The oral streptococci have undergone considerable taxonomic revision in recent years but there is still little information concerning associations between the newly defined species and disease. This… (More)
OBJECTIVE
Hand hygiene is an effective means of preventing hospital-associated infection, but compliance among health care workers is poor. Few studies aimed at increasing hand hygiene in the… (More)
Only limited data are available on the impact of measles outbreak response immunization (ORI) in developing countries. We conducted a community survey in Espindola, a rural border community in… (More)
OBJECTIVE
Pertussis outbreaks in healthcare settings result in resource-intensive control activities, but studies have rarely evaluated the associated costs. We describe and estimate costs associated… (More)
BACKGROUND
Several islands in Micronesia experienced large measles outbreaks, during 1991 through 1994. Except for Guam, none of the islands had reported measles outbreaks during the previous 20… (More)
Bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) and P1 artificial chromosomes (PACs), which contain large fragments of genomic DNA, have been successfully used as transgenes to create mouse models of… (More)
Measles infection and the host immune response to measles virus was compared using naive and immunized rhesus monkeys. The monkeys were experimentally challenged with a wild-type strain of measles… (More)
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the in vivo toxicologic effects of a phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotide (PS oligo) and three of its analogs [PS oligo containing four methylphosphonate… (More)
BACKGROUND
Varicella is highly contagious, and immunocompromised patients are at increased risk of severe illness, including disseminated disease, pneumonia, and encephalitis. We describe an outbreak… (More)
Antibody titres were determined in 102 Thai infants who were vaccinated at 9-months of age during the respiratory disease season. The symptom densities of illnesses at or following vaccination,… (More)