1. Hepatitis C virus infection among short-term intravenous drug users in southern Taiwan

   • Chai-Jan Chang
   • Chun-Hui Lin
   • Hong-Wen Liu

   OriginalPaper Pages: 597 - 601

2. HAV and HEV infection in hospitalised hepatitis patients in Alexandria, Egypt

   • M. Divizia
   • R. Gabrieli
   • A. Panà

   OriginalPaper Pages: 603 - 609

3. Is there an association between Helicobacter pylori infection and coronary heart disease?

   • Rinaldo Pellicano
   • Irena Mladenova
   • Francis Mégraud

   OriginalPaper Pages: 611 - 619

4. Clinical and prognostic characteristics associated with age and gender in acute myocardial infarction: A multihospital perspective in the Murcia region of Spain

   • Antonio Melgarejo-Moreno
   • José Galcerá-Tomás
   • Antonio González-Sánchez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 621 - 629

5. The effect of stress on the onset and progression of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease: Results of a German pilot case–control study

   • C. Laske
   • O. Gefeller
   • S. Poser

   OriginalPaper Pages: 631 - 635

6. Phylogenetic analysis of macrorestriction fragments as a measure of genetic relatedness in Staphylococcus aureus: The epidemiological impact of methicillin resistance

   • A. Agodi
   • F. Campanile
   • S. Stefani

   OriginalPaper Pages: 637 - 642

7. Unhealthy eating behaviour in adolescents

   • Amelia Rodríguez Martín
   • José Manuel Martínez Nieto
   • Carmen Cano Fernández

   OriginalPaper Pages: 643 - 648

8. Overweight and obesity among secondary school children in Central Italy

   • Elisabetta De Vito
   • Giuseppe La Torre
   • Gualtiero Ricciardi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 649 - 654

9. An echovirus 30 outbreak with a high meningitis attack rate among children and household members at four day-care centers

   • U.C. Vieth
   • M. Kunzelmann
   • L.R. Petersen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 655 - 658

10. Mumps: A current epidemiologic pattern as a necessary background for the choice of a vaccination strategy

    • Carla Zotti
    • Orietta Ossola
    • Collaborating Group

    OriginalPaper Pages: 659 - 663

11. Genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates obtained from Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Slovakia

    • Lise Gern
    • Chang Min Hu
    • J. Rehacek

    OriginalPaper Pages: 665 - 669

12. Epidemiological study of brucellosis in eight Greek villages using a Computerised Mapping Programme

    • Ch. Hadjichristodoulou
    • Ch. Papatheodorou
    • Y. Tselentis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 671 - 680

13. Pilot screening programme for cystinuria in the Valencian Community

    • MariaLuisa Cabello-Tomás
    • Ana Maria García-Gómez
    • MariaLuisa Guillén-Domínguez

    OriginalPaper Pages: 681 - 684

14. National Surveillance System and Hib meningitis incidence in Italy

    • Salvatore Squarcione
    • Maria G. Pompa
    • Daniela D'Alessandro

    OriginalPaper Pages: 685 - 687