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Tropical and Geographical Medicine INDEX OF AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS vol 43 1991 AHMED AWAD ABDEL-HAMEED, MUKHTAR E.A. HASSAN, KAMIL M. ABDALLA, AWAD EL-BASHA, BUSHRA O. AHMED and AHMED A. MOHAMMEDANI. Two cases of ocular leishmaniasis Adenomyosis uteri Adenomyosis uteri in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. A prospective clinicopathologic study OLUFUNMILAYO A. ADESINA and HERBERT A. ODELOLA. Ecological distribution of Chikungunya haemagglutination inhibition antibodies in human and domestic animals in Nigeria African children Haematologic indices in African children AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus type I infection in a community of southern Mozambique Urinalysis and electrolyte profiles in patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ABAYOMI O. AKANIJI and REGINALD A. OPUTA. The effect of ambient temperature on glucose tolerance and its implications for the tropics ABDULAZIZ AL-QUORAIN, MOHAMED B. SATTI, ABDULRAHMAN AL-HAMDAN, GHASSAB AL-GHASSAB, HUSSEIN AL-FREIHI and YUSUF AL-GINDAN. Pattern of upper gastrointestinal disease in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. Endoscopic evaluation of 2,982 patients A.N. ALAM, PAUL A. GOFF, N.M. ABDAL, M.A. RASHID and M.M. RAHAMAN. Serum ferritin and cholera. A prospective study Alzheimer’s disease Epidemiology of age-related dementias in the Third World and aetiological clues of Alzheimer’s disease Ambient temperature The effect of ambient temperature on glucose tolerance and its implications for the tropics Amoebiasis A comparative efficacy of plate ELISA and dot ELISA to detect antiamoebic antibodies in clinical patients JEHORAM TEI ANIM, METHIL KANNAN KUTTY, SALEH SOWAYAN and MOHAM- MAD OMER AL-SOHAIBANI. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma. A comparative study Antibodies Ecological distribution of Chikungunya haemagglutination inhibition antibodies in human and domestic animals in Nigeria Immunological response to Helicobacter pylori among Nigerians Atropine poisoning Jimson weed food poisoning. An epidemic at Usangi rural government hospital ABDULLAH H. BAQUI, M.D. YUNUS, K. ZAMAN, A.K. MITRA and K.M.B. HOSSAIN. Surveillance of patients attending a rural diarrhoea treatment centre in Bangladesh M. BARKAWI, N. BASHIR and L. SHARIF. Sickle cell-thalassemia in a Jordanian family E.N. BARTON, H. DAISLEY, D.T. GILBERT and L. ROBERTS. Diabetes mellitus and Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess in adults Bixa orellana Extraction of an hyperglycaemic principle from the annatto (Bixa orellana), a medicinal plant in the West Indies Blepharo-conjunctivitis Leishmanial blepharo-conjunctivitis F.S. BONDI. Childhood coma in Ibadan. Relationship to socio-economic factors BOOK REVIEWS Society, environment and health in low income countries (127); White plague, black labor (127); Growth of the Mosotho preschool child and the need of supplementary feeding Trop. Geogr. Med. 43 (1991) 391-400 392 Index of authors and subjects programme in the rural areas of Lesotho (128); A colour atlas of AIDS in the tropics (129); Demography and vector-borne diseases (129); Hookworm disease: current status and new directions (248); Nutrition learning packages (248); Guidelines for the safe use of waste- water and excreta in agriculture and aquaculture (249); Polyneuritis in chickens, or the origin of vitamin research (249); In the tropics with children (250); World Health Organization Publications. New Book announcements (250); ‘A healthy business?’ (343); Community health in the developing world. The case of Somalia (343); The effects of maternal mortality on children in Africa: An exploratory report on Kenya, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe (387); Primary Health Care in the Atacora, Benin (387); Community involvement in health development: challenging health services (388); Practical chemotherapy of malaria (388); Geographical distribution of arthropod-borne diseases and their principal vectors (389); Q fever vol. I: The Disease (389). Breast Sparganosis of the breast 300 J.F. BROEKMANS. Tuberculosis and HIV-infection in developing countries $13 Brucellosis Brucellosis as a cause of backache 148 O.B. CAMPBELL, A.O. GEORGE, W.A. SHOKUNBI, E.E.U. AKANG and P.U. AGHADIU- NO. Problems in the management of mycosis fungoides in Nigeria 317 Cancer The pattern of malignant disease in north-east Nigeria 189 Carcinoma of the stomach Adenosquamous carcinoma of the stomach. With a note on pathogenesis 234 Chikungunya virus Ecological distribution of Chikungunya haemagglutination inhibition antibodies in human and domestic animals in Nigeria 271 Childhood coma Childhood coma in Ibadan. Relationship to socio-economic factors 288 Chloroquine resistance Falciparum malaria fully cleared by amodiaquine, pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine-sulfalene in areas of chloroquine resistance in Dodoma, Tanzania 352 Cholangiocarcinoma Cholangiocarcinoma in north-east Thailand. A hospital-based study 193 Cholera A hospital outbreak of cholera in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Letter to the editor) 117 Serum ferritin and cholera. A prospective study 12 THOMAS LAM CHUEN-FUNG and THEVAKARUNA THAVARATNARAJAH ALAGAR- ATNAM. Sparganosis of the breast 300 KATHLEEN C.M. COARD and IAN P. TITUS. Adenosquamous carcinoma of the stomach. With a note on pathogenesis 234 Compliance Default and non-compliance among adult epileptics in Zaria, Nigeria. The need to restructure continued care 242 Cost savings Estimation of cost savings from reprocessing of plastic syringes. A case analysis 383 MELAKE BERHAN DAGNEW and GUNTHER ERWIN. Epidemiology of common transmissible skin diseases among primary school children in north-west Ethiopia 152 Datura stramonium Jimson weed food poisoning. An epidemic at Usangi rural government hospital 85 Dementia Epidemiology of age-related dementias in the Third World and aetiological clues of Alzheimer’s disease Detention Severe clinical nutritional neurological damage in a young Nigerian detainee 231 Tropical and Geographical Medicine Diabetes mellitus Diabetes mellitus and Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess in adults Inpatient or outpatient initiation of insulin therapy. Experience and cost effective analysis in a suboptimal clinical setting Plasma lipids and lipoproteins in type II diabetic Nigerians with retinopathy The use of plasma fructosamine in the assessment of diabetic control Diarrhoea Rice-ORS shortens the duration of watery diarrhoeas. Observation from rural Bangladesh Surveillance of patients attending a rural diarrhoea treatment centre in Bangladesh Displaced persons Murine and scrub typhus at Thai-Kampuchean border displaced persons camps Dyspepsia The prevalence of symptoms of dyspepsia in north-eastern Nigeria. A random community based survey M.A. EBODA and B. AKANDE. Massive lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage from abdominal tuberculosis Echinococcosis An effective and safe surgical method for the treatment of hydatid cysts of the liver in children Presentation of Echinococcus infection as lung abscess Ecology Parasitic infections in young Jamaicans in different ecological zones of the island ROBBERT J. EGGER, ESTHER H. HOFHUIS, BENJA SUKONTHANYAKORN, ELISA- BETH M. VAN DER VEN, POTE SCRIBOONLUE, MICHEL WEDEL, SASTRI SAOWAKONTHA and WIL H.P. SCHREURS. Food intake and socioeconomic status in children in north-east Thailand Eijkman Centennial Netherlands Society of Tropical Medicine. Eijkman Centennial International Symposium, Utrecht, November 1-2, 1990 GERSHON C. EJECKAM, FAROUK HASEEB, REYAD AHAMAD and BAHRAM AZA- DEH. Endometrial ossification MOHSEN A.F. EL-HAZMI and A.S. WARSY. Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase variants and sickle cell genes in Al-Qunfuda, Saudi Arabia C.A. ELECHI. Default and non-compliance among adult epileptics in Zaria, Nigeria. The need to restructure continued care ELISA A comparative efficacy of plate ELISA and dot ELISA to detect antiamoebic antibodies in clinical patients MARIELLE C.C.A. ELISSEN. Beliefs of leprosy patients about their illness. A study in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia Endometrial ossification Endometrial ossification Endoscopy Pattern of upper gastrointestinal disease in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. Endoscopic evaluation of 2,982 patients Epilepsy Default and non-compliance among adult epileptics in Zaria, Nigeria. The need to restructure continued care Epstein-Barr virus Nasopharyngeal carcinoma. A comparative study R.T. ERASMUS, R.A. ALANAMU and B. BOJUWOYE. Plasma lipids and lipoproteins in type II diabetic Nigerians with retinopathy Eye Two cases of ocular leishmaniasis 394 Index of authors and subjects Falciparum malaria Falciparum malaria fully cleared by amodiaquine, pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine-sulfalene in areas of chloroquine resistance in Dodoma, Tanzania Felty’s syndrome Felty’s syndrome in a Nigerian Fructosamine The use of plasma fructosamine in the assessment of diabetic control G-6-PD deficiency Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase variants and sickle cell genes in Al-Qunfuda, Saudi Arabia D.B. GAHUKAMBLE, ABDUL SALAM KHAMAGE, MUSSA EL GADI and FAWZI SHATWAN. An effective and safe surgical method for the treatment of hydatid cysts of the liver in children WADZANI GASHAU and IDRIS MOHAMMED. Hepatitis B viral markers in Nigerian patients with primary liver carcinoma Gastrointestinal haemorrhage Massive lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage from abdominal tuberculosis Gastrointestinal disease Pattern of upper gastrointestinal disease in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. Endoscopic evaluation of 2,982 patients A. DE GEUS (Ed.). Symposium on mycobacterial diseases in the tropics, Amsterdam, Septem- ber 7, 1990 ? Glucose tolerance The effect of ambient temperature on glucose tolerance and its implications for the tropics ADELE GREEN, THONGUEB UTTARAVICHIEN, VACHARABHONGSA BHUDHISA- WASDI, WITAYA CHARTBANCHACHAI, DAVID B. ELKINS, EM-ORN MARIENG, CHAVALIT PAIROJKUL, TULA DHIENSIRI, NARONG KANTEEKAEW, MELISSA R. HASWELL-ELKINS. Cholangiocarcinoma in north-east Thailand. A hospital-based study Group B streptococcus A study of group B streptococcal carrier state during late pregnancy RONALD H. GUDERIAN, JOSE RUMBEA GUZMAN, MANUEL CALVOPINA and PHILIP COOPER. Studies on a focus of yaws in the Santiago Basin, province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador Haematology Clinico-hematological characteristics in patients with kala azar. A study from North-West India Haematologic indices in African children RUKHSANA HAIDER, ABUL KALAM AZAD KHAN, KHAWAJA MOHAMMAD SUL- TANUL AZIZ, AZAD CHOWDHURY and IQBAL KABIR. Evaluation of indigenous plants in the treatment of acute shigellosis Heart Coronary heart disease and coronary risk profile in a primitive population Helicobacter pylori Immunological response to Helicobacter pylori among Nigerians Hepatic carcinoma Circulating CA-195 in hepatocellular carcinoma and metastatic hepatic carcinoma Hepatitis B vaccine Immunogenicity, reactogenicity and comparison of two doses of recombinant DNA yeast- derived hepatitis B vaccine in Ethiopian children Hepatitis B Hepatitis B viral markers in Nigerian patients with primary liver carcinoma Hepatocellular carcinoma Hepatitis B viral markers in Nigerian patients with primary liver carcinoma Tropical and Geographical Medicine Histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis Histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis (Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease) in Saudi Arabia HIV-infection Extrapulmonary tuberculosis - a simple diagnosis? A retrospective study at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Human Immunodeficiency Virus type I infection in a community of southern Mozambique Tuberculosis and HIV-infection in developing countries Hodgkin’s disease Reactivation of Chagas’ myocarditis during therapy of Hodgkin's disease C. HOLCOMBE and U. BABAYO. The pattern of malignant disease in north-east Nigeria C. HOLCOMBE, B.A. OMOTARA, M.K.O. PADONU