Epidemiology and Infection 2000: Vol 125 Table of Contents

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Infection
VOLUME 125, 2000
SENIOR EDITOR
Professor B. Drasar
EDITORS
Dr M. Bennett Dr T. L. Pitt
Professor K. A. V. Cartwright Dr D. J. Platt
Dr C. Fairley Dr R. L. Salmon
Professor K. Morgan Dr H. Watanabe
Dr C. W. Hedberg Dr T. Wreghitt
MANAGING EDITOR
Professor P. Morgan-Capner
EDITORIAL BOARD
R. M. Anderson J. B. Kurtz
R. D. Barry D. H. Lloyd
P. S. Brachman S. Logan
N. Chanter T. J. Marrie
M. Chernesky C. Martin-Bourgon
J.C. de Jong O. Meurman
M. Degré E. Miller
L. A. Devriese P. P. Mortimer
C. P. Farrington S. Rankin
R. G. Finch S. Rubino
E. A. C. Follett M. D. Smith
N. P. French R. Swanepoel
R. J. Gilbert E. J. Threlfall
D. J. Hampson H. E. Tillett
S. A. Howell J. P. Vandenbroucke
T. J. Humphrey M. J. Woodward
A. P. Kendal
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CONTENTS
No. 1 (AuGust 2000)
The pandemic of Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 4 reaches Utah: a complex investigation confirms the
need for continuing rigorous control measures
Sobel, J., Hirshfield, A. B., McTigue, K., Burnett, C. L., Altekruse, S., Brenner, F., Malcolm, G..,
Mottice, S. L., Nichols, C. R. and Swerdlow, D. L.
An outbreak of Salmonella blockley infections following smoked eel consumption in Germany
Fell, G., Hamouda, O., Lindner, R., Rehmet, S., Liesegang, A., Prager, R., Gericke, B. and
Petersen, L.
Epidemiologic application of pulse-field gel electrophoresis to an outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni in an
Austrian youth centre
Lehner, A., Schneck, C., Feierl, G., Pless, P., Deutz, A., Brandl, E. and Wagner, M.
Clonal dissemination of Vibrio parahaemolyticus displaying similar DNA fingerprint but belonging to two
different serovars (O03:K6 and O4:K68) in Thailand and India
Chowdhury, R., Chakraborty, S., Eampokalap, B., Chaicumpa, W., Chongsa-Nguan, M., Moolasart,
P., Mitra, R., Ramamurthy, T., Bhattacharya, S. K., Nishibuchi, M., Takeda, Y. and Balakrish
Nair, G.
Detection of virulence associated genes, haemolysin and protease amongst Vibrio cholerae isolated in
Malaysia
Iyer, L., Vadivelu, J. and Puthucheary
Estimation of the under-reporting rate for the surveillance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 cases in Ontario,
Canada
Michel, P., Wilson, J. B., Wayne Martin, S., Clarke, R. C., McEwen, S. A. and Gyles, C. L.
Investigation of human infections with verocytotoxin-producing strains of Escherichia coli (VTEC) belonging
to serogroup O118 with evidence for zoonotic transmission
Beutin, L., Bulte, M., Weber, A., Zimmerman, S. and Gleier, K.
Detection and characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from seagulls
Makino, S., Kobori, H., Asakura, H., Watarai, M., Shirahata, T., Ikeda, T., Takeshi, K. and
Tsukamoto, T.
Interpretation of band differences to distinguish strains of Serratia marcescens by pulsed-field gel
electrophoresis of Xsal DNA digests
Aucken, H. M., Boquete, T., Kaufmann, M. E. and Pitt, T. L.
Characterization of Klebsiella terrigena strains from humans: haemagglutinins, serum resistance,
siderophore synthesis, and serotypes
Podschun, R., Fischer, A. and Uliman, U.
Contaminated drinking water in one town manifesting as an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in another
McAnulty, J. M., Keene, W. E., Leland, D., Hoesly, F., Hinds, B., Stevens, G. and Fleming, D. W.
A serological survey of college students for antibody of Cryptosporidium before and after the introduction
of a new water filtration plant
Frost, F. J., Muller, T., Calderon, R. L. and Craun, G. F.
Widespread environmental contamination with Norwalk-like viruses (NLV) detected in a prolonged hotel
outbreak of gastroenteritis
Cheesbrough, J. S., Green, J., Gallimore, C. I., Wright, P. A. and Brown, D. W. G.
