ASTMH Reader's Corner

Read winning articles of the ASTMH Communications Award:

2008 Winner
Charles Piller and Doug Smith
Los Angeles Times
"Unintended Victims of Gates Foundation Generosity"

2007 Winner
Michael Leahy
The Washington Post
“Breaking the Cycle”

Honorable Mention

Laurie Garrett
Foreign Affairs
“Challenge of Global Health”

Martin Enserink
Science Magazine
“Welcome to Ethiopia’s Fly Factory”

Robert Poole
Smithsonian Magazine
“The Ethiopia Campaign”

Further Reading on Tropical Medicine
ASTMH is pleased to present lay-oriented articles on tropical medicine and parasitic diseases for use in school and classroom settings. The following stories about parasitic diseases were originally published in Discover magazine and are available without copyright restriction by permission of the author.

If you have published, and hold copyright, of an article in a major magazine or newspaper that would be of value to fellow ASTMH members or ASTMH website visitors, please contact Matthew Lesh.

“Fighting the Parasite from Hell: Deaths from Malaria are Rising as Older Medicines Fail,” Discover, August 2005.

“A Killer Raves On: Did this Writhing, Choking Child Really Have to Die?” Discover, March 2003. (Topic: Rabies)

“Bull’s-Eye: A Sore Marks the Telltale Path of a Troublesome Parasite,” Discover, September 2002. (Topic: Leishmaniasis)

“Just a Fluke? When a Sick Stomach Won’t Go Away, A Good Patient History Can Help,” Discover, April 2001. (Topic: Schistosomiasis)

“Much Too Tired: Mr. Post’s Escalating Fever After a Monthlong Trip into the Bush was not a Good Sign,” Discover, October 2000. (Topic: Trypanosomiasis)

“Blindsided by Tetanus: Are you Psychotic, Overdosing, or Did You Just Forget Your Booster Shot?” Discover, January 2000.

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