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Urban flooding as a biohazard risk: A call to address environmental and health inequities in tropical cities

Marco Coral-Almeida, Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 17, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013981

National control programs for scabies: Experiences from Fiji and Solomon Islands

Sarah Andersson, Matthew Parnaby, Susanna Lake, Julie Zinihite, Vinaisi Bechu, Ripeka Kaurasi, Aalisha Sahukhan, Hannah Andrews, Tessa Hughes, Lucia Romani, Daniel Engelman, John Kaldor, Aminiasi Tavui, Oliver Sokana, Andrew Steer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 5, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013874

Strengthening health systems through NTD integration: Key insights from a multi-country webinar

Nadia Rozendaal, Marie Adama Bassabi-Alladji, Tesfahun Bishaw, Wyckliff Omondi, Aina Faes Tolotra, Salissou Adamou Batchiri, Ladislas Nshimiyimana, Piham Gnossike, Clarer Jones, Alfred Mubangizi, Maria Rebollo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 17, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013628

The Death to Onchocerciasis and Lymphatic Filariasis (DOLF) project: Accomplishments and ongoing research

Peter U. Fischer, Christopher L. King, Philip J. Budge, Gary J. Weil, on behalf of the DOLF Consortium

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 3, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013953

Molecular docking approaches in mycetoma: Toward improved patient management

Ali Awadallah Saeed, Marwa Salah S. Osman, Ahmed Hassan Fahal

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 11, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013963

Distribution of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, and the current situation of dengue fever and chikungunya in Iran and neighboring countries: a review study

Mohammad Shoushtari, Hasan Bakhshi, Mostafa Salehi-Vaziri, Morteza Zaim, Ahmadali Enayati, Mohammad Hassan Pouriayevali, Ghobad Moradi, Mohammad Mahdi Sedaghat, Abdolreza Mirolyaei, Ehsan Mostafavi, Fahimeh Bagheri Amiri

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 11, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013965

Risk factors for post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL): Challenges in understanding pathophysiology

Eduard E. Zijlstra

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 23, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013952

Elimination of visceral leishmaniasis as a public health problem in Bangladesh: Lessons learned and questions remaining

Rajib Chowdhury, Anupama Hazarika, Sabera Sultana, Md Sakhawat Hossain, Shampa Saha, Shah Golam Nabi, Abu Nayeem Mohammad Sohel, Md Jewel Rana, Mizanur Rahman, Manzurul Haque Khan, Narayan Prosad Maheswary, Axel Kroeger, Aya Yajima, Dinesh Mondal, Sheikh Daud Adnan, Sanya Tahmina Jhora, Md Nazmul Islam, Ariful Basher, Abul Khair Mohammad Shamsuzzaman, Be-Nazir Ahmed, Md Abul Faiz, Jorge Alvar, Caryn Bern, Mallick Mohammad Aktaruzzaman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013949

Taenia solium neurocysticercosis: Its current epidemiological, diagnostic, therapeutic, and control landscapes

Javier A. Bustos, Christina M. Coyle, Kiran T. Thakur, Carolina Guzman, Luz M. Toribio, Gianfranco Arroyo, Herbert Saavedra, Kabemba E. Mwape, Vedantam Rajshekhar, Hector H. Garcia, for The Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (CWGP)

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013937

Concurrent therapeutic and behavioral interventions are associated with a reduced number of emerging Dracunculus medinensis worms in dogs in Chad

Amy C. Dupper, Christopher A. Cleveland, Ellen K. Haynes, Michael J. Yabsley, Fernando Torres-Velez, Métinou Koumétio Sidouin, Philip Tchindebet Oaukou, Adam J. Weiss, Rebecca Garabed

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 2, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012896

Viral metagenome characterization reveals species-specific virome profiles in Triatominae populations from the southern United States

Insan Habib, Juan Camilo Hernandez-Valencia, Jana Martinu, Eva Novakova

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 2, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013576

Giardia duodenalis MIF induces host intestinal damage via CD74 receptor mediated NLRP3 inflammasome activation

Mengge Chen, Jianhua Li, Xiaocen Wang, Zhenzhen Liu, Xu Zhang, Heng Yang, Xuancheng Zhang, Hongyu Wang, Hongyan Kang, Yanhui Yu, Pengtao Gong, Nan Zhang, Xin Li

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 2, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013968

Cost of illness of scrub typhus in South India – a population-based, mixed-methods study

Carol Devamani, Adam Biran, Koya Ariyoshi, K.R. John, Ian Ross, Yoshinao Kubo, Daniel Chandramohan, Kundavaram Paul Prabhakar Abhilash, Wolf-Peter Schmidt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 2, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013960

