February 2016

Ongoing Transmission of Onchocerca volvulus after 25 Years of Annual Ivermectin Mass Treatments in the Vina du Nord River Valley, in North Cameroon

Albert Eisenbarth, Mbunkah Daniel Achukwi, Alfons Renz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 29, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004392

Diagnosis of Bacterial Bloodstream Infections: A 16S Metagenomics Approach

Saskia Decuypere, Conor J. Meehan, Sandra Van Puyvelde, Tessa De Block, Jessica Maltha, Lompo Palpouguini, Marc Tahita, Halidou Tinto, Jan Jacobs, Stijn Deborggraeve

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 29, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004470

Rabies: Knowledge and Practices Regarding Rabies in Rural Communities of the Brazilian Amazon Basin

Lanna Jamile Corrêa da Costa, Marcus Emanuel Barroncas Fernandes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 29, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004474

Presence and Persistence of Ebola or Marburg Virus in Patients and Survivors: A Rapid Systematic Review

Julii Brainard, Katherine Pond, Lee Hooper, Kelly Edmunds, Paul Hunter

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 29, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004475

Laboratory-Enhanced Dengue Sentinel Surveillance in Colombo District, Sri Lanka: 2012-2014

Hasitha Tissera, Ananda Amarasinghe, Sunethra Gunasena, Aruna Dharshan DeSilva, Leong Wei Yee, October Sessions, Chanaka Muthukuda, Paba Palihawadana, Wolfgang Lohr, Peter Byass, Duane J. Gubler, Annelies Wilder-Smith

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 29, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004477

High Resolution Melting Analysis Targeting hsp70 as a Fast and Efficient Method for the Discrimination of Leishmania Species

Ricardo Andrade Zampieri, Maria Fernanda Laranjeira-Silva, Sandra Marcia Muxel, Ana Carolina Stocco de Lima, Jeffrey Jon Shaw, Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 29, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004485

Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of Ciclosporin to Prednisolone in the Treatment of Erythema Nodosum Leprosum: Two Randomised, Double Blind, Controlled Pilot Studies in Ethiopia

Saba M. Lambert, Shimelis D. Nigusse, Digafe T. Alembo, Stephen L. Walker, Peter G. Nicholls, Munir H. Idriss, Lawrence K. Yamuah, Diana N. J. Lockwood

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004149

Use of a Chagas Urine Nanoparticle Test (Chunap) to Correlate with Parasitemia Levels in T. cruzi/HIV Co-infected Patients

Yagahira E. Castro-Sesquen, Robert H. Gilman, Carolina Mejia, Daniel E. Clark, Jeong Choi, Melissa J. Reimer-McAtee, Rosario Castro, Edward Valencia-Ayala, Jorge Flores, Natalie Bowman, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, Faustino Torrico, Lance Liotta, Caryn Bern, Alessandra Luchini, The Chagas/HIV Working Group in Bolivia and Peru

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004407

Phase 1/2a Trial of Plasmodium vivax Malaria Vaccine Candidate VMP001/AS01_B in Malaria-Naive Adults: Safety, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy

Jason W. Bennett, Anjali Yadava, Donna Tosh, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Jack Komisar, Lisa A. Ware, William F. McCarthy, Jessica J. Cowden, Jason Regules, Michele D. Spring, Kristopher Paolino, Joshua D. Hartzell, James F. Cummings, Thomas L. Richie, Joanne Lumsden, Edwin Kamau, Jittawadee Murphy, Cynthia Lee, Falgunee Parekh, Ashley Birkett, Joe Cohen, W. Ripley Ballou, Mark E. Polhemus, Yannick F. Vanloubbeeck, Johan Vekemans, Christian F. Ockenhouse

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004423

Reducing Cost of Rabies Post Exposure Prophylaxis: Experience of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Pakistan

Naseem Salahuddin, M. Aftab Gohar, Naila Baig-Ansari

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004448

Changes in Proteome Profile of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Chronic Chagas Disease

Nisha Jain Garg, Kizhake V. Soman, Maria P. Zago, Sue-Jie Koo, Heidi Spratt, Susan Stafford, Zinzi N. Blell, Shivali Gupta, Julio Nuñez Burgos, Natalia Barrientos, Allan R. Brasier, John E. Wiktorowicz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004490