Carriage of N. lactamica in a population of high risk of meningococcal disease
Simmons, G., Martin, D., Stewart, J. and Bremner, D.
Evidence of increased carriage of Corynebacterium spp. in healthy individuals with low antibody titres
against diphtheria toxoid
Bergamini, M., Fabrizi, P., Pagani, S., Grilli, A., Severini, R. and Contini, C
The sero-epidemiology of diphtheria in western Europe
Edmunds, W. J., Pebody, R. G., Aggerback, H., Baron, S., Berbers, G., Conyn-van Spaendonck,
M.A. E., Hallander, H. O., Olander, R., Maple, P. A. C., de Melker, H. E., Olin, P., Fievret-Groyne,
F., Rota, C., Salmaso, S., Tischer, A., von-Hunolstein, C. and Miller, E. on behalf of the ESEN project
The European Sero-Epidemiology Network: standardizing the enzyme immunoassay results for measles,
mumps and rubella
Andrews, N., Pebody, R. G., Berbers, G., Blondeau, C., Crovari, P., Davidkin, I., Farrington, P.,
Fievet-Groyne, F., Gabutti, G., Gerike, E., Giordano, C., Hesketh, L., Marzec, T., Morgan-Capner,
P., Osborne, K., Pleisner, A. M., Raux, M., Tischer, A., Ruden, U., Valle, M. and Miller, E.
Regional differences in presentation of AIDS in Europe
Blaxhult, A., Kirk, O., Pedersen, C., Dietrich, M., Barton, S. E., Gatell, J. M., Mulcahy, F.,
Hirschel, B., Mocroft, A. and Lundgren, J. D. for the AIDS in Europe Study Group
HIV incidence rates among drug users in northern Thailand 1993—7
Jittiwutikarn, J., Sawanpanyalert, P., Rangsiveroj, N. and Satitvipawee, P.
Seroprevalence of HIV and HTLV in a representative sample of the Spanish population
Castilla, J., Pachon, I., Gonzalez, M. P., Amela, C., Munoz, L., Tello, O., Noguer, L., de Ory, F.,
Leon, P., Alonso, M., Gil, E. and Garcia-Saiz, A.
HBV, HCV and HDYV infections in Albanian refugees in Southern Italy (Apulia region)
Chironna, M., Germinario, C., Lopalco, P. L., Quarto, M. and Barbuti, S.
High circulation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) precore mutants in Tunisia, North Africa
Triki, H., Ben Slimane, S., Ben Mami, N., Sakka, T., Ben Ammar, A. and Dellagi, K.
Human rabies in Lebanon: lessons for control
Bizri, A. R., Azar, A., Salam, N. and Mokhbat, J.
Epidemiological features of and public health response to a St Louis encaphalitis epidemic in Florida, 1990-1
Meehan, P. J., Wells, D. L., Paul, W., Buff, E., Lewis, A., Muth, D., Hopkins, R., Karabatsos, N. and
Tsai, T. F.
Surveillance of dengue fever in French Guiana by monitoring the results of negative malaria diagnoses
Talarmin, A., Peneau, C., Dussart, P., Pfaff, F., Courcier, M., de Rocca-Serra, B. and Sarthou, J. L.
Silent spread of dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever to Coimbatore and Erode districts in Tamil Nadu,
India, 1998: need for effective surveillance to monitor and control the disease
Singh, J., Balakrishnan, N., Bhardwaj, M., Amuthadevi, P., George, E.G., Subramani, K.,
Soundarajan, K., Appavoo, N. C., Jain, D. C., Ichhpujani, R. L., Bhatia, R. and Stokhey, J.
Epidemiologic features of 65 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients with a history of cadaveric dura mater
transplantation in Japan
Nakamura, Y., Yanagawa, H., Kitamoto, T. and Sato, T.
Transmission of the nocturnal periodic strain of Wuchereria bancrofti by Culex quinquefasciatus:
establishing the potential for urban filariasis in Thailand
Triteeraprapab, S., Kanjanopas, K., Suwannadabba, S., Sangprakarn, S., Poovorawan, Y. and
Scott, A. L.
Existence of two geographically-linked clonal lineages in the bacterial fish pathogen Photobacterium
damselae subsp. piscicida evidenced by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis
Magarinos, B., Toranzo, A. E., Barja, J. L. and Romalde, J. L.
