October 2015

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is an important health problem in many areas of the world including the Mediterranean region. However, the real CE epidemiological situation is not well established. In fact, it is possible that CE is a re-emerging disease due to the weakness of current control programs. Lopez-Bernus et al.

Image Credit: Lopez-Bernus et al.

Editorials

Strong Local Scientific Communities Are Essential to Reach the Millennium Development Goals

Serap Aksoy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 29, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004136

Don't Shoot the Messenger

Judd L. Walson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 22, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004166

Viewpoints

Methodological Bias Can Lead the Cochrane Collaboration to Irrelevance in Public Health Decision-Making

Antonio Montresor, David Addiss, Marco Albonico, Said Mohammed Ali, Steven K. Ault, Albis-Francesco Gabrielli, Amadou Garba, Elkhan Gasimov, Theresa Gyorkos, Mohamed Ahmed Jamsheed, Bruno Levecke, Pamela Mbabazi, Denise Mupfasoni, Lorenzo Savioli, Jozef Vercruysse, Aya Yajima

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 22, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004165

Cochrane Reviews on Deworming and the Right to a Healthy, Worm-Free Life

Nilanthi de Silva, Be-Nazir Ahmed, Martin Casapia, H. J. de Silva, John Gyapong, Mwelecele Malecela, A. Pathmeswaran

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 22, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004203

The Case for Mass Treatment of Intestinal Helminths in Endemic Areas

Joan Hamory Hicks, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 22, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004214

Policy Platform

A Proposed Target Product Profile and Developmental Cascade for New Cryptosporidiosis Treatments

Christopher D. Huston, Thomas Spangenberg, Jeremy Burrows, Paul Willis, Timothy N. C. Wells, Wesley van Voorhis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 8, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003987

Symposium

First Documented Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection through Blood Transfusion in a Child with Sickle-Cell Disease in Belgium

Sophie Blumental, Micheline Lambermont, Catherine Heijmans, Marie-Pierre Rodenbach, Hanane El Kenz, Danièle Sondag, Emmanuel Bottieau, Carine Truyens

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 15, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003986

Reviews

Population Genetics and Reproductive Strategies of African Trypanosomes: Revisiting Available Published Data

Mathurin Koffi, Thierry De Meeûs, Modou Séré, Bruno Bucheton, Gustave Simo, Flobert Njiokou, Bashir Salim, Jacques Kaboré, Annette MacLeod, Mamadou Camara, Philippe Solano, Adrien Marie Gaston Belem, Vincent Jamonneau

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 22, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003985

Classification of Rhinoentomophthoromycosis into Atypical, Early, Intermediate, and Late Disease: A Proposal

Christian G. Blumentrath, Martin P. Grobusch, Pierre-Blaise Matsiégui, Friedrich Pahlke, Rella Zoleko-Manego, Solange Nzenze-Aféne, Barthélemy Mabicka, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Peter G. Kremsner, Frieder Schaumburg

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 1, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003984

Research Articles

Laboratory Investigations of African Pouched Rats (Cricetomys gambianus) as a Potential Reservoir Host Species for Monkeypox Virus

Christina L. Hutson, Yoshinori J. Nakazawa, Joshua Self, Victoria A. Olson, Russell L. Regnery, Zachary Braden, Sonja Weiss, Jean Malekani, Eddie Jackson, Mallory Tate, Kevin L. Karem, Tonie E. Rocke, Jorge E. Osorio, Inger K. Damon, Darin S. Carroll

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004013

Further Assessment of Monkeypox Virus Infection in Gambian Pouched Rats (Cricetomys gambianus) Using In Vivo Bioluminescent Imaging

Elizabeth A. Falendysz, Juan G. Lopera, Faye Lorenzsonn, Johanna S. Salzer, Christina L. Hutson, Jeffrey Doty, Nadia Gallardo-Romero, Darin S. Carroll, Jorge E. Osorio, Tonie E. Rocke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004130

Pilot Field Trial of the EG95 Vaccine Against Ovine Cystic Echinococcosis in Rio Negro, Argentina: Second Study of Impact