Metabolomics-Based Discovery of Small Molecule Biomarkers in Serum Associated with Dengue Virus Infections and Disease Outcomes

Natalia V. Voge, Rushika Perera, Sebabrata Mahapatra, Lionel Gresh, Angel Balmaseda, María A. Loroño-Pino, Amber S. Hopf-Jannasch, John T. Belisle, Eva Harris, Carol D. Blair, Barry J. Beaty

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 25, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004449

Small RNA Profiling in Dengue Virus 2-Infected Aedes Mosquito Cells Reveals Viral piRNAs and Novel Host miRNAs

Pascal Miesen, Alasdair Ivens, Amy H. Buck, Ronald P. van Rij

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 25, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004452

Early Indicators of Fatal Leptospirosis during the 2010 Epidemic in Puerto Rico

Tyler M. Sharp, Brenda Rivera García, Janice Pérez-Padilla, Renee L. Galloway, Marta Guerra, Kyle R. Ryff, Dana Haberling, Sharada Ramakrishnan, Sean Shadomy, Dianna Blau, Kay M. Tomashek, William A. Bower

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 25, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004482

Zika Virus Infection and Stillbirths: A Case of Hydrops Fetalis, Hydranencephaly and Fetal Demise

Manoel Sarno, Gielson A. Sacramento, Ricardo Khouri, Mateus S. do Rosário, Federico Costa, Gracinda Archanjo, Luciane A. Santos, Nivison Nery Jr., Nikos Vasilakis, Albert I. Ko, Antonio R. P. de Almeida

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 25, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004517

Endoscopic Treatment of Biliary Stenosis in Patients with Alveolar Echinococcosis – Report of 7 Consecutive Patients with Serial ERC Approach

Marija Stojkovic, Thomas Junghanss, Mira Veeser, Tim F. Weber, Peter Sauer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004278

Modeling Relapsing Disease Dynamics in a Host-Vector Community

Tammi L. Johnson, Erin L. Landguth, Emily F. Stone

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004428

Costs of Dengue Control Activities and Hospitalizations in the Public Health Sector during an Epidemic Year in Urban Sri Lanka

Neil Thalagala, Hasitha Tissera, Paba Palihawadana, Ananda Amarasinghe, Anuradha Ambagahawita, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Donald S. Shepard, Yeşim Tozan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 24, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004466

Mating-Induced Transcriptome Changes in the Reproductive Tract of Female Aedes aegypti

Catalina Alfonso-Parra, Yasir H. Ahmed-Braimah, Ethan C. Degner, Frank W. Avila, Susan M. Villarreal, Jeffrey A. Pleiss, Mariana F. Wolfner, Laura C. Harrington

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 22, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004451

Delayed Time-to-Treatment of an Antisense Morpholino Oligomer Is Effective against Lethal Marburg Virus Infection in Cynomolgus Macaques

Travis K. Warren, Chris A. Whitehouse, Jay Wells, Lisa Welch, Jay S. Charleston, Alison Heald, Donald K. Nichols, Marc E. Mattix, Gustavo Palacios, Jeffrey R. Kugleman, Patrick L. Iversen, Sina Bavari

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 22, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004456

Seasonal Dynamics of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species Proven Vectors of Mediterranean Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum

Bulent Alten, Carla Maia, Maria Odete Afonso, Lenea Campino, Maribel Jiménez, Estela González, Ricardo Molina, Anne Laure Bañuls, Jorian Prudhomme, Baptiste Vergnes, Celine Toty, Cécile Cassan, Nil Rahola, Magali Thierry, Denis Sereno, Gioia Bongiorno, Riccardo Bianchi, Cristina Khoury, Nikolaos Tsirigotakis, Emmanouil Dokianakis, Maria Antoniou, Vasiliki Christodoulou, Apostolos Mazeris, Mehmet Karakus, Yusuf Ozbel, Suha K. Arserim, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Filiz Gunay, Gizem Oguz, Sinan Kaynas, Nikoloz Tsertsvadze, Lamzira Tskhvaradze, Ekaterina Giorgobiani, Marina Gramiccia, Petr Volf, Luigi Gradoni

