179. Controlling the Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci with Contact Precautions: Time for a Randomized Trial
     Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH; Sherrie Atherton, RN, MS; Benjamin A. Lipsky, MD; Linda McDonald, MSPH, RN; and Larry Strausbaugh, MD
     

181. Lack of Association between Acquisition of TT Virus and Risk Behavior for HIV and HCV Infection in Vietnam
     Vivek R. Nerurkar, PhD; Cora L. Woodward, BS; Hien T. Nguyen, MD; F. DeWolfe Miller, PhD; Lance T. Tashima, BA; Alexandra Zalles-Ganley, BA; Pong K. Chua, BS; Jon E. Peterson, PhD; Pham K. Chi, BSc; Long T. Hoang, MD, PhD; Roger Detels, MD; and Richard Yanagihara, MD
     (abstract)
     
     
186. Genotype and Allele Frequency of a 32-Base Pair Deletion Mutation in the CCR5 Gene in Various Ethnic Groups: Absence of Mutation among Asians and Pacific Islanders
     Yuanan Lu, PhD; Vivek R. Nerurkar, PhD; Wan-Mohaiza Dashwood, BS; Cora L. Woodward, BS; Sherimay Ablan, BA; Cecilia M. Shikuma, MD; Andrew Grandinetti, PhD; Healani Chang, MPH; Hien Tran Nguyen, MD; Zunyou Wu, MD; Yasuhiro Yamamura, PhD; William O. Boto, PhD; Andrew Merriwether, PhD; Takeshi Kurata, MD, PhD; Roger Detels, MD; and Richard Yanagihara, MD
     (abstract)
     
     
192. IS1245 Genotypic Analysis of Mycobacterium avium Isolates from Patients in Brazil
     Maria Helena F. Saad, PhD: Leila de S. Fonseca, PhD; Lucilaine Ferrazoli; Fatima Fandinho, PhD; Moises Palaci; Beaztriz Grinsztejn; Afranio Kritski, MD, PhD; Angela Werneck,; Natalia Poltoratskaia, MS; Warren D. Johnson Jr., MD; and Lee W. Riley, MD
     (abstract)
     
     
197. Reduced Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Associated with Enteral Administration of Lactobacillus acidophalus and Bifidobacterium infantis to Neonates in an Intensive Care Unit
     Angela B. Hoyos, MD
     (abstract)
     
     
203. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in Brazil
     Sergio Cimerman, MD, MSc; Benjamin Cimerman, MD, MSc; and David Salomao Lewi, MD, PhD
     (abstract)
     
     
207. Surgical Procedures as a Major Risk Factor for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Italy: Evidence from a Case-Control Study
     Giovanni B. Gaeta, MD; Tommaso Stroffolini, MD; Gloria Taliani, MD; Francesca Menniti Ippolito, PhD; Giuseppe Giusti, MD; and Carlo De Bac, MD
     (abstract)
     
     
211. Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Institutionalized HIV-Infected and HIV-Negative Children in Northeastern Romania
     Eugene Leibovitz, MD; Cristiana Dragomir, MD; Seli Sfartz, MD; Nurith Porat, PhD; Pablo Yagupsky, MD; Simona Jica, MD; Liliana Florescu, MD; and Ron Dagan, MD
     (abstract)

CASE REPORTS

216. Trichinosis Outbreak after Ingestion of Barbecued Badger
     Alexey S. Suzdaltsev, MD, PhD; Victor N. Verkhovtsev, MD; Anatoliy M. Spiridonov, MD; Ekaterina V. Vekhova, MD; Valentina A. Serbina, MD; and Olef A. Alexeyev, MD, PhD
     
     
217. Pulmonary Edema in Malaria
     Amar Safdar, MD; Barry J. Hartman, MD; Bradley A. Connor, MD; and Henry W. Murray, MD

REVIEW

220. Hepatitis G Virus: Molecular Organization, Methods of Detection, Prevalence, and Disease Association
     Magdalena Robaczewska, MSc; Lucyna Cova, MD; Anna J. Podhajska, MD, DSci; and Bogdan Falkiewicz, MSc, MB, BS
     (abstract)