Early vascular toxicity induced by Bothrops atrox venom in the chorioallantoic membrane assay: Kinetic profile and translational insights

Hatem Kallel, Marwa Lakhrem, Zakaria Boujhoud, Sanah Essayagh, Said Hilali, Manel Mallouli, Marwa Bouhamed, Majed Kammoun, Dabor Resiere, Jean Marc Pujo, Stéphanie Houcke, Ibtissem Ben Amara

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 2, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013969

Soil-transmitted helminth infections and nutritional status of school-age children, in Mekhoni town, Tigray, Ethiopia

Abel Deres, Brhane Berhe, Tirhas Mulubirhan, Gessessew Bugssa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 3, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013932

Effect of a gut commensal Lactobacillus strain Limosilactobacillus caviae JL20 on leptospiral whole-cell inactivated vaccine in hamsters

Shilei Zhang, Lianjie Ma, Qi Cao, Meijing Zhang, Guixin Yan, Wanqi Jiang, Xufeng Xie, Wenlong Zhang, Yongguo Cao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 3, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013951

Prevalence and spatial distribution characteristics of human brucellosis in Ningxia from 2010 to 2024

Hongju Duan, Xianglin Wu, Zhenhua Lei, Yu Zhao, Tianbo Ma, Tinglong Yang, Zhiyi Wang, Mingzhe Jiang, Liying Wang, Xueping Ma

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 3, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013910

Evaluation of surveillance-response interventions for Schistosoma haematobium elimination on Pemba Island, Tanzania: A 4-year intervention study with repeated cross-sectional surveys

Lydia Trippler, Jan Hattendorf, Mohammed Nassor Ali, Sarah Omar Najim, Khamis Seif Khamis, Khamis Rashid Suleiman, Shaali Makame Ame, Saleh Juma, Fatma Kabole, Said Mohammed Ali, Stefanie Knopp

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 3, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013947

Rapid diagnosis of skin and soft tissue melioidosis in children

Keang Suy, Seda Bott, Nara Leng, Vuthy Sar, Sona Soeng, Sophanith Real, David AB Dance, Sue J. Lee, Paul Turner, Clare L. Ling, Arjun Chandna

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 3, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013962

Pathogenic Leptospira species identified in dogs and cats during neutering in Thailand

Metawee Thongdee, Somjit Chaiwattanarungruengpaisan, Weena Paungpin, Sivapong Sungpradit, Sineenard Jiemtaweeboon, Ekasit Tiyanun, Kanin Ruchisereekul, Sarin Suwanpakdee, Janjira Thaipadungpanit

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 4, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013421

Social, environmental and policy contexts affecting the feasibility and acceptability of improving household flooring for better health in rural Kenya

Ulrike Fillinger, Victoria A. Ochwal, Hugo Legge, Sharon Muli, Karisa Kazungu, Carlos Mcharo, Jacinta Mwongeli, Charles Mwandawiro, Katherine Halliday, Doris Njomo, Rachel Pullan, Lynne Elson, Stella Kepha

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 4, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013943

Reaching the last mile with ivermectin mass drug administration against onchocerciasis: The case of Kwanware-Ottou persistent transmission focus in the Wenchi health district of Ghana

Rogers Nditanchou, Akinola Stephen Oluwole, Sapana Basnet, Alexandre Chailloux, Judith Saare, David Agyemang, Sandra Adelaide King, Mike Yaw Osei-Atweneboana, Richard Selby, Joseph Opare, Louise Hamill, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Veronique Verhoeven, Elena Schmidt, Robert Colebunders

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 5, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013958

Maternal expression and breast milk transfer of an mRNA- encoded monoclonal antibody in a murine model of cholera

Jennifer E. Doering, Yetunde Adewunmi, Cailin E. Deal, Obadiah Plante, Andrea Carfi, Nicholas J. Mantis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 9, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013518

Assessing the diagnostic performance of clinical, serological and molecular approaches to improve dengue case detection in the Peruvian Amazon

Anne Hauner, Jaide Aroni-Sierra, Xiomara Merino, Carlos Villa, Fiorella Torres, Ole Lagatie, Michael Talledo, Kevin K. Ariën, Francesca Falconi-Agapito

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 9, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013984

Implementation of good clinical practice in clinical research in the context of limited resources settings: Lessons learnt from the freeBILy trial using an embedded mixed methods approach

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 9, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013899

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Country-level perspectives and priorities to guide the development of Invasive non-Typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) vaccines: Insights from seven countries

Dijana Spasenoska, Anna-Lea Kahn, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Adwoa D. Bentsi-Enchill, Yong-ha Hwang, Sajan Gunarathna, Jerome H. Kim, Jung-Seok Lee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 23, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014012

