Tropical Medicine & International Health : TM & IH 2007: Vol 12 Index & Table of Contents

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TM& JH
Tropical Medicine & International Health
Volume 12
Contents
Issue |, January 2007 Seasonal variations in maternal mortality in Maputo,
Mozambique: the role of malaria C. Romagosa,
1 Editorial: ‘Non-specific effects of vaccines’ - an J. Ordi, F. Saute, L. Quint6, F. Machungo,
important analytical insight, and call for a workshop M.R. Ismail, C. Carrilho, N. Osman, P.L. Alonso
P.E.M. Fine and P.G. Smith and C. Menendez
Survival bias in observational studies of the impact Quality control of active ingredients in artemisinin-
of routine immunizations on childhood survival derivative antimalarials within Kenya and DR Congo
H. Jensen, C.S. Benn, I.M. Lisse, A. Rodrigues, M.A. Atemnkeng, K. De Cock and
P.K. Andersen and P. Aaby J. Plaizier-Vercammen
DTP vaccination and child survival in observational A model to simulate the impact of timing, coverage
studies with incomplete vaccination data P. Aaby, and transmission intensity on the effectiveness
C.S. Benn, ]. Nielsen, I.M. Lisse, A. Rodrigues of indoor residual spraying (IRS) for malaria control
and H. Jensen E. Worrall, S.J. Connor and M.C. Thomson
Trial participation and vaccine desirability for A stepwise approach to the laboratory diagnosis
Vi polysaccharide typhoid fever vaccine in Hue City, of Buruli ulcer disease G. Bretzel, V. Siegmund,
Viet Nam L.M. Kaljee, Van Pham, N.D. Son, J. Nitschke, K.H. Herbinger, W. Thompson,
N.T. Hoa, V.D. Thiem, D.G. Canh, E. Klutse, K. Crofts, W. Massavon, S. Etuaful,
L.T.K. Thoa, M. Ali, R.L. Ochiai, R. Thompson, K. Asamoah-Opare, P. Racz,
M. Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, C.]. Acosta, F. van Vloten, C. Berberich, T. Kruppa, E. Ampadu,
B. Stanton and J]. Clemens B. Fleischer and O. Adjei
Safety and immunogenicity of the RTS,S/ASO2A Adoption of safer infant feeding and postpartum sexual
candidate malaria vaccine in children aged 1-4 in practices and their relationship to maternal HIV status
Mozambique E. Macete, J.J. Aponte, C. Guinovart, and risk of acquiring HIV in Zimbabwe
J. Sacarlal, O. Ofori-Anyinam, I. Mandomando, N.V. Tavengwa, E.G. Piwoz, P.J. Iliff, L.H.
M. Espasa, C. Bevilacqua, A. Leach, M.C. Dubois, Moulton, C.D. Zunguza, K.]. Nathoo,
D.G. Heppner, L. Tello, ]. Milman, ]. Coben, J.W. Hargrove, the ZVITAMBO Study Group
F. Dubovsky, N. Tornieporth, R. Thompson and ].H. Humphrey
and P.L. Alonso Evaluation of immunodiagnostics for toxocarosis
Rapid diagnostic tests for dengue and leptospirosis: in experimental porcine cysticercosis H.H. Garcia,
antibody detection is insensitive at presentation G. Cancrini, F. Bartalesi, S. Rodriguez, ].A. Jimenez,
A.L. Cohen, S.F. Dowell, A. Nisalak, W. Roldan, A. Mantella, A. Nicoletti
M.P. Mammen Jr, W. Petkanchanapong and A. Bartoloni
and T.L, Fisk What role do coagulation disorders play in the
Assessing health worker performance in malaria case pathogenesis of leptospirosis? ].F.P. Wagenaar,
management of underfives at health facilities in a rural M.G.A. Goris, M.S. Sakundarno, M.H. Gasem,
Tanzanian district J. Eriksen, G. Tomson, A.T.A. Mairuhu, M.D. de Kruif, H. ten Cate,
P. Mujinja, M.Y. Warsame, A. Jahn R. Hartskeerl, D.P.M. Brandjes and
and L.L. Gustafsson E.C.M. van Gorp
Evaluation of the diethylcarbamazine patch to evaluate Molecular genotyping in a malaria treatment trial
onchocerciasis endemicity in Central Africa G. Ozoh, in Uganda — unexpected high rate of new infections
M. Boussinesq, A.-C.Z.-K. Bissek, L. Kobangue, within 2 weeks after treatment K. Mugittu,
M. Kombila, ].-R.M. Mbina, P. Enyong, M. Noma, G. Priotto, ].-P. Guthmann, ]. Kiguli, M. Adjuik,
A. Sékétéli and G. Fobi G. Snounou, H.-P. Beck, H. Mshinda, P.L. Olliaro
Prioritizing health problems in women in developing and W.R.J. Taylor
countries: comparing the financial burden of Revaccination with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG)
reproductive tract infections, anaemia and depressive vaccine does not reduce morbidity from malaria
