Submissions from 2006
Hospitalization of children and adolescents for eating disorders in the State of New York, K. Robergeau, J. Joseph, and T. J. Silber
Epidemiology of anemia among 4- to 17-month-old children living in south central Nepal, E. H. Siegel, R. J. Stoltzfus, S. K. Khatry, S. C. LeClerq, J. Katz, and J. M. Tielsch
Physiological changes in venous hemodynamics associated with elective fasciotomy, N. Singh, A. N. Sidawy, C. R. Bottoni, E. Antedomenico, and T. S. Gawley
Effect of routine prophylactic supplementation with iron and folic acid on preschool child mortality in southern Nepal: Community-based, cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial, James M. Tielsch, Subarna K. Khatry, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Joanne Katz, Steven C. LeClerq, Ramesh Adhikari, Luke C. Mullany, Shardaram Shresta, and Robert E. Black
Laboratory transmission of Japanese encephalitis, West Nile, and Getah viruses by mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) collected near camp greaves, Gyeonggi Province, Republic of Korea, 2003, Michael J. Turell, Christopher N. Mores, David J. Dohm, Won Ja Lee, Heung Chul Kim, and Terry A. Klein
Laboratory transmission of Japanese encephalitis and West Nile viruses by molestus form of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae) collected in Uzbekistan in 2004, M. J. Turell, C. N. Mores, D. J. Dohm, N. Komilov, J. Paragas, J. S. Lee, D. Shermuhemedova, T. P. Endy, A. Kodirov, and S. Khodjaev
The effect of deforestation on the human-biting rate of Anopheles darlingi, the primary vector of falciparum malaria in the Peruvian Amazon, Amy Yomiko Vittor, Robert H. Gilman, James Tielsch, Gregory Glass, Tim Shields, Wagner Sánchez Lozano, Viviana Pinedo-Cancino, and Jonathan A. Patz
Submissions from 2005
Characterization of kinetics of DNA strand-exchange and ATP hydrolysis activities of recombinant PfRad51, a Plasmodium falciparum recombinase, Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya, Sunanda Bhattacharyya Nee Deb, Bamini Jayabalasingham, and Nirbhay Kumar
Reproducibility of retinal nerve fiber thickness measurements using the stratus OCT in normal and glaucomatous eyes, Donald L. Budenz, Robert T. Chang, Xiangrun Huang, Robert W. Knighton, and James M. Tielsch
Effect of plasmid backbone modification by different human CpG motifs on the immunogenicity of DNA vaccine vectors, Cevayir Coban, Ken J. Ishii, Mayda Gursel, Dennis M. Klinman, and Nirbhay Kumar
Toll-like receptor 9 mediates innate immune activation by the malaria pigment hemozoin, Cevayir Coban, Ken J. Ishii, Taro Kawai, Hiroaki Hemmi, Shintaro Sato, Satoshi Uematsu, Masahiro Yamamoto, Osamu Takeuchi, Sawako Itagaki, Nirbhay Kumar, Toshihiro Horii, and Shizuo Akira
Short-term effects of vitamin A and antimalarial treatment on erythropoiesis in severely anemic Zanzibari preschool children, Sarah E. Cusick, James M. Tielsch, Mahdi Ramsan, Jape K. Jape, Sunil Sazawal, Robert E. Black, and Rebecca J. Stoltzfus
Transforming health systems to improve the lives of women and children, Lynn P. Freedman, Ronald J. Waldman, Helen De Pinho, Meg E. Wirth, A. Mushtaque R. Chowdhury, and Allan Rosenfield
Host microsatellite alleles in malaria predisposition?, Sonali Gaikwad, Richa Ashma, Nirbhay Kumar, Rajni Trivedi, and V. K. Kashyap
Violence against women, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Lori Heise, Henrica A.F.M. Jansen, Mary Ellsberg, and Charlotte Watts
Factors influencing career choices among graduating ophthalmology residents, Steven J. Gedde, Donald L. Budenz, Payman Haft, James M. Tielsch, Yunhee Lee, and Harry A. Quigley
Measuring the burden of premature mortality in Pakistan: Use of sentinel surveillance systems, A. A. Hyder, S. A. Wali, A. Ghaffar, T. I. Masud, and K. Hill
Defining standard of care in the developing world: The intersection of international research ethics and health systems analysis, Adnan A. Hyder and Liza Dawson