Edmundo Larrieu, Guillermo Mujica, Charles G. Gauci, Katherina Vizcaychipi, Marcos Seleiman, Eduardo Herrero, José Luis Labanchi, Daniel Araya, Luis Sepúlveda, Claudia Grizmado, Arnoldo Calabro, Gabriel Talmon, Thelma Verónica Poggio, Pablo Crowley, Graciela Cespedes, Graciela Santillán, Mariela García Cachau, Roberto Lamberti, Lilia Gino, Meritxell Donadeu, Marshall W. Lightowlers

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004134

Impact of an Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration on Scabies Prevalence in a Remote Australian Aboriginal Community

Thérèse M. Kearns, Richard Speare, Allen C. Cheng, James McCarthy, Jonathan R. Carapetis, Deborah C. Holt, Bart J. Currie, Wendy Page, Jennifer Shield, Roslyn Gundjirryirr, Leanne Bundhala, Eddie Mulholland, Mark Chatfield, Ross M. Andrews

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004151

Fine Mapping of the Interaction between C4b-Binding Protein and Outer Membrane Proteins LigA and LigB of Pathogenic Leptospira interrogans

Leandro C. D. Breda, Ching-Lin Hsieh, Mónica M. Castiblanco Valencia, Ludmila B. da Silva, Angela S. Barbosa, Anna M. Blom, Chang Yung-Fu, Lourdes Isaac

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004192

A Theoretical Analysis of the Geography of Schistosomiasis in Burkina Faso Highlights the Roles of Human Mobility and Water Resources Development in Disease Transmission

Javier Perez-Saez, Lorenzo Mari, Enrico Bertuzzo, Renato Casagrandi, Susanne H. Sokolow, Giulio A. De Leo, Theophile Mande, Natalie Ceperley, Jean-Marc Froehlich, Mariam Sou, Harouna Karambiri, Hamma Yacouba, Amadou Maiga, Marino Gatto, Andrea Rinaldo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 29, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004127

Loss- and Gain-of-Function Approaches Indicate a Dual Role Exerted by Regulatory T Cells in Pulmonary Paracoccidioidomycosis

Silvia B. Bazan, Tania A. Costa, Eliseu Frank de Araújo, Claudia Feriotti, Flávio V. Loures, Fernando D. Pretel, Vera L. G. Calich

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 29, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004189

Influence of Schistosoma mansoni and Hookworm Infection Intensities on Anaemia in Ugandan Villages

Goylette F. Chami, Alan Fenwick, Erwin Bulte, Andreas A. Kontoleon, Narcis B. Kabatereine, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, David W. Dunne

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 29, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004193

A Comparative Study of Peripheral Immune Responses to Taenia solium in Individuals with Parenchymal and Subarachnoid Neurocysticercosis

Iskra Tuero, Sandra Palma, Franco Cabeza, Sarah Saleemi, Silvia Rodriguez, Isidro Gonzales, Holger Mayta, Siddhartha Mahanty, Hector H. Garcia, Robert H. Gilman, Cysticercosis Working Group in Perú

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004143

The Effects of Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors on the Incidence of Dengue Fever in the Pearl River Delta, China, 2013

Xiaopeng Qi, Yong Wang, Yue Li, Yujie Meng, Qianqian Chen, Jiaqi Ma, George F. Gao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004159

Efficacy of Electrocuting Devices to Catch Tsetse Flies (Glossinidae) and Other Diptera

Glyn A. Vale, John W. Hargrove, N. Alan Cullis, Andrew Chamisa, Stephen J. Torr

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004169

Streptococcus suis Meningitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Anusha van Samkar, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Constance Schultsz, Arie van der Ende, Diederik van de Beek

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004191

Discovery of Infection Associated Metabolic Markers in Human African Trypanosomiasis

Sabrina D. Lamour, Maria Gomez-Romero, Panagiotis A. Vorkas, Vincent P. Alibu, Jasmina Saric, Elaine Holmes, Jeremy M. Sternberg

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004200

Central Nervous System Parasitosis and Neuroinflammation Ameliorated by Systemic IL-10 Administration in Trypanosoma brucei-Infected Mice

Jean Rodgers, Barbara Bradley, Peter G. E. Kennedy, Jeremy M. Sternberg

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004201

Global Spread of Human Chromoblastomycosis Is Driven by Recombinant Cladophialophora carrionii and Predominantly Clonal Fonsecaea Species

