406 Emerging Infectious Diseases • Vol. 9, No. 3, March 2003 Correction, Vol. 8, No. 12 In the article "Induction of Inflammation by West Nile virus Capsid through the Caspase-9 Apoptotic Pathway" by Joo-Sung Yang, et al., errors occurred in the Figure 5 caption on page 1384: delta symbols inadvertantly dropped or were replaced by the letter "d." The corrected caption appears below and online h...

In Time-Space Clustering of Human Brucellosis, California, 1973–1992, by G. Fosgate et al., an error appears in the results section. The corrected sentence appears below and online at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol8no7/01-0351.htm . The Brucella species was identified in 229 (55%) of the 416 cases analyzed. B abortus was isolated from 39 cases, B. melitensis from 181, and B. suis from 9. We ...

infection. However, observations that the patient had no manifestation of encephalitis during a previous episode of neutropenia and that she had an acute febrile illness associated with neurologic signs of encephalitis point to an acute infection. The figure, in which WNV copy numbers are correlated with leukocyte count, is not intended to pinpoint the time of infection. However, as stated in t...

Yellow Jack is a compelling and thorough narrative of one of the most interesting chapters in medical history. The book, which is highly readable even to those who may think they know this story, is based on a series of articles written by one of the authors, John R. Pierce, for Stripe, a publication of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr Pierce was a colonel in the Army Medical Corps and r...

Chlamydial Infection: A Clinical and Public Health Perspective, a relatively short textbook, focuses on Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common bacterial agent of sexually transmitted infections. In the introduction, Black provides some definitions, a historical background, and a table summarizing the main clinical syndromes associated with urogenital serovars. Regrettably, this introduction doe...

140 Emerging Infectious Diseases • Vol. 9, No. 1, January 2003 had serum samples that were either positive or equivocal. The low prevalence of antibodies to C. burnetii in the participants in our study (3/97) indicates that most were very unlikely to have had contact with the organism. If the results are true positives, the source of the infection was quite likely outside of New Zealand. Howeve...

This engaging book on the importance of the microbiome in human health weaves the personal and professional experiences of its author, Dr Martin Blaser, into a thought-provoking commentary on the perils of inappropriate antimicrobial drug use. In 16 chapters, Blaser, director of the New York University Human Microbiome Program, builds a case for recognizing the importance of commensal organisms...

(33/1,025). These differences could be ascribed to the prison’s being situated in a natural setting, with the flock grazing for 1 month in the meadows nearby. C. burnetii is an infrequent cause of community-acquired pneumonia in our region. These data suggest that the infected sheep were the source of this large outbreak. None of the patients had any contact with animals, except for the Veterin...

This engaging book on the importance of the microbiome in human health weaves the personal and professional experiences of its author, Dr Martin Blaser, into a thought-provoking commentary on the perils of inappropriate antimicrobial drug use. In 16 chapters, Blaser, director of the New York University Human Microbiome Program, builds a case for recognizing the importance of commensal organisms...