Global Poverty and Human Development Emerging Infectious Diseases, along with more than 200 other science journals, is dedicating its October 2007 issue to the theme Global Poverty and Human Development. Emerging infections linked to global poverty are examined in the following articles: POLICY REVIEW Global Public Health Security, G. Rodier et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1447.htm?s_cid=eid1447_e PERSPECTIVE Preparedness for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Pandemic in Africa, R.F. Breiman et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1453.htm?s_cid=eid1453_e RESEARCH Plague Reappearance after 50 Years, Algeria, E. Bertherat et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1459.htm?s_cid=eid1459_e HIV and Tuberculosis in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 1997-2002, T.N. Buu et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1463.htm?s_cid=eid1463_e Epidemiology of Schistosomiasis, People's Republic of China, 2004, X.-N. Zhou et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1470.htm?s_cid=eid1470_e Dengue Fever, Texas-Mexico Border, J.M. Brunkard et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1477.htm?s_cid=eid1477_e Cost-effectiveness of Algorithms for Human African Trypanosomiasis, P. Lutumba et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1484.htm?s_cid=eid1484_e DISPATCHES Public Transportation and Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Lima, Peru, O.J. Horna-Campos et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1491.htm?s_cid=eid1491_e Plasmodium falciparum Infection in Rainy Season, Haiti, 2006, T.P. Eisele et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1494.htm?s_cid=eid1494_e Tuberculosis Case Detection, Eritrea, M.J. van der Werf et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1497.htm?s_cid=eid1497_e West Nile Virus Infection among the Homeless, Texas, T.E. Meyer et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1500.htm?s_cid=eid1500_e Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni among Children, Southern Sudan, R. Deganello et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1504.htm?s_cid=eid1504_e ANOTHER DIMENSION Burning the Rat, Al Zolynas http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1621.htm?s_cid=eid1261_e LETTERS Influenza in Children in Urban Slum, Bangladesh, W.A. Brooks et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1507.htm?s_cid=eid1507_e Identification of Rickettsiae in Uganda and Djibouti, C. Socolovschi et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1508.htm?s_cid=eid1508_e Skin and Soft Tissue Infections and Vascular Disease in Drug Users, England, C. Irish et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1510.htm?s_cid=eid1510_e -------------------------------------------------------------- PERSPECTIVE Confronting Potential Influenza A (H5N1) Pandemic with Better Vaccines, A. Haque et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1512.htm?s_cid=eid1512_e RESEARCH Antigenic Diversity of Human Sapoviruses, G.S. Hansman et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1519.htm?s_cid=eid1519_e Evolutionary Relationships between Bat Coronaviruses and Their Hosts, J. Cui et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1526.htm?s_cid=eid1526_e Rapid Increase of Genetically Diverse MRSA, Copenhagen, Denmark, M.D. Bartels et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1533.htm?s_cid=eid1533_e Protective Equipment and Antiviral Drugs in Suspected Avian or Pandemic Influenza, A. Swaminathan et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1541.htm?s_cid=eid1541_e Electronic Surveillance System for Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Germany, G. Krause et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1548.htm?s_cid=eid1548_e DISPATCHES Borrelia burgdorferi Infection and Cutaneous Lyme Disease, Mexico, G. Gordillo-Perez et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1556.htm?s_cid=eid1556_e Using Death Certificate Reports to Find Severe Leptospirosis Cases, Brazil, A. Spichler et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1559.htm?s_cid=eid1559_e Duration of Antibody Responses after Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, L.-P. Wu et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1562.htm?s_cid=eid1562_e Isolation of Bartonella sp. from Sheep Blood, D.A. Bemis and S.A. Kania http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1565.htm?s_cid=eid1565_e Chlorine Inactivation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1), E.W. Rice et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1568.htm?s_cid=eid1568_e Rotavirus P[4]G2 in a Vaccinated Population, Brazil, R.Q. Gurgel et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1571.htm?s_cid=eid1571_e Novel Variant of Tickborne Encephalitis Virus, Russia, V.A. Ternovoi et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1574.htm?s_cid=eid1574_e Exposure to Wild Primates among HIV-infected Persons, M. LeBreton et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1579.htm?s_cid=eid1579_e Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Typhimurium, United States, M.A. Davis et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1583.htm?s_cid=eid1583_e Rotavirus Group A G9, China, J. Yang et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1587.htm?s_cid=eid1587_e International Epidemic Intelligence, France, B. Rotureau et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1590.htm?s_cid=eid1590_e Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype A, Egypt, N.J. Knowles et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1593.htm?s_cid=eid1593_e Malaria Diagnosis and Hospitalization Trends, Brazil, P.D. Santos-Ciminera et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1597.htm?s_cid=eid1597_e Multifocal Avian Influenza (H5N1) Outbreak, R.D. Balicer et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1601.htm?s_cid=eid1601_e Field Immunoassay for Sin Nombre Hantavirus Antibody in Deer Mice, T. Schountz et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1604.htm?s_cid=eid1604_e Super-Sentinel Chickens and Detection of Low-Pathogenicity Influenza Virus, P.I. Marcus et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1608.htm?s_cid=eid1608_e Human Metapneumovirus Infection among Children, Bangladesh, W.A. Brooks et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1611.htm?s_cid=eid1611_e Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Neisseria meningitidis, Delhi, India, S. Singhal et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1614.htm?s_cid=eid1614_e LETTERS Compliance with Exclusion Requirements to Prevent Mumps, S.M. Borchardt et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1617.htm?s_cid=eid1617_e Alveolar Echinococcosis, Lithuania, R. Bruzinskaite et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1618.htm?s_cid=eid1618_e Human Bocavirus and Gastroenteritis (response) http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1620.htm?s_cid=eid1620_e ABOUT THE COVER Rats, Global Poverty, and Paying the Piper, P. Potter http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/10/1622.htm?s_cid=eid1622_e