Shuwen Deng, Clement K. M. Tsui, A. H. G. Gerrits van den Ende, Liyue Yang, Mohammad Javad Najafzadeh, Hamid Badali, Ruoyu Li, Ferry Hagen, Jacques F. Meis, Jiufeng Sun, Somayeh Dolatabadi, Bernard Papierok, Weihua Pan, G. S. de Hoog, Wanqing Liao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004004

Long-Term Arthralgia after Mayaro Virus Infection Correlates with Sustained Pro-inflammatory Cytokine Response

Felix W. Santiago, Eric S. Halsey, Crystyan Siles, Stalin Vilcarromero, Carolina Guevara, Jesus A. Silvas, Cesar Ramal, Julia S. Ampuero, Patricia V. Aguilar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004104

Effectiveness Study of Paromomycin IM Injection (PMIM) for the Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) in Bangladesh

Kazi M. Jamil, Rashidul Haque, Ridwanur Rahman, M. Abul Faiz, Abu Toha Md. Rezwanul Haque Bhuiyan, Amresh Kumar, Syed Misbah Hassan, Heather Kelly, Pritu Dhalaria, Sonali Kochhar, Philippe Desjeux, Mohammad A. A. Bhuiyan, Mohammed M. Khan, Raj Shankar Ghosh

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004118

M2 Polarization of Monocytes-Macrophages Is a Hallmark of Indian Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis

Debanjan Mukhopadhyay, Shibabrata Mukherjee, Susmita Roy, Jane E. Dalton, Sunanda Kundu, Avijit Sarkar, Nilay K. Das, Paul M. Kaye, Mitali Chatterjee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004145

T-Cell Responses Are Associated with Survival in Acute Melioidosis Patients

Kemajittra Jenjaroen, Suchintana Chumseng, Manutsanun Sumonwiriya, Pitchayanant Ariyaprasert, Narisara Chantratita, Piyanate Sunyakumthorn, Maliwan Hongsuwan, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Helen A. Fletcher, Prapit Teparrukkul, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Nicholas P. J. Day, Susanna J. Dunachie

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004152

Formalin Inactivation of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Vaccine Alters the Antigenicity and Immunogenicity of a Neutralization Epitope in Envelope Protein Domain III

Yi-Chin Fan, Hsien-Chung Chiu, Li-Kuang Chen, Gwong-Jen J. Chang, Shyan-Song Chiou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004167

The Effect of Hygiene-Based Lymphedema Management in Lymphatic Filariasis-Endemic Areas: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Meredith E. Stocks, Matthew C. Freeman, David G. Addiss

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004171

Polyanhydride Nanoparticle Delivery Platform Dramatically Enhances Killing of Filarial Worms

Andrea M. Binnebose, Shannon L. Haughney, Richard Martin, Paula M. Imerman, Balaji Narasimhan, Bryan H. Bellaire

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004173

Cytokine Release Assays as Tests for Exposure to Leishmania, and for Confirming Cure from Leishmaniasis, in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Eugenia Carrillo, Nerea Carrasco-Antón, Francisco López-Medrano, Efrén Salto, Laura Fernández, Juan Víctor San Martín, Jorge Alvar, Jose María Aguado, Javier Moreno

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004179

Monitoring of the Parasite Load in the Digestive Tract of Rhodnius prolixus by Combined qPCR Analysis and Imaging Techniques Provides New Insights into the Trypanosome Life Cycle

Felipe de Almeida Dias, Barbara Guerra, Larissa Rezende Vieira, Hugo Diego Perdomo, Ana Caroline Paiva Gandara, Raquel Juliana Vionette do Amaral, Renata Estebanez Vollú, Suzete Araujo Oliveira Gomes, Flavio Alves Lara, Marcos Henrique Ferreira Sorgine, Emiliano Medei, Pedro Lagerblad de Oliveira, Didier Salmon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004186

Decline in Clinical Efficacy of Oral Miltefosine in Treatment of Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) in India

V. Ramesh, Ruchi Singh, Kumar Avishek, Aditya Verma, Deepak Kumar Deep, Sandeep Verma, Poonam Salotra

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 22, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004093

Utilization of an Eilat Virus-Based Chimera for Serological Detection of Chikungunya Infection

