Volume 91, Issue 4
July-August 1997
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Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997
Leading article
Genetic susceptibility to multifactorial diseases
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 369–371, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90242-X
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Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting at Manson House, London, 17 October 1996
Debate: Tropical Medicine as a formal discipline is dead and should be buried
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 372–375, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90244-3
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Host choice by indoor-resting Anopheles arabiensis in Ethiopia
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 376–378, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90245-5
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 378, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90246-7
A survey for antibodies to Lassa virus among health workers in Nigeria
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 379–381, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90247-9
Changes in abundance and behaviour of vector mosquitoes induced by land use during the development of an oil palm plantation in Sarawak
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 382–386, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90248-0
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The bionomics of Anopheles funestus and its role in malaria transmission in a forested area of southern Cameroon
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 387–388, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90249-2
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 388, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90250-9
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Prevalence of cysticercosis in epileptics and members of their families in Burundi
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 389–391, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90251-0
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Sporadic hepatitis E in southern India
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 392, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90252-2
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Seroepidemiological study of Helicobacter pylori infection in South African children
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 393–395, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90253-4
Malaria diagnosis by field workers using an immunochromatographic test
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 396–397, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90254-6
The ParaSight™-F dipstick test as a routine diagnostic tool for malaria in Sri Lanka
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 398–402, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90255-8
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The ParaSight™-F rapid dipstick antigen capture assay for monitoring parasite clearance after drug treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 403–405, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90257-1
Evaluation of a non-isotopic polymerase chain reaction-based assay to detect and predict treatment failure of Plasmodium vivax malaria in travellers
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 406–409, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90258-3
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Diagnosis of Plasmodium malariae infection by the polymerase chain reaction
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 410–411, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90259-5
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Polypropylene fibre web, a new matrix for sampling blood for immunodiagnosis of schistosomiasis
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 412–415, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90260-1
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 415, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90261-3
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Screening pulmonary tuberculosis suspects in Malawi: testing different strategies
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 416–419, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90262-5
Diagnosing tuberculosis in a resource-poor setting: the value of sputum concentration
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 420–421, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90263-7
Diagnosing tuberculosis in a resource-poor setting: the value of a trial of antibiotics
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 422–424, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90264-9
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 424, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90265-0
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Comparative evaluation of four serodiagnostic tests for scrub typhus in Thailand
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 425–428, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90266-2
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Hyperreactive malarious splenomegaly: immunohistochemical demonstration of Plasmodium falciparum antigen in liver cells
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 429–430, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90267-4
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 430, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90268-6
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Plasmodium falciparum persists in the placenta after three days' treatment with quinine
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 431, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90269-8
Chagas disease: mononuclear cell infiltration but no trypanosomes in the coronary sinus and cardiac veins of chronic patients
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 432, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90270-4
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Serum and tissue nitrate levels in murine visceral leishmaniasis correlate with parasite load but not with host protection
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 433–436, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90271-6
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Anal ulcer and chronic diarrhoea as manifestations of visceral leishmaniasis in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 436–437, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90272-8
Oral leishmaniasis in an HIV-positive patient caused by two different zymodemes of Leishmania infantum
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 438–439, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90273-X
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Dermotropic isolates of Leishmania infantum in Iran
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 440, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90275-3
Schistosoma haematobium: an unusual clinical presentation
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 441, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90276-5
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Circulating connective tissue metabolites in patients with bancroftian filariasis
