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Volume 5(11);  November 2008
The PLoS Medicine Debate
Is Private Health Care the Answer to the Health Problems of the World's Poor?
Kara Hanson, Lucy Gilson, Catherine Goodman, Anne Mills, Richard Smith, Richard Feachem, Neelam Sekhri Feachem, Tracey Perez Koehlmoos, and Heather Kinlaw
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e233. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050233.
PMCID: PMC2586358
Editorial
Scaling Up International Food Aid: Food Delivery Alone Cannot Solve the Malnutrition Crisis
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e235. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050235.
PMCID: PMC2586349
Perspectives
A Prospective Study of Spatial Clusters Gives Valuable Insights into Dengue Transmission
Steven Riley
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e220. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050220.
PMCID: PMC2577697
Estimating the Global Burden of Snakebite Can Help To Improve Management
Jean-Philippe Chippaux
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e221. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050221.
PMCID: PMC2577698
Comparing Highly Efficacious Antimalarial Drugs
Colin J Sutherland
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e228. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050228.
PMCID: PMC2586357
Approaches to Sex Education: Peer-Led or Teacher-Led?
David A Ross
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e229. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050229.
PMCID: PMC2586353
Bias, Spin, and Misreporting: Time for Full Access to Trial Protocols and Results
An-Wen Chan
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e230. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050230.
PMCID: PMC2586359
Mathematical Models for a New Era of Malaria Eradication
Maciej F Boni, Caroline O Buckee, and Nicholas J White
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e231. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050231.
PMCID: PMC2586351
Policy Forum
Informed Consent and Shared Decision-Making: A Requirement to Disclose to Patients Off-Label Prescriptions
Michael Wilkes and Margaret Johns
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e223. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050223.
PMCID: PMC2581625
Revisiting the Design of Phase III Clinical Trials of Antimalarial Drugs for Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Steffen Borrmann, Tim Peto, Robert W Snow, Win Gutteridge, and Nicholas J White
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e227. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050227.
PMCID: PMC2586344
Learning Forum
Multiple Masses on the Tongue of a Patient with Generalized Mucocutaneous Lesions
Luca Pastore, Maria Luisa Fiorella, Raffaele Fiorella, and Lorenzo Lo Muzio
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e212. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050212.
PMCID: PMC2581624
Research Articles
Spatial and Temporal Clustering of Dengue Virus Transmission in Thai Villages
Mammen P Mammen, Jr., Chusak Pimgate, Constantianus J. M Koenraadt, Alan L Rothman, Jared Aldstadt, Ananda Nisalak, Richard G Jarman, James W Jones, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Charity Ann Ypil-Butac, Arthur Getis, Suwich Thammapalo, Amy C Morrison, Daniel H Libraty, Sharone Green, and Thomas W Scott
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e205. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050205.
PMCID: PMC2577695
Reporting Bias in Drug Trials Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration: Review of Publication and Presentation
Kristin Rising, Peter Bacchetti, and Lisa Bero
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e217. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050217.
PMCID: PMC2586350
The Global Burden of Snakebite: A Literature Analysis and Modelling Based on Regional Estimates of Envenoming and Deaths
Anuradhani Kasturiratne, A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Nilanthi de Silva, N. Kithsiri Gunawardena, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Ranjan Premaratna, Lorenzo Savioli, David G Lalloo, and H. Janaka de Silva
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e218. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050218.
PMCID: PMC2577696
Emergence of Azole Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus and Spread of a Single Resistance Mechanism
Eveline Snelders, Henrich A. L van der Lee, Judith Kuijpers, Anthonius J. M. M Rijs, János Varga, Robert A Samson, Emilia Mellado, A. Rogier T Donders, Willem J. G Melchers, and Paul E Verweij
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e219. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050219.
PMCID: PMC2581623
The Chilling Effect: How Do Researchers React to Controversy?
Joanna Kempner
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e222. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050222.
PMCID: PMC2586361
The Long-Term Effects of a Peer-Led Sex Education Programme (RIPPLE): A Cluster Randomised Trial in Schools in England
Judith Stephenson, Vicki Strange, Elizabeth Allen, Andrew Copas, Anne Johnson, Chris Bonell, Abdel Babiker, Ann Oakley, and the RIPPLE Study Team
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e224. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050224.
PMCID: PMC2586352
Modelling the Impact of Artemisinin Combination Therapy and Long-Acting Treatments on Malaria Transmission Intensity
Lucy C Okell, Chris J Drakeley, Teun Bousema, Christopher J. M Whitty, and Azra C Ghani
PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e226. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050226.
PMCID: PMC2586356
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