Editorial:

PETER M. SCHANTZ

THE BURDEN OF ECHINOCOCCOSIS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Articles:

CHRISTINE M. BUDKE, QIU JIAMIN, WANG QIAN, AND PAUL R. TORGERSON

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF ECHINOCOCCOSIS IN A DISEASE-ENDEMIC REGION OF THE TIBETAN PLATEAU
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 2-10. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LARK L. COFFEY AND SCOTT C. WEAVER

SUSCEPTIBILITY OF OCHLEROTATUS TAENIORHYNCHUS AND CULEX NIGRIPALPUS FOR EVERGLADES VIRUS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 11-16. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HIROSHI NISHIURA, TADATOSHI KURATSUJI, TRAN QUY, NGUYEN CHI PHI, VO VAN BAN, LE DANG HA, HOANG THUY LONG, HIDEKI YANAI, NAOTO KEICHO, TERUO KIRIKAE, TAKEHIKO SASAZUKI, AND ROY M. ANDERSON

RAPID AWARENESS AND TRANSMISSION OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME IN HANOI FRENCH HOSPITAL, VIETNAM
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 17-25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MILAGRITOS D. TAPIA, SAMBA O. SOW, SANDRA MEDINA-MORENO, YU LIM, MARCELA F. PASETTI, KAREN KOTLOFF, AND MYRON M. LEVINE

A SEROSURVEY TO IDENTIFY THE WINDOW OF VULNERABILITY TO WILD-TYPE MEASLES AMONG INFANTS IN RURAL MALI
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 26-31. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DREW L. POSEY, THOMAS O’ROURKE, JOHN T. ROEHRIG, ROBERT S. LANCIOTTI, MICHELLE WEINBERG, AND SUSAN MALONEY

O’NYONG-NYONG FEVER IN WEST AFRICA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 32. [Full Text] [PDF]  

DARCI R. SMITH, ANNE-SOPHIE CARRARA, PATRICIA V. AGUILAR, AND SCOTT C. WEAVER

EVALUATION OF METHODS TO ASSESS TRANSMISSION POTENTIAL OF VENEZUELAN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS BY MOSQUITOES AND ESTIMATION OF MOSQUITO SALIVA TITERS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 33-39. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

AMEL LETAIEF, NAWFAL KAABIA, RAFIKA GAHA, AMEL BOUSAADIA, FATMA LAZRAG, HALIM TRABELSI, HASSEN GHANNEM, AND LETAIEF JEMNI

AGE-SPECIFIC SEROPREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS A AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN CENTRAL TUNISIA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 40-43. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MAGED AL-SHERBINY, AHMED OSMAN, NAHLA MOHAMED, MOHAMED TAREK SHATA, FATMA ABDEL-AZIZ, MOHAMED ABDEL-HAMID, SAYED F. ABDELWAHAB, NABIEL MIKHAIL, SONIA STOSZEK, LIONELLO RUGGERI, ANTONELLA FOLGORI, ALFREDO NICOSIA, ALFRED M. PRINCE, AND G. THOMAS STRICKLAND

EXPOSURE TO HEPATITIS C VIRUS INDUCES CELLULAR IMMUNE RESPONSES WITHOUT DETECTABLE VIREMIA OR SEROCONVERSION
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 44-49. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NELBA TÁBORA, ARNOLDO ZELAYA, JUDITH BAKKERS, WILLEM J. G. MELCHERS, AND ANNABELLE FERRERA

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AND GENITAL HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS IN FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN HONDURAS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 50-53. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GABRIELA CERTAD, ALEJANDRO ARENAS-PINTO, LEONOR POCATERRA, GIUSEPPE FERRARA, JULIO CASTRO, ANDREINA BELLO, AND LUZ NÚÑEZ

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS IN HIV-INFECTED VENEZUELAN ADULTS IS STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE OR CHRONIC DIARRHEA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 54-57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. MKAYA MWAMBURI, MAYURIKA GHOSH, JIM FAUNTLEROY, SHERWOOD L. GORBACH, AND CHRISTINE A. WANKE

