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Volume 4(7);  July 2007
Correspondence
Medicines without Doctors: In Mozambique, Salaries Are Not the Biggest Problem
Wouter Arrazola de Oñate
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e236. Published online 2007 July 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040236.
PMCID: PMC1950204
Transparent Development of WHO Rapid Advice Guidelines: A Useful Approach
Antonio Cunha
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e245. Published online 2007 July 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040245.
PMCID: PMC1950211
WHO's Response to Global Public Health Threats: XDR-TB
Kumanan Wilson, Michael Gardam, Christopher McDougall, Amir Attaran, and Ross Upshur
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e246. Published online 2007 July 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040246.
PMCID: PMC1950212
The PLoS Medicine Debate
Should the Health Community Promote Smokeless Tobacco (Snus) as a Harm Reduction Measure?
Coral E Gartner, Wayne D Hall, Simon Chapman, and Becky Freeman
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e185. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040185.
PMCID: PMC1904463
Editorial
Tobacco Substitutes: Harm Reduction or Smokescreen?
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e244. Published online 2007 July 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040244.
PMCID: PMC1950210
Neglected Diseases
Liver Fluke Induces Cholangiocarcinoma
Banchob Sripa, Sasithorn Kaewkes, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Eimorn Mairiang, Thewarach Laha, Michael Smout, Chawalit Pairojkul, Vajaraphongsa Bhudhisawasdi, Smarn Tesana, Bandit Thinkamrop, Jeffrey M Bethony, Alex Loukas, and Paul J Brindley
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e201. Published online 2007 July 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040201.
PMCID: PMC1913093
Perspectives
Surfactant Levels in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Marcus Davey
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e243. Published online 2007 July 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040243.
PMCID: PMC1950209
Policy Forum
The US Anti-Prostitution Pledge: First Amendment Challenges and Public Health Priorities
Nicole Franck Masenior and Chris Beyrer
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e207. Published online 2007 July 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040207.
PMCID: PMC1925124
Male Circumcision for Prevention of HIV Transmission: What the New Data Mean for HIV Prevention in the United States
Patrick S Sullivan, Peter H Kilmarx, Thomas A Peterman, Allan W Taylor, Allyn K Nakashima, Mary L Kamb, Lee Warner, and Timothy D Mastro
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e223. Published online 2007 July 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040223.
PMCID: PMC1925125
South Africa's Experience of the Closure of the Cellulose Sulphate Microbicide Trial
Gita Ramjee, Roshini Govinden, Neetha S Morar, and Anthony Mbewu
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e235. Published online 2007 July 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040235.
PMCID: PMC1950203
Research in Translation
Graft-Versus-Host Disease: A Surge of Developments
Stanley R Riddell and Frederick R Appelbaum
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e198. Published online 2007 July 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040198.
PMCID: PMC1913094
Student Forum
Excessive Work Hours of Physicians in Training in El Salvador: Putting Patients at Risk
Kenneth R Fernández Taylor
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e205. Published online 2007 July 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040205.
PMCID: PMC1914065
A Student-Led Campaign to Help Tackle Neglected Tropical Diseases
Sandeep P Kishore and Prabhjot S Dhadialla
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e241. Published online 2007 July 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040241.
PMCID: PMC1925128
Research Articles
Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness in Western Rwanda: Blindness in a Postconflict Setting
Wanjiku Mathenge, John Nkurikiye, Hans Limburg, and Hannah Kuper
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e217. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040217.
PMCID: PMC1904464
Preventing Childhood Malaria in Africa by Protecting Adults from Mosquitoes with Insecticide-Treated Nets
Gerry F Killeen, Tom A Smith, Heather M Ferguson, Hassan Mshinda, Salim Abdulla, Christian Lengeler, and Steven P Kachur
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e229. Published online 2007 July 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040229.
PMCID: PMC1904465
The Effects of Mandatory Prescribing of Thiazides for Newly Treated, Uncomplicated Hypertension: Interrupted Time-Series Analysis
Atle Fretheim, Kari Håvelsrud, Graeme MacLennan, Doris Tove Kristoffersen, and Andrew D Oxman
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e232. Published online 2007 July 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040232.
PMCID: PMC1904466
Surfactant Maturation Is Not Delayed in Human Fetuses with Diaphragmatic Hernia
Olivier Boucherat, Alexandra Benachi, Bernadette Chailley-Heu, Marie-Laure Franco-Montoya, Caroline Elie, Jelena Martinovic, and Jacques R Bourbon
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e237. Published online 2007 July 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040237.
PMCID: PMC1950205
Patient Adherence to Tuberculosis Treatment: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Research
Salla A Munro, Simon A Lewin, Helen J Smith, Mark E Engel, Atle Fretheim, and Jimmy Volmink
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e238. Published online 2007 July 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040238.
PMCID: PMC1925126
Plasticity of Central Chemoreceptors: Effect of Bilateral Carotid Body Resection on Central CO2 Sensitivity
Albert Dahan, Diederik Nieuwenhuijs, and Luc Teppema
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e239. Published online 2007 July 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040239.
PMCID: PMC1925127
Age Interactions in the Development of Naturally Acquired Immunity to Plasmodium falciparum and Its Clinical Presentation
John J Aponte, Clara Menendez, David Schellenberg, Elizeus Kahigwa, Hassan Mshinda, Penelope Vountasou, Marcel Tanner, and Pedro L Alonso
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e242. Published online 2007 July 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040242.
PMCID: PMC1950208
Toll-Like Receptor 2 Impairs Host Defense in Gram-Negative Sepsis Caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei (Melioidosis)
W. Joost Wiersinga, Catharina W Wieland, Mark C Dessing, Narisara Chantratita, Allen C Cheng, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Wirongrong Chierakul, Masja Leendertse, Sandrine Florquin, Alex F de Vos, Nicholas White, Arjen M Dondorp, Nicholas P Day, Sharon J Peacock, and Tom van der Poll
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e248. Published online 2007 July 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040248.
PMCID: PMC1950213
Beta-Catenin Signaling Plays a Disparate Role in Different Phases of Fracture Repair: Implications for Therapy to Improve Bone Healing
Yan Chen, Heather C Whetstone, Alvin C Lin, Puviindran Nadesan, Qingxia Wei, Raymond Poon, and Benjamin A Alman
PLoS Med. 2007 July; 4(7): e249. Published online 2007 July 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040249.
PMCID: PMC1950214
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