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November 2006

Cover

Placental Malaria and Preeclampsia.
Issue Image

The cover image is derived from photographs in the paper by Patrick Duffy and colleagues in which it is established that a younger woman in her first pregnancy who develops placental malaria is more likely than other mothers to suffer from preeclampsia, which can have severe consequences for both her and her child.

Image Credit: Cover design by Natalie Davis, Public Library of Science, with images taken from Duffy et al.

Editorial

Are We Publishing “The Right Stuff”?

The PLoS Medicine Editors

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The PLoS Medicine Debate

What Is the Best Approach to Reducing Birth Defects Associated with Isotretinoin?

Lorien Abroms, Edward Maibach, Katherine Lyon-Daniel, Steven R Feldman

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Essay

Six Imprisoned Health-Care Workers in Libya Are Pawns in a Far Larger Strategic Game

Laurie Garrett

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Perspective

Does HIV Cause Cardiovascular Disease?

Andrew Carr, Daniel Ory

PLOS Medicine: published November 28, 2006 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030496

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Health in Action

Educating Health Professionals about Drug and Device Promotion: Advocates' Recommendations

Peter R Mansfield, Joel Lexchin, Leana S Wen, Luisella Grandori, Christopher P McCoy, Jerome R Hoffman, Joana Ramos, Jon N Jureidini

PLOS Medicine: published November 7, 2006 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030451

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Policy Forums

Putting It Together: AIDS and the Millennium Development Goals

Robert Hecht, Anita Alban, Kate Taylor, Sarah Post, Nina B Andersen, Ryan Schwarz

PLOS Medicine: published November 28, 2006 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030455

Criteria for Drugs Used in Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Trials against HIV Infection

Inge Derdelinckx, Mark A Wainberg, Joep M. A Lange, Andrew Hill, Yasmin Halima, Charles A. B Boucher

PLOS Medicine: published November 7, 2006 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030454

Research in Translation

The Mechanistic Classification of Addictive Drugs

Christian Lüscher, Mark A Ungless

PLOS Medicine: published November 14, 2006 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030437

Research Articles

Projections of Global Mortality and Burden of Disease from 2002 to 2030

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PLOS Medicine: published November 28, 2006 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030442

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Packaging Health Services When Resources Are Limited: The Example of a Cervical Cancer Screening Visit

Jane J Kim, Joshua A Salomon, Milton C Weinstein, Sue J Goldie

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Adherence to HAART: A Systematic Review of Developed and Developing Nation Patient-Reported Barriers and Facilitators

Edward J Mills, Jean B Nachega, David R Bangsberg, Sonal Singh, Beth Rachlis, Ping Wu, Kumanan Wilson, Iain Buchan, Christopher J Gill, Curtis Cooper

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Dominance of HIV-1 Subtype CRF01_AE in Sexually Acquired Cases Leads to a New Epidemic in Yunnan Province of China

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Complement Lysis Activity in Autologous Plasma Is Associated with Lower Viral Loads during the Acute Phase of HIV-1 Infection

Michael Huber, Marek Fischer, Benjamin Misselwitz, Amapola Manrique, Herbert Kuster, Barbara Niederöst, Rainer Weber, Viktor von Wyl, Huldrych F Günthard, Alexandra Trkola

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Targeted Killing of Virally Infected Cells by Radiolabeled Antibodies to Viral Proteins

Ekaterina Dadachova, Mahesh C Patel, Sima Toussi, Christos Apostolidis, Alfred Morgenstern, Martin W Brechbiel, Miroslaw K Gorny, Susan Zolla-Pazner, Arturo Casadevall, Harris Goldstein

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Internet Use among Ugandan Adolescents: Implications for HIV Intervention

Michele L Ybarra, Julius Kiwanuka, Nneka Emenyonu, David R Bangsberg

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Population Pharmacokinetics of Artesunate and Dihydroartemisinin following Intra-Rectal Dosing of Artesunate in Malaria Patients

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Hypertension and Maternal–Fetal Conflict during Placental Malaria

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OPC-67683, a Nitro-Dihydro-Imidazooxazole Derivative with Promising Action against Tuberculosis In Vitro and In Mice

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Disease Biomarkers in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with First-Onset Psychosis

Jeffrey T.-J Huang, F. Markus Leweke, David Oxley, Lan Wang, Nathan Harris, Dagmar Koethe, Christoph W Gerth, Brit M Nolden, Sonja Gross, Daniela Schreiber, Benjamin Reed, Sabine Bahn

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Correspondence

Air Travel and the Spread of Influenza: Important Caveats

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Fluoxetine and Suicide Rates: Suicide and the Economy

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