Submissions from 2004
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
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