Articles:

Instructions to Authors
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: i-ii. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Donald S. Burke

Sing for the Gov'nor: a Call to Advocacy for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 1-6. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Drug Studies:

Sumalee Kamchonwongpaisan, Paul McKeever, Paul Hossler, Herman Ziffer, AND Steven R. Meshnick

Artemisinin Neurotoxicity: Neuropathology in Rats and Mechanistic Studies in Vitro
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 7-12. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jagdev S. Sidhu AND Michael Ashton

Single-Dose, Comparative Study of Venous, Capillary and Salivary Artemisinin Concentrations in Healthy, Male Adults
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 13-16. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Achille Benakis, Maria Paris, Louis Loutan, Charalambos T. Plessas, AND Stavros T. Plessas

Pharmacokinetics of Artemisinin and Artesunate after Oral Administration in Healthy Volunteers
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 17-23. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rafael E. De La Hoz, Sandra Waycott, David Garcia, Rigoberto Melendez, AND Frank J. Bia

Initial Screening for Antituberculous Drug Resistance at an Inpatient Facility in Leon, Nicaragua
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 24-26. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Clinical Studies:

Mohammed Abdul Rahman Arbab, Imad Abdin El Hag, Abdul Fatah G. Abdul Gadir, AND Hassab El Rasoul Siddik

Intraspinal Mycetoma: Report of Two Cases
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 27-29. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew J. Trevett, Barnabas Mavo, AND David A. Warrell

Tetrodotoxic Poisoning from Ingestion of a Porcupine Fish (Diodon hystrix) in Papua New Guinea: Nerve Conduction Studies
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 30-32. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Immunology:

Carlton A. W. Evans, Armando E. Gonzalez, Robert H. Gilman, Manuela Verastegui, Hector H. Garcia, Alfonso Chavera, Joy B. Pilcher, Victor C. W. Tsang, AND The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

Immunotherapy for Porcine Cysticercosis: Implications for Prevention of Human Disease
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 33-37. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Diagnostic Studies:

Nantavadee Suwanabun, Charoen Chouriyagune, Chirapa Eamsila, Pochaman Watcharapichat, Gregory A. Dasch, Robin S. Howard, AND Daryl J. Kelly

Evaluation of an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay in Thai Scrub Typhus Patients
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 38-43. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Atul Humar, Colin Ohrt, Mary Anne Harrington, Dylan Pillai, AND Kevin C. Kain

ParaSight®F Test Compared with the Polymerase Chain Reaction and Microscopy for the Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Travelers
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 44-48. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Basic/Molecular Biology:

William E. Collins, Joann S. Sullivan, Carla L. Morris, G. Gale Galland, Bettye B. Richardson, AND Jacquelin M. Roberts

The Malayan IV Strain of Plasmodium falciparum in Aotus Monkeys
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 49-56. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Fousseyni S. Toure, Thomas G. Egwang, Goetz Wahl, Pascal Millet, Odile Bain, AND Alain J. Georges

Species-Specific Sequence in the Repeat 3 Region of the Gene Encoding a Putative Loa loa Allergen: a Diagnostic Tool for Occult Loiasis
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 57-60. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Srinivasan Ramachandran, Albert A. Gam, AND Franklin A. Neva

Molecular Differences between Several Species of Strongyloides and Comparison of Selected Isolates of S. stercoralis Using a Polymerase Chain Reaction-Linked Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Approach
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 61-65. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pathology/Pathogenesis:

David J. Wyler AND Pejman Talebian

A Quantitative Assay to Detect Circulating Fibrosin and Its Application in Experimental Schistosomiasis
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 66-70. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jun Hayashi, Yasuhiro Kishihara, Eriko Yoshimura, Norihiro Furusyo, Kohzaburo Yamaji, Yasunobu Kawakami, Hidechika Murakami, AND Seizaburo Kashiwagi

Correlation between Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 and Strongyloides stercoralis Infections and Serum Immunoglobulin E Responses in Residents of Okinawa, Japan
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 71-75. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Prevention and Control:

Hiroshi Ohara, Isao Ebisawa, AND Hiroshi Naruto

Prophylaxis of Acute Viral Hepatitis by Immune Serum Globulin, Hepatitis B Vaccine, and Health Education: a Sixteen Year Study of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 76-79. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

Scott A. Ritchie, Debbie Phillips, Annette Broom, John Mackenzie, Michael Poidinger, AND Andrew Van Den Hurk

Isolation of Japanese Encephalitis Virus from Culex annulirostris in Australia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 80-84. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. R. Davies, E. A. Llanos-Cuentas, P. Campos, J. Monge, P. Villaseca, AND C. Dye

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Peruvian Andes: Risk Factors Identified from a Village Cohort Study
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 85-95. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Muntaser Ibrahim, Ahmed Suliman, Faisal A. Hashim, El Tahir A. G. Khalil, David A. Evans, Arsalan Kharazmi, AND Ahmed M. El Hassan

Oronasal Leishmaniasis Caused by a Parasite with an Unusual Isoenzyme Profile
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 96-98. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Louisa R. Beck, Mario H. Rodriguez, Sheri W. Dister, Americo D. Rodriguez, Robert K. Washino, Donald R. Roberts, AND Michael A. Spanner

Assessment of a Remote Sensing-Based Model for Predicting Malaria Transmission Risk in Villages of Chiapas, Mexico
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 99-106. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Victor C. W. Tsang, George V. Hillyer, John Noh, Beatriz E. Vivas-Gonzalez, Lisa H. Ahn, Joy B. Pilcher, Allen W. Hightower, Carmen Deseda, AND Carmen Feliciano de Melecio

Geographic Clustering and Seroprevalence of Schistosomiasis in Puerto Rico (1995)
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 107-112. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. F. Jimenez, B. Valladares, J. M. Fernandez-Palacios, F. De Armas, AND A. Del Castillo

A Serologic Study of Human Toxocariasis in the Canary Islands (Spain): Environmental Influences
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 113-115. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Book Review:

Frederick L. Dunn

The Wellcome Trust Illustrated History of Tropical Diseases: Edited by F.E.G. Cox. 452 pages, hard bound. The Wellcome Trust: London, 1996. 35£
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 116. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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