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Volume 15, Number 11, November 2011

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Editorial

Free Content Diabetes and tuberculosis: a twenty-first century plague?
pp. 1422-1422(1)
Author: Fisher-Hoch, Susan P.

Free Content Interferon-gamma release assays for childhood tuberculosis: what does the future hold?
pp. 1423-1424(2)
Authors: Hesseling, Anneke C.; Mandalakas, Anna M.

Editor's Note

Perspectives

Free Content Some oxygen, please, for anoxic poverty alleviation strategies
pp. 1425-1425(1)
Author: Benatar, Solomon R.

State of the Art

Free Content Building leadership capacity and future leaders in operational research in low-income countries: why and how?
pp. 1426-1436(11)
Authors: Zachariah, R.; Reid, T.; Srinath, S.; Chakaya, J.; Legins, K.; Karunakara, U.; Harries, A.D.

Unresolved Issues

Free Content The looming epidemic of diabetes-associated tuberculosis: learning lessons from HIV-associated tuberculosis
pp. 1436-1445(10)
Authors: Harries, A.D.; Lin, Y.; Satyanarayana, S.; Lönnroth, K.; Li, L.; Wilson, N.; Chauhan, L.S.; Zachariah, R.; Baker, M.A.; Jeon, C.Y.; Murray, M.B.; Maher, D.; Bygbjerg, I.C.; Enarson, D.A.; Billo, N.E.; Kapur, A.

Review Articles

Free Content Pulmonary tuberculosis and risk factors in Portugal: a spatial analysis
pp. 1445-1455(11)
Authors: Couceiro, L.; Santana, P.; Nunes, C.

Free Content Increased prevalence of advanced tuberculosis in rural low tuberculosis caseload counties in North Carolina
pp. 1455-1461(7)
Authors: Guderian, L.J.; Miller, W.C.; Seña, A.C.; Stout, J.E.

Free Content Educational inequalities in tuberculosis mortality in sixteen European populations
pp. 1461-1468(8)
Authors: Álvarez, J.L.; Kunst, A.E.; Leinsalu, M.; Bopp, M.; Strand, B.H.; Menvielle, G.; Lundberg, O.; Martikainen, P.; Deboosere, P.; Kalediene, R.; Artnik, B.; Mackenbach, J.P.; Richardus, J.H.

Original Articles

Free Content SLC11A1 and VDR gene variants and susceptibility to tuberculosis and disease progression in East India
pp. 1468-1475(8)
Authors: Singh, A.; Gaughan, J.P.; Kashyap, V.K.

Free Content Evaluation of a rapid assay for identifi cation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis grown in solid and liquid media
pp. 1475-1478(4)
Authors: Ang, C.F.; Cajucom, M.A.M.; Kim, Y.; Bang, H.; Lee, H.; Cho, S.N.; Montalban, C.S.

Free Content Course of murine tuberculosis and response to first-line therapy depends on route of infection and inoculum size
pp. 1478-1485(8)
Authors: de Steenwinkel, J.E.M.; ten Kate, M.T.; de Knegt, G.J.; Verbrugh, H.A.; van Belkum, A.; Hernandez-Pando, R.; Bakker-Woudenberg, I.A.J.M.

Free Content Experience with rifabutin replacing rifampin in the treatment of tuberculosis
pp. 1485-1490(6)
Authors: Horne, D.J.; Spitters, C.; Narita, M.

Free Content Environmental tobacco smoke exposure increases Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection risk in children
pp. 1490-1497(8)
Authors: du Preez, K.; Mandalakas, A.M.; Kirchner, H.L.; Grewal, H.M.S.; Schaaf, H.S.; van Wyk, S.S.; Hesseling, A.C.

Free Content Molecular microbiological investigation of post-vaccination bacille Calmette-Guérin infection in Iranian patients
pp. 1497-1504(8)
Authors: Shojaei, H.; Rahimi-Hajiabadi, H.; Heidarieh, P.; Hashemi-Shahraki, A.; Emadoleslami, M.; Ataei, B.; Naser, A.D.