disorders in a community survey in India V. Patel, in African children A. Rodrigues, J].A. Schellenberg,
D. Chisholm, B.R. Kirkwood and D. Mabey A. Roth, C.S. Benn, P. Aaby and B. Greenwood
Delivery of insecticide-treated net services through Using schoolchildren’s reports of bed net use
employer and community-based approaches in Kenya monitored by schoolteachers as a proxy of community
D.G. Wacira, J. Hill, P.J. McCall and A. Kroeger coverage in malaria endemic areas of Uganda
Traditional practices and exposure to bodily fluids R. Ndyomugyenyi and A. Kroeger
in Lusaka, Zambia ].M. Wojcicki, C. Kankasa, Is molecular biology the best alternative for diagnosis
C. Mitchell and C. Wood of malaria to microscopy? A comparison between
microscopy, antigen detection and molecular tests
in rural Kenya and urban Tanzania P. Mens,
N. Spieker, S. Omar, M. Heijnen, H. Schallig
2, February 2007 and P.A. Kager
A biological test to quantify pyrethroid in impregnated
nets T. Martin, F. Chandre, ]. Chabi, P.F. Guillet,
Editorial: A view from beneath: Community Health
Insurance in Africa P. Ndiaye, W. Soors and B. Criel M. Akogbeto and ].M. Hougard
Rapid point-of-care HIV testing in pregnant women: A randomized open study to assess the efficacy
a systematic review and meta-analysis N.P. Pai, and tolerability of dihydroartemisinin—piperaquine
J.P. Tulsky, D. Cohan, ].M. Colford Jr and for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria
A.L. Reingold in Cambodia B. Janssens, M. van Herp, L. Goubert,
S. Chan, S. Uong, S. Nong, D. Socheat,
Female sex workers and unsafe sex in urban and rural
Nyanza, Kenya: regular partners may contribute more A. Brockman, E.A. Ashley and W. Van Damme
to HIV transmission than clients H.A.C.M. Voeten, Feasibility of measuring compliance to annual
O.B. Egesah, C.M. Varkevisser and ivermectin treatment in the African Programme
].D.F. Habbema for Onchocerciasis Control W.R. Brieger,
HIV/AIDS and TB: contextual issues and policy choice J.C. Okeibunor, A.O. Abiose, R. Ndyomugyenyi,
in programme relationships Y. Wang, C. Collins, W. Kisoka, 8. Wanji, E. Elhassan and U.V. Amazigo
M. Vergis, N. Gerein and J]. Macq Vitamin A deficiency in a Kenyan prison
How much fat is necessary to optimize lumefantrine W. Mathenge, H. Kuper, M. Myatt, A. Foster
oral bioavailability? E.A. Ashley, K. Stepniewska, and C. Gilbert
N. Lindegardh, A. Annerberg, A. Kham, Drug policy for visceral leishmaniasis:
A. Brockman, P. Singhasivanon, N.]. White a cost-effectiveness analysis V. Vanlerberghe,
and F. Nosten G. Diap, P.J. Guerin, F. Meheus, S. Gerstl,
Pharmacokinetic study of artemether-lumefantrine P. Van der Stuyft and M. Boelaert
given once daily for the treatment of uncomplicated Comparative evaluation of parasitology and serological
multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria E.A. Ashley, tests in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in India: a
K. Stepniewska, N. Lindegardh, R. McGready, phase III diagnostic accuracy study S. Sundar,
A. Annerberg, R. Hutagalung, T. Singtoroj, G. Hla, R.K. Singh, S.K. Bimal, K. Gidwani, A. Mishra,
A. Brockman, S. Proux, ]. Wilabphaingern, R. Maurya, S.K. Singh, K.D. Manandbar,
P. Singhasivanon, N.]. White and F. Nosten M. Boelaert and M. Rai
Chloroquine prophylaxis against vivax malaria Drug toxicity and cost as barriers to community
in pregnancy: a randomized, double-blind, participation in HAT control in the Democratic
placebo-controlled trial L. Villegas, R. McGready, Republic of Congo J. Robays, P. Lefevre,
M. Htway, M.K. Paw, M. Pimanpanarak, P. Lutumba, S. Lubanza, V. Kande Betu Ku Mesu,
R. Arunjerdja, S.J. Viladpai-nguen, B. Greenwood, P. Van der Stuyft and M. Boelaert
N.]. White and F. Nosten
299 Review: Artificial container-breeding mosquitoes mami communities in the Amazon region of Venezuela
and cemeteries: a perfect match D. Vezzani M. Magris, Y. Rubio-Palis, N. Alexander,
B. Ruiz, N. Galvan, D. Frias, M. Blanco
and J. Lines
Evaluation of a mass distribution programme for fine-
3, March 2007 mesh impregnated bednets against visceral leishma-
