| | 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 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. |