March 25, 2020
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03/23/2020
Symposium
Roshan Kamal Topno, Vidya Nand Rabi Das and colleagues report the identification and treatment of a highly ulcerated PKDL case, as well as how to identify a suspected case, to confirm the diagnosis, and to provide a successful treatment option. Read the Symposium.
Image credit: Topno RK, Rabi Das VN, Kumar M, Madhukar M, Pandey K, Verma N, et al.
Current Issue February 2020
03/26/2020
Editorial
Peter J. Hotez and colleagues provide an overview of the findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study from the years 2000 and 2017 highlighting the gains or losses in neglected tropical disease and malaria disease control in the CLA countries and progress towards the targets of the Global Goals. Read the Editorial.
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03/19/2020
Symposium
Kei Yamamoto and colleagues present two cases of successful treatment of E. histolytica infection and visible colonic ulcers with paromomycin monotherapy due to metronidazole intolerance, confirmed microbiologically and endoscopically. Read the Symposium.
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03/23/2020
Research Article
Patrícia D. Deps and colleagues find that much bigger and longer-term studies are needed, perhaps in partnership with animal conservation and ecology groups, to map Mycobacterium leprae infection in armadillos across Brazil and correlate this with proximity to human habitats. Read the Author Summary.
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03/23/2020
Research Article
Hind Alzaylaee and colleagues present results that suggest that eDNA monitoring is able to detect schistosomes in freshwater bodies, but refinement of the field sampling, storage and assay methods are likely to optimise its performance. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Alzaylaee H, Collins RA, Rinaldi G, Shechonge A, Ngatunga B, Morgan ER, et al.
03/25/2020
Research Article
Beatriz Lourenço Correia Moreira and colleagues show that combining two simple and effective techniques may be a safer and more accurate method for the detection of residual rabies virus than in vivo assays to evaluate inactivated vaccines and can be used as an intermediate quality control assay of vaccine production. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Moreira BLC, Gimenez APL, Inagaki JMF, Raboni SM
03/20/2020
Research Article
By Gretchen Ehrenkaufer and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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03/20/2020
Research Article
By Ik-Hwan Han and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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03/26/2020
Research Article
By Laura Braun and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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03/23/2020
Research Article
By Agathe M. G. Colmant and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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By Joshua Longbottom and colleagues
By Basile Kamgang and colleagues
By Carolina Ferreira and colleagues
By Larry Sawers, Eileen Stillwaggon, and colleagues
By Edouard Hallet and colleagues
By Alexandra Wharton-Smith and colleagues
By Mark Nichter, Ines Elvire Agbo, and colleagues
By Beulah Jayakumar and colleagues
By Laura Dean and colleagues
By Kariane St-Denis, Theresa W. Gyorkos, and colleagues
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