contact with cats at home (9). Unusual cryptosporidial infections are not restricted to immunocompromised hosts, and further investigation of the pathogenicity and epidemiology of these infections is necessary to establish their effect on public health and to identify risk factors for exposure and measures for prevention. The identification of species other than C. hominis and C. parvum that in...

tain the level of collaboration between their departments and local hospitals in regard to WMD preparedness and a coordinated medical and public health response. Forty-four (90%) of 49 CHDs completed the interview. One of the 49 responding CHDs is responsible for a six-county area, thus accounting for the state’s 55 counties. Fewer than half (20 of 44) of the respondents have provided contact i...

In “Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Necrotizing Pneumonia,” by Monica Monaco et al., an error occurred on page 1647, in the first full sentence of the third column. The sentence should read “On day 3 of admission, antimicrobial drug therapy was changed to linezolid (600 mg 2 times a day).” The corrected text appears in the online article at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no10/05...

T Discovery Channel documentary Mosquito, worldwide premiere scheduled for July 6, 2017, is an excellent film intended to educate those who are unaware of the dangers posed by mosquitoes worldwide. Well, not exactly. Mosquitoes themselves pose no great dangers to humans, livestock, or wildlife. It is the viruses or other potential pathogens that mosquitoes carry and can transmit that are the da...

Correction: Vol. 19, No. 7 The article Human Alveolar Echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan (J. Usubalieva et al.) incorrectly labeled the y-axis of Figure 1. The corrected figure and caption are reproduced here, and the article has been corrected online (wwwnc.cdc.gov/ EID/article/19/7/12-1405_ article.htm). Figure 1. Number of alveoloar echinococcosis cases reported in Kyrgyzstan, by patient sex, 1995...

1890 Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 10, No. 10, October 2004 most important response is to offer a sound base of support for combating emerging diseases where they start, relying less on the rapid influx of international experts and the long-distance shipping of specimens and more on “home grown” talent, equipped with the tools and training that they need. Achieving these...

Renaud Piarroux, Robert Barrais, Benoît Faucher, Rachel Haus, Martine Piarroux, Jean Gaudart, Roc Magloire, and Didier Raoult Author affi liations: Université de la Méditerranée, Marseilles, France (R. Piarroux, B. Faucher, J. Gaudart, D. Raoult); Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (R. Barrais, R. Magloire); Service de Santé des Armées, Paris, France (R. H...

specific example of “a world aswarm with viral zoonoses”), anthrax, smallpox, brucellosis, botulism, and ricin. Information is also provided on genetically-engineered protein toxins, as well as genetic fingerprinting for forensic studies and the use of genomics for the agents of tularemia, brucellosis, and clostridial gas gangrene. Notably, several chapters are devoted to critical topics that a...