September   1997

ANIMALCULES
Mirage of Health
Beranrd Dixon 							       p.460
Our attitudes towards infectious diseases would benefit from
reconsidering some long-held notions we often seem to forget

CURRENT TOPICS
NIH Spurs Malaria, AIDS Vaccine Research Programs		       p.462
Bristol-Myer Squibb Celebrates 20 Years of
Unrestricted Grants						       p.463
NIH Produces AIDS Treatment Guidelines				       p.464
Mucosal Immunity Perhaps the Key for Blocking
Heterosexual HIV						       p.465
In Splitting from HGS, TIGR Releases Microbial
Genome Data							       p.466
Developments in Viral Taxonomy					       p.467
Site Registration Fees Seen as Too High				       p.468



FEATURES
Facing Diverse Policy Issues in Clinical Microbiology
Amy Melnick							       p.471

Alone and with coalitions, ASM informs Congress
and federal agencies on key issues affecting clinical
microbiologists
Clinical Microbiologists Adapt to a Rapidly Changing System
William Check							       p.475

Countering upheavals in the health care system.
Clinical microbiologists find innovative ways to practice their craft

Microbial Susceptibility and Resistance to Biocides
A. Denver Russel, James R. Furr, and Jean-Yves Maillard		      p. 481

Biocides act more broadly than antibiotics, but they
exert subtle effects, and microorganisms sometimes develop
resistance to them


ASM NEWS
ASM Journals Coming Online					       p.490

The full text of all 10m ASM journals will be online in 1998

Journal Rates Increase for Foreign Subscribers	                       p.490

ASM is increasing subscription rates for foreign subscribers
to recover the costs incurred for shipping

ASM International Members - Diverse and Growing		              p. 490

Within the last decade, ASM international membership
has grown to almost 29% of the total

Hoechst Marion Roussel Awardee Announced			      p. 492

The 1997 awardee is Patrice M. Courvalin, Professor
and Head of the Antibacterial Agents Unit and the National
Reference Center for Antibiotics at the Institut Pasteur

ICAAC Young Investigator Awardees Announced		              p. 493

Four winners have been announced for the 15th anniversary
of the award sponsored by Merck Health Division

Foundation for Microbiology Lectures Committee
Chair Appointed							       p.495

Janet Hindler has been appointed the new chair for
the committee that provides branches with distinguished lecturers

ASM Report
1998-99 Election Nominees					       p.497
American Academy of Microbiology				       p.503
Education and Training						       p.503
Membership							       p.442
Branches							       p.506
Divisions							       p.510

DEPARTMENTS
Letters                                                                p.403
Public Affairs Report                                                  p.415
Journal Highlights                                                     p.434
Reviews and Resources                                                  p.444
Application Deadlines                                                  p.445
Calendar                                                               p.451
Employment                                                             p.456

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