A comparison of Escherichia coli O157 isolates from cattle in Japan and the USA by molecular biological
methods
Akiba, M., Rice, D.H., Davis, M.A., Masuda, T., Sameshima, T., Nakazawa, M. and
Hancock, D. D.
Book Reviews
Septic Shock Methods and Protocols
Mandell, Douglas and Bennett’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases
Erratum
Epidemiol. Infect. 124 (2000) 61-7
H.S. Garmory, N. Chanter, N. P. French, D. Bueschel, J. G. Songer and R. W. Titball
No. 2 (OCTOBER 2000)
ReEviEW. Host adapted serotypes of Salmonella enterica
Uzzau, S., Brown, D. J., Wallis, T., Rubino, S., Leori, G., Bernard, S., Casadesus, J., Platt, D. J. and
Olsen, J. E.
Salmonella in sub-Antarctica: low heterogeneity in salmonella serotypes in South Georgian seals and birds
Palmgren, H., McCafferty, D., Aspan, A., Broman, T., Sellin, M., Wollin, R., Bergstrém, S. and
Olsen, B.
Evaluation of a serological Salmonella Mix-ELISA for poultry used in a national surveillance programme
Feld, N. C., Ekeroth, L., Gradel, K. O., Kabell, S. and Madsen, M.
Risk factors for indigenous campylobacter infection: a Swedish case-control study
Studahl, A. and Andersson, Y.
Improved methods of detection of meningococcal DNA from oropharyngeal swabs from cases and contacts
of meningococcal disease
Sadler, F., Borrow, R., Dawson, M. M., Kaczmarski, E. B., Cartwright, K. and Fox, A. J.
Genetic characterization of a new variant within the ET-37 complex of Neisseria meningitidis associated with
outbreaks in various parts of the world
Jelfs, J.. Munro, R., Ashton, F. E. and Caugant, D. A.
Genetic relatedness of group A streptococci of the newly designated serotype M90 causing a food-borne
outbreak and sporadic infections
Pournaras, S., Efstratiou, A., Douboyas, J., George, R. C. and Tsakris, A.
Comparative investigations of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from a turkey processing plant, turkey
products, and from human cases of listeriosis in Denmark
Ojeniyi, B., Christensen, J. and Bisgaard, M.
Risk factors for human brucellosis in Yemen: a case control study
Al-Shamahy, H. A., Whitty, C. J. M. and Wright, S. G.
Tuberculosis in the veterans healthcare system: a six-year review and evaluation of programme effectiveness
Rosselle, G. A., Danko, L. H., Kralovic, S. M., Simbartl, L. A. and Kizer, K. W.
A waterborne outbreak of small round structured virus, campylobacter and shigella co-infections in La
Neuveville, Switzerland, 1998
Maurer, A. M. and Stiirchler, D.
The epidemiology of adenovirus infections in Greater Manchester, UK 1982-96
Cooper, R. J., Hallet, R., Tullo, A. B. and Klapper, P. E.
The seroepidemiology of rubella in western Europe
Pebody, R.G., Edmunds, W. J., Conyn-van-Spaendonck, M., Olin, P., Berbers, G., Rebiere, I.,
Lecoeur, H., Crovari, P., Davidkin, I., Gabutti, G., Gerike, E., Giordano, C., Hesketh, L.,
Plesner, A. M., Raux, M., Rota, M. C., Salmaso, S., Tischer, A., Valle, M. and Miller, E.
Rubella in the Russian Federation: epidemiological features and control measures to prevent the congenital
rubella syndrome
Semerikov, V. V., Lavrentyeva, I. N., Popov, V. F., Fletcher, M. A. and Kolotov, M. E.
Community studies on hepatitis B in Rajahmundry town of Andhra Pradesh, India, 1997-8: unnecessary
therapeutic injections are a major risk factor
Singh, J., Bhatia, R., Patnaik, S. K., Khare, S., Bora, D., Jain, D. C. and Sokhey, J.
UK measles outbreak in non-immune anthroposophic communities: the implications for the elimination of
measles from Europe
Hanratty, B., Holt, T., Duffell, E., Patterson, W., Ramsay, M., White, J. M., Jin, L. and Litton, P.
