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Volume 4(3);  March 2007
Correspondence
Research Ethics Committees in Africa: Building Capacity
Solomon Benatar
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e135. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040135.
PMCID: PMC1831745
Research Ethics Committees in Africa: Authors' Reply
Nancy E Kass, Adnan Ali Hyder, Ademola Ajuwon, John Appiah-Poku, Nicola Barsdorf, Dya Eldin Elsayed, Mantoa Mokhachane, Bavon Mupenda, Paul Ndebele, Godwin Ndossi, Bornwell Sikateyo, Godfrey Tangwa, and Paulina Tindana
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e136. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040136.
PMCID: PMC1831746
World Social Health Insurance: Strengthening Health Systems in Low-Income Countries
Wim Van Damme
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e137. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040137.
PMCID: PMC1831747
Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Failure to Fully Account for Behavioral Risk Compensation
Seth Kalichman, Lisa Eaton, and Steven Pinkerton
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e138. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040138.
PMCID: PMC1831748
Counterfeit Artemisinin Derivatives and Africa: Update from Authors
Paul N Newton, Michael D Green, and Facundo Fernandez
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e139. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040139.
PMCID: PMC1831749
Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers in Côte d'Ivoire: Methodological Clarifications Needed
Moussa Sarr
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e140. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040140.
PMCID: PMC1831750
Placental Malaria: Hypertension, VEGF, and Prolactin
Roy Douglas Pearson
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e141. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040141.
PMCID: PMC1831751
Pollution and Tuberculosis: Outdoor Sources
Aaron Cohen and Sumi Mehta
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e142. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040142.
PMCID: PMC1831752
Training and Experience of Peer Reviewers: An Additional Variable to Consider
Erik Kulstad
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e143. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040143.
PMCID: PMC1831753
Training and Experience of Peer Reviewers: Is Being a “Good Reviewer” a Persistent Quality?
Ignacio García-Doval
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e144. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040144.
PMCID: PMC1831754
Training and Experience of Peer Reviewers: Authors' Reply
Michael Callaham
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e145. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040145.
PMCID: PMC1831755
Circumcision for HIV Prevention: Authors' Reply
James G Kahn, Elliot Marseille, and Bertran Auvert
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e146. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040146.
PMCID: PMC1831756
Editorial
Many Reviews Are Systematic but Some Are More Transparent and Completely Reported than Others
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e147. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040147.
PMCID: PMC1831757
Essays
Bone Quality: An Empty Term
Harri Sievänen, Pekka Kannus, and Teppo L. N Järvinen
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e27. Published online 2007 March 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040027.
PMCID: PMC1808066
Think Globally Act Locally: The Case for Symphysiotomy
Douwe Arie Anne Verkuyl
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e71. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040071.
PMCID: PMC1831724
Perspectives
Do CD4+ T Cell Functional Responses to Epstein–Barr Virus Provide Protective Immunity Against CNS Lymphoma in AIDS?
Mark A Jacobson
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e110. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040110.
PMCID: PMC1831741
A Challenge for the Development of Malaria Vaccines: Polymorphic Target Antigens
Colin Sutherland
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e116. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040116.
PMCID: PMC1820606
Medicines Prices and Malaysia—Untangling the Medicines Web
Suzanne Hill
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e149. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040149.
PMCID: PMC1831758
Policy Forum
How Should Treatment Decisions Be Made for Incapacitated Patients, and Why?
David I Shalowitz, Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer, and David Wendler
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e35. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040035.
PMCID: PMC1820603
What Led to the Nigerian Boycott of the Polio Vaccination Campaign?
Ayodele Samuel Jegede
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e73. Published online 2007 March 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040073.
PMCID: PMC1831725
Research in Translation
Clinical Xenotransplantation of Organs: Why Aren't We There Yet?
Muhammad M Mohiuddin
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e75. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040075.
PMCID: PMC1831726
Why Is Long-Term Therapy Required to Cure Tuberculosis?
Lynn E Connolly, Paul H Edelstein, and Lalita Ramakrishnan
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e120. Published online 2007 March 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040120.
PMCID: PMC1831743
Learning Forum
A 52-Year-Old Female with a Hoarse Voice and Tingling in the Hand
Salman Razvi and Petros Perros
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e29. Published online 2007 March 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040029.
PMCID: PMC1808067
Research Articles
X-Linked G6PD Deficiency Protects Hemizygous Males but Not Heterozygous Females against Severe Malaria
Aldiouma Guindo, Rick M Fairhurst, Ogobara K Doumbo, Thomas E Wellems, and Dapa A Diallo
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e66. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040066.
PMCID: PMC1820604
Calorie Restriction Increases Muscle Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Healthy Humans
Anthony E Civitarese, Stacy Carling, Leonie K Heilbronn, Mathew H Hulver, Barbara Ukropcova, Walter A Deutsch, Steven R Smith, and Eric Ravussin
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e76. Published online 2007 March 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040076.
PMCID: PMC1808482
Epidemiology and Reporting Characteristics of Systematic Reviews
David Moher, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Andrea C Tricco, Margaret Sampson, and Douglas G Altman
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e78. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040078.