Jesse H. Erasmus, James Needham, Syamal Raychaudhuri, Michael S. Diamond, David W. C. Beasley, Stan Morkowski, Henrik Salje, Ildefonso Fernandez Salas, Dal Young Kim, Ilya Frolov, Farooq Nasar, Scott C. Weaver

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 22, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004119

The Potential for a Blood Test for Scabies

Larry G. Arlian, Hermann Feldmeier, Marjorie S. Morgan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 22, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004188

Cholera Transmission in Ouest Department of Haiti: Dynamic Modeling and the Future of the Epidemic

Alexander Kirpich, Thomas A. Weppelmann, Yang Yang, Afsar Ali, J. Glenn Morris Jr., Ira M. Longini

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 21, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004153

A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Intervention Study to Assess the Effect of a Contact Intervention in Reducing Leprosy-Related Stigma in Indonesia

Ruth M. H. Peters, Dadun, Marjolein B. M. Zweekhorst, Joske F. G. Bunders, Irwanto, Wim H. van Brakel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004003

Delayed Onset of Symptoms and Atovaquone-Proguanil Chemoprophylaxis Breakthrough by Plasmodium malariae in the Absence of Mutation at Codon 268 of pmcytb

Beatrix Huei-Yi Teo, Paul Lansdell, Valerie Smith, Marie Blaze, Debbie Nolder, Khalid B. Beshir, Peter L. Chiodini, Jun Cao, Anna Färnert, Colin J. Sutherland

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004068

Experimental and Natural Infections of Goats with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus: Evidence for Ticks as Viral Vector

Yongjun Jiao, Xian Qi, Dapeng Liu, Xiaoyan Zeng, Yewu Han, Xiling Guo, Zhiyang Shi, Hua Wang, Minghao Zhou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004092

Brucellosis and Coxiella burnetii Infection in Householders and Their Animals in Secure Villages in Herat Province, Afghanistan: A Cross-Sectional Study

Zarif Akbarian, Ghulam Ziay, Willy Schauwers, Bashir Noormal, Islam Saeed, Abul Hussain Qanee, Zabiullah Shahab, Tania Dennison, Ian Dohoo, Ronald Jackson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004112

Structural and Functional Characterization of the Enantiomers of the Antischistosomal Drug Oxamniquine

Alexander B. Taylor, Livia Pica-Mattoccia, Chiara M. Polcaro, Enrica Donati, Xiaohang Cao, Annalisa Basso, Alessandra Guidi, Anastasia R. Rugel, Stephen P. Holloway, Timothy J. C. Anderson, P. John Hart, Donato Cioli, Philip T. LoVerde

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004132

PKDL—A Silent Parasite Pool for Transmission of Leishmaniasis in Kala-azar Endemic Areas of Malda District, West Bengal, India

Swagata Ganguly, Pabitra Saha, Moytrey Chatterjee, Surajit Roy, Tamal Kanti Ghosh, Subhasish K. Guha, Pratip K. Kundu, Dilip K. Bera, Nandita Basu, Ardhendu K. Maji

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004138

Loss of Glycosaminoglycan Receptor Binding after Mosquito Cell Passage Reduces Chikungunya Virus Infectivity

Dhiraj Acharya, Amber M. Paul, John F. Anderson, Faqing Huang, Fengwei Bai

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004139

Rabies Cases in the West of China Have Two Distinct Origins

Xiao-Yan Tao, Zhen-Yang Guo, Hao Li, Wen-Tao Jiao, Xin-Xin Shen, Wu-Yang Zhu, Simon Rayner, Qing Tang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004140

Surveillance of Human Echinococcosis in Castilla-Leon (Spain) between 2000-2012

Amparo Lopez-Bernus, Moncef Belhassen-García, Montserrat Alonso-Sardón, Adela Carpio-Perez, Virginia Velasco-Tirado, Ángela Romero-Alegria, Antonio Muro, Miguel Cordero-Sánchez, Javier Pardo-Lledias

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004154

Mansonella, including a Potential New Species, as Common Parasites in Children in Gabon

Gaël Mourembou, Florence Fenollar, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki, Angelique Ndjoyi Mbiguino, Sydney Maghendji Nzondo, Pierre Blaise Matsiegui, Rella Zoleko Manego, Cyrille Herve Bile Ehounoud, Fadi Bittar, Didier Raoult, Oleg Mediannikov

