June 20, 2019
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10/18/2018
Editorial
For NTDs, sex and gender roles can have a profound effect on healthcare access, health outcomes, and caregiver responsibilities. The Uniting to Combat NTDs Equity Working Group, in partnership with PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, is inviting manuscripts for a special journal supplement on gender and NTDs. Read the Editorial.
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Current Issue May 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.
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06/20/2019
Policy Platform
Kerry Shannon, Marisa Hast, and colleagues argue that although refugee camps continue to experience many vulnerabilities, the increased focus on improved camp coordination, preparedness, timely multisectoral response, and adherence to minimum standards has resulted in a notable decrease in the number and size of camp-based cholera outbreaks and associated mortality. Read the Policy Platform.
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06/14/2019
Research Article
Spencer J. Fox and colleagues present a Zika risk assessment method that can harness both historic and current data to produce early risk assessments and update projections in real-time and they demonstrate their approach by estimating local transmission risk for Zika throughout the state of Texas. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Fox SJ, Bellan SE, Perkins TA, Johansson MA, Meyers LA (2019)
06/17/2019
Research Article
Katharina Stracke and colleagues evaluate an automated, commercially-produced molecular diagnostic tool for validation of the major soil-transmitted helminths and evaluate its performance in comparison to an established multiplexed qPCR using faecal samples from endemic settings. Read the Author Summary.
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06/17/2019
Research Article
Tihana Kurtović, Beata Halassy, and colleagues develop a compact, feasible and economically viable refinement strategy for antivenom preparation that results in the preparation of completely homogenous and aggregate-free final product with over 75% yield. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Kurtović T, Lang Balija M, Brgles M, Sviben D, Tunjić M, Cajner H, et al. (2019)
06/19/2019
Research Article
By Carolina Torturella Rath, Renata Meirelles Santos Pereira, Ulisses Gazos Lopes, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Rath CT, Schnellrath LC, Damaso CR, de Arruda LB, Vasconcelos PFdC, Gomes C, et al. (2019)
06/19/2019
Research Article
By Hacène Medkour, Oleg Mediannikov, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Medkour H, Davoust B, Dulieu F, Maurizi L, Lamour T, Marié J-L, et al. (2019)
06/19/2019
Research Article
By Andrés F. Londoño and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Londoño AF, Mendell NL, Walker DH, Bouyer DH (2019)
06/14/2019
Research Article
By Emma Birnie and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Birnie E, van ’t Hof S, Bijnsdorp A, Mansaray Y, Huizenga E, van der Ende A, et al. (2019)
By Julia Irani, Koen Peeters Grietens, Sarah O’Neill, and colleagues
By Cassandra Aldrich, Hassan Hartman,Timothy J. Dallman, Daniel Eibach, and colleagues
By Hirotomo Kato and colleagues
By Rose E. Donohue, Zoë K. Cross, and Edwin Michael
By Tal Meningher, Daniel Boleslavsky, Dror Avni, Eli Schwartz, 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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