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 22, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004458

Dog Demography, Animal Bite Management and Rabies Knowledge-Attitude and Practices in the Awash Basin, Eastern Ethiopia

Rea Tschopp, Shiferaw Bekele, Abraham Aseffa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 22, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004471

Development and Evaluation of Reverse Transcription-Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) Assay Coupled with a Portable Device for Rapid Diagnosis of Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea

Yohei Kurosaki, N’Faly Magassouba, Olamide K. Oloniniyi, Mahamoud S. Cherif, Saori Sakabe, Ayato Takada, Kenji Hirayama, Jiro Yasuda

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 22, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004472

A Molecular Method to Discriminate between Mass-Reared Sterile and Wild Tsetse Flies during Eradication Programmes That Have a Sterile Insect Technique Component

Soumaïla Pagabeleguem, Geoffrey Gimonneau, Momar Talla Seck, Marc J. B. Vreysen, Baba Sall, Jean-Baptiste Rayaissé, Issa Sidibé, Jérémy Bouyer, Sophie Ravel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 22, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004491

A Proteomic Approach Identifies Candidate Early Biomarkers to Predict Severe Dengue in Children

Dang My Nhi, Nguyen Tien Huy, Kaname Ohyama, Daisuke Kimura, Nguyen Thi Phuong Lan, Leo Uchida, Nguyen Van Thuong, Cao Thi My Nhon, Le Hong Phuc, Nguyen Thi Mai, Shusaku Mizukami, Lam Quoc Bao, Nguyen Ngoc Doan, Nguyen Van Thanh Binh, Luong Chan Quang, Juntra Karbwang, Katsuyuki Yui, Kouichi Morita, Vu Thi Que Huong, Kenji Hirayama

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004435

Assessment of Point-of-Care Diagnostics for G6PD Deficiency in Malaria Endemic Rural Eastern Indonesia

Ari W. Satyagraha, Arkasha Sadhewa, Rosalie Elvira, Iqbal Elyazar, Denny Feriandika, Ungke Antonjaya, Damian Oyong, Decy Subekti, Ismail E. Rozi, Gonzalo J. Domingo, Alida R. Harahap, J. Kevin Baird

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004457

Spatial-Temporal Distribution of Hantavirus Rodent-Borne Infection by Oligoryzomys fulvescens in the Agua Buena Region - Panama

Blas Armién, Paulo Lazaro Ortiz, Publio Gonzalez, Alberto Cumbrera, Alina Rivero, Mario Avila, Aníbal G. Armién, Frederick Koster, Gregory Glass

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004460

Developing a Time Series Predictive Model for Dengue in Zhongshan, China Based on Weather and Guangzhou Dengue Surveillance Data

Yingtao Zhang, Tao Wang, Kangkang Liu, Yao Xia, Yi Lu, Qinlong Jing, Zhicong Yang, Wenbiao Hu, Jiahai Lu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004473

Concerted Efforts to Control or Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases: How Much Health Will Be Gained?

Sake J. de Vlas, Wilma A. Stolk, Epke A. le Rutte, Jan A. C. Hontelez, Roel Bakker, David J. Blok, Rui Cai, Tanja A. J. Houweling, Margarete C. Kulik, Edeltraud J. Lenk, Marianne Luyendijk, Suzette M. Matthijsse, William K. Redekop, Inge Wagenaar, Julie Jacobson, Nico J. D. Nagelkerke, Jan H. Richardus

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004386

Productivity Loss Related to Neglected Tropical Diseases Eligible for Preventive Chemotherapy: A Systematic Literature Review

Edeltraud J. Lenk, William K. Redekop, Marianne Luyendijk, Adriana J. Rijnsburger, Johan L. Severens

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004397

What Makes a Bacterial Species Pathogenic?:Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Genus Leptospira

