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Volume 3(5);  May 2006
Editorial
The Impact of Open Access upon Public Health
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e252. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030252.
PMCID: PMC1468482
Synopses
Modeling the Impact of Intermittent Preventative Treatment on the Spread of Drug-Resistant Malaria
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e181. Published online 2006 April 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030181.
PMCID: PMC1434503
HPV Vaccination: Predicting Its Effect on Cervical Cancer Rates
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e202. Published online 2006 April 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030202.
PMCID: PMC1434510
Streptococcus suis Outbreak with Symptoms of Toxic Shock Syndrome in China
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e218. Published online 2006 April 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030218.
PMCID: PMC1434512
α +-Thalassemia and Protection from Malaria
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e221. Published online 2006 April 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030221.
PMCID: PMC1435782
A Macaque Model of SARS
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e222. Published online 2006 April 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030222.
PMCID: PMC1435789
Childhood Anemia in a Malaria-Endemic Region: The Haptoglobin Genotype Connection
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e227. Published online 2006 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030227.
PMCID: PMC1450021
Drug-Resistant Leishmania tropica Parasites Detected in Iranian Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e230. Published online 2006 April 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030230.
PMCID: PMC1435784
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Expansion: Testing the Potential of HOXB4 in Nonhuman Primates
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e243. Published online 2006 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030243.
PMCID: PMC1450022
Essay
Moving Human Embryonic Stem Cells from Legislature to Lab: Remaining Legal and Ethical Questions
Henry T Greely
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e143. Published online 2006 February 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030143.
PMCID: PMC1382005
Neglected Diseases
Incorporating a Rapid-Impact Package for Neglected Tropical Diseases with Programs for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: A comprehensive pro-poor health policy and strategy for the developing world
Peter J Hotez, David H Molyneux, Alan Fenwick, Eric Ottesen, Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, and Jeffrey D Sachs
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e102. Published online 2006 January 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030102.
PMCID: PMC1351920
Perspectives
Modelling Malaria Control
Nicholas J White
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e111. Published online 2006 April 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030111.
PMCID: PMC1434477
Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Integrated Chemotherapy and Beyond
Jürg Utzinger and Don de Savigny
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e112. Published online 2006 January 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030112.
PMCID: PMC1351919
What Is the Bioscience Industry Doing to Address the Ethical Issues It Faces?
Carlos Novas
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e142. Published online 2006 April 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030142.
PMCID: PMC1434489
Mathematical Model of HPV Provides Insight into Impacts of Risk Factors and Vaccine
Jane J Kim
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e164. Published online 2006 April 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030164.
PMCID: PMC1434498
Invasive Disease and Toxic Shock due to Zoonotic Streptococcus suis: An Emerging Infection in the East?
Shiranee Sriskandan and Josh D Slater
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e187. Published online 2006 April 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030187.
PMCID: PMC1434506
Nonhuman Primate Models for SARS
Bart L Haagmans and Albert D. M. E Osterhaus
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e194. Published online 2006 April 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030194.
PMCID: PMC1435785
What Is the Relationship between Haptoglobin, Malaria, and Anaemia?
Stephen Rogerson
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e200. Published online 2006 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030200.
PMCID: PMC1450019
Does α +-Thalassaemia Protect against Malaria?
Geoffrey Pasvol
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e235. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030235.
PMCID: PMC1457007
Health in Action
Promoting Regional Health Cooperation: The South Asian Public Health Forum
Rana Jawad Asghar
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e108. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030108.
PMCID: PMC1457006
Policy Forum
Innovation in Biomedicine: Can Stem Cell Research Lead the Way to Affordability?
Merrill Goozner
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e126. Published online 2006 February 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030126.
PMCID: PMC1382006
Lessons on Ethical Decision Making from the Bioscience Industry
Jocelyn E Mackie, Andrew D Taylor, David L Finegold, Abdallah S Daar, and Peter A Singer
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e129. Published online 2006 April 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030129.
