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Emerging Infectious Diseases • www.cdc.gov/eid • Vol. 17, No. 7, July 2011 July 2011 On the Cover Salum Kambi (b. 1970) The Village Hut (2008) Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Acrylic on canvas (60.32 cm × 60.32 cm) United States, 1993–2009......................... 1195 Courtesy of U*Space Gallery A. MacNeil et al. (www.uspacegallery.com), Annual incidence is highest in the southwestern Atlanta, Georgia, USA United States. About the Cover p. 1342 Hansen Disease among Micronesian and Marshallese Persons Living in the United States ......................................1202 P. Woodall et al. Synopses Disease incidence is increasing among these Understanding the Cholera migrants, especially in the central and southern Epidemic, Haiti ..........................................1161 states. R. Piarroux et al. Accurate fi eld investigations of outbreaks are Epidemiology and Control of necessary to ensure effective responses. Legionellosis, Singapore .........................1209 M.C. Lam et al. Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis, Testing for Legionella spp. bacteria in artifi cial water Argentina ................................................... 1169 systems should be increased. Y. Romer et al. R. parkeri infections in South America may be Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase misdiagnosed. Genes of Escherichia coli in Chicken p. 1175 Meat and Humans, the Netherlands........1216 I. Overdevest et al. Neurognathostomiasis, a Neglected These genes will affect treatment for gram-negative Parasitosis of the Central Nervous bacterial infections. System ....................................................... 1174 J. Katchanov et al. Asian Lineage of Peste des Petits Travel to disease-endemic areas has resulted in more Ruminants Virus .......................................1223 cases in Europe and North America. O. Kwiatek et al. Recent changes in host and geographic distribution p. 1278 have stimulated interest in this pathogen. Research Effectiveness of Seasonal Infl uenza Co-infections of Plasmodium knowlesi, Vaccine against Pandemic (H1N1) P. falciparum, and P. vivax among 2009 Virus, Australia, 2010 ...................... 1181 Humans and Mosquitoes .........................1232 J.E. Fielding et al. R.P. Marchand et al. The Southern Hemisphere seasonal trivalent Forests may be a reservoir for transmission of P. infl uenza vaccine, which included the pandemic knowlesi. subtype, was effective. Infl uenza-like Illness during Transmission of Infl uenza on Pandemic (H1N1) 2009, New South International Flights, May 2009 ...............1188 Wales, Australia ........................................1240 A. Ruth Foxwell et al. D.J. Muscatello et al. Improved contact tracing without compromising Illness was experienced by ≈25% of the population; the effi cacy of public health interventions may be major risk factors were smoking and obesity. possible. 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