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New antibiotics resistance mechanism: emergence of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) in Enterobacteriaceae is a cause for concern. Karthikeyan K Kumarasamy and colleagues report on this carbapenemase in India, Pakistan, and the UK. Guillain-Barré syndrome and influenza infection: assessing plausibility of influenza immunisation as a biological cause of GBS. Cutaneous septic emboli from Candida tropicalis: 11-yearold girl with acute luekemia presented with a subtle persistent rash.
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Sep 2010

Volume 10
Number 9
Pages 577 - 652
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Leading Edge

577
Are genome-wide association studies of infection any value?
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
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Reflection and Reaction

578
The latest threat in the war on antimicrobial resistance
Johann DD Pitout
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579
ACTs for schistosomiasis: do they act?
Jürg Utzinger, Marcel Tanner, Jennifer Keiser
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581
Research into tuberculosis diagnosis in children
Stephen Michael Graham
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582
Biosafety and tuberculosis laboratories in Africa
Thomas Hänscheid, Martin Peter Grobusch
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Cross-talk

584
It'll be fine with a bit of ice and lemon
Bernard Dixon
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Newsdesk

585
The real cost of counterfeit medicines
Talha Burki
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587
Trial results finally show potential for microbicidal HIV gel
Dara Mohammadi
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588
Smallpox: should we destroy the last viral stocks?
Kathryn Senior
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589
Infectious disease surveillance update
Onisillos Sekkides
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590
Research brief
Jane Bradbury
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Media Watch

591
Health law, human rights, and public health
George J Annas
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591
Georg Letham: physician and murderer
Talha Burki
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Correspondence

593
Invasive infections and sickle-cell disease
Thomas Adamkiewicz
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Invasive infections and sickle-cell disease – Authors' reply
Meenakshi Ramakrishnan, Jennifer C Moïsi, Mireille Mpoudi Etame, Keith P Klugman, Jesus M Feris, Orin S Levine
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Cervical cancer incidence can increase despite HPV vaccination
Diane M Harper, Pekka Nieminen, Jorma Paavonen, Matti Lehtinen
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Cervical cancer incidence can increase despite HPV vaccination – Author's reply
Chris T Bauch
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596
Acute bacterial meningitis
Luis Ignacio Gonzalez-Granado
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596
Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus: is vitamin D the missing link?
Adam E Handel, Sreeram V Ramagopalan
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Articles

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Emergence of a new antibiotic resistance mechanism in India, Pakistan, and the UK: a molecular, biological, and epidemiological study
Karthikeyan K Kumarasamy, Mark A Toleman, Timothy R Walsh, Jay Bagaria, Fafhana Butt, Ravikumar Balakrishnan, Uma Chaudhary, Michel Doumith, Christian G Giske, Seema Irfan, Padma Krishnan, Anil V Kumar, Sunil Maharjan, Shazad Mushtaq, Tabassum Noorie, David L Paterson, Andrew Pearson, Claire Perry, Rachel Pike, Bhargavi Rao, Ujjwayini Ray, Jayanta B Sarma, Madhu Sharma, Elizabeth Sheridan, Mandayam A Thirunarayan, Jane Turton, Supriya Upadhyay, Marina Warner, William Welfare, David M Livermore, Neil Woodford
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Efficacy of artesunate with sulfalene plus pyrimethamine versus praziquantel for treatment of Schistosoma mansoni in Kenyan children: an open-label randomised controlled trial
Charles O Obonyo, Erick MO Muok, Pauline NM Mwinzi
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Diagnostic approaches for paediatric tuberculosis by use of different specimen types, culture methods, and PCR: a prospective case-control study
Richard A Oberhelman, Giselle Soto-Castellares, Robert H Gilman, Luz Caviedes, Maria E Castillo, Lenka Kolevic, Trinidad Del Pino, Mayuko Saito, Eduardo Salazar-Lindo, Eduardo Negron, Sonia Montenegro, V Alberto Laguna-Torres, David AJ Moore, Carlton A Evans
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Review

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Best drug treatment for multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
José A Caminero, Giovanni Sotgiu, Alimuddin Zumla, Giovanni Battista Migliori
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630
Do children infected with HIV receiving HAART need to be revaccinated?
Catherine G Sutcliffe, William J Moss
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Guillain-Barré syndrome after exposure to influenza virus
Helmar C Lehmann, Hans-Peter Hartung, Bernd C Kieseier, Richard AC Hughes
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Clinical Picture

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Cutaneous septic emboli from Candida tropicalis
Victoria Sharon, Daniel B Eisen, Maxwell A Fung
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