Submissions from 2003
Role of mosquito salivary glands, Ravi Dhar and Nirbhay Kumar
Is there an association between cataract surgery and age-related macular degeneration? Data from three population-based studies, Ellen E. Freeman, Beatriz Munoz, Sheila K. West, James M. Tielsch, and Oliver D. Schein
Ultrasonographic biomicroscopy, scheimpflug photography, and novel provocative tests in contralateral eyes of Chinese patients initially seen with acute angle closure, David S. Friedman, Gus Gazzard, Paul Foster, Joe Devereux, Aimee Broman, Harry Quigley, James Tielsch, and Steve Seah
Responding to violence against women: WHO's multicountry study on women's health and domestic violence, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, Charlotte Watts, Henriette Jansen, Mary Ellsberg, and Lori Heise
Applying WHO's health systems performance assessment in Pakistan: Critical reflections, Adnan A. Hyder
Childhood injuries, Adnan A. Hyder
Third world brain drain: Performance of health professionals and systems needs to be assessed, adnan A. Hyder
Capacity development for health research in Pakistan: The effects of doctoral training, Adnan A. Hyder, Tasleem Akhter, and Abdul Qayyum
Death from drowning: defining a new challenge for child survival in Bangladesh., Adnan A. Hyder, Shams Arifeen, Nazma Begum, Steven Fishman, Salman Wali, and Abdullah H. Baqui
Inequality and road-traffic injuries: Call for action, Adnan A. Hyder and Margie Peden
The burden of disease from neonatal mortality: A review of South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, Adnan A. Hyder, Salman A. Wali, and Jeffery McGuckin
Short report: Analysis of anti-malaria immune response during human immunodeficiency virus infection in adults in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, M. Kashamuka, N. Nzila, L. Mussey, N. Lubaki, T. C. Quinn, R. Bollinger, and Nirbhay Kumar
Risks and benefits of anticoagulant and antiplatelet medication use before cataract surgery, Joanne Katz, Marc A. Feldman, Eric B. Bass, Lisa H. Lubomski, James M. Tielsch, Brent G. Petty, Lee A. Fleisher, and Oliver D. Schein
Pseudoexfoliation in a rural population of southern India: The Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey, R. Krishnadas, Praveen K. Nirmalan, R. Ramakrishnan, R. D. Thulasiraj, Joanne Katz, James M. Tielsch, David S. Friedman, and Alan L. Robin
Performance of the Haemoglobin Colour Scale in diagnosing severe and very severe anaemia, Antonio Montresor, Mahdi Ramsan, Nassor Khalfan, Marco Albonico, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, James M. Tielsch, and Lorenzo Savioli
Role of antimicrobial applications to the umbilical cord in neonates to prevent bacterial colonization and infection: A review of the evidence, Luke C. Mullany, Gary L. Darmstadt, and James M. Tielsch
Being born female is dangerous for your health, E. M. Murphy
Violence against pregnant women in developing countries: Review of evidence, Khurram Nasir and Adnan A. Hyder
Lens Opacities in a Rural Population of Southern India: The Aravind Comprehensive Eye Study, Praveen K. Nirmalan, Ramasamy Krishnadas, Rengappa Ramakrishnan, Ravilla D. Thulasiraj, Joanne Katz, James M. Tielsch, and Alan L. Robin
Knowledge for better health - A conceptual framework and foundation for health research systems, Tikki Pang, Ritu Sadana, Steve Hanney, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Adnan A. Hyder, and Jonathon Simon
Globalization: Toward a New Framework for Public Health, Gregory Pappas, Adnan A. Hyder, and Mohammad Akhter
