Letters to the Editor:

Cristina Riera

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 231. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorial:

JAMES MCCARTHY

IS ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE A THREAT TO THE PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS?
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 232-233. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Articles:

ANNE E. SCHWAB, DANIEL A. BOAKYE, DOMINIQUE KYELEM, AND ROGER K. PRICHARD

DETECTION OF BENZIMIDAZOLE RESISTANCE–ASSOCIATED MUTATIONS IN THE FILARIAL NEMATODE WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI AND EVIDENCE FOR SELECTION BY ALBENDAZOLE AND IVERMECTIN COMBINATION TREATMENT
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 234-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DIDIER MENARD, DJIBRINE DJALLE, ALEXANDRE MANIRAKIZA, FERDINAND YAPOU, VALERIE SIADOUA, SERGE SANA, MARCELLE DIANE MATSIKA-CLAQUIN, MADJI NESTOR, AND ANTOINE TALARMIN

DRUG-RESISTANT MALARIA IN BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: AN IN VITRO ASSESSMENT
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 239-243. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

TUAN M. TRAN, JOSELI OLIVEIRA-FERREIRA, ALBERTO MORENO, FATIMA SANTOS, SYED S. YAZDANI, CHETAN E. CHITNIS, JOHN D. ALTMAN, ESMERALDA V-S. MEYER, JOHN W. BARNWELL, AND MARY R. GALINSKI

COMPARISON OF IgG REACTIVITIES TO PLASMODIUM VIVAX MEROZOITE INVASION ANTIGENS IN A BRAZILIAN AMAZON POPULATION
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 244-255. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MADELINE SLATER, MOSES KIGGUNDU, CHRIS DOKOMAJILAR, MOSES R. KAMYA, NATHAN BAKYAITA, AMBROSE TALISUNA, PHILIP J. ROSENTHAL, AND GRANT DORSEY

DISTINGUISHING RECRUDESCENCES FROM NEW INFECTIONS IN ANTIMALARIAL CLINICAL TRIALS: MAJOR IMPACT OF INTERPRETATION OF GENOTYPING RESULTS ON ESTIMATES OF DRUG EFFICACY
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 256-262. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

AYÔLA A. ADEGNIKA, LUTZ PH. BREITLING, SELIDJI T. AGNANDJI, SANDERS K. CHAI, DANIELA SCHÜTTE, SUNNY OYAKHIROME, NORBERT G. SCHWARZ, MARTIN P. GROBUSCH, MICHEL A. MISSINOU, MICHAEL RAMHARTER, SAADOU ISSIFOU, AND PETER G. KREMSNER

EFFECTIVENESS OF QUININE MONOTHERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM INFECTION IN PREGNANT WOMEN IN LAMBARÉNÉ, GABON
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 263-266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RAVINDRA K. GUPTA, MICHELE VAN VUGT, LUCY PAIPHUN, THRA SLIGHT, SORNCHAI LOOAREESUWAN, NICHOLAS J. WHITE, AND FRANÇOIS NOSTEN

NO EVIDENCE OF CARDIOTOXICITY OF ATOVAQUONE-PROGUANIL ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH ARTESUNATE
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 267-268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SHYAM SUNDAR, SHRINKHLA AGRAWAL, KALPANA PAI, MICHAEL CHANCE, AND MARCEL HOMMEL

DETECTION OF LEISHMANIAL ANTIGEN IN THE URINE OF PATIENTS WITH VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS BY A LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 269-271. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

VANESSA YARDLEY, SIMON L. CROFT, SIMONNE DE DONCKER, JEAN-CLAUDE DUJARDIN, SIDDHARTHA KOIRALA, SUMAN RIJAL, CESAR MIRANDA, ALEJANDRO LLANOS-CUENTAS, AND FRANCOIS CHAPPUIS

THE SENSITIVITY OF CLINICAL ISOLATES OF LEISHMANIA FROM PERU AND NEPAL TO MILTEFOSINE
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 272-275. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ADIL M. ALLAHVERDIYEV, MALAHAT BAGIROVA, SONER UZUN, DERYA ALABAZ, NECMI AKSARAY, EMINE KOCABAS, AND FATIH KOKSAL

THE VALUE OF A NEW MICROCULTURE METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS BY USING BONE MARROW AND PERIPHERAL BLOOD
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 276-280. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MANUEL CALVOPINA, EDUARDO A. GOMEZ, HIROSHI UEZATO, HIROTOMO KATO, SHIGEO NONAKA, AND YOSHIHISA HASHIGUCHI

ATYPICAL CLINICAL VARIANTS IN NEW WORLD CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS: DISSEMINATED, ERYSIPELOID, AND RECIDIVA CUTIS DUE TO LEISHMANIA (V.) PANAMENSIS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 281-284. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ERIKA WICHRO, DAVID HOELZL, ROBERT KRAUSE, GEORG BERTHA, FRANZ REINTHALER, AND CHRISTOPH WENISCH

