Tropical Medicine & International Health

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pp. 139-139(1)

Bridging community-based health insurance and social protection for health care - a step in the direction of universal coverage?
pp. 140-143(4)
Authors: Jacobs, Bart; Bigdeli, Maryam; Pelt, Maurits van; Ir, Por; Salze, Cedric; Criel, Bart

Polymorphisms in HIV-1 subtype C proteases and the potential impact on protease inhibitors
pp. 144-151(8)
Author: Bessong, Pascal Obong

The impact of HIV infection on adult mortality in some communities in Zambia: a cohort study
pp. 152-161(10)
Authors: Dzekedzeke, Kumbutso; Siziya, Seter; Fylkesnes, Knut

The role of context: neighbourhood characteristics strongly influence HIV risk in young women in Ndola, Zambia
pp. 162-170(9)
Authors: Gabrysch, Sabine; Edwards, Tansy; Glynn, Judith R.

Antenatal clinic HIV data found to underestimate actual prevalence declines: evidence from Zambia
pp. 171-179(9)
Authors: Michelo, Charles; Sandøy, Ingvild; Fylkesnes, Knut

Association of atopy, asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis and intestinal helminth infections in Cuban children
pp. 180-186(7)
Authors: Wördemann, Meike; Diaz, Raquel Junco; Heredia, Lenina Menocal; Madurga, Ana Maria Collado; Espinosa, Aniran Ruiz; Prado, Raul Cordovi; Millan, Irai Atencio; Escobedo, Angel; Rivero, Lazara Rojas; Gryseels, Bruno; Gorbea, Mariano Bonet; Polman, Katja

Effects of grinding surgical tissue specimens and smear staining methods on Buruli ulcer microscopic diagnosis
pp. 187-190(4)
Authors: Affolabi, Dissou; Bankolé, Honoré; Ablordey, Anthony; Hounnouga, Julie; Koutchakpo, Pierre; Sopoh, Ghislain; Aguiar, Julia; Dossou, Ange; Johnson, Roch Christian; Anagonou, Séverin; Portaels, Françoise

Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) at a treatment centre in Ghana: a retrospective analysis of laboratory results of clinically diagnosed cases
pp. 191-198(8)
Authors: Mensah-Quainoo, Ernestina; Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy; Asebi, Caroline; Patafuor, Francis; Ofori-Adjei, David; Junghanss, Thomas; Pluschke, Gerd

Plasmodium falciparum from Pará state (Brazil) shows satisfactory in vitro response to artemisinin derivatives and absence of the S769N mutation in the SERCA-type PfATPase6
pp. 199-207(9)
Authors: Ferreira, Isabel D.; Martinelli, Axel; Rodrigues, Louise A.; do Carmo, Ediclei L.; do Rosário, Virgílio E.; Póvoa, Marinete M.; Cravo, Pedro

Access and barriers to measures targeted to prevent malaria in pregnancy in rural Kenya
pp. 208-217(10)
Authors: Gikandi, Priscilla W.; Noor, Abdisalan M.; Gitonga, Carol W.; Ajanga, Antony A.; Snow, Robert W.

Effectiveness of malaria control during changing climate conditions in Eritrea, 1998-2003
pp. 218-228(11)
Authors: Graves, Patricia M.; Osgood, Daniel E.; Thomson, Madeleine C.; Sereke, Kiros; Araia, Afwerki; Zerom, Mehari; Ceccato, Pietro; Bell, Michael; Corral, John del; Ghebreselassie, Shashu; Brantly, Eugene P; Ghebremeskel, Tewolde

Do antibody responses to malaria vaccine candidates influenced by the level of malaria transmission protect from malaria?
pp. 229-237(9)
Authors: Nebie, I.; Tiono, A. B.; Diallo, D. A.; Samandoulougou, S.; Diarra, A.; Konate, A. T.; Cuzin-Ouattara, N.; Theisen, M.; Corradin, G.; Cousens, S.; Ouattara, A. S.; Ilboudo-Sanogo, E.; Sirima, B. S.

Chloroquine-resistance molecular markers (Pfcrt T76 and Pfmdr-1 Y86) and amodiaquine resistance in Burkina Faso
pp. 238-240(3)
Authors: Tinto, Halidou; Guekoun, Lougué; Zongo, Issaka; Guiguemdé, Robert Tinga; D'Alessandro, Umberto; Ouédraogo, Jean Bosco

Future prevalence of WHO grade 2 impairment in relation to incidence trends in leprosy: an exploration
pp. 241-246(6)
Authors: Meima, Abraham; van Veen, Natasja H. J.; Richardus, Jan H.

A simple approach to test for interaction between intervention and an individual-level variable in community randomized trials
pp. 247-255(9)
Authors: Cheung, Yin Bun; Jeffries, David; Thomson, Andrew; Milligan, Paul

The northward spread of leishmaniasis in Italy: evidence from retrospective and ongoing studies on the canine reservoir and phlebotomine vectors
pp. 256-264(9)
Authors: Maroli, Michele; Rossi, Luca; Baldelli, Raffaella; Capelli, Gioia; Ferroglio, Ezio; Genchi, Claudio; Gramiccia, Marina; Mortarino, Michele; Pietrobelli, Mario; Gradoni, Luigi

Eflornithine is a cost-effective alternative to melarsoprol for the treatment of second-stage human West African trypanosomiasis in Caxito, Angola
pp. 265-271(7)
Authors: Robays, J.; Raguenaud, M. E.; Josenando, T.; Boelaert, M.

Validity of non-invasive assessment of anaemia in pregnancy
pp. 272-277(6)
Authors: Bergsjø, Per; Evjen-Olsen, Bjørg; Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund; OleKing'ori, Naphtal; Klepp, Knut-Inge

Comparing the performance of indicators of hand-washing practices in rural Indian households
pp. 278-285(8)
Authors: Biran, A.; Rabie, T.; Schmidt, W.; Juvekar, S.; Hirve, S.; Curtis, V.

Desiccated vector mosquitoes used for the surveillance of Japanese encephalitis virus activity in endemic southern India
pp. 286-290(5)
Authors: Tewari, S. C.; Thenmozhi, V.; Arunachalam, N.; Philip Samuel, P.; Tyagi, B. K.