and A.P. BASSI. The prevalence of symptoms of dyspepsia in north-eastern Nigeria. A random community based survey Hospital outbreak A hospital outbreak of cholera in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Letter to the editor) Human parvovirus Prevalence of human parvovirus B19 in sickle cell disease and healthy controls Hyperglycaemia Extraction of an hyperglycaemic principle from the annatto (Bixa orellana), a medicinal plant in the West Indies Hypothermia Prevention of neonatal hypothermia in Himalayan villages. Role of the domiciliary caretaker F.N. IHEKWABA and A.B.0. SHITTU. Perforated typhoid enteritis. The problem of intestinal fistula Immunity Prevalence of malaria in native and transmigrant populations. Effects of age and history of exposure Immunization Poliomyelitis control by annual immunization campaigns with oral polio-virus vaccine in a rural area of India Inguinal hernia Multiple faecal and urinary fistulae as a complication of native treatment of inguinal hernia Insulin Inpatient or outpatient initiation of insulin therapy. Experience and cost effective analysis in a suboptimal clinical setting Intestinal fistula Perforated typhoid enteritis. The problem of intestinal fistula SEBASTIAN G.M. IRARE, MARTHA M.M. LEMNGE and JULIUS IK. MHINA. Falciparum malaria fully cleared by amodiaquine, pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine and pyrimethamine- sulfalene in areas of chloroquine resistance in Dodoma, Tanzania Iron deficiency Serum ferritin and cholera. A prospective study A.B.M. QAMRUL ISLAM, A.K. SIDDIQUE and K.A.H.M. AKRAM. A hospital outbreak of cholera in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Letter to the editor) SHARAD D. IYENGAR and OMKAR N. BHAKOO. Prevention of neonatal hypothermia in Himalayan villages. Role of the domiciliary caretaker TREVOR R. JONES, J. KEVIN BAIRD, HASAN BASRI, PURNOMO and EMON W. DANUDIRGO. Prevalence of malaria in native and transmigrant populations. Effects of age and history of exposure Kala azar Clinico-hematological characteristics in patients with kala azar. A study from North-West India J.R. KANWAR and V.K. VINAYAK. A comparative efficacy of plate ELISA and dot ELISA to detect antiamoebic antibodies in clinical patients 396 Index of authors and subjects KAMALA KRISHNASWAMY, C.E. PRASAD and K.J.R. MURTHY. Hepatic dysfunction in undernourished patients receiving isoniazid and rifampicin RAJESH KUMAR and VIJAY KUMAR. Poliomyelitis control by annual immunization campaigns with oral polio-virus vaccine in a rural area of India METHIL KANNAN KUTTY, JEHORAM TEI ANIM and SALEH SOWAYAN. Histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis (Kikuchi- Fujimoto disease) in Saudi Arabia Leishmaniasis Leishmanial blepharo-conjunctivitis Two cases of ocular leishmaniasis G.U. LEKWUWA, A. OGUNNIYI and C. ORUBO. Acute intermittent porphyria in Nigerians; a rare disease or a low suspicion index? Leprosy Beliefs of leprosy patients about their illness. A study in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia Mycobacterial Research at the N.H. Swellengrebel Laboratory of Tropical Hygiene Recent developments in leprosy controi Recent trends in the epidemiology of tuberculosis and leprosy Liver abscess Diabetes mellitus and Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess in adults Liver An effective and safe surgical method for the treatment of hydatid cysts of the liver in children Hepatic dysfunction in undernourished patients receiving isoniazid and rifampicin Lung Presentation of Echinococcus infection as lung abscess BREMINAND MAHARAJ, SUNDRAPRAGASEN PILLAY and THAVAN PADAYACHI. Circulating CA-195 in hepatocellular carcinoma and metastatic hepatic carcinoma Malaria Chloroquine therapy still useful in the management of malaria during pregnancy in Muheza, Tanzania Prevalence of malaria in native and transmigrant populations. Effects of age and history of exposure Malignant disease The pattern of malignant disease in north-east Nigeria Malnutrition Severe clinical nutritional neurological damage in a young Nigerian detainee NEELAM