Free Content Dual skin tests with Mycobacterium avium sensitin and PPD to detect misdiagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection
pp. 1504-1510(7)
Authors: Larson, E.M.; O'Donnell, M.; Chamblee, S.; Horsburgh, C.R.; Marsh, B.J.; Moreland, J.D.; Johnson, L.S.; von Reyn, C. Fordham

Free Content Latent tuberculosis infection among health care workers at a general hospital in Santiago de Cuba
pp. 1510-1515(6)
Authors: Borroto, S.; Gámez, D.; Díaz, D.; Martínez, Y.; Ferrer, A.I.; Velásquez, Y.; Llanes, M.J.; González, E.

Free Content Completion of isoniazid preventive therapy and survival in HIV-infected, TST-positive adults in Tanzania
pp. 1515-1522(8)
Authors: Kabali, C.; von Reyn, C.F.; Brooks, D.R.; Waddell, R.; Mtei, L.; Bakari, M.; Matee, M.; Pallangyo, K.; Arbeit, R.D.; Horsburgh, C.R.

Free Content Vitamin D and calcium levels in Ugandan adults with human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis
pp. 1522-1528(7)
Authors: Nansera, D.; Graziano, F.M.; Friedman, D.J.; Bobbs, M.K.; Jones, A.N.; Hansen, K.E.

Free Content Improving the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected individuals in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
pp. 1528-1535(8)
Authors: Nguyen, D.T.M.; Hung, N.Q.; Giang, L.T.; Dung, N.H.; Lan, N.T.N.; Lan, N.N.; Yen, N.T.B.; Bang, N.D.; Ngoc, D.V.; Trinh, L.T.T.; Beasley, R.P.; Ford, C.E.; Hwang, L-Y.; Graviss, E.A.

Free Content Evaluation of collaborative tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus activities in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
pp. 1535-1540(6)
Authors: Tsurugi, Y.; Eam, K.K.; Eang, M.T.; Uehara, R.; Nakamura, Y.; Murakami, K.; Sugiyama, T.; Yamada, N.; Ishikawa, N.

Free Content Study of tuberculosis and AIDS stigma as barriers to tuberculosis treatment adherence using validated stigma scales
pp. 1540-1546(7)
Authors: Kipp, A.M.; Pungrassami, P.; Stewart, P.W.; Chongsuvivatwong, V.; Strauss, R.P.; Van Rie, A.

Free Content Implementation of the INNO-LiPA Rif. TB® line-probe assay in rapid detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Latvia
pp. 1546-1553(8)
Authors: Şkenders, G.K.; Holtz, T.H.; Riekstina, V.; Leimane, V.

Short Communications

Free Content Frequency and type of microbiological monitoring of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment
pp. 1553-1556(4)
Authors: Kurbatova, E.V.; Gammino, V.M.; Bayona, J.; Becerra, M.; Danilovitz, M.; Falzon, D.; Gelmanova, I.; Keshavjee, S.; Leimane, V.; Mitnick, C.D.; Quelapio, M.I.D.; Riekstina, V.; Taylor, A.; Viiklepp, P.; Zignol, M.; Cegielski, J.P.

Free Content Predictors of delayed culture conversion in patients treated for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Pakistan
pp. 1556-1560(5)
Authors: Qazi, F.; Khan, U.; Khowaja, S.; Javaid, M.; Ahmed, A.; Salahuddin, N.; Hussain, H.; Becerra, M.C.; Golub, J.E.; Khan, A.J.

Correspondence

Free Content In reply
pp. 1560-1560(1)
Authors: Marra, Fawziah; Marra, Carlo; Elwood, Kevin

Free Content In reply
pp. 1561-1561(1)
Author: Xinchun, Chen

Obituary

Free Content John A. Sbarbaro, 1936-2011
pp. 1562-1562(1)
Authors: Castro, Kenneth G.; Cohn, David L.; Burman, William J.; Reves, Randall R.; Iseman, Michael D.

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