PREDICTING CD4 COUNT USING TOTAL LYMPHOCYTE COUNT: A SUSTAINABLE TOOL FOR CLINICAL DECISIONS DURING HAART USE
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 58-62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ROSEMARY B. DUDA, RUDOLPH DARKO, RICHARD M. K. ADANU, JOSEPH SEFFAH, JOHN K. ANARFI, SHIVA GAUTAM, AND ALLAN G. HILL

HIV PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS IN WOMEN OF ACCRA, GHANA: RESULTS FROM THE WOMEN’S HEALTH STUDY OF ACCRA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 63-66. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHRISTIAN A. GANOZA, EDDY R. SEGURA, MARK A. SWANCUTT, EDUARDO GOTUZZO, AND JOSEPH M. VINETZ

MILD, SELF-RESOLVING ACUTE LEPTOSPIROSIS IN AN HIV-INFECTED PATIENT IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 67-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LÉA CASTELLUCCI, LAY HAR CHENG, CIBELE ARAÚJO, LUIZ HENRIQUE GUIMARÃES, HÉLIO LESSA, PAULO MACHADO, MIRELA FREDERICO ALMEIDA, ADJA OLIVEIRA, ALBERT KO, WARREN D. JOHNSON, MARY E. WILSON, EDGAR M. CARVALHO, AND AMÉLIA RIBEIRO DE JESUS

FAMILIAL AGGREGATION OF MUCOSAL LEISHMANIASIS IN NORTHEAST BRAZIL
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 69-73. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ALOK RANJAN, DIPIKA SUR, VIJAY P. SINGH, NIYAMAT A. SIDDIQUE, BYOMKESH MANNA, CHANDRA S. LAL, PRABHAT K. SINHA, KAMAL KISHORE, AND SUJIT K. BHATTACHARYA

RISK FACTORS FOR INDIAN KALA-AZAR
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 74-78. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ROQUE P. ALMEIDA, JUSSAMARA BRITO, PAULO L. MACHADO, AMÉLIA R. DE JESUS, ALBERT SCHRIEFER, LUIZ HENRIQUE GUIMARÃES, AND EDGAR M. CARVALHO

SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF REFRACTORY CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS WITH GM-CSF AND ANTIMONIALS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 79-81. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MANOLIS N. SARIDOMICHELAKIS, MATHIOS E. MYLONAKIS, LEONIDAS S. LEONTIDES, ALEXANDER F. KOUTINAS, CHARALAMBOS BILLINIS, AND VASSILIOS I. KONTOS

EVALUATION OF LYMPH NODE AND BONE MARROW CYTOLOGY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF CANINE LEISHMANIASIS (LEISHMANIA INFANTUM) IN SYMPTOMATIC AND ASYMPTOMATIC DOGS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 82-86. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

FERNANDO RAMOS, PATRICIA MORÁN, ENRIQUE GONZÁLEZ, GABRIELA GARCÍA, MANUEL RAMIRO, ALEJANDRO GÓMEZ, MARÍA DEL CARMEN GARCÍA DE LEÓN, EMMA I. MELENDRO, ALICIA VALADEZ, AND CECILIA XIMÉNEZ

HIGH PREVALENCE RATE OF ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION IN A RURAL MEXICAN COMMUNITY
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 87-91. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ZOE WYNTER-ALLISON, JACOB LORENZO MORALES, DONOVAN CALDER, KRAIG RADLEIN, ANTONIO ORTEGA-RIVAS, AND JOHN F. LINDO

ACANTHAMOEBA INFECTION AS A CAUSE OF SEVERE KERATITIS IN A SOFT CONTACT LENS WEARER IN JAMAICA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 92-94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RICARDO E. GÜRTLER, MARÍA C. CECERE, MARTA A. LAURICELLA, ROSARIO M. PETERSEN, ROBERTO CHUIT, ELSA L. SEGURA, AND JOEL E. COHEN

INCIDENCE OF TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI INFECTION AMONG CHILDREN FOLLOWING DOMESTIC REINFESTATION AFTER INSECTICIDE SPRAYING IN RURAL NORTHWESTERN ARGENTINA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 95-103. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SAOVANEE LEELAYOOVA, ITTISAK SUBRUNGRUANG, RAM RANGSIN, PORNTIP CHAVALITSHEWINKOON-PETMITR, JEERAPAN WORAPONG, TAWEE NAAGLOR, AND MATHIRUT MUNGTHIN

