1. The effect of drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes on the risk of cirrhosis associated with alcohol consumption

   • G. Corrao
   • A. R. Lepore
   • The Provincial Group for the Study of Chronic Liver Disease

   OriginalPaper Pages: 657 - 664

2. Spontaneous abortion in a hospital population: Are tobacco and coffee intake risk factors?

   • V. Domínguez-Rojas
   • J. R. de Juanes-Pardo
   • E. Gordillo-Florencio

   OriginalPaper Pages: 665 - 668

3. AIDS as a leading cause of death among young adults in Italy

   • Susanna Conti
   • Gino Farchi
   • Sabrina Prati

   OriginalPaper Pages: 669 - 673

4. Histoplasmosis capsulati and duboisii in Europe: The impact of the HIV pandemic, travel and immigration

   • R. Manfredi
   • A. Mazzoni
   • F. Chiodo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 675 - 681

5. Syphilis serology among transvestite prostitutes attending an HIV unit in Rome, Italy

   • P. Gattari
   • D. Speziale
   • C. Valenzi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 683 - 686

6. Blood-borne virus infections among Australian injecting drug users: Implications for spread of HIV

   • Nick Crofts
   • John L. Hopper
   • Stephen A. Locarnini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 687 - 694

7. Serologic evidence for human ehrlichiosis in Africa

   • P. Brouqui
   • C. Le Cam
   • D. Raoult

   OriginalPaper Pages: 695 - 698

8. Antibiotic susceptibility of 206Haemophilus influenzae isolates collected from children in central Italy

   • Alessandra Zanchi
   • Maria Mencarelli
   • Carla Cellesi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 699 - 702

9. Diagnosis of bronchopulmonary infections by quantification of microflora

   • F. Pirali
   • M. Longo
   • A. Turano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 703 - 706

10. Serotypes of CNF1-producingEscherichia coli strains that cause extraintestinal infections in humans

    • J. E. Blanco
    • J. Blanco
    • W. H. Jansen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 707 - 711

11. Humoral immune response against antigen 60 in BCG-vaccinated infants

    • S. Rota
    • U. Beyazova
    • C. Cevheroğlu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 713 - 718

12. Isolation ofCoxiella burnetii and of an unknown rickettsial organism fromIxodes ricinus ticks collected in Austria

    • J. Řeháček
    • B. Kaaserer
    • E. Kocianová

    OriginalPaper Pages: 719 - 723

13. Risk factors for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a North Italian rural area

    • G. Viegi
    • L. Carrozzi
    • P. Paoletti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 725 - 731

14. Mortality patterns in Kuwait: Inferences from death certificate data

    • Zoran Radovanovic

    OriginalPaper Pages: 733 - 736

15. The frequency of hepatitis B virus infection in Greek patients with various types of glomerulonephritis

    • Lydia Dr Nakopoulou
    • K. Stefanaki
    • P. Davaris

    OriginalPaper Pages: 737 - 742

16. Stability of genomic DNA fragment patterns in methicillin resistantStaphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during the course of intra- and interhospital spread

    • W. Dr Witte
    • C. Cuny
    • S. Wagner

    OriginalPaper Pages: 743 - 748

17. Prevalence of antibodies toYersinia enterocolitica O:3 among Norwegian military recruits: Association with risk factors and clinical manifestations

    • Arve Sæbø
    • Georg Kapperud
    • Jan Waage

    OriginalPaper Pages: 749 - 755

18. Identification of a natural cycle involvingRickettsia typhi infection ofMonopsyllus sciurorum sciurorum fleas from the nests of the fat dormouse (Glis glis)

    • Tomi Trilar
    • Suzana Radulovič
    • David H. Walker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 757 - 762

19. The prevalence of Parkinson's disease in Portugal

    • J. A. Dias
    • M. M. Felgueiras
    • Z. P. Pimenta

    OriginalPaper Pages: 763 - 767

20. Seroprevalence of anti-HTLV I/II and anti-HIV-1 antibodies in a sample population in the Marche Region, Italy

    • F. Mignini
    • L. Quarenghi
    • I. Covelli

    Brief Report Pages: 769 - 771

21. Chronic cryptococcal meningitis in an intravenous drug addict without evidence of infection by HIV-1,2 in southern Italy

    • L. Monno
    • G. Angarano
    • A. Bellisario

    Brief Report Pages: 773 - 774