December 12, 2019
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09/19/2019
Editorial
Angamuthu Selvapandiyan, Nirmal K. Ganguly, and colleagues discuss the progress made in the visceral leishmaniasis elimination programs in endemic regions worldwide, the current issues with diagnosis, the available drug treatments, and potential prevention measures that can be used to maintain elimination progress. Read the Editorial.
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Current Issue November 2019
11/21/2019
Review
Amon Munyenyiwa and colleagues aim to provide an overview of the epidemiology and ecology of plague in Zimbabwe with special emphasis on its introduction, its potential reservoirs and vectors, and possible causes of its persistence and cyclic outbreaks by carrying out a search of documented reported plague outbreaks in Zimbabwe. Read the Review.
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12/12/2019
Review
Ghada Muhjazi and colleagues analyze data from the three available sources over the period of the Syrian Civil War that indicate that the number of reported cutaneous leishmaniasis cases progressively grew from prewar levels to reach a peak in 2015, decreased in 2016, remained stable in 2017, and increased again in 2018. Read the Review.
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12/12/2019
Research Article
Neeladri Sen and colleagues consider all 9 Nipah proteins as potential therapeutic targets and computationally identify 4 putative peptide inhibitors and 146 small molecule inhibitors against F, G, M, N, and P proteins. Read the Author Summary.
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12/19/2019
Research Article
Alexandra Wharton-Smith and colleagues provide new insights into why women might not seek care or delay care seeking, including reservations about disclosing diseases that affect “hidden” body parts, for example in the case of schistosomiasis, a parasitic infection that can affect the urogenital system. Read the Author Summary.
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12/09/2019
Research Article
Andrea Gloria-Soria and colleagues analyze laboratory and field colonies of Aedes aegypti and an Ae. aegypti-derived cell line to determine genetic similarity between laboratory strains and their wild relatives and find lower levels of genetic diversity in laboratory populations compared to wild populations. Read the Author Summary.
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12/09/2019
Research Article
By Filipe Vieira Santos de Abreu and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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12/06/2019
Research Article
By Veronika Schmidt and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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12/06/2019
Research Article
By Jacqueline K. Lim and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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12/09/2019
Research Article
By Johanna A. Knipper and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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By Marine Wasniewski and colleagues
By Sébastien Marcombe and colleagues
By Kai J. Rogers and colleagues
By Johnny Vlaminck, Piet Cools, Bruno Levecke, and colleagues
By Johnny Vlaminck, Bruno Levecke, and colleagues
By Mio Ayana, Johnny Vlaminck, Bruno Levecke, and colleagues
By Piet Cools, Johnny Vlaminck, Bruno Levecke, and colleagues
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