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Te Q nfection i = Bhar VOLUME 124, 2000 SENIOR EDITOR Professor B. Drasar EDITORS Dr M. Bennett Dr T. Lz Pitt Professor K. A. V. Cartwright Dr D. J. Platt Dr C. Fairley Dr R. L. Salmo Professor K. Morgan Dr H. Watanabe Dr C. W. Hedberg Dr T. W pai 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. Degre 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. Vandenbrouck Tr. J. Humphrey M. J. Woodward A. P. Kendal | CAMBRIDGE 3) UNIVERSITY PRESS Published by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, United Kingdom 40 West 20th Street, New York 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 2000 Printed in the United Kingdom by the Cambridge University Press, Cambridge CONTENTS No. | (FEBRUARY 2000) A community-wide outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium infection associated with eating a raw milk soft cheese in France De Valk, H., Delarocque-Astagneau, E., Colomb, G., Ple, S., Godard, E., Vaillant, V., Haeghebaert, S., Bouvet, PH., Grimont, F., Grimont, P. and Desenclos, J.-C. Characterization of multi-drug resistant Salmonella typhi isolated from Pakistan Shanahan, P. M. A., Karamat, K. A., Thomson, C. J. and Amyes, S. G. B. The antibiotic resistance patterns of Salmonella Typhi isolates in Italy, 1980-96 Scuderi, G., Fantasia, M., Niglio, T. and the Italian Salm-Net Working Group Molecular evidence of clonality amongst Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor during an outbreak in Malaysia Vadivelu, J., Iyer, L., Kshatriya, B. M. and Puthucheary, S. D. An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections and haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with consumption of unpasteurized apple cider Hilborn, E. D., Mshar, P. A., Fiorentino, T. R., Dembek, Z. F., Barrett, T. J.. Howard, R. T. and Cartter, M. L. A five year outbreak of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aurueus phage type 53,85 in a regional neonatal unit Wilcox, M. H., Fitzgerald, P., Freeman, J., Denton, M., Gill, A. B., Hoy, C., Parnell, P., Porter, C.., Haspinall, L. and Hawkey, P. Isolation rate of Streptococcus pyogenes in patients with acute pharyngotonsillitis and among healthy school children in Iran Jasir, A., Noorani, A., Mirsalehian, A. and Schalen, C. Eradication of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium from a paediatric oncology unit and prevalence of colonization in hospitalized and community-based children Nourse, C., Byrne, C., Murphy, H., Kaufmann, M. E., Clarke, A. and Butler, K. Occurrence of Clostridium perfringens f2-toxin amongst animals, determined using genotyping and subtyping PCR assays Garmory, H.S., Chanter, N., French, N. P., Bueschel, D., Songer, J. G. and Titball, R. W. Serogroup C meningococcal disease outbreak associated with discotheque attendance during carnival Hauri, A. M., Ehrhard, I., Frank, U., Ammer, J., Fell, G., Hamouda, O. and Petersen, L. Management of an outbreak of meningococcal meningitis in a Sudanese refugee camp in Northern Uganda Santaniello-Newton, A. and Hunter, P. R. Restriction enzyme analysis and ribotyping distinguish Bordetella avium and Bordetella hinzii isolates Sacco, R. E., Register, K. B. and Nordholm, G. E. Molecular epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori: separation of H. pylori from East Asian and non-Asian countries Yamaoka, Y., Osato, M. S., Sepulveda, A. R., Gutierrez, O., Figura, N., Kim, J. G., Kodama, T.., Kashima, K. and Graham, D. Y. Attentional function in secondary school students receiving isoniazid prophylaxis for tuberculosis infection Anderson, D., Anderson, V., Pentland, L., Sawyer, S., Starr, M. and Johnson, P. D. R. Molecular typing of Mycoplasma pneumoniae strains by PCR-based methods and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Application to French and Danish isolates Cousin-Allery, A., Charron, A., de Barbeyrac, B., Fremy, G., Skov Jensen, J., Renaudin, H. and Bebear, C. The logic of causation and the risk of paralytic poliomyelitis for an American child Ridgway, D. Hepatitis A in New South Wales, Australia, from consumption of oysters: the first reported outbreak Conaty, S., Bird, P., Bell, G., Kraa, E., Grohmann, G. and McAnulty, J. M. A secondary school outbreak of mumps following the childhood immunization programme in England and Wales