1. Prevention of cardiovascular disease: From biomedical research to health policy

   • Sergio Muntoni

   OriginalPaper Pages: 485 - 494

2. Cadaver kidney transplantation: Ethics and consent

   • P. Auquier
   • D. Reviron
   • P. Merrier

   OriginalPaper Pages: 495 - 499

3. Evaluation of non-radioactive temperature gradient SSCP analysis and of temperature gradient gel electrophoresis for the detection of HPV 6-variants in condylomata acuminata and Buschke-Loewenstein tumours

   • Albert Rübben
   • Claudia Traidl
   • Elke-Ingrid Grußendorf-Conen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 501 - 506

4. PathogenicNocardia isolated from clinical specimens including those of AIDS patients in Thailand

   • N. Poonwan
   • M. Kusum
   • K. Konyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 507 - 512

5. Completeness of AIDS reporting and quality of AIDS death certification in Tuscany (Italy): A linkage study between surveillance system of cases and death certificates

   • Alessandro Barchielli
   • Eva Buiatti
   • Vera Lazzeri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 513 - 517

6. Survival differences in Austrian patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

   • Robert Zangerle
   • Gilbert Reibnegger
   • Jean-Paul Klein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 519 - 526

7. Human T-cell leukemia virus type II infection among high risk groups and its influence on HIV-1 disease progression

   • Magnani Giacomo
   • Elia Gian Franco
   • Fiaccadori Franco

   OriginalPaper Pages: 527 - 533

8. Seroconversion to HBV associated with seroconversion to HIV in a cohort of intravenous drug misusers in Turin, Italy

   • A. Sinicco
   • R. Fora
   • R. Raiteri

   OriginalPaper Pages: 535 - 539

9. Asthmatic risk factors and bronchial reactivity in non-diagnosed asthmatic adults

   • Michael D. Lebowitz
   • Scott Bronnimann
   • Anthony E. Camilli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 541 - 548

10. Quantification ofCoxiella burnetii by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and a colorimetric microtiter plate hybridization assay (CMHA)

    • E. Fritz
    • D. Thiele
    • M-M. Wittenbrink

    OriginalPaper Pages: 549 - 557

11. Sequencing and linkage analysis of aCoxiella burnetii 2.1 kbNotI fragment

    • H. Willems
    • D. Thiele
    • H. Krauss

    OriginalPaper Pages: 559 - 561

12. A unique pattern of apo(a) polymorphism in an isolated east Greenlandic inuit (Eskimo) population

    • Ib Christian Klausen
    • Peter Steen Hansen
    • Ole Faergeman

    OriginalPaper Pages: 563 - 568

13. Trends in hepatitis A virus infection with reference to the process of urbanization in the greater Madrid area (Spain)

    • Carmen Amela
    • Isabel Pachón
    • Fernando Martinez-Navarro

    OriginalPaper Pages: 569 - 573

14. Sexual behavior of women with repeated episodes of vulvovaginal candidiasis

    • Dan Hellberg
    • Birgitta Zdolsek
    • Per-Anders Mårdh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 575 - 579

15. Relevance of cholesterol screening in the United Arab Emirates

    • M. M. Agarwal
    • P. F. Hughes
    • A. G. Shalabi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 581 - 585

16. Viral contamination of environmental surfaces on a general paediatric ward and playroom in a major referral centre in Riyadh

    • J. Akhter1
    • S. Al-Hajjar1
    • S. M. Hussain Qadri

    OriginalPaper Pages: 587 - 590

17. Community control of hypertension at work-site: Epidemiological data of the Agusta Project

    • Roberto Fogari
    • Gianluigi Marasi
    • Gianmarco Villa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 591 - 595

18. Canine seroprevalence ofRickettsia conorii infection (Mediterranean spotted fever) in Castilla y León (northwest Spain)

    • Silvia Delgado
    • Pedro Cármenes

    OriginalPaper Pages: 597 - 600

19. A birth weight for gestational age standard based on data in the Swedish Medical Birth Registry, 1985–1989

    • Bengt Källén

    OriginalPaper Pages: 601 - 606