niasis in eastern Sudan K. Ritmeijer, C. Davies,
Editorial: Engaging the private sector for tuberculosis R. van Zorge, S.-]. Wang, ]. Schorscher,
control: much advocacy on a meagre evidence base S.I. Dongu’du and R.N. Davidson
Y. Mahendradhata, M.-L. Lambert, M. Boelaert Evaluation of pooled screening for anti-HCV in two
and P. Van der Stuyft blood services set-ups L. Novack, E. Shinar, ]. Safi,
Viewpoint: Do we have enough data to estimate H. Soliman, A. Yaari, N. Galai, ].S. Pliskin and
the current burden of tuberculosis? The example B. Sarov
of Bangladesh V. Begum, M.J. van der Werf, Improved injection safety after targeted interventions
M. Becx-Bleumink and M.W. Borgdorff in the Syrian Arab Republic C. Mantel, §. Khamassi,
Tuberculosis in intra-urban settings: a Bayesian K. Baradei, H. Nasri, E. Mohsni and
approach W.V. Souza, M.S. Carvalho, P. Duclos
M. de F.P.M. Albuquerque, C.C. Barcellos and Associations between specific antibody responses
R.A.A. Ximenes and resistance to reinfection in a Senegalese population
The role of imported cases in the epidemiology recently exposed to Schistosoma mansoni
of urban Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Quibd6, K. Vereecken, C.W.A. Naus, K. Polman, ].T. Scott,
Colombia L. Osorio, ]. Todd, R. Pearce M. Diop, B. Gryseels and L. Kestens
and D.]. Bradley Community-based study on knowledge, attitude
Effect of haematinic supplementation and malaria and practice on the mode of transmission, prevention
prevention on maternal anaemia and malaria in and treatment of the Buruli ulcer in Ga West District,
western Kenya A.M. van Eijk, ].G. Ayisi, L. Slutsker, Ghana A.M.N. Renzaho, P.V. Woods,
F.O. ter Kuile, D.H. Rosen, ].A. Otieno, Y.-P. Shi, M.M. Ackumey, S.K. Harvey and J. Kotin
P.A. Kager, R.W. Steketee and B.L. Nahlen Costs and coverage of reproductive health interventions
In vitro assessment of artesunate, artemether in three rural refugee-affected districts, Uganda
and amodiaquine susceptibility and molecular analysis C.G. Orach, D. Dubourg and V. De Brouwere
of putative resistance-associated mutations of Letter to the editors D.J. Diemert and ].M. Bethony
Plasmodium falciparum from S40 Tomé and Principe Letter to the editors S. Owens, E. Stokes and
I.D. Ferreira, D. Lopes, A. Martinelli, C. Ferreira, J. Mueller
V.E. do Rosario and P. Cravo
Thiamin deficiency and uncomplicated falciparum
malaria in Laos M. Mayxay, A.M. Taylor,
M. Khanthavong, S. Keola, T. Pongvongsa, 4, April 2007
S. Phompida, R. Phetsouvanh, N.]. White and
P.N. Newton Editorial: MDR and XDR - the price of delaying
Impact of mosquito proofing of night shelters engagement with all care providers for control
in refugee camps in Kitgum, northern Uganda of TB and TB/HIV M. Uplekar and K. Lénnroth
J.M. Medlock, M. Aryemo and J. Bean How to measure the prevalence of tuberculosis in a
Assessment of a national monitoring and evaluation population M.J. van der Werf and
system for rapid expansion of antiretroviral treatment M.W. Borgdorff
in Malawi D. Lowrance, S. Filler, S. Makombe, Temporal trends and epidemiological aspects of
A. Harries, ]. Aberle-Grasse, M. Hochgesang ciguatera in French Polynesia: a 10-year analysis
and E. Libamba M.-L. Chateau-Degat, E. Dewailly, N. Cerf,
The role of communication between clients and health N.L. Nguyen, M.-O. Huin-Blondey, B. Hubert,
care providers: implications for adherence to malaria F. Laudon and R. Chansin
treatment in rural Gambia L. Conteh, W. Stevens Clinical features and associated morbidity of scabies
and V. Wiseman in a rural community in Alagoas, Brazil A. Jackson,
Community-randomized trial of lambdacyhalothrin- J. Heukelbach, A.F. da S. Filho, E. de B.C. Junior
treated hammock nets for maiaria control in Yano- and H. Feldmeier
Social and environmental determinants of Aedes aegypti Early growth of infants of HIV-infected and uninfected
infestation in Central Havana: results of a case-control Zambian women M. Makasa, L. Kasonka,
study nested in an integrated dengue surveillance M. Chisenga, M. Sinkala, C. Chintu, A. Tomkins
