| | Editorial Qualitative Research: Understanding Patients' Needs and Experiences The PLoS Medicine Editors PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e258. Published online 2007 August 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040258.PMCID: PMC1952201 Neglected Diseases Anaemia: A Useful Indicator of Neglected Disease Burden and Control Imelda Bates, Stephen McKew, and Faruk Sarkinfada PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e231. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040231.PMCID: PMC1945036 Perspectives Improving Case Definitions for Severe Malaria Nicholas M Anstey and Ric N Price PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e267. Published online 2007 August 21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040267.PMCID: PMC1949843 Health in Action Creating a Conversation: Insights from the Development of a Decision Aid Victor M Montori, Maggie Breslin, Matthew Maleska, and Audrey J Weymiller PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e233. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040233.PMCID: PMC1939861 Development of New Tuberculosis Vaccines: A Global Perspective on Regulatory Issues Michael J Brennan, Uli Fruth, Julie Milstien, Rosemary Tiernan, Sergio de Andrade Nishioka, Liliana Chocarro, and Developing Countries Vaccine Regulatory Network and the Ad Hoc Regulatory and TB Expert Panel PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e252. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040252.PMCID: PMC1939860 Setting Priorities in Child Health Research Investments for South Africa Mark Tomlinson, Mickey Chopra, David Sanders, Debbie Bradshaw, Michael Hendricks, David Greenfield, Robert E Black, Shams El Arifeen, and Igor Rudan PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e259. Published online 2007 August 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040259.PMCID: PMC1952202 Policy Forum Making Performance-Based Funding Work for Health Daniel Low-Beer, Houtan Afkhami, Ryuichi Komatsu, Prerna Banati, Musoke Sempala, Itamar Katz, John Cutler, Paul Schumacher, Ronald Tran-Ba-Huy, and Bernhard Schwartländer PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e219. Published online 2007 August 21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040219.PMCID: PMC1949844 HIV Denial in the Internet Era Tara C Smith and Steven P Novella PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e256. Published online 2007 August 21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040256.PMCID: PMC1949841 Research in Translation Translating Pharmacogenomics: Challenges on the Road to the Clinic Jesse J Swen, Tom W Huizinga, Hans Gelderblom, Elisabeth G. E de Vries, Willem J. J Assendelft, Julia Kirchheiner, and Henk-Jan Guchelaar PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e209. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040209.PMCID: PMC1945038 Research Articles Monitoring the Impact of Influenza by Age: Emergency Department Fever and Respiratory Complaint Surveillance in New York City Donald R Olson, Richard T Heffernan, Marc Paladini, Kevin Konty, Don Weiss, and Farzad Mostashari PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e247. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040247.PMCID: PMC1939858 How Evidence-Based Are the Recommendations in Evidence-Based Guidelines? Finlay A McAlister, Sean van Diepen, Rajdeep S Padwal, Jeffrey A Johnson, and Sumit R Majumdar PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e250. Published online 2007 August 7. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040250.PMCID: PMC1939859 Defining Childhood Severe Falciparum Malaria for Intervention Studies Philip Bejon, James A Berkley, Tabitha Mwangi, Edna Ogada, Isaiah Mwangi, Kathryn Maitland, Thomas Williams, J. Anthony G Scott, Mike English, Brett S Lowe, Norbert Peshu, Charles R. J. C Newton, and Kevin Marsh PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e251. Published online 2007 August 21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040251.PMCID: PMC1949845 Expansion of Regulatory T Cells in Patients with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Brigitte Senechal, Gaelle Elain, Eric Jeziorski, Virginie Grondin, Natacha Patey-Mariaud de Serre, Francis Jaubert, Kheira Beldjord, Arielle Lellouch, Christophe Glorion, Michel Zerah, Pierre Mary, Mohammed Barkaoui, Jean Francois Emile, Liliane Boccon-Gibod, Patrice Josset, Marianne Debré, Alain Fischer, Jean Donadieu, and Frederic Geissmann PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e253. Published online 2007 August 14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040253.PMCID: PMC1945037 Increasing Coverage and Decreasing Inequity in Insecticide-Treated Bed Net Use among Rural Kenyan Children Abdisalan M Noor, Abdinasir A Amin, Willis S Akhwale, and Robert W Snow PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e255. Published online 2007 August 21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040255.PMCID: PMC1949846 Antiretroviral Treatment and Prevention of Peripartum and Postnatal HIV Transmission in West Africa: Evaluation of a Two-Tiered Approach Besigin Tonwe-Gold, Didier K Ekouevi, Ida Viho, Clarisse Amani-Bosse, Siaka Toure, Patrick A Coffie, François Rouet, Renaud Becquet, Valériane Leroy, Wafaa M El-Sadr, Elaine J Abrams, and François Dabis PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e257. Published online 2007 August 21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040257.PMCID: PMC1949842 Whole Grain, Bran, and Germ Intake and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study and Systematic Review Jeroen S. L de Munter, Frank B Hu, Donna Spiegelman, Mary Franz, and Rob M van Dam PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e261. Published online 2007 August 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040261.PMCID: PMC1952203 Reducing Amyloid Plaque Burden via Ex Vivo Gene Delivery of an Aβ-Degrading Protease: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Alzheimer Disease Matthew L Hemming, Michaela Patterson, Casper Reske-Nielsen, Ling Lin, Ole Isacson, and Dennis J Selkoe PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e262. Published online 2007 August 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040262.PMCID: PMC1952204 Independent Associations of Fasting Insulin, Glucose, and Glycated Haemoglobin with Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease in Older Women Debbie A Lawlor, Abigail Fraser, Shah Ebrahim, and George Davey Smith PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e263. Published online 2007 August 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040263.PMCID: PMC1952205 Corrections Correction: Commercial Serological Antibody Detection Tests for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review Karen R Steingart, Megan Henry, Suman Laal, Philip C Hopewell, Andrew Ramsay, Dick Menzies, Jane Cunningham, Karin Weldingh, and Madhukar Pai PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e254. Published online 2007 August 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040254.PMCID: PMC1952197 Corrects: Karen R Steingart, et al. Commercial Serological Antibody Detection Tests for the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Systematic Review. PLoS Med. 2007 June; 4(6): e202. Correction: Thioredoxin Glutathione Reductase from Schistosoma mansoni: An Essential Parasite Enzyme and a Key Drug Target Angela N Kuntz, Elisabeth Davioud-Charvet, Ahmed A Sayed, Lindsay L Califf, Jean Dessolin, Elias S. J Arnér, and David L Williams PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e264. Published online 2007 August 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040264.PMCID: PMC1952206 Corrects: Angela N Kuntz, et al. Thioredoxin Glutathione Reductase from Schistosoma mansoni: An Essential Parasite Enzyme and a Key Drug Target. PLoS Med. 2007 June; 4(6): e206. Correction: EGF Receptor-Targeted Synthetic Double-Stranded RNA Eliminates Glioblastoma, Breast Cancer, and Adenocarcinoma Tumors in Mice Alexei Shir, Manfred Ogris, Ernst Wagner, and Alexander Levitzki PLoS Med. 2007 August; 4(8): e266. Published online 2007 August 28. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040266.PMCID: PMC1952207 Corrects: Alexei Shir, et al. EGF Receptor-Targeted Synthetic Double-Stranded RNA Eliminates Glioblastoma, Breast Cancer, and Adenocarcinoma Tumors in Mice. PLoS Med. 2006 January; 3(1): e6. |