Emerging Infectious Diseases journal Volume 14, Number 7, July 2008, 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: PERSPECTIVE Spread of Vector-Borne Diseases and Neglect of Leishmaniasis, Europe, J.-C. Dujardin et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1013.htm?s_cid=eid1013_e SYNOPSIS Rickettsia felis as Emergent Global Threat for Humans, C.E. Perez-Osorio et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1019.htm?s_cid=eid1019_e RESEARCH Household Responses to School Closure Resulting from Outbreak of Influenza B, North Carolina, A.J. Johnson et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1024.htm?s_cid=eid1024_e Attributable Outcomes of Clostridium difficile-associated Disease in Nonsurgical Patients, E.R. Dubberke et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1031.htm?s_cid=eid1031_e Toxinotype V Clostridium difficile in Humans and Food Animals, M.A. Jhung et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1039.htm?s_cid=eid1039_e CME Activity Alcaligenes xylosoxidans Bloodstream Infections in Outpatient Oncology Office, M.J. Kim et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1046_cme_activity.htm?s_cid=eid1046_ e Testing for Coccidioidomycosis among Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia, D.C. Chang et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1053.htm?s_cid=eid1053_e Determinants of Cluster Size in Large, Population-Based Molecular Epidemiology Study of Tuberculosis, Northern Malawi, J.R. Glynn et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1060.htm?s_cid=eid1060_e Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in Ticks, Morocco, M. Sarih et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1067.htm?s_cid=eid1067_e Transmission of Bartonella henselae by Ixodes ricinus, V. Cotte et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1074.htm?s_cid=eid1074_e Characteristics of Dengue among Ill Returned Travelers, 1997-2006, E. Schwartz et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1081.htm?s_cid=eid1081_e Etiology of Childhood Acute Bacterial Meningitis, Turkey, M. Ceyhan et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1089.htm?s_cid=eid1089_e Wide Distribution of High-Virulence Borrelia burgdorferi Clone in Europe and North America, W.-G. Qiu et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1097.htm?s_cid=eid1097_e DISPATCHES AIDS Patient Death Caused by Novel Cryptococcus neoformans x C. gattii Hybrid, M. Bovers et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1105.htm?s_cid=eid1105_e Swine Trichinella Infection and Geographic Information System Tools, R. Burke et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1109.htm?s_cid=eid1109_e Unique Pattern of Enzootic Primate Viruses in Gibraltar Macaques, G.A. Engel et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1112.htm?s_cid=eid1112_e Pneumocystis jirovecii Transmission from Immunocompetent Carriers to Infant, L. Rivero et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1116.htm?s_cid=eid1116_e Sudden Onset of Pseudotuberculosis in Humans, France, 2004-05, P. Vincent et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1119.htm?s_cid=eid1119_e Molecular Typing of Trypanosoma cruzi Isolates, United States, D.M. Roellig et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1123.htm?s_cid=eid1123_e Proficiency of Nucleic Acid Tests for Influenza Viruses, Australasia, S. Stelzer-Braid et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1126.htm?s_cid=eid1126_e New qnr Gene Cassettes in Vibrio cholerae O1, E.L. Fonseca et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1129.htm?s_cid=eid1129_e Experimental Infection of Cattle with Highly Pathogenic Influenza Virus (H5N1), D. Kalthoff et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1132.htm?s_cid=eid1132_e Outbreak of Dengue and Chikungunya Fevers, Madagascar, 2006, M. Ratsitorahina et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1135.htm?s_cid=eid1135_e Host Genomics and Surveillance for Invasive Bacterial Diseases, D.C. Crawford et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1138.htm?s_cid=eid1138_e Invasive Amebiasis in Men Who Have Sex with Men, Australia, D. Stark et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1141.htm?s_cid=eid1141_e Persistence of Diphtheria, Hyderabad, India, 2003-2006, S. Bitragunta et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1144.htm?s_cid=eid1144_e Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection in Hosts of Ixodes Ticks, United States, J.E. Foley et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1147.htm?s_cid=eid1147_e Risk for Avian Influenza Virus Exposure at Human-Wildlife Interface, J. Siembieda et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1151.htm?s_cid=eid1151_e Optimizing Use of Multistream Influenza Sentinel Surveillance Data, E.H.Y. Lau et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1154.htm?s_cid=eid1154_e ANOTHER DIMENSION Husband, C.S. Watson http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1182.htm?s_cid=eid1182_e LETTERS Mycobacterium bohemicum and Cervical Lymphadenitis in Children, J. Huber et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1158.htm?s_cid=eid1158_e Pertussis Surveillance in Private Pediatric Practices, France, 2002-2006, N. Guiso et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1159.htm?s_cid=eid1159_e Avian Mycoplasma lipofaciens Transmission to Veterinarian, M. Lierz et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1161.htm?s_cid=eid1161_e Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Capnophilic Escherichia coli, D. Tena et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1163.htm?s_cid=eid1163_e Duck Migration and Influenza A (H5N1), N. Gaidet et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1164.htm?s_cid=eid1164_e Dihydrofolate Reductase I164L Mutation in Plasmodium falciparum, Madagascar, D. Minard et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1166.htm?s_cid=eid1166_e Bartonella quintana and Coxiella burnetii as Causes of Endocarditis, India, N. Balakrishnan et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1168.htm?s_cid=eid1168_e Acute Gastroenteritis Caused by GI/2 Sapovirus, Taiwan, 2007, F.-T. Wu et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1169.htm?s_cid=eid1169_e Importation of West Nile Virus from Nicaraugua to Spain, B.M. Monge et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1171.htm?s_cid=eid1171_e Outbreak of Pertussis, Kabul, Afghanistan, E. Sagui et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1173.htm?s_cid=eid1173_e Anthropogenic Influence on Prevalence of 2 Amphibian Pathogens, V. St-Armour et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1175.htm?s_cid=eid1175_e Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) Mortality Surveillance, N. Komar and B. Olsen http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1176.htm?s_cid=eid1176_e Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-2, Buenos Aires, Argentina, F.G. Pasteran et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1178.htm?s_cid=eid1178_e BOOKS AND MEDIA Foodborne Diseases, Y.R. Ortega http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1181.htm?s_cid=eid1181_e ONLINE REPORTS Toward a Unified Nomenclature System for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1), WHO/OIE/FAO H5N1 Evolution Working Group http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/e1.htm?s_cid=eide1_e Management of Accidental Laboratory Exposure to Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei, S.J. Peacock et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/e2.htm?s_cid=eide2_e ABOUT THE COVER "Much Madness is Divinest Sense", P. Potter http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1183.htm?s_cid=eid1183_e NEWS AND NOTES Etymologia: Sapovirus http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/7/1045.htm?s_cid=eid1045_e *********************************************** Suggested citation for articles published electronically: Komar N, Lanciotti R, Bowen R, Langevin S, Bunning M. Detection of West Nile virus in oral and cloacal swabs collected from bird carcasses. Emerg Infect Dis [serial on the Internet]. 2002 Jul [cited 2002 May 30]. Available from http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/02-0157.htm To remove yourself from EID-TOC, send a message to LISTSERV@xxxxxxx with the following in the body of your message: SIGNOFF EID-TOC ISSN 1080-6059 This material is provided by the National Center for Infectious Diseases-a subunit of CDC/ATSDR. It has been cleared for public distribution and is authentic if accessed directly from listserv@xxxxxxx or eid-toc@xxxxxxx