programme in Cuba J.M. Spiegel, M. Bonet, and §. Filteau
A.-M. Ibarra, N. Pagliccia, V. Ouellette and A. Yassi Delayed cord clamping and haemoglobin levels in
Association between haemoglobin variants $ and C infancy: a randomised controlled trial in term babies
and Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer): P. van Rheenen, L. de Moor, S. Eschbach,
a case-control study in Benin F. Nackers, R. Tonglet, H. de Grooth and B. Brabin
V. Slachmuylder, R.C. Johnson, A, Robert, Malaria deaths as sentinel events to monitor healthcare
C. Zinsou, ].R. Glynn, F. Portaels and J.-L. Gala delivery and antimalarial drug safety U. Mebta,
Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in preg- D.N. Durrheim, L. Blumberg, S. Donohue,
nancy: the effect of new delivery approaches on access F. Hansford, A. Mabuza, P. Kruger, ].K. Gumede,
and compliance rates in Uganda A.K. Mbonye, E. Immelman, A. Sanchez Canal, J.J. Hugo,
P. Magnussen and I.B. Bygbjerg G. Swart and K.I. Barnes
Are mosquitoes diverted from repellent-using indivi- Exposure to mixed asymptomatic infections with
duals to non-users? Results of a field study in Bolivia Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania braziliensis and
S.]. Moore, C.R. Davies, N. Hill and Leishmania chagasi in the human population
M.M. Cameron of the greater Amazon D.G. Mendes,
Diagnosis and management of malaria by rural L. Lauria-Pires, N. Nitz, S.P. Lozzi,
community health providers in the Lao People’s R.]. Nascimento, P.S. Monteiro, M.M. Rebelo,
Democratic Republic (Laos) M. Mayxay, A. de C. Rosa, ].M. Santana
T. Pongvongsa, S. Phompida, R. Phetsouvanh, and A.R.L. Teixeira
N.]. White and P.N. Newton A correlative study of ultrasound with serology in an
Submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte area in China co-endemic for human alveolar and
carriage is common in an area of low and seasonal cystic echinococcosis Y.R. Yang, P.S. Craig, A. Ito,
transmission in Tanzania S.A. Shekalaghe, ]. Teun
D.A. Vuitton, P. Giraudoux, T. Sun,
Bousema, K.K. Kunei, P. Lushino, A. Masokoto, G.M. Williams, Z. Huang, Z. Li, Y. Wang,
L.R. Wolters, S. Mwakalinga, F.W. Mosha, J. Teng, Y. Li, L. Huang, H. Wen, M.K. Jones and
R.W. Sauerwein and C.J. Drakeley
D.P. McManus
Effect of costing methods on unit cost of hospital
Trend of case detection and leprosy elimination
medical services A. Riewpaiboon, S. Malaroje in Brazil M.L.F. Penna and G.O. Penna
and S. Kongsawatt Longitudinal analysis of community health workers’
Fracture treatment by bonesetters in central ghana: adherence to treatment guidelines, Siaya, Kenya,
patients explain their choices and experiences 1997-2002 S.Y. Rowe, M.A. Olewe,
M.J.H. Ariés, H. Joosten, H.H.J. Wegdam D.G. Kleinbaum, J].E. McGowan Jr,
and S. van der Geest D.A. McFarl and, R. Rochat and
M.S. Deming
Community participation in Aedes aegypti control:
a sociological perspective on five years of research
5, May 2007 in the health area “‘26 de Julio”’, Havana,
Cuba D. Pérez, P. Lefevre, L. Sanchez,
Editorial: New international guidelines for wastewater L.M. Sanchez, M. Boelaert, G. Kouri and
use in agriculture J.H.J. Ensink and W. van der Hoek P. Van der Stuyft
Rapid achievement of the child survival millennium Treatment-seeking behaviour, cost burdens and coping
development goal: evidence from the Navrongo strategies among rural and urban households
experiment in Northern Ghana F.N. Binka, in Coastal Kenya: an equity analysis J. Chuma,
A.A. Bawah, ].F. Phillips, A.H odgson, M. Adjuik L. Gilson and C. Molyneux
and B. MacLeod Risk factors for treatment denial and loss
Poorer health and nutritional outcomes in orphans and to follow-up in an antiretroviral treatment cohort
vulnerable young children not explained by greater in Kenya H. Karcher, A. Omondi, J. Odera,
exposure to extreme poverty in Zimbabwe H. Watts, A. Kunz and G. Harms
S. Gregson, S. Saito, B. Lopman, M. Beasley and
R. Monasch
Issue 6, June 2007 Neonatal home care practices in rural Egypt during
the first week of life G.L. Darmstadt, M.H. Hussein,
