The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Edited by D. J. Bradley
Editorial Panel W. A. M. Cutting A. P. Hall W. Peters A. J. Duggan H. W. W. MacDonald H. A. Reid R. G. Feachem P. R. Payne A. C. Turner 1983 Volume 86
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Contents
Number 1, February 1983
1 Skin diseases in Socialist Peoples Libyan Arab Jamhiriya A. J. Kanwar, G. Singh and M. S. Belhaj )
5 The bearing of diverse patterns of diet on growth and menarche in four ethnic groups in South African girls
B. D. Richardson, P. M. Laing, ¥. M. Rantsho and R. W. Swinel
13 Histamine poisoning on ingestion of tuna fish D. F. Aloysius and C. G. Uragoda
17 Regulation of Leishmania populations within the host. V. Resistance to L. donovani in wild mice J. M. Blackwell
23 Human water contact activities related to the transmission of bilharziasis (schistosomiasis) E. L. Husting
37 High prevalence of eye disease in a Haitian locale D. A. Newsome, R. C. Milton and G. Frederique
Number 2, April 1983
47 Normal serum concentrations of uric acid in a Syrian population S. Hadidy, A. S. Ibrahim, Z. Hallag and H. Tabbakh
51 Anophelism in the Algerian Sahara and some implications of the construction of a trans- Saharan highway C. D. Ramsdale and F. de Zulueta
59 An epidemiological study of filariasis in Sorsogon province, Republic of the Philippines, with notes on experimental mosquito infection A. Ishu, B. D. Cabrera, S. Suguri, M. Kobayashi, T. G. Go and F. Valeza
65 Morbidity in urinary schistosomiasis in relation to the intensity of infection in Kisumu, Kenya S. C. Masaba, I. E. Awit and §. F. Muruka
67 Chronic hepatitis B patients with schistosomiasis mansoni S. Bassily, M. A. Dunn, Z. Farid, M. E. Kilpatrick, N. A. El-Masry, I. A. Kamel, M. El Alamy and B. L. Murphy
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Animal toxoplasmosis in Iran
M. Ghorbani, A. Hafizi, M. T. Shegerfcar, M. Rezaian, A. Nadim, M. Anwar and A. Afshar
Long-term complication of measles in rural Bangladesh N. S. Shahid, P. Clauquin, K. Shaikh and S. Zimicki
Pre-exposure prophylaxis in peace Corps volunteers with intradermal human diploid cell rabies vaccine
F. W. Rosa
Erythrocyte transketolase activity in protein-energy malnutrition A. A. O. Laditan and S. I. Ette
Book reviews
Number 3, June 1983
Schistosomiasis and bladder carcinoma in southern Iraq M. S. Al Adnani and K. M. Saleh
Failure to participate in a malaria chemosuppression programme: North Mara, Tanzania C. P. MacCormack and G. Lwihula
A case of chromomycosis from Pemba Island L. Savioli and P. Bianco
Hydatid disease in Pondicherry S. C. Parija, R. Sambasiva Rao, S. Badrinath and D. N. Sengupta
Rotavirus diarrhoea: an expanding clinical spectrum J. D. Clemens, M. Ahmed, T. Butler, W. B. Greenough III, D. A. Sack and B. F. Stanton
A controlled study of lung function in cashew-nut factory workers A. Schapira
Book reviews
Number 4, August 1983 Editorial
Drugs for the poor of the Third World: consumption and distribution A. Mills and G. ¥. A. Walker
Assessment of the consequences of the house-spraying of malathion on the interruption of malaria transmission
P. Rawlings, D. C. Goonatilaka and C. Wickramage
Genetic observations on the taxon Anopheles (Cellia) pharoensis Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae)
S. ¥. Miles, C. A. Green and R. H. Hunt
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Number 5, October 1983 Editorial
The founding of a cancer registry in a developing country S. C. Freni
Raised gamma glutamyl transferase in Nigerian diabetics: possible clinical implications J. M. Oli, I. C. Onwuamaeze and P. O. Okonkwo
An epidemiological investigation of pre-eclampsia and elevated blood pressure among Kampuchean refugee women at Sakaeo Holding Center, Thailand J. Parkinson Quillan, A. Kwong and P. Passmore
Book reviews
Number 6, December 1983
Dental caries in South African rural black women who had large families and long lactations A. R. P. Walker, E. Dison and B. F. Walker
Leucocyte migration inhibition test in human Plasmodium vivax malaria B. Ravidandran, B. K. Sharma, C. R. Pillai and Q. Z. Hussain
Epidemiology of epilepsy among school populations in Khartoum Province, Sudan Y. O. Younis
Natural history of chagasic cardiopathy in Chile. Follow-up of 71 cases after 4 years W. Apt, A. Arribada, L. Cabrera and $. Sandoval
Absence of ‘true’ minimal change nephrotic syndrome in African children in South Africa M. Adhikari, H. M. Coovadia, V. Chrystal and L. Morel-Maroger
Preventive health care for mothers and children. A study in Mozambique D. Felley and R. F. Madeley
Mosquito production and species succession from an area of irrigated rice fields in The Gambia, West Africa W. F. Snow
Book reviews
Author Index to Volume 86
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