Submissions from 2009
Human resources in humanitarian health working group report, Laura Janneck, Nicholas Cooper, Seble Frehywot, Hani Mowafi, and Karen Hein
Risk factors for maternal night blindness in rural South India, Joanne Katz, James M. Tielsch, Ravilla D. Thulasiraj, Christian Coles, Sheela Sheeladevi, Elizabeth L. Yanik, and Lakshmi Rahmathullah
The effects of iron and/or zinc supplementation on maternal reports of sleep in infants from Nepal and Zanzibar, Katarzyna Kordas, Emily H. Siegel, Deanna K. Olney, Joanne Katz, James M. Tielsch, Patricia K. Kariger, Sabra S. Khalfan, Steven C. Leclerq, Subarna K. Khatry, and Rebecca J. Stoltzfus
Early helminth infections are inversely related to anemia, malnutrition, and malaria and are not associated with inflammation in 6- to 23-month-old Zanzibari children, Jacqueline K. Kung'u, David Goodman, Hamad J. Haji, Mahdi Ramsan, Victoria J. Wright, Quentin D. Bickle, James M. Tielsch, John G. Raynes, and Rebecca J. Stoltzfus
Adjusting for the acute phase response is essential to interpret iron status indicators among young Zanzibari children prone to chronic malaria and helminth infections, Jacqueline K. Kung'u, Victoria J. Wright, Hamad J. Haji, Mahdi Ramsan, David Goodman, James M. Tielsch, Quentin D. Bickle, John G. Raynes, and Rebecca J. Stoltzfus
The burden of road traffic injuries in Nigeria: Results of a population-based survey, M. Labinjo, C. Juillard, O. C. Kobusingye, and A. A. Hyder
Internally displaced human resources for health: Villager health worker partnerships to scale up a malaria control programme in active conflict areas of eastern Burma, C. I. Lee, L. S. Smith, E. K. Shwe Oo, B. C. Scharschmidt, E. Whichard, Thart Kler, T. J. Lee, and A. K. Richards
Child injuries and violence: Responding to a global challenge, Charles Mock, Margie Peden, Adnan A. Hyder, Alexander Butchart, and Etienne Krug
Barriers to and Suggestions for a Healthful, Active Lifestyle as Perceived by Rural and Urban Costa Rican Adolescents, Rafael Monge-Rojas, Carlos Garita-Arce, Marta Sánchez-López, and Uriyoán Colón-Ramos
Phylogenetic relationships among orthobunyaviruses isolated from mosquitoes captured in Peru, Christopher N. Mores, Michael J. Turell, Jessie Dyer, and Cindi A. Rossi
Risk of mortality subsequent to umbilical cord infection among newborns of southern nepal: Cord infection and mortality, Luke C. Mullany, Gary L. Darmstadt, Joanne Katz, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. Leclerq, Ramesh K. Adhikari, and James M. Tielsch
Incidence and Risk Factors for Newborn Umbilical Cord Infections on Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Luke C. Mullany, Silvana Faillace, James M. Tielsch, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Kara E. Nygaard, Justine A. Kavle, Tamer H. Farag, Hamad J. Haji, Sabra S. Khalfan, Nadra S. Ali, Rahila S. Omar, and Gary L. Darmstadt
Phase I/II evaluation of the prophylactic antimalarial activity of pafuramidine in healthy volunteers challenged with Plasmodium falciparum sporozoites, Myaing M. Nyunt, Craig W. Hendrix, Rahul P. Bakshi, Nirbhay Kumar, and Theresa A. Shapiro
Development of nutritionally at-risk young children is predicted by malaria, anemia, and stunting in pemba, zanzibar, Deanna K. Olney, Patricia K. Kariger, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Sabra S. Khalfan, Nadra S. Ali, James M. Tielsch, Sunil Sazawal, Robert Black, Lindsay H. Allen, and Ernesto Pollitt