Impact of supplementing newborn infants with vitamin A on early infant mortality: Community based randomised trial in southern India, Lakshmi Rahmathullah, James M. Tielsch, R. D. Thulasiraj, Joanne Katz, Christian Coles, Sheela Devi, Rajeesh John, Karthik Prakash, A. V. Sadanand, N. Edwin, and C. Kamaraj
Glaucoma in a rural population of Southern India: The Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey, R. Ramakrishnan, Praveen K. Nirmalan, R. Krishnadas, R. D. Thulasiraj, James M. Tielsch, Joanne Katz, David S. Friedman, and Alan L. Robin
Cooperation to develop health security, S. C. Ratzan
A self-administered health questionnaire for the preoperative risk stratification of patients undergoing cataract surgery, Sherman W. Reeves, James M. Tielsch, Joanne Katz, Eric B. Bass, and Oliver D. Schein
A self-administered health questionnaire for the preoperative risk stratification of patients undergoing cataract surgery, S. W. Reeves, J. M. Tielsch, E. B. Bass, Oliver D. Schein, Lindsay Smithen, and Richard Spaide
Translocation of ribosomal protein P0 onto the Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite surface, Alfica Sehgal, Nirbhay Kumar, Vern B. Carruthers, and Shobhona Sharma
Structure of a gametocyte protein essential for sexual development in Plasmodium falciparum, Amit Sharma, Indu Sharma, Darin Kogkasuriyachai, and Nirbhay Kumar
Blindness and vision impairment in a rural South Indian population: The Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey, R. D. Thulasiraj, Praveen K. Nirmalan, R. Ramakrishnan, R. Krishnadas, T. K. Manimekalai, N. P. Baburajan, Joanne Katz, James M. Tielsch, and Alan L. Robin
Isolation of Japanese encephalitis and getah viruses from mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) collected near camp greaves, Gyonggi Province, Republic of Korea, 2000, Michael J. Turell, Monica L. O'Guinn, Leonard P. Wasieloski, David J. Dohm, Wan Ja Lee, Hae Wol Cho, Heung Chol Kim, Douglas A. Burkett, Christopher N. Mores, Russell E. Coleman, and Terry A. Klein
Retinal microvascular abnormalities and 10-year cardiovascular mortality: A population-based case-control study, Tien Yin Wong, Ronald Klein, F. Javier Nieto, Barbara E.K. Klein, A. Richey Sharrett, Stacy M. Meuer, Larry D. Hubbard, and James M. Tielsch
Submissions from 2002
War on the roads [1] (multiple letters), J. Gordon Avery, Penny Avery, John Dwyer, David S. Thompson, Tony H. Reinhardt-Rutland, Nicholas Moore, Adnan A. Hyder, and Irvine S.L. Loudon
Equity and resource allocation in health care: Dialogue between Islam and Christianity, Christoph Benn and Adnan A. Hyder
Plasmodium falciparum protein phosphatase type 1 functionally complements a glc7 mutant in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Mrinal K. Bhattacharyya, Zheng Hong, Darin Kongkasuriyachai, and Nirbhay Kumar
Purified malaria pigment (hemozoin) enhances dendritic cell maturation and modulates the isotype of antibodies induced by a DNA vaccine, Cevayir Coban, Ken J. Ishii, David J. Sullivan, and Nirbhay Kumar
Nasopharyngeal carriage of resistant pneumococci in young South Indian infants, C. L. Coles, L. Rahmathullah, R. Kanungo, R. D. Thulasiraj, J. Katz, M. Santosham, and J. M. Tielsch
Detection of malaria parasites in blood by laser desorption mass spectrometry, P. A. Demirev, A. B. Feldman, D. Kongkasuriyachai, P. Scholl, D. Sullivan, and N. Kumar
Rapid detection of malaria parasites in blood by high throughput laser desorption mass spectrometry, P. Demirev, T. Cornish, S. Ecelberger, A. Feldman, D. Kongkasuriyachai, N. Kumar, P. Scholl, and D. Sullivan
Bearing witness: Ethics in domestic violence research, Mary Ellsberg and Lori Heise
