Emerging Infectious Diseases journal Volume 14, Number 12, December 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: RESEARCH Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) in Red Foxes Fed Infected Bird Carcasses, L.A. Reperant et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1835.htm?s_cid=eid1835_e Influenza Infection in Wild Raccoons, J.S. Hall et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1842.htm?s_cid=eid1842_e Enzootic Rabies Elimination from Dogs and Reemergence in Wild Terrestrial Carnivores, United States, A. Velasco-Villa et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1849.htm?s_cid=eid1849_e Genetic Characterization of Toggenburg Orbivirus, a New Bluetongue Virus, Switzerland, M.A. Hofmann et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1855.htm?s_cid=eid1855_e Surveillance of Coyotes to Detect Bovine Tuberculosis, Michigan, K.C. VerCauteren et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1862.htm?s_cid=eid1862_e African Swine Fever Virus Isolate, Georgia, 2007, R.J. Rowlands et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1870.htm?s_cid=eid1870_e CME Activity: Clinical Characteristics and Molecular Subtyping of Vibrio vulnificus Illnesses, Israel, R. Zaidenstein et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1875_cme_activity.htm?s_cid=eid1875 _cme_activity_e DISPATCHES Novel Borna Virus in Psittacine Birds with Proventricular Dilatation Disease, K.S. Honkavuori et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1883.htm?s_cid=eid1883_e Possible Emergence of West Caucasian Bat Virus in Africa, I.V. Kuzmin et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1887.htm?s_cid=eid1887_e Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Group 1 Coronaviruses in South American Bats, C.V.F. Carrington et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1890.htm?s_cid=eid1890_e Rickettsia parkeri in Argentina, S. Nava et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1894.htm?s_cid=eid1894_e Transmission of Atypical Bovine Prion Disease to Mice Transgenic for Human Prion Protein, V. Beringue et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1898.htm?s_cid=eid1898_e Human Illnesses Caused by Opisthorchis felineus Flukes, Italy, O. Armignacco et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1902.htm?s_cid=eid1902_e New Rabies Virus Variant in Mexican Immigrant, A. Velasco-Villa et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1906.htm?s_cid=eid1906_e Avian Influenza Outbreaks in Chickens, Bangladesh, P.K. Biswas et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1909.htm?s_cid=eid1909_e Outbreak of Trichinellosis Caused by Trichinella papuae, Thailand, 2006, C. Khumjui et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1913.htm?s_cid=eid1913_e Multicenter Study of Brucellosis in Egypt, H. Samaha et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1916.htm?s_cid=eid1916_e Mycobacterium bovis Infection in Holstein Friesian Cattle, Iran, K. Tadayon et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1919.htm?s_cid=eid1919_e Hemoplasma Infection in HIV-positive Patient, Brazil, A.P. dos Santos et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1922.htm?s_cid=eid1922_e Exposure to Streptococcus suis among US Swine Workers, T.C. Smith et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1925.htm?s_cid=eid1925_e Multiple Francisella tularensis Subspecies and Clades, Tularemia Outbreak, Utah, J.M. Petersen et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1928.htm?s_cid=eid1928_e Mycobacterium bovis Strains and Human Tuberculosis, Southwest Ireland, O. Ojo et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1931.htm?s_cid=eid1931_e Francisella novicida Bacteremia, Thailand, A. Leelaporn et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1935.htm?s_cid=eid1935_e LETTERS Bartonella henselae Antibodies after Cat Bite, K. Westling et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1943.htm?s_cid=eid1943_e Fatal Israeli Spotted Fever after Mediterranean Cruise, N. Boillat et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1944.htm?s_cid=eid1944_e Streptococcus suis Meningitis Without Animal Contact, Italy, A. Manzin et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1946.htm?s_cid=eid1946_e Equine Herpesvirus Type 9 in Giraffe with Encephalitis, S. Kasem et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1948.htm?s_cid=eid1948_e Human Rabies Case with Long Incubation, Australia, N. Johnson et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1950.htm?s_cid=eid1950_e Human Case of Bartonella alsatica Lymphadenitis, E. Angelakis et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1951.htm?s_cid=eid1951_e Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Amblyomma parvum Ticks, Argentina, L. Tomassone et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1953.htm?s_cid=eid1953_e Enzootic Angiostrongyliasis in Shenzhen, China, R.-L. Zhang et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1955.htm?s_cid=eid1955_e Knowledge about Avian Influenza, European Region, E. Mossialos and C. Rudisill http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1956.htm?s_cid=eid1956_e Human Salmonella Infection Yielding CTX-M beta-Lactamase, United States, M. Sjolund et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1957.htm?s_cid=eid1957_e Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O:1 and Raw Carrots, Finland, S. Kangas et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1959.htm?s_cid=eid1959_e Antibodies against Rickettsia spp. in Hunters, Germany, A. Jansen et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1961.htm?s_cid=eid1961_e Rickettsia sp. in Ixodes granulatus Ticks, Japan, H. Fujita et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1963.htm?s_cid=eid1963_e Sin Nombre Virus Infection in Deer Mice, California, J.L. Orrock et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1965.htm?s_cid=eid1965_e Parachlamydia acanthamoebae and Abortion in Small Ruminants, S. Ruhl et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1966.htm?s_cid=eid1966_e Candidate New Species of Kobuvirus in Porcine Hosts, G. Reuter http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1968.htm?s_cid=eid1968_e Human Rickettsia felis Infection, Taiwan, K.-H. Tsai et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1970.htm?s_cid=eid1970_e Bartonella spp. and Rickettsia felis in Fleas, Democratic Republic of Congo, C. Sackal et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1972.htm?s_cid=eid1972_e Antibodies to Nipah or Nipah-like Viruses in Bats, China, Y. Li et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1974.htm?s_cid=eid1974_e BOOK REVIEW Campylobacter, 3rd edition, S.F. Altekruse http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1977.htm?s_cid=eid1977_e ABOUT THE COVER Eye to Eye in the Village, P. Potter http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1978.htm?s_cid=eid1978_e CONFERENCE SUMMARIES Healthcare Infections Associated with Care and Treatment of Humans and Animals, J.J. Gibson et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/e1.htm?s_cid=eide1_e Inaugural Meeting of the Cysticercosis Working Group in Europe, A.L. Willingham III et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/e2.htm?s_cid=eide2_e NEWS AND NOTES Photo Quiz, M. Schultz http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1939_intro.htm?s_cid=eid1939_intro_ e Errata: Vol. 14, No. 9 http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/14/12/1975.htm?s_cid=eid1975_e Reviewer Appreciation http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/about/reviewers.htm?s_cid=eidreviewers_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. 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