Plasmodium falciparum enolase: Stage-specific expression and sub-cellular localization, Ipsita Pal Bhowmick, Nirbhay Kumar, Shobhona Sharma, Isabelle Coppens, and Gotam K. Jarori
Time to keep African kids safer, M. Peden and A. A. Hyder
Effect of sequential exposure on infection and dissemination rates for west nile and St. Louis encephalitis viruses in culex quinquefasciatus, Kendra Pesko and Christopher N. Mores
Effects of infectious virus dose and bloodmeal delivery method on susceptibility of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus to Chikungunya virus, Kendra Pesko, Catherine J. Westbrook, Christopher N. Mores, L. Philip Lounibos, and Michael H. Reiskind
Cross-border malaria control for internally displaced persons: Observational results from a pilot programme in eastern Burma/Myanmar, Adam K. Richards, Kristin Banek, Luke C. Mullany, Catherine I. Lee, Linda Smith, Eh Kalu Shwe Oo, and Thomas J. Lee
A comparative study of the 1918-1920 influenza pandemic in Japan, USA and UK: mortality impact and implications for pandemic planning, S. A. Richard, N. Sugaya, L. Simonsen, M. A. Miller, and C. Viboud
An assessment of interactions between global health initiatives and country health systems, Badara Samb, Tim Evans, Mark Dybul, Rifat Atun, Jean Paul Moatti, Sania Nishtar, Anna Wright, Francesca Celletti, Justine Hsu, Jim Yong Kim, Ruairi Brugha, Asia Russell, Carissa Etienne, Susna De, Takondwa Mwase, Wenjuan Wang, Jenna Wright, and Lola Daré
Plasmodium yoelii: Adverse outcome of non-lethal P. yoelii malaria during co-infection with Schistosoma mansoni in BALB/c mouse model, Davison Sangweme, Clive Shiff, and Nirbhay Kumar
Influenza vaccination and mortality benefits: New insights, new opportunities, L. Simonsen, C. Viboud, R.J. Taylor, M.A. Miller, and L. Jackson
Traditional birth attendants in rural Nepal: Knowledge, attitudes and practices about maternal and newborn health, N. Thatte, L. C. Mullany, S. K. Khatry, J. Katz, J. M. Tielsch, and G. L. Darmstadt
Exposure to indoor biomass fuel and tobacco smoke and risk of adverse reproductive outcomes, mortality, respiratory morbidity and growth among newborn infants in south India, James M. Tielsch, Joanne Katz, Ravilla D. Thulasiraj, Christian L. Coles, S. Sheeladevi, Elizabeth L. Yanik, and Lakshmi Rahmathullah
Engaging policy makers in road safety research in Malaysia: A theoretical and contextual analysis, Nhan T. Tran, Adnan A. Hyder, Subramaniam Kulanthayan, Suret Singh, and R. S.Radin Umar
Neuroendocrine response to violence during pregnancy - Impact on duration of pregnancy and fetal growth, Eliette Valladares, Rodolfo Peña, Mary Ellsberg, Lars Åke Persson, and Ulf Högberg
Linking deforestation to malaria in the Amazon: Characterization of the breeding habitat of the principal malaria vector, Anopheles darlingi, Amy Y. Vittor, William Pan, Robert H. Gilman, James Tielsch, Gregory Glass, Tim Shields, Wagner Sánchez-Lozano, Viviana V. Pinedo, Erit Salas-Cobos, Silvia Flores, and Jonathan A. Patz
The Roles of Humanitarian Assistance Organizations, Ronald J. Waldman
Field Investigations of Natural Disasters and Complex Emergencies, Ron Waldman and Eric K. Noji
Early exposure of infants to GI nematodes induces Th2 dominant immune responses which are unaffected by periodic anthelminthic treatment., Victoria J. Wright, Shaali Makame Ame, Haji Said Haji, Rosemary E. Weir, David Goodman, David I. Pritchard, Mahdi Ramsan Mohamed, Hamad Juma Haji, James M. Tielsch, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, and Quentin D. Bickle
