In 2005, 329 cases of hepatitis E virus infection were confirmed in England and Wales; 33 were confirmed indigenous infections, and a further 67 were estimated to be indigenous infections. Hepatitis E should be considered in the investigation of patients with hepatitis even if they have no history of travel.

Recently Musto et al. (Clin Chem 30: 329-330, 1984) noted that, despite the clinical importance of accurate measurement of thyrotropin at low concentrations, the upper limit of normal is well below the stated upper limit of normal of most commercial tests. Here I amplify their statement.

Joel G. Breman and Christopher V. Plowe Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Malaria Section, Center for Vaccine Development, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (See the article by Sacarlal et al, on pages 329–36, and the article by Kester et...

Author details Population and Patient Health, King’s College London Dental Institute, Denmark Hill Campus, Bessemer Road, London SE5 9RS, UK. Oral Medicine Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria. Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London WC1X 8LD, UK. Centre for International Child Oral Health, King’s College London, 26-29 Drury Lane, Rooms 329-...

Department of Metabolic Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi 329-0498, Japan Diabetes Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo 1620054, Japan Metabolism, Endocrinology and Atherosclerosis, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Universi...

Comparative efficacy of two water analysing techniques, based on bacterial analysis has been investigated. Method of Rand et al. with some alterations has proved to be ideal as it provides information on presumptive coliform, feacal coliforms, standard plate counts and confirms the identity of the isolates. Moreover, the improvised method is less time consuming and is comparatively inexpensive ...

Here we present the first attempt to quantify Legionella pneumophila cell numbers within individual amoeba hosts that may be released into engineered water systems. The maximum numbers of culturable L. pneumophila cells grown within Acanthamoeba polyphaga and Naegleria fowleri were 1,348 (mean, 329) and 385 (mean, 44) CFU trophozoite(-1), respectively.

Mika Akizuki*, Kazue Nakagawa, Tatsuya Kato, Tsuyoshi Ogata and Yoshikazu Nakamura Ibaraki Prefecture Itako Public Health Center, Ibaraki 311-2422, Ibaraki Prefecture Tsuchiura Public Health Center, Ibaraki 300-0812, Ibaraki Prefecture Ryugasaki Public Health Center, Ibaraki 301-0822, Ibaraki Prefecture Tsukuba Public Health Center, Ibaraki 305-0035 and Department of Public Health, Jichi Medica...

We explore the orthogonal decomposition of tensors (also known as multidimensional arrays or n-way arrays) using two different definitions of orthogonality. We present numerous examples to illustrate the difficulties in understanding such decompositions. We conclude with a counterexample to a tensor extension of the Eckart-Young SVD approximation theorem by Leibovici and Sabatier [Linear Algebr...

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan. Correspondence: Shigeki Matsubara; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jichi Medical University; 3311-1 Yakushiji, Shimotsuke, Tochigi; 329-0498 Japan; E-mail: [email protected] Conflict of interest: There is no conflict of interest to declare. Received 23 January 2012; Received in final form 02 February ...