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Volume 2(12);  December 2005
Editorial
Improving Health by Investing in Medical Education
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e424. Published online 2005 December 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020424.
PMCID: PMC1322308
Synopses
Manipulating Microtubules in Systemic Sclerosis
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e403. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020403.
PMCID: PMC1274285
A Persistent Immune Response to an Acute Virus
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e404. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020404.
PMCID: PMC1274286
Predicting the Development of Type 2 Diabetes
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e406. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020406.
PMCID: PMC1274287
DC-SIGN and Lung Pathogenesis in Patients with Tuberculosis
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e410. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020410.
PMCID: PMC1283366
Malaria Susceptibility—It's Not All in the Genes
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e411. Published online 2005 November 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020411.
PMCID: PMC1277934
Surprising Effects of Maternal Malaria and Gravidity on Infant Malaria Burden
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e413. Published online 2005 November 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020413.
PMCID: PMC1277935
Flying in the Face of the Evidence; Low Aspirin Use in the US Outpatient Setting
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e416. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020416.
PMCID: PMC1283367
Will Stopping Aβ Production Reverse the Damage in Alzheimer Disease?
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e418. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020418.
PMCID: PMC1283368
Bias in Reporting of Genetic Association Studies
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e419. Published online 2005 November 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020419.
PMCID: PMC1285068
Essays
Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy: Merging the Clinical and Social Course of AIDS
Arachu Castro
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e338. Published online 2005 October 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020338.
PMCID: PMC1240055
Serotonin and Depression: A Disconnect between the Advertisements and the Scientific Literature
Jeffrey R Lacasse and Jonathan Leo
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e392. Published online 2005 November 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020392.
PMCID: PMC1277931
Moral Imagination: The Missing Component in Global Health
Solomon R. Benatar
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e400. Published online 2005 December 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020400.
PMCID: PMC1322290
Neglected Diseases
The Global Campaign to Eliminate Leprosy
Andrea Rinaldi
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e341. Published online 2005 December 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020341.
PMCID: PMC1322279
Perspectives
Selection Bias in Meta-Analyses of Gene-Disease Associations
Jin Ling Tang
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e409. Published online 2005 November 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020409.
PMCID: PMC1285067
Tweaking Microtubules to Treat Scleroderma
Jacob M van Laar and Tom W. J Huizinga
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e415. Published online 2005 December 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020415.
PMCID: PMC1322299
Breaking Up (Amyloid) Is Hard to Do
Sam Gandy and Frank L Heppner
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e417. Published online 2005 December 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020417.
PMCID: PMC1322301
Policy Forum
Biocrimes, Microbial Forensics, and the Physician
Steven E Schutzer, Bruce Budowle, and Ronald M Atlas
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e337. Published online 2005 September 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020337.
PMCID: PMC1236212
Human Health Risks from Low-Level Environmental Exposures: No Apparent Safety Thresholds
Donald T Wigle and Bruce P Lanphear
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e350. Published online 2005 October 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020350.
PMCID: PMC1255761
A Systematic Analytic Approach to Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Planning
Daniel J Barnett, Ran D Balicer, Daniel R Lucey, George S Everly, Jr, Saad B Omer, Mark C Steinhoff, and Itamar Grotto
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e359. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020359.
PMCID: PMC1274283
Learning Forum
Thyrotoxicosis and Pregnancy
Petros Perros
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e370. Published online 2005 December 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020370.
PMCID: PMC1322287
Research Articles
Local Literature Bias in Genetic Epidemiology: An Empirical Evaluation of the Chinese Literature
Zhenglun Pan, Thomas A Trikalinos, Fotini K Kavvoura, Joseph Lau, and John P.A Ioannidis
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e334. Published online 2005 November 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020334.
PMCID: PMC1285066
Heritability of Malaria in Africa
Margaret J Mackinnon, Tabitha W Mwangi, Robert W Snow, Kevin Marsh, and Thomas N Williams
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e340. Published online 2005 November 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020340.
PMCID: PMC1277928
Prolonged Activation of Virus-Specific CD8+T Cells after Acute B19 Infection
Adiba Isa, Victoria Kasprowicz, Oscar Norbeck, Andrew Loughry, Katie Jeffery, Kristina Broliden, Paul Klenerman, Thomas Tolfvenstam, and Paul Bowness
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e343. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020343.
PMCID: PMC1274280
Genetic Prediction of Future Type 2 Diabetes
Valeriya Lyssenko, Peter Almgren, Dragi Anevski, Marju Orho-Melander, Marketa Sjögren, Carola Saloranta, Tiinamaija Tuomi, Leif Groop, and the Botnia Study Group
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e345. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020345.
PMCID: PMC1274281
Underutilization of Aspirin Persists in US Ambulatory Care for the Secondary and Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Randall S Stafford, Veronica Monti, and Jun Ma
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e353. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020353.
PMCID: PMC1283363
Paclitaxel Modulates TGFβ Signaling in Scleroderma Skin Grafts in Immunodeficient Mice
Xialin Liu, Shoukang Zhu, Tao Wang, Laura Hummers, Fredrick M Wigley, Pascal J Goldschmidt-Clermont, and Chunming Dong
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e354. Published online 2005 November 1. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020354.
PMCID: PMC1274282
Persistent Amyloidosis following Suppression of Aβ Production in a Transgenic Model of Alzheimer Disease
Joanna L Jankowsky, Hilda H Slunt, Victoria Gonzales, Alena V Savonenko, Jason C Wen, Nancy A Jenkins, Neal G Copeland, Linda H Younkin, Henry A Lester, Steven G Younkin, and David R Borchelt
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e355. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020355.
PMCID: PMC1283364
DC-SIGN Induction in Alveolar Macrophages Defines Privileged Target Host Cells for Mycobacteria in Patients with Tuberculosis
Ludovic Tailleux, Nhan Pham-Thi, Anne Bergeron-Lafaurie, Jean-Louis Herrmann, Patricia Charles, Olivier Schwartz, Pierre Scheinmann, Philippe H Lagrange, Jacques de Blic, Abdellatif Tazi, Brigitte Gicquel, and Olivier Neyrolles
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e381. Published online 2005 November 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020381.
PMCID: PMC1283365
Maternal Malaria and Gravidity Interact to Modify Infant Susceptibility to Malaria
Theonest K Mutabingwa, Melissa C Bolla, Jin-Long Li, Gonzalo J Domingo, Xiaohong Li, Michal Fried, and Patrick E Duffy
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e407. Published online 2005 November 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020407.
PMCID: PMC1277932
Correspondence and Other Communications
Controlling the Spread of HIV/AIDS in the Indian Subcontinent
Govindasamy Agoramoorthy and Minna J Hsu
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e420. Published online 2005 December 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020420.
PMCID: PMC1322304
The Statistical Significance of Suffering
Kristen Suthers
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e421. Published online 2005 December 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020421.
PMCID: PMC1322305
Correction/Clarification about FDA Review Documents
Erick Turner
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e422. Published online 2005 December 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020422.
PMCID: PMC1322306
Editor's Reply
Emma Veitch
PLoS Med. 2005 December; 2(12): e423. Published online 2005 December 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020423.
PMCID: PMC1322307
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