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Volume 2(8);  August 2005
Editorial
Minimizing Mistakes and Embracing Uncertainty
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e272. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020272.
PMCID: PMC1196486
Synopses
How Do Nigeria's Health-Care Personnel Treat Patients with HIV/AIDS?
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e257. Published online 2005 August 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020257.
PMCID: PMC1176243
Modeling HIV Vaccine Strategy in Animals
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e258. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020258.
PMCID: PMC1176244
Measuring Hidden Parasites in Falciparum Malaria
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e268. Published online 2005 August 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020268.
PMCID: PMC1188249
Dissecting Out Differences in the Transcriptomes of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e273. Published online 2005 August 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020273.
PMCID: PMC1188250
A Novel Virus for Croup
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e274. Published online 2005 August 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020274.
PMCID: PMC1188251
UK Dementia Incidence Doesn't Vary across Sites with Known Variation in Vascular Risk
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e275. Published online 2005 August 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020275.
PMCID: PMC1188252
Essays
Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
John P. A. Ioannidis
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e124. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124.
PMCID: PMC1182327
HIV in Nepal: Is the Violent Conflict Fuelling the Epidemic?
Sonal Singh, Edward Mills, Steven Honeyman, Bal Krishna Suvedi, and Nur Prasad Pant
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e216. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020216.
PMCID: PMC1176235
The Stigma of Being HIV-Positive in Africa
William W Rankin, Sean Brennan, Ellen Schell, Jones Laviwa, and Sally H Rankin
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e247. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020247.
PMCID: PMC1176240
Neglected Diseases
Designing Drugs for Parasitic Diseases of the Developing World
James H McKerrow
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e210. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020210.
PMCID: PMC1196468
Perspectives
Expressing the Differences between Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Cisca Wijmenga
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e230. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020230.
PMCID: PMC1196472
Calorie Restriction Extends Life Span— But Which Calories?
Leonie K Heilbronn and Eric Ravussin
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e231. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020231.
PMCID: PMC1196473
Achieving Gold Standards in Ethics and Human Rights in Medical Practice
Solomon R Benatar
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e260. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020260.
PMCID: PMC1176245
The Discriminatory Attitudes of Health Workers against People Living with HIV
Gobopamang Letamo
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e261. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020261.
PMCID: PMC1176246
Health in Action
What I've Learned from E-Patients
Dan Hoch and Tom Ferguson
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e206. Published online 2005 August 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020206.
PMCID: PMC1182328
The “Free by 5” Campaign for Universal, Free Antiretroviral Therapy
Alan Whiteside and Sabrina Lee
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e227. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020227.
PMCID: PMC1176236
Policy Forum
Agricultural Antibiotics and Human Health
David L Smith, Jonathan Dushoff, and J. Glenn Morris, Jr
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e232. Published online 2005 July 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020232.
PMCID: PMC1167557
Human Dignity as a Criterion for Science Policy
Timothy Caulfield and Audrey Chapman
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e244. Published online 2005 August 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020244.
PMCID: PMC1181538
Student Forum
Learning How Drug Companies Promote Medicines in Nepal
Bishnu Rath Giri and P. Ravi Shankar
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e256. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020256.
PMCID: PMC1196479
Learning Forum
A 69-Year-Old Female with Tiredness and a Persistent Tan
Petros Perros
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e229. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020229.
PMCID: PMC1196471
Research Articles
The Incidence of Dementia in England and Wales: Findings from the Five Identical Sites of the MRC CFA Study
Fiona Matthews, Carol Brayne, and Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study Investigators
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e193. Published online 2005 August 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020193.
PMCID: PMC1188245
Dissection of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Transcriptome Using Genome-Wide cDNA Microarrays
Christine M Costello, Nancy Mah, Robert Häsler, Philip Rosenstiel, Georg H Waetzig, Andreas Hahn, Tim Lu, Yesim Gurbuz, Susanna Nikolaus, Mario Albrecht, Jochen Hampe, Ralph Lucius, Günther Klöppel, Holger Eickhoff, Hans Lehrach, Thomas Lengauer, and Stefan Schreiber
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e199. Published online 2005 August 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020199.