VF-14 item specific responses in patients undergoing first eye cataract surgery: Can the length of the VF-14 be reduced?, David S. Friedman, J. M. Tielsch, S. Vitale, E. B. Bass, O. D. Schein, and E. P. Steinberg
Interventions for control of road traffic injuries: Review of effectiveness literature, A. Ghaffar, A. A. Hyder, D. Bishai, and R. H. Morrow
Health research investments: a challenge for National Public Health Associations. ., A. A. Hyder
Patterns of violence in Karachi, Pakistan, A. A. Hyder
Socioeconomic differences in road traffic injuries [1], A. A. Hyder and A. Ghaffar
War on the roads. Evidence based prevention of these injuries is necessary., Adnan A. Hyder
Structural adjustment in health in Pakistan: Defining the questions (multiple letter) [1], Adnan A. Hyder and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Misunderstanding the World Health Report 2000 [4] (multiple letters), Adnan A. Hyder, Joseph S. Coyne, Peter Hilsenrath, and Vicente Navarro
Functional characterisation of sexual stage specific proteins in Plasmodium falciparum, Darin Kongkasuriyachai and Nirbhay Kumar
Malaria: Progress, problems and plans in the genomic era, Nirbhay Kumar
Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the sexual stage-specific protein Pfg27 from Plasmodium falciparum, Saurabh Kumar Singh, Sushil Prasad Sati, Darin Kongkasuriyachai, Nirbhay Kumar, and Amit Sharma
Is the exclusion of children under 24 months from anthelmintic treatment justifiable?, Antonio Montresor, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Marco Albonico, James M. Tielsch, Amy L. Rice, Hababu M. Chwaya, and Lorenzo Savioli
Road traffic injuries are a global public health problem [1], Margie Peden and Adnan Hyder
Extra terminal residues have a profound effect on the folding and solubility of a Plasmodium falciparum sexual stage-specific protein over-expressed in Escherichia coli, Sushil Prasad Sati, Saurabh Kumar Singh, Nirbhay Kumar, and Amit Sharma
OAG in Barbados [5] (multiple letters), Alfred Sommer and James Tielsch
Physical partner abuse during pregnancy: A risk factor for low birth weight in Nicaragua, Eliette Valladares, Mary Ellsberg, Rodolfo Peña, Ulf Högberg, and Lars Åke Persson
Retinal microvascular abnormalities and blood pressure in older people: The Cardiovascular Health Study, Tien Yin Wong, L. D. Hubbard, R. Klein, E. K. Marino, R. Kronmal, A. R. Sharrett, D. S. Siscovick, G. Burke, and J. M. Tielsch
Retinal arteriolar narrowing and risk of coronary heart disease in men and women: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Tien Yin Wong, Ronald Klein, A. Richey Sharrett, Bruce B. Duncan, David J. Couper, James M. Tielsch, Barbara E.K. Klein, and Larry D. Hubbard
Retinal arteriolar narrowing is associated with coronary heart disease in women, but not men, Tien Yin Wong, R. Klein, A. Sharrett, B. Duncan, D. Couper, J. Tielsch, B. Klien, L. Hubbard, and Amy Ferketich
Submissions from 2001
Establishing an employee baseline purified protein derivative status in the division of immigration health service processing centers, Zakari Y. Aliyu, Geralyn Johnson, Debra Scott, Gene Migliaccio, and James Banta
Effect of xanthurenic acid on infectivity of Plasmodium falciparum to Anopheles stephensi, Mrinal K. Bhattacharyya and Nirbhay Kumar
Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal colonization in young South Indian infants, Christian L. Coles, Reba Kanungo, Lakshmi Rahmathullah, Ramilla D. Thulasiraj, Joanne Katz, Mathuram Santosham, and James M. Tielsch