Derrick E. Fouts, Michael A. Matthias, Haritha Adhikarla, Ben Adler, Luciane Amorim-Santos, Douglas E. Berg, Dieter Bulach, Alejandro Buschiazzo, Yung-Fu Chang, Renee L. Galloway, David A. Haake, Daniel H. Haft, Rudy Hartskeerl, Albert I. Ko, Paul N. Levett, James Matsunaga, Ariel E. Mechaly, Jonathan M. Monk, Ana L. T. Nascimento, Karen E. Nelson, Bernhard Palsson, Sharon J. Peacock, Mathieu Picardeau, Jessica N. Ricaldi, Janjira Thaipandungpanit, Elsio A. Wunder Jr., X. Frank Yang, Jun-Jie Zhang, Joseph M. Vinetz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004403

Borrelia persica Infection in Immunocompetent Mice - A New Tool to Study the Infection Kinetics In Vivo

Sandra Schwarzer, Evelyn Overzier, Walter Hermanns, Gad Baneth, Reinhard K. Straubinger

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004404

Illuminating the Prevalence of Trypanosoma brucei s.l. in Glossina Using LAMP as a Tool for Xenomonitoring

Lucas J. Cunningham, Jessica K. Lingley, Lee R. Haines, Joseph M. Ndung’u, Stephen J. Torr, Emily R. Adams

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004441

Molecular Individual-Based Approach on Triatoma brasiliensis: Inferences on Triatomine Foci, Trypanosoma cruzi Natural Infection Prevalence, Parasite Diversity and Feeding Sources

Carlos Eduardo Almeida, Leslie Faucher, Morgane Lavina, Jane Costa, Myriam Harry

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004447

Combined IL-12 Plasmid and Recombinant SjGST Enhance the Protective and Anti-pathology Effect of SjGST DNA Vaccine Against Schistosoma japonicum

Po-Ching Cheng, Ching-Nan Lin, Shih-Yi Peng, Tsung-Fu Kang, Kin-Mu Lee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 18, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004459

Genome-Wide Comparative Analysis of Chemosensory Gene Families in Five Tsetse Fly Species

Rosaline Macharia, Paul Mireji, Edwin Murungi, Grace Murilla, Alan Christoffels, Serap Aksoy, Daniel Masiga

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 17, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004421

Vaccination with Replication Deficient Adenovectors Encoding YF-17D Antigens Induces Long-Lasting Protection from Severe Yellow Fever Virus Infection in Mice

Maria R. Bassi, Mads A. B. Larsen, Michael Kongsgaard, Michael Rasmussen, Søren Buus, Anette Stryhn, Allan R. Thomsen, Jan P. Christensen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 17, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004464

Efficacy, Safety, and Dose of Pafuramidine, a New Oral Drug for Treatment of First Stage Sleeping Sickness, in a Phase 2a Clinical Study and Phase 2b Randomized Clinical Studies

Christian Burri, Patrick D. Yeramian, James L. Allen, Ada Merolle, Kazadi Kyanza Serge, Alain Mpanya, Pascal Lutumba, Victor Kande Betu Ku Mesu, Constantin Miaka Mia Bilenge, Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki, Alfred Mpoo Mpoto, Mark Thompson, Blaise Fungula Munungu, Francisco Manuel, Théophilo Josenando, Sonja C. Bernhard, Carol A. Olson, Johannes Blum, Richard R. Tidwell, Gabriele Pohlig

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 16, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004362

Efficacy and Safety of Pafuramidine versus Pentamidine Maleate for Treatment of First Stage Sleeping Sickness in a Randomized, Comparator-Controlled, International Phase 3 Clinical Trial

Gabriele Pohlig, Sonja C. Bernhard, Johannes Blum, Christian Burri, Alain Mpanya, Jean-Pierre Fina Lubaki, Alfred Mpoo Mpoto, Blaise Fungula Munungu, Patrick Mangoni N’tombe, Gratias Kambau Manesa Deo, Pierre Nsele Mutantu, Florent Mbo Kuikumbi, Alain Fukinsia Mintwo, Augustin Kayeye Munungi, Amadeu Dala, Stephen Macharia, Constantin Miaka Mia Bilenge, Victor Kande Betu Ku Mesu, Jose Ramon Franco, Ndinga Dieyi Dituvanga, Richard R. Tidwell, Carol A. Olson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 16, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004363

Transstadial Effects of Bti on Traits of Aedes aegypti and Infection with Dengue Virus

Barry W. Alto, Cynthia C. Lord

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004370

Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Scabies Mite Provides Insight into the Genetic Diversity of Individual Scabies Infections

