Physical Performance of West Java Soccer Athletes during February to December 2012

Psittacosis outbreak in Tayside, Scotland, December 2011 to February 2012.

A Tayside outbreak of psittacosis December 2011–February 2012 involved three confirmed and one probable cases. Confirmed cases were indistinguishable by sequencing of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products. The epidemiological pattern suggested person-to-person spread as illness onset dates were consistent with the incubation period and no single common exposure could explain the infections. ...

February 2012

December 2012

ith the aging population and recognition that treatment of a patient’s pain is a key healthcare objective, more patients are taking pain medications that must be taken consistently to be effective. But at the same time, many of these same medications are subject to abuse. These benefits and dangers drive the need to test for patient compliance. Although urine has historically been the specimen ...

Molecular Characterization of the Predominant Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 Virus in Mexico, December 2011–February 2012

When the A(H1N1)pdm09 pandemic influenza virus moved into the post-pandemic period, there was a worldwide predominance of the seasonal influenza A(H3N2) and B viruses. However, A(H1N1)pdm09 became the prevailing subtype in the 2011-2012 influenza season in Mexico and most of Central America. During this season, we collected nasopharyngeal swabs of individuals presenting with influenza-like illn...

February 2012 BSP FINAL.pub

The outbreak of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Germany last year and recent reports about the emergence of Salmonella Kentucky as a “new superbug” have re-focused public attention on food-borne diseases. Salmonellosis is an important cause of food-borne disease with significant economic burden to the population and healthcare systems. In the last century, microbiologists have identified...