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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 103, Issue 12, Pages 1187-1296 (December 2009)

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Society Meeting Papers


HIV and the risk of tuberculosis due to recent transmission over 12 years in Karonga District, Malawi
Rein M.G.J. Houben, Amelia C. Crampin, Kim Mallard, J. Nimrod Mwaungulu, Malcolm D. Yates, Frank D. Mwaungulu, Bagrey M.M. Ngwira, Neil French, Paul E.M. Fine, Judith R. Glynn
pages 1187-1189
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FLOTAC: A promising technique for detecting helminth eggs in human faeces
Stefanie Knopp, Dominik Glinz, Laura Rinaldi, Khalfan A. Mohammed, Eliézer K. N’Goran, J. Russell Stothard, Hanspeter Marti, Giuseppe Cringoli, David Rollinson, Jürg Utzinger
pages 1190-1194
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The lives of Malawian nurses: the stories behind the statistics
Astrida I. Grigulis, Audrey Prost, David Osrin
pages 1195-1196
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The temporal dynamics of Plasmodium density through the sporogonic cycle within Anopheles mosquitoes
Emma J. Dawes, Shijie Zhuang, Robert E. Sinden, María-Gloria Basáñez
pages 1197-1198
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Mode of action and choice of antimalarial drugs for intermittent preventive treatment in infants
Matthew Cairns, Roly Gosling, Samwel Gesase, Jacklin Mosha, Brian Greenwood, Daniel Chandramohan
pages 1199-1201
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Mini-review


A new global malaria eradication strategy: implications for malaria research from an Indian perspective
Neeru Singh
pages 1202-1203
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Original Articles

Malaria


Sleeping arrangements under long-lasting impregnated mosquito nets: differences during low and high malaria transmission seasons
S.D. Fernando, R.R. Abeyasinghe, G.N.L. Galappaththy, N. Gunawardena, A.C.R. Ranasinghe, L.C. Rajapaksa
pages 1204-1210
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Individual, household and environmental risk factors for malaria infection in Amhara, Oromia and SNNP regions of Ethiopia
Patricia M. Graves, Frank O. Richards, Jeremiah Ngondi, Paul M. Emerson, Estifanos Biru Shargie, Tekola Endeshaw, Pietro Ceccato, Yeshewamebrat Ejigsemahu, Aryc W. Mosher, Afework Hailemariam, Mulat Zerihun, Tesfaye Teferi, Berhan Ayele, Ayenew Mesele, Gideon Yohannes, Abate Tilahun, Teshome Gebre
pages 1211-1220
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Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp): participation of community-directed distributors of ivermectin for onchocerciasis improves IPTp access in Ugandan rural communities
Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Ephraim Tukesiga, James Katamanywa
pages 1221-1228
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Microfinance against malaria: impact of Freedom from Hunger's malaria education when delivered by rural banks in Ghana
Natalie De La Cruz, Benjamin Crookston, Bobbi Gray, Steve Alder, Kirk Dearden
pages 1229-1236
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Accuracy of a multispecies rapid diagnostic test kit for detection of malarial parasite at the point of care in a low endemicity region
M. Meena, D. Joshi, R. Joshi, S. Sridhar, S. Waghdhare, N. Gangane, S.P. Kalantri
pages 1237-1244
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Recurrence rate of vivax malaria in the Republic of Korea
Ki Tae Moon, Young Keun Kim, Dong Hoon Ko, Inho Park, Dong Chun Shin, Changsoo Kim
pages 1245-1249
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Leishmaniasis


A cross-sectional study on the clinical and immunological spectrum of human Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi infection in the Brazilian Amazon region
José Ângelo B. Crescente, Fernando T. Silveira, Ralph Lainson, Claudia M.C. Gomes, Márcia D. Laurenti, Carlos E.P. Corbett
pages 1250-1256
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Emergence of cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major in a new focus of central Iran
Mohammad Motovali Emami, Mahbobeh Yazdi, Mohamadali Nilforoushzadeh
pages 1257-1262
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Relationship between coffee cultivation practices in Colombia and exposure to infection with Leishmania
Bruce Alexander, Luz Adriana Agudelo, Jose Fernando Navarro, Jhon Fredy Ruiz, Jorge Molina, German Aguilera, Adriana Klein, Martha Lucia Quiñones
pages 1263-1268
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Detection of Leishmania kDNA in human serum samples for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis
Tália Santana Machado de Assis, Rachel Basques Caligiorne, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero, Ana Rabello
pages 1269-1272
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Immunochromatographic rK39 strip test in the serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Tunisia
F. Saghrouni, S. Gaïed-Meksi, A. Fathallah, F. Amri, H. Ach, I. Guizani, M. Ben Saïd
pages 1273-1278
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Short Communications


Improvement of direct agglutination test (DAT) for laboratory diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil
Edward Oliveira, Mariana Junqueira Pedras, Isabella Elias Morais de Assis, Ana Rabello
pages 1279-1281
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Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates from humans in Equatorial Guinea
María Alejandra Blanco, Asunción Iborra, Antonio Vargas, Eugenia Nsie, Luciano Mbá, Isabel Fuentes
pages 1282-1284
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El Niño and variations in the prevalence of Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum in Vanuatu
M. Gilbert, R. Brindle
pages 1285-1287
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Absence of an impact of resistance to chloroquine on consultations for malaria in Niakhar, Senegal (1992–2004)
A. Munier, A. Diallo, J.P. Chippaux
pages 1288-1290
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Correspondence


Comment on: GB virus infection: a silent anti-HIV panacea within?
Jack T. Stapleton
pages 1291-1292
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Reply to comment on: GB virus infection: a silent anti-HIV panacea within?
E.M. Shankar
page 1292
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Comment on: Frequency of enteric protozoan parasites among patients with gastrointestinal complaints in medical centers of Zahedan, Iran
R.J. Hassing, P.J. Wismans, R. Koelewijn, J.J. van Hellemond, P.J. van Genderen
pages 1292-1293
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Reply to comment on: Frequency of enteric protozoan parasites among patients with gastrointestinal complaints in medical centers of Zahedan, Iran
Ali Haghighi, Alireza Salimi Khorashad, Ehsan Nazemalhosseini Mojarad, Bahram Kazemi, Mohammad Rostami Nejad, Sima Rasti
pages 1293-1294
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Book Review



Robert A. Cheke
page 1295
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