The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1987: Vol 90 Table of Contents

The Journal of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Edited by D. J. Bradley

W.A. M. Cutting A. P. Hall W. Peters
A. J. Duggan H. W. W. MacDonald A. C. Turner
R. G. Feachem P. R. Payne

1987
Volume 90

Published for the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
by Blackwell Scientific Publications
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Contents
Number 1, February 1987

The effect of artemisinin combined with standard antimalarials against chloroquine-
sensitive and chloroquine-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum in vitro
A. N. Chawira and D. Warhurst

Treatment of intestinal E. histolytica and G. lamblia with metronidazole, tinidazole and
ornidazole: a comparative study
S. Bassily, Z. Farid, N. A. El-Masry and E. M. Mikhail

The effects of Schistosoma haematobium infestation on the vermiform appendix: the Nigerian
experience

S.O. A. Duvie, C. Diffang and M. N. Guirguis

Treatment of severe diarrhoeal dehydration in hospital and home by oral fluids
F. Sharifi, F. Ghavami and Z. Nowruzi

Incidence of shigellosis and multi-drug resistant Shigellae: a 10 year study
D. Panigrahi, K. C. Agarwal, A. D Verma and M. L. Dubey

Serological survey for human monkeypox infections in a selected population in Zaire
Z. Fezek, ¥. H. Nakano, I. Arita, M. Mutombo, M. Szczeniowski and C. Dunn

Toxoid preparation from the venom of Crotalus durissus cumanensis (South American rattle
snake)

A. Rodriguez-Acosta and I. Aguilar

The effects of distance and season on the use of boreholes in northeastern Imo State, Nigeria
D. Blum, R. G. Feachem, S. R. A. Huttly, B. R. Kirkwood and R. N. Emeh

Number 2, April 1987

Mycetoma in Saudia Arabia
B. ¥. Bendl, D. Mackey, F. Al-Saati, K. V. Sheth, S. N. Ofole and T. M. Bailey

Red cell genetic abnormalities and environmental interactions: a study in Tehamat Aseer
M. A. F. El-Hazmi

Nutritional and socio-demographic risk indicators of malaria in children under five: a cross-
sectional study in a Sudanese rural community
F. Z. El Samani, W. C. Willett and ¥#. H. Ware

Laboratory study on the mosquito larvicidal properties of leaf and seed
extract of the plant Agave americana
N. S. Dharmshaktu, P. K. Prabhakaran and P. K. M. Menon

Comparative trials of regimes for the treatment of urinary
schistosomiasis in The Gambia
H. A. Wilkins and P. ¥. Moore

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Lymphadenopathic type of Kaposi’s sarcoma in a Ugandan child
seropositive for LAV/HTLV-III antibodies

K.-H. Marquart, H. A. G. Miiller, P. Hartter, #7. C.O. Oku and W. O.
Ayuko

Meningococcal hepatitis: a case report
G. O. Cowan

Book reviews

Announcement

Number 3, June 1987

Effect of water coagulation by seeds of Moringa oleifera on bacterial concentrations
M. Madsen, }. Schlundt and El Fadil E. Omer

Tests for streptolysin-O antibodies in health and suspected streptococcal infections
in Saudi Arabia
A. Hossain

Spectrum of complications of measles in Afghanistan: a study of 784 cases
L. S. Arya, I. Taana, C. Tahiri, A. Saidali and M. Singh

Central nervous system infections in Benghazi, Libya: experience from a community-based
adult medical neurology set-up
K. Radhakrishnan, 7. C. Maloo, S. K. Poddar and M. E. Mousa

The changed pattern of malaria endemicity and transmission at Amani in the eastern
Usambara mountains, north-eastern Tanzania
Y. Matola, G. B. White and S. A. Magayuka

A study of the antigen, antibody and immunecomplex levels in Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis
with reference to clinical status
M. K. Das, V. R. Subramanyam, B. Ravindran and N. M. Pattnaik

Simultaneous radio-isotopic study of both fibrinogen and platelets in hepatic schistosomiasis
S.A. Tewfik, M. M. El-Sawy, M. H. Abaza, M. S. Sidrak, M. M. Mikhail, L. E. Ziada and
I. Y. Shaala

Chemotherapy in the control of urinary schistosomiasis in Nigeria
G. Chuks Ejezie and G. C. E. Okeke