The pervasive triad of food security, gender inequity and women's health: Exploratory research from sub-Saharan Africa, Adnan A. Hyder, Suzanne Maman, Joyce E. Nyoni, Shaniysa A. Khasiani, Noreen Teoh, Zul Premji, and Salim Sohani
A proteomic analysis of salivary glands of female Anopheles gambiae mosquito, Dário E. Kalume, Mobolaji Okulate, Jun Zhong, Raghunath Reddy, Shubha Suresh, Nandan Deshpande, Nirbhay Kumar, and Akhilesh Pandey
Genome annotation of Anopheles gambiae using mass spectometry-derived data, Dário E. Kalume, Suraj Peri, Raghunath Reddy, Jun Zhong, Mobolaji Okulate, Nirbhay Kumar, and Akhilesh Pandey
Iron deficiency and physical growth predict attainment of walking but not crawling in poorly nourished Zanzibari infants, Patricia K. Kariger, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Deanna Olney, Sunil Sazawal, Robert Black, James M. Tielsch, Edward A. Frongillo, Sabra S. Khalfan, and Ernesto Pollitt
Emergency medical systems in low- and middle-income countries: Recommendations for action, Olive C. Kobusingye, Adnan A. Hyder, David Bishai, Eduardo Romero Hicks, Charles Mock, and Manjul Joshipura
Cultivating men's interest in family planning in rural El Salvador, R. I. Lundgren, J. N. Gribble, M. E. Greene, G. E. Emrick, and M. de Monroy
Evaluation of non-specific effects of infant immunizations on early infant mortality in a southern Indian population, Lawrence H. Moulton, Lakshmi Rahmathullah, Neal A. Halsey, R. D. Thulasiraj, Joanne Katz, and James M. Tielsch
Effect of instrument precision on estimation of low birth weight prevalence, Luke C. Mullany, Gary L. Darmstadt, Joanne Katz, Subarna K. Khatry, and James M. Tielsch
Traditional massage of newborns in Nepal: Implications for trials of improved practice, Luke C. Mullany, Gary L. Darmstadt, Subarna K. Khatry, and James M. Tielsch
Entertainment-education and social change, E. M. Murphy
Evacuated populations - Lessons from foreign refugee crises, Phillip Nieburg, Ronald J. Waldman, and Donald M. Krumm
Relationship between vision impairment and eye disease to vision-specific quality of life and function in rural India: The aravind comprehensive eye survey, Praveen K. Nirmalan, James M. Tielsch, Joanne Katz, Ravilla D. Thulasiraj, Ramasamy Krishnadas, Rengappa Ramakrishnan, and Alan L. Robin
Exacerbation of Plasmodium yoelii malaria in Echinostoma caproni infected mice and abatement through anthelmintic treatment, Gregory S. Noland, Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Bernard Fried, Erik J. Fitzgerald, and Nirbhay Kumar
Detection of Plasmodium falciparum in pregnancy by laser desorption mass spectrometry, Myaing Nyunt, John Pisciotta, Andrew B. Feldman, Philip Thuma, Peter F. Scholl, Plamen A. Demirev, Jeffrey S. Lin, Lirong Shi, Nirbhay Kumar, and David J. Sullivan
Mycobacterium-induced potentiation of type 1 immune responses and protection against malaria are host specific, Kathleen R. Page, Anne E. Jedlicka, Benjamin Fakheri, Gregory S. Noland, Anup K. Kesavan, Alan L. Scott, Nirbhay Kumar, and Yukari C. Manabe
Exploring ethical considerations for the use of biological and physiological markers in population-based surveys in less developed countries, Gregory Pappas and Adnan A. Hyder
The incidence of microbial keratitis among wearers of a 30-day silicone hydrogel extended-wear contact lens, Oliver D. Schein, John J. McNally, Joanne Katz, Robin L. Chalmers, James M. Tielsch, Eduardo Alfonso, Mark Bullimore, Denis O'Day, and Joseph Shovlin
Effect of periodic vitamin A supplementation on mortality and morbidity of human immunodeficiency virus-infected children in Uganda: A controlled clinical trial, Richard D. Semba, Christopher Ndugwa, Robert T. Perry, Tamara D. Clark, J. Brooks Jackson, George Melikian, James Tielsch, and Francis Mmiro
