July 18, 2019
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07/11/2019
Viewpoints
Peter J. Hotez discusses the concern that new nationalist trends could curtail or halt the expansions in global health and highlights a global health trend, "blue marble health", that has the potential to resonate with nationalist regimes and allow for continued confrontation of neglected tropical diseases. Read the Viewpoint.
Image credit: Hotez PJ (2019)
Current Issue June 2019
06/06/2019
Editorial
Peter J. Hotez redefines “science tikkun” as initiatives led by scientists to address the innovation gaps in global health and neglected diseases allowing illness and disease not only among the world’s vulnerable populations but especially among the huge numbers of poor living amid wealth and prosperity. Read the Editorial.
Image credit: Hotez PJ (2019)
07/18/2019
Policy Platform
Robert Colebunders, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, and colleagues make the case that incorporating epilepsy diagnosis and management in patient care strategies is vital for the public health burden of onchocerciasis to be truly eliminated. Read the Policy Platform.
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07/15/2019
Research Article
In this study, Nittaya Khakhum, Alfredo G. Torres, and colleagues evaluate the protective efficacy of CLH001 against glanders and melioidosis in the more disease-resistant C57BL/6 mouse strain and their findings indicate that CLH001 serves as an effective live attenuated vaccine. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Khakhum N, Bharaj P, Myers JN, Tapia D, Walker DH, Endsley JJ, et al. (2019)
07/16/2019
Research Article
Jamile Lago, Edgar M. Carvalho, Olívia Bacellar, and colleagues show that dogs, living in houses in an area of L. braziliensis transmission presented cutaneous and mucosal ulcers similar to the one presented by human and present data in favor of the participation of dogs in the transmission of L. braziliensis. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Lago J, Silva JA, Borja L, Fraga DBM, Schriefer A, Arruda S, et al. (2019)
07/15/2019
Research Article
Christopher W. Belter, Roger I. Glass, and colleagues conduct a bibliometric analysis that suggests that international training of Peruvian physician-scientists who built and sustained longstanding international partnerships with funding accelerated quality research on diseases of local importance. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Belter CW, Garcia PJ, Livinski AA, Leon-Velarde F, Weymouth KH, Glass RI (2019)
07/15/2019
Research Article
By Roberta Iatta, Domenico Otranto, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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07/18/2019
Research Article
By Alexandra G. A. Stewart, Josh Hanson, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Stewart AGA, Smith S, Binotto E, McBride WJH, Hanson J (2019)
07/15/2019
Research Article
By Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal, Robbie A. McDonald, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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07/16/2019
Research Article
By Denis Loum, Thomas R. Unnasch, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Loum D, Cozart D, Lakwo T, Habomugisha P, Jacob B, Cupp EW, et al. (2019)
By David A. B. Dance and colleagues
By Chisomo L. Msefula, Franziska Olgemoeller, and colleagues
By Cinzia Marianelli and colleagues
By Charles W. Goss and colleagues
By Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo and colleagues
By Timothy G. Geary and colleagues
By Lieve Lammens and colleagues
By Marc P. Hübner and colleagues
By Joseph D. Turner and colleagues
By Judy Sakanari and colleagues
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