Doctor-to-patient transmission of viral hepatitis B: Is it a problem, is there a solution?

It is well-established that hepatitis B may be transmitted from surgeons to their patients. Clear strategies are needed to reduce the risk of transmission whilst not discriminating unnecessarily against surgeons who may pose no risks to their patients. This review outlines the current position and provides a blueprint for action that may reduce the risks to patients whilst minimizing the impact on practising surgeons

A revision of the spider genera Drassodes and Tivodrassus (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) in North America. American Museum novitates ; no. 2593

29 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 28-29)."Seven North American species of Drassodes and four of Tivodrassus are diagnosed and described. The usefulness of various genitalic characters for species discrimination in Drassodes is discussed. Five new species are described: D. mirus from the Rocky Mountains, D. angulus from California, and T. pecki, T. reddelli, and T. farias from Mexico. Drassodes saccatus (Emerton) is removed from the synonymy of D. neglectus (Keyserling) and considered a valid species. Five specific names are newly synonymized: D. phanus (Chamberlin) and D. yavapainus (Chamberlin), both with D. gosiutus Chamberlin; and D. centralis F.O.P.-Cambridge, D. celes Chamberlin, and D. robinsoni Chamberlin, all with D. saccatus (Emerton). The males of D. louisianus Roddy and T. ethophor Chamberlin and Ivie are described for the first time. Drassodes perditus Banks is transferred to Herpyllus"--P. [1]

Pertussis: Huidige epidemiologische situatie en aanbevelingen van de Gezondheidsraad voor het vaccinatiebeleid

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Lung function decline in asthma patients with elevated bronchial CD8, CD4 and CD3 cells

Pathogenesis and treatment of chronic pulmonary disease

Influenza in het seizoen 1993-94; vaccinsamenstelling voor het seizoen 1994-95.

The influenza season 1993/'94 in the Netherlands and the rest of Northwestern Europe was marked by an influenza A/H3N2 epidemic. The morbidity of this epidemic was moderate, but a high mortality rate was observed. The epidemic viruses, represented by A/Netherlands/241/93 (H3N2), were characterised by haemagglutination inhibition assays and nucleotide sequence analysis. The vir

ECG derived ventricular gradient exceeds echocardiography in the early detection of pulmonary hypertension in scleroderma patients

Cardiolog

Progression of Left Ventricular Myocardial Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis: A Speckle-tracking Strain Echocardiography Study

Pathophysiology and treatment of rheumatic disease