| | The PLoS Medicine Debate Is Private Health Care the Answer to the Health Problems of the World's Poor? Kara Hanson, Lucy Gilson, Catherine Goodman, Anne Mills, Richard Smith, Richard Feachem, Neelam Sekhri Feachem, Tracey Perez Koehlmoos, and Heather Kinlaw PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e233. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050233.PMCID: PMC2586358 Editorial Scaling Up International Food Aid: Food Delivery Alone Cannot Solve the Malnutrition Crisis The PLoS Medicine Editors PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e235. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050235.PMCID: PMC2586349 Perspectives A Prospective Study of Spatial Clusters Gives Valuable Insights into Dengue Transmission Steven Riley PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e220. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050220.PMCID: PMC2577697 Estimating the Global Burden of Snakebite Can Help To Improve Management Jean-Philippe Chippaux PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e221. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050221.PMCID: PMC2577698 Comparing Highly Efficacious Antimalarial Drugs Colin J Sutherland PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e228. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050228.PMCID: PMC2586357 Approaches to Sex Education: Peer-Led or Teacher-Led? David A Ross PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e229. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050229.PMCID: PMC2586353 Bias, Spin, and Misreporting: Time for Full Access to Trial Protocols and Results An-Wen Chan PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e230. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050230.PMCID: PMC2586359 Mathematical Models for a New Era of Malaria Eradication Maciej F Boni, Caroline O Buckee, and Nicholas J White PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e231. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050231.PMCID: PMC2586351 Policy Forum Informed Consent and Shared Decision-Making: A Requirement to Disclose to Patients Off-Label Prescriptions Michael Wilkes and Margaret Johns PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e223. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050223.PMCID: PMC2581625 Revisiting the Design of Phase III Clinical Trials of Antimalarial Drugs for Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Steffen Borrmann, Tim Peto, Robert W Snow, Win Gutteridge, and Nicholas J White PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e227. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050227.PMCID: PMC2586344 Learning Forum Multiple Masses on the Tongue of a Patient with Generalized Mucocutaneous Lesions Luca Pastore, Maria Luisa Fiorella, Raffaele Fiorella, and Lorenzo Lo Muzio PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e212. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050212.PMCID: PMC2581624 Research Articles Spatial and Temporal Clustering of Dengue Virus Transmission in Thai Villages Mammen P Mammen, Jr., Chusak Pimgate, Constantianus J. M Koenraadt, Alan L Rothman, Jared Aldstadt, Ananda Nisalak, Richard G Jarman, James W Jones, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Charity Ann Ypil-Butac, Arthur Getis, Suwich Thammapalo, Amy C Morrison, Daniel H Libraty, Sharone Green, and Thomas W Scott PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e205. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050205.PMCID: PMC2577695 Reporting Bias in Drug Trials Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration: Review of Publication and Presentation Kristin Rising, Peter Bacchetti, and Lisa Bero PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e217. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050217.PMCID: PMC2586350 The Global Burden of Snakebite: A Literature Analysis and Modelling Based on Regional Estimates of Envenoming and Deaths Anuradhani Kasturiratne, A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Nilanthi de Silva, N. Kithsiri Gunawardena, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Ranjan Premaratna, Lorenzo Savioli, David G Lalloo, and H. Janaka de Silva PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e218. Published online 2008 November 4. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050218.PMCID: PMC2577696 Emergence of Azole Resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus and Spread of a Single Resistance Mechanism Eveline Snelders, Henrich A. L van der Lee, Judith Kuijpers, Anthonius J. M. M Rijs, János Varga, Robert A Samson, Emilia Mellado, A. Rogier T Donders, Willem J. G Melchers, and Paul E Verweij PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e219. Published online 2008 November 11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050219.PMCID: PMC2581623 The Chilling Effect: How Do Researchers React to Controversy? Joanna Kempner PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e222. Published online 2008 November 18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050222.PMCID: PMC2586361 The Long-Term Effects of a Peer-Led Sex Education Programme (RIPPLE): A Cluster Randomised Trial in Schools in England Judith Stephenson, Vicki Strange, Elizabeth Allen, Andrew Copas, Anne Johnson, Chris Bonell, Abdel Babiker, Ann Oakley, and the RIPPLE Study Team PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e224. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050224.PMCID: PMC2586352 Modelling the Impact of Artemisinin Combination Therapy and Long-Acting Treatments on Malaria Transmission Intensity Lucy C Okell, Chris J Drakeley, Teun Bousema, Christopher J. M Whitty, and Azra C Ghani PLoS Med. 2008 November; 5(11): e226. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050226.PMCID: PMC2586356 |