Growth indices, anemia, and diet independently predict motor milestone acquisition of infants in South Central Nepal, Emily H. Siegel, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Patricia K. Kariger, Joanne Katz, Subarna K. Khatry, Steven C. Leclerq, Ernesto Pollitt, and James M. Tielsch
Child and young adult injuries among long-term Afghan refugees., David E. Sugerman, Adnan A. Hyder, and Khurram Nasir
Isolation of viruses from mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) collected in the Amazon Basin region of Peru, M. J. Turell, M. L. O'Guinn, J. W. Jones, M. R. Sardelis, D. J. Dohm, D. M. Watts, R. Fernandez, A. Travassos Da Rosa, H. Guzman, R. Tesh, C. A. Rossi, G. V. Ludwig, J. A. Mangiafico, J. Kondig, L. P. Wasieloski, J. Pecor, M. Zyzak, and G. Schoeler
First footsteps in tsunamiland, Ronald Waldman
Public health in war: Pursuing the impossible, Ronald Waldman
The costs of interpersonal violence - An international review, Hugh Richard Waters, Adnan Ali Hyder, Yogesh Rajkotia, Suprotik Basu, and Alexander Butchart
The incidence of endophthalmitis after cataract surgery among the U.S. medicare population increased between 1994 and 2001, Emily S. West, Ashley Behrens, Peter J. McDonnell, James M. Tielsch, and Oliver D. Schein
Submissions from 2004
Gender, social support, and posttraumatic stress in postwar Kosovo, Jennifer Ahern, Sandra Galea, William G. Fernandez, Bajram Koci, Ronald Waldman, and David Vlahov
Assessing water-related risk factors for Buruli ulcer: A case-control study in Ghana, H. Aiga, T. Amano, S. Cairncross, J. A. Domako, and O. K. Nanas
Virus inactivation by nucleic acid extraction reagents, Jamie A. Blow, David J. Dohm, Diane L. Negley, and Christopher N. Mores
Effect of CpG Oligodeoxynucleotides on the Immunogenicity of Pfs25, a Plasmodium falciparum Transmission-Blocking Vaccine Antigen, Cevayir Coban, Ken J. Ishii, Anthony W. Stowers, David B. Keister, Dennis M. Klinman, and Nirbhay Kumar
Induction of Plasmodium falciparum Transmission-Blocking Antibodies in Nonhuman Primates by a Combination of DNA and Protein Immunizations, Cevayir Coban, Mario T. Philipp, Jeanette E. Purcell, David B. Keistr, Mobolaji Okulate, Dale S. Martin, and Nirbhay Kumar
The burden of injuries in the Philippines: Implications for national research policy, Rafael J. Consunji and Adnan A. Hyder
Mental health status among ethnic Albanians seeking medical care in an emergency department two years after the war in Kosovo: a pilot project., William G. Fernandez, Sandro Galea, Jennifer Ahern, Sarah Sisco, Ronald J. Waldman, Bajram Koci, and David Vlahov
Blindness and Visual Impairment: A Public Health Issue for the Future as Well as Today, Frederick L. Ferris and James M. Tielsch
A Social Model for Health Promotion for an Aging Population: Initial Evidence on the Experience Corps Model, Linda P. Fried, Michelle C. Carlson, Marc Freedman, Kevin D. Frick, Thomas A. Glass, Joel Hill, Sylvia McGill, George W. Rebok, Teresa Seeman, James Tielsch, Barbara A. Wasik, and Scott Zeger
Road traffic injuries, health and development - The new challenge for public health systems in South Asia, Abdul Ghaffar and Adnan A. Hyder
Road crashes: A modern plague on South Asia's poor, Abdul Ghaffar, Adnan A. Hyder, Veloshnee Govender, and David Bishai
The burden of road traffic injuries in developing countries: The 1st national injury survey of Pakistan, Abdul Ghaffar, Adnan A. Hyder, and Tayyeb I. Masud
Experience Corps: Design of an Intergenerational Program to Boost Social Capital and Promote the Health of an Aging Society, Thomas A. Glass, Marc Freedman, Michelle C. Carlson, Joel Hill, Kevin D. Frick, Nick Ialongo, Sylvia McGill, George W. Rebok, Teresa Seeman, James M. Tielsch, Barbara A. Wasik, Scott Zeger, and Linda P. Fried
Ethical review of health research: A perspective from developing country researchers, A. A. Hyder, S. A. Wali, A. N. Khan, N. B. Teoh, N. E. Kass, and L. Dawson
