Articles:

From the Editor
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: v-vi. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Diagnostic Studies:

J. C. Petithory, F. Ardoin, L. R. Ash, E. Vandemeulebroucke, G. Galeazzi, M. Dufour, AND A. Paugam

Microscopic Diagnosis of Blood Parasites Following a Cytoconcentration Technique
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 637-642. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Drug Studies:

M. Kombila, T. H. Duong, D. Dufillot, J. Koko, V. Guiyedi, C. Guiguen, A. Ferrer, AND D. Richard-Lenoble

Light Microscopic Changes in Plasmodium falciparum from Gabonese Children Treated with Artemether
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 643-645. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daniel Parzy, Christian Doerig, Bruno Pradines, Alain Rico, Thierry Fusai, AND Jean-Claude Doury

Proguanil Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum African Isolates: Assessment by Mutation-Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction and in Vitro Susceptibility Testing
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 646-650. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M. P. Oliveira-Neto, A. Schubach, M. Mattos, S. C. Goncalves-Costa, AND C. Pirmez

A Low-Dose Antimony Treatment in 159 Patients with American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Extensive Follow-up Studies (Up to 10 Years)
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 651-655. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Immunology:

K. E. Choo, T. M. E. Davis, A. Ismail, AND K. H. Ong

Longevity of Antibody Responses to a Salmonella typhi-Specific Outer Membrane Protein: Interpretation of a Dot Enzyme Immunosorbent Assay in an Area of High Typhoid Fever Endemicity
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 656-659. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Martha Cordova, Patricia Herrera, Luis Nopo, Jaime Bellatin, Cesar Naquira, Humberto Guerra, AND Jose R. Espinoza

Fasciola hepatica Cysteine Proteinases: Immunodominant Antigens in Human Fascioliasis
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 660-666. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Pathology/Pathogenesis:

Kazuhide Nakagaki, Sadao Nogami, Kunioki Araki, Masahiro Tagawa, AND Ryuichiro Maeda

Dirofilaria Immitis: Experimental Infection of Rabbits with Immature Fifth-Stage Worms
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 667-671. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Valeria Paula Sassoli Fazan AND Joao-Jose Lachat

Qualitative and Quantitative Morphology of the Vagus Nerve in Experimental Chagas' Disease in Rats: a Light Microscopy Study
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 672-677. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

Monica T. Serrano, Nathaniel H. Smith, AND Wayne X. Shandera

Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Central Americans Treated in Harris County, Texas Hospital District Facilities
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 678-682. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ynes R. Ortega, Concepcion R. Roxas, Robert H. Gilman, Norma J. Miller, Lilia Cabrera, Carmen Taquiri, AND Charles R. Sterling

Isolation of Cryptosporidium parvum and Cyclospora cayetanensis from Vegetables Collected in Markets of an Endemic Region in Peru
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 683-686. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Sheri W. Dister, Durland Fish, Shannon M. Bros, Denise H. Frank, AND Byron L. Wood

Landscape Characterization of Peridomestic Risk for Lyme Disease Using Satellite Imagery
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 687-692. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Pretorius, M. J. Oelofsen, M. S. Smith, AND E. van der Ryst

Rift Valley Fever Virus: a Seroepidemiologic Study of Small Terrestrial Vertebrates in South Africa
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 693-698. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Clinical Studies:

H. James Beecham, III, Carlos I. Lebron, AND Peter Echeverria

Short Report: Impact of Traveler's Diarrhea on United States Troops Deployed to Thailand
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 699-701. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Olugbemiro Sodeinde, Rasheed A. Gbadegesin, Olusegun G. Ademowo, AND Adebowale A. Adeyemo

Lack of Association between Falciparum malaria parasitemia and Acute Diarrhea in Nigerian Children
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 702-705. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Ebrahim, H. El-Morshedy, E. Omer, S. El-Daly, AND R. Barakat

Evaluation of the Kato-Katz Thick Smear and Formal Ether Sedimentation Techniques for Quantitative Diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni Infection
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 706-708. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Basic/Molecular Biology:

Martin Pfeffer, Barbara Proebster, Richard M. Kinney, AND Oskar-Ruger Kaaden

Genus-Specific Detection of Alphaviruses by a Semi-Nested Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 709-718. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Akira Nishizono, Hideo Terao, Ryusuke Shutoh, Masaru Nasu, Kumato Mifune, Bienvenido Jonchong Wun, Bernarda Montas, AND Fernando Solando Fernandez

Genotyping of Hepatitis C Virus in the Dominican Republic
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 719-722. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lei Wang, Jesus Calderon, AND Samuel L. Stanley, Jr.

Short Report: Identification of B Cell Epitopes in the Serine-Rich Entamoeba histolytica Protein
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 723-726. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jun Li, Robert A. Wirtz, AND Thomas F. McCutchan

Analysis of Malaria Parasite RNA from Decade-Old Giemsa-Stained Blood Smears and Dried Mosquitoes
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 727-731. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Francisco Panzera, Sonia Hornos, Jorge Pereira, Rosario Cestau, Delmi Canale, Lileia Diotaiuti, Jean Pierre Dujardin, AND Ruben Perez

Genetic Variability and Geographic Differentiation among Three Species of Triatomine Bugs (Hemiptera-Reduviidae)
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 732-739. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Prevention and Control:

Mario J. Grijalva, Rosa Chiriboga, Jose R. Racines, Luis Escalante, AND Edwin C. Rowland

Short Report: Screening for Trypanosoma cruzi in the Blood Supply by the Red Cross Blood Bank in Quito, Ecuador
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 57: 740-741. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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