Wehner, H., Morris, R., Logan, M., Hunt, D., Jin, L., Stuart, J. and Cartwright, K. Prevalence of serum antibodies against bloodborne and sexually transmitted agents in selected groups in Somalia Nur, Y. A., Groen, J., Elmi, A. M., Ott, A. and Osterhaus, A. D. M. E. Cross-sectional study on risk factors of HIV among female commercial sex workers in Cambodia Ohshige, K., Morio, S., Mizushima, S., Kitamura, K., Tajima, K., Ito, A., Suyama, A., Usuku, S., Saphonn, V., Heng, S., Hor, L. B., Tia, P. and Soda, K. Genetic analysis of IgG subclass responses against RESA and MSP2 of Plasmodium falciparum in adults in Papua New Guinea Stirnadel, H. A., Beck, H.-P., Alpers, M. P. and Smith, T. A. No. 2 (AprRIL 2000) Molecular epidemiology of an outbreak caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Newport in Finland and the United Kingdom Lyytikdinen, O., Koort, J., Ward, L., Schildt, R., Ruutu, P., Japisson, E., Timonen, M. and Siitonen, A. Multiresistant Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 infections of humans and domestic animals in the Pacific Northwest of the United States Besser, T. E., Goldoft, M., Pritchett, L. C., Khakhria, R., Hancock, D. D., Rice, D. H., Gay, J. M.., Johnson, W. and Gay, C. C. Ecological study of Vibria cholerae in Vellore Jesudason, M. V., Balaji, V.. Mukundan, U. and Thomson, C. J. A one year study of Escherichia coli O157 in raw beef and lamb products Chapman, P. A., Siddons, C. A., Cerdan Malo, A. T. and Harkin, M. A. Haemolytic uraemic syndrome and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection in children in France Decludt, B., Bouvet, P., Mariani-Kurkdjian, P., Grimont, F., Grimont, P. A. D., Hubert, B., Loirat, C. and the Société de Néphrologie Pédiatrique Incidence and prognosis of tuberculosis in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. A Danish nationwide population based study Thulstrup, A. M., Molle, I., Svendsen, N. and Sorensen, H. T. Molecular characterization of pncA gene mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from China Hou, L., Osei-Hyiaman, D., Zhang, Z., Wang, B., Yang, A. and Kano, K. The stethoscope in the emergency department: a vector of infection? Nunez, S., Moreno, A., Green, K. and Villar, J. Cumulative incidence of rheumatic fever in an endemic region: a guide to the susceptibility of the population? Carapetis, J. R., Currie, B. J. and Mathews, J. D. Population estimates of persons presenting to general practitioners with influenza-like illness, 1987—96: a study of the demography of influenza-like illness in sentinel practice networks in England and Wales, and in The Netherlands Fleming, D. M., Zambon, M. and Bartelds, A. I. M. Non-participation in a population-based seroprevalence study of vaccine-preventable diseases De Melker, H. E., Nagelkerde, N. J. D. and Conyn-van Spaendonck, M. A. E. Secondary measles vaccine failures identified by measurement of IgG avidity: high occurrence among teenagers vaccinated at a young age Paunio, M., Hedman, K., Davidkin, I., Valle, M., Heinonen, O. P., Leinikki, P., Salmi, A. and Peltola, H. Estimation of the basic reproduction number of measles during an outbreak in a partially vaccinated population Mossong, J. and Muller, C. P. Predicting and preventing measles epidemics in New Zealand: application of a mathematical model Roberts, M. G. and Tobias, M. I. Measles resurgence in Argentina: 1997-8 outbreak Bilkis, M. D., Barrero, P. R. and Mistchenko, A. S. Predictions of the emergence of vaccine-resistant hepatitis B in The Gambia using a mathematical model Wilson, J. N., Nokes, D. J. and Carman, W. F. A community outbreak of hepatitis A in a religious community in Indiana: failure of immune serum globulin to prevent the spread of infection Aszkenasy, O. M. Field evidence that roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) are a natural host for Ehrlichia phagocytophila Alberdi, M. P., Walker, A. R. and Urquhart, K. A Differences in the epidemiology of theileriosis on smallholder dairy farms in contrasting agro-ecological and grazing strata of highland Kenya Gitau, G. K., McDermott, J Katende, J. M., O’Callaghan, C. J., Brown, R. N. and Perry, B. D. Distribution of the meningococcal insertion sequence IS/30/ in clonal lineages of Neisseria meningitidis Hilse, R., Stoevesandt, J., Caugant, D. A., Claus, H., Frosch, M. and Vogel, U. Book