PMCID: PMC1434482
Research in Translation
Trends in Suicidology: Personality as an Endophenotype for Molecular Genetic Investigations
Jonathan B Savitz, Cinda-Lee Cupido, and Rajkumar S Ramesar
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e107. Published online 2006 May 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030107.
PMCID: PMC1457008
Best Practice
Statins in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Evidence from Systematic Reviews and Randomized Clinical Trials
Sankar D Navaneethan, Francesca Pansini, and Giovanni F. M Strippoli
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e123. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030123.
PMCID: PMC1468443
Research Articles
Epidemiology of HPV 16 and Cervical Cancer in Finland and the Potential Impact of Vaccination: Mathematical Modelling Analyses
Ruanne V Barnabas, Päivi Laukkanen, Pentti Koskela, Osmo Kontula, Matti Lehtinen, and Geoff P Garnett
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e138. Published online 2006 April 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030138.
PMCID: PMC1434486
Potential Impact of Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) on Spread of Drug-Resistant Malaria
Wendy Prudhomme O'Meara, David L Smith, and F. Ellis McKenzie
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e141. Published online 2006 April 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030141.
PMCID: PMC1440294
Cynomolgus Macaque as an Animal Model for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
James V Lawler, Timothy P Endy, Lisa E Hensley, Aura Garrison, Elizabeth A Fritz, May Lesar, Ralph S Baric, David A Kulesh, David A Norwood, Leonard P Wasieloski, Melanie P Ulrich, Tom R Slezak, Elizabeth Vitalis, John W Huggins, Peter B Jahrling, and Jason Paragas
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e149. Published online 2006 April 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030149.
PMCID: PMC1435788
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome Caused by Streptococcus suis Serotype 2
Jiaqi Tang, Changjun Wang, Youjun Feng, Weizhong Yang, Huaidong Song, Zhihai Chen, Hongjie Yu, Xiuzhen Pan, Xiaojun Zhou, Huaru Wang, Bo Wu, Haili Wang, Huamei Zhao, Ying Lin, Jianhua Yue, Zhenqiang Wu, Xiaowei He, Feng Gao, Abdul Hamid Khan, Jian Wang, Guo-Ping Zhao, Yu Wang, Xiaoning Wang, Zhu Chen, and George F Gao
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e151. Published online 2006 April 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030151.
PMCID: PMC1434494
The Effect of α +-Thalassaemia on the Incidence of Malaria and Other Diseases in Children Living on the Coast of Kenya
Sammy Wambua, Tabitha W Mwangi, Moses Kortok, Sophie M Uyoga, Alex W Macharia, Jedidah K Mwacharo, David J Weatherall, Robert W Snow, Kevin Marsh, and Thomas N Williams
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e158. Published online 2006 April 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030158.
PMCID: PMC1435778
Unresponsiveness to Glucantime Treatment in Iranian Cutaneous Leishmaniasis due to Drug-Resistant Leishmania tropica Parasites
Ramtin Hadighi, Mehdi Mohebali, Patrick Boucher, Homa Hajjaran, Ali Khamesipour, and Marc Ouellette
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e162. Published online 2006 April 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030162.
PMCID: PMC1435779
Seasonal Childhood Anaemia in West Africa Is Associated with the Haptoglobin 2-2 Genotype
Sarah H Atkinson, Kirk Rockett, Giorgio Sirugo, Philip A Bejon, Anthony Fulford, Maria A O'Connell, Robin Bailey, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, and Andrew M Prentice
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e172. Published online 2006 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030172.
PMCID: PMC1450017
Differential Effects of HOXB4 on Nonhuman Primate Short- and Long-Term Repopulating Cells
Xiao-Bing Zhang, Brian C Beard, Katherine Beebe, Barry Storer, R. Keith Humphries, and Hans-Peter Kiem
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e173. Published online 2006 May 2. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030173.
PMCID: PMC1450018
Correspondence and Other Communications
Mistrust among Minorities and the Trustworthiness of Medicine
Matthew K Wynia and Vanessa Northington Gamble
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e244. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030244.
