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Cunningham, M.W. 2000. Pathogenesis of group A streptococcal infections. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 13:470-511.

Deepe, Jr., G.S. 1997. Histoplasma capsulatum: Darling of the river valleys. ASM News 63(11):599-604.

Defining the public health impact of drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: report of a working group. 1996. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report:45(no. RR-1):1-20.

Dowell, S.F. 1997. Resistant pneumococci: Protecting patients through judicious use of antibiotics. American Family Physician 55(5): 1647-1654.

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Facklam, R. et al. 1999. emm typing and validation of provisional M types for group A streptococci. Emerging Infectious Diseases 5(2):247-262. A valuable new epidemiological tool.

Fischetti, V.A. 1997. The streptococcus and the host: Present and future challenges. ASM News 63(10):541-545.

Gladwell, Malcolm. 1997. The Dead Zone. The New Yorker, September 29, pp.52-65. Interesting account of the terrible 1918 influenza epidemic and attempts to recover the causative agent genome from the bodies of influenza victims frozen in the arctic tundra.

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Pennisi, Elizabeth. 1996. Experts wary of ever-changing influenza A virus. ASM News 62(7):356-360.

Pier, G.B. 1998. Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a key problem in cystic fibrosis. ASM News 64(6):339-347.

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Strauss, Evelyn. 1999. New clues to whooping cough pathology. Science 285:811-813.

Taubenberger,J.K. 1999. Seeking the 1918 Spanish influenza virus. ASM News 65(7):473-478.

Update: diphtheria epidemic-new independent states of the former Soviet Union, January 1995-March 1996. 1996. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 6 (32):693.

Update:Respiratory syncytial virus activity-United States, 1997-1998 season. 1998. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 47(48):1943-1045.

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