PMCID: PMC1831728
Selection in Reported Epidemiological Risks: An Empirical Assessment
Fotini K Kavvoura, George Liberopoulos, and John P. A Ioannidis
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e79. Published online 2007 March 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040079.
PMCID: PMC1808481
Evaluating Drug Prices, Availability, Affordability, and Price Components: Implications for Access to Drugs in Malaysia
Zaheer Ud Din Babar, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Harpal Singh, Nadeem Irfan Bukahri, and Andrew Creese
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e82. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040082.
PMCID: PMC1831730
Exquisite Sensitivity of TP53 Mutant and Basal Breast Cancers to a Dose-Dense Epirubicin−Cyclophosphamide Regimen
Philippe Bertheau, Elisabeth Turpin, David S Rickman, Marc Espié, Aurélien de Reyniès, Jean-Paul Feugeas, Louis-François Plassa, Hany Soliman, Mariana Varna, Anne de Roquancourt, Jacqueline Lehmann-Che, Yves Beuzard, Michel Marty, Jean-Louis Misset, Anne Janin, and Hugues de Thé
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e90. Published online 2007 March 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040090.
PMCID: PMC1831731
Dynamics of Polymorphism in a Malaria Vaccine Antigen at a Vaccine-Testing Site in Mali
Shannon L Takala, Drissa Coulibaly, Mahamadou A Thera, Alassane Dicko, David L Smith, Ando B Guindo, Abdoulaye K Kone, Karim Traore, Amed Ouattara, Abdoulaye A Djimde, Paul S Sehdev, Kirsten E Lyke, Dapa A Diallo, Ogobara K Doumbo, and Christopher V Plowe
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e93. Published online 2007 March 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040093.
PMCID: PMC1820605
HIV Patients Developing Primary CNS Lymphoma Lack EBV-Specific CD4+ T Cell Function Irrespective of Absolute CD4+ T Cell Counts
Olivier Gasser, Florian K Bihl, Marcel Wolbers, Elisabetta Loggi, Ingrid Steffen, Hans H Hirsch, Huldrych F Günthard, Bruce D Walker, Christian Brander, Manuel Battegay, Christoph Hess, and for the Swiss HIV Cohort Study
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e96. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040096.
PMCID: PMC1831733
Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Fat Mass in a Large Cohort of Children
Andy R Ness, Sam D Leary, Calum Mattocks, Steven N Blair, John J Reilly, Jonathan Wells, Sue Ingle, Kate Tilling, George Davey Smith, and Chris Riddoch
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e97. Published online 2007 March 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040097.
PMCID: PMC1831734
Loperamide Therapy for Acute Diarrhea in Children: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Su-Ting T Li, David C Grossman, and Peter Cummings
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e98. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040098.
PMCID: PMC1831735
Clonal Waves of Neisseria Colonisation and Disease in the African Meningitis Belt: Eight- Year Longitudinal Study in Northern Ghana
Julia Leimkugel, Abraham Hodgson, Abudulai Adams Forgor, Valentin Pflüger, Jean-Pierre Dangy, Tom Smith, Mark Achtman, Sébastien Gagneux, and Gerd Pluschke
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e101. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040101.
PMCID: PMC1831736
Impact and Process Evaluation of Integrated Community and Clinic-Based HIV-1 Control: A Cluster-Randomised Trial in Eastern Zimbabwe
Simon Gregson, Saina Adamson, Spiwe Papaya, Jephias Mundondo, Constance A Nyamukapa, Peter R Mason, Geoffrey P Garnett, Stephen K Chandiwana, Geoff Foster, and Roy M Anderson
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e102. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040102.
PMCID: PMC1831737
A Prospective Study of Plasma Vitamin D Metabolites, Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms, and Prostate Cancer
Haojie Li, Meir J Stampfer, J. Bruce W Hollis, Lorelei A Mucci, J. Michael Gaziano, David Hunter, Edward L Giovannucci, and Jing Ma
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e103. Published online 2007 March 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040103.
PMCID: PMC1831738
Insecticide-Treated Nets for the Prevention of Malaria in Pregnancy: A Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials
Carol Gamble, Paul J Ekwaru, Paul Garner, and Feiko O. ter Kuile
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e107. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040107.
PMCID: PMC1831739
Aberrant DNA Methylation of OLIG1, a Novel Prognostic Factor in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Romulo M Brena, Carl Morrison, Sandya Liyanarachchi, David Jarjoura, Ramana V Davuluri, Gregory A Otterson, David Reisman, Selina Glaros, Laura J Rush, and Christoph Plass
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e108. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040108.
PMCID: PMC1831740
Correction
Correction: Climate Cycles and Forecasts of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, a Nonstationary Vector-Borne Disease
Luis Fernando Chaves and Mercedes Pascual
PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e123. Published online 2007 March 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040123.
PMCID: PMC1831744
Corrects: Luis Fernando Chaves, et al. Correction: Climate Cycles and Forecasts of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, a Nonstationary Vector-Borne Disease. PLoS Med. 2007 March; 4(3): e123.
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