Community and international nutrition: Vitamin A supplementation at birth delays pneumococcal colonization in South Indian infants, Christian L. Coles, Lakshmi Rahmathullah, Reba Kanungo, R. D. Thulasiraj, Joanne Katz, Mathuram Santhosham, and James M. Tielsch
Researching domestic violence against women: Methological and ethical considerations, Mary Ellsberg, Lori Heise, Rodolfo Peña, Sonia Agurto, and Anna Winkvist
Women's strategic responses to violence in Nicaragua, M. C. Ellsberg, A. Winkvist, R. Peña, and H. Stenlund
Newspaper reports as a source for injury data in developing countries, Abdul Ghaffar, Adnan Ali Hyder, and David Bishai
Revised Declaration of Helsinki, adnan a. Hyder, Delon Human, Francis Crawley, Carel Ijesselmuiden, Peter A. Singer, and Solomon R. Benatar
Health Ethics in Pakistan: A Literature Review of its Present State, Adnan A. Hyder and Sarah Nadeem
A population-based assessment of human rights abuses committed against ethnic Albanian refugees from Kosovo, V. Iacopino, M. W. Frank, H. M. Bauer, A. S. Keller, S. L. Fink, D. Ford, D. J. Pallin, and R. Waldman
Adverse intraoperative medical events and their association with anesthesia management strategies in cataract surgery, Joanne Katz, Marc A. Feldman, Eric B. Bass, Lisa H. Lubomski, James M. Tielsch, Brent G. Petty, Lee A. Fleisher, and Oliver D. Schein
Responses to an emerging threat: HIV/AIDS policy in Pakistan, Omar A. Khan and Adnan A. Hyder
Relation of vitamin A and carotenoid status to growth failure and mortality among ugandan infants with human immunodeficiency virus, George Melikian, Francis Mmiro, Christopher Ndugwa, Robert Perry, J. Brooks Jackson, Elizabeth Garrett, James Tielsch, and Richard D. Semba
Further thoughts on burden of disease methods in Pakistan [2] (mutiple letters), D. Nanan, F. White, A. A. Hyder, and R. H. Morrow
How Can Health Serve as a Bridge for Peace? CERTI Crisis and Transition Tool Kit, Rosalia Rodriguez-Garcia, James Macinko, F. Xavier Solorzano, Marita Schlesser, and George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services
Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a Plasmodium yoelii Hsp60 DNA vaccine in BALB/c mice, G. I. Sanchez, M. Sedegah, W. O. Rogers, T. R. Jones, J. Sacci, A. Witney, D. J. Carucci, N. Kumar, and S. L. Hoffman
Effects of iron supplementation and anthelmintic treatment on motor and language development of preschool children in Zanzibar: Double blind, placebo controlled study, R. J. Stoltzfus, J. D. Kvalsvig, H. M. Chwaya, A. Montresor, M. Albonico, J. M. Tielsch, L. Savioli, and E. Pollitt
Variations in ocular biometry in an adult Chinese population in Singapore: The Tanjong Pagar survey, Tien Yin Wong, P. J. Foster, Tze Pin Ng, J. M. Tielsch, G. J. Johnson, and S. K.L. Seah
Public health in times of war and famine: What can be done? What should be done?, R. J. Waldman
Prioritising health care in complex emergencies, Ronald J. Waldman
Retinal microvascular abnormalities and their relationship with hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and mortality, Tien Yin Wong, Ronald Klein, Barbara E.K. Klein, James M. Tielsch, Larry Hubbard, and F. Javier Nieto
Submissions from 2000
Anopheles gambiae salivary gland proteins as putative targets for blocking transmission of malaria parasites, Justin D.G. Brennan, Melissa Kent, Ravi Dhar, Hisashi Fujioka, and Nirbhay Kumar
Characterization of domains of the phosphoriboprotein P0 of Plasmodium falciparum, Sanchita Chatterjee, Subhash Singh, Rashmi Sohoni, Vidya Kattige, Charusheela Deshpande, Shubhada Chiplunkar, Nirbhay Kumar, and Shobhona Sharma
The evolution of child health programmes in developing countries: From targeting diseases to targeting people, Mariam Claeson and Ronald J. Waldman