The epidemiology of measles in Poland: prevalence of measles virus antibodies in the population
Janaszek, W., Gut, W. and Gay, N. J.
Vaccine effectiveness for influenza in the elderly in welfare nursing homes during an influenza A (H3N2)
epidemic
Deguchi, Y., Takasugi, Y. and Nishimura, K.
HCV prevalence in pregnant women in the UK
Ades, A. E., Parker, S., Walker, J., Cubitt, W. D. and Jones, R.
Hepatitis B and C among Berlin dental personnel: incidence, risk factors, and effectiveness of barrier
prevention measures
Ammon, A., Reichart, P. A., Pauli, G. and Petersen, L. R.
Is cytomegalovirus infection a co-factor in HIV-1 disease progression?
Robain, M., Boufassa, F., Hubert, J. B., Dussaix, E., Sadeg, K.and Meyer, L.
Prevalence of Eperythrozoon spp, infection and congenital eperythrozoonosis in humans in Inner Mongolia,
China
Dianxiang Yang, Xiuzheng Tai, Ying Qui and Sheng Yun
PCR-based detection of chlamydial infection in swine and subsequent PCR-coupled genotyping of
chlamydial omp/-gene amplicans by DNA-hybridization, RFLP-analysis, and nucleotide sequence analysis
Hoelzle, L. E., Steinhausen, G. and Wittenbrink, M. M.
A long-term study of Rattus norvegicus in the London Borough of Enfield using baiting returns as an
indicator of sewer population levels
Channon, D., Cole, M. and Cole, L.
Prevalence of antibodies to Brucella spp. in cattle, sheep, goats, horses and camels in the State of Eritrea;
influence of husbandry systems
Omer, M. K., Skjerve, E., Holstad, G., Woldehiwet, Z. and Macmillan, A. P.
Presence of enteroviruses and reoviruses in the waters of the Italian coast of the Adriatic Sea
Pianetti, A., Baffone, W., Citterio, B., Casaroli, A., Bruscolini, F. and Salvaggio, L.
Tuberculosis drug resistance in England and Wales. How much is ‘home-grown’?
Hayward, A. C., Herbert, J. and Watson, J. M.
Book Reviews
Fasciolosis
Medical Entomology for Students
No. 3 (DECEMBER 2000)
The role of outbreaks in developing food safety policy: population based surveillance of salmonella outbreaks
in Wales 1986-98
Palmer, S., Parry, S., Perry, D., Smith, R., Evans, M., Nehaul, L., Roberts, R., Walapu, M. and
Wright, D.
Emerging antibiotic resistance in Salmonella Typhimurium in Norway
Leegaard, T. M., Caugant, D. A., Froholm, L. O., Hoiby, E. A. and Lassen, J.
Usefulness of genetic typing methods to trace epidemiologically Salmonella serotype Ohio
Soto, S. M., Martinez, N., Guerra, B., Gonzalez-Hevia, M. A. and Mendoza, M. C.
Initially unrecognized distribution of a commercially cooked meat product contaminated over several months
with Salmonella serotype Infantis
Kohl, K. S. and Farley, T. A.
A community waterborne outbreak of gastro-enteritis attributed to Shigella sonnei
Alamanos, Y., Maipa, V., Levidiotou, S. and Gessouli, E.
Health burden in the Netherlands due to infection with thermophilic Campylobacter spp.
Havelaar A. H., de Wit, M. A. S., van Koningsveld, R. and van Kempen, E.
An epidemiological study of Plesiomonas shigelloides diarrhoea among Japanese travellers
Shigematsu, M., Kaufmann, M. E., Charlett, A., Niho, Y. and Pitt, T. L.
Infection with verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 during a visit to an inner city open farm
Chapman, P. A., Cornell, J. and Green, C.
Genomic fingerprinting of shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains: comparison of pulsed-field
gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and fluorescent amplified-fragment-length polymorphism (FAFLP)
Heir, E., Lindstedt, B. A., Vardund, T., Wasteson, Y. and Kapperud, G.
Population-based surveillance for bacterial meningitis in the Dominican Republic: implications for control
by vaccination
Gomez, E., Peguero, M., Sanchez, J., Castellanos, P. L., Feris, J., Pefia, C., Brudzinski-LaClaire, L. and
Levine, O. S.