TRANSMISSION OF ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI GENOTYPE A IN A THAI ORPHANAGE
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 104-107. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HODA A. FARID, RAGAA E. HAMMAD, MARAH M. HASSAN, REDA M. R. RAMZY, MAGED EL SETOUHY, AND GARY J. WEIL

EFFECTS OF COMBINED DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE AND ALBENDAZOLE TREATMENT OF BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS ON PARASITE UPTAKE AND DEVELOPMENT IN CULEX PIPIENS L.
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 108-114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LEANNE M. FOX, BRUCE W. FURNESS, JENNIFER K. HASER, DARDITH DESIRE, JEAN-MARC BRISSAU, MARIE-DENISE MILORD, JACK LAFONTANT, PATRICK J. LAMMIE, AND MICHAEL J. BEACH

TOLERANCE AND EFFICACY OF COMBINED DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE AND ALBENDAZOLE FOR TREATMENT OF WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI AND INTESTINAL HELMINTH INFECTIONS IN HAITIAN CHILDREN
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 115-121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

JEROME PACANOWSKI, MARIE DOS SANTOS, ANTOINE ROUX, CHRISTINE LE MAIGNAN, JACQUES GUILLOT, VERONIQUE LAVARDE, AND MURIEL CORNET

SUBCUTANEOUS IVERMECTIN AS A SAFE SALVAGE THERAPY IN STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS HYPERINFECTION SYNDROME: A CASE REPORT
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 122-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

YAE-JEAN KIM, V. KUMARASWAMI, EUNHWA CHOI, JIANBING MU, DEAN A. FOLLMANN, PETER ZIMMERMAN, AND THOMAS B. NUTMAN

GENETIC POLYMORPHISMS OF EOSINOPHIL-DERIVED NEUROTOXIN AND EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN IN TROPICAL PULMONARY EOSINOPHILIA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 125-130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

WAEL M. LOTFY, RANDALL J. DEJONG, AHMED ABDEL-KADER, AND ERIC S. LOKER

A MOLECULAR SURVEY OF BIOMPHALARIA IN EGYPT: IS B. GLABRATA PRESENT?
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 131-139. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NEAL ALEXANDER, MAURICIO RODRÍGUEZ, LIGIA PÉREZ, JUAN CARLOS CAICEDO, JESÚS CRUZ, GUILLERMO PRIETO, JOSÉ ANTONIO ARROYO, MARIA CRISTINA COTACIO, MARTHA SUÁREZ, FERNANDO DE LA HOZ, AND ANDREW J. HALL

CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF MOSQUITO NETS AGAINST MALARIA IN THE AMAZON REGION OF COLOMBIA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 140-148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

THOMAS P. EISELE, KIM A. LINDBLADE, KATHLEEN A. WANNEMUEHLER, JOHN E. GIMNIG, FRANK ODHIAMBO, WILLIAM A. HAWLEY, FEIKO O. TER KUILE, PENNY PHILLIPS-HOWARD, DANIEL H. ROSEN, BERNARD L. NAHLEN, JOHN M. VULULE, AND LAURENCE SLUTSKER

EFFECT OF SUSTAINED INSECTICIDE-TREATED BED NET USE ON ALL-CAUSE CHILD MORTALITY IN AN AREA OF INTENSE PERENNIAL MALARIA TRANSMISSION IN WESTERN KENYA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 149-156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

NOBORU MINAKAWA, STEPHEN MUNGA, FRANCIS ATIELI, EMMANUEL MUSHINZIMANA, GUOFA ZHOU, ANDREW K. GITHEKO, AND GUIYUN YAN

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANOPHELINE LARVAL HABITATS IN WESTERN KENYAN HIGHLANDS: EFFECTS OF LAND COVER TYPES AND TOPOGRAPHY
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 157-165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

JANE Y. CARTER, MORES P. LOOLPAPIT, ORGENES E. LEMA, JULIUS L. TOME, NICO J. D. NAGELKERKE, AND WILLIAM M. WATKINS

REDUCTION OF THE EFFICACY OF ANTIFOLATE ANTIMALARIAL THERAPY BY FOLIC ACID SUPPLEMENTATION
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 166-170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HALIDOU TINTO, BOROMA SANOU, JEAN-CLAUDE DUJARDIN, JEAN BOSCO OUÉDRAOGO, CHANTAL VAN OVERMEIR, ANNETTE ERHART, ERIC VAN MARCK, TINGA ROBERT GUIGUEMDÉ, AND UMBERTO D’ALESSANDRO