Submissions from 2008
How many people are really hungry?, H. Aiga
Conclusions and recommendations of a who expert consultation meeting on iron supplementation for infants and young children in malaria endemic areas, L. Allen, R. E. Black, N. Brandes, G. Brittenham, G. Chazot, C. Chunming, J. Crawley, B. De Benoist, N. Dalmiya, I. Darnton-Hill, K. Dewey, S. El-Arifeen, O. Fontaine, C. Geissler, H. Haberle, P. Harvey, J. Hasler, and C. Hershko
Larval competition alters susceptibility of adult Aedes mosquitoes to dengue infection, Barry W. Alto, L. Philip Lounibos, Christopher N. Mores, and Michael H. Reiskind
Setting priorities for child health and research: The neglected burden of injuries, Shanthi N. Ameratunga, Adnan A. Hyder, and Shaheen Sultana
Verbal autopsy methods to ascertain birth asphyxia deaths in a community-based setting in southern Nepal, C. C. Anne, Luke C. Mullany, James M. Tielsch, Joanne Katz, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. Leclerq, Ramesh K. Adhikari, Shardaram R. Shrestha, and Gary L. Darmstadt
Tracking eastern equine encephalitis virus perpetuation in the northeastern United States by phylogenetic analysis, Philip M. Armstrong, Theodore G. Andreadis, John F. Anderson, Jason W. Stull, and Christopher N. Mores
Global health for undergraduates - "We Are Not Alone", V. K. Barbiero
Cross-Protection between Successive Waves of the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic: Epidemiological Evidence from US Army Camps and from Britain, J. M. Barry, C. Viboud, and L. Simonsen
Cost-effectiveness of traffic enforcement: Case study from Uganda, D. Bishai, B. Asiimwe, S. Abbas, A. A. Hyder, and W. Bazeyo
Viral nucleic acid stabilization by RNA extraction reagent, Jamie A. Blow, Christopher N. Mores, Jessie Dyer, and David J. Dohm
Estimating the rate of progressive visual field damage in those with open-angle glaucoma, from cross-sectional data, Aimee Teo Broman, Harry A. Quigley, Sheila K. West, Joanne Katz, Beatriz Munoz, Karen Bandeen-Roche, James M. Tielsch, David S. Friedman, Jonathan Crowston, Hugh R. Taylor, Rohit Varma, M. Cristina Leske, Boel Bengtsson, Anders Heijl, Mingguang He, and Paul J. Foster
Exploring the Effects of an "Everyday" Activity Program on Executive Function and Memory in Older Adults: Experience Corps®, Michelle C. Carlson, Jane S. Saczynski, George W. Rebok, Teresa Seeman, Thomas A. Glass, Sylvia McGill, James Tielsch, Kevin D. Frick, Joel Hill, and Linda P. Fried
A method to increase efficiency in testing pooled field-collected mosquitoes, Daniel M. Chisenhall, Christopher J. Vitek, Stephanie L. Richards, and Christopher N. Mores
Zinc modifies the association between nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage and risk of acute lower respiratory infection among young children in rural Nepal, Christian L. Coles, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Subarna K. Khatry, Joanne Katz, Steven C. LeClerq, Luke C. Mullany, and James M. Tielsch
Critical role of a K+ channel in Plasmodium berghei transmission revealed by targeted gene disruption, Peter Ellekvist, Jorge Maciel, Godfree Mlambo, Christina H. Ricke, Hanne Colding, Dan A. Klaerke, and Nirbhay Kumar
Intimate partner violence and women's physical and mental health in the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence: an observational study, Mary Ellsberg, Henrica AFM Jansen, Lori Heise, Charlotte H. Watts, and Claudia Garcia-Moreno
