| | Correspondence Enrolling Adolescents in Research on HIV: Young Women Must Be Included Alana de Kock, Stephanie Skoler, Khatija Ahmed, and Sumen Govender PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e537. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030537.PMCID: PMC1762084 HIV-1 Viral Load Assays for Resource-Limited Settings: Clades Matter Wolfgang Preiser, Jan Felix Drexler, and Christian Drosten PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e538. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030538.PMCID: PMC1762044 Multidrug-Resistant TB in the Philippines: Totem and Taboo Jose Luis Portero and Maria Rubio PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e539. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030539.PMCID: PMC1762047 HIV-1 Subtype and Reverse Transcriptase Genotype: Role for Geographical Location and Founder Effects Akinyemi I Ojesina and Phyllis J Kanki PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e540. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030540.PMCID: PMC1762043 Reassurance: Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms Bill Anderson PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e541. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030541.PMCID: PMC1762046 Cost-Effective Control of Drug-Resistant TB: Listening to Other Voices Jose Luis Portero and Maria Rubio PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e542. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030542.PMCID: PMC1762049 Multidrug-Resistant TB in the Philippines: Authors' Reply Thelma Tupasi PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e549. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030549.PMCID: PMC1762076 HIV-1 Viral Load Assays for Resource-Limited Settings: Authors' Reply Susan A Fiscus PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e550. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030550.PMCID: PMC1762069 Editorial Drug Development Papers in PLoS Medicine: How We Try to Spot a Winner The PLoS Medicine Editors and Sanjeev Krishna PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e547. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030547.PMCID: PMC1762067 Essays Intensive Insulin Therapy in Intensive Care: An Example of the Struggle to Implement Evidence-Based Medicine Marcus J Schultz, Annick A. N. M Royakkers, Marcel Levi, Hazra S Moeniralam, and Peter E Spronk PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e456. Published online 2006 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030456.PMCID: PMC1762062 Do We Need a World Health Insurance to Realise the Right to Health? Gorik Ooms, Katharine Derderian, and David Melody PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e530. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030530.PMCID: PMC1762058 Perspectives Visual Loss in Postconflict Southern Sudan John Buchan PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e450. Published online 2006 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030450.PMCID: PMC1698938 Blindness in Sudan: Is It Time to Scrutinise Survey Methods? Hannah Kuper and Clare Gilbert PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e476. Published online 2006 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030476.PMCID: PMC1698939 Mining Methylation for Early Detection of Common Cancers Romulo M Brena, Christoph Plass, and Joseph F Costello PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e479. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030479.PMCID: PMC1762083 TV and Inactivity Are Separate Contributors to Metabolic Risk Factors in Children Andrew Prentice and Susan Jebb PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e481. Published online 2006 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030481.PMCID: PMC1705823 Stem Cells and Metastatic Cancer: Fatal Attraction? Riccardo Fodde PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e482. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030482.PMCID: PMC1762040 Are Residents' Extended Shifts Associated With Adverse Events? Mariana Szklo-Coxe PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e497. Published online 2006 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030497.PMCID: PMC1705827 Antibodies and Brain Disease: A Convergence of Immunology and Physiology Betty Diamond and Bruce T Volpe PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e498. Published online 2006 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030498.PMCID: PMC1698940 Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on Intestinal Lymphoid Tissues in HIV Infection Ronald S Veazey and Andrew A Lackner PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e515. Published online 2006 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030515.PMCID: PMC1762071 Health in Action The Malaria Atlas Project: Developing Global Maps of Malaria Risk Simon I Hay and Robert W Snow PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e473. Published online 2006 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030473.PMCID: PMC1762059 Healthy Penis: San Francisco's Social Marketing Campaign to Increase Syphilis Testing among Gay and Bisexual Men Katherine Ahrens, Charlotte K Kent, Jorge A Montoya, Harlan Rotblatt, Jacque McCright, Peter Kerndt, and Jeffrey D Klausner PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e474. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030474.PMCID: PMC1762065 Learning Forum Ophthalmoplegia and Slurred Speech in an Intravenous Drug User Jaime Vera, Anke Hensiek, Charles Woodrow, Francesca Crawley, and Sanjeev Krishna PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e453. