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January 2009, Volume 3, Issue 1
- 1-4 Waging Peace through Neglected Tropical Disease Control: A US Foreign Policy for the Bottom Billion
by Peter J Hotez & Tommy G Thompson - 1-8 Landscape Changes Influence the Occurrence of the Melioidosis Bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil in Northern Australia
by Mirjam Kaestli & Mark Mayo & Glenda Harrington & Linda Ward & Felicity Watt & Jason V Hill & Allen C Cheng & Bart J Currie - 1-11 Cost-Effectiveness of Chagas Disease Vector Control Strategies in Northwestern Argentina
by Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec & Cynthia Spillmann & Mario Zaidenberg & Uriel Kitron & Ricardo E Gürtler
December 2008, Volume 2, Issue 12
- 1-8 Development and Validation of a Severity Scale for Leprosy Type 1 Reactions
by Stephen L Walker & Peter G Nicholls & C Ruth Butlin & Jose Augusto C Nery & Hemanto K Roy & Emanuel Rangel & Anna M Sales & Diana N J Lockwood - 1-9 Immunogenicity of Fractional Doses of Tetravalent A/C/Y/W135 Meningococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine: Results from a Randomized Non-Inferiority Controlled Trial in Uganda
by Philippe J Guerin & Lisbeth M Næss & Carole Fogg & Einar Rosenqvist & Loretxu Pinoges & Francis Bajunirwe & Carolyn Nabasumba & Ray Borrow & Leif O Frøholm & Salah Ghabri & Vincent Batwala & Rogers Twesigye & Ingeborg S Aaberge & John-Arne Røttingen & Patrice Piola & Dominique A Caugant - 1-9 The Natural History of Trachoma Infection and Disease in a Gambian Cohort with Frequent Follow-Up
by Nicholas C Grassly & Michael E Ward & Shirley Ferris & David C Mabey & Robin L Bailey
November 2008, Volume 2, Issue 11
- 1-2 The Future of TDR: It Will Share the R&D Landscape with Other National and Multilateral Agencies
by Anthony Mbewu - 1-2 Tropical Diseases Research: Thirty Years and Counting
by Peter J Hotez - 1-4 TDR Thirty Years On: Taking Stock and Envisioning the Future for the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases
by Abdallah S Daar & Susan Reynolds Whyte & Mohamed S Abdullah & Hu Ching-Li & Stephen L Hoffman & Martine Berger - 1-6 Two Years after the Fourth External Review: TDR Moves Forward with a New Vision and Strategy
by Robert G Ridley & Peter Ndumbe & Rolf Korte - 1-11 The Costs of Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease in Colombia
by Marianela Castillo-Riquelme & Felipe Guhl & Brenda Turriago & Nestor Pinto & Fernando Rosas & Mónica Flórez Martínez & Julia Fox-Rushby & Clive Davies & Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum
October 2008, Volume 2, Issue 10
- 1-3 Marring Leishmaniasis: The Stigmatization and the Impact of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Pakistan and Afghanistan
by Masoom Kassi & Mahwash Kassi & Abaseen Khan Afghan & Rabeea Rehman & Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi - 1-6 The Potential Impact of Density Dependent Fecundity on the Use of the Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test for Detecting Drug Resistance in Human Hookworms
by Andrew C Kotze & Steven R Kopp - 1-7 “It Is Me Who Endures but My Family That Suffers”: Social Isolation as a Consequence of the Household Cost Burden of Buruli Ulcer Free of Charge Hospital Treatment
by Koen Peeters Grietens & Alphonse Um Boock & Hans Peeters & Susanna Hausmann-Muela & Elizabeth Toomer & Joan Muela Ribera
September 2008, Volume 2, Issue 9
- 1-2 Toward Comprehensive Interventions to Improve the Health of Women of Reproductive Age
by Jennifer F Friedman & Luz P Acosta - 1-9 The Burden of Trachoma in Ayod County of Southern Sudan
by Jonathan D King & Jeremiah Ngondi & Gideon Gatpan & Ben Lopidia & Steve Becknell & Paul M Emerson - 1-9 Hookworm-Related Anaemia among Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review
by Simon Brooker & Peter J Hotez & Donald A P Bundy
August 2008, Volume 2, Issue 8
- 1-3 Strategies for Aspiring Biomedical Researchers in Resource-Limited Environments
by Patricia J Garcia & Walter H Curioso - 1-12 State–Space Forecasting of Schistosoma haematobium Time-Series in Niono, Mali
by Daniel C Medina & Sally E Findley & Seydou Doumbia
July 2008, Volume 2, Issue 7
- 1-2 Engaging the Community: An Interview with Uche Amazigo
by Hannah Brown - 1-13 Relationship between Transmission Intensity and Incidence of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Thailand
