| EDITORIALS |
| 239 |
What should we measure: infection or infection control? J Nash  |
241 |
Accountability for health protection in England: how has this been affected by the establishment of the Health Protection Agency.
H Pickles |
| ORIGINAL
REPORTS |
| INFECTION CONTROL |
| 245 |
Evaluation of peer review of infection control arrangements for healthcare-associated infection in four acute trusts in the East of England. L King, G Radford, R Gair |
| IMMUNISATION |
| 251 |
Surveillance of antenatal infections - HIV, hepatitis B, syphilis, and rubella susceptibility in London. SR Anderson, A Richarts, H Maguire |
| 258 |
Immunisation of babies of women who screen positive for hepatitis B. I Holtby, B McCarron
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| 260 |
General practitioners' concerns about childhood immunisation and suggestions for improving professional support and vaccine uptake. R Henderson, K Oates, H Macdonald, WCS Smith |
| 267 |
Survey of local immunisation training in England - the case for setting national standards. A Cummins, L Lane, D Boccia, NS Crowcroft
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| 272 |
Outbreak of influenza A (H3N2) in a highly-vaccinated religious community: a retrospective cohort study. S Nicholls, K Carroll, J Crofts, E Ben-Eliezer, J Pail, M Zambon, CA Joseph, NQ Verlander, NL Goddard, J Watson |
| 278 |
Acceptability of universal hepatitis B vaccination among school pupils and parents . A Hinds, JC Cameron |
| 283 |
Tetanus immunisation policy in England and Wales - an overview of the literature. S Bracebridge, NS Crowcroft, J White
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| HEALTH OF DRUG USERS |
| 278 |
Sharps discarded in inner city parks and playgrounds - a risk of bloodborne virus exposure. P Nyiri, T Leung, MA Zuckerman
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| 289 |
Hepatitis A vaccination - a prison-based solution for a community-based outbreak? RL Gilbert, T O'Connor, S Mathew, K Allen, M piper, ON Gill |
| 294 |
Acceptance and completion of hepatitis B vaccination among drug users in New York City. DC Ompad, S Galea, Y Wu, CM Fuller, M Latka, B Kolbib, D Vlahov |
| 301 |
Audit of bloodborne virus prevention activity with drug users seen in primary care. R Weightman, R Walton, J Bury |
| 306 |
Increasing hepatitis B vaccine coverage in prisons in England and Wales. RL Gilbert, A Costella, M Piper, ON Gill |
| HIV |
| 312 |
Importance of using an HIV Ag/Ab combined assay in a UK population at high risk of acquiring HIV infection. D McElborough |
| 315 |
Enhanced surveillance of HIV infection in the West Midlands.
AT Bodley-Tickell, H Mossop, Y Rehman, D Natin, I Blair
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| 319 |
Relationships between the use of hospital services and deprivation score among HIV-positive individuals in the north west of England. PA Cook, S Hargreaves, K Toque, MA Bellis |
| LABORATORY METHODS |
| 322 |
Clostridium difficile: a questionnaire survey of laboratory practice in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. J Taylor, K Foster, A Berrington |
| 328 |
Evaluation of Binax NOW© RSV as an audit point-of-care screening test in a paediatric accident and emergency unit. PL Mackie, EM McCormick, C Williams |
| 331 |
Audit of the detection and notification of meningococcal disease at a north London University district hospital. M Ruddy, Y Drabu, P Lee, BC Patel |
| 334 |
How complete and accurate is meningococcal disease notification?
E Breen, S Ghebrehewet, M Regan, APJ Thomson |
| 339 |
Outbreak of a new Salmonella phage type in South West England: alternative epidemiological investigations are needed.
D Bocia, CI Oliver, A Charlett, H Orr, J Sarangi, J Stuart
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| INFECTION IN THE COMMUNITY |
| 344 |
Susceptibility to infectious rash illness in pregnant women from diverse geographic regions. SJ Knowles, K Grundy, I Cahill, MT Cafferkey |
| 349 |
Airborne Campylobacter infection in a poultry worker: case report and review of literature. IG Wilson |
| GUIDELINES |
| 354 |
Interim UK guidelines for management of close community contacts of invasive group A streptococcal disease. Health Protection Agency Group A Streptococcus Working Group |
| 362 |
Preventing person-to-person spread following gastrointestinal infections: guidelines for public health physicians and environmental health officers. Working group of the former Public Health Laboratory Service Advisory Committee on Gastrointestinal Infections |
| OBITUARIES |
| 385 |
Dame Rosalind Hurley |
| 386 |
Dr M Patricia Jevons |
| LETTERS |
| 387 |
Assessment of HIV-2 testing practices and reporting in England, wales, and Northern Ireland. B Patel, L Payne, J Tosswill, B Evans |
| 388 |
Selective neonatal BCG immunisation in a multiethnic community: poor uptake among white British infants. L Menon, R Srinivansan, M Alfaham |
| 388 |
The MMR debate: how many children are actually receiving single vaccines? K Lamden |
| BIOTECH
CORNER |
| 390 |
Biotechnologyand microbiology - have we reached the end of the line? . JP Clewley |
| BENCHMARKS |
| 392 |
Issues in career progression in microbiology. L Purser, L Sheasby, L Ward. |
