| EDITORIALS |
| 2 |
Inspector
of microbiology. B Duerden  |
| 5 |
Fighting
Infection. J Weinberg  |
| 8 |
Towards
the holy grail of the infection-free blood transfusion.
J Barbara, R Eglin, PP Mortimer  |
| ORIGINAL
REPORTS |
| HIV
AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTION |
| 11 |
Is
HIV incidence increasing in homo/bisexual men attending GUM clinics
in England, Wales and Northern Ireland? G Murphy, A Charlett,
AE Brown, ON Gill, JV Parry
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| 15 |
Epidemiology
of HIV in young people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
S Dougan, AE Brown, LE Logan, B Patel, HL Munro, BG Evans, ON Gill
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| 24 |
Pilot scheme for performance assessment
of HIV-1 genotypic resistance testing in the UK. PA Cane, C
Aitkin, K Ward, J Clarke, S Parmar, M Zuckerman, M Smith, P Tilston,
S O’Shea, D Pillay  |
| 30 |
Interpreting neonatal HIV seroprevalence
data in Great Britain: the
importance of differential fertility. S Cliffe, M Cortina-Borja,
A Nicoll, M-L Newell  |
| 36 |
Syphilis clusters in Walsall: case
profiles and public health implications. RN Pugh, S Laverty,
I Simms, IA Morrall, S Chandramani, AT Joseph, M Elsmore, C Morris
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| WATER
ASSOCIATED ILLNESS |
| 39 |
Health
impacts of flooding in Lewes: a comparison of reported
gastrointestinal and other illness and mental health in flooded
and non-flooded households. M Reacher, K McKenzie, C Lane, T
Nichols, I Kedge, A Iversen, P Hepple, T Walter, C Laxton, J Simpson
on behalf of the Lewes Flood Action Recovery Team  |
| 47 |
Outbreak
of Escherichia coli O157 associated with a busy bathing beach.
S Harrison, S Kinra  |
| MENINGOCOCCAL
DISEASE |
| 51 |
Clusters
of meningococcal disease in educational establishments in the United
Kingdom: April 2001 to March 2002. J Granerød, K Davison,
J Stuart, N Crowcroft, on behalf of Enhanced Surveillance of Meningococcal
Disease (ESMD), Health Protection Agency, Immunisation Department,
Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
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| 56 |
How
to do it? Practical guidance on organising mass antibiotic
prophylaxis for a large school after a cluster of meningococcal
disease. JA Cassell, P Wilkinson, J Gaudoin, I Good, A Iversen
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| SURVEILLANCE |
| 61 |
Acute
gastroenteritis in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland:
a telephone survey. E Scallan, M Fitzgerald, C Collins, D
Crowley, L Daly, M Devine, D Igoe, T Quigley, T Robinson, B Smyth
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| 68 |
PSurveillance
of the bioterrorist threat: a primary care response.
DM Fleming, MA Barley, RS Chapman
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| TUBERCULOSIS |
| 73 |
Reasons
for low reported treatment success in notified tuberculosis
patients from a London hospital according to new outcome reporting.
SJ Conaty, S Dart, AC Hayward, MCI Lipman  |
| 77 |
Knowledge, attitudes and practices
regarding tuberculosis among
immigrants of Somalian ethnic origin in London: a cross-sectional
study. N Shetty, M Shemko, A Abbas  |
| BIOTECH
CORNER |
| 83 |
Phylodynamics:
a conjunction of epidemiology and evolution? JP Clewley |
| BENCHMARKS |
| 86 |
Provision
of a microbiological device evaluation service KR Perry |
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