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland

Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Developing Countries
Peter Mugyenyi, Joint Clinical Research Center, Kampala, Uganda

Using CUSUM Techniques to Identify Influenza Outbreaks
Michael Stoto, The Rand Corporation, Arlington, VA

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Virology and Diagnosis of Smallpox
Russell Regnery,
CDC, Atlanta, GA

Virology of 1918 Flu Pandemic
Ann Reid, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC

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Washington Clinical Laboratory Initiative—Assessment of Laboratory Practice
Jon Counts, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

West Nile Virus First Transmission Season in Florida, 2001—More Than 400 Horse Cases and 170 Chicken Seroconversions but Only Sporadic Human Disease
Carina Blackmore, Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, FL

West Nile Virus Infection
Deborah Asnis, Brooklyn, NY

West Nile Virus in New York City
Wilfredo Lopez, New York City Department of Health, New York, NY

A WHO Global Salm-Surv Retrospective Study Examining Salmonella Serotypes in South America, 2000: Dominance of Salmonella Serotype Enteritidis
WHO Global Salm-Surv South America Working Group, Instituto INEI-ANLIS "Carlos G. Malbran", Buenos Aires, Argentina

The World and Its Moving Parts: An Overview
Martin Cetron, CDC, Atlanta, GA

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Yersinia enterocolitica Surveillance in Minnesota
Joni Scheftel, Minnesota Department of Health, Minneapolis, MN

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