To study the epidemiologic and clinical features of rotavirus infections, we enrolled 98 families
in a prospective study of diarrhea in households with newborn children. Families were …

Background: Aboriginal women have been identified as having poorer pregnancy outcomes
than other Canadian women, but information on risk factors and outcomes has been …

Materials and Methods The laboratory diagnosis of ADV bronchiolitis was based on either (1)
growth of the virus from the tracheal secretions,(2) serologic evidence (fourfold rise in …

Outer membrane proteins of Campylobacter jejuni and other campylobacter species were
analyzed for their antigenic potentials by immunoblotting. Polypeptides were resolved by …

Background—Chlamydia pneumoniae is an intracellular bacterium responsible for respiratory
tract infections. Recent studies have implicated this organism in the pathogenesis of …

Chlamydia trachomatis proteins were electrophoresed and then transferred to nitrocellulose
paper to detect chlamydial proteins which bind to eucaryotic cell membranes. Resolved …

A lambda gt11 recombinant library of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2 chromosomal DNA
was screened with a 29-mer synthetic oligonucleotide specific to the N-terminal amino acids …

A 9-year-old Inuit boy with brucellosis is presented. The most likely source of his infection
was contaminated caribou meat. Brucella suis is enzootic in Canadian caribou herds and this …

I n the absence of standard methods for per-forming in-vitro sensitivity testing, the management
of symptomatic giardiasis, as for most parasitic infections, is empiric. Treatment is usually …

4. Murray HW, Rubin BY, Rothermel CD. Killing of intracellular Leishmania donovani by
lymphokine-stimulated human mononuclear phagocytes. Evidence that interferon-y is the …