Editorial:

Microbial infections in the twenty first Century: a continuous challenge

B.B.A. Estambale   

393

Echinococcosis multilocularis in south-eastern Anatolia, Turkey

A.K. Uzunlar, F. Yilmaz and M. Bitiren

395

Cryptosporidium parvum and Isopora belli infections among patients with and without diarrhoea

R.J. Cranendonk, C.J. Kodde, D. Chipeta, E.E. Zijlstra and J.F. Sluiters

398

Traditional remedies in children around eastern cape, South Africa

Y.M. Dambisya and G. Tindimwebwa

402

Quality of glycaemic control in ambulatory diabetics at the out-patient clinic of Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

C.F. Otieno, M. Kariuki and L. Ng’ang’a   

406

Use of a modified alvorado score in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

H.S. Saidi and S.K. Chavda

411

Normal axial angles of the knee joint in adult indigenous Malawians

P.S. Igbigbi, B.C. Msamati and B. Matanje

415

Diagnostic potential of serum vitamin E tocopherol and cholesterol levels in children with protein energy malnutrition in western Kenya

A.M. Kwena and H.S. Nyandieka   

419

Serum albumin, creatinine, uric acid and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

B.L. Salako, A.T.A. Odukogbe, O. Olayemi, K.S. Adedapo, C.O. Aimakhu, F.E. Alu and B. Ola   

424

Salivary gland tumours in Tanzania

M.I. Masanja, B.M. Kayanyama and E.N.M. Simon   

429

Pain management in mice using the aqueous and ethanol extracts of four medicinal plants

A. Debella, E. Makonnen, D. Abebe, F. Teka and A.T. Kidanemariam

435

Visceral leishmaniasis with concomitant post kala-asar Dermal leishmaniasis responds to oral sitamaquine: case report

J. Mbui, R. Rashid, H. Lodenyo, P. Nyakundi, R. Kipmutai, G. Mutuma, G. Kirigi, D. Kinoti and M. Wasunna   

440