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Number 1, February 1993 A case of acute aconitine poisoning caused by
chuanwu and caowu
1 The impact of human immunodeficiency virus on
T. Y. K. Chan, B. Tomlinson, W. W. M. Chan,
presentation and diagnosis of tuberculosis in a
V. T. F. Yeung and L. K. K. Tse
cohort study in Zambia
Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
A. M. Elliott, B. Halwiindi, R. #7.H ayes, N. Luo,
complicating typhoid fever
G. Tembo, L. Machiels, C. Bem, G. Steenbergen,
H. F. de Silva, W. N. S. Kularatne, R. Wijewickrema
F.O.M. Pobee, P. P. Nunnand K. P.W.F. McAdam
and V. Thevanesam
Prospects for the use of larvivorous fish for malaria
Book reviews
control in Ethiopia: search for indigenous species
and evaluation of their feeding capacity for
mosquito larvae :
M. Fletcher, A. Teklehaimanot, G. Yemane,
Number 2, April 1993
A. Kassahun, G. Kidane and Y. Beyene
Egg viability in urinary schistosomiasis. I New 71 Egg viability in urinary schistosomiasis. II
methods compared with available methods Simplifying modifications and standardization of
R. A. Braun-Munzinger and B. A. Southgate new methods
An experimental study on the effect of praziquantel R. A. Braun-Munzinger and B. A. Southgate
and oltipraz on some lysosomal enzymes Factors related to the utilization of prenatal care in
A. El-Sharkawy, M. El-Toukhy, S. Z. Abdel- Vietnam
Rahman, Z. El-Kholy, H. Farag, S. El-Zoghby and I. E. Swenson, N. M. Thang, V. Q. Nhan and
N. Gaber P. X. Tieu
Frequency and enterotoxigenicity of Campylobacter Comparison of Vibrio cholerae serotype 01 strains
jejum and C. coli in domestic animals in Pakistan as isolated from patients and the aquatic environment
compared to Sweden A. Huq, S. Parveen, F. Qadri, D. A. Sack and
K. Khalil, G. B. Lindblom, K. Mazhar, E. Sjégren R. Colwell
and B. Kaijser Interpersonal violence: patterns in a Basotho
Prevalence of leptospiral agglutinins among community
conservancy workers in Madras City, India A. A. van Geldermalsen and P. Van der Stuyft
S. Ratnam, C. O. R. Everard,¥ . C. Alex, B. Suresh Infection with Schistosoma mansoni in two different
and P. Thangaraju endemic areas: a comparative population-based
Human brucellosis in Dhofar, Sultanate of Oman study in Elziedab and Gezira-Managil irrigation
M. A. Idris, M. Maiwald, K. N. El-Mauly and schemes, Sudan
A. Ruppel I. A. Eltoum, S. M. Sulaiman, H. Elturabi,
Resistance of bacteria from human faecal flora to E. Mahgoub and M. A. Homeida
antimicrobial agents Infectious diarrhoea in Hong Kong
N. A. Ismaeel F. M. Ling and A. F. Cheng
Sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to Prevalence of HIV infection and AIDS in Egypt
pyrimethamine in vivo and to sulphadoxine/ over four years of surveillance (1986-1990)
pyrimethamine combination zn vitro in pregnant D. M. Watts, N. T. Constantine, M. F. Sheba,
women of northern Nigeria M. Kamal,7 . D. Callahan and M. E. Kilpatrick
4. N. Okoyeh, L. Lege-Oguntoye,¥ .O . Emembolu, Microfilaria prevalence of diurnally subperiodic
U. Sarki and A. B. Slotboom Wuchereria bancrofti among people having a
Temporomandibular dislocation: a complication of medical checkup in American Samoa in the past
tetanus 17 years
R. T. Thachil, B. Philip and C. B. Sridhar E. C. Reid and E. Kimura
Significance of Cryptosporidium as an aetiologic Reactive serological tests for syphilis in tropical
agent of acute diarrhoea in Calcutta: a hospital based spastic paraparesis: a dilemma
