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Volume 4(2);  February 2007
Correspondence
Adherence to HAART: Africans Take Medicines More Faithfully than North Americans
Amir Attaran
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e83. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040083.
PMCID: PMC1808103
“The Right Stuff”: The Global Burden of Disease
Bolajoko O Olusanya
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e84. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040084.
PMCID: PMC1808104
Gut Mucosa in HIV Infection: “Immune Milk” Solution
Shawn J Green
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e85. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040085.
PMCID: PMC1808105
Blindness Survey Methods: Response from Sudan Study Authors
Jeremiah Ngondi, Francis Ole-Sempele, Alice Onsarigo, Ibrahim Matende, Samson Baba, Mark Reacher, Fiona Matthews, Carol Brayne, and Paul M Emerson
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e86. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040086.
PMCID: PMC1808106
Structural Violence and Clinical Medicine: Free Infant Formula for HIV-Exposed Infants
Ted Greiner, Christophe Grundmann, Katherine Krasovec, Christian Pitter, and Catherine Wilfert
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e87. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040087.
PMCID: PMC1808107
Educating Health Professionals about Drug and Device Promotion: Authors' Reply
Peter R Mansfield, Jerome R Hoffman, and Joel Lexchin
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e88. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040088.
PMCID: PMC1808108
Educating Health Professionals about Drug and Device Promotion: A Nepalese Perspective
P. Ravi Shankar
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e89. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040089.
PMCID: PMC1808109
Editorial
PLoS Medicine's Advisory Group on Publication Ethics
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e81. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040081.
PMCID: PMC1808102
Essays
Monopolizing Clinical Trial Data: Implications and Trends
Karin Timmermans
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e2. Published online 2007 February 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040002.
PMCID: PMC1796904
When Should Potentially False Research Findings Be Considered Acceptable?
Benjamin Djulbegovic and Iztok Hozo
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e26. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040026.
PMCID: PMC1808081
Most Published Research Findings Are False—But a Little Replication Goes a Long Way
Ramal Moonesinghe, Muin J Khoury, and A. Cecile J. W Janssens
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e28. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040028.
PMCID: PMC1808082
Asthma in Africa
Matthias Wjst and Daniel Boakye
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e72. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040072.
PMCID: PMC1808099
Perspectives
How Can We Improve the Care of Severely Malnourished Children in Africa?
Geert Tom Heikens
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e45. Published online 2007 January 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040045.
PMCID: PMC1783670
Management of Cryptococcosis: How Are We Doing?
John R Perfect
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e47. Published online 2007 February 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040047.
PMCID: PMC1808087
Making Human Neurons from Stem Cells after Spinal Cord Injury
Natalia Abramova Lowry and Sally Temple
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e48. Published online 2007 February 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040048.
PMCID: PMC1796907
Contraceptive Use and the Poor: A Matter of Choice?
Duff Gillespie
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e49. Published online 2007 February 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040049.
PMCID: PMC1808089
Aquatic Insects and Mycobacterium ulcerans: An Association Relevant to Buruli Ulcer Control?
Manuel T Silva, Françoise Portaels, and Jorge Pedrosa
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e63. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040063.
PMCID: PMC1805625
Is Natural Ventilation a Useful Tool to Prevent the Airborne Spread of TB?
Peter Wilson
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e77. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040077.
PMCID: PMC1808100
Can Immunity Induced by the Human Influenza Virus N1 Neuraminidase Provide Some Protection from Avian Influenza H5N1 Viruses?
Laura Gillim-Ross and Kanta Subbarao
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e91. Published online 2007 February 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040091.
PMCID: PMC1796911
Awakening from Sleep and Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Ilan Gabriely and Harry Shamoon
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e99. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040099.
PMCID: PMC1808112
Policy Forum
Undertaking Research in Other Countries: National Ethico-Legal Barometers and International Ethical Consensus Statements
Loane Skene
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e10. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040010.
PMCID: PMC1808077
Opportunities for Providing Web-Based Interventions to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections in Peru
Walter H Curioso, Magaly M Blas, Bobbi Nodell, Isaac E Alva, and Ann E Kurth
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e11. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040011.
PMCID: PMC1808078
Angina, “Normal” Coronary Angiography, and Vascular Dysfunction: Risk Assessment Strategies
Raffaele Bugiardini, Lina Badimon, Peter Collins, Raimund Erbel, Kim Fox, Christian Hamm, Fausto Pinto, Annika Rosengren, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Lars Wallentin, and Frans Van de Werf
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e12. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040012.
PMCID: PMC1808079
What Drives Health-Care Spending Priorities? An International Survey of Health-Care Professionals
Glenn Salkeld, David Henry, Suzanne Hill, Danielle Lang, Nick Freemantle, and Jefferson D'Assunção
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e94. Published online 2007 February 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040094.
PMCID: PMC1800312
Research in Translation
Cell-Based Bone Tissue Engineering
Gert J Meijer, Joost D de Bruijn, Ron Koole, and Clemens A van Blitterswijk
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e9. Published online 2007 February 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040009.
PMCID: PMC1800310
Research Articles
Determinants of Disease Presentation and Outcome during Cryptococcosis: The CryptoA/D Study
Françoise Dromer, Simone Mathoulin-Pélissier, Odile Launay, Olivier Lortholary, and the French Cryptococcosis Study Group
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e21. Published online 2007 February 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040021.