by Suwich Thammapalo & Yoshiro Nagao & Wataru Sakamoto & Seeviga Saengtharatip & Masaaki Tsujitani & Yasuhide Nakamura & Paul G Coleman & Clive Davies
June 2008, Volume 2, Issue 6
- 1-2 Why Arboviruses Can Be Neglected Tropical Diseases
by A Desiree LaBeaud - 1-9 Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Schistosoma japonicum Prevalence Data in the Absence of a Diagnostic ‘Gold’ Standard
by Xian-Hong Wang & Xiao-Nong Zhou & Penelope Vounatsou & Zhao Chen & Jürg Utzinger & Kun Yang & Peter Steinmann & Xiao-Hua Wu - 1-11 Neglected Infections of Poverty in the United States of America
by Peter J Hotez
May 2008, Volume 2, Issue 5
- 1-2 Holidays in the Sun and the Caribbean’s Forgotten Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Peter J Hotez - 1-5 Neglected Diseases in the News: A Content Analysis of Recent International Media Coverage Focussing on Leishmaniasis and Trypanosomiasis
by Mangai Balasegaram & Sooria Balasegaram & Denis Malvy & Pascal Millet - 1-10 The Effect of Azithromycin on Ivermectin Pharmacokinetics—A Population Pharmacokinetic Model Analysis
by Ahmed El-Tahtawy & Paul Glue & Emma N Andrews & Jack Mardekian & Guy W Amsden & Charles A Knirsch
April 2008, Volume 2, Issue 4
- 1-2 Stigma: The Stealth Weapon of the NTD
by Peter J Hotez - 1-4 Conceptualizing Integration: A Framework for Analysis Applied to Neglected Tropical Disease Control Partnerships
by Karen A Grépin & Michael R Reich - 1-9 An Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Inbreeding in Wuchereria bancrofti: Implications for the Spread and Detection of Drug Resistance
by Thomas S Churcher & Anne E Schwab & Roger K Prichard & María-Gloria Basáñez - 1-10 Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban Slums
by Renato B Reis & Guilherme S Ribeiro & Ridalva D M Felzemburgh & Francisco S Santana & Sharif Mohr & Astrid X T O Melendez & Adriano Queiroz & Andréia C Santos & Romy R Ravines & Wagner S Tassinari & Marília S Carvalho & Mitermayer G Reis & Albert I Ko - 1-12 Early Diagnosis of Neuropathy in Leprosy—Comparing Diagnostic Tests in a Large Prospective Study (the INFIR Cohort Study)
by Wim H van Brakel & Peter G Nicholls & Einar P Wilder-Smith & Loretta Das & Pramila Barkataki & Diana N J Lockwood & on behalf of the INFIR Study Group
March 2008, Volume 2, Issue 3
- 1-3 A Global Fund to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases: Is the G8 Hokkaido Toyako 2008 Summit Ready?
by Peter J Hotez & David H Molyneux & Alan Fenwick & Lorenzo Savioli & Tsutomu Takeuchi - 1-7 Albendazole versus Praziquantel in the Treatment of Neurocysticercosis: A Meta-analysis of Comparative Trials
by Dimitrios K Matthaiou & Georgios Panos & Eleni S Adamidi & Matthew E Falagas - 1-9 Decision Tree Algorithms Predict the Diagnosis and Outcome of Dengue Fever in the Early Phase of Illness
by Lukas Tanner & Mark Schreiber & Jenny G H Low & Adrian Ong & Thomas Tolfvenstam & Yee Ling Lai & Lee Ching Ng & Yee Sin Leo & Le Thi Puong & Subhash G Vasudevan & Cameron P Simmons & Martin L Hibberd & Eng Eong Ooi - 1-10 Decision-Model Estimation of the Age-Specific Disability Weight for Schistosomiasis Japonica: A Systematic Review of the Literature
by Julia L Finkelstein & Mark D Schleinitz & Hélène Carabin & Stephen T McGarvey - 1-10 Asymmetries of Poverty: Why Global Burden of Disease Valuations Underestimate the Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Charles H King & Anne-Marie Bertino
February 2008, Volume 2, Issue 2
- 1-2 Reinventing Guantanamo: From Detainee Facility to Center for Research on Neglected Diseases of Poverty in the Americas
by Peter J Hotez - 1-4 The Prevalence of Previously Undiagnosed Leprosy in the General Population of Northwest Bangladesh
by Fake J Moet & Ron P Schuring & David Pahan & Linda Oskam & Jan Hendrik Richardus - 1-5 The High Burden of Cholera in Children: Comparison of Incidence from Endemic Areas in Asia and Africa
by Jacqueline L Deen & Lorenz von Seidlein & Dipika Sur & Magdarina Agtini & Marcelino E S Lucas & Anna Lena Lopez & Deok Ryun Kim & Mohammad Ali & John D Clemens
January 2008, Volume 2, Issue 1
- 1-3 The Giant Anteater in the Room: Brazil's Neglected Tropical Diseases Problem
by Peter J Hotez - 1-3 The Stigmatization of Leprosy in India and Its Impact on Future Approaches to Elimination and Control
by Jesse T Jacob & Carlos Franco-Paredes
December 2007, Volume 1, Issue 3
- 1-3 Neglected Diseases and Poverty in “The Other America”: The Greatest Health Disparity in the United States?
