Articles:

Carole A. Long

Tropical Diseases: New Peril, New Promise
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 439-442. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Immunology:

Fadwa Al-Yaman, Blaise Genton, Kenton J. Kramer, Sandra P. Chang, George S. Hui, Moses Baisor, AND Michael P. Alpers

Assessment of the Role of Naturally Acquired Antibody Levels to Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein-1 in Protecting Papua New Guinean Children from Malaria Morbidity
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 443-448. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Georgette Aribot, Christophe Rogier, Jean-Louis Sarthou, Jean-Francois Trape, Aissatou Toure Balde, Pierre Druilhe, AND Christian Roussilhon

Pattern of Immunoglobulin Isotype Response to Plasmodium falciparum Blood-Stage Antigens in Individuals Living in a Holoendemic Area of Senegal (Dielmo, West Africa)
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 449-457. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. M. Ramsey, E. Salinas, AND M. H. Rodriguez

Acquired Transmission-Blocking Immunity to Plasmodium vivax in a Population of Southern Coastal Mexico
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 458-463. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Basic/Molecular Biology:

Sanjay A. Desai, Edwin W. McCleskey, Paul H. Schlesinger, AND Donald J. Krogstad

A Novel Pathway for Ca⁺⁺ Entry into Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Blood Cells
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 464-470. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kurt A. Andersen, Bradley E. Britigan, AND Mary E. Wilson

Short Report: Regulation of Inducible Heat Shock Protein 70 Genes in Leishmania chagasi
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 471-474. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael Cappello, Peter W. Bergum, George P. Vlasuk, Barbara A. Furmidge, David I. Pritchard, AND Serap Aksoy

Isolation and Characterization of the Tsetse Thrombin Inhibitor: A Potent Antithrombotic Peptide from the Saliva of Glossina morsitans morsitans
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 475-480. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Walter J. Tabachnick, N. James MacLachlan, Lee H. Thompson, Gregg J. Hunt, AND John F. Patton

Susceptibility of Culicoides variipennis sonorensis to Infection by Polymerase Chain Reaction-Detectable Bluetongue Virus in Cattle Blood
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 481-485. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pathology/Pathogenesis:

Thomas G. Evans, Sara S. Reed, AND John B. Hibbs, Jr

Nitric Oxide Production in Murine Leishmaniasis: Correlation of Progressive Infection with Increasing Systemic Synthesis of Nitric Oxide
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 486-489. [Abstract] [PDF]  

T. Garate, F. J. Conraths, W. Harnett, D. W. Buttner, AND R. M. E. Parkhouse

Identification of Onchocerca volvulus Collagen as an Antigen Mainly Recognized by Antibodies in Chronic Hyper-Reactive Onchodermatitis (Sowda)
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 490-497. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stephen T. McGarvey, Gemiliano Aligui, Kathleen K. Graham, Pierre Peters, G. Richard Olds, AND Remigio Olveda

Schistosomiasis japonica and Childhood Nutritional Status in Northeastern Leyte, the Philippines: A Randomized Trial of Praziquantel Versus Placebo
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 498-502. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stephen W. Rothwell, Robert Putnak, AND Vincent F. La Russa

Dengue-2 Virus Infection of Human Bone Marrow: Characterization of Dengue-2 Antigen-Positive Stromal Cells
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 503-510. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Prevention and Control:

Robert E. Quick, Linda V. Venczel, Oscar Gonzalez, Eric D. Mintz, Anita K. Highsmith, Angelica Espada, Esther Damiani, Nancy H. Bean, Erika H. De Hannover, AND Robert V. Tauxe

Narrow-Mouthed Water Storage Vessels and in Situ Chlorination in a Bolivian Community: A Simple Method to Improve Drinking Water Quality
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 511-516. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Barry S. Hewlett, Basile Kollo, AND Barnett L. Cline

Ivermectin Distribution and the Cultural Context of Forest Onchocerciasis in South Province, Cameroon
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 517-522. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

Truls Jensen, Andrew F. Cockburn, Paul E. Kaiser, AND Donald R. Barnard

Human Blood-Feeding Rates Among Sympatric Sibling Species of Anopheles quadrimaculatus Mosquitoes in Northern Florida
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 523-525. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Diane E. Ochs, Violette S. Hnilica, David R. Moser, Jerome H. Smith, AND Louis V. Kirchhoff

Postmortem Diagnosis of Autochthonous Acute Chagasic Myocarditis by Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification of a Species-Specific DNA Sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 526-529. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eleanor R. Cross, Wilbur W. Newcomb, AND Compton J. Tucker

Use of Weather Data and Remote Sensing to Predict the Geographic and Seasonal Distribution of Phlebotomus papatasi in Southwest Asia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 530-536. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P. Ndhlovu, H. Cadman, S. Gundersen, B. J. Vennervald, H. Friis, N. O. Christensen, G. Mutasa, K. Kaondera, G. Mandaza, AND A. M. Deelder

Circulating Anodic Antigen (CAA) Levels in Different Age Groups in a Zimbabwean Rural Community Endemic for Schistosoma haematobium Determined Using the Magnetic Beads Antigen-Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunoassay
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 537-542. [Abstract] [PDF]  

W. Tun-Lin, B. H. Kay, A. Barnes, AND S. Forsyth

Critical Examination of Aedes aegypti Indices: Correlations with Abundance
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 543-547. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Books Reviewed:

George R. Healy

Bench Aids for the Diagnosis of Intestinal Parasites: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1995. Single set, 35 Sw. Fr. (approximately US $46). Price in developing countries, 24.50 Sw. Fr
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 548. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Books Received:

Books Received
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1996 54: 548. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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