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 442–445, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90277-7
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Scarification as a risk factor for rapid progression of filarial elephantiasis
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 446, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90278-9
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Long term follow-up of konzo patients
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 447–449, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90279-0
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 449, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90280-7
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Polymorphism of the Pfmdr1 gene and chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in The Gambia
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 450–453, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90281-9
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 453, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90282-0
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Alleles of the Plasmodium falciparum Pfmdr1 gene appear not to be associated with chloroquine resistance in India
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 454–455, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90283-2
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Antifolate drug resistance and point mutations in Plasmodium falciparum in Kenya
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 456–460, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90284-4
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DHFR gene point mutation as a predictor of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to cycloguanil in malaria cases from Africa imported to France
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 460–461, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90285-6
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Comparison of 3, 5 and 7 days' treatment with QuinimaxTM for falciparum malaria in Guinea-Bissau
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 462–464, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90286-8
Severe and complicated malaria treated with artemisinin, artesunate or artemether in Viet Nam
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 465–467, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90287-X
Plasmodium falciparum: sensitivity in vivo to chloroquine, pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine and mefloquine in western Myanmar
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 468–472, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90288-1
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 472, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90289-3
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Non-ulcerative cutaneous leishmaniasis in Honduras fails to respond to topical paromomycin
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 473–475, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90290-X
Alveolar echinococcosis: Em2plus-ELISA™ and Em18-Western blots for follow-up after treatment with albendazole
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 476–478, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90291-1
Semi-quantitative measurement of Plasmodium falciparum antigen PfHRP2 in blood and plasma
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 479–483, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90292-3
Immunoblot evaluation of the species-specificity of Em18 and Em16 antigens for serodiagnosis of human alveolar echinococcosis
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 484–486, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90293-5
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Ronald Ross (1857–1932): 100 years since the demonstration of mosquito transmission of Plasmodium spp.—on 20 August 1897
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 487–488, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90295-9
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Human schistosomiasis in the Senegal River Basin
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 489, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90296-0
Human schistosomiasis in the Senegal River Basin: a reply
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 489–490, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90297-2
The ParaSight™-F test for detecting treatment failure
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 490–491, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90298-4
The ParaSight™-F test for detecting treatment failure: a reply
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 491, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90299-6
Hepatitis B and C viruses and hepatocellular carcinoma
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 491, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90300-X
Book Review
Net Gain. A new method for preventing malaria deaths: C. Lengeler, J. Cattani & D. de Savigny (editors). Ottawa: IDRC Books, 1996. xiv + 190pp. Price US$ 30.00. ISBN 0-88936-792-2
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 493, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90301-1
TB/HIV: A clinical manual: A. D. Harries & D. Maher, with contributions from M. C. Raviglione, P. Chaulet, P. P. Nunn & E. van Praag. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1996. 136pp. Price Sw. fr.12/US$ 10.80 (in developing countries Sw. fr. 8.40) (available in English; French and Portuguese versions in preparation)
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Page 493, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90302-3
Medical parasitology: A practical approach: S. H. Gillespie & P. M. Hawkey (editors). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. xxx + 296pp. Paperback: price £35.00. ISBN 0-19-963300-2. Hardback: price £60.00. ISBN 0-19-96301-0
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Immunity to parasites: How parasitic infections are controlled (2nd edition): D. Wakelin. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. xviii + 204 pp. Paper-back: ISBN 0-521-43635-4. Price £12.95 (US$ 19.95). Hardback: ISBN 0-521-56245-7. Price £35.00 (US$ 59.95)
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The immunology of host-ectoparasitic arthropod relationships: S. K. Wikel (editor). Wallingford: CAB International, 1996. xii + 332pp. Price £60.00 (US$105.00, Americas only). ISBN 0-85199-125-4
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 4, July-August 1997, Pages 494–495, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90305-9
Trypanosomiasis and leishmaniasis: biology and control: G. Hide, J. C. Mottram, G. H. Coombs & P. H. Holmes (editors). Wallingford: CAB International, 1996. xii + 366 pp. Price £55.00 (US$ 100.00). ISBN 0-85199-139-4
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The Health Gap: Beyond pregnancy and reproduction: J. Kitts & J. J. Roberts. Ottawa: International Development Research Centre, 1996. x + 240 pp. Price Canadian $30. ISBN 0-88936-772-8
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A most satisfactory man: The story of Theodore Brevard Hayne, last martyr of Yellow Fever: C. S. Bryan. Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, for the Waring Library Society, 1996. x + 166 pp. Price $19.95. ISBN 0-87152-496-1
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