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| Editorial: Food, hunger and the market economy |
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| Overview : Malaria : cost to India and future trends |
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| VP Sharma |
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| Quinine-tetracycline for multidrug resistant falciparum malaria |
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| D Bunnag, J Karbwang, K Na-Bangchang, A Thanavibul, S Chittamas, T Harinasuta |
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| Artemether-pyrimethamine in the treatment of pyrimethamine-resistant falciparum malaria |
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| K Na-Bangchang, P Tipwangso, A Thanavibul, K Suprakob, T Kanda, J Karbwang |
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| Special report : Changes in Neotricular B-aperta population density following construction ofthe Pak Mun dam in northeast Thailand, with implications for the transmission of schistosomiasis |
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| SW Attwood |
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| Costs, benefits and operational implications of using quantitative techniques to screen for Schistosomiasis haematobium in Egypt |
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| M Talaat, DB Evans |
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| Socioeconomic and behavioral factors affecting the prevalence of geohelminths in preschool children |
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| NR de Silva, VPP Jayapani, HJ de Silva |
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| Intestinal sarcocystosis in Thai laborers |
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| P Wilairatana, P Radomyos, B Radomyos, R Phraevanich, W Plooksawasdi, P Chanthavanich, C Viravan, S Looareesuwan |
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| Vitamin B1, B2 and B6 deficiency in primary school children infected with hookworm |
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| P Nontasut, S Changbumrung, C Muennoo, K Hongthong, N Vudhivai, S Sanguankiat, S Yaemput |
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| Spargana infection of frogs in Malaysia |
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| AB Mastura, S Ambu, 0 Hasnah, R Rosli |
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| Seroprevalence of Sarcoptes scabiei var canis antibodies among Aborigines in Peninsular Malaysia |
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| Y Normaznah, K Saniah, M Nazma, JW Mak, M Krishnasamy, SL Hakim |
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| Ultrastructural characteristics of liver fluke associated human cholangiocarcinoma cell lines |
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| S Sriurairatana, T Tengchaisri, S Sirisinha |
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| Pyruvate : ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Entamoeba histolytica recognized by a monoclonal antibody |
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| N Thammapalerd, D Kotimanusvanij, M Duchene, JA Upcroft, R Mitchell, A Healey, N Samarawickrema, S Tharavanij, G Wiedermann, P Upcroft |
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| Comparative surface ultrastructure of adults and eggs of Gnathostoma found in Japan |
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| M Koga |
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| Minireview: The newly discovered non A-E hepatitis viruses |
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| S Songsivilai, T Dharakul |
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| A non-invasive assessment of hepatitis B virus carrier status using saliva samples |
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| AL Richards, JG Perrault, L T Caringal, CR Manaloto, A Sie, R Graham, RM Ramos, JB Leonardo, KC Hyams |
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| Clinico-pathological predictive factors of response to interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C |
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| P Thavarungkul, K Toriyama, M Kusada, H Kamito, MA Kamito, T Nakayama, Y Kato, H Itakura |
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| Seroepidemiology of human herpesvirus 6 in a population seen in the University Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| KB Chua, NS Khairullah, PS Hooi |
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| Frequency and risk of HIV infection among men attending a clinic for STD in Chiang Mai, Thailand |
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| T Siraprapasiri, HM Foy, JK Kreiss, N Pruithitsada, W Thongtub |
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| Risk factors for neonatal Klebsiella septicemia in Srinagarind Hospital |
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| K Pengsaa, P Lumbiganon, S Taksaphan, S Pairojkul, T Sookpranee, P Kosuwon, C Panthongviriyakul, M Sookpranee, W Kosuwon,
C Wilailuckana, J Noppawinyoowong, W Bhudisawasdi, J Sithikesorn, P Waetasak, C Namkun
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| Risk factors of acute lower respiratory tract infections in children under five years of age |
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| SC Dharmage, LC Rajapaksa, DN Fernando |
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| Multifactorial pathogenesis of mechanisms Burkholderia pseudomallei as suggested from the comparison with Burkholderia cepacia |
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| S Wongwanich, P Chotanachan, E Kondo, K Kanai |
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| Salmonella enteritidis outbreak in Thailand: study by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis |
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| L Katama, P Jayanetra |
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| Hemolysins and plasmid profiles of Vibrio parahaemolyticus |
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| J Vadivelu, SD Puthucheary, A Mitin, CY Wan, B van Melle, JA Puthucheary |
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| Characterization of Aeromonas hydrophila : a comparative study of strains isolated from diarrheal feces and the environment |
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| QM Haque, A Sugiyama, Y Iwade, Y Midorikawa, H Yoshimura, U Kawsar, T Shimada, T Yamauchi |
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| ELISA-based colorimetric detection of Rickettsia tsutsugamushi DNA from patient's serum by nested polymerase chain reaction |
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| GJ Shieh, HL Chen, HY Chen, GR Wang, CB Horng |
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| Brackish water mosquito problem of Vypeen Island, Cochin, Kerala |
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| T Mariappan, N Arunchalam, CMR Reddy, S Sabesan, KN Panicker |
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| Effects of Brugia malayi infection on the survival of Anopheles sinensis |
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| LZ Jin, JJ Xu |
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| Toxicity of insecticides to Toxorhynchites splendens and three vector mosquitos and their sublethal effect on biocontrol potential of the predator |
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| DD Amalraj, PK Das |
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| Dengue vector mosquitos at a tourist attraction, Ko Samui, in 1995 |
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| U Thavara, A Tawatsin, P Phan-Urai, W Ngamsuk, C Chansang, MT Liu, ZJ Li |
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| The spectmm of Beta -thalassemia mutations in Malays in Singapore and Kelantan |
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| WA Abdullah, NB Jamaluddin, SKY Kham, JAMA Tan |
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| Analysis of HLA-DRB I alleles using PCR-RFLP and PCR-MPH |
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| O Na Thalang, C Sukha, C Suwanasophon, R Maneemaroj, Y Okubo, N Tatsumi |
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| Increased risk of urinary stone disease by phypical exercise |
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| P Sriboonlue, P Tosukhowong, K Tungsanga, S Bovornpadoongkitti |
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| The lipoprotein profile ofyong adults with cerebral atherosclerosis |
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| WH Chen, YY Chang, MS Chou, JS Liu |
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| The value of positive nitrites in screening asymptomatic bacteriuria amongst Malaysian school children |
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| D Zainal, Ababa |
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| Minireview: Food-borne nitrates and nitrites as a cause of methemoglobinemia |
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| TYK Chan |
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| Research note : Prevalence oflower genital tract infections among Vietnamese women attending a maternal and child health center in Hanoi, Vietnam |
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| PTK Anh, TP Mai, HTM Phuong, DT Cuong, NTM Huong, PV Quy, V Sangpetchsong, D Kitayaporn |
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| Case report: Salmonella as a cause of bacteremia and subdural empyema in a patient with HIV infection |
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| Kanchanapongkul, K Aroonsakul |
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| Case report : Infection of an adult in Mie Prefecture, Japan by Bertiella studeri |
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| K Ando, T Ito, K Miura, H Matsuoka, Y Chinzei |
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| Case report: Acute viral hepatitis A patient with early negative HAV-IgM antibody |
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| P Wilairatana |
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| Case report: Fatal miliary tuberculosis with hypercalcemia |
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| TYK Chan, CHS Chan |
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| Errata |
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