MARWAHA, RAVINDRA SARODE, R.K. GUPTA, G. GAREWAL and S. DASH. Clinico-hematological characteristics in patients with kala azar. A study from North-West India $.0. MC’LIGEYO, L.S. OTIENO and F.K. MWONGERA. Urinalysis and electrolyte profiles in patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome PAOLA MENCARINI, ANDREA DE LUCA, PIERO GHIRGA, FRANCESCA VICHI, ANDREA ANTINORI, GIUSEPPE MAIURO, INOUSSE NOORMAHOMED and ENRICA TAMBURRINI. Human Immunodeficiency Virus type I infection in a community of southern Mozambique SHANTHI MENDIS. Coronary heart disease and coronary risk profile in a primitive population MULUGETTA MENGISTU. Thyrotoxicosis in an Ethiopian Teaching Hospital MULUGETTA MENGISTU, YESHAREG LUNGI and FIKRE MAMO. Inpatient or outpatient initiation of insulin therapy. Experience and cost effective analysis in a suboptimal clinical setting Meningococcal infection Evaluation of antibody response in meningococcal patients, contacts and vaccinees in north India KONRADIN METZE, IRENE LORAND-METZE, EROS ANTONIO DE ALMEIDA and Tropical and Geographical Medicine SAMIRA LAUAR DE MORAES. Reactivation of Chagas’ myocarditis during therapy of Hodgkin's disease . St. A. MORRISON, H. THOMPSON, K. PASCOE, M. WEST and C. FLETCHER. Extraction of an hyperglycaemic principle from the annatto (Bixa orellana), a medicinal plant in the West Indies Multidrug therapy Recent developments in leprosy control T.K. MUTABINGWA, L.N. MALLE and S.N. MTUI. Chloroquine therapy still useful in the management of malaria during pregnancy in Muheza, Tanzania D.L. MWANIKI. Estimation of cost savings from reprocessing of plastic syringes. A case analysis Mycobacterial diseases Symposium on mycobacterial diseases in the tropics, Amsterdam, September 7, 1990 Mycosis fungoides Problems in the management of mycosis fungoides in Nigeria A. NANDY, MANJULIKA ADDY and A.B. CHOWDHURY. Leishmanial blepharo-conjunctivitis Nasopharyngeal carcinoma Nasopharyngeal carcinoma. A comparative study Native treatment Multiple faecal and urinary fistulae as a complication of native treatment of inguinal hernia Neonates Prevention of neonatal hypothermia in Himalayan villages. Role of the domiciliary caretaker S.K. NOORDEEN. Recent developments in leprosy control Nutrition Food intake and socioeconomic status in children in north-east Thailand Hepatic dysfunction in undernourished patients receiving isoniazid and rifampicin E.0.0. ODELOWO. The problem of trauma in Nigeria. Pattern as seen in a multicentre study 0.8. OJO, U. ONWUDIEGWU and W.O. ODESANMI. Adenomyosis uteri in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. A prospective clinicopathologic study JOEL OLADAPO B. OLUBODUN, ALFRED E.A. JAYESIMI, OLAYINKA A. OLASODE and ADEDAYO B. SOBOWALE. Severe clinical nutritional neurological damage in a young Nigerian detainee O. OLUSANYA. Immunological response to Helicobacter pylori among Nigerians KINGSLEY E. ONWUKEME and ISOKEN N. OLOMU. Haematologic indices in African children II. ONYEWOTU, G.C. ONYEMELUKWE and J.U. OKPAPI. Felty’s syndrome in a Nigerian Opisthorchiasis Cholangiocarcinoma in north-east Thailand. A hospital-based study Oral rehydration therapy Rice-ORS shortens the duration of watery diarrhoeas. Observation from rural Bangladesh Surveillance of patients attending a rural diarrhoea treatment centre in Bangladesh B.O. OSUNTOKUN, A.O. OGUNNIYI, G.U. LEKWAUWA and A.B.0.0. OYEDIRAN. Epidemiology of age-related dementias in the Third World and aetiological clues of Alzheimer’s disease Paragonimiasis Endemic human paragonimiasis in Equatorial Guinea. Detection of the existence of endemic human paragonimiasis in Equatorial Guinea as a result of an integrated sanitary programme Paragonimus africanus Endemic human paragonimiasis in Equatorial Guinea. Detection of the existence of endemic human paragonimiasis in Equatorial Guinea as a result of an integrated sanitary programme 398 Index of authors and subjects Parasitic infections Parasitic infections in young Jamaicans in different ecological zones of the island Parasitology Meeting Netherlands Society for Parasitology, Utrecht, November 