Perspectives

• Guarding Against the Most Dangerous Emerging Pathogens: Insights from Evolutionary Biology, P.W. Ewald
• Social Inequalities and Emerging Infectious Diseases, P. Farmer

Synopses

• Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Virulence: Type III Secretion and Pathogenicity Islands, J. Mecsas and E.J. Strauss
• New Vaccines for the Prevention of Pneumococcal Infections, H. Käyhty and J. Eskola
• A Mathematical Model and CD4+ Lymphocyte Dynamics in HIV Infection, T. Hraba and J. Dolezal
• Chlamydiae as Pathogens: New Species and New Issues, R.W. Peeling and R.C. Brunham

Dispatches

• Experimental Inoculation of Plants and Animals with Ebola Virus, R. Swanepoel, P.A. Leman, F.J. Burt, N.A. Zachariades, L.E.O. Braack, T.G. Ksiazek, P.E. Rollin, S.R. Zaki, and C.J. Peters
• Encephalitis Caused by a Lyssavirus in Fruit Bats in Australia, G.C. Fraser, P.T. Hooper, R.A. Lunt, A.R. Gould, L.J. Gleeson, A.D. Hyatt, G.M. Russell, and J.A. Kattenbelt
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in the United States, 1979-1994: Using National Mortality Data to Assess the Possible Occurrence of Variant Cases, R.C. Holman, A.S. Khan, E.D. Belay, and L.B. Schonberger
• Rapid Increase of Resistance to Erythromycin and Clindamycin in Streptococcus pyogenes in Italy, 1993-1995 , G. Cornaglia, M. Ligozzi, A. Mazzariol, M.Valentini, G. Orefici, the Italian Surveillance Group for Antimicrobial Resistance, and R. Fontana
• Assessing the Costs and Benefits of an Oral Vaccine for Raccoon Rabies: A Possible Model, M.I. Meltzer

Commentary

• Traditional Healers and Global Surveillance Strategies for Emerging Diseases: Closing the Gap, N.E. Groce and M. E. Reeve

Letters

• Widespread Foodborne Cyclosporiasis Outbreaks Present Major Challenges, D.G. Colley
• Identification of Cyclospora in Poultry, H.L. García-López, L.E. Rodríguez-Tovar, and C.E. Medina-De la Garza
• PCR Confirmation of Infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis, N.J. Pieniazek, S.B. Slemenda, A.J. da Silva, E.M. Alfano, and M.J. Arrowood
• Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Depopulation of French Polynesia in the 19th Century, P.M.V. Martin and C. Combes
• Epidemic Zoster and AIDS, D.M. Morens, A.K. Agarwal, S. Sarkar, S. Panda, and R. Detels
• Ancient Egypt and Today: Enough Scourges to Go Around, D.G. Colley
• AIDS and in Egypt? , R.J. Littman and D.M. Morens

Addendum

News and Notes

• ABA Sponsors Program on Law and Emerging Infectious Diseases, D.P. Fidler
• A Global Theme Issue: Bibliography of References, M.A. Winker
• Conference on Emerging Foodborne Pathogens, D. Dalisera

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