Diet as a factor in unexpectedly low prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection, Tamer H. Farag, Jed W. Fahey, Sabra S. Khalfan, and James M. Tielsch
Awareness, use, and perceptions of low-carbohydrate diets., Lila J. Finney Rutten, Amy Lazarus Yaroch, Uriyoán Colón-Ramos, and Audie A. Uriyoán
Age and sex variation in angle findings among normal Chinese subjects: A comparison of UBM, Scheimpflug, and gonioscopic assessment of the anterior chamber angle, David S. Friedman, Gus Gazzard, Chan Boon Min, Aimee T. Broman, Harry Quigley, James Tielsch, Steve Seah, and Paul J. Foster
Lack of Concordance between Fixation Preference and HOTV Optotype Visual Acuity in Preschool Children. The Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study, David S. Friedman, Joanne Katz, Michael X. Repka, Lydia Giordano, Josephine Ibironke, Patricia Hawse, and James M. Tielsch
Prevalence of Decreased Visual Acuity among Preschool-Aged Children in an American Urban Population. The Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study, Methods, and Results, David S. Friedman, Michael X. Repka, Joanne Katz, Lydia Giordano, Josephine Ibironke, Patricia Hawes, Diane Burkom, and James M. Tielsch
Predictors of appropriate use of interpreters: identifying professional development training needs for labor and delivery clinical staff serving Spanish-speaking patients, T. A. Gurman and A. Moran
Association of maternal HIV infection with increase of infant mortality in Malawi, R. Hong
Low birth weight as a risk factor for infant mortality in Egypt, R. Hong and M. Ruiz-Beltran
Road traffic injuries in urban Africa and Asia: A policy gap in child and adolescent health, A. A. Hyder, S. S.F. Muzaffar, and A. M. Bachani
Child and adolescent injuries: A new agenda for child health, A. A. Hyder, P. Puvanachandra, and N. H. Tran
Childhood drowning in low- and middle-income countries: Urgent need for intervention trials, Adnan A. Hyder, Nagesh N. Borse, Lauren Blum, Rasheda Khan, Shams El Arifeen, and Abdullah H. Baqui
Games, gambling, and children: Applying the precautionary principle for child health, Adnan A. Hyder and Nicholas H. Juul
Integrating ethics, health policy and health systems in low-and middle-income countries: Case studies from Malaysia and Pakistan, Adnan A. Hyder, Maria Merritt, Joseph Ali, Nhan T. Tran, Kulanthayan Subramaniam, and Tasleem Akhtar
The burden of unintentional injuries among the under-five population in South Asia, Adnan A. Hyder, Salman Wali, Steven Fishman, and Ellen Schenk
Association between anaemia during pregnancy and blood loss at and after delivery among women with vaginal births in Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Justine A. Kavle, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Frank Witter, James M. Tielsch, Sabra S. Khalfan, and Laura E. Caulfield
The metabolic syndrome and retinal microvascular signs in a Japanese population: The Funagata study, R. Kawasaki, J. M. Tielsch, J. J. Wang, T. Y. Wong, P. Mitchell, Y. Tano, M. Tominaga, T. Oizumi, M. Daimon, T. Kato, S. Kawata, T. Kayama, and H. Yamashita
Maternal reports of sleep in 6-18 month-old infants from Nepal and Zanzibar: Association with iron deficiency anemia and stunting, Katarzyna Kordas, Emily H. Siegel, Deanna K. Olney, Joanne Katz, James M. Tielsch, Hababu M. Chwaya, Patricia K. Kariger, Steven C. LeClerq, Subarna K. Khatry, and Rebecca J. Stoltzfus
Markedly enhanced immunogenicity of a Pfs25 DNA-based malaria transmission-blocking vaccine by in vivo electroporation, Ralph LeBlanc, Yessika Vasquez, Drew Hannaman, and Nirbhay Kumar
