| Table of Contents |
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| Editorial: Tropical medicine, technology and economic development |
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547 |
| SEAMEO Regional Tropical Medicine Network |
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| C Harinasuta |
550 |
| Special report: The College of Public Health, The University of the Philippines Manila -meeting the challenge of health development |
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| J Balthazar, R Mercado |
556 |
| Special report: The development of nutrition training in Indonesia: The contribution of SEAMEO TROPMED |
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| A Razad, AD Sediaoetama, S Sastroamidjojo |
560 |
| Special report: Seroepidemiological studies of malaria in different endemic areas of Indonesia |
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| I Sutanto, W Pribadi, R M uljono, L Susanto, R Sutjahijono, H Astuti, R Rasidi |
563 |
| Special report: Health research in Malaysia: Overview and future directions |
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| M Jegathesan, AB Suleiman |
570 |
| Special report: Epidemiology and control of malaria in Malaysia |
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| JW Mak, M Jegathesan, PKC Lim, SL Hakim, AN Rain, S Ambu, HK Chong |
572 |
| Special report: Intestinal protozoan infections in Malaysia |
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| KPF Lai |
578 |
| Special report: Bionomics of important mosquito vectors in Malaysia |
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| I Vythilingam, GL Chiang, HL Lee, KI Singh |
587 |
| Special report: Health research in Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Special report: Immunological studies on some bacterial and parasitic diseases in Thailand |
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| T Chongsuphajaisiddhi, C Harinasuta |
604 |
| Special report: Immunological studies on some bacterial and parasitic diseases in Thailand |
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| W Chaicumpa |
606 |
| Special report: Drug resistant malaria with special reference to Thailand |
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| S Looareesuwan, T Harinasuta, T Chongsuphajaisiddhi |
621 |
| Review: Economics and tropical diseases: a research agenda using schistosomiasis as an example |
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| DB Evans |
641 |
| Review: Thalassemia in Southeast Asia: problems and strategy for prevention and control |
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| S Fucharoen, P Winichagoon |
647 |
| Review: Towards a malaria vaccine : riding the rollercoaster between unrealistic optimism and lethal pessimism |
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| A Saul |
656 |
| Review: Neurological complications of malaria |
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| N Senanayake, GC Roman |
672 |
| Review: Importance of ecology in Aedes aegypti control |
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| MW Service |
681 |
| Iron status of pregnant Filipino women as measured by serum ferritin |
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| LA Perlas, MD Kuizon, RT Tajaon, JA Desnacido |
691 |
| The prevalence of the indirect hemagglutination test for melioidosis in children in an endemic area |
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| Charoenwong, P Lumbiganon, S Puapermpoonsiri |
698 |
| Hypercalcemia in active pulmonary tuberculosis and its occurrence in relation to the radiographic extent of disease |
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| TYK Chan, CHS Chan, CC Shek, PD Davies |
702 |
| Streptococcal throat carriage in school children with special reference to seasonal incidence |
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| K Prakash, A Lakshmy |
705 |
| Pulmonary pathology in rabbits infected with the Baling and Koyan strains of Schistosoma malayensis |
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| KC Shekhar, R Pathmanathan |
711 |
| Albendazole stimulates outward migration of Gnathostoma spinigerum to the dermis in man |
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| P Suntharasamai, M Riganti, S Chittamas, V Desakorn |
716 |
| Problems in dengue control: a case study |
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| S Poovaneswari, SK Lam |
723 |
| IgM capture ELISA for detection of IgM antibodies to dengue virus: comparison of 2 formats using hemagglutinins and cell culture derived antigens |
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| MJ Cardosa, PH Tio, S Nimmannitya, A Nisalak, B Innis |
726 |
| Isolation of Getah virus from mosquitos collected on Hainan Island, China and results of a serosurvey |
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| XD Li, FX Qiu, H Yang, YN Rao, CH Calisher |
730 |
| Detection of circulating plasmodial antigens in human sera by sandwich ELISA with monoclonal antibodies |
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| PKC Lim, JW Mak, HS Yong |
735 |
| Two-site pan-species monoclonal antibody ELISA for detection of blood stage malaria antigen |
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| Q Gao, S Tharavanij, S Khusmith, LQ Wang, S Looareesuwan, WG Zhang |
740 |
| Two-site sandwich ELISA for detection of Plasmodium vivax blood stage antigens using monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies |
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| S Khusmith, P Intapan, S Tharavanij, S Tuntrakul, KA Indravijit, D Bunnag |
745 |
| Antibody detection ELISAs for malaria diagnosis |
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| PM Graves, R Boreham, G Robert, L Fray, LJ Xu, YM Huang, W Relf, A Saul, C Kidson |
752 |
| Artemether in the treatment of multiple drug resistant falciparum malaria |
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| D Bunnag, J Karbwang, T Harinasuta |
762 |
| Preliminary report: A comparative clinical trial of artemether and quinine in severe falciparum malaria |
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| J Karbwang, K Sukontason, W Rimchala, W Namsiripongpun, T Tin, P Auprayoon, S Tumsupapong, D Bunnag, T Harinasuta |
768 |
| Pharmacokinetics of quinine, quinidine and cinchonine when given as combination |
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| J Karbwang, D Bunnag, T Harinasuta, S Chittamas, J Berth, P Druilhe |
773 |
| Fansimef for prophylaxis of malaria: a double-blind randomized placebo controlled trial |
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| D Bunnag, S Malikul, S Chittamas, D Chindanond, T Harinasuta, M Fernex, ML Miltelholzer, S Kristiansen, D Sturchler |
777 |
| Malaria in a rural area of eastern Thailand: baseline epidemiological studies at Bo Thong |
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| P Kamolratanakul, B .phanamun, S Lerthmaharit, T Seublinwong, R Udomsangpetch, N Chirakalwasorn, S Thaithong |
783 |
| Dyspepsia in acute falciparum malaria: a clinico-pathological correlation |
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| P Wilairatana, M Riganti, S Looareesuwan, B Punpoowong, P Srisopark, P Charoenlarp |
788 |
| Eosinophilic response to falciparum malaria infections |
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| GD Shanks, C Wilairatanapom |
795 |
| Incrimination of Anopheles aconitus Donitz as a vector of epidemic malaria in Bangladesh |
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| NP Maheswary, MA Habib, M Elias |
798 |
| Research note: The prevalence of helminth infection in Ban Nanin, Laos: additional data |
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| T Scholz, 0 Ditrich, J Gutvirth, V Vanisaveth, B Hongvanthong, K Pholsena, B Sayaseng |
802 |
| Research note: Eight cutaneous leishmaniasis cases detected in Karamay, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China |
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| LR Guan, YQ Yang, HY Ren, 11 Chai |
803 |
| Research note: Rapid detection of hepatitis B surface antigen by red cell agglutination assay |
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| Y Poovorawan, A Theamboonlers, Y Vuttinunt, S Chumdermpadetsuk |
805 |
| Case report: Myiasis in human filarial lymphedema |
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| R Srinivasan, SP Pani |
807 |
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