Candies in hell: Women's experiences of violence in Nicaragua, Mary Ellsberg, Rodolfo Peña, Andrés Herrera, Jerker Liljestrand, and Anna Winkvist
Community-based health care and development: Exploring the myths, A. A. Hyder
Equity as a goal for health care: an operational inquiry., A. A. Hyder
Ethics and schools of public health [2], A. A. Hyder and S. S. Coughlin
Applying burden of disease methods in developing countries: A case study from Pakistan, A. A. Hyder and R. H. Morrow
Motor vehicle crashes in Pakistan: The emerging epidemic, Adnan A. Hyder, Abdul Ghaffar, and Tayyeb I. Masood
Injectable versus topical anesthesia for cataract surgery: Patient perceptions of pain and side effects, Joanne Katz, Marc A. Feldman, Eric B. Bass, Lisa H. Lubomski, James M. Tielsch, Brent G. Petty, Lee A. Fleisher, and Oliver D. Schein
Maternal low-dose vitamin A or β-carotene supplementation has no effect on fetal loss and early infant mortality: A randomized cluster trial in Nepal, Joanne Katz, Keith P. West, Suborna K. Khatry, Elizabeth K. Pradhan, Steven C. LeClerq, Parul Christian, Lee Shu Fune Wu, Ramesh K. Adhikari, Sharada R. Shrestha, Alfred Sommer, Ram P. Pokhrel, Sanu M. Dali, Bhakta Raj Dahal, Michele Dreyfuss, Rebecca Stoltzfus, James Tielsch, Sedigheh Yamini-Roodsari, and Noor Nath Acharya
Field trial of a haemoglobin colour scale: An effective tool to detect anaemia in preschool children, Antonio Montresor, Marco Albonico, Nassor Khalfan, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, James M. Tielsch, Hababu M. Chwaya, and Lorenzo Savioli
Geographical display of health information: Study of hepatitis C infection in Karachi, Pakistan, S. A. Mujeeb, S. Shahab, and A. A. Hyder
Sexual abuse during childhood and adolescence among Nicaraguan men and women: A population-based anonymous survey, Ann Olsson, Mary Ellsberg, Staffan Berglund, Andrés Herrera, Elmer Zelaya, Rodolfo Peña, Felix Zelaya, and Lars Åke Persson
Malnutrition as an underlying cause of childhood deaths associated with infectious diseases in developing countries, Amy L. Rice, Lisa Sacco, Adnan Hyder, and Robert E. Black
The value of routine preoperative medical testing before cataract surgery, Oliver D. Schein, Joanne Katz, Eric B. Bass, James M. Tielsch, Lisa H. Lubomski, Marc A. Feldman, Brent G. Petty, and Earl P. Steinberg
Screening for amblyopia in preverbal children [2] (multiple letters), W. E. Scott, W. L. Ottar, P. Y. Tong, R. E. Bassin, G. R. Beauch, E. Enke-Miyaz, and J. M. Tielsch
The influence of zinc supplementation on morbidity due to Plasmodium falciparum: A randomized trial in preschool children in Papua New Guinea, A. H. Shankar, B. Genton, M. Baisor, P. Jaino, S. Tamja, T. Adiguma, L. Wu, L. Rare, D. Bannon, J. M. Tielsch, Jr West, and M. P. Alpers
Malaria, hookworms and recent fever are related to anemia and iron status indicators in 0- to 5-y old Zanzibari children and these relationships change with age, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Hababu M. Chwaya, Antonio Montresor, Marco Albonico, Lorenzo Savioli, and James M. Tielsch
Prevalence and risk factors for refractive errors in adult Chinese in Singapore, Tien Yin Wong, P. J. Foster, J. Hee, Tze Pin Ng, J. M. Tielsch, Sek Jin Chew, G. J. Johnson, and S. K.L. Seah
Screening for amblyopia in preverbal children with photoscreening photographs: II. Sensitivity and specificity of the MTI PhotoScreener, Patrick Y. Tong, Roger E. Bassin, Erinn Enke-Miyazaki, Jennifer P. Macke, James M. Tielsch, David R. Stager, George R. Beauchamp, and Marshall M. Parks