Monitoring of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and antibodies in low-prevalence districts of Amhara, Ethiopia: Insights from a hyper-endemic trachoma region

Anna J. Harte, Ambahun Chernet, Getahun Ayenew, Tania A. Gonzalez, Karana Wickens, Sarah Gwyn, Eshetu Sata, Ayalew Shiferaw, Demelash Gessese, Zebene Ayele, Kimberly A. Jensen, Adisu Abebe, Zerihun Tadesse, E. Kelly Callahan, Diana L. Martin, Scott D. Nash

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 23, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013998

Resurgent threat in a changing climate: A 20-year bibliometric analysis of global Chikungunya research evolution and pandemic preparedness

Xiaoyi Xu, Liming Ye, Yawei Liu, Xuetao Peng, Minyi He

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 23, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013959

One health at the last mile: Multi-scale predictors of Schistosoma japonicum infection in southwest china across two decades of control

William W. Zou, Elise N. Grover, Liu Yang, Elizabeth J. Carlton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 23, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013573

Comparative venomics reveals intra, interspecific and ontogenetic changes in the venom composition of Lachesis snakes from Colombia

Adrián Marcelo Franco-Vásquez, Fernando Lazcano-Pérez, Alejandro Carbajal-Saucedo, Miguel Angel Mejía-Sánchez, David Meléndez-Martínez, Gerardo Corzo, Roberto Arreguín-Espinosa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 23, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014021

“It left me burnt”: Traditional treatment and stigma experiences of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kalu district, Ethiopia

Teklu Cherkose, Kibur Engdawork, Maria Zuurmond, Abebaw Y. Alemu, Fikregabrail Aberra Kassa, Saba Lambert, Zenebu Begna, Katherine Halliday, Tara Mtuy, Yohannes Hailemichael, Michael Marks, Mirgissa Kaba, Endalamaw Gadisa, Stephen L. Walker, Jennifer Palmer, SHARP collaboration

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 23, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013537

Epidemiology of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) in people living with HTLV-1: A 30-year study in Peru

Gabriela Garrido-Pinzás, Brian Valenzuela, Elsa González-Lagos, Carlos Seas, Luis Malpica, Carolina Álvarez, Victor Rivera, Fernando Mejía, Martín Montes, Juan Carlos Ramos, Eduardo Gotuzzo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 23, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014010

Child exposure to animal feces and zoonotic pathogens in northwest Ecuador: A mixed-methods study

Viviana Albán, April M. Ballard, Kelsey J. Jesser, Gwenyth O. Lee, Joseph N.S. Eisenberg, Daniel Garzon-Chavez, Gabriel Trueba, Bethany A. Caruso, Karen Levy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 23, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014019

Spatiotemporal pattern of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and driving factors in Shandong Province of China, 2018–2024

Qing Duan, Yinlong Li, Suying Guo, Shiyi Huang, Yan Li, Yuwei Zhang, Ruixiao Li, Shan Lv, Shizhu Li, Jing Xu, Zengqiang Kou, Ti Liu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014023

Host kinase regulation of Plasmodium vivax dormant and replicating liver stages

Elizabeth K. K. Glennon, Ling Wei, Wanlapa Roobsoong, Veronica I. Primavera, Elizabeth M. van Zyl, Tinotenda Tongogara, Conrad B. Yee, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Alexis Kaushansky

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 25, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014053

The impact of the termination of Lymphatic Filariasis mass drug administration on Soil-transmitted Helminth prevalence in school children in Malawi

Faduma Farah, Claudio Fronterrè, Mark J. Taylor, Armelle Forrer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 25, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012639

Characteristics, treatment outcomes and factors associated with death among patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis, Uganda, 2019–2024

Benigna Gabriela Namara, Ivan Ankunda, Richard Migisha, Benon Kwesiga, Lilian Bulage, Sandra Nabatanzi, Alex Riolexus Ario, Alfred Mubangizi, Daniel Kadobera

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014032

Prevalence of neurocysticercosis and its characteristics among people with epileptic seizures and progressively worsening severe headaches in 60 villages in three provinces of Burkina Faso

Athanase Millogo, Veronique Dermauw, Rasmané Ganaba, Pierre Dorny, Zékiba Tarnagda, Rabiou Cissé, Marie-Paule Boncoeur-Martel, Vivien Richter, Andrea S. Winkler, Hélène Carabin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014061

The risk of onchocerciasis infection by human population movements between high and low transmission settings in Ghana