Dracunculus orchitis: a case report
A. K. Pendse, A. K. Sharma and P. C. Mewara
Number 4, August 1987

A paediatric report on Bhutan
R. C. Morrow

Management of febrile seizures in a developing country
U. T. Canagarayar and P. Soysa

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A profile of ascariasis morbidity in Rangoon Children’s Hospital, Burma
Thein-Hlaing

Increased frequency of induced sister chromatid exchanges in kwashiorkor
M. Hafez, Y. Al-Tonbary, M. El-Ziny, S. Abo-El-Hassan and G. El-Wehedy

Aerobic capacity of some Burmese workers
Tin-May-Than and Myo Thein

Cancer in Southern Ethiopia
B. Lindtjorn

Isolation of Clostridium difficile from diarrhoea patients in Bangladesh
Saiyeda Q. Akhtar

Distribution of group B streptococcal serotypes in Malaysia
Y. F. Ngeow and S. D. Puthucheary

Preliminary evaluation of some wild and cultivated plants for snail control in Machakos
District, Kenya
H. Kloos, F. Waithaka Thiongo, 7. H. Ouma and A. E. Butterworth

Reduction in prevalence, intensity of infection and morbidity due to Schistosoma mansoni
infection in a community following treatment with praziquantel
T. Y. Sukwa, M. K. Bulsara and F. K. Wurapa

Onchocerciasis in Ecuador: absence of microfilaraemia
R. H. Guderian, C. D. Mackenzie and R. Proano

Brief communication

Incidence of abnormal haemoglobins and G-6-PD deficiency in school children of Udaipur
(Rajasthan), India

S. L. Choubisa, L. Choubisa, S. Pande and Y. K. Srivastava

Book reviews

Number 5, October 1987

Scabies in urban Bangladesh
B. Stanton, S. Khanam, H. Nazrul, S. Nurani and T. Khair

Childhood feeding practices and their effects on nutrition in a rural area of The Gambia
F. A. G. Whitworth, I. B. Cross and D. Morgan

Sociodemographic and behavioural factors associated with hospital
malaria patients in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
W. Fungladda, S. Sornmani, K. Klongkamnuankarn and T. Hungsapruek

Leucopenia and abnormal liver function in travellers on malaria
chemoprophylaxis
D. Sttirchler, M. Schar and N. Gyr

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Pregnancy in chronic active hepatitis with cirrhosis
M. G. Lee, B. Hanchard, E. K. Donaldson, C. Charles and #. St. E. Hall

Prevalence and determinants of hepatitis B virus markers in pregnant

women in West Java, Indonesia

F. Reniers, R. Vranckx, W. Ngantung, E. Sugita and A. Meheus

Tuberculous liver abscess

K. L. Goh, R. Pathmanathan, K. W. Chang and N. W. Wong

The investigation of Trypanosoma brucei isolates obtained from
Glossina pallidipes in South Nyanza, Kenya

L. H. Otieno and N. Darji

Focal, seasonal and behavioural patterns of infection and transmission
of Schistosoma haematobium in a farming village at the Volta Lake,

Ghana
R. K. Klumpp and G. Webbe

Number 6, December 1987

Thiamin and biochemical indices of malnutrition and alcoholism in settled

communities of !Kung San

F. van der Westhuyzen, R. E. Davis, G. C. Icke and T. Fenkins

Human cysticercosis and intestinal parasitism amongst the Ekari people of Irian Jaya

R. Muller, F. Lillywhite, F. Bending and C. Catford

Bacteriology of sickle-cell leg ulcers in the equatorial forest belt of South-Western Nigeria

M. O. Adedeji and C. I. Emokpare

Penicillin and tetracycline susceptibility of gonococci from Adis Ababa and incidence of

penicillinase-producing strains
M. Gedebou and A. Tassew

Rapid diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infections by a monoclonal antibody direct

immunofluorescence test
A. Hossain

Surveillance of food and waterborne diseases in Thailand, 1979-1984
K. Phonboon, P. Kunasol, T. fayaniyayothin and D. Srisomporn

Malaria in foreign visitors to Britain
D. Morgan

A study of the pattern of breast feeding in Ibadan, Nigeria

K. Osinusi

Rhinosporidosis of vagina: a case report
S. Nair and P. Hannah

Book reviews

Author index to volume 90

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