Volume 91, Issue 6
November-December 1997
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Volume 91, Issue 6, November-December 1997
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Economic evaluation of health interventions—some strengths and limitations
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Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting at Manson House, London, 12 December 1996
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting at Manson House, London, 12 December 1996
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Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Meeting at Manson House, London, 12 December 1996
HIV and pneumococcal infection in Africa: Microbiological aspects
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The Gambian National Impregnated Bed Net Programme: evaluation of effectiveness by means of case-control studies
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The relationship between prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium infection and different morbidity indicators during the course of a control programme on Pemba Island
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Four years' entomological study of the transmission of seasonal malaria in Senegal and the bionomics of Anopheles gambiae and A. arabiensis
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Low probability of transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi to humans by domiciliary Triatoma sordida in Bolivia
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 6, November-December 1997, Pages 653, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90508-3
Twenty years of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Aleppo, Syria
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis: an emerging epidemic focus of Leishmania tropica in north Morocco
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The evolution of schistosomiasis at Loum, Cameroon: replacement of Schistosoma intercalatum by S. haematobium through introgressive hybridization
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Comparison of two rapid, HRP2-based diagnostic tests for Plasmodium falciparum
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A comparison of intercostal and abdominal routes of splenic aspiration and bone marrow aspiration in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis
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The direct agglutination test for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis under field conditions in Sudan: comparison of aqueous and freeze-dried antigens
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Recombinant antigens for specific and sensitive serodiagnosis of Latin American tegumentary leishmaniasis
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 6, November-December 1997, Pages 674–676, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90520-4
Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaraemia in children in relation to parental infection status
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Human Bertiella studeri in Equatorial Guinea
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Gastric acid secretion and enteric infection in Bangladesh
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 6, November-December 1997, Pages 681–685, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90523-X
Envenoming by Chinese krait (Bungarus multicinctus) and banded krait (B. fasciatus) in Myanmar
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Comparative efficacy of chloroquine/chlorpheniramine combination and mefloquine for the treatment of chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Nigerian children
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Lack of a significant adverse cardiovascular effect of combined quinine and mefloquine therapy for uncomplicated malaria
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 6, November-December 1997, Pages 694–696, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90528-9
Antimalarial effect in vitro and lack of modulating effect of desipramine and imipramine
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Nitazoxanide for the treatment of intestinal protozoan and helminthic infections in Mexico
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 6, November-December 1997, Pages 701–703, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90531-9
Directly observed therapy for tuberculosis given twice weekly in the workplace in urban South Africa
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HIV testing and tuberculosis treatment outcome in a rural district in Malawi
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Naturally acquired cellular immune responses to the synthetic malarial peptide SPf66 in children in Papua New Guinea
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Detection of anti-Leishmania antibodies in blood collected on filter paper by the direct agglutination test
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Response to measles revaccination among Bolivian school-aged children
Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 91, Issue 6, November-December 1997, Pages 716–718, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90538-1
Molecular analysis of recrudescent parasites in a Plasmodium falciparum drug efficacy trial in Gabon
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Introgression between Lutzomyia intermedia and both Lu. neivai and Lu. whitmani, and their roles as vectors of Leishmania braziliensis
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Malarial drug trials
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Visual loss and cryptococcal meningitis
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Visual loss and cryptococcal meningitis: a reply
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Book Reviews
Analytical parasitology. M. T. Rogan (editor). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1997. xviii+365 pp. Price DM 128.00, SwFr 113.00. ISBN 3-540-58919-8.
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Lecture notes on medical microbiology (3rd edition). T. Elliott, M. Hastings & U. Desselberger. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1997. viii+344pp. Price £13.95. ISBN 0-6342-02446-1.
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Intestinal spirochaetes in domestic animals and humans. D. J. Hampson & T. B. Stanton (editors). Wallingford: CAB International, 1997. x+382pp. Price £60.00 (US$ 105.00, Americas only). ISBN 0-85199-140-8.
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Armies of pestilence: The effects of pandemics on history. R. S. Bray. Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 1996. xiv+258pp. ISBN 0-7188-2949-2.
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Infectious diseases: Colonising the Pacific? J. Miles. Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 1997. 124pp. Price NZ$/A$/US$29.95, UK£12.95. ISBN 1-877133-26-4.
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A Book for Midwives. S. Klein. London & Basingstoke: Macmillan Education, 1996. viii+520pp. Price £12.95. ISBN 0-333-66059-5.
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TB/HIV: A clinical manual. A. D. Harries & D. Maher. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1996. 136pp. Price SW. fr. 12/US$1 0.80 (SW. fr. 8.40 in developing countries). WHO/TB/96.200.
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TB: A clinical manual for South East Asia. A. D. Harries & D. Maher. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1996. 136pp. Price SW. fr.12/US$10.80 (SW. fr. 8.40 in developing countries). WHOITB/96.200(SEA).
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AIDS and malignancies: Current concepts and perspectives. B. C. Golematis & V. T. DeVita, jr. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1996. x+338pp. Price £60.00. ISBN 0-471-96714-9.
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The medical management of AIDS in women. D. Cotton & D. H. Watts (editors). New York: Wiley-Liss, 1997. xviii + 466 pp. Price £70.00. ISBN 0-471-07674-0.
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Venomous snakes: Ecology, evolution and snakebite. Symposium no. 70 of the Zoological Society of London. R. S. Thorpe, W. Wüster & A. Malhotra (editors). Oxford: Oxford University Press/Zoological Society of London, 1997. xx+276pp. Price £75.00. ISBN 0-19-854986-5.
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Immunization in practice: A guide for health workers who give vaccines (revised edition). World Health Organization. London & Basingstoke: Macmillan Education Ltd, 1996. viii+360 pp. Price £6.75. ISBN 0-333-63095-5.
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Use of carotene-rich foods to combat vitamin A deficiency in India—A multicentric study. S. Seshadri (editor). India: Nutrition Foundation of India, 1996: Scientific Report 12. 180 pp. Price not known.
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A new taxonomic and geographical inventory of world blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae). R. W. Crosskey & T. M. Howarh. London: The Natural History Museum, 1997. 144pp. Price £20.00 ISBN 0-565-09021-6.
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Historical aspects of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas' disease). M. Perleth. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 1997. 174pp. Price £22.00. ISBN 3-631-31063-3.
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Ronald Ross: Malariologist and polymath: A biography. E. R. Nye & M. E. Gibson. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press. 1997. xii+316 pp. Price £45.00. ISBN 0-312-16296-0.
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The Great Pox: The French disease in renaissance Europe. J. Arrizabalaga, J. Henderson & R. French. London: Yale University Press, 1997. xv+352pp. Price £25.00. ISBN 0-300-06934-0.
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Cholera and the ecology of Vibrio cholerae. B. S. Drasar & B. D. Forrest (editors). London: Chapman & Hall, 1996. xii+355pp. Price £45.00. ISBN 0-412-61220-8.
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