Research Articles:

SL James

Making the connection: perspectives on tropical medicine research in the United States
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 847-851. [PDF]  

HL Shear, MW Marino, C Wanidworanun, JW Berman, and RL Nagel

Correlation of increased expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1, but not high levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha, with lethality of Plasmodium yoelii 17XL, a rodent model of cerebral malaria
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 852-858. [Abstract] [PDF]  

MW Richards, RH Behrens, and JF Doherty

Short report: hematologic changes in acute, imported Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 859. [Abstract] [PDF]  

U Hollenstein, S Looareesuwan, A Aichelburg, F Thalhammer, B Stoiser, S Amradee, S Chullawichit, I El Menyawi, and H Burgmann

Serum procalcitonin levels in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 860-863. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Faris, O Hussain, M El Setouhy, RM Ramzy, and GJ Weil

Bancroftian filariasis in Egypt: visualization of adult worms and subclinical lymphatic pathology by scrotal ultrasound
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 864-867. [Abstract] [PDF]  

M Quintana, R Piper, HL Boling, M Makler, C Sherman, E Gill, E Fernandez, and S Martin

Malaria diagnosis by dipstick assay in a Honduran population with coendemic Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 868-871. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J Hamburger, He-Na, XY Xin, RM Ramzy, J Jourdane, and A Ruppel

A polymerase chain reaction assay for detecting snails infected with bilharzia parasites (Schistosoma mansoni) from very early prepatency
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 872-876. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JE Bradley, BM Atogho, L Elson, GR Stewart, and M Boussinesq

A cocktail of recombinant Onchocerca volvulus antigens for serologic diagnosis with the potential to predict the endemicity of onchocerciasis infection
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 877-882. [Abstract] [PDF]  

R Price, M van Vugt, F Nosten, C Luxemburger, A Brockman, L Phaipun, T Chongsuphajaisiddhi, and N White

Artesunate versus artemether for the treatment of recrudescent multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 883-888. [Abstract] [PDF]  

EP Hendrickx, SP Agudelo, DL Munoz, JA Puerta, and ID Velez Bernal

Lack of efficacy of mefloquine in the treatment of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis in Colombia
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 889-892. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J Mukhopadhyay, K Ghosh, EF Rangel, and LE Munstermann

Genetic variability in biochemical characters of Brazilian field populations of the Leishmania vector, Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 893-901. [Abstract] [PDF]  

HH Garcia, R Araoz, RH Gilman, J Valdez, AE Gonzalez, C Gavidia, ML Bravo, and VC Tsang

Increased prevalence of cysticercosis and taeniasis among professional fried pork vendors and the general population of a village in the Peruvian highlands. Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 902-905. [Abstract] [PDF]  

E Pozio and G La Rosa

Short report: identification of the likely etiologic agent of human trichinellosis in Sicily (Italy) between 1933 and 1946
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 906-907. [Abstract] [PDF]  

SP Diaz Camacho, M Zazueta Ramos, E Ponce Torrecillas, I Osuna Ramirez, R Castro Velazquez, A Flores Gaxiola, J Baquera Heredia, K Willms, H Akahane, K Ogata, and Y Nawa

Clinical manifestations and immunodiagnosis of gnathostomiasis in Culiacan, Mexico
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 908-915. [Abstract] [PDF]  

WL Rivera, H Tachibana, and H Kanbara

Field study on the distribution of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar in the northern Philippines as detected by the polymerase chain reaction
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 916-921. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JG Esteban, C Aguirre, R Angles, LR Ash, and S Mas-Coma

Balantidiasis in Aymara children from the northern Bolivian Altiplano
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 922-927. [Abstract] [PDF]  

TK Graczyk, YR Ortega, and DB Conn

Recovery of waterborne oocysts of Cyclospora cayetanensis by Asian freshwater clams (Corbicula fluminea)
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 928-932. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C Yersin, P Bovet, F Merien, T Wong, J Panowsky, and P Perolat

Human leptospirosis in the Seychelles (Indian Ocean): a population-based study
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 933-940. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JC Semenza, L Roberts, A Henderson, J Bogan, and CH Rubin

Water distribution system and diarrheal disease transmission: a case study in Uzbekistan
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 941-946. [Abstract] [PDF]  

JY Zhang, X Wang, SG Han, and H Zhuang

A case-control study of risk factors for hepatocellular carcinoma in Henan, China
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 947-951. [Abstract] [PDF]  

RM Kinney, M Pfeffer, KR Tsuchiya, GJ Chang, and JT Roehrig

Nucleotide sequences of the 26S mRNAs of the viruses defining the Venezuelan equine encephalitis antigenic complex
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 952-964. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CF Bosio, BJ Beaty, and Black WC, 4th

Quantitative genetics of vector competence for dengue-2 virus in Aedes aegypti
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 965-970. [Abstract] [PDF]  

CA Vaz, LM Singer-Vermes, and VL Calich

Comparative studies on the antibody repertoire produced by susceptible and resistant mice to virulent and nonvirulent Paracoccidioides brasiliensis isolates
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 971-977. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Bloch and PE Simonsen

Immunoepidemiology of Dracunculus medinensis infections I. Antibody responses in relation to infection status
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 978-984. [Abstract] [PDF]  

P Bloch and PE Simonsen

Immunoepidemiology of Dracunculus medinensis infections II. Variation in antibody responses in relation to transmission season and patency
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 985-990. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A Gozalo, C Lucas, M Cachay, BT Wellde, T Hall, B Bell, J Wood, D Watts, M Wooster, JA Lyon, JK Moch, JD Haynes, JS Williams, C Holland, E Watson, KE Kester, DC Kaslow, and WR Ballou

Passive transfer of growth-inhibitory antibodies raised against yeast-expressed recombinant Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1(19)
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 991-997. [Abstract] [PDF]  

S Perez Mato

Anemia and malaria in a Yanomami Amerindian population from the southern Venezuelan Amazon
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 998-1001. [Abstract] [PDF]  

OM Takayanagui and L Chimelli

Disseminated muscular cysticercosis with myositis induced by praziquantel therapy
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 1002-1003. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NR van den Broek, SA White, and JP Neilson

The relationship between asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection and the prevalence and severity of anemia in pregnant Malawian women
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 1004-1007. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Y Germani, P Minssart, M Vohito, S Yassibanda, P Glaziou, D Hocquet, P Berthelemy, and J Morvan

Etiologies of acute, persistent, and dysenteric diarrheas in adults in Bangui, Central African Republic, in relation to human immunodeficiency virus serostatus
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 1008-1014. [Abstract] [PDF]  

K Asiedu and S Etuaful

Socioeconomic implications of Buruli ulcer in Ghana: a three-year review
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 59: 1015-1022. [Abstract] [PDF]  

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