by Peter J Hotez - 1-4 Population Preference of Net Texture prior to Bed Net Trial in Kala-Azar–Endemic Areas
by Murari L Das & Shri P Singh & Veerle Vanlerberghe & Suman Rijal & Madhukar Rai & Prahlad Karki & Shyam Sundar & Marleen Boelaert - 1-7 A Comparative Study of Leptospirosis and Dengue in Thai Children
by Daniel H Libraty & Khin S A Myint & Clinton K Murray & Robert V Gibbons & Mammen P Mammen & Timothy P Endy & Wenjun Li & David W Vaughn & Ananda Nisalak & Siripen Kalayanarooj & Duane R Hospenthal & Sharone Green & Alan L Rothman & Francis A Ennis - 1-9 Treatment of Helminth Co-Infection in Individuals with HIV-1: A Systematic Review of the Literature
by Judd L Walson & Grace John-Stewart - 1-10 Risk Factors for Buruli Ulcer: A Case Control Study in Cameroon
by Régis Pouillot & Gonçalo Matias & Christelle Mbondji Wondje & Françoise Portaels & Nadia Valin & François Ngos & Adelaïde Njikap & Laurent Marsollier & Arnaud Fontanet & Sara Eyangoh - 1-10 Community and School-Based Health Education for Dengue Control in Rural Cambodia: A Process Evaluation
by Sokrin Khun & Lenore Manderson
November 2007, Volume 1, Issue 2
- 1-2 Measuring Neglect
by Peter Hotez - 1-3 Neglected Tropical Diseases, Neglected Data Sources, and Neglected Issues
by Burton H Singer & Carol D Ryff - 1-6 Nifurtimox plus Eflornithine for Late-Stage Sleeping Sickness in Uganda: A Case Series
by Francesco Checchi & Patrice Piola & Harriet Ayikoru & Florence Thomas & Dominique Legros & Gerardo Priotto - 1-8 Neglected Patients with a Neglected Disease? A Qualitative Study of Lymphatic Filariasis
by Myrtle Perera & Margaret Whitehead & David Molyneux & Mirani Weerasooriya & Godfrey Gunatilleke
October 2007, Volume 1, Issue 1
- 1-1 A Turning Point in the History of Humanity's Oldest Diseases: Guest Commentary by WHO Director-General Margaret Chan
by Margaret Chan - 1-2 Research Ethics and Reporting Standards at PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Gavin Yamey - 1-4 The Future of Onchocerciasis Control in Africa
by Catherine Hodgkin & David H Molyneux & Adenike Abiose & Bernhard Philippon & Michael R Reich & J Hans Remme & Bjorn Thylefors & Mamadou Traore & Karen Grepin - 1-6 Comparing Models for Early Warning Systems of Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Luis Fernando Chaves & Mercedes Pascual - 1-10 National Mass Drug Administration Costs for Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination
by Ann S Goldman & Victoria H Guisinger & Moses Aikins & Maria Lourdes E Amarillo & Vicente Y Belizario & Bertha Garshong & John Gyapong & Conrad Kabali & Hussein A Kamal & Sanjat Kanjilal & Dominique Kyelem & Jefrey Lizardo & Mwele Malecela & Godfrey Mubyazi & P Abdoulaye Nitièma & Reda M R Ramzy & Thomas G Streit & Aaron Wallace & Molly A Brady & Richard Rheingans & Eric A Ottesen & Anne C Haddix