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BMJ | 3 OCTOBER 2009 | VOLUME 339

PICTURE OF THE WEEKA glass sculpture of the swine flu A/H1N1 2009 virus by artist Luke Jerram, on display at the Wellcome
Collection until 18 October 2009. Jerram has worked with leading virologist Dr Andrew Davidson from theUniversity of Bristol to produce translucent glass models of the infectious agents responsible for some of
the most deadly diseases, including smallpox, HIV, E coli, A/H1N1, and SARS. See research, p 792.

THE WEEK IN NUMBERS

6115 Number of people killed byexplosive weapons worldwide between
April and September 2006 (Editorial, p 761)

70% Proportion of cases of HIV involunteers given a new vaccine comparedwith the placebo group (News, p 772)

£12.7bn

Estimated total cost of theNHS National Programme for Information
Technology (Feature, p 778)

1.0 ng/ml Prostate specific antigen
concentration below which prostate cancer
can be virtually ruled out (Research, p 793)

26×11 mm Size of the camera“pill” swallowed by patients undergoing
capsule endoscopy (Clinical review, p 796)‘‘THE WEEK IN QUOTES“It is not considered acceptable tomake people with cancer wait until
crisis point before getting support, andpeople with dementia should not haveto wait either” (News, p 769)
“If you must be harmed for me tobenefit, where does this lead publichealth?” (Observations, p 782)
“Universal RIX4414 vaccination in India
would save many thousands of lives
annually” (Research, p 787)‘‘

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3 October 2009 Vol 339“Clinical suspicion of fracture in patientswith ankylosing spondylitis requires
imaging” (Practice, p 805)

“Medication is a blunt, dumb, and frankly
naive approach to the complexities oflife” (From the frontline, p 812)