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Volume 5(3);  March 2008
The PLoS Medicine Debate
When Should Children with HIV Infection Be Started on Antiretroviral Therapy?
Steven B Welch and Di Gibb
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e73. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050073.
PMCID: PMC2270305
Editorial
It's the Network, Stupid: Why Everything in Medicine Is Connected
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e71. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050071.
PMCID: PMC2270303
Essays
Could an Open-Source Clinical Trial Data-Management System Be What We Have All Been Looking For?
Greg W Fegan and Trudie A Lang
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e6. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050006.
PMCID: PMC2267809
Late-Life Cardiac Interventions and the Treatment Imperative
Janet K Shim, Ann J Russ, and Sharon R Kaufman
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e7. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050007.
PMCID: PMC2270285
Observational Research, Randomised Trials, and Two Views of Medical Science
Jan P Vandenbroucke
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e67. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050067.
PMCID: PMC2265762
Perspectives
Further Evidence that Exclusive Breast-Feeding Reduces Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Compared With Mixed Feeding
Mary Glenn Fowler
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e63. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050063.
PMCID: PMC2265760
Determining Origins and Causes of Childhood Obesity via Mendelian Randomization Analysis
Eric L Ding and Frank B Hu
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e65. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050065.
PMCID: PMC2265761
Inferring HIV Transmission Dynamics from Phylogenetic Sequence Relationships
Christopher D Pilcher, Joseph K Wong, and Satish K Pillai
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e69. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050069.
PMCID: PMC2267810
The Potential Effect of Statins on Rituximab Immunotherapy
Mark S Cragg
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e77. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050077.
PMCID: PMC2270307
Policy Forum
Defining Challenges and Proposing Solutions for Control of the Virus Vector Aedes aegypti
Amy C Morrison, Emily Zielinski-Gutierrez, Thomas W Scott, and Ronald Rosenberg
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e68. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050068.
PMCID: PMC2267811
Syndromic Surveillance: Adapting Innovations to Developing Settings
Jean-Paul Chretien, Howard S Burkom, Endang R Sedyaningsih, Ria P Larasati, Andres G Lescano, Carmen C Mundaca, David L Blazes, Cesar V Munayco, Jacqueline S Coberly, Raj J Ashar, and Sheri H Lewis
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e72. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050072.
PMCID: PMC2270304
Research in Translation
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Aberrant Recapitulation of Developmental Programs?
Moisés Selman, Annie Pardo, and Naftali Kaminski
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e62. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050062.
PMCID: PMC2265304
Research Articles
Exploring the Developmental Overnutrition Hypothesis Using Parental–Offspring Associations and FTO as an Instrumental Variable
Debbie A Lawlor, Nicholas J Timpson, Roger M Harbord, Sam Leary, Andy Ness, Mark I McCarthy, Timothy M Frayling, Andrew T Hattersley, and George Davey Smith
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e33. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050033.
PMCID: PMC2265763
An Antibiotic-Responsive Mouse Model of Fulminant Ulcerative Colitis
Silvia S Kang, Seth M Bloom, Lyse A Norian, Michael J Geske, Richard A Flavell, Thaddeus S Stappenbeck, and Paul M Allen
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e41. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050041.
PMCID: PMC2270287
Episodic Sexual Transmission of HIV Revealed by Molecular Phylodynamics
Fraser Lewis, Gareth J Hughes, Andrew Rambaut, Anton Pozniak, and Andrew J. Leigh Brown
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e50. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050050.
PMCID: PMC2267814
Global Transcript Profiles of Fat in Monozygotic Twins Discordant for BMI: Pathways behind Acquired Obesity
Kirsi H Pietiläinen, Jussi Naukkarinen, Aila Rissanen, Juha Saharinen, Pekka Ellonen, Heli Keränen, Anu Suomalainen, Alexandra Götz, Tapani Suortti, Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Matej Orešič, Jaakko Kaprio, and Leena Peltonen
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e51. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050051.
