Editorial

Christopher Whitty and Roly Gosling

Implications of attempts to eliminate malaria for front-line clinicians
Trop Doct 38(1): 1-2; doi:10.1258/td.2008.080013 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review

B A Ojo, A A Akanbi, M S Odimayo, and A K Jimoh

Endometrial tuberculosis in the Nigerian middle belt: an eight-year review
Trop Doct 38(1): 3-4; doi:10.1258/td.2007.052090 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Articles

Simon D Makombe, Anthony D Harries, Joseph Kwong-Leung Yu, Mindy Hochgesang, Eustice Mhango, Ralf Weigel, Olesi Pasulani, Margaret Fitzgerald, Erik J Schouten, and Edwin Libamba

Outcomes of patients with Kaposi's sarcoma who start antiretroviral therapy under routine programme conditions in Malawi
Trop Doct 38(1): 5-7; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jackson Orem, Edward Katongole Mbidde, and Elisabete Weiderpass

Current investigations and treatment of Burkitt's lymphoma in Africa
Trop Doct 38(1): 7-11; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060093 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

U V Okafor and R E Efetie

Critical care management of eclamptics: challenges in an African setting
Trop Doct 38(1): 11-13; doi:10.1258/td.2007.053260 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Methods and Devices

J Gnanaraj

Minimally invasive appendicectomy using the cystoscope
Trop Doct 38(1): 14-15; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060125 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nakul Uppal

Automated sterile saline dispenser in lieu of an assistant for surgical bone cutting to remove impacted teeth
Trop Doct 38(1): 15; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060175 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Nakul Uppal

Dental root fragment extraction using a hypodermic needle
Trop Doct 38(1): 16; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060172 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Short Reports

Faizullah Kakar, Abdul Hamid Ahmadzai, Najibullah Habib, Asadullah Taqdeer, and A Frederick Hartman

A successful response to an outbreak of cholera in Afghanistan
Trop Doct 38(1): 17-20; doi:10.1258/td.2006.006336 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Edwin Stephen, Sukria Nayak, and Serina R Salins

Thyroidectomy under local anaesthesia in India
Trop Doct 38(1): 20-21; doi:10.1258/td.2006.006255 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

B A Ekele, C E Shehu, Y Ahmed, and M Fache

What is the place of the new WHO antenatal care model in a teaching hospital setting?
Trop Doct 38(1): 21-24; doi:10.1258/td.2007.005023 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

O U J Umeora, I Sunday-Adeoye, and G O Ugwu

Advocating the new WHO antenatal care model in a free maternity care setting in a developing country
Trop Doct 38(1): 24-27; doi:10.1258/td.2007.004403 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Berrin Esen, Aysegul Gozalan, Nilay Coplu, Fatih Sua Tapar, Ramazan Uzun, Turan Aslan, Mustafa Ertek, Turan Buzgan, and Levent Akin

The presence of tick-borne encephalitis in an endemic area for tick-borne diseases, Turkey
Trop Doct 38(1): 27-28; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M M A Faridi, Anju Aggarwal, Manish Kumar, and Abedin Sarafrazul

Clinical and biochemical profile of dengue haemorrhagic fever in children in Delhi
Trop Doct 38(1): 28-30; doi:10.1258/td.2007.006158 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

L Buhendwa, R Zachariah, R Teck, M Massaquoi, J Kazima, P Firmenich, and A D Harries

Cabergoline for suppression of puerperal lactation in a prevention of mother-to-child HIV-transmission programme in rural Malawi
Trop Doct 38(1): 30-32; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060091 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Majid Shafiq, Mansoor Tanwir, Asma Tariq, Ayesha Saleem, Monaa Zafar, and Ali Khan Khuwaja

Myths and fallacies about epilepsy among residents of a Karachi slum area
Trop Doct 38(1): 32-33; doi:10.1258/td.2006.006311 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M U Rasheed and Getachew Belay

Nocardiosis in HIV seropositive clinically suspected pulmonary tuberculosis patients
Trop Doct 38(1): 34-35; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060055 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

J Tukur, TA Jido, and BS Awolaja

Maternal mortality in rural northern Nigeria
Trop Doct 38(1): 35-36; doi:10.1258/td.2006.006356 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luk van Eygen and Sandra Rutgers

Caesarean section as preferred mode of delivery in term breech presentations is not a realistic option in rural Zimbabwe
Trop Doct 38(1): 36-39; doi:10.1258/td.2007.005019 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M Rangarajan and S M Jayakar

Paraphimosis revisited: is chronic paraphimosis a predominantly third world condition?
Trop Doct 38(1): 40-42; doi:10.1258/td.2007.006212 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Serhat Vancelik, Asuman Guraksin, and Ahmet Ayyildiz

Seroprevalence of human brucellosis in rural endemic areas in eastern Turkey
Trop Doct 38(1): 42-43; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gizachew Yismaw, Challa Negeri, and Afework Kassu

A five-year antimicrobial resistance pattern of Shigella isolated from stools in the Gondar University hospital, northwest Ethiopia
Trop Doct 38(1): 43-45; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060215 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruce Hayes

Medical errors – a hospital in Nepal searches for answers
Trop Doct 38(1): 45-48; doi:10.1258/td.2007.062830 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

L Kpanake, M T Munoz Sastre, P C Sorum, and E Mullet

Knowledge of the risks associated with skin bleaching among Togolese users
Trop Doct 38(1): 49-50; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060151 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ifeoma Ulasi

Gender bias in access to healthcare in Nigeria: a study of end-stage renal disease
Trop Doct 38(1): 50-52; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060160 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yohannes Dibaba

Prevalence and correlates of intimate partner physical violence against women in Kofale District, Ethiopia
Trop Doct 38(1): 52-54; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

O O Onabolu, T O Otulana, and O G Awodein

Assessing the visual status of truck drivers in a developing country
Trop Doct 38(1): 54-55; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060207 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M Kango and K S Baboo

Does the consent of the patients have a role to play in formulating a treatment policy?
Trop Doct 38(1): 56-57; doi:10.1258/td.2006.006340 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Case Series and Case Reports

Shane Duffy

A case series of bleeding due to Leech infestation from the Gimbie region, Ethiopia
Trop Doct 38(1): 58-59; doi:10.1258/td.2007.060162 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nese Demirtürk, Tuna Demirdal, Nurettin Erben, Serap Demir, Zerrin Asci, Turkan Pasali Kilit, and Elif Doyuk Kartal

Brucellosis: a retrospective evaluation of 99 cases and review of brucellosis treatment
Trop Doct 38(1): 59-62; doi:10.1258/td.2006.006266 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Research Letters

Kathleen A Tweeten and Jacqueline Muñoz-Bravo

Qhapa, a pest causing skin irritations in Nor Yungas region of Bolivia, identified as a chigger mite, Eutrombicula batatas
Trop Doct 38(1): 63-64; doi:10.1258/td.2006.006291 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Ziad Abu Sharar, Jaishen Rajah, and Howard Parsons

Childhood seroprevalence of hepatitis A in the United Arab Emirates
Trop Doct 38(1): 65; doi:10.1258/td.2007.053390 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elisabeth Ataíde e Pinto and João Guilherme Alves

The causes of death of hospitalized children in Angola
Trop Doct 38(1): 66-67; doi:10.1258/td.2006.006352 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Correspondence

Jonathan M Spector and Oswaldo Revelo Castro

Coordinated neonatal transport: advancing newborn care in resource-limited settings
Trop Doct 38(1): 68; doi:10.1258/td.2006.006223 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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