study E. N. Barton, O. St. C. Morgan, M. F. Smikle and
P. Das, K. Sengupta, P. Dutta, M. K. Bhattacharya, W. A. Blattner
S.C. Pal and S. K. Bhattacharya The contribution of Gambian traditional birth
A study and analysis of the deaths due to advanced attendants to field research
Schistosoma japonicum infection in the Dongting C. Menendez, P. L. Alonso, A. Kinteh, B. M’ Boge,
Lake area of China N. Francis and B. M. Greenwood
Li Yuesheng, Yu Dongbao, Li Yi, Yuan Liping, Egg viability in urinary schistosomiasis. III
Xiang Yang, Zhao Xiaogong, Zhong Zhinan and Repeatability and reproducibility of new methods
Xia Meng R. A. Braun-Munzinger and B. A. Southgate
Increasing risk of transfusion-associated AIDS as A national survey of the prevalence of chloroquine
the pandemic spreads: experience in Maiduguri, resistant Plasmodium falciparum in Burkina Faso
Nigeria L. Del Nero, L. Lamizana, V. Pietra and
T. O. Harry, A. E. Moses, T. O. Ola, S. O. Obi and G. Rotigliano
M. D. Bajani Microbiology of cerebral abscess: a four-year study
Measuring effectiveness of malaria control: a in Malaysia
simplified method for Primary Health Care. S. Pitt, F. Jamal and F. K. Cheah
Preliminary report Dengue fever complicated by pulmonary
R. H. Webber haemorrhage manifesting as haemoptysis
C.K. Liam, B. H. Yap and S. K. Lam
Book reviews
Number 3, June 1993 Number 4, August 1993
139 Are reminder stickers effective in reducing 203 HIV, breast-feeding and under-5 mortality:
immunization dropout rates in Addis Ababa? modelling the impact of policy decisions for or
Y. Berhane and¥ . Pickering against breast-feeding
Malaria with bacteraemia in acutely febrile P. del Fante, F. fenniskens, L. Lush, D. Morona,
preschool children without localizing signs: B. Moeller, C. F. Lanata and R. Hayes
Coincidence or association/complication? Clinical spectrum of pulmonary hydatidosis and
G. O. Akpede and R. M. Sykes raised serum IgE levels in the Indian southern
Studies on serum $-glucuronidase activity and peninsula
urinary tryptophan metabolites in human D. Ray, K. Saha, K. S. Krishna and P. S. Fairaj
fascioliasis Surgical services and training in the context of
S. A. Ebied, M. A. El-Toukhy, S. M. El-Zoghby, national health care policy: the Malawi experience
A. A. Saad, H. F. Farag, S. Kandil and A. Adeloye
M. M. Ibrahim Prevalence of HIV-1 infection in a rural medical
Causes of morbidity among a sample of elderly clinic in Haiti
patients in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia F. E. Ollé-Goig, A. Rodés and¥ . M. Barrera
S.R. Alballa, E. A. Bamgboye, M. Al-Sekeit and Impact of Schistosoma haematobium infection and of
S.R. Alballaa praziquantel treatment on anaemia of primary
Prevalence of toxoplasmosis in humans and school children in Bertoua, Cameroon
domestic animals in Ahwaz, capital of Khoozestan R. N. Befidi-Mengue, R. C. Ratard, G. Beltran,
Province, south-west Iran A. D’ Alessandro,F . Rice, R. Befidi-Mengue,
N. Hoghooghi-Rad and M. Afraa L. E. Kouemeni and B. L. Cline
A rare complication of measles: subcutaneous and Childhood infections in Nigeria: an autopsy study
mediastinal emphysema E. E. U. Akang, C. Ekweozor, H. U. Pindiga and
A. Sharma T. N. Onyemenem
Assessment of the response in vivo and in vitro of The disease pattern of elderly medical patients in
Plasmodium falciparum to sulphadoxine— Rwanda, central Africa
pyrimethamine in the malarious areas of Iran T. F. Mets
Gh. H. Edrissian, A. Afshar, A. Sayedzadeh, A serological survey for leptospirosis in the Enugu
