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Volume 5(2);  February 2008
The PLoS Medicine Debate
Should Data from Demographic Surveillance Systems Be Made More Widely Available to Researchers?
Daniel Chandramohan, Kenji Shibuya, Philip Setel, Sandy Cairncross, Alan D Lopez, Christopher J. L Murray, Basia Żaba, Robert W Snow, and Fred Binka
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e57. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050057.
PMCID: PMC2253613
Editorial
The Neglected Diseases Section in PLoS Medicine: Moving Beyond Tropical Infections
The PLoS Medicine Editors
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e59. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050059.
PMCID: PMC2253615
Neglected Diseases
Eliminating Human African Trypanosomiasis: Where Do We Stand and What Comes Next>
Pere P Simarro, Jean Jannin, and Pierre Cattand
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e55. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050055.
PMCID: PMC2253612
Perspectives
Antiretroviral Therapy for Prevention of HIV Infection: New Clues From an Animal Model
Myron S Cohen and Angela D. M Kashuba
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e30. Published online 2008 February 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050030.
PMCID: PMC2225431
Does Preventing Obesity Lead to Reduced Health-Care Costs?
Klim McPherson
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e37. Published online 2008 February 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050037.
PMCID: PMC2225433
The Evolution of Norovirus, the “Gastric Flu”
Ben Lopman, Maria Zambon, and David W Brown
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e42. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050042.
PMCID: PMC2235896
Maternal Death, Autopsy Studies, and Lessons from Pathology
Sebastian Lucas
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e48. Published online 2008 February 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050048.
PMCID: PMC2245983
New Formulation of Paraquat: A Step Forward but in the Wrong Direction?
D. Nicholas Bateman
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e58. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050058.
PMCID: PMC2253614
Policy Forum
Soft Targets: Nurses and the Pharmaceutical Industry
Annemarie Jutel and David B Menkes
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e5. Published online 2008 February 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050005.
PMCID: PMC2225434
Research in Translation
Solving the Mystery of Myelodysplasia
Jerald Radich
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e40. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050040.
PMCID: PMC2235895
Salivating for Knowledge: Potential Pharmacological Agents in Tick Saliva
Joppe W. R Hovius, Marcel Levi, and Erol Fikrig
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e43. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050043.
PMCID: PMC2235897
Research Articles
Prevention of Rectal SHIV Transmission in Macaques by Daily or Intermittent Prophylaxis with Emtricitabine and Tenofovir
J. Gerardo García-Lerma, Ron A Otten, Shoukat H Qari, Eddie Jackson, Mian-er Cong, Silvina Masciotra, Wei Luo, Caryn Kim, Debra R Adams, Michael Monsour, Jonathan Lipscomb, Jeffrey A Johnson, David Delinsky, Raymond F Schinazi, Robert Janssen, Thomas M Folks, and Walid Heneine
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e28. Published online 2008 February 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050028.
PMCID: PMC2225435
Lifetime Medical Costs of Obesity: Prevention No Cure for Increasing Health Expenditure
Pieter H. M van Baal, Johan J Polder, G. Ardine de Wit, Rudolf T Hoogenveen, Talitha L Feenstra, Hendriek C Boshuizen, Peter M Engelfriet, and Werner B. F Brouwer
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e29. Published online 2008 February 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050029.
PMCID: PMC2225430
Mechanisms of GII.4 Norovirus Persistence in Human Populations
Lisa C Lindesmith, Eric F Donaldson, Anna D LoBue, Jennifer L Cannon, Du-Ping Zheng, Jan Vinje, and Ralph S Baric
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e31. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050031.
PMCID: PMC2235898
A Collaborative Epidemiological Investigation into the Criminal Fake Artesunate Trade in South East Asia
Paul N Newton, Facundo M Fernández, Aline Plançon, Dallas C Mildenhall, Michael D Green, Li Ziyong, Eva Maria Christophel, Souly Phanouvong, Stephen Howells, Eric McIntosh, Paul Laurin, Nancy Blum, Christina Y Hampton, Kevin Faure, Leonard Nyadong, C. W. Ray Soong, Budiono Santoso, Wang Zhiguang, John Newton, and Kevin Palmer
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e32. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050032.
PMCID: PMC2235893
An Erythroid Differentiation Signature Predicts Response to Lenalidomide in Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Benjamin L Ebert, Naomi Galili, Pablo Tamayo, Jocelyn Bosco, Raymond Mak, Jennifer Pretz, Shyam Tanguturi, Christine Ladd-Acosta, Richard Stone, Todd R Golub, and Azra Raza
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e35. Published online 2008 February 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050035.
PMCID: PMC2235894
The Limits and Intensity of Plasmodium falciparum Transmission: Implications for Malaria Control and Elimination Worldwide
Carlos A Guerra, Priscilla W Gikandi, Andrew J Tatem, Abdisalan M Noor, Dave L Smith, Simon I Hay, and Robert W Snow
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e38. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050038.
PMCID: PMC2253602
CD36 Deficiency Leads to Choroidal Involution via COX2 Down-Regulation in Rodents
Marianne Houssier, William Raoul, Sophie Lavalette, Nicole Keller, Xavier Guillonneau, Barbara Baragatti, Laurent Jonet, Jean-Claude Jeanny, Francine Behar-Cohen, Flavio Coceani, Daniel Scherman, Pierre Lachapelle, Huy Ong, Sylvain Chemtob, and Florian Sennlaub
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e39. Published online 2008 February 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050039.
PMCID: PMC2245984
An Autopsy Study of Maternal Mortality in Mozambique: The Contribution of Infectious Diseases
Clara Menéndez, Cleofé Romagosa, Mamudo R Ismail, Carla Carrilho, Francisco Saute, Nafissa Osman, Fernanda Machungo, Azucena Bardaji, Llorenç Quintó, Alfredo Mayor, Denise Naniche, Carlota Dobaño, Pedro L Alonso, and Jaume Ordi
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e44. Published online 2008 February 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050044.
PMCID: PMC2245982
Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration
Irving Kirsch, Brett J Deacon, Tania B Huedo-Medina, Alan Scoboria, Thomas J Moore, and Blair T Johnson
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e45. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050045.
PMCID: PMC2253608
The Fall and Rise of US Inequities in Premature Mortality: 1960–2002
Nancy Krieger, David H Rehkopf, Jarvis T Chen, Pamela D Waterman, Enrico Marcelli, and Malinda Kennedy
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e46. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050046.
PMCID: PMC2253609
Improvement in Survival after Paraquat Ingestion Following Introduction of a New Formulation in Sri Lanka
Martin F Wilks, Ravindra Fernando, P. L Ariyananda, Michael Eddleston, David J Berry, John A Tomenson, Nicholas A Buckley, Shaluka Jayamanne, David Gunnell, and Andrew Dawson
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e49. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050049.
PMCID: PMC2253611
Correction
Correction: What Are the Benefits and Risks of Fitting Patients with Radiofrequency Identification Devices?
Mark Levine, Ben Adida, Kenneth Mandl, Isaac Kohane, and John Halamka
PLoS Med. 2008 February; 5(2): e36. Published online 2008 February 5. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050036.
PMCID: PMC2225432
Corrects: Mark Levine, et al. What Are the Benefits and Risks of Fitting Patients with Radiofrequency Identification Devices. PLoS Med. 2007 November; 4(11): e322.
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