MICROSPORIDIOSIS IN TRAVEL-ASSOCIATED CHRONIC DIARRHEA IN IMMUNE-COMPETENT PATIENTS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 285-287. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CORINNE S. ONG, ANNA S. LI, JEFFREY W. PRIEST, RAY COPES, MOHAMAD KHAN, MURRAY W. FYFE, STEPHEN A. MARION, JACQUELIN M. ROBERTS, PATRICK J. LAMMIE, AND JUDITH L. ISAAC-RENTON

ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-SPECIFIC IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODIES TO ASSESS LONGITUDINAL INFECTION TRENDS IN SIX COMMUNITIES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 288-295. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PATRICIA MORÁN, FERNANDO RAMOS, MANUEL RAMIRO, OCTAVIO CURIEL, ENRIQUE GONZÁLEZ, ALICIA VALADEZ, ALEJANDRO GÓMEZ, GABRIELA GARCÍA, EMMA I. MELENDRO, AND CECILIA XIMÉNEZ

INFECTION BY HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS-1 IS NOT A RISK FACTOR FOR AMEBIASIS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 296-300. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Notice of Inadvertent Duplicate Publication]  

VALERY G. MELNIKOV, FRANCISCO FIERRO VELASCO, FRANCISCO ESPINOZA GÓMEZ, FERNANDO GUZMÁN RODRÍGUEZ, AND OXANA R. DOBROVINSKAYA

PATHOLOGIC CHANGES IN LUNGS CAUSED BY MEXICAN ISOLATES OF TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI IN THE ACUTE PHASE OF INFECTION IN MICE
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 301-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

GEOFFREY SPURLING, ROMUALD LUCAS, AND JENNY DOUST

IDENTIFYING HEALTH CENTERS IN HONDURAS INFESTED WITH RHODNIUS PROLIXUS USING THE SEROPREVALENCE OF CHAGAS DISEASE IN CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 13 YEARS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 307-308. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LETÍCIA A. NOGUEIRA, LETÍCIA T. GUSHI, JOÃO E. MIRANDA, NEWTON G. MADEIRA, AND PAULO E. M. RIBOLLA

APPLICATION OF AN ALTERNATIVE AEDES SPECIES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) SURVEILLANCE METHOD IN BOTUCATU CITY, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 309-311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HEATHER M. FERGUSON, LOUIS C. GOUAGNA, PETER OBARE, ANDREW F. READ, HAMZA BABIKER, JOHN GITHURE, AND JOHN C. BEIER

THE PRESENCE OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM GAMETOCYTES IN HUMAN BLOOD INCREASES THE GRAVIDITY OF ANOPHELES GAMBIAE MOSQUITOES
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 312-320. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

FERNANDO MARTÍNEZ, RICARDO ALEJANDRE-AGUILAR, YOLANDA HORTELANO MONCADA, AND BERTHA ESPINOZA

MOLECULAR TAXONOMIC STUDY OF CHAGAS DISEASE VECTORS FROM THE PHYLLOSOMA, LECTICULARIA, AND RUBROFASCIATA COMPLEXES
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 321-325. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MICHEL A. SLOTMAN, ALESSANDRA DELLA TORRE, MARIA CALZETTA, AND JEFFREY R. POWELL

DIFFERENTIAL INTROGRESSION OF CHROMSOMAL REGIONS BETWEEN ANOPHELES GAMBIAE AND AN. ARABIENSIS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 326-335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

REBEKAH J. KENT AND DOUGLAS E. NORRIS

IDENTIFICATION OF MAMMALIAN BLOOD MEALS IN MOSQUITOES BY A MULTIPLEXED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TARGETING CYTOCHROME B
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 336-342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

JINNAPA POTIKASIKORN, THEERAPHAP CHAREONVIRIYAPHAP, MICHAEL J. BANGS, AND ATCHARIYA PRABARIPAI

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES TO DDT AND PYRETHROIDS BETWEEN ANOPHELES MINIMUS SPECIES A AND C, MALARIA VECTORS IN THAILAND
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 343-349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

HITOSHI KAWADA, NGUYEN THI YEN, NGUYEN THUY HOA, TRUONG MINH SANG, NGUYEN VAN DAN, AND MASAHIRO TAKAGI

FIELD EVALUATION OF SPATIAL REPELLENCY OF METOFLUTHRIN IMPREGNATED PLASTIC STRIPS AGAINST MOSQUITOES IN HAI PHONG CITY, VIETNAM
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 350-353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CATHERINE PLICHART AND ANNE-MARIE LEGRAND

DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF WOLBACHIA INFECTIONS IN WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI (SPIRURIDA: ONCHOCERCIDAE) VAR. PACIFICA AND AEDES (STEGOMYIA) POLYNESIENSIS (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 354-358. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

JOHN H. OUMA, CHARLES H. KING, ERIC M. MUCHIRI, PETER MUNGAI, DAVY K. KOECH, EDMUND IRERI, PHILIP MAGAK, AND HILDA KADZO

LATE BENEFITS 10–18 YEARS AFTER DRUG THERAPY FOR INFECTION WITH SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM IN KWALE DISTRICT, COAST PROVINCE, KENYA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 359-364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RASHIDA BARAKAT, HALA ELMORSHEDY, AND ALAN FENWICK

EFFICACY OF MYRRH IN THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 365-367. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

BULENT C. YUKSEL, HAKAN OZEL, TEZCAN AKIN, FATIH M. AVSAR, AND SULEYMAN HENGIRMEN

PRIMARY HYDATID CYST OF THE BREAST WITH ELEVATED CA 19-9 LEVEL
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 368-370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

KENNETH N. OPARA, OLAKUNLE B. FAGBEMI, ASUQUO EKWE, AND DANIEL M. N. OKENU

STATUS OF FOREST ONCHOCERCIASIS IN THE LOWER CROSS RIVER BASIN, NIGERIA: ENTOMOLOGIC PROFILE AFTER FIVE YEARS OF IVERMECTIN INTERVENTION
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 371-376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

YU-MIN LIU, MING-JONG BAIR, WEN-HSIUNG CHANG, SHEE-CHAN LIN, AND YU-JAN CHAN

ACUTE PANCREATITIS CAUSED BY TAPEWORM IN THE BILIARY TRACT
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 377-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ARLETTE RUIZ-SÁEZ, LUZ NÚÑEZ SIFONTES, ROSA FEIJOO, GABRIELA CERTAD, ALEJANDRO ARENAS-PINTO, LEONOR POCATERRA, GUISEPPE FERRARA, RITA GIMÉNEZ, OBDULITA TORRES, CARLOS GOLDSTEIN, AND NORMA BOSCH

PLATELET DYSFUNCTION–EOSINOPHILIA SYNDROME IN PARASITIZED VENEZUELAN CHILDREN
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 381-385. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

PARVEEN K. GARG, SHARON PERRY, MARTHA DORN, LAURA HARDCASTLE, AND JULIE PARSONNET

RISK OF INTESTINAL HELMINTH AND PROTOZOAN INFECTION IN A REFUGEE POPULATION
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 386-391. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

SALMA AFIFI, KEN EARHART, MOHAMED A. AZAB, FOUAD G. YOUSSEF, HAMMAM EL SAKKA, MOMTAZ WASFY, HODA MANSOUR, SAID EL OUN, MAGDA RAKHA, AND FRANCIS MAHONEY

HOSPITAL-BASED SURVEILLANCE FOR ACUTE FEBRILE ILLNESS IN EGYPT: A FOCUS ON COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 392-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LINDA J. DEMMA, ROBERT C. HOLMAN, JENNIFER H. MCQUISTON, JOHN W. KREBS, AND DAVID L. SWERDLOW

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HUMAN EHRLICHIOSIS AND ANAPLASMOSIS IN THE UNITED STATES, 2001–2002
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 400-409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

DOUGLAS S. WALSH, WAYNE M. MEYERS, FRANCOISE PORTAELS, JOSHUA E. LANE, DUANGRAT MONGKOLSIRICHAIKUL, KITTINUN HUSSEM, PANITA GOSI, AND KHIN SAW AYE MYINT

HIGH RATES OF APOPTOSIS IN HUMAN MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS CULTURE-POSITIVE BURULI ULCER SKIN LESIONS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 410-415. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

XUAN-YI WANG, LIN DU, LORENZ VON SEIDLEIN, ZHI-YI XU, YING-LIN ZHANG, ZHI-YONG HAO, OAK-PIL HAN, JING-CHEN MA, HYE-JON LEE, MOHAMMAD ALI, CHANG-QUAN HAN, ZHAN-CHUN XING, JI-CHAO CHEN, AND JOHN CLEMENS

OCCURRENCE OF SHIGELLOSIS IN THE YOUNG AND ELDERLY IN RURAL CHINA: RESULTS OF A 12-MONTH POPULATION-BASED SURVEILLANCE STUDY
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 416-422. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Erratum]  

SHENG-NAN LU, DONALD DAH-SHYONG JIANG, JIEN-WEI LIU, MENG-CHIH LIN, CHAO-LONG CHEN, IH-JEN SU, AND SHUN-SHENG CHEN

OUTBREAK OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME IN SOUTHERN TAIWAN, 2003
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 423-427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

