BMC Infectious Diseases Tutorials

1. Epidemiological evidence of higher susceptibility to vCJD in the young

By Epidemiological evidence of higher susceptibility to vCJD in the young Pierre-Yves Boëlle1 , Jean-Yves Cesbron2 and Alain-Jacques Valleron1 1INSERM U444, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France 2Immunité Anti-Infectieuse JE 2236, UFR de Médecine ... read more

2. Absence of rapid selection for acyclovir or penciclovir resistance following suboptimal oral prodrug therapy of HSV-infected mice

By Absence of rapid selection for acyclovir or penciclovir resistance following suboptimal oral prodrug therapy of HSV-infected mice Robert T Sarisky1 , H Ron Bartus1 , Shelley A Dennis1 , Matthew R Quail1 , Tammy T Nguyen1 , Robert J Wittrock1 , Wendy S Halsey2 , Teresa H Bacon3 , Jeffry J Leary1... read more

3. Implementing a public web based GIS service for feedback of surveillance data on communicable diseases in Sweden

By Implementing a public web based GIS service for feedback of surveillance data on communicable diseases in Sweden Per Rolfhamre1 , Katarzyna Grabowska1 and Karl Ekdahl1, 2 1Department of Epidemiology, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Nobels väg 18, SE-17182 Solna, Sweden 2Department of... read more

4. Immunity status against poliomyelitis in Germany: Determination of cut-off values in International Units

By Immunity status against poliomyelitis in Germany: Determination of cut-off values in International Units Sabine Diedrich , Hermann Claus and Eckart Schreier Robert Koch Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353 Berlin, Germany BMC Infectious Diseases 2002, 2:2     doi:10.1186/1471-2334-2-2 The electronic version of this article is th... read more

5. Kinetics of maternal immunity against rabies in fox cubs (Vulpes vulpes)

By Kinetics of maternal immunity against rabies in fox cubs (Vulpes vulpes) Thomas Müller1 , Thomas Selhorst2 , Peter Schuster3 , Ad Vos3 , Ulf Wenzel4 and Andreas Neubert3 1Institute for epidemiological Diagnostics, Federal Research Centre for Virus Diseases of Animals, WHO Collaborating Centre ... read more

6. Prevalence of oropharyngeal beta-lactamase-producing Capnocytophagaspp. in pediatric oncology patients over a ten-year period

By Prevalence of oropharyngeal beta-lactamase-producing Capnocytophagaspp. in pediatric oncology patients over a ten-year period Anne Jolivet-Gougeon , Zohreh Tamanai-Shacoori , Laurent Desbordes , Virginie Gandemer , Jean-Louis Sixou , Nolwen Morvan-Graveline , Michel Cormier and Martine Bonnaure-Mallet BMC Infectious Diseases 2005, 5:32     ... read more

7. Fatal meningitis in a previously healthy young adult caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 38: an emerging serotype?

By Background: In December 2001, a fatal case of pneumococcal meningitis in a Marine Corps recruit was identified. As pneumococcal vaccine usage in recruit populations is being considered, an investigation was initiated into the causative serotype. Case Presentation: Traditional and molecular methods were utilized to determine the serotype of the infecting pneumococcus. The pneumococcal isolate ... read more

8. Predicting the emergence of drug-resistant HSV-2: new predictions

By Predicting the emergence of drug-resistant HSV-2: new predictions Hayley B Gershengorn1 , Graham Darby2 and Sally M Blower3 1Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA 2Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development, Medicines Research Center, London, UK 3UCLA AIDS Institute & Department of Biomathematics, David ... read more

9. Smoking, season, and detection of chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in clinically stable COPD patients

By Smoking, season, and detection of chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in clinically stable COPD patients Marek Smieja1, 2 , Richard Leigh2 , Astrid Petrich1 , Sylvia Chong1 , Dennis Kamada2 , Frederick E Hargreave2 , Charles H Goldsmith3 , Max Chernesky1 and James B Mahony1 read more