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030453.PMCID: PMC1762052 Hypogammaglobulinemia with Facial Edema Adina Kay Knight, Lloyd Mayer, Andrew G Franks, Jr., and Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e475. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030475.PMCID: PMC1762068 Research Articles A Gene Expression Signature Predicts Survival of Patients with Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Yan Lu, William Lemon, Peng-Yuan Liu, Yijun Yi, Carl Morrison, Ping Yang, Zhifu Sun, Janos Szoke, William L Gerald, Mark Watson, Ramaswamy Govindan, and Ming You PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e467. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030467.PMCID: PMC1716187 Prevalence and Causes of Blindness and Low Vision in Southern Sudan Jeremiah Ngondi, Francis Ole-Sempele, Alice Onsarigo, Ibrahim Matende, Samson Baba, Mark Reacher, Fiona Matthews, Carol Brayne, and Paul M Emerson PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e477. Published online 2006 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030477.PMCID: PMC1702554 Blinding Trachoma in Postconflict Southern Sudan Jeremiah Ngondi, Francis Ole-Sempele, Alice Onsarigo, Ibrahim Matende, Samson Baba, Mark Reacher, Fiona Matthews, Carol Brayne, and Paul Emerson PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e478. Published online 2006 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030478.PMCID: PMC1702555 Lack of Mucosal Immune Reconstitution during Prolonged Treatment of Acute and Early HIV-1 Infection Saurabh Mehandru, Michael A Poles, Klara Tenner-Racz, Patrick Jean-Pierre, Victoria Manuelli, Peter Lopez, Anita Shet, Andrea Low, Hiroshi Mohri, Daniel Boden, Paul Racz, and Martin Markowitz PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e484. Published online 2006 December 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030484.PMCID: PMC1762085 Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Activation in Glioblastoma through Novel Missense Mutations in the Extracellular Domain Jeffrey C Lee, Igor Vivanco, Rameen Beroukhim, Julie H. Y Huang, Whei L Feng, Ralph M DeBiasi, Koji Yoshimoto, Jennifer C King, Phioanh Nghiemphu, Yuki Yuza, Qing Xu, Heidi Greulich, Roman K Thomas, J. Guillermo Paez, Timothy C Peck, David J Linhart, Karen A Glatt, Gad Getz, Robert Onofrio, Liuda Ziaugra, Ross L Levine, Stacey Gabriel, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Keith O'Neill, Haumith Khan, Linda M Liau, Stanley F Nelson, P. Nagesh Rao, Paul Mischel, Russell O Pieper, Tim Cloughesy, Daniel J Leahy, William R Sellers, Charles L Sawyers, Matthew Meyerson, and Ingo K Mellinghoff PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e485. Published online 2006 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030485.PMCID: PMC1702556 A Genome-Wide Screen for Promoter Methylation in Lung Cancer Identifies Novel Methylation Markers for Multiple Malignancies David S Shames, Luc Girard, Boning Gao, Mitsuo Sato, Cheryl M Lewis, Narayan Shivapurkar, Aixiang Jiang, Charles M Perou, Young H Kim, Jonathan R Pollack, Kwun M Fong, Chi-Leung Lam, Maria Wong, Yu Shyr, Rita Nanda, Olufunmilayo I Olopade, William Gerald, David M Euhus, Jerry W Shay, Adi F Gazdar, and John D Minna PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e486. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030486.PMCID: PMC1716188 Impact of Extended-Duration Shifts on Medical Errors, Adverse Events, and Attentional Failures Laura K Barger, Najib T Ayas, Brian E Cade, John W Cronin, Bernard Rosner, Frank E Speizer, and Charles A Czeisler PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e487. Published online 2006 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030487.PMCID: PMC1705824 TV Viewing and Physical Activity Are Independently Associated with Metabolic Risk in Children: The European Youth Heart Study Ulf Ekelund, Søren Brage, Karsten Froberg, Maarike Harro, Sigmund A Anderssen, Luis B Sardinha, Chris Riddoch, and Lars Bo Andersen PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e488. Published online 2006 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030488.PMCID: PMC1705825 Elevated Serum Levels of Interferon-Regulated Chemokines Are Biomarkers for Active Human Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Jason W Bauer, Emily C Baechler, Michelle Petri, Franak M Batliwalla, Dianna Crawford, Ward A Ortmann, Karl J Espe, Wentian Li, Dhavalkumar D Patel, Peter K Gregersen, and Timothy W Behrens PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e491. Published online 2006 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030491.PMCID: PMC1702557 Impaired Hepatitis C Virus-Specific T Cell Responses and Recurrent Hepatitis C Virus in HIV Coinfection Arthur Y Kim, Julian Schulze zur Wiesch, Thomas Kuntzen, Joerg Timm, Daniel E Kaufmann, Jared E Duncan, Andrea M Jones, Alysse G Wurcel, Benjamin T Davis, Rajesh T Gandhi, Gregory K Robbins, Todd M Allen, Raymond T Chung, Georg M Lauer, and Bruce D Walker PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e492. Published online 2006 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030492.PMCID: PMC1705826 Hyaluronate Fragments Reverse Skin Atrophy by a CD44-Dependent Mechanism Gürkan Kaya, Christian Tran, Olivier Sorg, Raymonde Hotz, Denise Grand, Pierre Carraux, Liliane Didierjean, Ivan Stamenkovic, and Jean-Hilaire Saurat PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e493. Published online 2006 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030493.PMCID: PMC1702558 Tuberculosis among Health-Care Workers in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review Rajnish Joshi, Arthur L Reingold, Dick Menzies, and Madhukar Pai PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e494. