November 15, 2018
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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 October 2018
11/15/2018
viewpoints
Piero L. Olliaro and colleagues describe how use of the priority review voucher by public and not-for-profit actors helped deliver the first new FDA-approved treatment for onchocerciasis in 20 years. Read the Viewpoint here.
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11/14/2018
research article
Ogugua Ndubuisi Okonkwo and colleagues report a case series of 4 patients presenting with subconjunctival Loa loa who migrated from rural to urban cities. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Okonkwo ON, Hassan AO, Alarape T, Akanbi T, Oderinlo O, Akinye A, et al. (2018)
11/12/2018
research article
Wuelton M. Monteiro and colleagues evaluated a xenosurveillance approach to proxy measure malaria burden by comparing the presence of Plasmodium DNA in all engorged culicids with the human infection status in the same households. Read the Author Summary.
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11/12/2018
research article
In this molecular survey, En-Min Zhou and colleagues demonstrate a high prevalence of Anaplasma and Rickettsia species in ticks and domestic animals in Xi'an. Read the Author Summary.
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11/15/2018
research article
Pedro H. Gazzinelli-Guimaraes and colleagues evaluated the accuracy of the PZQ dose pole for the large-scale treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in Mozambique and discusses the necessity for an update. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Karl S, Gutiérrez L, Lucyk-Maurer R, Kerr R, Candido RRF, Toh SQ, et al. (2013)
11/12/2018
research article
By Thomas M. Lietman and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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11/14/2018
research article
By Melissa S. Nolan and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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11/12/2018
research article
By Kristen A. Bernard and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Moser LA, Boylan BT, Moreira FR, Myers LJ, Svenson EL, Fedorova NB, et al. (2018)
11/12/2018
research article
By Jianchun Wei and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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By Hongjie Yu and colleagues
By Philippe Gautret and colleagues
By Carolina Rosadas and colleagues
By Joe Brown and colleauges
By Benjamin F. R. Dickson and colleagues
By Sara Lustigman and colleagues
By James H. McKerrow
By Conor Caffrey and colleagues
By James H. McKerrow
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