695 Editorial: Towards a global dengue research agenda P.J. Winch, R.A. Haws, M. Lamia, M.A. El-Said,
J. Farrar, D. Focks, D. Gubler, R. Barrera, R.F. Gipson and M. Santosham
M.G Guzman, C. Simmons, S. Kalayanarooj, Letter to the Editors V. Ramesh, P. Puri
L. Lum, P.J. McCall, L. Lloyd, O. Horstick, and M. Ramam
R. Dayal-Drager, M.B. Nathan and A. Kroeger
on behalf of the WHO/TDR Dengue Scientific
Working Group
Endogenous reactivation and true treatment failure as 7, July 2007
causes of recurrent tuberculosis in a high incidence
setting with a low HIV infection I.C. Shamputa, 799 Editorial: The paradox of economic tools promoting
A. Van Deun, Md.A.H. Salim, Md.A. Hossain, equitable access to self-sustainable services for the
K. Fissette, P. de Rijk, L. Rigouts and F. Portaels poorest — increased inequality K.D. Frick and
Risk factors for Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm E.M. Baruwa
in urban farming communities in western Cote d’Ivoire Insular pathways to health care in the city: a multilevel
B. Matthys, A.B. Tschannen, N.T. Tian-Bi, analysis of access to hospital care in urban Kerala,
India J.-F. Levesque, S. Haddad, D. Narayana
H. Comoé, S. Diabaté, M. Traoré, P. Vounatsou,
and P. Fournier
G. Raso, L. Gosoniu, M. Tanner, G. Cissé,
E.K. N’Goran and J]. Utzinger Sustained high coverage of insecticide-treated
Microgeographical and tribal variations in water bednets through combined Catch-up and Keep-up
contact and Schistosoma mansoni exposure within strategies M. Grabowsky, T. Nobiya and
J. Selanikio
a Ugandan fishing community A.P. de Moira, A.].C.
Fulford, N.B. Kabatereine, F. Kazibwe, ].H. Ouma, Patterns of maternal care seeking behaviours in rural
D.W. Dunne and M. Booth Bangladesh A.C. Moran, P.J. Winch, N. Sultana,
N. Kalim, K.M. Afzal, M. Koblinsky, S.E. Arifeen,
The role of pfmdr1 in Plasmodium falciparum
tolerance to artemether-lumefantrine in Africa M.H.R. Seraji, I. Mannan, G.L. Darmstadt,
A.H. Baqui and The Bangladesh PROJAHNMO
C. Sisowath, P.E. Ferreira, L.Y. Bustamante,
Maternal Morbidity Study Group
S. Dahlstrom, A. Martensson, A. Bjérkman,
S. Krishna and J.P. Gil Early exposure to yellow fever vaccine during preg-
Is the Expanded Programme on Immunisation the most nancy D.P. Cavalcanti, M.A. Salomdo,
J]. Lopez-Camelo, M.A. Pessoto and The Campinas
appropriate delivery system for intermittent preventive
treatment of malaria in West Africa? Group of Yellow Fever Immunization during
D. Chandramohan, ]. Webster, L. Smith, T. Awine, Pregnancy
S. Owusu-Agyei and I. Carneiro Epidemiology and risk factors for endemic typhoid
fever in Uzbekistan P. Srikantiah, S. Vafokulov,
A multiplex PCR assay that separates Rhodnius
prolixus from members of the Rhodnius robustus S.P. Luby, T. Ishmail, K. Earhart, N. Khodjaev,
cryptic species complex (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) G. Jennings, ].A. Crump and F.]. Mahoney
M.G. Pavan and F.A. Monteiro Short communication: Post-kala-azar dermal leishma-
niasis — an appraisal V. Ramesh, R. Singh and
Active dispersal by wild Triatoma infestans in the
Bolivian Andes W. Richer, P. Kengne, M.R. Cortez, P. Salotra
M.M. Perrineau, A. Cobuet, D. Fontenille and Short communication: Antituberculosis drug-induced
F. Noireau hepatotoxicity is unexpectedly low in HIV-infected
Field trial of a low cost method to evaluate hand pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Malawi
cleanliness $.P. Luby, M. Agboatwalla, W. Billhimer A. Tostmann, M.]. Boeree, A.D. Harries,
and R.M. Hoekstra D. Sauvageot, H.T. Banda and E.E. Zijlstra
Characteristics of latrine promotion participants and Influence of body mass index on pregnancy
non-participants; inspection of latrines; and percep- outcomes among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected
Zambian women Y. Banda, V. Chapman,
tions of household latrines in Northern Ghana
A.F. Rodgers, L.A. Ajono, ].O. Gyapong, R.L. Goldenberg, B.H. Chi, S.H. Vermund and
M. Hagan and P.M. Emerson J.S.A. Stringer
Factors affecting home delivery in rural Tanzania The effect of health care worker training on the use of