30, 1990 Pellagra Lack of relationship between sorghum consumption, mycotoxin contamination and pellagra in a traditionally sorghum eating population Peptic ulcer The prevalence of symptoms of dyspepsia in north-eastern Nigeria. A random community based survey Physicians Attitudes and behaviour of physicians towards smoking in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia Plastic syringes Estimation of cost savings from reprocessing of plastic syringes. A case analysis Poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis control by annual immunization campaigns with oral polio-virus vaccine in a rural area of India Porphyria Acute intermittent porphyria in Nigerians; a rare disease or a low suspicion index? Pregnancy A study of group B streptococcal carrier state during late pregnancy Chloroquine therapy still useful in the management of malaria during pregnancy in Muheza, Tanzania Primitive population Coronary heart disease and coronary risk profile in a primitive population Radiotherapy Problems in the management of mycosis fungoides in Nigeria A.S.M. MIZANUR RAHMAN, A. BARI and A.M. MOLLA. Rice-ORS shortens the duration of watery diarrhoeas. Observation from rural Bangladesh BELA RAO, ARCHANA AYYAGARI and MEERA SHARMA. Evaluation of antibody response in meningococcal patients, contacts and vaccinees in north India S.C. RAWLINS, M. CAMPBELL, K. FOX, F. BENNETT, W.N. GIBBS and M. GREENE. Parasitic infections in young Jamaicans in different ecological zones of the island Recombinant DNA Immunogenicity, reactogenicity and comparison of two doses of recombinant DNA yeast- derived hepatitis B vaccine in Ethiopian children Retinopathy Plasma lipids and lipoproteins in type II diabetic Nigerians with retinopathy Rheumatoid arthritis Felty’s syndrome in a Nigerian C. RICHTER, B. NDOSI, A.S. MWAMMY and R.K. MBWAMBO. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis - a simple diagnosis? A retrospective study at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania H.T. RWIZA. Jimson weed food poisoning. An epidemic at Usangi rural government hospital MIR SADAT-ALI, MOHAMMED SAID AL-MOUSA and AHMED HASSAN AL-SALEM. Brucellosis as a cause of backache B.O. SAEED, N.M. ELWALI, G.S. ATABANI, E.M.A. ELMAHDI and E. MUKHTAR. The use of plasma fructosamine in the assessment of diabetic control ABDALLA ABDEL WAHID SAEED. Attitudes and behaviour of physicians towards smoking in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia R.B. SASHIDHAR, Y. RAMAKRISHNA, T. RAMNATH and R.V. BHAT. Lack of relationship between sorghum consumption, mycotoxin contamination and pellagra in a traditionally sorghum eating population Schistosomiasis mansoni A new focus of Schistosoma mansoni in the western province of Zambia Tropical and Geographical Medicine School children Epidemiology of common transmissible skin diseases among primary school children in north-west Ethiopia P. SHARMA, N. MALLA, I. GUPTA, N.K. GANGULY and R.C.MAHAJAN. A comparison of wet mount, culture and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis in women Shigellosis Evaluation of indigenous plants in the treatment of acute shigellosis Sickle cell-thalassemia Sickle cell-thalassemia in a Jordanian family Sickle cell haemoglobin Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase variants and sickle cell genes in Al-Qunfuda, Saudi Arabia Sickle cell disease Prevalence of human parvovirus B19 in sickle cell disease and healthy controls Sickle cell-thalassemia in a Jordanian family P.P. SIMARRO, A. ALAMO, F.O. SIMA, J. ROCHE, M. MIR and P. NDONG. Endemic human paragonimiasis in Equatorial Guinea. Detection of the existence of endemic human paragonimiasis in Equatorial Guinea as a result of an integrated sanitary programme Skin diseases Epidemiology of common transmissible skin diseases among primary school children in north-west Ethiopia P.G. SMITH. Recent trends in the epidemiology of tuberculosis and leprosy Smoking Attitudes and behaviour of physicians towards smoking in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia Society Annual Joint Meeting