PMCID: PMC1188246
Estimation of the Total Parasite Biomass in Acute Falciparum Malaria from Plasma PfHRP2
Arjen M Dondorp, Varunee Desakorn, Wirichada Pongtavornpinyo, Duangjai Sahassananda, Kamolrat Silamut, Kesinee Chotivanich, Paul N Newton, Punnee Pitisuttithum, A. M Smithyman, Nicholas J White, and Nicholas P. J Day
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e204. Published online 2005 August 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020204.
PMCID: PMC1188247
Croup Is Associated with the Novel Coronavirus NL63
Lia van der Hoek, Klaus Sure, Gabriele Ihorst, Alexander Stang, Krzysztof Pyrc, Maarten F Jebbink, Gudula Petersen, Johannes Forster, Ben Berkhout, and Klaus Überla
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e240. Published online 2005 August 23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020240.
PMCID: PMC1188248
Discriminatory Attitudes and Practices by Health Workers toward Patients with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
Chen Reis, Michele Heisler, Lynn L Amowitz, R. Scott Moreland, Jerome O Mafeni, Chukwuemeka Anyamele, and Vincent Iacopino
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e246. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020246.
PMCID: PMC1176239
Preclinical Assessment of HIV Vaccines and Microbicides by Repeated Low-Dose Virus Challenges
Roland R Regoes, Ira M Longini, Jr, Mark B Feinberg, and Silvija I Staprans
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e249. Published online 2005 July 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020249.
PMCID: PMC1176242
Correspondence and Other Communications
Estimating the Number of Antiretroviral Treatment Facilities Based on the Wilson–Blower Method
Ntambwe Malangu
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e270. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020270.
PMCID: PMC1196485
Evidence-Based Medicine in Iberoamerica: Problems and Possible Solutions
Zulma Ortiz, Pablo Perel, and Jordi Pardo
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e277. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020277.
PMCID: PMC1196490
PLoS Takes a Step Backward
John J Pippin
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e278. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020278.
PMCID: PMC1196491
Nanotechnology for the Poor?
Guillermo Foladori and Noela Invernizzi
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e280. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020280.
PMCID: PMC1196492
Why We Whistleblowers Are Passionate in Our Convictions
Stefan P Kruszewski
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e281. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020281.
PMCID: PMC1196493
Future Scenarios for Academic Medicine Should Include Other Health Disciplines
Patrick McGrath
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e282. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020282.
PMCID: PMC1196494
The Need for a New Specialist Professional Research System of “Pure” Medical Science
Bruce G Charlton and Peter Andras
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e285. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020285.
PMCID: PMC1196495
Corrections
Correction: A Shot in the Arm for AIDS Vaccine Research
David D Ho
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e299. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020299.
PMCID: PMC1196496
Corrects: David D Ho. A Shot in the Arm for AIDS Vaccine Research. PLoS Med. 2005 February; 2(2): e36.
Correction: Appropriate Models for the Management of Infectious Diseases
Helen J Wearing, Pejman Rohani, and Matt J Keeling
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e320. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020320.
PMCID: PMC1196497
Corrects: Helen J Wearing, et al. Appropriate Models for the Management of Infectious Diseases. PLoS Med. 2005 July; 2(7): e174.
Correction: What Are the Roles and Responsibilities of the Media in Disseminating Health Information?
Gary Schwitzer, Ganapati Mudur, David Henry, Amanda Wilson, Merrill Goozner, Maria Simbra, Melissa Sweet, and Katherine A Baverstock
PLoS Med. 2005 August; 2(8): e321. Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020321.
PMCID: PMC1196498
Corrects: Gary Schwitzer, et al. What Are the Roles and Responsibilities of the Media in Disseminating Health Information? PLoS Med. 2005 July; 2(7): e215.
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