M. Mrisho, ].A. Schellenberg, A.K. Mushi, B. Obrist, intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in
H. Mshinda, M. Tanner and D. Schellenberg pregnancy in rural western Kenya P.O. Ouma,
Patient empowerment in tuberculosis control: A.M. Van Eijk, M.J. Hamel, E. Sikuku,
reflecting on past documented experiences J. Macq, F. Odhiambo, K. Munguti, ].G. Ayisi, P.A. Kager
T. Torfoss and H. Getahun and L. Slutsker
Dramatically decreased therapeutic efficacy of Predictors of death from severe pneumonia among
chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, but not children 2-59 months old hospitalized in Bohol,
mefloquine, in southern Benin A. Aubouy, N. Fievet, Philippines: implications for referrai criteria at a
G. Bertin, ].C. Sagbo, H. Kossou, D. Kinde-Gazard, first-level health facility $S.P. Lupisan, P. Ruutu,
R. Kiniffo, A. Massougbodji and P. Deloron P. Erma Abucejo-Ladesma, B.P. Quiambao,
Combined use of an antigen and antibody detection L. Gozum, L.T. Sombrero, V. Romano, E. Herva,
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for cysticercosis I. Riley, E.A.F. Simoes and ARIVAC Consortium
as tools in an epidemiological study of epilepsy Reducing financial barriers to emergency obstetric
in Burundi A. Prado-Jean, K. Kanobana, care: experience of cost-sharing mechanism in a district
M. Druet-Cabanac, G. Nsengyiumva, P. Dorny, hospital in Burkina Faso F. Richard, C. Ouédraogo,
P.M. Preux and S. Geerts J. Compaoré, D. Dubourg and V. De Brouwere
Letter to the editors K.C. Umapathy, R. Begum, Effect of a large dam on malaria risk: the Koka reservoir
G. Ravichandran, F. Rebman, C.N. Paramasivan in Ethiopia J. Lautze, M. McCartney, P. Kirshen,
and V.D. Ramanathan D. Olana, G. Jayasinghe and A. Spielman
Corrigenda Factors determining use of pre-travel preventive health
services by West African immigrants in The Nether-
lands H.J. Schilthuis, I. Goossens, R.J. Ligthelm,
S.J. de Vlas, C. Varkevisser and ].H. Richardus
8, August 2007 Migrants’ access to antiretroviral therapy in Thailand
S.T. Saether, U. Chawphrae, M.M. Zaw, C. Keizer
Editorial: Armed conflict, war and public health and I. Wolffers
J. Utzinger and M.G. Weiss
Morbidity and associated factors in rural and urban
populations of South Lebanon: a cross-sectional
community-based study of self-reported health in 2000 Issue 9, September 2007
I. Sabbah, D.-A. Vuitton, N. Droubi, S$. Sabbah
and M. Mercier 1009 Editorial: Scale-up of antiretroviral therapy
Effect of pregnancy on HIV disease progression and in sub-Saharan Africa — priorities for public health
survival among women in rural Uganda research S. Jaffar, E. Mbidde, A. Robb, A. Coutinho,
L. Van der Paal, L.A. Shafer, B.N. Mayanja, M. Muwanga, C.M. Obermeyer, I. Weller, G. Hart,
].A.G. Whitworth and H. Grosskurth P.G. Smith, A. Haines and H. Grosskurth
Asymptomatic serum cryptococcal antigenemia and Risk factors for HIV/AIDS in a low HIV prevalence site
early mortality during antiretroviral therapy in rural of sub-Saharan Africa F. Croce, P. Fedeli,
Uganda C.A. Liechty, P. Solberg, W. Were, M. Dahoma, L. Deho, M. Ramsan, F. Adorni,
J.P. Ekwaru, R.L. Ransom, P.J. Weidle, S. Corvasce and M. Galli
R. Downing, A. Coutinho and ]. Mermin Comparison of visual inspection and Papanicolau
Spatial distribution of Burkitt’s lymphoma in Kenya (PAP) smears for cervical cancer screening in
and association with malaria risk J.J. Rainey, Honduras: should PAP smears be abandoned?
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M.L. Wilson and R. Rochford and C.]. Simon
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P. Reddy, D. Monyeki, N. Kamabaran, R. Omar- M. Caram, S. Hoyer, D. Socheat, N. Chantha
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in fatal Plasmodium falciparum malaria N. Schreiber, R. Kobbe, S. Adjei, O. Adjei,
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A.M. Dondorp, S.J. Lee, N.H. Phu, G.D.H. Turner, and the prevalence of molecular markers of resistance
N.]. White, D.J.P. Ferguson and E. Pongponratn in under 5-year olds in Brazzaville, Congo M.
