International contacts

ePassport: Securing International Contacts with Contactless Chips

Electronic passports (ePassports) have known a wide and fast deployment all around the world since the International Civil Aviation Organization published their specifications in 2004. Based on an integrated circuit, ePassports are significantly more secure than their predecessors. Forging an ePassport is definitely thwarted by the use of cryptographic means. In spite of their undeniable benefi...

Hepatitis A among international adoptees and their contacts.

We identified 27 cases of hepatitis A among international adoptees (5 persons), their direct or indirect contacts (20 persons), and unvaccinated travelers to the adoptees' countries (2 persons). Most cases occurred among nontraveling contacts of adoptees, suggesting the need to extend prevention guidelines to include hepatitis A vaccination for at-risk nontravelers.

Hepatitis A infection in recent international adoptees and their contacts in Minnesota, 2007-2009.

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to describe hepatitis A-infected adoptees and the risk of transmission to their contacts. METHODS This was a retrospective review of adoptee-associated cases of hepatitis A and hepatitis A-infected adoptees identified in Minnesota from 2007 through 2009. RESULTS From 2007 through 2009 in Minnesota, 10 cases of hepatitis A, including 1 fulminant case, wer...

Contacts & Correspondence

Relationship between balancing premature contacts and temporomandibular disorder

Relationship between balancing premature contacts and temporomandibular disorder Dr. S.M. Sahebi* - Dr. S. Khosravi ** *-Assistant Professor of Removable Maxillofacial Prosthodontics.Dept-Faculty of Dentistry–Tehran University of Medical Sciences. **- Dentist. Background and Aim: Temporomandibular disorder is a broad term referring to jaws dysfunction. Investigators have presented several facto...