The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1989: Vol 92 Table of Contents

The Journal of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Edited by D. J. Bradley
W.A. M. Cutting A. Hill A. Tomkins
R. G. Feachem P. R. Payne A. C. Turner
A. P. Hall W. Peters
1989
Volume 92

Published for the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
by Blackwell Scientific Publications
Oxford London Edinburgh Boston Melbourne

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Number 1, February 1989

Frequencies of hepatitis B, delta and human immune deficiency virus in multitransfused Saudi patients
with thalassaemia and sickle-cell disease
M. A. F. El-Hazmi and S. Ramia

Re-evaluation of the value of ascitic fluid pH lactate dehydrogenase and total proteins in the diagnosis of
spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP)
M. El-Touny, L. Osman, T. Abd-El Hamid and M. S. Sabbour

Evaluation of a sanitation programme using eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides in household yard soils as
indicators
M. Muller, R. M. Sanchez and R. R. Suswillo

Granulomatous peritonitis caused by Ascaris eggs: a report of three cases
N. Walter and H. Krishnaswami

Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus in a semi-rural population in Egypt
Y. A. Ghaffar, M. E. El Sobky, A. A. M. Raouf and L. S. Dorgham

Progress achieved in the control of schistosomiasis in Saudi Arabia
JF. Ashi, F. Arfaa, M. feffri and M. Suwairy

Inappropriateness of the association of diphenhydramine with diethylcarbamazine for the treatment of
lymphatic filariasis
G. Dreyer and L. de Andrade

Importance of group G streptococci in human pyogenic infections
K. N. Brahmadathan and G. Koshi

Mebendazole retention enema for severe Trichuris trichiuria (Whipworm) infection: A case report
V. F. Sebastian, S. Bhattacharya and S. Ray

Arteriomesenteric duodenal occlusion associated with strongyloidiasis
M.G. Lee and S. I. Terry

Parasitic, bacterial and viral pathogens isolated from diarrhoeal and routine stool specimens of urban
Bangladeshi children
B. Stanton, D. R. Silimperi, K. Khatun, B. Kay, S. Ahmed, }. Khatun and K. Alam

Hepatitis B virus in Saudi Arabia
M. A. F. El-Hazmi

Book reviews

Number 2, April 1989

Professor L. J. Bruce-Chwatt’s 80th Birthday
P.C.C.Garnham

Continuous monitoring of child mortality from clinic records
H. Pickering, P. H. David and A. G. Hill

The response of Plasmodium falciparum to chloroquine and mefloquine in Bandar-Abbas and Minab areas,
Hormozgan Province, southern Iran

Gh. H. Edrissian, A. Afshar, A. Kanani, M. T. Satvat, Gh. Mohsseni, K. Nasseri-Nejad, A. M. Emadi and
M. Ghorbani

Effect of Campylobacter jejuni extracts and culture supernatants on cell culture
S. Q. Akhtar and F. Huq

Brucellosis in the Gezira area, Central Sudan
M. G. Mohd

Caesarean section morbidity at district level in Zimbabwe
X. De Muylder

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Observations on the clinical manifestations and trea: ment of an experimental infection with Brugia malayi
in man

Liu Fing-yuan, Wang Guan-quin, Chen Yu-nan, Tu Zhao-ping and Fang Zhen

Characterization and significance of Aeromonas spp. isolated from diarrhoeic stools in Nigeria
F. O. Eko and S. Utsalo

Severe reversible myopathy due to typhoid
G. M. Mody, V. Gathiram and E. A. K. Abdulla

Characterization and antibiotic sensitivity of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from
children at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Lagos, Nigeria
A. O. Coker, B. Olaiya, C. L. Obi and S. A. Alabi

The ultrasound survey of gallstone disease of patients infected with Clonorchis sinensis in Southern Taiwan
Ming-Feng Hou, Chen-Guo Ker, Pai-Ching Sheen and Eng-Rin Chen

Cytoadherence in human falciparum malaria as a cause of respiratory distress
C. E. P. Corbett, M. I. S. Duarte, C. L. P. Lancellotti, M. A. L. G. Silva and H. F. Andrade

