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| Editorial: The model illusion |
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| Editorial |
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| In vivo study of the response of Plasmodiumfalciparum to standard mefloquine/sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (MSP) treatment among gem miners returnings from Cambodia |
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| K Thimasarn, J Sirichaisinthop, S Vijaykadga, S Tansophalaks, P Yamokgul, A Laomiphol, C Palananth, U Thamewat, S Thaithong, W Rooney |
204 |
| Behaviors in self-prevention of malaria among mobile populations in east Thailand |
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| P Butraporn, C Prasittisuk, S Krachaiklin, P Chareonjai |
213 |
| Humoral immune responses to the Plasmodium falciparum antigen Pfl55/RESA in adults of differential clinical conditions from an Indian zone where malaria is endemic |
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| S Biswas, DN Rao, A Roy, RPS Yadav, SK Ghosh, L Kabilan |
219 |
| Susceptibility of Plasmodiumfalciparum to chloroquine in tea garden tribes of Assam, India |
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| SC Gogoi, S Dev, B Choudhury, S Phookan |
228 |
| Establishment and characterization of cell lines from liver fluke - associated cholangiocarcinoma induced in a hamster model |
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| T Tengchaisri, N Prempracha, W Thamavit, S Boonpucknavig, S Sriurairatana, S Sirisinha |
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| a1-Antitrypsin phenotype PiMZ, a risk factor for liver cirrhosis but not for liver cancers in Thailand |
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| P Smanadhikorn, P Pongpaew, P Srivatanakul, R Tungtrongchitr, W Supanaranond, FP Schelp, P Migasena |
240 |
| Prophylactic treatment for hemophilia a patients: a pilot study |
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| A Chuansumrit, P Isarangkura, P Hathirat |
243 |
| Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum, pleural and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid using DNA amplification of the MPB 64 protein coding gene and IS6110 insertion element |
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| JAMA Tan, BW Lea, TK Lim, NK Chin, CB Tan, JR Xia, HK Yap, G Kumarasinghe |
247 |
| PCR to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA in sputum samples from treated leprosy patients with putative tuberculosis |
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| A Raft, F Feval |
253 |
| Comparsion of multiplex PCR and culture for detection of Legionellae in cooling tower water samples |
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| HR Chang, LH Loo, BG Kuah, BH Heng |
258 |
| Evaluation of WHO monoclonal antibody kit for diagnosis of acute respiratory viral infections |
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| NS Khairullah, SK Lam |
263 |
| Immunogenicity and safety of an inactivated hepatitis A vaccine among Singaporeans |
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| R Guan, HS Ng, KM Fock, Hy Ho, I Yap, JY Kang, WC Chow, CN Chew, C Ng, CJ Teo, R Smith |
268 |
| Japanese encephalitis virus is an important cause of encephalitis among children in Penang |
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| MJ Cardosa, TP Hooi, P Kaur |
272 |
| Socio-economic status and micro-environmental factors in relation to the risk of Japanese encephalitis: a case-control study |
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| DP Luo, HJ Ying, RG Yao JD Song, Z Wang |
276 |
| Protective and risk factors for acute respiratory infections in hospitalized urban Malaysian children : a case control study |
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| BHO Azizi, HI Zulkifli, MS Kasim |
280 |
| Childhood malnutrition: An analysis of the effects of nutritional advice |
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| N Visitsuntorn, R Wongarn |
286 |
| Smokeless tobacco use among rural Kadazan women in Sabah, Malaysia |
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| CY Gan |
291 |
| An evaluation of the future role of non-governmental organizations currently engaged in leprosy control in India |
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| M Vaz, AJW Jacob, A Rajendran |
297 |
| A preliminary study of filariasis related acute adenolyrnphangitis with special reference to precipitating factors and treatment modalities |
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| RK Shenoy, K Sandhya, TK Suma, V Kumaraswami |
301 |
| Experimental studies on early treatment of schistosoma! infection with artemether |
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| SH Xiao, JQ You, YQ Yang, CZ Wang |
306 |
| Possible formation of new brood capsule by the previously formed brood capsule in Echinococcus multilocularis netacestodes |
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| K Ohnishi, H Kutsumi |
319 |
| Ascaris and Trichuris do not contribute to growth retardation in primary school children |
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| KPF Lai, H Kaur, RG Mathias, CK Ow-Yang |
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| USE of culture-filtrated antigen in an ELISA and a dot immunoassay for the diagnosis of melioidosis |
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| S Wongratanacheewin, S Amornpunt, RW Sermswan, U Tattawasart, S Wongwajana |
329 |
| Cryptosporidiosis in HIV infected patients in Thailand |
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| P Moolasart, B Eampokalap, M Ratanasrithong, P Kanthasing, S Tansupaswaskul, C Tanchanpong |
335 |
| Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in Thai children : serological diagnosis |
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| P Nunthapisud, N Prapphal, S Likitnukul, A Vejabhuti, PK Das |
339 |
| Widespread emergence of Vibrio cholerae O139 in India |
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| V Sachdeva, KK Khanna, M Singh, J Singh, S Kumari, T Verghese |
342 |
| Shigellosis in Thai children: experience from a rural hospital 1985-1993 |
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| O Srison, V Pornpatkul |
347 |
| Development and preliminary evaluation of an IgM dot-immunobinding assay (IgM-DIA) for rapid serodiagnosis of Scrub typhus infection |
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| AS Koay, ST Tay, YM Cheong, RMd Yasin |
350 |
| The impact of permethrin impregnated bednets on the malaria vector Anopheles maculatus (Diptera :Culicidae) in Aboriginal villages of Pos Betau Pahang, Malaysia |
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| I Vythilingam, LC Foo, GL Chiang, ST Chan, KL Eng, S Mahadevan, JW Mark, KInder Singh |
354 |
| A report of Anopheles (Diptera : Culcidae) attracted to cow bait in a malaria endemic village in Peninsular Malaysia near the Thailand bonder |
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| WA Rahmam, A Hassan, CR Adanan, M Razha |
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| An epidemic of tetrodotoxin poisoning following ingestion of the horseshoe crab Carcinoscorpiut rotundicauda |
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| J Kanchanapongkul, P Krittayapoositpot |
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| Research note: Effect of minor engineering intervention in the control of breeding of Phlebotomus papatasi (scopoli) sandflied |
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| RC Dhiman |
368 |
| Research note : Lambdacyhalothrin impregnated bednets control malaria in Sabah, Malaysia |
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| JHii, N Alexander, CK Chuan, HA Rahman, A Safri, MKC Chan |
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| Case report: Cyclospora infection in an HIV infected patient with ultrastructural study |
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| D Wanachiwanawin, P Lertlaituan, S Manatsathit, S Tunsupaswasdikul, P Suwanagood, K Thakerngpol |
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| Case report : intestinal microsporidiosis : first reported case in Thailand |
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| P Pitisuttithun, B Phiboonnakit, D Chindanond, B Punpoonwong, S Leelasuphasri, S Vanijanond |
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| Case report : Treatment of cryptococcal meningitis with triple combrination of amphotericin B, flucytosine and itraconazole |
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| V Chotmongkol, S Jitpimolmard |
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