Reconfiguration of surgical, emergency, and trauma services, adnan A. Hyder
Road safety is no accident: A call for global action, Adnan A. Hyder
The millennium development goals and road traffic injuries: Exploring the linkages in South Asia, Adnan A. Hyder and Abdul Ghaffar
Evaluating education as an intervention for injury control [1] (Multiple letters), Adnan A. Hyder, Jennifer Greenberg-Seth, David Hemenway, Susan S. Gallagher, Julie B. Ross, and Karen S. Lissy
The standard of care debate: Conceptual clarifications [2] (multiple letters), Adrian A. Hyder, David Wendler, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, and Reidar K. Lie
Interviewer training in the WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence, Henrica A.F.M. Jansen, Charlotte Watts, Mary Ellsberg, Lori Heise, and Claudia García-Moreno
Emergency care in South Asia: Challenges and opportunities, Manjul Joshipura, Adnan A. Hyder, and Riffat Rehmani
Molecular players of homologous recombination in protozoan parasites: Implications for generating antigenic variation, Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya, Douglas E. Norris, and Nirbhay Kumar
Potent immunogenicity of DNA vaccines encoding Plasmodium vivax transmission-blocking vaccine candidates Pvs25 and Pvs28 - Evaluation of homologous and heterologous antigen-delivery prime-boost strategy, Darin Kongkasuriyachai, Lucy Bartels-Andrews, Anthony Stowers, William E. Collins, Joann Sullivan, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Motomi Torii, Takafumi Tsuboi, and Nirbhay Kumar
Functional analysis of Plasmodium falciparum parasitophorous vacuole membrane protein (Pfs16) during gametocytogenesis and gametogenesis by targeted gene disruption, Darin Kongkasuriyachai, Hisashi Fujioka, and Nirbhay Kumar
Malaria: A grand challenge, Nirbhay Kumar
Molecular complexity of sexual development and gene regulation in Plasmodium falciparum, Nirbhay Kumar, Gloria Cha, Fernando Pineda, Jorge Maciel, Diana Haddad, Mrinal Bhattacharyya, and Eiji Nagayasu
Letter to the editor (multiple letters), F. E. McKenzie, Yukari C. Manabe, Cherise P. Scott, and Nirbhay Kumar
Low-dose daily iron supplementation for 12 months does not increase the prevalence of malarial infection or density of parasites in young Zanzibari children, Tsedal Mebrahtu, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Hababu M. Chwaya, Jape K. Jape, Lorenzo Savioli, Antonio Montresor, Marco Albonico, and James M. Tielsch
Diffusion of innovations: Family planning in developing countries, E. Murphy
Injuries among Afghan refugees: Review of evidence, Khurram Nasir, Adnan A. Hyder, and C. M. Shahbaz
Utilisation of eye care services in rural south India: The Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey, P. K. Nirmalan, J. Katz, A. L. Robin, R. Krishnadas, R. Ramakrishnan, R. D. Thulasiraj, and J. Tielsch
Risk factors for age related cataract in a rural population of southern India: The Aravind Comprehensive Eye Study, P. K. Nirmalan, A. L. Robin, J. Katz, J. M. Tielsch, R. D. Thulasiraj, R. Krishnadas, and R. Ramakrishnan
Female reproductive factors and eye disease in a rural south Indian population: The Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey, Praveen K. Nirmalan, Joanne Katz, Alan L. Robin, Rengappa Ramakrishnan, Ramasamy Krishnadas, Ravilla D. Thulasiraj, and James M. Tielsch
Prevalence of Vitreoretinal Disorders in a Rural Population of Southern India: The Aravind Comprehensive Eye Study, Praveen K. Nirmalan, Joanne Katz, Alan L. Robin, James M. Tielsch, Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy, Ramasamy Kim, V. Narendran, Rengappa Ramakrishnan, Ramasamy Krishnadas, Ravilla D. Thulasiraj, and Eric Suan
Ocular trauma in a rural south Indian population: The Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey, Praveen K. Nirmalan, Joanne Katz, James M. Tielsch, Alan L. Robin, Ravilla D. Thulasiraj, Ramasamy Krishnadas, and Rengappa Ramakrishnan