Sellase Pi-Bansa, Kwadwo Kyereme Frempong, Joseph Harold Nyarko Osei, Franklin Ayisi, Millicent Opoku, Millicent Selassie Afatodzie, Sampson Otoo, Sarah-Sally Mawunyo Dogbe, Abena Akyeamaa Nyarko, Aissatou Diawara, Sake de Vlas, Wilma Stolk, Daniel Adjei Boakye

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014039

Strategies for achieving a healthy oral cholera vaccine market: Model-enabled scenario exploration of supply and demand dynamics

Donovan Guttieres, Carla Van Riet, Nico Vandaele, Catherine Decouttere

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013995

Trachomatous trichiasis surgeons appreciate using HEAD START for extended training during periods of low surgical activity: A preliminary study

Samantha E. Tulenko, Belay Bayissasse, Fisseha Admassu, Wondu Alemayehu, Alemayehu Sisay, Demissie Tadesse, Emily W. Gower

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013948

Establishing an external quality assurance scheme for the detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi IgM in clinical samples: Strengthening quality control of scrub typhus diagnosis in Indian laboratories

Vimal Raj Ratchagadasse, Dinakaran Vasudevan, Ferdinamarie Sharmila Philomenadin, Haripriya Sivakumar, Nivedha Devanathan, Harmanmeet Kaur, Labanya Mukhopadhyay, Rahul Dhodapkar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014007

Immunogenicity of two representative American consensus scorpion neurotoxins from the genera Tityus and Centruroides

Samuel Cardoso-Arenas, Miguel Angel Mejia-Sanchez, Ricardo Miranda-Blancas, Herlinda Clement, Lilu Corrales-García, Ivan Arenas, Gerardo Pavel Espino-Solís, Hildaura Acosta, Marcos H. Salazar, Gerardo Corzo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013982

Advancing the design of the kissing bug kill trap for surveillance of triatomines

Yuexun Tian, Nadia A. Fernández-Santos, Jose G. Juarez, Henry Esquivel, Andrea M. Moller-Vasquez, María Granados-Presa, Adriana Echeverria, Pamela Pennington, Alejandra Zamora-Jerez, Juan P. Fimbres-Macias, Walter Roachell, Paul A. Lenhart, Theresa Casey, Molly E. Keck, Carolyn L. Hodo, Christopher H. Downs, Sarah C. Sittenauer, Claire C. Nevins, Sujata Balasubramanian, Carlos Angulo, Carlos Palacios-Cardiel, Ramon Gaxiola-Robles, Tania Zenteno-Savín, Sarah A. Hamer, John H. Borden, Michael G. Banfield, Norma Padilla, Gabriel L. Hamer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014005

Significant gap between Point participation and long‑term treatment adherence: An evaluation of ivermectin MDA in the Kwanware‑Ottou persistent onchocerciasis transmission focus, Wenchi, Ghana

Rogers Nditanchou, Akinola Stephen Oluwole, Judith Saare, David Agyemang, Alexandre Chailloux, Sandra Adelaide King, Mike Yaw Osei-Atweneboana, Richard Selby, Joseph Opare, Anita Jeyam, Stephen Pye, Louise Hamill, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Elena Schmidt, Veronique Verhoeven, Robert Colebunders

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013171

Systemic inflammatory markers of visceral leishmaniasis treatment response in East Africa

Ayenew Addisu, Alice Bayiyana, João L. Reis Cunha, Daniel Matano, Brima M. Younis, Karen Hogg, Rebecca Wiggins, Wilson Biwott, Finnley Osuna, Christine Ichugu, Ayalew Jejaw Zeleke, Eleni Ayele, James Obondo Sande, Eltahir A. G. Khalil, Hussam M. H. Ibrahim, Mahmoud A. Mahmoud, Ahmed I. B. Zakaria, Brenda Adiko, Peter O’Toole, Flavia D’Alessio, Charles J. N. Lacey, Jane Mbui, Asrat M. Hailu, Paul M. Kaye, Margaret Mbuchi, Ahmed M. Musa, Joseph Olobo, The Immstat@Cure Consortium

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013749

Correction: The epidemiology and spatial distribution of Taenia solium taeniosis and cysticercosis in Kenya: The case of Busia County

Yewubdar Gulelat Zemedhun, Tadesse Eguale, Nigatu Kebede Wubie, James M. Akoko, Eric M. Fèvre, Elizabeth A. J. Cook

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 2, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013957

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Correction: Increasing transmission of dengue virus across ecologically diverse regions of Ecuador and associated risk factors

Leah C. Katzelnick, Emmanuelle Quentin, Savannah Colston, Thien-An Ha, Paulina Andrade, Joseph N. S. Eisenberg, Patricio Ponce, Josefina Coloma, Varsovia Cevallos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013993

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