Molecular analysis of chloroquine resistance in Ndounga, R. Tahar, L.K. Basco, P.N. Casimiro,
Plasmodium falciparum in Yunnan Province, China D.A. Malonga and F. Ntoumi
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X. Zhang, D. Zhong, G. Yan and L. Cui NGOs in Malawi: results from a pilot study R. James,
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E. Mrema, B. Kabula, B. Lawrence, S. Kinung’hi, A 84-month follow up of adherence to HAART ina
J. Swilla, W. Kisinza, M.E. Rau, J.E. Miller, cohort of adult Senegalese patients J.-F. Etard,
J.A. Schellenberg, C. Maxwell, M. Rowland, I. Laniéce, M.B.K. Fall, V. Cilote, L. Blazejewski,
S. Magesa and C. Drakeley K. Diop, A. Desclaux, R. Ecochard, I. Ndoye,
Plot and see! Maternal comprehension of growth E. Delaporte and ANRS 1215/1290 Study Group
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P. Kolsteren patterns and Schistosoma japonicum infection in
Atypical manifestations of dengue S. Gulati and mountainous rural China E.Y.W. Seto, Y.J. Lee,
A. Maheshwari S. Liang and B. Zhong
A serological study of Cryptosporidium transmission Laboratory diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in TB
in a periurban area of a Brazilian Northeastern city and HIV endemic settings and the contribution of real
M.C.A. Teixeira, M.L. Barreto, C. Melo, L.R. Silva, time PCR for M. tuberculosis in bronchoalveolar lavage
L.R.S. Moraes and N.M. Alcdantara-Neves fluid G.S. Kibiki, B. Mulder, A.J.A.M. van der Ven,
N. Sam, M.J. Boeree, A. van der Zanden and
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Clinical and laboratory features of disseminated Private practitioners and tuberculosis case detection in
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E.F. Daher, G.B. Silva Jr, F.A.S. Barros, C.F.V. Y. Mahendradhata, A. Utarini, U. Lazuardi,
Takeda, R.M.S. Mota, M.T. Ferreira, S.A. Oliveira, M. Boelaert and P. Van der Stugft
J.C. Martins, S.M.H.A. Araujo and Short communication: Detecting depression after
O.A. Gutiérrez-Adrianzén pregnancy: the validity of the K10 and K6 in Burkina
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Preserving breastfeeding practice through the HIV
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Letter to the editors Viewpoint: A framework for decision-making
in integrated vector management to prevent disease
H. van den Berg and W. Takken
Assessing unmet obstetric need in Mtwara Region,
Tanzania C. Hunger, R. Kiilker, H. Kitundu,
10, October 2007
S. Massawe and A, Jahn
Scaling up clinical audits of obstetric cases in Morocco
Editorial: The spread of poliomyelitis via international
N. Muffler, M. El Hassane Trabelssi and
travel A. Wilder-Smith and P.A. Tambyah
Economic burden of malaria in rural Tanzania: V. De Brouwere
variations by socioeconomic status and season Mortality of sick children after outpatient treatment at
M.F. Somi, ].R.G. Butler, F. Vahid, ].D. Njau, first-level health facilities in rural western Kenya
K.A. Lindblade, M.]. Hamel, D.R. Feikin,
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Economic costs of epidemic malaria to households in
rural Ethiopia W. Deressa, D. Hailemariam and A. Ali and L. Slutsker
Immune responses after single-dose sulphadoxine- Letters to the editors
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Issue 11, November 2007 Detection of mutant P2 adenosine transporter (TbAT1)
gene in Trypanosoma brucei gambiense isolates from
1275 Editorial: Contribution of health systems to disease northwest Uganda using allele-specific polymerase
chain reaction B. Nerima, E. Matovu, G.W. Lubega
control A. Haines
and J.C.K. Enyaru
1279 Epidemiology of congenital malaria in Nigeria: a
multi-centre study C. Falade, O. Mokuolu, Assessment of antigenic fractions of varying hydro-
H. Okafor, A. Orogade, A. Falade, O. Adedoyin, phobicity from Taenia solium metacestodes for the
T. Oguonu, M. Aisha, D.H. Hamer and diagnosis of human neurocysticercosis
M.V. Callahan G.A. Machado, F.M. Santiago, ].R. Mineo and
J.M. Costa Cruz
Comparison of the therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine
and sulphadoxine-pyremethamine in children and Epidemiology and clinical features of pneumonia
pregnant women H. Tagbor, J. Bruce, R. Ord, according to radiographic findings in Gambian chil-
A. Randall, E. Browne, B. Greenwood and dren G. Enwere, Y.B. Cheung, S.M.A. Zaman,
D. Chandramohan A. Akano, C. Oluwalana, O. Brown, A. Vaughan,
R. Adegbola, B. Greenwood and F. Cutts
Molecular markers as indicators of antimalarial drug
failure rates 1.M. Hastings Healthcare-seeking behaviour and use of traditional
