December 3, 2020
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11/12/2020
Policy Platform
Joseph Mathu Ndung’u and colleagues describe how the Trypa-NO! Partnership is using novel and classical tools to drive g-HAT elimination in an integrated approach, progress made, lessons learned, and future directions. Read the Policy Platform.
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Current Issue December 2020
11/12/2020
Viewpoints
Owais Fazal and Peter J. Hotez examine Pakistan’s most populous city, Karachi, to understand the challenges expected to arise with the growth of megacities that may outstrip their infrastructures related to water, sanitation, and hygiene and become highly vulnerable to catastrophic weather events, leading to sharp increases in urbanized and poverty-related neglected tropical disease. Read their Viewpoint.
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12/03/2020
Symposium
Rita Fernanda Cortez de Almeida and colleagues present a case of actinomycetoma with systemic signs, leading to an investigation into underlying immunosuppression, since such signs are uncommon in this deep and usually localized infection. Read their Symposium.
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12/08/2020
Research Article
Katherine E. L. Worsley-Tonks and colleagues use models to identify 44 carnivore and 34 bat species that are currently not recognized as RABV reservoirs, but have trait profiles suggesting their capacity to be or become reservoirs. Read the Author Summary.
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12/07/2020
Research Article
In this study, Fatma Saleh and colleagues are the first to document widespread occurrence and distribution of Ae. aegypti in Zanzibar and discuss the need for the establishment of a nation-wide Aedes surveillance program to guide the development and monitoring of vector control interventions for prevention of arboviral epidemics. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Saleh F, Kitau J, Konradsen F, Kampango A, Abassi R, Schiøler KL
12/10/2020
Research Article
Fred Bernardes Filho and colleagues use an active search strategy to identify leprosy in the prison population by providing them a Leprosy Suspicion Questionnaire with 14 simple questions about symptoms and signs related to leprosy. Read the Author Summary.
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12/07/2020
Research Article
By Fuhong Dai, Won Gi Yoo, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Dai F, Yoo WG, Lu Y, Song J-H, Lee J-Y, Byun Y, et al.
11/30/2020
Research Article
By Hanane Damene and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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12/02/2020
Research Article
By Emma Colucci-Guyon and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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12/03/2020
Research Article
By Huixin Chen and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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By Jinhua Pan, Jie Tian, and colleagues
By Yoong Min Chong and colleagues
By Ricardo Ramírez-Aldana and colleagues
By Jean-Eric Ghia and colleagues
By Dziedzom K. de Souza and colleagues
By Philip N. D. Elders and colleagues
By Sandra Moreno and colleagues
By Sanjaya Dhakal, Mohammad Jahirul Karim, and colleagues
By Amanda Gwee and colleagues
By Li Jun Thean and colleagues
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