
Volume 85, Issue 4
July-August 1991
ISSN 0035-9203
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Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991
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Human parasitology in Czechoslovakia
M. Giboda and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 417–418, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90202-A
Meeting: Joint Symposium, Edinburgh, 17 December 1990
Parasitic helminths: genes, membranes and antigens II
M.W. Kennedy
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 419–423, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90203-B
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 423, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90204-C
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Malaria during pregnancy in an area of unstable endemicity
F. Nosten and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 424–429, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90205-D
Malaria morbidity and mortality in children under three years of age on the coast of Benin, West Africa
Johan P. Velema and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 430–435, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90206-E
Association between immune recognition of the malaria vaccine candidate antigen Pf155/RESA and resistance to clinical disease: a prospective study in a malaria-endemic region of West Africa
Eleanor M. Riley and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 436–443, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90207-F
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Paraphimosis apparently associated with Plasmodium falciparum infection
David Gozal
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 443, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90208-G
A prospective clinical trial of the treatment of falciparum malaria with mefloquine, with special reference to neuro-psychiatric side effects
Th. Held and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 444–445, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90209-H
A case of Plasmodium falciparum malaria sensitive to chloroquine but resistant to pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine in Sennar, Sudan
Muntaser E. Ibrahim and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 446, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90210-P
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 446, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90211-G
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Potentiation of monodesethylamodiaquine and amopyroquine with desipramine against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro
Leonardo K. Basco and Jacques Le Bras
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 447–448, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90212-H
Trial of antimalarial potential of extracts of Artemisia annua grown in Myanmar
Myint Lwin and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 449, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90213-I
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Detection of mature malaria infections in live mosquitoes
P.F. Billingsley and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 450–453, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90215-K
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 453, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90216-L
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Genetic evidence for the importance of interrupted feeding by mosquitoes in the transmission of malaria
David J. Conway and Jana S. McBride
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 454–456, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90217-M
Studies on the leishmaniases in the Sudan. 2. Clinical and parasitological studies on cutaneous leishmaniasis
S.H. El-Safi and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 457–464, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90218-N
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Studies on the leishmaniases in the Sudan. 3. Clinical and parasitological studies on visceral and mucosal leishmaniasis
S.H. El-Safi and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 465–470, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90220-S
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 470, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90221-J
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Post-kala-azar anterior uveitis: demonstration of Leishmania parasites in the lesion
Ahmed M. El-Hassan and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 471–473, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90222-K
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Direct agglutination test for diagnosis and sero-epidemiological survey of kala-azar in the Sudan
E.E. Zijlstra and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 474–476, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90224-M
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Indirect fluorescent immunoassay in the diagnosis of infantile and adult kala-azar
L. Campino and P. Abranches
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 476, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90225-N
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Human urine stimulates growth of Leishmania in vitro
M.Keith Howard and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 477–479, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90226-O
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Granulomatous encephalitis due to a leptomyxid amoeba
J.E. González-Alfonzo and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 480, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90227-P
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 480, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90228-Q
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Differences in the rate of hepatosplenomegaly due to Schistosoma mansoni infection between two areas in Machakos District, Kenya
A.J.C. Fulford and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 481–488, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90229-R
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 488, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90230-V
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Eosinophilia and eosinophil helminthotoxicity in patients treated for Schistosoma mansoni infections
G. Kimani and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 489–492, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90231-M
Onchocerciasis in Malawi. 1. Prevalence, intensity and geographical distribution of Onchocerca volvulus infection in the Thyolo highlands
Gilbert M. Burnham
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 493–496, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90232-N
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 496, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90233-O
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Onchocerciasis in Malawi. 2. Subjective complaints and decreased weight in persons infected with Onchocerca volvulus in the Thyolo highlands
Gilbert M. Burnham
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 497–500, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90234-P
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 500, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90235-Q
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A community trial of ivermectin for onchocerciasis in Sierra Leone: adverse reactions after the first five treatment rounds
J.A.G. Whitworth and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 501–505, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90236-R
A quantitative approach to the relationship between Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria counts by venous blood filtration and finger-prick blood films
Mohamed Sabry
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 506–510, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90237-S
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 510, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90238-T