Letter to the Editor
P. Demedts, 7. Coene and M. Weéry

Book reviews

Number 3, June 1989

Editorial. The Commission on Health Research for Development

D. F. Bradley

Commission Paper

Identifying health problems and health priorities in developing countries
R. G. Feachem, W. F. Graham and I. M. Timeus

Original articles

Some social aspects of helminthiasis among the people of Gumau District, Bauchi State, Nigeria
O. B: Akogun

Tubewell water consumption and its determinants in a rural area of Bangladesh
B. A. Hoque, S. R. A. Huttly, K. M. A. Aziz, M. Y. Patwary and R. G. Feachem

Malaysian schistosomiasis: description of a population at risk
G. F. Greer, D. T. Dennis, P. F. Lai and H. Anuar

Epidemiology and diagnosis of human brucellosis in Jordan
Y. F. Dajani, A. A. Masoud and H. F. Barakat

The diagnosis and management of tropical ulcer in East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea
G. E. Morris, R. ¥. Hay, A. Srinivasa and A. Bunat

Rapid indirect haemagglutination (Rapid-IHA) using sensitized chick cells for serodiagnosis of amoebiasis
at Primary Health Centre level
S.C. Parija, S. Kasinathan and R. S. Rao

Number 4, August 1989

Professor Leonard Jan Bruce-Chwatt 1907-1989

Health economics in developing countries
B. Abel-Smith

Cardiac changes in acute viral hepatitis in Varanasi (India): case reports
D. S. Singh, P. R. Gupta, S. S. Gupta, P. K. Bhatia, P. N. Somani, I. S. Gambhir and A. K. Khare

Human cryptosporidiosis in the Arabian Gulf: first report of infections in children in Kuwait
P.R. Hira, F. Al-Ali, M. Zaki, Q. Saleh, D. Sharda and K. Behbehani

Leptospirosis in piggery workers on Trinidad

C.O.R. Everard, G. A. Ferdinand, L. V. Butcher and . D. Everard

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Extreme elevation of the erythrocyte sedimentation rate in patients admitted to a general medical ward in
Harare, Zimbabwe

C. M. Stein and R. Xavier

263 Soil-transmitted helminthiases among inhabitants of an oil-palm plantation in West Malaysia
Sau-Pheng Kan

270 Haemoglobin genotypes and primary liver cell carcinoma in Africans
I. O. Olubuyide and M. A. Atoba

272 Clinical experience with enteric fever in The Gambia, West Africa 1981-1986
T. S. Weeramanthri, P. T. Corrah, D. C. W. Mabey and B. M. Greenwood

276 Focal neurological signs in cerebral malaria accounted for by preceding neurological damage
B. }. Currie and V. L. Krause

279 Prevalence of antibody to hepatitis A virus in the Santa Cruz region of Bolivia

A. Bartoloni, D. Aquilini, M. Roselli, F. Parri, E. De Majo, L. E. Nunez, P. Nicoletti, G. Corti and
F. Paradisi

282 Choosing and using a microcomputer for tropical epidemiology. I. Preliminary considerations
P. Byass

288 Acase of post-partum toxic shock syndrome presenting in an African patient
R. Seeras

290 Gastric emptying of oral rehydration solutions in acute cholera
B. F. Collins, F. P. L. Van Loon, A. Molla, A. M. Molla and N.H. Alam

295 Transverse myelitis and hepatitis in varicella
F. Vahidy, K. Kazmi and S. M. Rab

297 Book reviews

Number 5, October 1989

301 Water supply and sanitation
S. Cairncross

315 Anevaluation of the Widal test in the diagnosis of enteric fever
T. S. Weera:anthri, P. T. Corrah, D. C. W. Mabey and B. M. Greenwood

317 Acute gluteal abscesses: injectable chloroquine as a cause
M. E. Ahmed and A. H. Fahal

320 Astudy of recorded cases of foodborne diseases at Hyderabad during 1984 and 1985
R.N. Rao, P. Sudhakar, R. V. Bhat and C. P. Gupta