PMCID: PMC1468474
Authors' Reply
David Wendler and Ezekiel J Emanuel
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e245. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030245.
PMCID: PMC1468475
Should Language Matter Less to Journals?
Erik von Elm
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e246. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030246.
PMCID: PMC1468476
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Essential Fatty Acids
Undurti N Das
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e247. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030247.
PMCID: PMC1468477
Authors' Reply
Daniel Herrera and Alessandro Ieraci
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e248. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030248.
PMCID: PMC1468478
Unique Author Identification Number in Scientific Databases: A Suggestion
Matthew E Falagas
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e249. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030249.
PMCID: PMC1468479
Increasing the Participation: Another Factor
Ahmad A Sabri and Mohammad Ahad Qayyum
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e250. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030250.
PMCID: PMC1468480
Corrections
Correction: Large-Scale Evidence for the Effect of the COLIA1 Sp1 Polymorphism on Osteoporosis Outcomes: The GENOMOS Study
Stuart H Ralston, André G Uitterlinden, Maria Luisa Brandi, Susana Balcells, Bente L Langdahl, Paul Lips, Roman Lorenc, Barbara Obermayer-Pietsch, Serena Scollen, Mariona Bustamante, Lise Bjerre Husted, Alisoun H Carey, Adolfo Diez-Perez, Alison M Dunning, Alberto Falchetti, Elzbieta Karczmarewicz, Marcin Kruk, Johannes P. T. M van Leeuwen, Joyce B. J van Meurs, Jon Mangion, Fiona E. A McGuigan, Leonardo Mellibovsky, Francesca del Monte, Huibert A. P Pols, Jonathan Reeve, David M Reid, Wilfried Renner, Fernando Rivadeneira, Natasja M van Schoor, Rachael E Sherlock, and John P. A Ioannidis
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e223. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030223.
PMCID: PMC1468465
Corrects: Stuart H Ralston, et al. Large-Scale Evidence for the Effect of the COLIA1 Sp1 Polymorphism on Osteoporosis Outcomes: The GENOMOS Study . PLoS Med. 2006 April; 3(4): e90.
Correction: An Immeasurable Crisis? A Criticism of the Millennium Development Goals and Why They Cannot Be Measured
Amir Attaran
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e224. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030224.
PMCID: PMC1468466
Corrects: Amir Attaran. An Immeasurable Crisis? A Criticism of the Millennium Development Goals and Why They Cannot Be Measured. PLoS Med. 2005 October; 2(10): e318.
Correction: Author's Reply
Amir Attaran
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e225. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030225.
PMCID: PMC1468467
Corrects: Amir Attaran. Author's Reply. PLoS Med. 2005 November; 2(11): e405.
Correction: Randomized, Controlled Intervention Trial of Male Circumcision for Reduction of HIV Infection Risk: The ANRS 1265 Trial
Bertran Auvert, Dirk Taljaard, Emmanuel Lagarde, Joëlle Sobngwi-Tambekou, Rémi Sitta, and Adrian Puren
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e226. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030226.
PMCID: PMC1468468
Corrects: Bertran Auvert, et al. Randomized, Controlled Intervention Trial of Male Circumcision for Reduction of HIV Infection Risk: The ANRS 1265 Trial. PLoS Med. 2005 November; 2(11): e298.
Correction: The Latest Mania: Selling Bipolar Disorder
David Healy
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e236. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030236.
PMCID: PMC1468472
Corrects: David Healy. The Latest Mania: Selling Bipolar Disorder. PLoS Med. 2006 April; 3(4): e185.
Correction: Author's Reply
Karmela Krleža-Jerić
PLoS Med. 2006 May; 3(5): e251. Published online 2006 May 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030251.
PMCID: PMC1468481
Corrects: Karmela Krleža-Jerić. Author's Reply. PLoS Med. 2006 March; 3(3): e167.
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