1. A longitudinal study of risk factors in asthma and chronic bronchitis in childhood

   • M. D. Lebowitz
   • C. J. Holberg
   • F. D. Martinez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 341 - 347

2. Risk factors for cardiovascular malformations in Finland

   • J. Tikkanen
   • O. P. Heinonen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 348 - 356

3. Relationships between the Rhipicephalus sanguineus complex ecology and mediterranean spotted fever epidemiology in France

   • B. Gilot
   • M. L. Laforge
   • D. Raoult

   OriginalPaper Pages: 357 - 362

4. Epidemiology of digestive tract mycoses in immunocompromised patients — A review

   • C. Farina
   • F. Castelli
   • G. Carosi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 363 - 370

5. Monitoring of the response of elderly individuals to pneumococcal vaccination with the aid of a novel ELISA

   • M. Fattal-German
   • B. Bizzini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 371 - 375

6. Prevalence of tuberculosis infection in ABHA and BABA

   • A. Bener

   OriginalPaper Pages: 376 - 381

7. Neosartorya fischeri var fischeri (Wehmer) Malloch and Cain 1972 (Anamorph: Aspergillus fischerianus Samson and Gams 1985) as a cause of mycotic keratitis

   • G. Coriglione
   • G. Stella
   • L. Ajello

   OriginalPaper Pages: 382 - 385

8. Establishment of stable mouse/human-human hybrid cell lines producing large amounts of anti-tetanus human monoclonal antibodies with high neutralizing activity

   • M. Kamei
   • S. Hashizume
   • M. Matsuda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 386 - 397

9. Epidemiological and clinical aspects of mycoses in patients with aids-related pathologies

   • G. Morace
   • E. Tamburrini
   • G. Dettori

   OriginalPaper Pages: 398 - 403

10. The reduction of the leprosy endemicity in Northeastern Zaire 1975/1989

    • R. Tonglet
    • S. R. Pattyn
    • J. Deverchin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 404 - 406

11. rRNA probing of chromosomal DNA of epidemic and sporadic isolates of Salmonella enterica subsp. Enterica serovar kottbus from Northern and Southern Italy

    • A. Nastasi
    • C. Mammina
    • M. Corbellini

    OriginalPaper Pages: 407 - 411

12. Epidemiological research on trichinellosis in Apulia and Basilicata (Southern Italy)

    • C. Di Bari
    • G. Santagada
    • O. Schiraldi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 412 - 415

13. General anaesthesia, a risk factor for complication following induced abortion?

    • J. F. Osborn
    • E. Arisi
    • M. A. Stazi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 416 - 422

14. HIV serology among Italian male military recruits at entrance and discharge

    • A. Carducci
    • M. Giorgi
    • M. Bendinelli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 423 - 426

15. Factors influencing birth weight in newborns of diabetic and non-diabetic women a population based study

    • D. Fraser
    • S. Weitzman
    • E. Eschwege

    OriginalPaper Pages: 427 - 431

16. The prevalence of Cryptosporidium species in children in day care centres and primary schools in Salamanca (Spain) : An epidemiological study

    • J. A. García-Rodríguez
    • A. M. Martín-Sánchez
    • E. J. García Luis

    Brief Reports Pages: 432 - 435

17. Isolation of Flavimonas oryzihabitans (CDC group Ve-2) from catheter-induced bacteremia in an immunocompromised patient

    • R. Mutters
    • H. Koppler
    • Th. Krause

    Brief Reports Pages: 436 - 437

18. Absence of antibodies to hiv in short-, mid- and long-term institutionalized psychiatric patients in Barcelona

    • M. Porta
    • R. Herrera
    • J. M. Gassó

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 438 - 439

19. Tetracycline resistant mycoplasmas from Thailand and South America

    • C. Roberts
    • G. Jahn
    • G. E. Kenny

    Letter to the Editor Pages: 440 - 441

20. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 442 - 442