Emerging Infectious Diseases journal Volume 13, Number 12, December 2007, is now available on the Web. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm?s_cid=eidindex_e Other articles published online ahead of print can be accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/upcoming.htm?s_cid=eidupcoming_e *********************************************** Abbreviated table of contents: COMMENTARY Impact of Globalization and Animal Trade on Infectious Disease Ecology, N. Marano et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1807.htm?s_cid=eid1807_e PERSPECTIVES Effects of Local Anthropogenic Changes on Anopheles hyrcanus and Culex modestus, Camargue, France, N. Poncon et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1810.htm?s_cid=eid1810_e Need for Improved Methods to Collect and Present Spatial Epidemiologic Data for Vectorborne Diseases, L. Eisen and R.J. Eisen http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1816.htm?s_cid=eid1816_e RESEARCH Susceptibility of Canada Geese to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1), J. Pasick et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1821.htm?s_cid=eid1821_e Fishborne Zoonotic Intestinal Trematodes, Vietnam, D.T. Dung et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1828.htm?s_cid=eid1828_e Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus of Animal Origin in Humansm, I. van Loo et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1834.htm?s_cid=eid1834_e Hospitalizations and Deaths Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, United States, 1999-2005, E. Klein et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1840.htm?s_cid=eid1840_e Reservoir Hosts for Marburg Virus, R. Swanepoel et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1847.htm?s_cid=eid1847_e Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection in Older Adults, United States, 1998-2003, M.C. Thigpen et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1852.htm?s_cid=eid1852_e Pig Herds Free from Human Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica, T. Nesbakken et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1860.htm?s_cid=eid1860_e Swine Influenza (H3N2) Infection in a Child, Canada, J.L. Robinson et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1865.htm?s_cid=eid1865_e Swine Workers and Swine Influenza, G.C. Gray et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1871.htm?s_cid=eid1871_e Epidemiology and Molecular Virus Characterization of Reemerging Rabies, South Africa, C. Cohen et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1879.htm?s_cid=eid1879_e Phenotypic Similarity of Transmissible Mink Encephalopathy and L-type Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, T. Baron et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1887.htm?s_cid=eid1887_e Epidemiology of Human Brucellosis, Germany, 1962-2005, S. Al Dahouk et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1895.htm?s_cid=eid1895_e DISPATCHES Viable Newcastle Disease Vaccine Strains in a Pharmaceutical Dump, A. Amendola et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1901.htm?s_cid=eid1901_e Parachlamydia spp. and Related Chlamydia-like Organisms and Bovine Abortion, N. Borel et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1904.htm?s_cid=eid1904_e E. coli O157:H7 in Feral Swine near Spinach Fields and Cattle, California, M.T. Jay et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1908.htm?s_cid=eid1908_e Crow Deaths Caused by West Nile Virus during Winter, J.R. Dawson et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1912.htm?s_cid=eid1912_e Seroconversion in Wild Birds and Local Circulation of West Nile Virus, Spain, J. Figuerola et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1915.htm?s_cid=eid1915_e Risk Factors for West Nile Virus Neuroinvasive Disease, California, 2005, C.M. Jean et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1918.htm?s_cid=eid1918_e Feeding Patterns of Culex Mosquitoes in Relation to Trap Habitat, L.A. Patrican et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1921.htm?s_cid=eid1921_e Human and Animal Infections with Mycobacterium microti, Scotland, F.X. Emmanuel et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1924.htm?s_cid=eid1924_e African Swine Fever Virus DNA in Soft Ticks, Senegal, L. Vial et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1928.htm?s_cid=eid1928_e Enhanced Subtyping Scheme for Salmonella Enteritidis, J. Zheng et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1932.htm?s_cid=eid1932_e Clinical and Epidemiologic Characterization of WU Polyomavirus, Missouri, B.-M. Le et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1936.htm?s_cid=eid1936_e WU Polymavirus in Children, Canada, Y. Abed et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1939.htm?s_cid=eid1939_e Rhodococcus equi Infection after Alemtuzumab Therapy, J.J. Meeuse et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1942.htm?s_cid=eid1942_e Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Singapore Hospitals, L.-Y. Hsu et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1944.htm?s_cid=eid1944_e Bartonella DNA in Dog Saliva, A.W. Duncan et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1948.htm?s_cid=eid1948_e Fly Screens and Campylobacter spp. in Broiler Houses, B. Hald et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1951.htm?s_cid=eid1951_e ANOTHER DIMENSION Swimming With A Hundred Year Old Snapping Turtle, F. Manfred http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1971.htm?s_cid=eid1971_e LETTERS Multidrug-Resistant Typhoid Fever in Travelers Returning from Bangladesh, Y. Kato et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1954.htm?s_cid=eid1954_e Human Rabies Following Badger Bites, G. Zhenyu et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1955.htm?s_cid=eid1955_e Diphyllobothrium latum Outbreak, Switzerland, Y. Jackson et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1957.htm?s_cid=eid1957_e Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Strategies, S.P. Cachafeiro http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1958.htm?s_cid=eid1958_e Distemper in a Dolphin, P. Wohlsein et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1959.htm?s_cid=eid1959_e Bartonella australis sp. nov. from Kangaroos, Australia, P.-E. Fournier et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1961.htm?s_cid=eid1961_e Q Fever in Migrant Workers, Scotland, K.G.J. Pollock et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1963.htm?s_cid=eid1963_e Fatal Streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum in a Man, H. Marchandin et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1964.htm?s_cid=eid1964_e Rabies Prophylaxis for Pregnant Women, M.E. Abazeed et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1966.htm?s_cid=eid1966_e Novel Orthoreovirus from Diseased Crow, Finland, E. Huhtamo et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1967.htm?s_cid=eid1967_e Human-to-Human Transmission of Avian Influenza (H5N1) (response) http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1969.htm?s_cid=eid1969_e BOOK REVIEWS Silent Victories: The History and Practice of Public Health in Twentieth-Century America, S.S. Morse http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1972A.htm?s_cid=eid1972A_e Emerging Viruses in Human Populations, A.C. Brault http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1972B.htm?s_cid=eid1972B_e Francisella tularensis: Biology, Pathogenicity, Epidemiology, and Biodefense, L. Eisen http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/1973.htm?s_cid=eid1973_e CONFERENCE SUMMARY The First World Rabies Day Symposium and Expo, A. Tumpey http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/13/12/e1.htm?s_cid=eide1_e ABOUT THE COVER Uncommon Denominators, P. 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