Sunshine in the United States1

Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae, United States1

M are the preferred treatment for infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children (1). Since 2000, macrolide resistance has developed in Asia and has now been reported from many parts of the world (2). This resistance is of a high level and has been associated with longer duration of fever, cough, and hospital stay and the need to switch to alternative antimicrobial agents (3– 5). Scant ...

Impact of HIV on Women in the United States1

s of the 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections; February 8-11, 2004; San Francisco, California. Abstract 744. [cited 2004 Apr 5]. Available from http://www.retroconference. org/ 2004/cd/Abstract/744.htm 9. Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in HIV-infected adults and adolescents: recommendations of the Panel on Clinical Practices for Treatment of HIV. [cited ...

Landed Interests and Financial Underdevelopment in the United States1

On the Welfare Consequences of the Increase in Inequality in the United States1

We investigate the welfare consequences of the stark increase in wage and earnings inequality in the US over the last 30 years. Our data stems from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, which is the only US data set that contains information on wages, hours worked, earnings and consumption for the same cross section of US households. We first document that, while the cross-sectional variation in wag...

Novel Surveillance Network for Norovirus Gastroenteritis Outbreaks, United States1

CaliciNet, the outbreak surveillance network for noroviruses in the United States, was launched in March 2009. As of January 2011, twenty state and local health laboratories had been certified to submit norovirus sequences and epidemiologic outbreak data to CaliciNet. During the network's first year, 552 outbreaks were submitted to CaliciNet, of which 78 (14%) were associated with foodborne tra...