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Mahara Polycystic Kidney Disease: An Unrecognized Emerging Infectious Disease? 113 M.A. Miller-Hjelle, J.T. Hjelle, M. Jones, W.R. Mayberry, M.A. Dombrink-Kurtzman, S.W. Peterson, D.M. Nowak, and F.S. Darras Borna Disease 129 C.G. Hatalski, A.J. Lewis, and W.I. Lipkin The Rickettsia: an Emerging Group of Pathogens in Fish 137 J.L. Fryer and M.J. Mauel Rhodococcus equi and Arcanobacterium haemolyticum: Two “Coryneform” 145 R. Linder Bacteria Increasingly Recognized as Agents of Human Infection Is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Transmitted in Blood? 155 M.N. Ricketts, N.R. Cashman, E.E. Stratton, S. ElSaadany Dispatches A New Tick-borne Encephalitis-like Virus Infecting New England Deer Ticks, 165 S.R. Telford III, P.M. Armstrong, P. Katavolos, Ixodes dammini I. Foppa, A.S.O. Garcia, M.L. Wilson, A. Spielman An Unusual Hantavirus Outbreak in Southern Argentina: Person-to-Person 171 R.M. Wells, S.S. Estani, Z.E. Yadon, D. Enria, Transmission? P. Padula, N. Pini, J.N. Mills, C.J. Peters, E.L. Segura, and the Hantavirus Pulmonary Syn- drome Study Group for Patagonia Pertussis in the Netherlands: an Outbreak Despite High Levels of 175 H.E. de Melker, M.A.E. Conyn-van Spaendonck, Immunization with Whole-Cell Vaccine H.C. Rümke, J.K. van Wijngaarden, F.R. Mooi, and J.F.P. Schellekens Invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b Disease in Elderly Nursing Home 179 T.C. Heath, M.C. Hewitt, B. Jalaludin, C. Roberts, Residents: Two Related Cases A.G. Capon, P. Jelfs, and G.L. Gilbert Seroepidemiologic Studies of Hantavirus Infection Among Wild Rodents 183 M. Jay, M.S. Ascher, B.B. Chomel, M. Madon, in California D. Sesline, B.A. Enge, B. Hjelle, T.G. Ksiazek, P. E. Rollin, P.H. Kass, and K. Reilly Gestational Psittacosis in a Montana Sheep Rancher 191 D.M. Jorgensen Lack of Serologic Evidence for an Association between Cache Valley Virus 195 J.F. Edwards and K. Hendricks Infection and Anencephaly and Other Neural Tube Defects in Texas Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis Survey— Kentucky, 1994 199 M. Auslander and C. Kaelin Commentary Biologic Terrorism — Responding to the Threat 203 P.K. Russell From the 1st International Conference on Emerging Zoonoses The Hantaviruses of Europe: from the Bedside to the Bench 205 J. Clement, P. Heyman, P. McKenna, P. Colson, and T. Avsic-Zupanc Brucellosis: an Overview 213 M.J. Corbel Global Aspects of Emerging and Potential Zoonoses: a WHO Perspective 223 F.-X. Meslin Epidemiology of Emerging Zoonoses in Israel 229 A. Shimshony Electronic Media and Emerging Zoonoses 239 S.A. Berger Letters The Reemergence of Aedes aegypti in Arizona 241 D.M. Engelthaler, T.M. Fink, C.E. Levy and M.J. Leslie Treatment of Exudative Pharyngitis 242 P.D. Ellner Reply to P.D. Ellner 242 H.S. Izurieta, P.M. Strebel, T. Youngblood, D.G. Hollis, and T. Popovic News and Notes Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of 244 Pathogenic Microorganisms Simian Virus 40 (SV40) 245 Foodborne Pathogens: Implications and Control 247 Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim 248 Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Diseases 249 Hantavirus Conference 250 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 250 Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory Fellowship Program 251 Emerging Infections: Clinical and Pathologic Update II 251 Rabies Conference 252 Erratum 252 Cover photo: Adult deer tick *This article is also available in Japanese at http:// www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/eid.htm Perspective The Economic Impact of a Bioterrorist Attack: Are Prevention and Postattack Intervention Programs Justifiable? Arnold F. Kaufmann, Martin I. Meltzer, and George P. Schmid Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Understanding and quantifying the impact of a bioterrorist attack are essential in developing public health preparedness for such an attack. We constructed a model that compares the impact of three classic agents of biologic warfare (Bacillus anthracis, Brucella melitensis, and Francisella tularensis) when released as aerosols in the suburb of a major city.