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004155

Advances in the Diagnosis of Human Opisthorchiasis: Development of Opisthorchis viverrini Antigen Detection in Urine

Chanika Worasith, Christine Kamamia, Anna Yakovleva, Kunyarat Duenngai, Chompunoot Wangboon, Jiraporn Sithithaworn, Nattaya Watwiengkam, Nisana Namwat, Anchalee Techasen, Watcharin Loilome, Puangrat Yongvanit, Alex Loukas, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Jeffrey M. Bethony

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004157

Development of a Luminex Bead Based Assay for Diagnosis of Toxocariasis Using Recombinant Antigens Tc-CTL-1 and Tc-TES-26

John P. Anderson, Lisa N. Rascoe, Keith Levert, Holly M. Chastain, Matthew S. Reed, Hilda N. Rivera, Isabel McAuliffe, Bin Zhan, Ryan E. Wiegand, Peter J. Hotez, Patricia P. Wilkins, Jan Pohl, Sukwan Handali

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004168

The Immunology of a Healing Response in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Treated with Localized Heat or Systemic Antimonial Therapy

Ines Lakhal-Naouar, Bonnie M. Slike, Naomi E. Aronson, Mary A. Marovich

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004178

In Vivo Activity of the Benzothiazinones PBTZ169 and BTZ043 against Nocardia brasiliensis

Norma Alejandra González-Martínez, Hector Gerardo Lozano-Garza, Jorge Castro-Garza, Alexandra De Osio-Cortez, Javier Vargas-Villarreal, Norma Cavazos-Rocha, Jorge Ocampo-Candiani, Vadim Makarov, Stewart T. Cole, Lucio Vera-Cabrera

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004022

Epidemiology of Schistosomiasis and Usefulness of Indirect Diagnostic Tests in School-Age Children in Cubal, Central Angola

Cristina Bocanegra, Sara Gallego, Jacobo Mendioroz, Milagros Moreno, Elena Sulleiro, Fernando Salvador, Nicolau Sikaleta, Arlette Nindia, Daniel Tchipita, Morais Joromba, Sebastiao Kavaya, Adrián Sánchez Montalvá, Teresa López, Israel Molina

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004055

Carbohydrate Recognition Specificity of Trans-sialidase Lectin Domain from Trypanosoma congolense

Mario Waespy, Thaddeus T. Gbem, Leroy Elenschneider, André-Philippe Jeck, Christopher J. Day, Lauren Hartley-Tassell, Nicolai Bovin, Joe Tiralongo, Thomas Haselhorst, Sørge Kelm

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004120

A Receptor-Based Explanation for Tsetse Fly Catch Distribution between Coloured Cloth Panels and Flanking Nets

Roger D. Santer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004121

Spatial Analysis of Anthropogenic Landscape Disturbance and Buruli Ulcer Disease in Benin

Lindsay P. Campbell, Andrew O. Finley, M. Eric Benbow, Jenni Gronseth, Pamela Small, Roch Christian Johnson, Ghislain E. Sopoh, Richard M. Merritt, Heather Williamson, Jiaguo Qi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004123

Animal Reservoirs of Zoonotic Tungiasis in Endemic Rural Villages of Uganda

Francis Mutebi, Jürgen Krücken, Hermann Feldmeier, Charles Waiswa, Norbert Mencke, Elizabeth Sentongo, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004126

Copulation Activity, Sperm Production and Conidia Transfer in Aedes aegypti Males Contaminated by Metarhizium anisopliae: A Biological Control Prospect

Javier A. Garza-Hernández, Filiberto Reyes-Villanueva, Tanya L. Russell, Marieta A. H. Braks, Alberto M. Garcia-Munguia, Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004144

Serological Evidence of Chikungunya Virus among Acute Febrile Patients in Southern Mozambique

Eduardo Samo Gudo, Gabriela Pinto, Sirkka Vene, Arcildo Mandlaze, Argentina Felisbela Muianga, Julie Cliff, Kerstin Falk

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004146

Complete Protection against Pneumonic and Bubonic Plague after a Single Oral Vaccination

Anne Derbise, Yuri Hanada, Manal Khalifé, Elisabeth Carniel, Christian E. Demeure

