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Volume 6(1);  January 2009
Perspective
The Role of Social Capital in Successful Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in Africa
Agnes Binagwaho and Niloo Ratnayake
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e18. Published online 2009 January 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000018.
PMCID: PMC2631052
The PLoS Medicine Debate
Abandoning Presumptive Antimalarial Treatment for Febrile Children Aged Less Than Five Years—A Case of Running Before We Can Walk?
Mike English, Hugh Reyburn, Catherine Goodman, and Robert W Snow
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e15. Published online 2009 January 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000015.
PMCID: PMC2613424
Time To Move from Presumptive Malaria Treatment to Laboratory-Confirmed Diagnosis and Treatment in African Children with Fever
Valérie D'Acremont, Christian Lengeler, Hassan Mshinda, Deo Mtasiwa, Marcel Tanner, and Blaise Genton
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e252. Published online 2009 January 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050252.
PMCID: PMC2613421
Editorial
Rape in War Is Common, Devastating, and Too Often Ignored
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e21. Published online 2009 January 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000021.
PMCID: PMC2631054
Perspectives
Abolishing User Fees in Africa
Valéry Ridde and Slim Haddad
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000008. Published online 2009 January 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000008.
PMCID: PMC2613423
Autoimmune Responses in the Rheumatoid Synovium
Rene E. M Toes and Tom W. J Huizinga
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000009. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000009.
PMCID: PMC2621265
Health in Action
Data Sources for Improving Estimates of the Global Burden of Injuries: Call for Contributors
Kavi Bhalla, James Harrison, Jerry Abraham, Nagesh N Borse, Ronan Lyons, Soufiane Boufous, Limor Aharonson-Daniel, and on behalf of the Global Burden of Disease Injury Expert Group
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000001. Published online 2009 January 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000001.
PMCID: PMC2628399
Improving Maternal and Child Health in Difficult Environments: The Case For “Cross-Border” Health Care
Gijs Walraven, Semira Manaseki-Holland, Abid Hussain, and John B Tomaro
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000005. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000005.
PMCID: PMC2621264
Policy Forum
Conducting Unlinked Anonymous HIV Surveillance in Developing Countries: Ethical, Epidemiological, and Public Health Concerns
Stuart Rennie, Abigail Norris Turner, Bavon Mupenda, and Frieda Behets
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000004. Published online 2009 January 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000004.
PMCID: PMC2628398
Condom Access in South African Schools: Law, Policy, and Practice
Juliana Han and Michael L Bennish
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000006. Published online 2009 January 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000006.
PMCID: PMC2628401
Learning Forum
A 50-Year-Old Man with Deteriorating Cognitive Function and Impaired Movement
Andrew J Larner
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e19. Published online 2009 January 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000019.
PMCID: PMC2631053
Research Articles
Ectopic Lymphoid Structures Support Ongoing Production of Class-Switched Autoantibodies in Rheumatoid Synovium
Frances Humby, Michele Bombardieri, Antonio Manzo, Stephen Kelly, Mark C Blades, Bruce Kirkham, Jo Spencer, and Costantino Pitzalis
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e1. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0060001.
PMCID: PMC2621263
Effect of Removing Direct Payment for Health Care on Utilisation and Health Outcomes in Ghanaian Children: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Evelyn Korkor Ansah, Solomon Narh-Bana, Sabina Asiamah, Vivian Dzordzordzi, Kingsley Biantey, Kakra Dickson, John Owusu Gyapong, Kwadwo Ansah Koram, Brian M Greenwood, Anne Mills, and Christopher J. M Whitty
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e1000007. Published online 2009 January 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000007.
PMCID: PMC2613422
HMGB1 Mediates Endogenous TLR2 Activation and Brain Tumor Regression
James F Curtin, Naiyou Liu, Marianela Candolfi, Weidong Xiong, Hikmat Assi, Kader Yagiz, Matthew R Edwards, Kathrin S Michelsen, Kurt M Kroeger, Chunyan Liu, A. K. M. Ghulam Muhammad, Mary C Clark, Moshe Arditi, Begonya Comin-Anduix, Antoni Ribas, Pedro R Lowenstein, and Maria G Castro
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e1000010. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000010.
PMCID: PMC2621261
Explaining Adherence Success in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Ethnographic Study
Norma C Ware, John Idoko, Sylvia Kaaya, Irene Andia Biraro, Monique A Wyatt, Oche Agbaji, Guerino Chalamilla, and David R Bangsberg
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e1000011. Published online 2009 January 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000011.
PMCID: PMC2631046
Stress-Mediated Increases in Systemic and Local Epinephrine Impair Skin Wound Healing: Potential New Indication for Beta Blockers
Raja K Sivamani, Christine E Pullar, Catherine G Manabat-Hidalgo, David M Rocke, Richard C Carlsen, David G Greenhalgh, and R. Rivkah Isseroff
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e1000012. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000012.
PMCID: PMC2621262
Reduced Glomerular Filtration Rate and Its Association with Clinical Outcome in Older Patients at Risk of Vascular Events: Secondary Analysis
Ian Ford, Vladimir Bezlyak, David J Stott, Naveed Sattar, Chris J Packard, Ivan Perry, Brendan M Buckley, J. Wouter Jukema, Anton J. M de Craen, Rudi G. J Westendorp, and James Shepherd
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e1000016. Published online 2009 January 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000016.
PMCID: PMC2628400
Corrections
Correction: The Chilling Effect: How Do Researchers React to Controversy
Joanna Kempner
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e14. Published online 2009 January 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000014.
PMCID: PMC2631048
Corrects:Joanna Kempner. Correction: The Chilling Effect: How Do Researchers React to Controversy. PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e14.
Correction: Reporting Bias in Drug Trials Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration: Review of Publication and Presentation
Kristin Rising, Peter Bacchetti, and Lisa Bero
PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e17. Published online 2009 January 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000017.
PMCID: PMC2631051
Corrects:Kristin Rising, et al. Correction: Reporting Bias in Drug Trials Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration: Review of Publication and Presentation. PLoS Med. 2009 January; 6(1): e17.
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