Netherlands Society of Tropical Medicine and Belgian Society of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, April 20, 1991 Meeting Netherlands Society for Parasitology, Utrecht, November 30, 1990 Meeting Netherlands Society of Tropical Medicine. Working group meeting, Soesterberg, October 12, 1990 Meeting Netherlands Society of Tropical Medicine, The Hague, January 25, 1991 Netherlands Society of Tropical Medicine. Eijkman Centennial International Symposium, Utrecht, November 1-2, 1990 Socio-cultural beliefs Beliefs of leprosy patients about their illness. A study in the province of South Sulawesi, Indonesia Socio-economic factors Childhood coma in Ibadan. Relationship to socio-economic factors Food intake and socio-economic status in children in north-east Thailand Sorghum Lack of relationship between sorghum consumption, mycotoxin contamination and pellagra in a traditionally sorghum eating population Sparganosis Sparganosis of the breast Spondylitis Brucellosis as a cause of backache ELIAS SUNNA, NAYEF EL-DAHER, KHALED BUSTAMI and TAREK NA’WAS. A study of group B streptococcal carrier state during late pregnancy W.J. TERPSTRA. Mycobacterial Research at the N.H. Swellengrebel Laboratory of Tropical Hygiene T. TEUSCHER, B. BAILLOD and B.R. HOLZER. Prevalence of human parvovirus B19 in sickle cell disease and healthy controls Thyrotoxicosis Thyrotoxicosis in an Ethiopian Teaching Hospital 400 Index of authors and subjects Traditional medicine Evaluation of indigenous plants in the treatment of acute shigellosis Trauma The problem of trauma in Nigeria. Pattern as seen in a multicentre study Trichomoniasis A comparison of wet mount, culture and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis in women Tropical medicine Annual Joint Meeting Netherlands Society of Tropical Medicine and Belgian Society of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, April 20, 1991 Meeting Netherlands Society of Tropical Medicine. Working group meeting, Soesterberg, October 12, 1990 Meeting Netherlands Society of Tropical Medicine, The Hague, January 25, 1991 Netherlands Society of Tropical Medicine. Eijkman Centennial International Symposium, Utrecht, November 1-2, 1990 E. TSEGA, B. TAFESSE, J. HORTON, E. NORDENFELT, G. WOLDE-HAWARIAT, B.G. HANSSON and J. LINDBERG. Immunogenicity, reactogenicity and comparison of two doses of recombinant DNA yeast-derived hepatitis B vaccine in Ethiopian children Tuberculosis Extrapulmonary tuberculosis - a simple diagnosis? A retrospective study at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Hepatic dysfunction in undernourished patients receiving isoniazid and rifampicin Massive lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage from abdominal tuberculosis Mycobacterial Research at the N.H. Swellengrebel Laboratory of Tropical Hygiene Recent trends in the epidemiology of tuberculosis and leprosy Tuberculosis and HIV-infection in developing countries Tumor marker Circulating CA-I95 in hepatocellular carcinoma and metastatic hepatic carcinoma Typhoid fever Perforated typhoid enteritis. The problem of intestinal fistula Typhus Murine and scrub typhus at Thai-Kampuchean border displaced persons camps $.U. UDOFOT. Multiple faecal and urinary fistulae as a complication of native treatment of inguinal hernia Urine Urinalysis and electrolyte profiles in patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Uterine bleeding Adenomyosis uteri in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. A prospective clinicopathologic study Vaccination Evaluation of antibody response in meningococcal patients, contacts and vaccinees in north India N.G. VAN VLIET, N. DE JONGE, S.M. VAN BEERS and P. LEVER. A new focus of Schistosoma mansoni in the western province of Zambia HENRY WILDE, JATURAPORN PORNSILAPATIP, TAN SOKLY and SOU THEE. Murine and scrub typhus at Thai-Kampuchean border displaced persons camps DESMOND C.S. WOOLF. Presentation of Echinococcus infection as lung abscess Yaws Studies on a focus of yaws in the Santiago Basin, province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador