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Reported influenza in pregnancy and childhood tumour A. LinosM. KardaraF. Tzartzatou-Stathopoulou OriginalPaper Pages: 471 - 475
Hyperlipidaemia: Differences in management practices and attitudes in two regions in Europe – Sicily and the Stockholm area Birgitta DanielssonHans ÅbergLars-Erik Strender OriginalPaper Pages: 477 - 482
The epidemiology of bite and scratch injuries by vertebrate animals in Switzerland Hans C. Matter OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 490
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An epidemiological study of pityriasis rosea in the Eastern Anatolia Mehmet HarmanSema AytekinH. Serhat İnalöz OriginalPaper Pages: 495 - 497
A multicentre serosurvey on diphtheria immunity in a French population of 1004 subjects F. BallereauI. SchriveM. Rey OriginalPaper Pages: 499 - 503
Prevalence of Chlamydia pneumoniae specific antibodies in different clinical situations and healthy subjects in Izmir, Turkey M. GencayD. DereliEce Tez OriginalPaper Pages: 505 - 509
Antigenic and genomic analysis of a Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strain isolated from Ixodes ricinus ticks in Alto Adige-South Tyrol, Italy Lorenzo CiceroniSimonetta CiarrocchiJosef Simeoni OriginalPaper Pages: 511 - 517
Failure to recognize rapidly growing mycobacteria in a proficiency testing sample without specific request – A wider diagnostic problem? Alexander von GraevenitzVerena Pünter-Streit OriginalPaper Pages: 519 - 520
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