December 2, 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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11/14/2019
Viewpoints
Debbie-Ann T. Shirley and colleagues summarize 10 reasons why amebiasis is a global health problem in need of further attention to develop innovative and inexpensive point-of-care diagnostic and surveillance tools, novel treatment options, and effective preventive strategies to help end amebiasis transmission. Read the Viewpoint.
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11/22/2019
Research Article
Lynne Elson and colleagues aim to determine the efficacy of a mixture of neem and coconut oil for treatment of tungiasis in coastal Kenya and find that while it doesn't kill more fleas than KMnO4 within 7 days, secondary outcomes are better and suggest that a higher impact might be observed at a longer observation period. Read the Author Summary.
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11/25/2019
Research Article
Fabrício Marcus Silva Oliveira and colleagues demonstrate that A. suum infection leads to comorbidity, and contributes to the aggravation of pulmonary dysfunction during pulmonary fibrosis, as well as significant liver injury and inflammation, without changing the A. suum cycle in the lungs. Read the Author Summary.
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12/05/2019
Research Article
Masayuki Tanaka and colleagues conduct a de novo assembly of the E. nuttalli genome followed by comparative genomic analysis with two other mammalian and a reptilian Entamoeba species and find an E. histolytica-specific repeat known as ERE2 in the E. nuttalli genome. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Tanaka M, Makiuchi T, Komiyama T, Shiina T, Osaki K, Tachibana H (2019)
12/05/2019
Research Article
By R. R. Senji Laxme, Kartik Sunagar, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Senji Laxme RR, Khochare S, de Souza HF, Ahuja B, Suranse V, Martin G, et al. (2019)
12/02/2019
Research Article
By Shivanand Hegde, Grant L. Hughes, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Hegde S, Nilyanimit P, Kozlova E, Anderson ER, Narra HP, Sahni SK, et al. (2019)
11/26/2019
Research Article
By Juan F. Quintana, Amy H. Buck, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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12/02/2019
Research Article
By Li He, Min Hu, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: He L, Gasser RB, Li T, Di W, Li F, Zhang H, et al. (2019)
By Nayara C. Brito and colleagues
By Chun-Yin Yeh, Po-Lin Chen, Nai-Ying Ko, and colleagues
By Sebastien Breurec and colleagues
By Yujuan Yue, Guichang Li, and colleagues
By Martial L. Ndeffo-Mbah 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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