PMCID: PMC1808080
Use of Modern Contraception by the Poor Is Falling Behind
Emmanuela Gakidou and Effy Vayena
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e31. Published online 2007 February 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040031.
PMCID: PMC1796626
Determinants of Treatment Adherence Among Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Southern Ethiopia
Estifanos Biru Shargie and Bernt Lindtjørn
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e37. Published online 2007 February 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040037.
PMCID: PMC1796905
Extensive Neuronal Differentiation of Human Neural Stem Cell Grafts in Adult Rat Spinal Cord
Jun Yan, Leyan Xu, Annie M Welsh, Glen Hatfield, Thomas Hazel, Karl Johe, and Vassilis E Koliatsos
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e39. Published online 2007 February 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040039.
PMCID: PMC1796906
Rates of Latent Tuberculosis in Health Care Staff in Russia
Francis Drobniewski, Yanina Balabanova, Elena Zakamova, Vladyslav Nikolayevskyy, and Ivan Fedorin
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e55. Published online 2007 February 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040055.
PMCID: PMC1796908
Cross-Reactive Neuraminidase Antibodies Afford Partial Protection against H5N1 in Mice and Are Present in Unexposed Humans
Matthew R Sandbulte, Gretchen S Jimenez, Adrianus C. M Boon, Larry R Smith, John J Treanor, and Richard J Webby
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e59. Published online 2007 February 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040059.
PMCID: PMC1796909
von Hippel-Lindau Disease-Associated Hemangioblastomas Are Derived from Embryologic Multipotent Cells
Deric M Park, Zhengping Zhuang, Ling Chen, Nicholas Szerlip, Irina Maric, Jie Li, Taesung Sohn, Stephanie H Kim, Irina A Lubensky, Alexander O Vortmeyer, Griffin P Rodgers, Edward H Oldfield, and Russell R Lonser
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e60. Published online 2007 February 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040060.
PMCID: PMC1796910
Reporting Methods of Blinding in Randomized Trials Assessing Nonpharmacological Treatments
Isabelle Boutron, Lydia Guittet, Candice Estellat, David Moher, Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, and Philippe Ravaud
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e61. Published online 2007 February 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040061.
PMCID: PMC1800311
Protection against Mycobacterium ulcerans Lesion Development by Exposure to Aquatic Insect Saliva
Laurent Marsollier, Estelle Deniaux, Priscille Brodin, Agnès Marot, Christelle Mbondji Wondje, Jean-Paul Saint-André, Annick Chauty, Christian Johnson, Fredj Tekaia, Edouard Yeramian, Pierre Legras, Bernard Carbonnelle, Gilles Reysset, Sara Eyangoh, Geneviève Milon, Stewart T Cole, and Jacques Aubry
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e64. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040064.
PMCID: PMC1808094
NSAIDs Modulate CDKN2A, TP53, and DNA Content Risk for Progression to Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Patricia C Galipeau, Xiaohong Li, Patricia L Blount, Carlo C Maley, Carissa A Sanchez, Robert D Odze, Kamran Ayub, Peter S Rabinovitch, Thomas L Vaughan, and Brian J Reid
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e67. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040067.
PMCID: PMC1808095
Natural Ventilation for the Prevention of Airborne Contagion
A. Roderick Escombe, Clarissa C Oeser, Robert H Gilman, Marcos Navincopa, Eduardo Ticona, William Pan, Carlos Martínez, Jesus Chacaltana, Richard Rodríguez, David A. J Moore, Jon S Friedland, and Carlton A Evans
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e68. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040068.
PMCID: PMC1808096
Defective Awakening Response to Nocturnal Hypoglycemia in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Bernd Schultes, Kamila Jauch-Chara, Steffen Gais, Manfred Hallschmid, Eva Reiprich, Werner Kern, Kerstin M Oltmanns, Achim Peters, Horst L Fehm, and Jan Born
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e69. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040069.
PMCID: PMC1808097
Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm and Atopy in Ghana: Two Surveys Ten Years Apart
Emmanuel O. D Addo-Yobo, Ashley Woodcock, Adorkor Allotey, Benjamin Baffoe-Bonnie, David Strachan, and Adnan Custovic
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e70. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040070.
PMCID: PMC1808098
Corrections
Correction: Vaccine Efficacy in Senescent Mice Challenged with Recombinant SARS-CoV Bearing Epidemic and Zoonotic Spike Variants
Damon Deming, Timothy Sheahan, Mark Heise, Boyd Yount, Nancy Davis, Amy Sims, Mehul Suthar, Jack Harkema, Alan Whitmore, Raymond Pickles, Ande West, Eric Donaldson, Kristopher Curtis, Robert Johnston, and Ralph Baric
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e80. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040080.
PMCID: PMC1808101
Corrects: Damon Deming, et al. Vaccine Efficacy in Senescent Mice Challenged with Recombinant SARS-CoV Bearing Epidemic and Zoonotic Spike Variants . PLoS Med. 2006 December; 3(12): e525.
Correction: Early-Life Family Structure and Microbially Induced Cancer Risk
Martin J Blaser, Abraham Nomura, James Lee, Grant N Stemmerman, and Guillermo I Perez-Perez
PLoS Med. 2007 February; 4(2): e100. Published online 2007 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040100.
PMCID: PMC1808113
Corrects: Martin J Blaser, et al. Early-Life Family Structure and Microbially Induced Cancer Risk. PLoS Med. 2007 January; 4(1): e7.
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