May 16, 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 April 2019
12/28/2018
Editorial
In this call for papers, Michael B. Arndt and Judd L. Walson highlight the role of the intestine and enteric infection and dysfunction in the field of NTD research. Read the editorial here.
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05/16/2019
Policy Platform
David W. Denning and colleagues argue that the World Health Organization and the Pan-American Health Organization should explicitly recognise paracoccidioidomycosis as a neglected tropical disease, due to the widespread and devastating impact of this fungus in South America. Read the Policy Platform.
Image credit: Griffiths J, Lopes Colombo A, Denning DW (2019)
05/15/2019
Research Article
Catharine Prussing, Joseph M. Vinetz, Jan E. Conn, and colleagues find that houses with more malaria cases are located closer to Ny. darlingi larval habitats and propose management of larval habitats as an effective method to reduce the risk of malaria in this region. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Prussing C, Saavedra MP, Bickersmith SA, Alava F, Guzmán M, Manrique E, et al. (2019)
05/13/2019
Research Article
In this study, Mathieu Bangert, Antonio Montresor, and colleagues aim to estimate the number of pregnant women at risk of soil-transmitted helminthiasis that self-reported deworming by antenatal services in endemic countries that conducted Demographic and Health Surveys. Read the Author Summary.
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05/15/2019
Research Article
In this study, Javier Sotillo, Alex Loukas, and colleagues identify adult fluke ES and tegument extracts as best predictors of infection using urine antibodies of naturally infected people and provide the first steps towards the development of novel tools to control this important neglected tropical disease. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Sotillo J, Pearson MS, Becker L, Mekonnen GG, Amoah AS, van Dam G, et al. (2019)
05/15/2019
Research Article
By Jerko Hrabar and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Hrabar J, Trumbić Ž, Bočina I, Bušelić I, Vrbatović A, Mladineo I (2019)
05/16/2019
Research Article
By Zhe Cheng, Yanhai Wang, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Cheng Z, Liu F, Tian H, Xu Z, Chai X, Luo D, et al. (2019)
05/16/2019
Research Article
By Pamela Magistrado-Coxen, John Samuelson, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Magistrado-Coxen P, Aqeel Y, Lopez A, Haserick JR, Urbanowicz BR, Costello CE, et al. (2019)
05/15/2019
Research Article
By Li Wei Ang and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Ang LW, Thein T-L, Ng Y, Boudville IC, Chia PY, Lee VJM, et al. (2019)
By Tushar Shaw, Chaitanya Tellapragada, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, and colleagues
By Amy K. Dickey, T. Eoin West, and colleagues
By Fernando Salvador and colleagues
By Lais Ceschini Machado, Rafael Freitas Oliveira Franca, Gabriel Luz Wallau, 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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