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- 1From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedOccupational and environmental exposures to lead (Pb), one of the toxic metal pollutants, is of global concern. Health risks are increasingly associated with environmental exposures to Pb emissions from, for example, the...
- 2From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedSOME FORTHCOMING SCIENTIFIC EVENTS Symposium/Seminar/Workshop Contact Address Course/Conference (Date & Place) SOZOCON-MICRO 2008 Dr J. Shanmugam, Chairman (January 19, 2008; SOZOCON-MICRO 2008, SMV Medical Puducherry)...
- 3From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: The major challenge for a burn team is nosocomial infection in burn patients, which is known to cause over 50% of burn deaths. Most studies on infection in burn patients focus on burn wound...
- 4From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Data on immunization are generally based on questionnaire methods or evaluation of health records in most of the developing countries like Turkey. Therefore, serological studies are useful to...
- 5From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedSir, Apropos the editorial on resurrection of DDT by Dash et al (1). The authors have highlighted the desirable attributes and unquestionable utility of DDT in vector-borne disease control, particularly against malaria...
- 6From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBurns are one of the most common and devastating forms of trauma. Burn wounds are especially prone to infection. Thermal destruction of the skin barrier and concomitant depression of local and systemic host cellular and...
- 7From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAccording to the Joint UN Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS), as of 2007, about 33.2 million people worldwide were living with HIV, and about 2.1 million had died from AIDS (1). A substantial proportion of this global HIV and...
- 8From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: We report a new polymerase chain reaction (PCR)--restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) assay using mycobacterial groES as a target to identify Mycobacterium avium and M. intracellulare...
- 9From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Originally isolated from severe human food-poisoning cases, Salmonella (3,10:r:-), a monophasic variety of otherwise diphasic serotypes such as S. weltevreden and S. simi, causes serious...
- 10From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedSex-selective abortion in India: Gender, society and new reproductive technologies, Tulsi Patel, editor (Sage Publications, New Delhi) 2007. Pages-432. Price: Rs.495/-, ISBN: 10: 0-7619-3539-8 (PB); 10: 81-7829-697-7...
- 11From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedGenetics for clinicians, Shubha R. Phadke (Prism Books Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore) 2007. 321+viii pages. Price: Rs. 450.00 ISBN-10: 81-7286-501-5; ISBN-13: 978-81-7286-501-6 Mass gatherings and public health: The experience...
- 12From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedSir, The editorial by Dash and colleagues on "Resurrection of DDT: A critical appraisal" presents an interesting, and balanced perspective on the most controversial pesticide DDT (1). The authors highlighted the...
- 13From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedChikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus that belongs to the genus Alphavirus (family Togaviridae). The major vectors are Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes. Chikungunya was first described in Tanzania, Africa...
- 14From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe challenge of obesity in the WHO European Region and the strategies for response. Summary, F. Branca, H. Nikogosian & T. Lobstein, editors (WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen) 2006. Pages xiv+60. Price: CHF...
- 15From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedEthical guidelines for biomedical research on human participants (Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi) 2006. Pages 111. The first chapter starts with a short historical background followed by Statements on...
- 16From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIn resource-limited settings, illness can impose a major financial burden on patients and their families. With the advent and increasing accessibility of antiretroviral therapy, HIV/AIDS has now become a fundamentally...
- 17From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Diphtheria infections caused by the different toxigenic biotypes of Corynebacterium diphtheriae are endemic in Delhi. Information on biochemical identification, toxigenicity and antimicrobial...
- 18From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Cryptosporidiosis is a leading cause of protracted, life-threatening diarrhoea in HIV infected patients. Although data on prevalence are available for Indian patients, no information on risk...
- 19From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground & objectives: Bancroftian filariasis caused by Wuchereria bancrofti is endemic in many parts of India. In recent years diagnosis of W. bancrofti infection has been revolutionized with the availability of...
- 20From: Indian Journal of Medical Research. (Vol. 126, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedVancelik and colleagues (1) have drawn attention to the challenges faced in the ongoing polio eradication campaign in India and other similarly placed countries. Turkey has eradicated polio and is now immunizing infants...