September 12, 2019
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08/29/2019
Review
In this Review, Zuzana Sekeyová, Pierre Edouard Fournier, and colleagues analyze and summarize the features and correlated findings of central nervous system rickettsial infections in order to focus attention on these intriguing but frequently neglected illnesses. Read the Review.
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Current Issue August 2019
09/12/2019
Viewpoints
Antonio S. Lima Neto, Marcia C. Castro, and colleagues present evidence that chikungunya-related deaths are vastly under-reported worldwide and argue that it is imperative that international agencies formally recognize the high lethality of chikungunya in specific groups in order to reorient disease surveillance. Read the Viewpoint.
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08/08/2019
Editorial
Peter Hotez outlines the impending health crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria as they are projected to be home to almost one-half of the world’s population living in extreme poverty by 2050. Dr. Hotez urges that now is the time to embark on long-term strategies for disease control, including the prioritization of the new biotechnologies that will be needed. Read the Editorial.
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09/11/2019
Research Article
Catherine Cêtre-Sossah and colleagues report the development and the evaluation of the diagnostic performance characteristics of a pen-side test found to be a highly accurate and valuable first-line diagnostic tool for on-site RVF detection. Read the Author Summary.
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09/10/2019
Research Article
Camila Oliveira da Silva, André Alves Dias, Maria Cristina Vidal Pessolani, and colleagues shed light on the pathogenesis of type 2 reactions to leprosy to hopefully contribute to the identification of biomarkers for early diagnosis and emergence of novel alternative therapies in the near future. Read the Author Summary.
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09/12/2019
Research Article
Alexander F. Flynn, Edward Mitre, and colleagues determined that B. malayi intestinal UDP-glucuronosyltransferase is essential for B. malayi adult worm survival, as gene-expression knockdown rapidly decreased motility, fecundity, and microfilarial release, making it a potential therapeutic target. Read the Author Summary.
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09/06/2019
Research Article
By Rachael Lappan, Shyam Sundar, Jenefer M. Blackwell, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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09/09/2019
Research Article
By Kristyna Hlavackova, Petr Halada, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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09/06/2019
Research Article
By Hermes R. Luz, Marcelo B. Labruna, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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09/06/2019
Research Article
By Susan A. Nadin-Davis and Christine Fehlner-Gardiner. Read the Author Summary.
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By Hélène Guegan, Xavier Iriart, and colleagues
By Eugenia Lo, Louis H. Miller, Guiyun Yan, and colleagues
By Laura Dean and colleagues
By Kaio Vinicius Freitas de Andrade and colleagues
By Carolina Rosadas, Graham P. Taylor, 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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