Volume 91, Issue 5
September-October 1997
ISSN 0035-9203
EISSN 1878-3503
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Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997
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Linking health policy and social policy in urban settings: the new development agenda
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 497–498, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90001-8
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting at Manson House, London, 17 April 1997
Research in progress: short presentations
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 499–504, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90002-X
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Scottish Branch Laboratory Meeting, Glagow University, Glasgow, 7 May 1997
Poster presentations
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 505–507, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90003-1
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 507, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90004-3
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Joint Meeting with the Clinical Infection Society at Manson House, London, 6 June 1997
Clinical case reports
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 508–511, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90005-5
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A community-based programme to provide prompt and adequate treatment of presumptive malaria in children
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 512–517, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90006-7
The use of human faeces for fertilizer is associated with increased intensity of hookworm infection in Vietnamese women
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 518–520, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90007-9
Familial aggregation of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis in a very high incidence community in Zaire
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 521–524, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90008-0
Epilepsy, retarded growth and onchocerciasis, in two areas of different endemicity of onchocerciasis in Burundi
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 525–527, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90009-2
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Prevalence of Toxocara canis antibody among children with bronchial asthma in Klang Hospital, Malaysia
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 528, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90010-9
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Echinococcus granulosus: a seroepidemiological survey in northern Israel using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 529–532, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90011-0
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 532, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90012-2
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First evidence of natural vertical transmission of yellow fever virus in Aedes aegypti, its epidemic vector
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 533–535, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90013-4
Detection of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus antibodies in humans and imported livestock in Saudi Arabia
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 536–537, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90014-6
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 537, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90015-8
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Prevalence of human herpesvirus 6 antibody in the population of Belém, Pará, northern Brazil
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 538–540, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90016-X
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 540, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90017-1
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Epidemic dysentery in western Kenya
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 541–543, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90018-3
An outbreak of bartonellosis in Zamora Chinchipe Province in Ecuador
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 544–546, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90019-5
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 546, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90020-1
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Cryptococcus neoformans var. gattii infection in northern Australia: existence of an environmental source other than known host eucalypts
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 547–550, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90021-3
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 550, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90022-5
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TrypTect CIATT®—a card indirect agglutination trypanosomiasis test for diagnosis of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense infections
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 551–553, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90023-7
A monoclonal antibody-based dipstick assay for diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasis
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 554–556, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90024-9
Management of severe malarial anaemia in Gambian children
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 557–561, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90025-0
Absence of malaria-specific mortality in children in an area of hyperendemic malaria
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 562–566, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90026-2
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 566, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90027-4
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Malaria and human immunodeficiency virus infection among male employees of a sugar estate in Malawi
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 567–569, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90028-6
Hepatitis C virus and HIV antibodies in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma in Zimbabwe: a pilot study
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 570–572, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90029-8
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 572, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90030-4
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An Escherichia coli clone carrying the adhesin-encoding afa operon is involved in both diarrhoea and cystitis in twins
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 573, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90031-6
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Artesunate/mefloquine treatment of multi-drug resistant falciparum malaria
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 574–577, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90032-8
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Pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in young children in Gabon
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 578–579, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90033-X
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 579, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90034-1
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The efficacy of benzimidazole drugs against Plasmodium falciparum in vitro
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 580–584, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90035-3
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 584, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90036-5
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Thalassaemia trait, red blood cell age and oxidant stress: effects on Plasmodium falciparum growth and sensitivity to artemisinin
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 585–589, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90037-7
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 589, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90038-9
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Apoptosis related to chloroquine sensitivity of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 590–591, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90039-0
Reduced Loa loa microfilaria count ten to twelve months after a single dose of ivermectin
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 592–593, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90040-7
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Marked decrease in Loa loa microfilaraemia six and twelve months after a single dose of ivermectin
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 593–594, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90041-9
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Mass chemotherapy for intestinal Taenia solium infection: effect on prevalence in humans and pigs
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 595–598, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90042-0
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 598, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90043-2
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Oral fluoroquinolones for maintenance treatment of melioidosis
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 599–601, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90044-4
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Reduced risk of clinical malaria in children infected with multiple clones of Plasmodium falciparum in a highly endemic area: a prospective community study
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 602–605, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90046-8
Association between IgE antibody against soluble egg antigen and resistance to reinfection with Schistosoma japonicum
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 606–608, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90047-X
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Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 608, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90048-1
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Humoral responses in human strongyloidiasis: correlations with infection chronicity
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 609–613, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90049-3
The micro-focus reduction neutralization test for determining dengue and Japanese encephalitis neutralizing antibodies in volunteers vaccinated against dengue
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 614–617, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90050-X
Higher proportion of CD8+ T cells in the blood in healthy adults from Ethiopia and Bangladesh compared with Sweden
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 618–622, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90051-1
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Ascaris in the paranasal sinuses
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 623, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90053-5
Ascaris in the paranasal sinuses: a reply
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 623, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90054-7
Ivermectin and the treatment of lymphatic filariasis in West Africa
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Pages 623–624, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90055-9
Are EDNH and GAF (MEF) the same substance?
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 5, September-October 1997, Page 624, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90056-0
Book Review
Medical and veterinary entomology (2nd edition): D. S. Kettle (editor). Wallingford; CAB International, 1995. viii+726pp. Hardback: Price £75.00 (US$l35.00, Americas only). ISBN 0-85198-968-3. Softback: Price £37.00 (US$70.00, Americas only). ISBN 0-85198-969-1.
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Book received
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New journal
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