Supplementing newborn infants with vitamin A reduces mortality at age 6 months, L. Rahmathullah, J. M. Tielsch, R. D. Thulasiraj, Martin W. Bloem, and David Osrin
The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study: Intraocular Pressure Lowering Prevents the Development of Glaucoma, but Does That Mean We Should Treat before the Onset of Disease?, Alan L. Robin, Kevin D. Frick, Joanne Katz, Donald Budenz, and James M. Tielsch
The utilization of eye care services by persons with glaucoma in rural South India, Alan L. Robin, Praveen K. Nirmalan, Ramasamy Krishnadas, Rengappa Ramakrishnan, Joanne Katz, James Tielsch, Ravilla D. Thulasiraj, and David S. Friedman
Importance of health research in South Asia, Ritu Sadana, Carol D'Souza, Adnan A. Hyder, and A. Mushtaque R. Chowdhury
Lessons learned from complex emergencies over past decade, Peter Salama, Paul Spiegel, Leisel Talley, and Ronald Waldman
Rapid detection of malaria infection in vivo by laser desorption mass spectrometry, Peter F. Scholl, Darin Kongkasuriyachai, Plamen A. Demirev, Andrew B. Feldman, Jeffrey S. Lin, David J. Sullivan, and Nirbhay Kumar
Short report: Modulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by Plasmodium in the murine model, Cherise P. Scott, Nirbhay Kumar, William R. Bishai, and Yukari C. Manabe
Low Dose Daily Iron Supplementation Improves Iron Status and Appetite but Not Anemia, whereas Quarterly Anthelminthic Treatment Improves Growth, Appetite and Anemia in Zanzibari Preschool Children, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Hababu M. Chway, Antonio Montresor, James M. Tielsch, Jape Khatib Jape, Marco Albonico, and Lorenzo Savioli
Glaucoma in southern India [1] (multiple letters), Ravi Thomas, Chandrasekhar Garudadri, Anil Kumar Mandal, Rajesh S. Kumar, Alan L. Robin, Joanne Katz, James M. Tielsch, David S. Friedman, R. Ramakrishnan, R. Krishnadas, Praveen K. Nirmalan, and R. D. Thulasiraj
Impact of ivermectin on illness and disability associated with onchocerciasis, James M. Tielsch and Arlyne Beeche
Overcoming health-systems constraints to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, Phyllida Travis, Sara Bennett, Prof Andy Haines, Tikki Pang, Prof Zulfiqar Bhutta, Adnan A. Hyder, Nancy R. Pielemeier, Prof Anne Mills, and Timothy Evans
Experimental transmission of Karshi and Langat (tick-borne encephalitis virus complex) viruses by Ornithodoros ticks (Acari: Argasidae), M. J. Turell, C. N. Mores, J. S. Lee, J. J. Paragas, D. Shermuhemedova, T. P. Endy, and S. Khodjaev
Economic evaluation of interventions to reduce road traffic injuries - A review of the literature with applications to low and middle-income countries, H. R. Waters, A. A. Hyder, and T. L. Phillips
Submissions from 2003
Immigration and a sneak resurgence of tuberculosis: Deja vu, Z. Y. Aliyu
Violence against women increases the risk of infant and child mortality: A case-referent study in Nicaragua, Kajsa Åsling-Monemi, Rodolfo Peña, Mary Carroll Ellsberg, and Lars Åke Persson
The humanitarian cost of a war in Iraq, Elisabeth R. Benjamin, Charlie Clements, Michael McCally, Peter L. Pellett, Michael J. Van Rooyen, and Ronald J. Waldman
Identification and molecular characterisation of DNA damaging agent induced expression of Plasmodium falciparum recombination protein PfRad51, Mrinal Kanti Bhattacharyya and Nirbhay Kumar
Rates of public investment for road safety in developing countries: Case studies of Uganda and Pakistan, David Bishai, Adnan A. Hyder, Abdul Ghaffar, Richard H. Morrow, and Olive Kobusingye
Globalization, global health, and access to healthcare, T. Collins
The aftermath of health sector reform in the Republic of Georgia: Effects on people's health, T. Collins
The dangers of childhood [16], Andres De Francisco, Adnan A. Hyder, Shams-El-Arifeen, and Abdullah H. Baqui