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030494.PMCID: PMC1716189 Lipoprotein Particle Profiles Mark Familial and Sporadic Human Longevity Bastiaan T Heijmans, Marian Beekman, Jeanine J Houwing-Duistermaat, Mark R Cobain, Jonathan Powell, Gerard Jan Blauw, Frans van der Ouderaa, Rudi G. J Westendorp, and P. Eline Slagboom PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e495. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030495.PMCID: PMC1716190 Selective Involvement of the Amygdala in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Bart J Emmer, Jeroen van der Grond, Gerda M Steup-Beekman, Tom W. J Huizinga, and Mark A van Buchem PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e499. Published online 2006 December 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030499.PMCID: PMC1702559 Children with Severe Malnutrition: Can Those at Highest Risk of Death Be Identified with the WHO Protocol? Kathryn Maitland, James A Berkley, Mohammed Shebbe, Norbert Peshu, Michael English, and Charles R. J. C Newton PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e500. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030500.PMCID: PMC1716191 A Plant-Derived Morphinan as a Novel Lead Compound Active against Malaria Liver Stages Maëlle Carraz, Akino Jossang, Jean-François Franetich, Anthony Siau, Liliane Ciceron, Laurent Hannoun, Robert Sauerwein, François Frappier, Philippe Rasoanaivo, Georges Snounou, and Dominique Mazier PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e513. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030513.PMCID: PMC1716192 Palladin Mutation Causes Familial Pancreatic Cancer and Suggests a New Cancer Mechanism Kay L Pogue-Geile, Ru Chen, Mary P Bronner, Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic, Kara White Moyes, Sally Dowen, Carol A Otey, David A Crispin, Ryan D George, David C Whitcomb, and Teresa A Brentnall PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e516. Published online 2006 December 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030516.PMCID: PMC1751121 Cost-Effectiveness of Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention in a South African Setting James G Kahn, Elliot Marseille, and Bertran Auvert PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e517. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030517.PMCID: PMC1716193 Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme I/D Polymorphism and Preeclampsia Risk: Evidence of Small-Study Bias Norma C Serrano, Luis A Díaz, Maria C Páez, Clara M Mesa, Rodrigo Cifuentes, Alvaro Monterrosa, Adriana González, Liam Smeeth, Aroon D Hingorani, and Juan P Casas PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e520. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030520.PMCID: PMC1716194 Vaccine Efficacy in Senescent Mice Challenged with Recombinant SARS-CoV Bearing Epidemic and Zoonotic Spike Variants Damon Deming, Timothy Sheahan, Mark Heise, Boyd Yount, Nancy Davis, Amy Sims, Mehul Suthar, Jack Harkema, Alan Whitmore, Raymond Pickles, Ande West, Eric Donaldson, Kristopher Curtis, Robert Johnston, and Ralph Baric PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e525. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030525.PMCID: PMC1716185 Erythrocyte G Protein as a Novel Target for Malarial Chemotherapy Sean C Murphy, Travis Harrison, Heidi E Hamm, Jon W Lomasney, Narla Mohandas, and Kasturi Haldar PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e528. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030528.PMCID: PMC1716186 Corrections Correction: Is the Current Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Really Evidence Based? Jean-Louis Vincent PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e543. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030543.PMCID: PMC1762053 Corrects: Jean-Louis Vincent. Is the Current Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Really Evidence Based? PLoS Med. 2006 September; 3(9): e346. Correction: Eight Americas: Investigating Mortality Disparities across Races, Counties, and Race-Counties in the United States Christopher J. L Murray, Sandeep C Kulkarni, Catherine Michaud, Niels Tomijima, Maria T Bulzacchelli, Terrell J Iandiorio, and Majid Ezzati PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e545. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030545.PMCID: PMC1762056 Corrects: Christopher J. L Murray, et al. Eight Americas: Investigating Mortality Disparities across Races, Counties, and Race-Counties in the United States. PLoS Med. 2006 September; 3(9): e260. Correction: Lack of Mucosal Immune Reconstitution during Prolonged Treatment of Acute and Early HIV-1 Infection Saurabh Mehandru, Michael A Poles, Klara Tenner-Racz, Patrick Jean-Pierre, Victoria Manuelli, Peter Lopez, Anita Shet, Andrea Low, Hiroshi Mohri, Daniel Boden, Paul Racz, and Martin Markowitz PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e546. Published online 2006 December 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030546.PMCID: PMC1762064 Corrects: Saurabh Mehandru, et al. Lack of Mucosal Immune Reconstitution during Prolonged Treatment of Acute and Early HIV-1 Infection. PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e484. |