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004162

Identifying the Role of E2 Domains on Alphavirus Neutralization and Protective Immune Responses

James Weger-Lucarelli, Matthew T. Aliota, Attapon Kamlangdee, Jorge E. Osorio

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004163

Treatment Outcome of Patients with Buruli Ulcer Disease in Togo

Marcus Beissner, Nathalie Arens, Franz Wiedemann, Ebekalisaï Piten, Basile Kobara, Malkin Bauer, Karl-Heinz Herbinger, Kossi Badziklou, Abiba Banla Kere, Thomas Löscher, Jörg Nitschke, Gisela Bretzel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004170

Epidemiological Interactions between Urogenital and Intestinal Human Schistosomiasis in the Context of Praziquantel Treatment across Three West African Countries

Sarah C. L. Knowles, Bonnie L. Webster, Amadou Garba, Moussa Sacko, Oumar T. Diaw, Alan Fenwick, David Rollinson, Joanne P. Webster

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 15, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004019

Overlooked Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease after Leptospiral Infection: A Population-Based Survey and Epidemiological Cohort Evidence

Huang-Yu Yang, Cheng-Chieh Hung, Su-Hsun Liu, Yi-Gen Guo, Yung-Chang Chen, Yi-Ching Ko, Chiung-Tseng Huang, Li-Fang Chou, Ya-Chung Tian, Ming-Yang Chang, Hsiang-Hao Hsu, Ming-Yen Lin, Shang-Jyh Hwang, Chih-Wei Yang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004105

Prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum/hominis, Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia among Young Children with and without Diarrhea in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Marit G. Tellevik, Sabrina J. Moyo, Bjørn Blomberg, Torunn Hjøllo, Samuel Y. Maselle, Nina Langeland, Kurt Hanevik

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004125

Altered Gene Expression in the Schistosome-Transmitting Snail Biomphalaria glabrata following Exposure to Niclosamide, the Active Ingredient in the Widely Used Molluscicide Bayluscide

Si-Ming Zhang, Sarah K. Buddenborg, Coen M. Adema, John T. Sullivan, Eric S. Loker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004131

Nodular Worm Infections in Wild Non-human Primates and Humans Living in the Sebitoli Area (Kibale National Park, Uganda): Do High Spatial Proximity Favor Zoonotic Transmission?

Marie Cibot, Jacques Guillot, Sophie Lafosse, Céline Bon, Andrew Seguya, Sabrina Krief

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004133

What Is Needed to Eradicate Lymphatic Filariasis? A Model-Based Assessment on the Impact of Scaling Up Mass Drug Administration Programs

Randee J. Kastner, Christopher M. Stone, Peter Steinmann, Marcel Tanner, Fabrizio Tediosi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004147

Galectin-1 Prevents Infection and Damage Induced by Trypanosoma cruzi on Cardiac Cells

Alejandro F. Benatar, Gabriela A. García, Jacqeline Bua, Juan P. Cerliani, Miriam Postan, Laura M. Tasso, Jorge Scaglione, Juan C. Stupirski, Marta A. Toscano, Gabriel A. Rabinovich, Karina A. Gómez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004148

Seasonal and Spatial Dynamics of the Primary Vector of Plasmodium knowlesi within a Major Transmission Focus in Sabah, Malaysia

Meng L. Wong, Tock H. Chua, Cherng S. Leong, Loke T. Khaw, Kimberly Fornace, Wan-Yusoff Wan-Sulaiman, Timothy William, Chris Drakeley, Heather M. Ferguson, Indra Vythilingam

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 8, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004135

Infectiousness of Sylvatic and Synanthropic Small Rodents Implicates a Multi-host Reservoir of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis

Maria S. Andrade, Orin Courtenay, Maria E. F. Brito, Francisco G. Carvalho, Ana Waléria S. Carvalho, Fábia Soares, Silvia M. Carvalho, Pietra L. Costa, Ricardo Zampieri, Lucile M. Floeter-Winter, Jeffrey J. Shaw, Sinval P. Brandão-Filho

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 8, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004137

Permethrin-Treated Clothing as Protection against the Dengue Vector, Aedes aegypti: Extent and Duration of Protection