Reviews Clinical Tuberculosis AIDS Therapy Free Legionella Newsletter No. 3 (JUNE 2000) Predictors for the development of haemolytic uraemic syndrome with Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections: with focus on the day of illness Ikeda, K., Ida, O., Kimoto, K., Takatorige, T., Nakanishi, N. and Tatara, K. The role of fimbriae and flagella in the colonization, invasion and persistence of Escherichia coli O78:K80: in the day-old-chick model La Ragione, R. M., Sayers, A. R. and Woodward, M. J. A model for evaluating intervention strategies to control salmonella in the poultry meat production chain Nauta, M. J., Van de Giessen, A. W. and Henken, A. M. Grouping of Salmonella enterica serotype Montevideo strains by ribotyping and 1S200 profiling Old, D. C., Chisholm, S. A., Crichton, P. B. and Taylor, A. Serovar specific risk factors and clinical features of Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica serovar Enteritidis: a study in South-West Germany Kist, M. J. and Freitag, S Expanding multiple antibiotic resistance among clinical strains of Vibrio cholerae isolated from 1992-7 in Calcutta, India Garg, P., Chakraborty, S., Basu, I., Datta, S., Rajendran, K., Bhattacharya, T., Yamasaki, S.., Bhattacharya, S. K., Takeda, Y., Balakrish Nair, G. and Ramamurthy, T. Prospective survey of colonization and infection caused by SHV-4 producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neurosurgical intensive care unit Arpin, C., Rogues, A. M., Kabouche, S., Boulard, G., Quesnel, C., Gachie, J. P. and Quentin, C. Risk factors of acute diarrhoea in summer — a nation-wide French case-control study Yazdanpanah, Y., Beaugerie, L., Béelle, P. Y., Letrillart, L., Desenclos, J. C. and Flahault, A. A survey of the microbiological quality of private water supplies in England Rutter, M., Nichols, G. L., Swan, A. and de Louvois, J. Induction of immunological memory in UK infants by a meningococcal A/C conjugate vaccine Borrow, R., Fox, A. J., Richmond, P. C., Clark, S., Sadier, F., Findlow, J., Morris, R., Begg, N. T. and Cartwright, K. A. V. Prevention of secondary cases of meningococcal disease in Denmark Samuelsson, S., Hansen, E. T., Osler, M. and Jeune, B. Invasive Haemophilus influenzae disease in adults Sarangi, J., Cartwright, K., Stuart, J., Brookes, S., Morris, R. and Slack, M. The age-specific prevalence of human parvovirus immunity in Victoria, Australia compared with other parts of the world Kelly, H. A., Siebert, D., Hammond, R., Leydon, J., Kiely, P. and Maskill, W. The prevalence of antibodies to hepatitis A virus and its determinants in The Netherlands: a population-based survey Termorshuizen, F., Dorigo-Zetsma, J. W., de Melker, H. E., Van den Hof, S. and Conyn-van Spaendonck, M.A. E. Sero-epidemiology of rubella in the urban population of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Cutts, F. T., Abebe, A., Messele, T., Dejene, A., Enquselassie, F., Nigatu, W. and Nokes, D. J. Evidence for airborne transmission of Norwalk-like virus (NLV) in a hotel restaurant Marks, P. J., Vipond, I. B., Carlisle, D., Deakin, D., Fey, R. E. and Caul, E. O. Vibrio gastroenteritis in the US Gulf of Mexico region, the role of raw oysters Altekruse, S. F., Bishop, R. D., Baldy, L. M., Thompson, S. G. Wilson, S. A., Ray, B. J. and Griffin, P.M. Enteroviruses in Spain: virological and epidemiological studies over 10 years (1988-97) Trallero, G., Casas, I., Tenorio, A., Echevarria, J. E., Castellanos, A., Lozano, A. and Brena, P. P. Surveillance of influenza viruses isolated from travellers at Nagoya International Airport Sato, K., Morishita, T., Nobusawa, E., Suzuki, Y., Miyazaki, Y., Fukui, Y., Suzuki, S. and Nakajima, K. Different diagnostic methods for detection of influenza epidemics Rebelo-de-Andrade, H. and Zambon, M. C. Drug resistance rates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in Austria between 1995 and 1998 and molecular typing of multidrug-resistant isolates Stauffer, F., Makristathis, A., Klein, J.P., Barousch, W. and The Austrian Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Study Group EPIFIL: The development of an age-structured model for describing the transmission dynamics and control of lymphatic filariasis Norman, R. A., Chan, M. S., Srividya, A., Pani, S. P., Ramaiah, K. D. Vanamail, P., Michael, E., Das, P. K. and Bundy, D. A. P.