USEFULNESS OF THE PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM CHLOROQUINE RESISTANCE TRANSPORTER T76 GENOTYPE FAILURE INDEX FOR THE ESTIMATION OF IN VIVO CHLOROQUINE RESISTANCE IN BURKINA FASO
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 171-173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

INSAF F. KHALIL, ANITA M. RØNN, MICHAEL ALIFRANGIS, HYTHAM A. GABAR, THOMAS JELINEK, GWIRIA M. H. SATTI, AND IB C. BYGBJERG

RESPONSE OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM TO COTRIMOXAZOLE THERAPY: RELATIONSHIP WITH PLASMA DRUG CONCENTRATIONS AND DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE AND DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE GENOTYPES
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 174-177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MICHAEL P. MUEHLENBEIN, JACKELINE ALGER, FRANK COGSWELL, MARK JAMES, AND DONALD KROGSTAD

THE REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINE RESPONSE TO PLASMODIUM VIVAX INFECTION IN HONDURANS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 178-187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DAVID B. BLOSSOM, CHARLES H. KING, AND KEITH B. ARMITAGE

OCCULT PLASMODIUM VIVAX INFECTION DIAGNOSED BY A POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION–BASED DETECTION SYSTEM: A CASE REPORT
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 188-190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LAURA ANDREWS, RIKKE F. ANDERSEN, DANIEL WEBSTER, SUSANNA DUNACHIE, R. MICHAEL WALTHER, PHILIP BEJON, ANGELA HUNT-COOKE, GILLIAN BERGSON, FRANCES SANDERSON, ADRIAN V. S. HILL, AND SARAH C. GILBERT

QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION FOR MALARIA DIAGNOSIS AND ITS USE IN MALARIA VACCINE CLINICAL TRIALS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 191-198. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DAVID R. BELL, DANNY W. WILSON, AND LAURA B. MARTIN

FALSE-POSITIVE RESULTS OF A PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM HISTIDINE-RICH PROTEIN 2–DETECTING MALARIA RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST DUE TO HIGH SENSITIVITY IN A COMMUNITY WITH FLUCTUATING LOW PARASITE DENSITY
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 199-203. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ANNA FÄRNERT AND ANDERS BJÖRKMAN

LIMITED ADVANTAGE OF MULTIPLE CONSECUTIVE SAMPLES FOR GENOTYPING PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM POPULATIONS DURING THE FIRST DAYS OF TREATMENT
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 204-206. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

STEPHEN A. BERGER AND LIORA DAVID

PSEUDO-BORRELIOSIS IN PATIENTS WITH MALARIA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 207-209. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ATUNGA NYACHIEO, CHANTAL VAN OVERMEIR, THIERRY LAURENT, JEAN-CLAUDE DUJARDIN, AND UMBERTO D’ALESSANDRO

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM GENOTYPING BY MICROSATELLITES AS A METHOD TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN RECRUDESCENT AND NEW INFECTIONS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 210-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MADELEINE C. THOMSON, SIMON J. MASON, THANDIE PHINDELA, AND STEPHEN J. CONNOR

USE OF RAINFALL AND SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE MONITORING FOR MALARIA EARLY WARNING IN BOTSWANA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 214-221. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CHANDY C. JOHN, ANN M. MOORMANN, DANIEL C. PREGIBON, PETER ODADA SUMBA, MARILYN M. MCHUGH, DAVID L. NARUM, DAVID E. LANAR, MARK D. SCHLUCHTER, AND JAMES W. KAZURA

CORRELATION OF HIGH LEVELS OF ANTIBODIES TO MULTIPLE PRE-ERYTHROCYTIC PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM ANTIGENS AND PROTECTION FROM INFECTION
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 222-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

Thomas M. Daniel

Toman’s Tuberculosis. Case Detection, Treatment, and Monitoring. Questions and Answers. Second Edition.
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 229. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

ERRATUM
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 230. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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