PMCID: PMC2265758
Alcohol Intake and Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review Implementing a Mendelian Randomization Approach
Lina Chen, George Davey Smith, Roger M Harbord, and Sarah J Lewis
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e52. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050052.
PMCID: PMC2265305
The Impact of Monitoring HIV Patients Prior to Treatment in Resource-Poor Settings: Insights from Mathematical Modelling
Timothy B Hallett, Simon Gregson, Sabada Dube, and Geoff P Garnett
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e53. Published online 2008 March 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050053.
PMCID: PMC2265759
Aberrant Mucin Assembly in Mice Causes Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Spontaneous Inflammation Resembling Ulcerative Colitis
Chad K Heazlewood, Matthew C Cook, Rajaraman Eri, Gareth R Price, Sharyn B Tauro, Douglas Taupin, David J Thornton, Chin Wen Png, Tanya L Crockford, Richard J Cornall, Rachel Adams, Masato Kato, Keats A Nelms, Nancy A Hong, Timothy H. J Florin, Christopher C Goodnow, and Michael A McGuckin
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e54. Published online 2008 March 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050054.
PMCID: PMC2270292
Increased Microerythrocyte Count in Homozygous α+-Thalassaemia Contributes to Protection against Severe Malarial Anaemia
Freya J. I Fowkes, Stephen J Allen, Angela Allen, Michael P Alpers, David J Weatherall, and Karen P Day
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e56. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050056.
PMCID: PMC2267813
Multidisciplinary Prospective Study of Mother-to-Child Chikungunya Virus Infections on the Island of La Réunion
Patrick Gérardin, Georges Barau, Alain Michault, Marc Bintner, Hanitra Randrianaivo, Ghassan Choker, Yann Lenglet, Yasmina Touret, Anne Bouveret, Philippe Grivard, Karin Le Roux, Séverine Blanc, Isabelle Schuffenecker, Thérèse Couderc, Fernando Arenzana-Seisdedos, Marc Lecuit, and Pierre-Yves Robillard
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e60. Published online 2008 March 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050060.
PMCID: PMC2267812
Statins Impair Antitumor Effects of Rituximab by Inducing Conformational Changes of CD20
Magdalena Winiarska, Jacek Bil, Ewa Wilczek, Grzegorz M Wilczynski, Malgorzata Lekka, Patrick J Engelberts, Wendy J. M Mackus, Elzbieta Gorska, Lukasz Bojarski, Tomasz Stoklosa, Dominika Nowis, Zuzanna Kurzaj, Marcin Makowski, Eliza Glodkowska, Tadeusz Issat, Piotr Mrowka, Witold Lasek, Anna Dabrowska-Iwanicka, Grzegorz W Basak, Maria Wasik, Krzysztof Warzocha, Maciej Sinski, Zbigniew Gaciong, Marek Jakobisiak, Paul W. H. I Parren, and Jakub Golab
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e64. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050064.
PMCID: PMC2270297
Social Contacts and Mixing Patterns Relevant to the Spread of Infectious Diseases
Joël Mossong, Niel Hens, Mark Jit, Philippe Beutels, Kari Auranen, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Marco Massari, Stefania Salmaso, Gianpaolo Scalia Tomba, Jacco Wallinga, Janneke Heijne, Malgorzata Sadkowska-Todys, Magdalena Rosinska, and W. John Edmunds
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e74. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050074.
PMCID: PMC2270306
Correction
Correction: Combined Impact of Health Behaviours and Mortality in Men and Women: The EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study
Kay-Tee Khaw, Nicholas Wareham, Sheila Bingham, Ailsa Welch, Robert Luben, and Nicholas Day
PLoS Med. 2008 March; 5(3): e70. Published online 2008 March 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050070.
PMCID: PMC2270302
Corrects: Kay-Tee Khaw, et al. Combined Impact of Health Behaviours and Mortality in Men and Women: The EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study. PLoS Med. 2008 January; 5(1): e12.
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