325 Cause and prognosis of acute renal failure in Kuwait: a 2-year prospective study
G. Abraham, R. K. Gupta, A. Senthilselvan, ¥. van der Meulen and K. V. Fohny

330 Choosing ana using a microcomputer for tropical epidemiology. II Study implementation
P. Byass

338 Hookworm and roundworm infections in farm-worker communities in the large-scale agricultural sector in
Zimbabwe

S. K. Chandiwana, M. Bradley and F. Chombo

345 Seroprevalence of Rickettsia typhi and Rickettsia conorii infection among rodents and dogs in Egypt
A. K. Soliman, B. A. M. Botros, T. G. Ksiazek, H. Hoogstraal, I. Helmy and F. C. Morrill

350 Electrocardiographic abnormalities in patients with Lassa fever
D. Cummins, D. Bennett, S. P. Fisher-Hoch, B. Farrar and ¥#. B. McCormick

356 Effects of clemastine, ketotifen and prednisolone on chloroquine-induced pruritus
B. Abila and R. Ikueze

360 Intestinal parasitic infections among schoolchildren in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand: an analysis of the
: present situation

: S. Kasuya, C. Khamboonruang, K. Amano, T. Murase, H. Araki, Y. Kato, Y. Kumada, A. Koyama,

M. Higuchi, ¥. Nakamura, K. Tomida and S. Makino

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Chloroquine-resistant malaria in Jos, Nigeria
B.N. Okeahialam and E. N. Okeke

Book reviews

Notice

Number 6, December 1989

Seroprevalence of murine typhus and fiévre boutonneuse in certain human populations in Egypt

B. A. M. Botros, A. K. Soliman, M. Darwish, S. El Said, J. C. Morrill and T. G. Ksiazek

Development of Vero cell miniculture assay for detection of heat-labile enterotoxin of Escherichia coli and
its significance

M. A. Choudhry, F. N. S. Yadava, B. S. Negi and M. P. Yadava

Inefficacy of ethambutol, ethambutol plus isoniazid, INH plus rifampicin, co-trimoxazole and
metronidazole in the treatment of kala-azar
C. P. Thakur and P. K. Sinha

Influence of immunization schedule on immunization coverage
S. T. Chen

Serological survey of antibodies to cytomegalovirus in the Santa Cruz region of Bolivia
A. Bartoloni, D. Aquilini, M. Roselli, F. Parri, E. De Majo, L. E. Nunez, G. Corti and F. Paradisi

Hydatid cyst obstructing labour: a case report
P. Jasper, A. Peedicayil, S. Nair and R. K. George

Attachment of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae 01 to various freshwater plants and survival with a filamentous
green alga, Rhizoclonium fontanum
M. S. Islam, B. S. Drasar and D. F. Bradley

Morbidity and mortality of bacterial meningitis in Arab children
A. A. Shaltout, L. T. Auger, N. B. Awadallah, Z. Hijazi, M. fohny, K. E. Hajj and H. Kandil

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay as a diagnostic method for schistosomiasis haematobium.
Standardization and application in the field

S. Uga, S. M. Gatika, E. Kimura, D. N. Muhoho and P. G. Waiyaki

Electrophysiological studies of the eye, peripheral nerves and muscles in epidemic dropsy
H. P. S. Sachdev, M. S. Sachdev, L. Verma, N. N. Sood and M. Moonis

Poliomyelitis: 20 years—the Pondicherry experience
S. Mahadevan, S. Anathakrishnan, S. Srinivasan, P. Nalini, R. K. Puri, S. Badrinath and R. S. Rao

Graphite pneumoconiosis and its declining prevalence in Sri Lanka
C. G. Uragoda

Human pulmonary dirofilariasis in India: a case report
B. P. Badhe and S. Y. Sane

Hepatitis A antibodies: prevalence in Saudi Arabia
M. A. F. El-Hazmi

Comparative efficacy of indirect haemagglutination test, indirect fluorescent antibody test and enzyme
linked immunosorbent assay in serodiagnosis of typhoid fever
G. P. Rai, K. Zachariah and S. Shrivastava

Book reviews

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