Fresh from the field: some controversies in tropical medicine and hygiene: HIV and malaria, do they interact?
Neil French, Charles F. Gilks
pages 233-237
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Heterogeneity in the host preference of Japanese encephalitis vectors in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand
Charles Mwandawiro, Michael Boots, Nobuko Tuno, Wannapa Suwonkerd, Yoshio Tsuda, Masahiro Takagi
pages 238-242
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A survey on community perceptions of jaundice in east Delhi: implications for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis
Jagvir Singh, Nirmal Shakya, D.C. Jain, Rajesh Bhatia, D. Bora, P.K. Pattanayak, Sunil Gupta, K.K. Datta, Jotna Sokhey
pages 243-246
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“No sex please—we're on TB treatment”
F.M.L. Salaniponi, J.J. Christensen, F. Gausi, J.H. Kwanjana, C.J.M. Whitty, A.D. Harries
pages 250-251
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Announcement
page 252
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Mixed-species malaria infections in the human population of São Tomé island, West Africa
J. Pinto, C.A. Sousa, V. Gil, L. Gonçalves, D. Lopes, V.E. do Rosário, J.D. Charlwood
pages 256-257
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Three genotypes of Echinococcus granulosus identified in Nepal using mitochondrial DNA markers
L.H. Zhang, D.D. Joshi, D.P. McManus
pages 258-260
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Announcement
page 264
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RFLP patterns and risk factors for recent tuberculosis transmission among hospitalized tuberculosis patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
F.C.O. Fandinho, A.L. Kritski, C. Hofer, H. Conde, R.M.C. Ferreira, M.H.F. Saad, M.G. Silva, L.W. Riley, L.S. Fonseca
pages 271-275
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Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection among tuberculosis cases in some clinics in Dhaka, Bangladesh
M. Salimullah, Y. Tahera, M.A. Siddiqui, M.A. Salam, M.A.K. Rumi, F. Huq, M.S. Hassan
page 276
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Announcements
page 279
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Announcements
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Announcements
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Single centrifugation of cerebrospinal fluid in a sealed pasteur pipette for simple, rapid and sensitive detection of trypanosomes
T.W Miézan, H.A Meda, F Doua, N.N Djè, V Lejon, P Büscher
page 293
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Impact of acute malaria on plasma concentrations of transferrin receptors
Richard Beesley, Suzanne Filteau, Andrew Tomkins, Tom Doherty, Helen Ayles, Andrew Reid, Thomas Ellman, Simon Parton
pages 295-298
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Visceral leishmaniasis in Amerindians: an unusual fatal case from western Venezuela
Francia Castro, Leonor Chacín-Bonilla
pages 299-300
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Melioidosis: acute and chronic disease, relapse and re-activation
Bart J. Currie, Dale A. Fisher, Nicholas M. Anstey, Susan P. Jacups
pages 301-304
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High mortality rates in tuberculosis patients in Zomba Hospital, Malawi, during 32 months of follow-up
C. Kang'ombe, A.D. Harries, H. Banda, D.S. Nyangulu, C.J.M. Whitty, F.M.L. Salaniponi, D. Maher, P. Nunn
pages 305-309
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Clinical presentation of non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteraemia in Malawian children
Stephen M. Graham, Amanda L. Walsh, Elizabeth M. Molyneux, Amos J. Phiri, Malcolm E. Molyneux
pages 310-314
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Intraocular filariasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti
Elizabeth Mathai, Sarada David
pages 317-318
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A topical nitric oxide-generating therapy for cutaneous leishmaniasis
Robert N. Davidson, Vanessa Yardley, Simon L. Croft, Pamela Konecny, Nigel Benjamin
pages 319-322
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Treatment of bacillary dysentery in Vietnamese children: two doses of ofloxacin versus 5-days nalidixic acid
Ha Vinh, John Wain, Mai Thu Chinh, Cao Thi Tam, Phan Thi Thu Trang, Diem Nga, Peter Echeverria, To Song Diep, Nicholas J. White, Christopher M. Parry
pages 323-326
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HIV-Leishmania infantum co-infection: humoral and cellular immune responses to the parasite after chemotherapy
Javier Moreno, Carmen Cañavate, Cristina Chamizo, Fernando Laguna, Jorge Alvar
pages 328-332
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Maternal rubella-specific antibody prevalence in Ethiopian infants
Senait Kebede, D.James Nokes, Felicity T. Cutts, Wondatir Nigatu, Francis Sanderson, Hagos Beyene
pages 333-340
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The transmission dynamics of bancroftian filariasis: the distribution of the infective larvae of Wuchereria bancrofti in Culex quinquefasciatus and Anopheles gambiae and its effect on parasite escape from the vector
Dinah B. Gasarasi
pages 341-347
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Lymphatic filariasis: Tropical Medicine: Science and Practice, volume 1. T. B. Nutman (editor). London: Imperial College Press, 2000. viii+283pp. Price £16.00/ US$24. ISBN 1-89094-059-5
J.E. Bradley
page 350
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Oxford handbook of tropical medicine: M. Eddleston & S. Pierini. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. xx+646pp. Price £19.95. ISBN 0-19-262772-4
Carlton Evans
pages 350-351
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Microbiology in clinical practice: (3rd edition). D. C. Shanson. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999. xix+500pp. Price £29.99. ISBN 0-7506-3110-4
Nicholas M. Brown
pages 351-352
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