1. Cigarette smoking and acute myocardial infarction

   • Eva Negri
   • Carlo La Vecchia
   • Stefano Bechi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 361 - 366

2. Salmonella typhimurium andSalmonella enteritidis: Changing epidemiology from 1973 until 1992

   • F. Le Bacq
   • B. Louwagie
   • J. Verhaegen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 367 - 371

3. Impact of sexual habits on the clinical evaluation of male HPV infection

   • A. Rotola
   • S. Costa
   • E. Cassai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 373 - 380

4. Blood lead levels in shopkeepers and car traffic pollution in Liguria, Italy

   • P. Orlando
   • F. Perdelli
   • F. di Bello

   OriginalPaper Pages: 381 - 385

5. Mobility of Scottish injecting drug users and risk of HIV infection

   • David J. Goldberg
   • Martin Frischer
   • Jonathan Cossar

   OriginalPaper Pages: 387 - 392

6. Construction of plasmids useful for production of the B subunit of cholera toxin fromVibrio cholerae or a heat-labile enterotoxin from enterotoxigenicEscherichia coli

   • Takao Tsuji
   • Michio Kato
   • Akio Miyama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 393 - 398

7. Malaria epidemiological trends in Italy

   • G. Sabatinelli
   • G. Majori
   • R. Romi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 399 - 403

8. Drug data coding and analysis in epidemiologic studies

   • M. Pahor
   • E. A. Chrischilles
   • Pierugo Carbonin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 405 - 411

9. Analysis of the entire nucleotide sequence of the cryptic plasmid QpH1 fromCoxiella burnetii

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

   OriginalPaper Pages: 413 - 420

10. The 16S/23S ribosomal spacer region ofCoxiella burnetii

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

    OriginalPaper Pages: 421 - 426

11. Is plasmid based differentiation ofCoxiella burnetii in ‘acute’ and ‘chronic’ isolates still valid?

    • D. Thiele
    • H. Willems

    OriginalPaper Pages: 427 - 434

12. Histoplasmosis capsulati in Italy: Autochthonous or imported?

    • M. Confalonieri
    • A. Nanetti
    • A. Mazzoni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 435 - 439

13. Falls, hip fractures and the weather

    • Martyn J. Parker
    • Stephanie Martin

    Brief Report Pages: 441 - 442

14. Steady HIV prevalence among pregnant women in Marseille, France

    • C. Tamalet
    • C. Vignoli
    • Ph. de Micco

    Letter To The Editor Pages: 443 - 444

15. A double malarial infection in a soldier returning from Somalia

    • L. Sighinolfi
    • M. Libanore
    • F. Ghinelli

    Letter To The Editor Pages: 445 - 446

16. Europe preparing to face an influenza pandemic

    • Claude Hannoun

    Introduction Pages: 449 - 450

17. Introduction to pandemic influenza through history

    • Youri Ghendon

    First Session: Diagnosis Of A Pandemic Situation Pages: 451 - 453

18. Source for influenza pandemics

    • Christoph Scholtissek

    First Session: Diagnosis Of A Pandemic Situation Pages: 455 - 458

19. Role of international networks for the surveillance of influenza

    • Claude Hannoun

    First Session: Diagnosis Of A Pandemic Situation Pages: 459 - 461

20. Identification of pandemic viral strains

    • Michèle Aymard

    First Session: Diagnosis Of A Pandemic Situation Pages: 463 - 464

21. Antigenic and genetic characterization of current influenza strains

    • A. J. Hay
    • A. R. Douglas
    • J. J. Skehel

    First Session: Diagnosis Of A Pandemic Situation Pages: 465 - 466

22. Influenza: Global surveillance for epidemic and pandemic variants

    • Nancy J. Cox
    • T. Lynnette Brammer
    • Helen L. Regnery

    First Session: Diagnosis Of A Pandemic Situation Pages: 467 - 470

23. A mathematical model for the European spread of influenza

    • Antoine Flahault
    • Séverine Deguen
    • Alain-Jacques Valleron

    Second Session: Epidemiological And Clinical Problems During Pandemics Pages: 471 - 474

24. When is the epidemic warning cut-off point exceeded?

    • Dominique Costagliola

    Second Session: Epidemiological And Clinical Problems During Pandemics Pages: 475 - 476

25. Constitution and monitoring of an epidemiological surveillance network with sentinel general practitioners

    • Pierre Chauvin

    Second Session: Epidemiological And Clinical Problems During Pandemics Pages: 477 - 479

26. The prediction of epidemics of respiratory infection

    • D. M. Fleming

    Second Session: Epidemiological And Clinical Problems During Pandemics Pages: 481 - 483

27. Influenza vaccines: A main problem in control of pandemics

    • Youri Ghendon

    Second Session: Epidemiological And Clinical Problems During Pandemics Pages: 485 - 486

28. Vaccine manufacture at the time of a pandemic influenza

    • Hervé P. Chalumeau

    Second Session: Epidemiological And Clinical Problems During Pandemics Pages: 487 - 490

29. Therapeutic approaches of clinicians to influenza pandemic

    • François Philit
    • Jean-François Cordier

    Second Session: Epidemiological And Clinical Problems During Pandemics Pages: 491 - 492

30. Surveillance of influenza in the United Kingdom

    • Pratima Chakraverty

    Second Session: Epidemiological And Clinical Problems During Pandemics Pages: 493 - 495

31. The PHLS response to a pandemic of influenza

    • P. Morgan-Capner
    • the PHLS Influenza Subcommittee

    Third Session: Social And Regulatory Aspects Of Management Of A Pandemic Pages: 497 - 502

32. Pandemic planning in Canada

    • Susan E. Tamblyn

    Third Session: Social And Regulatory Aspects Of Management Of A Pandemic Pages: 503 - 505

33. Role of the French drug licensing authority in the prevention of influenza pandemics

    • Michèle Aymard
    • Jean-Paul Cano

    Third Session: Social And Regulatory Aspects Of Management Of A Pandemic Pages: 507 - 508

34. Attitude of the French Armed Forces Health Service to the risk of influenza pandemic

    • Y. Buisson
    • P. Eono
    • R. Laroche

    Third Session: Social And Regulatory Aspects Of Management Of A Pandemic Pages: 509 - 509

35. Populations of persons who must be vaccinated with priority

    • A. Chippaux

    Third Session: Social And Regulatory Aspects Of Management Of A Pandemic Pages: 511 - 512

36. Licensing and control authority batch release of influenza vaccine in Germany in accordance with EEC regulations

    • M. Weeke-Lüttmann

    Third Session: Social And Regulatory Aspects Of Management Of A Pandemic Pages: 513 - 514

37. Crisis communication in the event of a flu pandemic

    • Pierre Saliou

    Third Session: Social And Regulatory Aspects Of Management Of A Pandemic Pages: 515 - 517

38. Norway: Problems which a small and sparsely populated European country without a national vaccine production would face during a pandemic

    • Lars R. Haaheim

    Third Session: Social And Regulatory Aspects Of Management Of A Pandemic Pages: 519 - 521

39. Political fiction or a future scenario for a pandemic of influenza?

    • Gérard Dubois

    Third Session: Social And Regulatory Aspects Of Management Of A Pandemic Pages: 523 - 523

40. Recommendations of the 7th European Meeting of Influenza and Its Prevention

    • Michèle Aymard
    • Nancy J. Cox
    • Susan Tamblyn

    Third Session: Social And Regulatory Aspects Of Management Of A Pandemic Pages: 525 - 526