Sarah DeRaedt Banks, James Orsborne, Salvador A. Gezan, Harparkash Kaur, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Steve W. Lindsey, James G. Logan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004109

New Insights into the Geographic Distribution of Mycobacterium leprae SNP Genotypes Determined for Isolates from Leprosy Cases Diagnosed in Metropolitan France and French Territories

Florence Reibel, Aurélie Chauffour, Florence Brossier, Vincent Jarlier, Emmanuelle Cambau, Alexandra Aubry

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004141

Comprehensive Survey of Domiciliary Triatomine Species Capable of Transmitting Chagas Disease in Southern Ecuador

Mario J. Grijalva, Anita G. Villacis, Sofia Ocaña-Mayorga, Cesar A. Yumiseva, Ana L. Moncayo, Esteban G. Baus

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004142

The Cyclooctadepsipeptide Anthelmintic Emodepside Differentially Modulates Nematode, Insect and Human Calcium-Activated Potassium (SLO) Channel Alpha Subunits

Anna Crisford, Ulrich Ebbinghaus-Kintscher, Eva Schoenhense, Achim Harder, Klaus Raming, Ita O’Kelly, Kelechi Ndukwe, Vincent O’Connor, Robert J. Walker, Lindy Holden-Dye

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004062

A Lentiviral Vector Expressing Japanese Encephalitis Virus-like Particles Elicits Broad Neutralizing Antibody Response in Pigs

Mélissanne de Wispelaere, Meret Ricklin, Philippe Souque, Marie-Pascale Frenkiel, Sylvie Paulous, Obdulio Garcìa-Nicolàs, Artur Summerfield, Pierre Charneau, Philippe Desprès

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004081

Urban Market Gardening and Rodent-Borne Pathogenic Leptospira in Arid Zones: A Case Study in Niamey, Niger

Gauthier Dobigny, Madougou Garba, Caroline Tatard, Anne Loiseau, Max Galan, Ibrahima Kadaouré, Jean-Pierre Rossi, Mathieu Picardeau, Eric Bertherat

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004097

A Retrospective Study on Genetic Heterogeneity within Treponema Strains: Subpopulations Are Genetically Distinct in a Limited Number of Positions

Darina Čejková, Michal Strouhal, Steven J. Norris, George M. Weinstock, David Šmajs

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004110

Colonization of Lutzomyia verrucarum and Lutzomyia longipalpis Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) by Bartonella bacilliformis, the Etiologic Agent of Carrión’s Disease

James M. Battisti, Phillip G. Lawyer, Michael F. Minnick

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004128

Pathogen- and Host-Directed Antileishmanial Effects Mediated by Polyhexanide (PHMB)

Rebuma Firdessa, Liam Good, Maria Cecilia Amstalden, Kantaraja Chindera, Nor Fadhilah Kamaruzzaman, Martina Schultheis, Bianca Röger, Nina Hecht, Tobias A. Oelschlaeger, Lorenz Meinel, Tessa Lühmann, Heidrun Moll

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 2, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004041

Use of Pentamidine As Secondary Prophylaxis to Prevent Visceral Leishmaniasis Relapse in HIV Infected Patients, the First Twelve Months of a Prospective Cohort Study

Ermias Diro, Koert Ritmeijer, Marleen Boelaert, Fabiana Alves, Rezika Mohammed, Charles Abongomera, Raffaella Ravinetto, Maaike De Crop, Helina Fikre, Cherinet Adera, Robert Colebunders, Harry van Loen, Joris Menten, Lutgarde Lynen, Asrat Hailu, Johan van Griensven

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 2, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004087

Global Burden of Leptospirosis: Estimated in Terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years

Paul R. Torgerson, José E. Hagan, Federico Costa, Juan Calcagno, Michael Kane, Martha S. Martinez-Silveira, Marga G. A. Goris, Claudia Stein, Albert I. Ko, Bernadette Abela-Ridder

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 2, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004122

The Effect of Deworming on Growth in One-Year-Old Children Living in a Soil-Transmitted Helminth-Endemic Area of Peru: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Serene A. Joseph, Martín Casapía, Antonio Montresor, Elham Rahme, Brian J. Ward, Grace S. Marquis, Lidsky Pezo, Brittany Blouin, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux, Theresa W. Gyorkos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 1, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004020

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