LYNNE A. LEARNED, MARY G. REYNOLDS, DEMOLE WASSA WASSA, YU LI, VICTORIA A. OLSON, KEVIN KAREM, LINDA L. STEMPORA, ZACH H. BRADEN, RICHARD KLINE, ANNA LIKOS, FRANÇOIS LIBAMA, HENRI MOUDZEO, JEAN DANIEL BOLANDA, PAUL TARANGONIA, PAUL BOUMANDOKI, PIERRE FORMENTY, JOSEPH M. HARVEY, AND INGER K. DAMON

EXTENDED INTERHUMAN TRANSMISSION OF MONKEYPOX IN A HOSPITAL COMMUNITY IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, 2003
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 428-434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

CELIA C. CARLOS, KAZUNORI OISHI, MARIA T. D. D. CINCO, CYNTHIA A. MAPUA, SHINGO INOUE, DEU JOHN M. CRUZ, MARY ANN M. PANCHO, CAROL Z. TANIG, RONALD R. MATIAS, KOUICHI MORITA, FILIPINAS F. NATIVIDAD, AKIRA IGARASHI, AND TSUYOSHI NAGATAKE

COMPARISON OF CLINICAL FEATURES AND HEMATOLOGIC ABNORMALITIES BETWEEN DENGUE FEVER AND DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER AMONG CHILDREN IN THE PHILIPPINES
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 435-440. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

YI-CHUN CHIU, KENG-LIANG WU, CHUNG-HUANG KUO, TSUNG-HUI HU, YEH-PIN CHOU, SENG-KEE CHUAH, CHUNG-MOU KUO, KWONG-MING KEE, CHI-SIN CHANGCHIEN, JIEN-WEI LIU, AND KING-WAH CHIU

ENDOSCOPIC FINDINGS AND MANAGEMENT OF DENGUE PATIENTS WITH UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 441-444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MAWLOUTH DIALLO, AMADOU A. SALL, ABELARDO C. MONCAYO, YAMAR BA, ZORAIDA FERNANDEZ, DIANA ORTIZ, LARK L. COFFEY, CHRISTIAN MATHIOT, ROBERT B. TESH, AND SCOTT C. WEAVER

POTENTIAL ROLE OF SYLVATIC AND DOMESTIC AFRICAN MOSQUITO SPECIES IN DENGUE EMERGENCE
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 445-449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ALI MOGHTADERI, ROYA ALAVI-NAINI, AND HADI AZIMI

COMPARTMENT SYNDROME: AN UNUSUAL COURSE FOR A RARE DISEASE
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 450-452. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ROBERT G. SACY, MIRNA HADDAD, GHASSAN BAASIRI, ADLETTE KHORIATI, BERNARD J. GERBAKA, AND REMON ABU-ELYAZEED

HEPATITIS A IN LEBANON: A CHANGING EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PATTERN
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 453-456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ALABAZ DERYA, AKSARAY NECMI, ALHAN EMRE, AND YAMAN AKGÜN

DECLINE OF MATERNAL HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES DURING THE FIRST 2 YEARS OF LIFE IN INFANTS BORN IN TURKEY
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 457-459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

RICHARD NJOUOM, CHRISTOPHE PASQUIER, AHIDJO AYOUBA, MATHURIN CYRILLE TEJIOKEM, AURELIA VESSIERE, JERMIE MFOUPOUENDOUN, GILBERT TENE, NICOLE ETEKI, MARCEL MONNY LOBE, JACQUES IZOPET, AND ERIC NERRIENET

LOW RISK OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS IN YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON: THE ANRS 1262 STUDY
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 460-466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

APRIL DAVIS, MICHEL BUNNING, PAUL GORDY, NICHOLAS PANELLA, BRADLEY BLITVICH, AND RICHARD BOWEN

EXPERIMENTAL AND NATURAL INFECTION OF NORTH AMERICAN BATS WITH WEST NILE VIRUS
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 467-469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

JULIET E. BRYANT, MARY B. CRABTREE, VU SIN NAM, NGUYEN THI YEN, HOANG MINH DUC, AND BARRY R. MILLER

ISOLATION OF ARBOVIRUSES FROM MOSQUITOES COLLECTED IN NORTHERN VIETNAM
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 470-473. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ALAN P. DUPUIS, II, PETER P. MARRA, ROBERT REITSMA, MATTHEW J. JONES, KAREN L. LOUIE, AND LAURA D. KRAMER

SEROLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS TRANSMISSION IN PUERTO RICO AND CUBA
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 474-476. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

MAKHAN MAHARJAN, CHIHO WATANABE, SK. AKTAR AHMAD, AND RYUTARO OHTSUKA

ARSENIC CONTAMINATION IN DRINKING WATER AND SKIN MANIFESTATIONS IN LOWLAND NEPAL: THE FIRST COMMUNITY-BASED SURVEY
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005 73: 477-479. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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