Ehtesham Mofiz, Torsten Seemann, Melanie Bahlo, Deborah Holt, Bart J. Currie, Katja Fischer, Anthony T. Papenfuss

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004384

The Epidemiology, Virology and Clinical Findings of Dengue Virus Infections in a Cohort of Indonesian Adults in Western Java

Herman Kosasih, Bachti Alisjahbana, Nurhayati, Quirijn de Mast, Irani F. Rudiman, Susana Widjaja, Ungke Antonjaya, Harli Novriani, Nugroho H. Susanto, Hadi Jusuf, Andre van der Ven, Charmagne G. Beckett, Patrick J. Blair, Timothy H. Burgess, Maya Williams, Kevin R. Porter

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004390

Combined Immune Therapy for the Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis

Rebecca J. Faleiro, Rajiv Kumar, Patrick T. Bunn, Neetu Singh, Shashi Bhushan Chauhan, Meru Sheel, Fiona H. Amante, Marcela Montes de Oca, Chelsea L. Edwards, Susanna S. Ng, Shannon E. Best, Ashraful Haque, Lynette Beattie, Louise M. Hafner, David Sacks, Susanne Nylen, Shyam Sundar, Christian R. Engwerda

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004415

Population Genetics of Plasmodium vivax in Four Rural Communities in Central Vietnam

Nguyen Van Hong, Christopher Delgado-Ratto, Pham Vinh Thanh, Peter Van den Eede, Pieter Guetens, Nguyen Thi Huong Binh, Bui Quang Phuc, Tran Thanh Duong, Jean Pierre Van Geertruyden, Umberto D’Alessandro, Annette Erhart, Anna Rosanas-Urgell

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004434

Sensitive Detection of Plasmodium vivax Using a High-Throughput, Colourimetric Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (HtLAMP) Platform: A Potential Novel Tool for Malaria Elimination

Sumudu Britton, Qin Cheng, Matthew J. Grigg, Catherine B. Poole, Cielo Pasay, Timothy William, Kimberley Fornace, Nicholas M. Anstey, Colin J. Sutherland, Chris Drakeley, James S. McCarthy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004443

Comparison of the Diagnostic Accuracy of Three Rapid Tests for the Serodiagnosis of Hepatic Cystic Echinococcosis in Humans

Francesca Tamarozzi, Ilaria Covini, Mara Mariconti, Roberta Narra, Carmine Tinelli, Annalisa De Silvestri, Federica Manzoni, Adriano Casulli, Akira Ito, Andreas Neumayr, Enrico Brunetti

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004444

Distribution of Dengue Virus Types 1 and 4 in Blood Components from Infected Blood Donors from Puerto Rico

Germán Añez, Daniel A. R. Heisey, Caren Chancey, Rafaelle C. G. Fares, Luz M. Espina, Kátia P. R. Souza, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, David E. Krysztof, Gregory A. Foster, Susan L. Stramer, Maria Rios

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004445

Epidemiology, Impact and Control of Rabies in Nepal: A Systematic Review

Brecht Devleesschauwer, Arjun Aryal, Barun Kumar Sharma, Anita Ale, Anne Declercq, Stephanie Depraz, Tara Nath Gaire, Gyanendra Gongal, Surendra Karki, Basu Dev Pandey, Sher Bahadur Pun, Luc Duchateau, Pierre Dorny, Niko Speybroeck

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004461

Control of Trachoma from Achham District, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study from the Nepal National Trachoma Program

Bidya Prasad Pant, Ramesh C. Bhatta, J. S. P. Chaudhary, Suresh Awasthi, Sailesh Mishra, Shekhar Sharma, Puja A. Cuddapah, Sarah E. Gwyn, Nicole E. Stoller, Diana L. Martin, Jeremy D. Keenan, Thomas M. Lietman, Bruce D. Gaynor

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004462

Two Distinct Yersinia pestis Populations Causing Plague among Humans in the West Nile Region of Uganda

Laurel B. Respicio-Kingry, Brook M. Yockey, Sarah Acayo, John Kaggwa, Titus Apangu, Kiersten J. Kugeler, Rebecca J. Eisen, Kevin S. Griffith, Paul S. Mead, Martin E. Schriefer, Jeannine M. Petersen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 11, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004360