Gh. Mohsseni and M. T. Satvat area of eastern Nigeria among people at
Ophthalmomyiasis in Kuwait: first report of occupational risk
infections due to the larvae of Oestrus ovis before N. F. Onyemelukwe
and after the Gulf conflict Acute chloroquine administration increases renal
P. R. Hira, B. Hajj, F. Al-Ali and M.F . R. Hall sodium excretion
Efficacy and limitations of QBC acridine orange C. T. Musabayane, C. E. Ndhlovu, G. Mamutse,
staining as a routine diagnostic technique for P. Bwititi and R.¥ . Balment
malaria in developing countries Clinical filarial disease in two ethnic endemic
B. K. A. Kumar, M. Al Fadeel and S. C. Sehgal communities of Orissa, India
Improved method for the concentration and S.K. Kar,J .M ania and P. K. Kar
purification of faecal cysts of Entamoeba histolytica Bancroftian filariasis in the Kassena Nankana
for use as an antigen District of the upper east region of Ghana: a
R. Fyothi, B. Foerster, C. Hamelmann and preliminary study
N. P. Shetty F. O. Gyapong,¥ . K. Badu, S. Adjei and F. Binka
A study of placentas from Wuchereria bancrofti Acute renal failure in Kuwait: a prospective study
microfilaraemic and amicrofilaraemic mothers K. El-Reshaid, M. Kapoor, K. V. fohny and
T.R. Campello, R. Santos Ferreira, M. L. Pires, T. N. Sugathan
P. Gouveia de Melo, S. Albuquerque, S. Araujo and Book reviews
G. Dreyer
Brain echinococcal disease in Pondicherry
Number 6, December 1993
L. C. Thakur and K. S. Anand
Protocol for out-patient management of dengue Obituary
illness in young adults ELISA for detection of anti-Giardia specific IgM:
Chin Chee Khin, Kang Beng Huat, Cheah Poh Choo, response in serum
R. Nair and Lam Sai Kit M. H. Al-Tukhi,7 . P. Ackers, M. N. Al-Ahdal,
Book reviews M. A. Taha and A. W. Peters
Efficacy of chloroquine on Plasmodium falciparum
transmitted at Amani, Eastern Usambara
Number 5, October 1993
Mountains, North-east Tanzania: an area where
267 Within-person variation in urinary sodium, malaria has recently become endemic
potassium and creatinine concentrations, and their V. G. Fowler, M. Lemnge, S. G. Irare, E. Malecela,
relationship to changes in the blood pressure of F. Mhina, S. Mtui, M. Mashaka and R. Mtoi
adult male Gambians Tinea capitis in Trinidad
S. Bennett and H. A. Wilkins M. K. Moore and M. Suite
Dapsone poisoning Low incidence of hypercalcaemia in tuberculosis in
A. Sheela, R. T. Thachil and C. B. Sridhar Malaysia
Seroepidemiology of hepatitis B, Delta and human T. T. Tan, B. C. Lee and B. A. K. Khalid
immunodeficiency virus infections in Hamadan A prospective study on some factors which influence
province, Iran: a population based study the delivery of large babies
S. Amini, M. F. Mahmoodi, S. Andalibi and T. O. Lawoyin
A. A. Solati Dracunculiasis in Burkina Faso: results ofa national
The prevalence and classification of epileptic survey
seizures in Nigerians with sickle-cell anaemia S.R. Kambire, L. T. Kangoye, R. Hien,
B. Adamolekun, M. A. Durosinmi, W. Olowu and G. Yameogo, Y. Hutin,7 . B. Quedraogo,¥ . P. Meert
I. Adediran and T. R. Guiguemde
Cystic hydatid disease: pitfalls in diagnosis in the Cell immunofluorescence and brain extract based
Middle East endemic area dot-immunobinding assay in identification of
P.R. Hira, H. M. Shweiki and I. Francis arboviruses
Analysis of medical needs during disasters caused by 4. Vincent and N. Aron
tropical cyclones: anticipated injury patterns Book reviews
E. K. Noji Author Index to Volume 96
