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Volume 5(6);  June 2008
Guidelines and Guidance
Guidelines for Reporting Health Research: The EQUATOR Network's Survey of Guideline Authors
Iveta Simera, Douglas G Altman, David Moher, Kenneth F Schulz, and John Hoey
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e139. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050139.
PMCID: PMC2443184
Editorial
Drug Development for Maternal Health Cannot Be Left to the Whims of the Market
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e140. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050140.
PMCID: PMC2504051
Essays
Ethical Implications of Modifying Lethal Injection Protocols
Leonidas G Koniaris, Kenneth W Goodman, Jeremy Sugarman, Uzoezi Ozomaro, Jonathan Sheldon, and Teresa A Zimmers
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e126. Published online 2008 June 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050126.
PMCID: PMC2504038
New Medicines for Tropical Diseases in Pregnancy: Catch-22
Nicholas J White, Rose M McGready, and François H Nosten
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e133. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050133.
PMCID: PMC2429948
Neglected Diseases
The “Other” Neglected Diseases in Global Public Health: Surgical Conditions in Sub-Saharan Africa
Doruk Ozgediz and Robert Riviello
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e121. Published online 2008 June 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050121.
PMCID: PMC2408612
Perspectives
How Might Cocaine Interfere with Brain Development?
Steven E Hyman
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e130. Published online 2008 June 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050130.
PMCID: PMC2429955
Subnational Burden of Disease Studies: Mexico Leads the Way
Martin Tobias
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e138. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050138.
PMCID: PMC2429946
Policy Forum
Coverage of Cervical Cancer Screening in 57 Countries: Low Average Levels and Large Inequalities
Emmanuela Gakidou, Stella Nordhagen, and Ziad Obermeyer
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e132. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050132.
PMCID: PMC2429949
Research in Translation
Melanoma: What Are the Gaps in Our Knowledge?
Jonathan L Rees
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e122. Published online 2008 June 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050122.
PMCID: PMC2408613
Severe Vivax Malaria: Newly Recognised or Rediscovered?
Stephen J Rogerson and Richard Carter
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e136. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050136.
PMCID: PMC2429947
Research Articles
The Safety of Adult Male Circumcision in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Men in Rakai, Uganda
Godfrey Kigozi, Ronald H Gray, Maria J Wawer, David Serwadda, Frederick Makumbi, Stephen Watya, Fred Nalugoda, Noah Kiwanuka, Lawrence H Moulton, Michael Z Chen, Nelson K Sewankambo, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Melanie C Bacon, Renee Ridzon, Pius Opendi, Victor Sempijja, Absolom Settuba, Denis Buwembo, Valerian Kiggundu, Margaret Anyokorit, James Nkale, Nehemia Kighoma, and Blake Charvat
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e116. Published online 2008 June 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050116.
PMCID: PMC2408615
A Mechanism for the Inhibition of Neural Progenitor Cell Proliferation by Cocaine
Chun-Ting Lee, Jia Chen, Teruo Hayashi, Shang-Yi Tsai, Joseph F Sanchez, Stacie L Errico, Rose Amable, Tsung-Ping Su, Ross H Lowe, Marilyn A Huestis, James Shen, Kevin G Becker, Herbert M Geller, and William J Freed
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e117. Published online 2008 June 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050117.
PMCID: PMC2504032
Improving Melanoma Classification by Integrating Genetic and Morphologic Features
Amaya Viros, Jane Fridlyand, Juergen Bauer, Konstantin Lasithiotakis, Claus Garbe, Daniel Pinkel, and Boris C Bastian
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e120. Published online 2008 June 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050120.
PMCID: PMC2408611
A Mouse to Human Search for Plasma Proteome Changes Associated with Pancreatic Tumor Development
Vitor M Faca, Kenneth S Song, Hong Wang, Qing Zhang, Alexei L Krasnoselsky, Lisa F Newcomb, Ruben R Plentz, Sushma Gurumurthy, Mark S Redston, Sharon J Pitteri, Sandra R Pereira-Faca, Renee C Ireton, Hiroyuki Katayama, Veronika Glukhova, Douglas Phanstiel, Dean E Brenner, Michelle A Anderson, David Misek, Nathalie Scholler, Nicole D Urban, Matt J Barnett, Cim Edelstein, Gary E Goodman, Mark D Thornquist, Martin W McIntosh, Ronald A DePinho, Nabeel Bardeesy, and Samir M Hanash
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e123. Published online 2008 June 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050123.
PMCID: PMC2504036
Characterizing the Epidemiological Transition in Mexico: National and Subnational Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors
Gretchen Stevens, Rodrigo H Dias, Kevin J. A Thomas, Juan A Rivera, Natalie Carvalho, Simón Barquera, Kenneth Hill, and Majid Ezzati
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e125. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050125.
PMCID: PMC2429945
Plasmodium vivax and Mixed Infections Are Associated with Severe Malaria in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study from Papua New Guinea
Blaise Genton, Valérie D'Acremont, Lawrence Rare, Kay Baea, John C Reeder, Michael P Alpers, and Ivo Müller
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e127. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050127.
PMCID: PMC2429951
Multidrug-Resistant Plasmodium vivax Associated with Severe and Fatal Malaria: A Prospective Study in Papua, Indonesia
Emiliana Tjitra, Nicholas M Anstey, Paulus Sugiarto, Noah Warikar, Enny Kenangalem, Muhammad Karyana, Daniel A Lampah, and Ric N Price
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e128. Published online 2008 June 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050128.
PMCID: PMC2429950
How Well Do Clinical Pain Assessment Tools Reflect Pain in Infants?
Rebeccah Slater, Anne Cantarella, Linda Franck, Judith Meek, and Maria Fitzgerald
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e129. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050129.
PMCID: PMC2504041
Gene-Environment Interaction in the Onset of Eczema in Infancy: Filaggrin Loss-of-Function Mutations Enhanced by Neonatal Cat Exposure
Hans Bisgaard, Angela Simpson, Colin N.A Palmer, Klaus Bønnelykke, Irwin Mclean, Somnath Mukhopadhyay, Christian B Pipper, Liselotte B Halkjaer, Brian Lipworth, Jenny Hankinson, Ashley Woodcock, and Adnan Custovic
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e131. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050131.
PMCID: PMC2504043
Effect of a Brief Video Intervention on Incident Infection among Patients Attending Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics
Lee Warner, Jeffrey D Klausner, Cornelis A Rietmeijer, C. Kevin Malotte, Lydia O'Donnell, Andrew D Margolis, Gregory L Greenwood, Doug Richardson, Shelley Vrungos, Carl R O'Donnell, Craig B Borkowf, and for the Safe in the City Study Group
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e135. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050135.
PMCID: PMC2504047
The Reno-Vascular A2B Adenosine Receptor Protects the Kidney from Ischemia
Almut Grenz, Hartmut Osswald, Tobias Eckle, Dan Yang, Hua Zhang, Zung Vu Tran, Karin Klingel, Katya Ravid, and Holger K Eltzschig
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e137. Published online 2008 June 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050137.
PMCID: PMC2504049
Correction
Correction: Resisting Immune Exhaustion in HIV-1 Infection
Sarah Rowland-Jones and Thushan de Silva
PLoS Med. 2008 June; 5(6): e134. Published online 2008 June 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050134.
PMCID: PMC2408614
Corrects: Sarah Rowland-Jones, et al. Resisting Immune Exhaustion in HIV-1 Infection. PLoS Med. 2008 May; 5(5): e103.
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