Emerging Infectious Diseases journal Volume 15, Number 4, April 2009, 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 Podcasts are available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/podcast/index.htm?s_cid=eidpodcast_e *********************************************** Abbreviated table of contents: RESEARCH Experimental Infection of Potential Reservoir Hosts with Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus, Mexico, E.R. Deardorff et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/519.htm?s_cid=eid519_e Exotic Small Mammals as Potential Reservoirs of Zoonotic Bartonella spp., K. Inoue et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/526.htm?s_cid=eid526_e Enhancing Time-Series Detection Algorithms for Automated Biosurveillance, J.I. Tokars et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/533.htm?s_cid=eid533_e Animal Reservoir Hosts and Fish-borne Zoonotic Trematode Infections on Fish Farms, Vietnam, N.T.L. Anh et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/540.htm?s_cid=eid540_e Novel Type of Streptococcus pneumoniae Causing Multidrug- Resistant Acute Otitis Media in Children, Q. Xu et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/547.htm?s_cid=eid547_e Oseltamivir-Resistant Influenza Virus A (H1N1), Europe, 2007-08 Season, A. Meijer et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/552.htm?s_cid=eid552_e Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Central Plateau, Southeastern and Southern Brazil, L.T.M. Figueiredo et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/561.htm?s_cid=eid561_e DISPATCHES Rift Valley Fever, Mayotte, 2007-2008, D. Sissoko et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/568.htm?s_cid=eid568_e High Prevalence of Spirochetosis in Cholera Patients, Bangladesh, E.J. Nelson et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/571.htm?s_cid=eid571_e Genetic Diversity of Toscana Virus, X. Collao et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/574.htm?s_cid=eid574_e Co-infection with Pansensitive and Multidrug-Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M.P. Mendez et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/578.htm?s_cid=eid578_e Enterovirus 71 Maternal Antibodies in Infants, Taiwan, S.-T. Luo et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/581.htm?s_cid=eid581_e Correlation between Tick Density and Pathogen Endemicity, New Hampshire, S.T. Walk et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/585.htm?s_cid=eid585_e Lobomycosis in Offshore Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), North Carolina, D.S. Rotstein et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/588.htm?s_cid=eid588_e Concurrent Chikungunya and Dengue Virus Infections, Gabon, 2007, E.M. Leroy et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/591.htm?s_cid=eid591_e Gnathostomiasis Acquired by British Tourists in Botswana, J.S. Herman et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/594.htm?s_cid=eid594_e Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (Patera Foot) in Immigrants, Spain, H.-G. Ternavasio-de la Vega et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/598.htm?s_cid=eid598_e Congenital Transmission of Chagas Disease in Latin American Immigrants in Switzerland, Y. Jackson et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/601.htm?s_cid=eid601_e Genotype V St. Louis Encephalitis Virus, Florida, C.L. Ottendorfer et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/604.htm?s_cid=eid604_e ANOTHER DIMENSION Travels in Gene Space, J.W. Tang http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/681.htm?s_cid=eid608_e LETTERS Chagasic Cardiomyopathy in Immigrants from Latin America to Spain, A.P. de Ayala http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/607.htm?s_cid=eid607_e Lethal Bluetongue Virus Serotype 1 Infection in Llamas, G. Meyer et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/608.htm?s_cid=eid608_e Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Closely Related to R. japonica, Thailand, N. Takada http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/610.htm?s_cid=eid610_e Segniliparus rugosus Infection, Australia, T. Hansen et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/611.htm?s_cid=eid611_e Multigenotype Q Fever Outbreak, the Netherlands, C.H.W. Klaassen et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/613.htm?s_cid=eid613_e Buruli Ulcer and Vector-Borne Diseases, Victoria, Australia, P.D.R. Johnson and C.J. Lavender http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/614.htm?s_cid=eid614_e Avian Influenza Risk Perception among Poultry Workers, Nigeria, F.O. Fasina et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/616.htm?s_cid=eid616_e Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis Infection in a Pet Parrot, E.J. Shitaye et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/617.htm?s_cid=eid617_e Mycobacterium colombiense and Pseudotuberculous Lymphadenopathy, K. Vuorenmaa et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/619.htm?s_cid=eid619_e Leptospira noguchii and Human and Animal Leptospirosis, Southern Brazil, E.F. Silva et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/621.htm?s_cid=eid621_e Aquaculture and Florfenicol Resistance in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium DT104 (response) http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/623.htm?s_cid=eid623_e CONFERENCE SUMMARY International Course on Emerging Diseases, A.L. do Vale Gomes et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/e1.htm?s_cid=eide1_e _________________________________________________________ THE AMAZON REGION COMMENTARY The Status of Infectious Disease in the Amazon Region, P.L. Tauil http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/625.htm?s_cid=eid625_e SYNOPSIS High Incidence of Diseases Endemic to the Amazon Region of Brazil, 2001-2006, G. Penna et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/626.htm?s_cid=eid626_e RESEARCH Acute Conjunctivitis with Episcleritis and Anterior Uveitis Linked to Adiaspiromycosis and Freshwater Sponges, Amazon Region, Brazil, 2005, M.O. Mendes et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/633_cme_activity.htm?s_cid=eid633_cm e_activity_e Human Febrile Illness Caused by Encephalomyocarditis Virus Infection, Peru, M.S. Oberste et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/640.htm?s_cid=eid640_e DISPATCHES Rapid Diagnostic Test for Syphilis in High-Risk Populations, Manaus, Brazil, M. Sabido et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/647.htm?s_cid=eid647_e Spatial Distribution of Leprosy in the Amazon Region of Brazil, M.L.F. Penna et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/650.htm?s_cid=eid650_e Oral Transmssion of Chagas Disease by Consumption of Acai Palm Fruit, Brazil, A.A. Nobrega et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/653.htm?s_cid=eid653_e Severe Acquired Toxoplasmosis Caused by Toxoplasma gondii, French Guiana, B. Carme et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/656.htm?s_cid=eid656_e Links between Climate, Malaria, and Wetlands in the Amazon Basin, S.H. Olsen et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/659.htm?s_cid=eid659_e Seroprevalence of Kaposi Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus, Brazilian Amazon, M.C. Nascimento et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/663.htm?s_cid=eid663_e Dengue and Malaria in Cayenne Hospital, French Guiana, B. Carme et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/668.htm?s_cid=eid668_e LETTERS Lobomycosis in Inshore and Estuarine Dolphins, A.E. Paniz- Mondolfi and L. Sander-Hoffmann http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/672.htm?s_cid=eid672_e Variations in Leprosy Manifestations among HIV-Positive Patients, Manaus, Brazil, C. Talhari et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/673.htm?s_cid=eid673_e Suspected Brazilian Purpuric Fever, Brazilian Amazon Region, E.A. Santana-Porto http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/675.htm?s_cid=eid675_e Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Blood Donors, Brazil, K.L. Torres et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/676.htm?s_cid=eid676_e Leishmaniasis in Chapare, Bolivia, E. Rojas et al. http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/678.htm?s_cid=eid678_e ABOUT THE COVER When You Were a Tadpole and I Was a Fish, P. Potter http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/682.htm?s_cid=eid682_e NEWS AND NOTES Etymologia: Kaposi Sarcoma http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/15/4/662.htm?s_cid=eid662_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. 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