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Editorials

Infectious diseases—far from defeated

Stephen Chambers, Michael Baker

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Meningitis: tragedy, culture, and blame

Frank Frizelle

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Original Articles

The New Zealand Meningococcal Vaccine Strategy: A tailor-made vaccine to combat a devastating epidemic

Kerry Sexton, Diana Lennon, Philipp Oster, Sue Crengle, Diana Martin, Kim Mulholland, Teuila Percival, Stewart Reid, Joanna Stewart, Jane O’Hallahan

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Prevention of group B meningococcal disease by vaccination: a difficult task

Mark Thomas

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Living with HIV in New Zealand: balancing health and quality of life

Jeffrey Grierson, Marian Pitts, Matt Whyte, Sebastian Misson, Anthony Hughes, Peter Saxton, Mark Thomas

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A community and workplace outbreak of tuberculosis in Hawke’s Bay in 2002

Caroline McElnay, Craig Thornley, Rob Armstrong

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Acne prevalence in secondary school students and their perceived difficulty in accessing acne treatment

Diana Purvis, Elizabeth Robinson, Peter Watson

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Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT): a review of experience at Auckland Hospital

Arlo Upton, Rod Ellis-Pegler, Andrew Woodhouse

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Review of 65 cases of infective endocarditis in Dunedin Public Hospital

John Chu, Gerard Wilkins, Michael Williams

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Antibiotic resistance in Helicobacter pylori: is it a problem in New Zealand?

Dilruba Ahmed, Heather Brooks, Michelle McConnell, Gil Barbezat

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Special Article

The prevention of early-onset neonatal group B streptococcus infection: technical report from the New Zealand GBS Consensus Working Party

Norma Campbell, Alison Eddy, Brian Darlow, Peter Stone, Keith Grimwood

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Case Report

Cryptosporidium reactive arthritis

Shelley Collings, John Highton

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

The relation of the State towards consumption

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the Meningococcal Vaccine Strategy World Health Organization Satellite Meeting, 10 March 2004, Auckland, New Zealand

Kerry Sexton, Diana Lennon, Philipp Oster, Ingeborg Aaberge, Diana Martin, Stewart Reid, Sharon Wong, Jane O’Hallahan

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Medical Image

Erosion of a vascular prostheses by the duodenum

Lucio Trevisani, Piergiorgio Gaudenzi

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Haemorrhagic meningococcal meningitis: is it scurvy?

Mike Godfrey

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Antenatal screening for HIV: why are we still waiting?

Lesley Voss, Sally Roberts, Nigel Dickson, Lucille Wilkinson

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Acute Coronary Syndromes - and Response

Robin Norris, Chris Ellis, Harvey White

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Skin infections of the limbs of Polynesian children - and Response

Rhys Jones, Joanne Baxter, Dale Bramley, Sue Crengle, Elana Curtis, Ricci Harris, Ramon Pink, Keri Ratima, Papaarangi Reid, Tania Riddell, Nina Scott, Frank Frizelle

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Sub-clinical osteomalacia

Ronu Ghose

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Osteomalacia

Alan Doube

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Notice

14th Biennial Conference: Asian Pacific Association for Study of the Liver (APASL); New Delhi, India

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Book Reviews

Bioterrorism: Guidelines for Medical and Public Health Management (DA Henderson, TV Inglesby, T O'Toole, eds)

Lance Jennings

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ImmunoFacts: Vaccines & Immunologics (JD Grabenstein)

Lance Jennings

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Gay Men, Sex & HIV in New Zealand (H Worth)

Frank Frizelle

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