Tropical Diseases

Genome and Disease.- Human Genome Diversity and Disease on the Island Southeast Asia.- Mitochondrial Genome and Susceptibility to Diabetes Mellitus.- Ethnic and Geographical Distributions of CYP2C19 Alleles in the Populations of Southeast Asia.- Alpha Thalassemia in Indonesia: Phenotypes and Molecular Defects.- Pathophysiology and Treatment of Iron Overload in Thalassemia Patients in Tropical Countries.- Malaria.- Maria on Islands.- Plasmodium falciparum.- Molecular Basis of Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Indonesia.- Unique properties of respiratory chain in Plasmodium falciparum mitochondria.- Performance of rapid malaria Pf antigen test for the diagnosis of malaria and false-reactivity with autoantibodies.- Phenotypic Switching and var Gene Transcription in Plasmodium falciparum.- Hepatitis B.- Hepatitis B Virus Molecular Diversity in Indonesia.- Transmission Profile of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the Batam Region, Indonesia.- The Efficacy of a Two-Dose Hepatitis B Vaccination Scheme.- New Options in the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis.- Hepatitis C.- Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Haemodialysis Patients in West Java, Indonesia.- Molecular Diversity of Hepatitis C Virus in the Batam Region.- New Treatment Options for Chronic Hepatitis C.- Tuberculosis.- pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Response in Acute Infection.- Innate Immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.- Interferon-? production in response to M. Tuberculosis antigens in TB patients in Indonesia.- Immune Reactivation and Paradoxical Worsening in an HIV-Infected Tuberculosis Patient.- Leprosy.- Epidemiology of Leprosy.- Human Deficiencies in Type-1 Cytokine Receptors Reveal the Essential Role of Type-1 Cytokines in Immunity to Intracellular Bacteria.- Elimination of Leprosy and its Consequences forResearch.- General Bacterial Infections.- Antibiotic Resistance: the Pandemic.- Interference of Cryptococcus neoformanswith Human Neutrophil Migration.- Tips and Tricks from Staphylococcus aureus.- A Case of Familial Meningococcal Disease Due to Deficiency in Mannose-Binding Lectin (MBL).- Nutrition.- Micronutrient Deficiency and Supplementation in Indonesian Infants.- Micronutrient Deficiency and Supplementation in Indonesian Infants.