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The Need for Full Integration of Snakebite Envenoming within a Global Strategy to Combat the Neglected Tropical Diseases: The Way Forward

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Pulmonary Infiltrates and Eosinophilia in a 25-Year-Old Traveler

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Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bihar India: Comparison of the rK39 Rapid Diagnostic Test on Whole Blood Versus Serum

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Rabies Risk: Difficulties Encountered during Management of Grouped Cases of Bat Bites in 2 Isolated Villages in French Guiana

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 27, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002258

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 27, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002289

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 27, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002292

An Adult Mouse Model of Vibrio cholerae-induced Diarrhea for Studying Pathogenesis and Potential Therapy of Cholera

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 27, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002293

Immunoprotection of Mice against Schistosomiasis Mansoni Using Solubilized Membrane Antigens

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Bacillus thuringiensis-derived Cry5B Has Potent Anthelmintic Activity against Ascaris suum

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002263

Ecology of Leptospira interrogans in Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in an Inner-City Neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002270

A Review of Preventative Methods against Human Leishmaniasis Infection

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002278

Housefly Population Density Correlates with Shigellosis among Children in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis

Tamer H. Farag, Abu S. Faruque, Yukun Wu, Sumon K. Das, Anowar Hossain, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Dilruba Ahmed, Dilruba Nasrin, Karen L. Kotloff, Sandra Panchilangam, James P. Nataro, Dani Cohen, William C. Blackwelder, Myron M. Levine

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002280

Phylogenetic Analysis Reveals a High Prevalence of Sporothrix brasiliensis in Feline Sporotrichosis Outbreaks

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002281

Spatiotemporal Patterns of Japanese Encephalitis in China, 2002–2010

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002285

Is Zinc Concentration in Toxic Phase Plasma Related to Dengue Severity and Level of Transaminases?

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002287

Monocytes Play an IL-12-Dependent Crucial Role in Driving Cord Blood NK Cells to Produce IFN-g in Response to Trypanosoma cruzi

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002291

Mass Treatment with Azithromycin for Trachoma: When Is One Round Enough? Results from the PRET Trial in The Gambia

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