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The World Health Organization (WHO) profile of communicable diseases in Iraq was recently updated. The stated purpose of this publication is to provide public health professionals working in Iraq and neighboring countries with up-to-date information on the major communicable disease threats faced by the population.
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Data from a prospective cohort study demonstrate benefit from initiation of antiretroviral therapy at CD4 counts of 201-350/mm3. The possibility of benefit from initiation at even higher CD4 counts was also raised.
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Computer keyboards may serve as reservoirs for serious nosocomial pathogens.
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Rapid antigen testing may serve as an early warning system in influenza surveillance.
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Influenza vaccination of healthy children is necessary to prevent the majority of influenza-associated pediatric morbidity and mortality.
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Oregons Assisted Suicide Program; HIV Accelerates HCV Fibrosis; Fuzeon (T-20) Goes Forward
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The following is a brief and selected overview of presentations at Focus on Fungal Infections 13 in Maui, Hawaii, March 19-21, 2003.
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The following is an overview of some presentations at the annual meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
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Comparison of 2 meropenem dosing regimens, 500 mg q 6 h and 1000 mg q 8h, found that the resultant pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics were equivalent.
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