Risk factors for neonatal mortality due to birth asphyxia in southern Nepal: A prospective, community-based cohort study, Anne C.C. Lee, Luke C. Mullany, James M. Tielsch, Joanne Katz, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. Leclerq, Ramesh K. Adhikari, Shardaram R. Shrestha, and Gary L. Darmstadt
Centrins, cell cycle regulation proteins in human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, Babita Mahajan, Angamuthu Selvapandiyan, Noel J. Gerald, Victoria Majam, Hong Zheng, Thilan Wickramarachchi, Jawahar Tiwari, Hisashi Fujioka, J. Kathleen Moch, Nirbhay Kumar, L. Aravind, Hira L. Nakhasi, and Sanjai Kumar
Multi-level partnership to promote health services among internally displaced in eastern Burma, M. Mahn, C. Maung, E. K. Shwe Oo, L. Smith, C. I. Lee, E. Whichard, C. Neumann, A. K. Richards, L. C. Mullany, H. Kuiper, and T. J. Lee
Why mothers choose to enrol their children in malaria clinical studies and the involvement of relatives in decision making: Evidence from Malawi, Francis Masiye, Nancy Kass, Adnan Hyder, Paul Ndebele, and Joseph Mfutso-Bengo
Teaching residents to work with torture survivors: Experiences from the bronx human rights clinic, Eva E. Metalios, Ramin G. Asgary, Nina Cooperman, Clyde L. Smith, Evelyn Du, Laxmi Modali, and Galit Sacajiu
Efficacy and side effects of praziquantel treatment against Schistosoma haematobium infection among primary school children in Zimbabwe, N. Midzi, D. Sangweme, S. Zinyowera, M. P. Mapingure, K. C. Brouwer, N. Kumar, F. Mutapi, G. Woelk, and T. Mduluza
The burden of polyparasitism among primary schoolchildren in rural and farming areas in Zimbabwe, N. Midzi, D. Sangweme, S. Zinyowera, M. P. Mapingure, K. C. Brouwer, A. Munatsi, F. Mutapi, J. Mudzori, N. Kumar, G. Woelk, and T. Mduluza
Prioritization of influenza pandemic vaccination to minimize years of life lost, M. A. Miller, C. Viboud, D. R. Olson, R. F. Grais, and M. A. Rabaa
Transgenic rodent Plasmodium berghei parasites as tools for assessment of functional immunogenicity and optimization of human malaria vaccines, Godfree Mlambo and Nirbhay Kumar
Murine model for assessment of Plasmodium falciparum transmission-blocking vaccine using transgenic Plasmodium berghei parasites expressing the target antigen Pfs25, Godfree Mlambo, Jorge Maciel, and Nirbhay Kumar
Short report: A filter paper method for the detection of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, Godfree Mlambo, Yessika Vasquez, Ralph LeBlanc, David Sullivan, and Nirbhay Kumar
Child injuries and violence: The new challenge for child health, Charles Mock, Margie Peden, Adnan A. Hyder, Alexander Butchart, and Etienne Krug
Aging, primary care, and self-sufficiency: Health care workforce challenges ahead, Fitzhugh Mullan, Seble Frehywot, and Laura J. Jolley
Breast-feeding patterns, time to initiation, and mortality risk among newborns in Southern Nepal, Luke C. Mullany, Joanne Katz, Yue M. Li, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. LeClerq, Gary L. Darmstadt, and James M. Tielsch
A randomized controlled trial of the impact of chlorhexidine skin cleansing on bacterial colonization of hospital-born infants in Nepal, Luke C. Mullany, Subarna K. Khatry, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Steven C. Leclerq, Gary L. Darmstadt, Joanne Katz, Punita Gauchan, Ramesh K. Adhikari, Ashma Rana, and James M. Tielsch
