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Editorials

New Zealand’s preparedness for the next influenza pandemic

Lance Jennings

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Screening for chronic hepatitis B infection in New Zealand: unfinished business

Edward Gane

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COX-2 inhibitors—first, do no harm

Mark Weatherall, Sarah Aldington, Philippa Shirtcliffe, Brent Caldwell, Richard Beasley

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Original Articles

Estimating the impact of the next influenza pandemic on population health and health sector capacity in New Zealand

Nick Wilson, Osman Mansoor, Michael Baker

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The New Zealand Hepatitis B Screening Programme: screening coverage and prevalence of chronic hepatitis B infection

Tom Robinson, Chris Bullen, Wendy Humphries, John Hornell, Chris Moyes

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High rates of chlamydia in patients referred for termination of pregnancy: treatment, contact tracing, and implications for screening

Sally Rose, Beverley Lawton, Selina Brown, Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Bruce Arroll

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Sexually transmitted infections in New Zealand in 2003

Alisha Johnston, Dinusha Fernando, Graham MacBride-Stewart

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Is syphilis resurgent in New Zealand in the 21st century? A case series of infectious syphilis presenting to the Auckland Sexual Health Service

Sunita Azariah

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Findings and outcome of teenage women referred for colposcopy at Christchurch Women’s Hospital, New Zealand

Peter Sykes, Dianne Harker, David Peddie

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The utility of blood cultures in the management of non-facial cellulitis appears to be low

Anna Stevenson, Phil Hider, Martin Than

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Demographic variation in the use of antibiotics in a New Zealand town

Pauline Norris, Gordon Becket, Denise Ecke

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Tuberculosis in Auckland autopsies, revisited

Dennis Lum, Timothy Koelmeyer

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Case Reports

Mycobacterium fortuitum infection caused by a cat bite

Natalie Ngan, Arthur Morris, Tristan de Chalain

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Idiopathic granulomatous hypophysitis

Victoria Stott, Patrick Manning, Noelyn Hung

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Viewpoint

Avoiding liability under the Commerce Act—what can be learned from the ophthalmologists’ case?

Yvonne van Roy

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Book review and miscellaneous notes

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Medical Image

Aquatic Injury

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Cord blood banking

Mary Birdsall

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Investigation for iron deficiency anaemia

Tineke Fancourt, Andrew Hill

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Opioid poisoning deaths in New Zealand

Karla Rix-Trott

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Quality use of medicines activities

Dwayne Crombie

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At last, some good news

Louis Macpherson

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Notices

Reviewers for the New Zealand Medical Journal in 2004

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Medical Benevolent Fund

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Book Reviews

Dyspepsia: Fast Facts Series (2nd edition; Kenneth Koch, Michael Lancaster Smith)

Bruce Chapman

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So Old So Quick (Sir Patrick Eisdell Moore)

Pat Cotter

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