The generation and release of meltwater during the spring snowmelt season can be delayed because of spring storm episodes with snow accumulation and/or sustained subfreezing temperatures. The delayed release of snowmelt often extends beyond the particular storm event because of changes to the internal state of energy in the snowpack that prevents transmission of meltwater. Following a storm, tw...

The Enteric-Tek wheel (Flow Laboratories), consisting of 14 different biochemical parameters for rapidly identifying Enterobacteriaceae, was evaluated and compared with the conventional method for completely identifying 301 enteric cultures, representing 36 species. The Enteric-Tek system correctly identified 264 (97.8%) of the 270 common or typical strains and 26 (83.9%) of the 31 unusual or a...

A case of fatal neonatal infection with enteric cytopathogenic human orphan virus (echovirus) type 6 is presented. The measures taken to prevent further spread of infection with special reference to the use of human normal immunoglobulin are described.