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Volume 2(5);  May 2005
Editorial
Meeting the Needs of Different Research Communities
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e158. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020158.
PMCID: PMC1140962
Synopses
Comparison of Homocysteine-Lowering Drugs
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e145. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020145.
PMCID: PMC1140955
How Prevalent Is Schizophrenia?
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e146. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020146.
PMCID: PMC1140956
Affluence and the Worldwide Distribution of Cardiovascular Disease Risks
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e148. Published online 2005 May 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020148.
PMCID: PMC1088288
Patterns of Statin Prescribing
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e149. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020149.
PMCID: PMC1140958
Sickle Cell and Malaria
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e150. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020150.
PMCID: PMC1140959
Essays
Is Evidence-Based Medicine Relevant to the Developing World?
Paul Chinnock, Nandi Siegfried, and Mike Clarke
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e107. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020107.
PMCID: PMC1140939
Medical Journals Are an Extension of the Marketing Arm of Pharmaceutical Companies
Richard Smith
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e138. Published online 2005 May 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020138.
PMCID: PMC1140949
Perspectives
Why We Need to Rethink the Diseases of Affluence
Thomas E Novotny
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e104. Published online 2005 May 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020104.
PMCID: PMC1088286
Taking More Than a Fair Share? The Migration of Health Professionals from Poor to Rich Countries
Delanyo Dovlo
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e109. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020109.
PMCID: PMC1140940
Managing Cardiovascular Risk Factors: The Gap between Evidence and Practice
Fiona Turnbull
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e131. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020131.
PMCID: PMC1140946
The Global Prevalence of Schizophrenia
Dinesh Bhugra
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e151. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020151.
PMCID: PMC1140960
Health in Action
Tackling Tuberculosis in Latvia
Melanie Zipperer
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e122. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020122.
PMCID: PMC1140941
Policy Forum
Nanotechnology and the Developing World
Fabio Salamanca-Buentello, Deepa L Persad, Erin B Court, Douglas K Martin, Abdallah S Daar, and Peter A Singer
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e97. Published online 2005 May 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020097.
PMCID: PMC1079975
Vaccine Policy in India
Yennapu Madhavi
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e127. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020127.
PMCID: PMC1140944
Research in Translation
The Development of Vaginal Microbicides for the Prevention of HIV Transmission
Jonathan Weber, Kamal Desai, Janet Darbyshire, and on behalf of the Microbicides Development Programme
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e142. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020142.
PMCID: PMC1140953
Learning Forum
An 18-Year-Old Patient with Type 1 Diabetes Undergoing Surgery
Massimo Pietropaolo
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e140. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020140.
PMCID: PMC1140951
Case Report
Autoimmune Thyroid Disease with Fluctuating Thyroid Function
Ali S Alzahrani, Saleh Aldasouqi, Suzan Abdel Salam, and Ali Sultan
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e89. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020089.
PMCID: PMC1140938
Research Articles
National Trends in Statin Use by Coronary Heart Disease Risk Category
Jun Ma, Niraj L Sehgal, John Z Ayanian, and Randall S Stafford
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e123. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020123.
PMCID: PMC1140942
An Immune Basis for Malaria Protection by the Sickle Cell Trait
Thomas N Williams, Tabitha W Mwangi, David J Roberts, Neal D Alexander, David J Weatherall, Sammy Wambua, Moses Kortok, Robert W Snow, and Kevin Marsh
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e128. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020128.
PMCID: PMC1140945
Rethinking the “Diseases of Affluence” Paradigm: Global Patterns of Nutritional Risks in Relation to Economic Development
Majid Ezzati, Stephen Vander Hoorn, Carlene M. M Lawes, Rachel Leach, W. Philip T James, Alan D Lopez, Anthony Rodgers, and Christopher J. L Murray
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e133. Published online 2005 May 3. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020133.
PMCID: PMC1088287
Effect of Homocysteine-Lowering Nutrients on Blood Lipids: Results from Four Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Studies in Healthy Humans
Margreet R Olthof, Trinette van Vliet, Petra Verhoef, Peter L Zock, and Martijn B Katan
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e135. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020135.
PMCID: PMC1140947
A Systematic Review of the Prevalence of Schizophrenia
Sukanta Saha, David Chant, Joy Welham, and John McGrath
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e141. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020141.
PMCID: PMC1140952
Correspondence and Other Communications
Unjustified Restrictions on Letters to the Editor
Douglas G Altman
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e126. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020126.
PMCID: PMC1140943
HIV Epidemiology in Africa: Weak Variables and Tendentiousness Generate Wobbly Conclusions
Stuart Brody and John J Potterat
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e137. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020137.
PMCID: PMC1140948
Association between Injections and HIV Incidence
Naveed Zafar Janjua, Khabir Ahmad, Arshad Altaf, Mohammad Imran Khan, and Hasan Bin Hamza
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e139. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020139.
PMCID: PMC1140950
Fundamental Limits to the Precision of Early Warning Systems for Epidemics of Infectious Diseases
John M Drake
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e144. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020144.
PMCID: PMC1140954
Authors' Reply: Don't Let the Hypothesis Slip
Ben A Lopman, Geoff P Garnett, Simon Gregson, Simon Gregson, and Peter R Mason
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e147. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020147.
PMCID: PMC1140957
Editors' Reply
Virginia Barbour, Barbara Cohen, and Gavin Yamey
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e152. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020152.
PMCID: PMC1140961
Correction
Correction: Buruli Ulcer (M. ulcerans Infection): New Insights, New Hope for Disease Control
Paul D. R Johnson, Timothy Stinear, Pamela L. C Small, Gerd Pluschke, Richard W Merritt, Francoise Portaels, Kris Huygen, John A Hayman, and Kingsley Asiedu
PLoS Med. 2005 May; 2(5): e173. Published online 2005 May 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020173.
PMCID: PMC1140963
Corrects: Paul D. R Johnson, et al. Buruli Ulcer (M. ulcerans Infection): New Insights, New Hope for Disease Control. PLoS Med. 2005 April; 2(4): e108.
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