Viewpoint: Adapting to new international tuberculosis healers after snakebite in Hlabisa sub-district,
KwaZulu Natal D.J. Sloan, M.]. Dedicoat and
treatment standards with medication monitors and
DOT given selectively T.S. Moulding D.G. Lalloo
Duration and associated factors of patient delay during Do exemptions from user fees mean free access to
tuberculosis screening in rural Cameroon health services? A case study from a rural Cambodian
hospital B. Jacobs, N.L. Price and S. Oeun
A. Cambanis, A. Ramsay, M.A. Yassin and
L.E. Cuevas
Expanding access to voluntary HIV counselling and
testing in sub-Saharan Africa: alternative approaches
for improving uptake, 2001-2007 J.K.B. Matovu and 12, December 2007
F.E. Makumbi
Low specificity of the Murex fourth-generation HIV Editorial: Dracunculiasis eradication by 2009: will
enzyme immunoassay in Tanzanian adolescents endemic countries meet the target? A. Tayeh and
D.B. Everett, H.A. Weiss, }. Changalucha, S. Cairncross
A. Anemona, T. Chirwa, D.A. Ross, Systematic review: Impact of meningococcal vaccina-
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D.C. Mabey S. Dellicour and B. Greenwood
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the incidence of dengue in Mexico M. Hurtado-Diaz, sickness (human African trypanosomiasis) ].A. Blum,
H. Riojas-Rodriguez, S.J. Rothenberg, C. Burri, C. Hatz, L. Kazumba, P. Mangoni and
H. Gomez-Dantés and E. Cifuentes M.]. Zellweger
Short communication: Patterns of chronic and acute Macrofilaricidal effect of 4 weeks of treatment with
diseases after natural disasters — a study from the doxycycline on Wuchereria bancrofti A.Y. Debrah,
International Committee of the Red Cross field S. Mand, Y. Marfo-Debrekyei, L. Batsa, K. Pfarr,
hospital in Banda Aceh after the 2004 Indian Ocean M. Buttner, O. Adjei, D. Buttner and A. Hoerauf
tsunami D. Guba-Sapir, W.G. van Panhuis and Hepatosplenomegaly in Kenyan schoolchildren:
J. Lagoutte exacerbation by concurrent chronic exposure to
Taxonomy and inventory of the cytospecies and malaria and Schistosoma mansoni infection S$. Wilson,
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Influence of larval density or food variation on the Utility of measuring serum levels of anti-PGL-I anti-
geometry of the wing of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti body, neopterin and C-reactive protein in monitoring
N. Jirakanjanakit, S. Leemingsawat, leprosy patients during multi-drug treatment and
S. Thongrungkiat, C. Apiwathnasorn, reactions E.A. Silva, A. Iyer, S§. Ura, J.R. Lauris,
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Same-day smears in the diagnosis of tuberculosis Infant mortality among twins and triplets in rural
S. Hirao, M.A. Yassin, H.G. Khamofu, Bangladesh in 1975-2002 N. Alam,
L. Lawson, A. Cambanis, A. Ramsay and J.K. Van Ginneken and A.M. Bosch
L.E. Cuevas Malaria and anaemia among pregnant women at first
How affordable are tuberculosis diagnosis and treat- antenatal clinic attenders visit in Kisumu, western Kenya
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tuberculosis patient perspectives X. Liu, R. Thomson, J.G. Ayisi, K. Otieno, P.A. Kager and L. Slutsker
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X. Zhao, F. Yan and S. Tang efforts on mortality in sub-Saharan Africa A.K. Rowe,
Short communication: CD4 counts of HIV-infected R.W. Steketee, F. Arnold, T. Wardlaw, S. Basu,
pregnant women and their infected children — impli- N. Bakyaita, M. Lama, C.A. Winston, M. Lynch,
cations for PMTCT and treatment programmes R.E. Cibulskis, K. Shibuya, A.A. Ratcliffe and
A. Lebon, R.M. Bland, N.C. Rollins, B.L. Nabhlen for the Roll Back Malaria Monitoring
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Determinants of HIV counselling and testing partici- Short communication: The cost-effectiveness of cuta-
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A. Sanou, R. Snow, J. Ganame and A. Gondos B.F. Sanchez, L.M. Montero, R. Montana,
Missed opportunities to address reproductive health M. del Pilar Mahecha, B. Duefies, A.R. Baron
care needs among HIV-infected women in antiretro- and R. Reithinger
viral therapy programmes L. Myer, K. Rebe and The relative contribution of case management and
C. Morroni inadequate care-seeking behaviour to childhood deaths
Midwifery provision and uptake of maternity care in from diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections in
Indonesia E. Achadi, S. Scott, E.S. Pambudi, Hidalgo, Mexico R. Bojalil, B.R. Kirkwood,
K. Makowiecka, T. Marshall, A. Adisasmita, M. Bobak and H. Guiscafre
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