Spring 1999
Disease Detectives

Tulane Medicine is the magazine of Tulane University Medical Center, Tulane University Hospital and Clinic, the Tulane School of Medicine, the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, the Tulane University Student Health Center, the Tulane Regional Primate Research Center, the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research, the U.S.-Japan Biomedical Research Laboratories and other research facilities.

Editor: Stacy Day

Editorial Board: E. Elaine Boston, DrPH; Flora F. Cherry, MD, MPH; Arthur W. Epstein, MD; Peter J. Gerone, ScD; Cathy J. Lazarus, MD; Edward S. Lindsey, MD; William Steinmann, MD; Sam A. Threefoot, MD; Hyman Tolmas, MD

Contributors: Rebecca Conwell; Michelle DeRussy Dodenhoff; Matt Isch; Varessa Kelton; Mary Ann Lachowsky; John Martinez; T. Laine Thomas; Brandy Baechle Whisnant

Photography: Jerry Ward

Cover Art: Mark Andresen

Website Design: Alanna Clare, TUMC Info Tech Services, based on hard-copy design by Tom Varisco, Jan Bertman, Robb Harskamp