Molecular epidemiology of A/H3N2 and A/H1N1 influenza virus during a single epidemic season in the United States, M. I. Nelson, L. Edelman, D. J. Spiro, A. R. Boyne, and J. Bera
Multiple reassortment events in the evolutionary history of H1N1 influenza A virus since 1918, M. I. Nelson, C. Viboud, L. Simonsen, R. T. Bennett, and S. B. Griesemer
Counter-regulatory anti-parasite cytokine responses during concurrent Plasmodium yoelii and intestinal helminth infections in mice, Gregory S. Noland, Joseph F. Urban, Bernard Fried, and Nirbhay Kumar
Traumatic brain injury in Latin America and the Caribbean: A call for research, Prasanthi Puvanachandra and Adnan A. Hyder
Assessing emergency medical care in low income countries: A pilot study from Pakistan, Junaid A. Razzak, Adnan A. Hyder, Tasleem Akhtar, Mubashir Khan, and Uzma R. Khan
Susceptibility of Florida mosquitoes to infection with Chikungunya virus, Michael H. Reiskind, Kendra Pesko, Catherine J. Westbrook, and Christopher N. Mores
Maternal and birth attendant hand washing and neonatal mortality in southern Nepal, Victor Rhee, Luke C. Mullany, Subarna K. Khatry, Joanne Katz, Steven C. LeClerq, Gary L. Darmstadt, and James M. Tielsch
Simplified Age-Weight Mortality Risk Classification for Very Low Birth Weight Infants in Low-Resource Settings, Rebecca E. Rosenberg, Saifuddin Ahmed, Samir K. Saha, A. S.M.Nawshad U. Ahmed, M. A.K.Azad Chowdhury, Paul A. Law, Yoonjoung Choi, Luke C. Mullany, James M. Tielsch, Joanne Katz, Robert E. Black, Mathuram Santosham, and Gary L. Darmstadt
Setting priorities in global child health research investments: Guidelines for implementation of CHNRI method, Igor Rudan, Jennifer L. Gibson, Shanthi Ameratunga, Shams El Arifeen, Zulfqar A. Bhutta, Maureen Black, Robert E. Black, Kenneth H. Brown, Harry Campbell, Ilona Carneiro, Kit Yee Chan, Daniel Chandramohan, Mickey Chopra, Simon Cousens, Gary L. Darmstadt, Julie Meeks Gardner, Sonja Y. Hess, and Adnan A. Hyder
Awareness, use, and perceptions of low-carbohydrate diets, Lila J.Finney Rutten, Amy Lazarus Yaroch, Uriyoán Colón-Ramos, and Audie A. Atienza
Deliberate self-harm and suicide: a review from Pakistan., Muhammad Shahid and Adnan A. Hyder
Young maternal age and the risk of neonatal mortality in rural nepal, Vandana Sharma, Joanne Katz, Luke C. Mullany, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. LeClerq, Sharada R. Shrestha, Gary L. Darmstadt, and James M. Tielsch
Blood pressure, perfusion pressure, and open-angle glaucoma, Alfred Sommer and James Tielsch
Health care reform: looking back to go ahead, R. Southby
Exploring evidence-policy linkages in health research plans: A case study from six countries, Shamsuzzoha B. Syed, Adnan A. Hyder, Gerald Bloom, Sandhya Sundaram, Abbas Bhuiya, Zhang Zhenzhong, Barun Kanjilal, Oladimeji Oladepo, George Pariyo, and David H. Peters
Breaking Through To Daylight: New Opportunities for Influenza Control, R. J. Taylor and L. Simonsen
Vitamin A supplements in newborns and child survival, James M. Tielsch
Maternal night blindness during pregnancy is associated with low birthweight, morbidity, and poor growth in South India, James M. Tielsch, Lakshmi Rahmathullah, Joanne Katz, R. D. Thulasiraj, Christian Coles, S. Sheeladevi, and Kartik Prakash
Securing the future of injury prevention: People and institutions, Nhan T. Tran and A. A. Hyder
Potential for north American mosquitoes to transmit rift valley fever virus, Michael J. Turell, David J. Dohm, Christopher N. Mores, Lucas Terracina, Dennis L. Wallette, Lawrence J. Hribar, James E. Pecor, and Jamie A. Blow