Micro-scale Spatial Clustering of Cholera Risk Factors in Urban Bangladesh

Qifang Bi, Andrew S. Azman, Syed Moinuddin Satter, Azharul Islam Khan, Dilruba Ahmed, Altaf Ahmed Riaj, Emily S. Gurley, Justin Lessler

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 11, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004400

Amazonian Triatomine Biodiversity and the Transmission of Chagas Disease in French Guiana: In Medio Stat Sanitas

Julie Péneau, Anne Nguyen, Alheli Flores-Ferrer, Denis Blanchet, Sébastien Gourbière

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 11, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004427

A Phylogenetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Salmonella enterica Serovar Weltevreden, an Emerging Agent of Diarrheal Disease in Tropical Regions

Carine Makendi, Andrew J. Page, Brendan W. Wren, Tu Le Thi Phuong, Simon Clare, Christine Hale, David Goulding, Elizabeth J. Klemm, Derek Pickard, Chinyere Okoro, Martin Hunt, Corinne N. Thompson, Nguyen Phu Huong Lan, Nhu Tran Do Hoang, Guy E. Thwaites, Simon Le Hello, Anne Brisabois, François-Xavier Weill, Stephen Baker, Gordon Dougan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 11, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004446

Coarse-resolution Ecology of Etiological Agent, Vector, and Reservoirs of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Libya

Abdallah M. Samy, Badereddin B. Annajar, Mostafa Ramadhan Dokhan, Samia Boussaa, A. Townsend Peterson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 10, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004381

In Vitro Study of Taenia solium Postoncospheral Form

Nancy Chile, Taryn Clark, Yanina Arana, Ynes R. Ortega, Sandra Palma, Alan Mejia, Noelia Angulo, Jon C. Kosek, Margaret Kosek, Luis A. Gomez-Puerta, Hector H. Garcia, Cesar M. Gavidia, Robert H. Gilman, Manuela Verastegui, Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 10, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004396

Comparative Transcriptomic Exploration Reveals Unique Molecular Adaptations of Neuropathogenic Trichobilharzia to Invade and Parasitize Its Avian Definitive Host

Roman Leontovyč, Neil D. Young, Pasi K. Korhonen, Ross S. Hall, Patrick Tan, Libor Mikeš, Martin Kašný, Petr Horák, Robin B. Gasser

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 10, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004406

Climate and the Timing of Imported Cases as Determinants of the Dengue Outbreak in Guangzhou, 2014: Evidence from a Mathematical Model

Qu Cheng, Qinlong Jing, Robert C. Spear, John M. Marshall, Zhicong Yang, Peng Gong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 10, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004417

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: An Overlooked Etiology of Midfacial Destructive Lesions

Elie Alam, Ossama Abbas, Roger Moukarbel, Ibrahim Khalifeh

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 10, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004426

Oral Efficacy of Apigenin against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species and Autophagy as a Mechanism of Action

Fernanda Fonseca-Silva, Job D. F. Inacio, Marilene M. Canto-Cavalheiro, Rubem F. S. Menna-Barreto, Elmo E. Almeida-Amaral

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 10, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004442

Interferon-γ Is a Crucial Activator of Early Host Immune Defense against Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection in Mice

Raphael Bieri, Miriam Bolz, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Gerd Pluschke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 10, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004450

Changes in the Proteome of Langat-Infected Ixodes scapularis ISE6 Cells: Metabolic Pathways Associated with Flavivirus Infection

Jeffrey M. Grabowski, Rushika Perera, Ali M. Roumani, Victoria E. Hedrick, Halina D. Inerowicz, Catherine A. Hill, Richard J. Kuhn

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 9, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004180

Surveillance of Canine Rabies in the Central African Republic: Impact on Human Health and Molecular Epidemiology

Vianney Tricou, Julie Bouscaillou, Emmanuel Kamba Mebourou, Fidèle Dieudonné Koyanongo, Emmanuel Nakouné, Mirdad Kazanji

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 9, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004433

