Emerging Infectious Diseases

• Stockpiling Supplies for the Next Influenza Pandemic
  L.J. Radonovich et al.
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• Tropheryma whipplei in Fecal Samples from Children, Senegal
  F. Fenollar et al.
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Volume 15, Number 5–May 2009

 

Synopsis

• Use of Unstructured Event-Based Reports for Global Infectious Disease Surveillance
  M. Keller et al.

Research

• Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Elk Antler Velvet
  R.C. Angers et al.
• Virulent Strain of Hepatitis E Virus Genotype 3, Japan
  K. Takahashi et al.
• A Case–Control Study on the Origin of Atypical Scrapie in Sheep, France
  A. Fediaevsky et al.
• New Respiratory Enterovirus and Recombinant Rhinoviruses among Circulating Picornaviruses
  C. Tapparel et al.
• Cross-Border Dissemination of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Euregio Meuse-Rhin Region
  R.H. Deurenberg et al.
• Chloroquine-Resistant Haplotype Plasmodium falciparum Parasites, Haiti
  B.L. Londono et al.
• CTX-M β-Lactamases in Escherichia coli from Community-acquired Urinary Tract Infections, Cambodia
  E. Ruppé et al.
• CME Activity
  Increased Risk for Severe Malaria in HIV-1–Infected Adults, Zambia
  V. Chalwe et al.
• Seroprevalence of Antibodies to Avian Influenza Virus A (H5N1) among Residents of Villages with Human Cases, Thailand, 2005
  R. Dejpichai et al.
• Hospitalizations and Deaths Associated with Clostridium difficile Infection, Finland, 1996–2004
  O. Lyytikäinen et al.

Dispatches

• Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 from Human Patients, Upper Austria
  K. Krziwanek et al.
• Evaluation of Surveillance Methods for Staphylococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome
  L. Lesher et al.
• Human Streptococcus agalactiae Isolate in Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)
  J.J. Evans et al.
• Cowpox Virus Transmission from Pet Rats to Humans, Germany
  H. Campe et al.
• Cowpox Virus Transmission from Pet Rats to Humans, France
  L. Ninove et al.
• Babesiosis Acquired through Blood Transfusion, California, USA
  V. Ngo and R. Civen
• Probable Congenital Babesiosis in Infant, New Jersey, USA
  S. Sethi et al.
• Genotype Distribution and Sequence Variation of Hepatitis E Virus, Hong Kong
  W.-Y. Lam et al.
• Canine Leishmaniasis in Southeastern Spain
  J. Martín-Sánchez et al.
• Real-Time Surveillance for Respiratory Illness Outbreaks, Ontario, Canada
  A. van Dijk et al.
• Possible Seasonality of Clostridium difficile in Retail Meat, Canada
  A. Rodriguez-Palacios et al.
• Novel Respiratory Virus Infections in Children, Brazil
  M.C.M. Albuquerque et al.
• Reduced Fluoroquinolone Susceptibility in Salmonella enterica Isolates from Travelers, Finland
  M.M. Lindgren et al.
• Molecular Epidemiology of Feline and Human Bartonella henselae Isolates
  R. Bouchouicha et al.
• Clostridium difficile in Ready-to-Eat Salads, Scotland
  M.M. Bakri et al.
• Clostridium difficile in Retail Meat Products, USA, 2007
  J.G. Songer et al.

Another Dimension

• Nothing But Tears
  D.J. Krysan

Letters

• Bovine Kobuvirus in Europe
  G. Reuter and L. Egyed
• Candidate Porcine Kobuvirus, China
  J. Yu et al.
• Postoperative Panophthalmitis Caused by Whipple Disease
  M. Drancourt et al.
• Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase, Canada
  D.R. Pillai et al.
• Cryptosporidium sp. Rabbit Genotype, a Newly Identified Human Pathogen
  R.M. Chalmers et al.
• Acceptance of Public Health Measures by Air Travelers, Switzerland
  N. Senpinar-Brunner et al.
• Near-Fatal Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome Induced by Plasmodium malariae
  P.-N. Descheemaeker et al.
• Pulmonary Involvement and Leptospirosis, Greece
  A. Papa et al.
• Chikungunya Outbreak, Singapore, 2008
  Y.S. Leo et al.
• Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci, Point Barrow, Alaska, USA
  M. Drobni et al.
• Use of Templates to Identify Source of Norovirus Outbreak
  J. Liko and W.E. Keene
• Epidemiologic Questions from Anthrax Outbreak, Hunter Valley, Australia
  D.N. Durrheim et al.
• Distinct Ecologically Relevant Strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum
  J.E. Foley et al.
• Ovine Herpesvirus 2 Infection in Foal, Brazil
  E.A. Costa et al.
• Community-acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398, Italy
  A. Pan et al.
• Campylobacter jejuni in Penguins, Antarctica
  P. Griekspoor et al.
• Acute Diarrhea in Children After Tsunami, Andaman Islands, India
  S. Roy et al.
• Population-Attributable Risk Estimates for Campylobacter Infection, Australia (response)

Book Review

• The Travel and Tropical Medicine Manual, 4th Edition
  E.V. Granowitz

Cover

• Nature Isn't What It Used To Be
  P. Potter

News and Notes

• Etymologia
• Erratum

Chronic Wasting Disease Prions in Elk Antler Velvet

 

Cowpox Virus Transmission from Pet Rats to Humans, Germany

 

Cowpox Virus Transmission from Pet Rats to Humans, France

 

Campylobacter jejuni in Penguins, Antarctica