Pathology/Pathogenesis:

Andreas Kampfl, Bettina Pfausler, Hans-Peter Haring, Dimitar Denchev, Eveline Donnemiller, AND Erich Schmutzhard

Impaired Microcirculation and Tissue Oxygenation in Human Cerebral Malaria: A Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 585-587. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Joshua E. Lane, Danyvid Olivares-Villagomez, Cindy L. Vnencak-Jones, Thomas L. McCurley, AND Clint E. Carter

Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi with the Polymerase Chain Reaction and in Situ Hybridization in Infected Murine Cardiac Tissue
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 588-595. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Enio Chaves Oliveira, Mauricio Sergio Brasil Leite, Alejandro Luquetti Ostermayer, Arminda Caetano Almeida, AND Helio Moreira

Chagasic Megacolon Associated with Colon Cancer
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 596-598. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Clinical Studies:

Antonio Carroccio, Giuseppe Montalto, Giuseppe Iacono, Salvatore Ippolito, Maurizio Soresi, AND Alberto Notarbartolo

Secondary Impairment of Pancreatic Function as a Cause of Severe Malabsorption in Intestinal Giardiasis: A Case Report
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 599-602. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Juan M. Riestra-Castaneda, Roberto Riestra-Castaneda, Andres A. Gonzalez-Garrido, Patricio Pena Moreno, A. Julio Martinez, Govinda S. Visvesvara, Florentino Jardon Careaga, Jose L. Oropeza de Alba, AND Salvador Gonzalez Cornejo

Granulomatous Amebic Encephalitis Due to Balamuthia mandrillaris (Leptomyxiidae): Report of Four Cases from Mexico
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 603-607. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Javier Lucientes, Antonio Clavel, Monserrat Ferrer-Dufol, Hector Valles, Miguel A. Peribanez, Maria J. Gracia-Salinas, AND Juan A. Castillo

Short Report: One Case of Nasal Human Myiasis Caused by Third Stage Instar Larvae of Oestrus ovis
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 608-609. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Maria Teresa Galan-Puchades, Marius V. Fuentes, AND Santiago Mas-Coma

Human Bertiella studeri in Spain, Probably of African Origin
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 610-612. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Drug Studies:

S. Looareesuwan, P. Wilairatana, C. Viravan, S. Vanijanonta, P. Pitisuttithum, AND D. E. Kyle

Open Randomized Trial of Oral Artemether Alone and a Sequential Combination with Mefloquine for Acute Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 613-617. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Kevin Baird, Budi Leksana, Sofyan Masbar, Suradi, M. Awaludin Sutanihardja, David J. Fryauff, AND Budi Subianto

Whole Blood Chloroquine Concentrations with Plasmodium vivax Infection in Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 618-620. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Kevin Baird, Budi Leksana, Sofyan Masbar, David J. Fryauff, M. Awaludin Sutanihardja, Suradi, F. Stephen Wignall, AND Stephen L. Hoffman

Diagnosis of Resistance to Chloroquine by Plasmodium vivax: Timing of Recurrence and Whole Blood Chloroquine Levels
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 621-626. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. K. Baird, I. Wiady, D. J. Fryauff, M. A. Sutanihardja, B. Leksana, H. Widjaya, Kysdarmanto, AND B. Subianto

In Vivo Resistance to Chloroquine by Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum at Nabire, Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 627-631. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shannon M. Harrison, Richard W. Harris, AND James D. Bales, Jr.

Attempt to Correlate Urine Arsenic Excretion with Clinical Course during Melarsoprol Therapy of Patients with Rhodesian Trypanosomiasis
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 632-636. [Abstract] [PDF]  

O. Doumbo, J. F. Rossignol, E. Pichard, H. A. Traore, M. Dembele, M. Diakite, F. Traore, AND D. A. Diallo

Nitazoxanide in the Treatment of Cryptosporidial Diarrhea and other Intestinal Parasitic Infections Associated with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome in Tropical Africa
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 637-639. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Immunology:

Richard A. Brigandi, Harris L. Rotman, Thomas J. Nolan, Gerhard A. Schad, AND David Abraham

Chronicity in Strongyloides stercoralis Infections: Dichotomy of the Protective Immune Response to Infective and Autoinfective Larvae in a Mouse Model
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 640-646. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ellen Andersen, Trevor R. Jones, Purnomo, Sofyan Masbar, Iwa Wiady, Soekartono Tirtolusumo, Michael J. Bangs, Yupin Charoenvit, Suriadi Gunawan, AND Stephen L. Hoffman

Assessment of Age-Dependent Immunity to Malaria in Transmigrants
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 647-649. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Diagnostic Studies:

Marcos Vinicius Da Silva, Paulo Mutuko Nakamura, Eide Dias Camargo, Luiza Batista, Adelaide Jose Vaz, Eliete Calo Romero, AND Angela Pires Brandao

Immunodiagnosis of Human Leptospirosis by Dot-Elisa for the Detection of IgM, IgG, and IgA Antibodies
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 650-655. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Prevention and Control:

Flemming Konradsen, Wim Van Der Hoek, Priyanie H. Amerasinghe, AND Felix P. Amerasinghe

Measuring the Economic Cost of Malaria to Households in Sri Lanka
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 656-660. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Epidemiology:

Douglas M. Watts, Victor Lavera, Johnny Callahan, Cindy Rossi, M. Steven Oberste, John T. Roehrig, C. Bruce Cropp, Nick Karabatsos, Jonathan F. Smith, Duane J. Gubler, Mark T. Wooster, William M. Nelson, AND Curtis G. Hayes

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis and Oropouche Virus Infections among Peruvian Army Troops in the Amazon Region of Peru
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 661-667. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Reda M. R. Ramzy, Rifky Faris, Mahmoud Bahgat, Hanan Helmy, Christopher Franklin, AND James H. McKerrow

Evaluation of a Stage-Specific Proteolytic Enzyme of Schistosoma mansoni as a Marker of Exposure
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 668-673. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Clas Ahlm, Oleg A. Alexeyev, Fredrik Elgh, Birgitta Aava, Goran Wadell, Arne Tarnvik, Per Juto, AND Thomas Palo

High Prevalence of Hantavirus Antibodies in Bank Voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) Captured in the Vicinity of Households Afflicted with Nephropathia Epidemica
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 674-678. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Xuejie Yu, Joseph F. Piesman, James G. Olson, AND David H. Walker

Short Report: Geographic Distribution of Different Genetic Types of Ehrlichia chaffeensis
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1997 56: 679-680. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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