Incomplete Protection against Dengue Virus Type 2 Re-infection in Peru

Brett M. Forshey, Robert C. Reiner, Sandra Olkowski, Amy C. Morrison, Angelica Espinoza, Kanya C. Long, Stalin Vilcarromero, Wilma Casanova, Helen J. Wearing, Eric S. Halsey, Tadeusz J. Kochel, Thomas W. Scott, Steven T. Stoddard

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004398

High Resolution Esophageal Manometry in Patients with Chagas Disease: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation

Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá, María Moris, Marianela Mego, Fernando Salvador, Anna Accarino, Kathleen Ramírez, Fernando Azpiroz, Antonio Ruiz-de-Leon, Israel Molina

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004416

Albendazole and Corticosteroids for the Treatment of Solitary Cysticercus Granuloma: A Network Meta-analysis

Bing-Cheng Zhao, Hong-Ye Jiang, Wei-Ying Ma, Da-Di Jin, Hao-Miao Li, Hai Lu, Hideaki Nakajima, Tong-Yi Huang, Kai-Yu Sun, Shu-Ling Chen, Ke-Bing Chen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004418

Experiences of a Community-Based Lymphedema Management Program for Lymphatic Filariasis in Odisha State, India: An Analysis of Focus Group Discussions with Patients, Families, Community Members and Program Volunteers

Tali Cassidy, Caitlin M. Worrell, Kristen Little, Aishya Prakash, Inakhi Patra, Jonathan Rout, LeAnne M. Fox

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004424

Vaccination with the Surface Proteins MUL_2232 and MUL_3720 of Mycobacterium ulcerans Induces Antibodies but Fails to Provide Protection against Buruli Ulcer

Miriam Bolz, Angèle Bénard, Anita M. Dreyer, Sarah Kerber, Andrea Vettiger, Wulf Oehlmann, Mahavir Singh, Malcolm S. Duthie, Gerd Pluschke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004431

Rabies in the Baltic States: Decoding a Process of Control and Elimination

Emmanuelle Robardet, Evelyne Picard-Meyer, Marianna Dobroštana, Ingrida Jaceviciene, Katrin Mähar, Zita Muižniece, Gediminas Pridotkas, Marius Masiulis, Enel Niin, Edvīns Olševskis, Florence Cliquet

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 5, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004432

Incidence of Dengue Virus Infection in Adults and Children in a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort in the Philippines

Maria Theresa Alera, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, John Mark Velasco, Ilya A. Tac-An, Catherine B. Lago, Hannah E. Clapham, Stefan Fernandez, Jens W. Levy, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, Chonticha Klungthong, Louis R. Macareo, Ananda Nisalak, Laura Hermann, Daisy Villa, In-Kyu Yoon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 4, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004337

A Missense LRRK2 Variant Is a Risk Factor for Excessive Inflammatory Responses in Leprosy

Vinicius M. Fava, Jérémy Manry, Aurélie Cobat, Marianna Orlova, Nguyen Van Thuc, Nguyen Ngoc Ba, Vu Hong Thai, Laurent Abel, Alexandre Alcaïs, Erwin Schurr, Canadian Lrrk2 in Inflammation Team (CLINT)

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 4, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004412

Current Perspectives on Plague Vector Control in Madagascar: Susceptibility Status of Xenopsylla cheopis to 12 Insecticides

Adélaïde Miarinjara, Sébastien Boyer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 4, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004414

An Anti-proteome Nanobody Library Approach Yields a Specific Immunoassay for Trypanosoma congolense Diagnosis Targeting Glycosomal Aldolase

Steven Odongo, Yann G. J. Sterckx, Benoît Stijlemans, Davita Pillay, Théo Baltz, Serge Muyldermans, Stefan Magez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 2, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004420

Induction of IL-10 and TGFβ from CD4⁺CD25⁺FoxP3⁺ T Cells Correlates with Parasite Load in Indian Kala-azar Patients Infected with Leishmania donovani

Pradyot Bhattacharya, Smriti Ghosh, Sarfaraz Ahmad Ejazi, Mehebubar Rahaman, Krishna Pandey, Vidya Nand Ravi Das, Pradeep Das, Rama Prosad Goswami, Bibhuti Saha, Nahid Ali

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 1, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004422

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