December 6, 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 November 2018
12/06/2018
Review
David Roiz, Vincent Corbel, and colleagues developed a framework that offers decision-making guidance based on available evidence of effective control of Aedes at different levels of infestation and virus transmission risk. Read the Review here.
Image credit: Roiz D, Wilson AL, Scott TW, Fonseca DM, Jourdain F, Müller P, et al. (2018)
12/06/2018
Policy Platform
Michael P. Barrett presents the successes, challenges, and conclusions discussed in the third WHO stakeholders meeting on elimination of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis. Read the Policy Platform here.
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12/06/2018
Research Article
Elmo E. Almeida-Amaral and colleagues evaluated the antileishmanicidal activity of the 2HF compound against wild-type and antimony-resistant L. amazonensis cells. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Gervazoni LFO, Gonçalves-Ozório G, Almeida-Amaral EE (2018)
11/30/2018
Research Article
Yasra Sarwar and colleagues examined the distribution of 56 reported virulence associated factors in 35 local isolates of S. Typhi to identify any variations that can help in designing effective control strategies for typhoid. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Liaquat S, Sarwar Y, Ali A, Haque A, Farooq M, Martinez-Ballesteros I, et al. (2018)
12/03/2018
Research Article
Chih-Chuan Lin and colleagues present a two-step affinity purification procedure for generating species-specific antibodies from antivenom, as well as a sandwich ELISA and lateral flow strip assay using these SSAbs. Read the Author Summary.
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11/30/2018
Research Article
By Gustavo Mourglia-Ettlin, Francisco Lozano, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Mourglia-Ettlin G, Miles S, Velasco-De-Andrés M, Armiger-Borràs N, Cucher M, Dematteis S, et al. (2018)
11/30/2018
Research Article
By Anete P. Souza. Read the Author Summary.
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11/30/2018
Research Article
By Jiro Yasuda and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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12/06/2018
Research Article
By Luc E. Coffeng and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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By María A. Natale and colleagues
By Petra Sumova and colleagues
By Lloyd A. C. Chapman and colleagues
By Farah N. Coutrier and colleagues
By Benjamin MacCormack-Gelles and colleagues
By Sara Lustigman and colleagues
By James H. McKerrow
By Conor Caffrey and colleagues
By James H. McKerrow
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