Determinants of case fatality rates of meningococcal disease during outbreaks in Makkah, Saudi Arabia,
1987-97
El] Bushra, H.E., Hassan, N.M.M., Al-Hamdan, N.A., Al-Jeffri, M.H., Turkistani, A. M.,
Al-Jumaly, A., Ali, M. A. and Rahama, A. M.
Serotypes/groups distribution and antimicrobial resistance of invasive pneumococcal isolates: implications
for vaccine strategies
Kyaw, M. H., Clarke, S., Edwards, G. F. S., Jones, 1. G. and Campbell, H.
The prevalence and clonal diversity of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Kuwait
Ahmed, K., Martinez, G., Wilson, S., Yoshida, R., Dhar, R., Mokaddas, E., Kohno, S.,
Rotimi, V. O. and Nagatake, T.
Dynamics of natural immunity caused by subclinical infections, case study on Haemophilus influenza type
b (Hib)
Leino, T., Auranen, K., Makelé, P. H., Kaéyhty, H. and Takala, A. K.
Serodiagnosis of human plague by an anti-F1 capsular antigen specific IgG/IgM ELISA and immunoblot
Neubauer, H., Rahalison, L., Brooks, T. J., Aleksic, S., Chanteau, S. and Splettstésser, W. D.
Strengths and limitations of molecular subtyping in a community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease
Kol, J. L., Buchholz, U., Peterson, C., Brown, E. W., Benson, R. F., Pruckler, J. M., Fields, B. S..,
Sturgeon, J., Lehnkering, E., Cordova, R., Mascola, L. M. and Butler, J. C
Lack of serological evidence for Mycoplasma fermentans infection in army Gulf War veterans: a large scale
case-control study
Lo, S. C., Levin, L., Ribas, J., Chung, R., Wang, R. Y. H., Wear, D. and Shih, J. W. K.
Modelling rubella in Europe
Edmunds, W. J., van de Heijden, O. G., Eerola, M. and Gay, N. J.
The pre-vaccination epidemiology of measles, mumps and rubella in Europe: implications for modelling
studies
Edmunds, W. J., Gay, N. J., Kretzschmar, M., Pebody, R. G. and Wachmann, H. on behalf of the
ESEN Project
Modelling the impact of immunization on the epidemiology of varicella zoster virus
Brisson, M., Edmunds, W. J., Gay, N. J., Law, B. and De Serres, G.
Serological and virological evidence of non-sexual transmission of human herpesvirus type 8 (HHV8)
Vitale, F., Viviano, E., Perna, A. M., Bonura, F., Mazzola, G., Ajello, F. and Romano, N.
Incidence, seasonality and serotypes of rotavirus in Gipuzkoa (Basque Country), Spain. A 14-year study
Cilla, G., Pérez-Trallero, E., Lopez-Lopategui, M. C., Gilsetas, A. and Gomariz, M.
Herpes simplex virus type-2 antibodies in pregnant women: the impact of the stage of pregnancy
Eskild, A., Jeansson, S., Hagen, J. A., Jenum, P. A. and Skrondal, A.
A severe and explosive outbreak of hepatitis B in a rural population in Sirsa district, Haryana, India:
unnecessary therapeutic injections were a major risk factor
Singh, J., Gupta, S., Khare, S., Bhatia, R., Jain, D. C. and Sokhey, J.
Prevalence of hepatitis B anti-core antibody in the Republic of Ireland
O’Connell, T., Thornton, L., O’Flanagan, D., Staines, A., Connell, J., Dooley, S. and McCormack, G
The prevalence and genetic diversity of hepatitis C infection in antenatal clinic attenders in two regions of
England
Balogun, M. A., Ramsay, M. E., Parry, J. V., Donovan, L., Andrews, N. J., Newham, J. A., Cliffe, S.,
Harris, K. A. and Teo, C. G.
Modelling the impact of prior immunity, case misclassification and bias on case + control studies in the
investigation of outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis
Frunter, PF: K:
The prevalence of viral antibodies during a large population fluctuation of house mice in Australia
Singleton, G. R., Smith, A. L. and Krebs, C. J
Genetic analysis of foot-and-mouth disease virus type O isolates responsible for field outbreaks in India
between 1993 and 1999
Hemadri, D., Tosh, C., Venkataramanan, R., Sanyal, A., Samuel, A. R., Knowles, N. J. and
Kitching, R. P.