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Antigenic cross-reactivity between Necator americanus and Ascaris lumbricoides in a community in Papua New Guinea infected predominantly with hookworm
D.I. Pritchard and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 511–514, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90239-U
Gelatin particle indirect agglutination test for mass examination for strongyloidiasis
Y. Sato and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 515–518, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90240-Y
The impact of three-monthly age-targetted chemotherapy on Ascaris lumbricoides infection
Thein-Hlaing and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 519–522, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90241-P
A controlled chemotherapeutic intervention trial on the relationship between Ascaris lumbricoides infection and malnutrition in children
Thein-Hlaing and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 523–528, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90242-Q
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Soluble CD23 in the serum of children with ascariasis
Atsuo Hamada and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 529–530, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90243-R
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 530, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90244-S
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Taeniasis-cysticercosis in Honduras
Rina Girard de Kaminsky
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 531–534, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90245-T
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 534, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90246-U
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A purified Fasciola gigantica worm antigen for the serodiagnosis of human fascioliasis
F.G. Youssef and N.S. Mansour
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 535–537, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90247-V
Human Opisthorchis and Haplorchis infections in Laos
Michal Giboda and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 538–540, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90248-W
High prevalence of anti-hepatitis delta virus antibody in chronic liver disease in Somalia
Antonio Aceti and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 541–542, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90249-X
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Epizootic of fox rabies in the Sultanate of Oman
V.M. Novelli and P. Malankar
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 543, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90250-3
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Identification of Vibrio cholerae by enzyme electrophoresis
C.A. Salles and H. Momen
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 544–547, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90251-S
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A rapid test for Salmonella in stools, not requiring refrigeration
S.F. Dealler and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 548, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90252-T
Distribution and prevalence of Tunga penetrans in coastal south Trinidad, West Indies
Dave D. Chadee and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 549, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90253-U
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 549, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90254-V
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A field study of the effects of ivermectin on ectoparasites of man
C.L. Dunne and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 550–551, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90255-W
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 551, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90256-X
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Fatal extradural haematoma after snake bite (Bothrops moojeni)
Joao Aris Kouyoumdjian and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 552, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90257-Y
Non-ulcer dyspepsia in Nigeria: a case-control study
C. Holcombe and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 553–555, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90258-Z
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Toxocara canis and pregnancy in mice
Myra A. Arnott and John Hay
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 556, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90259-2
Toxocara canis and pregnancy: a reply
Nobuaki Akao
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 556, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90260-6
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of malaria
Nicholas J. White
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 556–557, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90261-V
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of malaria: a reply
Lateef A. Salako
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 557, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90262-W
Cutaneous leishmaniasis and Leishmania infantum
Rodrigo Zeledón
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 557, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90263-X
Mebendazole in giardial infections: confirmation of the failure of this treatment
L. di Martino and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 557–558, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90264-Y
Reinfection of Somali children with Trichuris trichuria: a reply
G. Amiconi and others
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 558, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90265-Z
Book Review
AIDS and the Mouth. D. Greenspan, M. Schiødt, J. S. Greenspan & J. J. Pindborg. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1990. 204 pp. Price not stated. ISBN 87-16-10321-1
Sebastian Lucas
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 559, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90266-2
Q Fever, volume 1. The Disease. T. J. Marrie (editor). Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1990 244 pp. Price £104. ISBN 0-8493-5984-8
R.N. Davidson
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 559, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90267-3
Pesticide Application Equipment for Vector Control. Twelfth report of the WHO Expert Committee on Vector Biology and Control. Geneva: World Health Organization, Technical Report series, no. 791, 1990. 58 pp. Price Sw. fr. 8, US$6.40. ISBN 92-4-120791-4
C.F. Curtis
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 559–560, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90268-4
Immunity to Internal Parasitism. H. R. P. Miller (editor). Revue scientifique et Technicale de l'Office International des Epizooties, 9, (2), 295-595. Paris: Office International des Epizooties, 1990. 300 pp. Price US$ 26 (FF 155). ISSN 0263-1933
D. Wakelin
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 560, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90269-5
Atlas of Medical Microbiology. E. Mangelschots, M. Lontie & J. Vandepitte. Amersfoort/Leuven, The Netherlands: Acco, 1990. 126 pp. Price DFL 85 (hardback). ISBN 90-5256-041-2 (paperback). [Obtainable from Acco, Antwoordnummer 916, 3800 VB Amersfoort, The Netherlands.]
D.A.B. Dance
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 560–561, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90270-9
Ethnic Factors in Health and Disease. J. K. Cruickshank & D. G. Beevers (editors). London:Wright (Butterworth Scientific), 1989. xx+324 pp. Price £39.50. ISBN 0-7236-0916-0
G.C. Cook
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Pages 561–562, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90271-Y
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Disease. A.P. Polednak. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. xi+364pp. Price £40. ISBN 0-19-505970-0
G.C. Cook
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 85, Issue 4, July-August 1991, Page 562, https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(91)90272-Z
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