Tropical Medicine & International Health

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pp. 1-1(1)

Hepatitis B treatment in resource poor settings: time for action
pp. 2-4(3)
Authors: Thursz, Mark; Cooke, Graham S.; Hall, Andrew J.

International institutions, Global Health Initiatives and the challenge of sustainability: lessons from the Brazilian AIDS programme
pp. 5-10(6)
Authors: Le Loup, G.; Fleury, S.; Camargo, K.; Larouzé, B.

Implications of the global financial crisis for the response to diseases of poverty within overall health sector development: the case of tuberculosis
pp. 11-17(7)
Author: Maher, Dermot

Are malaria treatment expenditures catastrophic to different socio-economic and geographic groups and how do they cope with payment? A study in southeast Nigeria
pp. 18-25(8)
Authors: Onwujekwe, Obinna; Hanson, Kara; Uzochukwu, Benjamin; Ichoku, Hyacinth; Ike, Edith; Onwughalu, Benjamin

Tuberculosis patient expenditure on drugs and tests in subsidised, public services in China: a descriptive study
pp. 26-32(7)
Authors: Liu, Qin; Smith, Helen; Wang, Yang; Tang, Shenglan; Wang, Qingliang; Garner, Paul

Therapeutic efficacy of chloroquine and sequence variation in pfcrt gene among patients with falciparum malaria in central India
pp. 33-40(8)
Authors: Bharti, Praveen Kumar; Alam, Mohammad Tauqeer; Boxer, Robert; Shukla, Man Mohan; Gautam, Sant P.; Sharma, Yagya D.; Singh, Neeru

The impact of a small-scale irrigation scheme on malaria transmission in Ziway area, Central Ethiopia
pp. 41-50(10)
Authors: Kibret, Solomon; Alemu, Yihenew; Boelee, Eline; Tekie, Habte; Alemu, Dawit; Petros, Beyene

Low-high season variation in Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding antigen 175 (eba-175) allelic forms in malaria endemic area of Burkina Faso
pp. 51-59(9)
Authors: Soulama, Issiaka; Bougouma, Edith C.; Diarra, Amidou; Nebie, Issa; Sirima, Sodiomon B.

Determinants of bednet ownership and use in visceral leishmaniasis-endemic areas of the Indian subcontinent
pp. 60-67(8)
Authors: Vanlerberghe, V.; Singh, S. P.; Paudel, I. S.; Ostyn, B.; Picado, A.; Sánchez, A.; Rijal, S.; Sundar, S.; Davies, C.; Boelaert, M.

In vitro sensitivity of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis Brazilian isolates to meglumine antimoniate and amphotericin B
pp. 68-76(9)
Authors: Zauli-Nascimento, Rogéria C.; Miguel, Danilo C.; Yokoyama-Yasunaka, Jenicer K. U.; Pereira, Ledice I. A.; Pelli de Oliveira, Milton A.; Ribeiro-Dias, Fátima; Dorta, Miriam L.; Uliana, Silvia R. B.

Patterns of house infestation dynamics by non-domiciliated Triatoma dimidiata reveal a spatial gradient of infestation in rural villages and potential insect manipulation by Trypanosoma cruzi
pp. 77-86(10)
Authors: Ramirez-Sierra, Maria Jesus; Herrera-Aguilar, Melba; Gourbière, Sébastien; Dumonteil, Eric

Antibody drop in newborns congenitally infected by Trypanosoma cruzi treated with benznidazole
pp. 87-93(7)
Authors: Chippaux, Jean-Philippe; Clavijo, Alejandra N. Salas; Santalla, Jose A.; Postigo, Jorge R.; Schneider, Dominique; Brutus, Laurent

Health systems strengthening through insurance subsidies: the GFATM experience in Rwanda
pp. 94-97(4)
Authors: Kalk, Andreas; Groos, Natalie; Karasi, Jean-Claude; Girrbach, Elisabeth

How much is not enough? A community randomized trial of a Water and Health Education programme for Trachoma and Ocular C. trachomatis infection in Niger
pp. 98-104(7)
Authors: Abdou, Amza; Munoz, Beatriz E.; Nassirou, Baido; Kadri, Boubacar; Moussa, Fati; Baarè, Ibrahim; Riverson, Joseph; Opong, Emmanuel; West, Sheila K.

Haematological and biochemistry laboratory abnormalities associated with splenomegaly in asymptomatic adults in Masaka, Uganda: implications for HIV biomedical prevention trials
pp. 105-112(8)
Authors: Ruzagira, Eugene; Abaasa, Andrew; Levin, Jonathan; Bahemuka, Ubaldo; Bwanika, Agnes; Amornkul, Pauli N.; Price, Matthew A.; Grosskurth, Heiner; Kamali, Anatoli

Provider-initiated HIV testing for paediatric inpatients and their caretakers is feasible and acceptable
pp. 113-119(7)
Authors: Wanyenze, Rhoda K.; Nawavvu, Cecilia; Ouma, Joseph; Namale, Alice; Colebunders, Robert; Kamya, Moses R.

Estimation of R₀ from the initial phase of an outbreak of a vector-borne infection
pp. 120-126(7)
Authors: Massad, E.; Coutinho, F. A. B.; Burattini, M. N.; Amaku, M.

Evaluation of the pyrrole insecticide chlorfenapyr against pyrethroid resistant and susceptible Anopheles funestus (Diptera: Culicidae)
pp. 127-131(5)
Authors: Oliver, S. V.; Kaiser, M. L.; Wood, O. R.; Coetzee, M.; Rowland, M.; Brooke, B. D.

Is mortality among under-five children in Nairobi slums seasonal?
pp. 132-139(8)
Authors: Mutisya, Maurice; Orindi, Benedict; Emina, Jacques; Zulu, Eliya; Ye, Yazoume

Determinants of third dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) completion among children who received DTP1 at rural immunization centres in Pakistan: a cohort study
pp. 140-147(8)
Authors: Usman, Hussain R.; Kristensen, Sibylle; Rahbar, M. Hossein; Vermund, Sten H.; Habib, Faiza; Chamot, Eric

PBF in Rwanda: what happened after the BTC-experience?
pp. 148-149(2)
Authors: Kantengwa, Kathy; De Naeyer, Ludwig; Ndizeye, Cedric; Uwayitu, Apolline; Pollock, John; Bryant, Malcolm