Vol. 27 No. 5 (2009)

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Published: 2009-11-23

Editorial

Food Safety: Pathogen Transmission Routes, Hygiene Practices and Prevention

Leanne E Unicomb

599-601
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Original Papers

Survey of Food-hygiene Practices at Home and Childhood Diarrhoea in Hanoi, Viet Nam

Kumiko Takanashi, Yuko Chonan, Dao To Quyen, Nguyen Cong Khan, Krishna C Poudel, Masamine Jimba

602-611
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Phenotypic Characterization of Salmonella Typhimurium Isolates from Food-animals and Abattoir Drains in Buea, Cameroon

Jane-Francis TK Akoachere, Nicoline F Tanih, Lucy M Ndip, Roland N Ndip

612-618
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Effect of Prenatal Zinc Supplementation on Birthweight

Mahama Saaka, Jacques Oosthuizen, Shelly Beatty

619-631
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Zinc Deficiency: Descriptive Epidemiology and Morbidity among Preschool Children in Peri-urban Population in Delhi, India

Usha Dhingra, Girish Hiremath, Venugopal P Menon, Pratibha Dhingra, Archana Sarkar, Sunil Sazawal

632-639
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Simplified Dosing of Gentamicin for Treatment of Sepsis in Bangladeshi Neonates

M Monir Hossain, Nazma A Chowdhury, Mahfuza Shirin, Samir K Saha, Mary Miller-Bell, David Edwards, Jacob Aranda, Patricia Coffey, Gary L Darmstadt

640-645
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An Outbreak of Cholera Associated with an Unprotected Well in Parbatia, Orissa, Eastern India

Amitav Das, P Manickam, Yvan Hutin, BB Pal, GP Chhotray, SK Kar, MD Gupte

646-651
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Spatial Distribution of Diarrhoea and Microbial Quality of Domestic Water during an Outbreak of Diarrhoea in the Tshikuwi Community in Venda, South Africa

Pascal O Bessong, John O Odiyo, Justice N Musekene, Abera Tessema

652-659
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Retrospective Surveillance for Intussusception in Children Aged Less than Five Years in a South Indian Tertiary-care Hospital

Kaushik Bhowmick, Gagandeep Kang, Anuradha Bose, Jacob Chacko, Irving Boudville, Sanjoy K Datta, Hans L Bock

660-665
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Demographic and Health-related Risk Factors of Subclinical Vitamin A Deficiency in Ethiopia

Tsegaye Demissie, Ahmed Ali, Yared Mekonnen, Jemal Haider, Melaku Umeta

666-673
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Technical and Social Evaluation of Arsenic Mitigation in Rural Bangladesh

Md Shafiquzzaman, Md Shafiul Azam, Iori Mishima, Jun Nakajima

674-683
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Evaluating the Experience of GAPSA Methodology for Improving Quality of Mass Immunization Campaigns in Developing Countries

William M Weiss, Gilbert Burnham, Peter J Winch

684-695
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Household Decision-making about Delivery in Health Facilities: Evidence from Tanzania

EJ Danforth, ME Kruk, PC Rockers, G Mbaruku, S Galea

696-703
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Letter to the Editor

Seroprevalence of Syphilis among a Cohort of HIV-infected Subjects in North Central Nigeria

Joseph C Forbi

704-706
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Case studies

Bells Palsy as a Possible Complication of Hepatitis B Vaccination in A Child

Handan Alp, Hüseyin Tan, Zerrin Orbak

707-708
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