February 2009

This photo taken in Lianjiang, China shows the pink eggs of Pomacea canaliculata (apple snail) sticking to a stock and Pistia stratiotes (water lettuce) floating on the water surface in a pond. The two invasive species have replaced native species and become the dominants in the ecosystem. Furthermore, P. canaliculata has become the primary source of infection of Angiostrongylus cantonensis in China (see Lv et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000368).

Image Credit: Shan Lv, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases

Editorial

The Evolving Scope of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Peter J. Hotez, Gavin Yamey

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000379

Viewpoints

Zoonotic Larval Cestode Infections: Neglected, Neglected Tropical Diseases?

Christine M. Budke, A. Clinton White Jr., Hector H. Garcia

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000319

Symposium

Diagnosis of Human Visceral Pentastomiasis

Dennis Tappe, Dietrich W. Büttner

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000320

Review

Social Research on Neglected Diseases of Poverty: Continuing and Emerging Themes

Lenore Manderson, Jens Aagaard-Hansen, Pascale Allotey, Margaret Gyapong, Johannes Sommerfeld

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000332

Research Articles

Trypanosoma cruzi CYP51 Inhibitor Derived from a Mycobacterium tuberculosis Screen Hit

Chiung-Kuang Chen, Patricia S. Doyle, Liudmila V. Yermalitskaya, Zachary B. Mackey, Kenny K. H. Ang, James H. McKerrow, Larissa M. Podust

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 3, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000372

Killing of Trypanosomatid Parasites by a Modified Bovine Host Defense Peptide, BMAP-18

Lee R. Haines, Jamie M. Thomas, Angela M. Jackson, Brett A. Eyford, Morteza Razavi, Cristalle N. Watson, Brent Gowen, Robert E. W. Hancock, Terry W. Pearson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 3, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000373

Persisting Mixed Cryoglobulinemia in Chikungunya Infection

Manuela Oliver, Marc Grandadam, Catherine Marimoutou, Christophe Rogier, Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers, Hugues Tolou, Jean-Luc Moalic, Philippe Kraemer, Marc Morillon, Jean-Jacques Morand, Pierre Jeandel, Philippe Parola, Fabrice Simon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 3, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000374

Invasive Snails and an Emerging Infectious Disease: Results from the First National Survey on Angiostrongylus cantonensis in China

Shan Lv, Yi Zhang, He-Xiang Liu, Ling Hu, Kun Yang, Peter Steinmann, Zhao Chen, Li-Ying Wang, Jürg Utzinger, Xiao-Nong Zhou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 10, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000368

Association of the Gene Polymorphisms IFN-γ +874, IL-13 −1055 and IL-4 −590 with Patterns of Reinfection with Schistosoma mansoni

Michael R. Gatlin, Carla L. Black, Pauline N. Mwinzi, W. Evan Secor, Diana M. Karanja, Daniel G. Colley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 10, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000375

Reduction and Return of Infectious Trachoma in Severely Affected Communities in Ethiopia

Takele Lakew, Jenafir House, Kevin C. Hong, Elizabeth Yi, Wondu Alemayehu, Muluken Melese, Zhaoxia Zhou, Kathryn Ray, Stephanie Chin, Emmanuel Romero, Jeremy Keenan, John P. Whitcher, Bruce D. Gaynor, Thomas M. Lietman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 10, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000376

Functional Analysis of the Cathepsin-Like Cysteine Protease Genes in Adult Brugia malayi Using RNA Interference

Louise Ford, Jun Zhang, Jing Liu, Sarwar Hashmi, Juliet A. Fuhrman, Yelena Oksov, Sara Lustigman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 10, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000377

Phase Change Material for Thermotherapy of Buruli Ulcer: A Prospective Observational Single Centre Proof-of-Principle Trial

Thomas Junghanss, Alphonse Um Boock, Moritz Vogel, Daniela Schuette, Helmut Weinlaeder, Gerd Pluschke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 17, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000380

Is Paromomycin an Effective and Safe Treatment against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis? A Meta-Analysis of 14 Randomized Controlled Trials

Dae Hyun Kim, Hye Jin Chung, Joachim Bleys, Reza F. Ghohestani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 17, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000381

Local and Global Effects of Climate on Dengue Transmission in Puerto Rico

Michael A. Johansson, Francesca Dominici, Gregory E. Glass

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 17, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000382

Cardiac Alterations in Human African Trypanosomiasis (T.b. gambiense) with Respect to the Disease Stage and Antiparasitic Treatment

Johannes A. Blum, Caecilia Schmid, Christian Burri, Christoph Hatz, Carol Olson, Blaise Fungula, Leon Kazumba, Patrick Mangoni, Florent Mbo, Kambau Deo, Alain Mpanya, Amadeo Dala, Jose R. Franco, Gabriele Pohlig, Michael J. Zellweger

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 17, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000383

Identification of Three Classes of Heteroaromatic Compounds with Activity against Intracellular Trypanosoma cruzi by Chemical Library Screening

Esther Bettiol, Marie Samanovic, Andrew S. Murkin, Jayne Raper, Frederick Buckner, Ana Rodriguez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000384

Predicting the Timing and Magnitude of Tropical Mosquito Population Peaks for Maximizing Control Efficiency

Guo-Jing Yang, Barry W. Brook, Corey J. A. Bradshaw

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000385

Low Sensitivity of the Formol-Ethyl Acetate Sedimentation Concentration Technique in Low-Intensity Schistosoma japonicum Infections

Tore Lier, Gunnar S. Simonsen, Tianping Wang, Dabing Lu, Hanne H. Haukland, Birgitte J. Vennervald, Maria V. Johansen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000386

Cover

Behind invasive species.