1. Publishers' Announcement

   Announcement Pages: v - v

2. Editorial

   • Claude Hannoun

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

3. Unexpected death in infancy

   • E. Tirosh
   • A. Tamir
   • M. Jaffe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 8

4. Immunochemical and antigenic characterization ofCoxiella burnetii strains isolated in Europe and Mongolia

   • E. Kováčová
   • M. Vavreková
   • J. Kazár

   OriginalPaper Pages: 9 - 15

5. Clinical and mycological evaluation of fluconazole in the secondary prophylaxis of esophageal candidiasis in AIDS patients

   • M. G. Agresti
   • F. de Bernardis
   • A. Cassone

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 22

6. Analytic epidemiology of clinical urinary tract infection in spinal cord injury

   • R. Herruzo Cabrera
   • A. Leturia Arrazola
   • J. Rey Calero

   OriginalPaper Pages: 23 - 27

7. Likelihood ratios: A real improvement for clinical decision making?

   • Bruno Dujardin
   • Jef Van den Ende
   • Patrick Van der Stuyft

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 36

8. Western blot as a seroepidemiologic tool for detecting foci of Mediterranean spotted fever (MSF)

   • D. Raoult
   • J-P. Arzouni
   • O. Ramousse

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 40

9. Multi-drug resistant typhoid fever in hospitalised children

   • R. Rasaily
   • P. Dutta
   • S. C. Pal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 46

10. Prevalence of chlamydial antibody in pregnancy

    • P. Olliaro
    • A. Regazzetti
    • G. Gorini

    OriginalPaper Pages: 47 - 50

11. Difficulties in assessing community-acquired infection as a risk factor for nosocomial infection at an intensive care unit

    • Aurora Bueno-Cavanillas
    • Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez
    • Ramón Gálvez-Vargas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 56

12. Effect of vitamin A supplementation on diarrhoea and acute respiratory tract infection in children

    • R. Biswas
    • A. B. Biswas
    • S. Sarkar

    OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 61

13. Attitudes and behavior of health care personnel regarding influenza vaccination

    • D. Ballada
    • L. R. Biasio
    • F. Vacca

    OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 68

14. Prevalence of genital chlamydia and mycoplasma infection in couples attending a male infertility clinic

    • Zmira Samra
    • Yigal Soffer
    • Mordechai Pansky

    OriginalPaper Pages: 69 - 73

15. Borrelia burgdorferi in rodents (Apodemus flavicollis andA. sylvaticus): Duration and enhancement of infectivity forIxodes ricinus ticks

    • L. Gern
    • M. Siegenthaler
    • J. Moret

    OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 80

16. Epidemic dissemination ofSalmonella enterica spp.enterica serovar Bovismorbificans in southern Italy in the years 1989–1991

    • A. Nastasi
    • C. Mammina
    • A. Aleo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 81 - 84

17. Molecular epidemiology ofSalmonella enteritidis

    • E. Gruner
    • G. Martinetti Lucchini
    • M. Altwegg

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 89

18. Sero-epidemiological survey of influenza C virus infection in Spain

    • Jean-Claude Manuguerra
    • Claude Hannoun
    • José A. Cabezas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 91 - 94

19. Epidemiology and clinical manifestation of HIV infection in Northern Zaire

    • W. Strecker
    • L. Gürtler
    • K. Strecker

    Brief Report Pages: 95 - 98

20. Trends in cancer mortality of the digestive tract in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1975–1989

    • B. Adanja
    • H. Vlajinac
    • J. Marinković

    Brief Report Pages: 99 - 104

21. Incidence of hepatitis B virus infection among an Italian military population: Evidence of low infection spread

    • R. D'Amelio
    • T. Stroffolini
    • P. Pasquini

    Brief Report Pages: 105 - 107

22. A descriptive follow-up study onHelicobacter pylori infection before and after exposition to a war area

    • L. Basso
    • S. Beattie
    • C. O'Morain

    Brief Report Pages: 109 - 111

23. Prevalence of anti-HCV in institutionalised mentally handicapped subjects

    • Fabrizio Pregliasco
    • Andrea Conti

    Letter To The Editor Pages: 113 - 114

24. Comparison of selected nutritional indicators in children in Slovakia in 1988 and 1992

    • A. Béderová
    • K. Babinská
    • A. Brtková

    Letter To The Editor Pages: 115 - 119