August 22, 2019
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08/09/2019
Review
Kenneth Boey, Kanae Shiokawa, and Sreekumari Rajeev summarize the global prevalence and distribution of Leptospira infection in rats and add to the literature that supports research, education, and public awareness regarding leptospirosis transmission and prevention. Read the Review.
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Current Issue July 2019
08/22/2019
Photo Quiz
In this Photo Quiz, Xin-yu Wang, Wen-hong Zhang, and colleagues present the case of a 51-year-old Chinese man presenting with a lump on his left buttock. Use the provided patient history and histopathological examination of the excised lump to formulate your diagnosis. Take the quiz, here.
Image credit: Wang X-y, Ruan Q-l, Cui P, Zhang W-h (2019)
08/08/2019
Editorial
Peter Hotez outlines the impending health crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria as they are projected to be home to almost one-half of the world’s population living in extreme poverty by 2050. Dr. Hotez urges that now is the time to embark on long-term strategies for disease control, including the prioritization of the new biotechnologies that will be needed. Read the Editorial.
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08/19/2019
Research Article
Luis Miguel González and colleagues identify genes putatively involved in invasion, gliding motility, moving junction formation and egress, providing new insights into the molecular mechanisms of these processes necessary for B. divergens to survive and propagate during its life cycle. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: González LM, Estrada K, Grande R, Jiménez-Jacinto V, Vega-Alvarado L, Sevilla E, et al. (2019)
08/16/2019
Research Article
Michaela Fakiola, Jenefer M. Blackwell, and colleagues look at global gene expression patterns in whole blood to try to understand more about asymptomatic infection, active visceral leishmaniasis, and the progress to cure in cases treated with single or multi-dose amphotericin B. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Fakiola M, Singh OP, Syn G, Singh T, Singh B, Chakravarty J, et al. (2019)
08/20/2019
Research Article
Shengzhang Dong, Seokyoung Kang, and George Dimopoulos identify three drugs that significantly increase mosquito mortality and six that significantly suppress ZIKV infection in mosquito midguts, as well as provide a list of candidate agents for potential use to block ZIKV transmission in mosquitoes by chemical inhibition. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Dong S, Kang S, Dimopoulos G (2019)
08/20/2019
Research Article
By Theresa B. Gallagher, Gabriela Mellado-Sanchez, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
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08/19/2019
Research Article
By Millicent H. Osti, Daniel Engelman, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Osti MH, Sokana O, Gorae C, Whitfeld MJ, Steer AC, Engelman D (2019)
08/19/2019
Research Article
By Myrthe Pareyn, Herwig Leirs, and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Pareyn M, Van den Bosch E, Girma N, van Houtte N, Van Dongen S, Van der Auwera G, et al. (2019)
08/19/2019
Research Article
By Trevor Wellington and Christina Schofield. Read the Author Summary.
Image credit: Wellington T, Schofield C (2019)
By Alexandra G. Fraga, Gabriela Trigo, Jorge Pedrosa, and colleagues
By Claude Flamand and colleagues
By Inge Kroidl and colleagues
By Wen-Qiang He, Wai-Hong Tham, Ivo Mueller, and colleagues
By Xing-Hua Bai, Cheng Peng, Peng Guan, 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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