Venezuela and its rising vector-borne neglected diseases

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Cryptococcal meningitis: A neglected NTD?

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 29, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005575

Challenges in preparing and implementing a clinical trial at field level in an Ebola emergency: A case study in Guinea, West Africa

Sara Carazo Perez, Elin Folkesson, Xavier Anglaret, Abdoul-Habib Beavogui, Emmanuel Berbain, Alseny-Modet Camara, Evelyn Depoortere, Annabelle Lefevre, Piet Maes, Kristian Nødtvedt Malme, Jean-Marie Denis Malvy, Sien Ombelet, Geertrui Poelaert, Daouda Sissoko, Alexis Tounkara, Pierre Trbovic, Pascal Piguet, Annick Antierens

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005545

Lessons learned on Zika virus vectors

Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Anna-Bella Failloux

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 15, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005511

Should the WHO withdraw support for mass deworming?

Kevin Croke, Joan Hamory Hicks, Eric Hsu, Michael Kremer, Edward Miguel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 8, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005481

A misdiagnosed infection mimicking “tree man disease”

Jo Anne Lim, Zulrusydi Ismail, Che Noraini Ibrahim, Soon Eu Chong, Wan Noor Hasbee Wan Abdullah

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 15, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005543

Fungemia associated with Schizophyllum commune in Brazil

Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira, Alberto Santos Lemos, Marcelo Luiz Carvalho Gonçalves, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Vitor Ribeiro Gomes de Almeida Valviesse, José Alfredo Moreira, Marco Antônio Sales Dantas Lima, Eleonora Carregal, Maria Clara Gutierrez Galhardo, Cristiane da Cruz Lamas, Rosely Maria Zancopé Oliveira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 29, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005549

Giant elephantiasis and inguino-scrotal hernia

Helder Miranda, Anna Claudia Colangelo, Mario Antunes, Marcella Schiavone, Stefano Merigliano, Damiano Pizzol

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 15, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005494

Introducing the TrypanoGEN biobank: A valuable resource for the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis

Hamidou Ilboudo, Harry Noyes, Julius Mulindwa, Magambo Phillip Kimuda, Mathurin Koffi, Justin Windingoudi Kaboré, Bernadin Ahouty, Dieudonné Mumba Ngoyi, Olivier Fataki, Gustave Simo, Elvis Ofon, John Enyaru, John Chisi, Kelita Kamoto, Martin Simuunza, Vincent P. Alibu, Veerle Lejon, Vincent Jamonneau, Annette Macleod, Mamadou Camara, Bruno Bucheton, Christiane Hertz-Fowler, Issa Sidibe, Enock Matovu, for the TrypanoGEN Research Group as members of The H3Africa Consortium

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005438

Human lagochilascariasis—A rare helminthic disease

Dulcinea Maria Barbosa Campos, Alverne Passos Barbosa, Jayrson Araújo de Oliveira, Giovana Galvão Tavares, Pedro Vitor Lemos Cravo, Alejandro Luquetti Ostermayer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005510

The enemy within: Targeting host–parasite interaction for antileishmanial drug discovery

Suzanne Lamotte, Gerald F. Späth, Najma Rachidi, Eric Prina

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 8, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005480

Intrinsic and extrinsic factors related to pathogen infection in wild small mammals in intensive milk cattle and swine production systems

Rosario Lovera, María Soledad Fernández, Jens Jacob, Nidia Lucero, Gabriel Morici, Bibiana Brihuega, María Isabel Farace, Jorge Caracostantogolo, Regino Cavia

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005722

Post-dengue acute disseminated encephalomyelitis: A case report and meta-analysis

Mohamed Gomaa Kamel, Nguyen Tran Nam, Nguyen Huu Bao Han, Abd-Elaziz El-Shabouny, Abd-ElRahman Mohamed Makram, Fatma Abd-Elshahed Abd-Elhay, Tran Ngoc Dang, Nguyen Le Trung Hieu, Vu Thi Que Huong, Trinh Huu Tung, Kenji Hirayama, Nguyen Tien Huy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005715

Essential multimeric enzymes in kinetoplastid parasites: A host of potentially druggable protein-protein interactions

Leah M. Wachsmuth, Meredith G. Johnson, Jason Gavenonis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 29, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005720

Efficacy and safety of available treatments for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: A multicenter, randomized, open label trial

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 29, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005706

High risk for chikungunya virus to initiate an enzootic sylvatic cycle in the tropical Americas

Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Anna-Bella Failloux

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 29, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005698

First evidence of lymphatic filariasis transmission interruption in Cameroon: Progress towards elimination

Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, Magellan Tchouakui, Guy R. Njitchouang, Jules B. Tchatchueng-Mbougua, Philippe Nwane, André Domche, Jean Bopda, Stève Mbickmen-Tchana, Julie Akame, Ann Tarini, Emilienne Epée, Benjamin D. Biholong, Yaobi Zhang, Jean J. Tougoue, Achille Kabore, Flobert Njiokou, Joseph Kamgno

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 29, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005633

Genome-scale analysis of the genes that contribute to Burkholderia pseudomallei biofilm formation identifies a crucial exopolysaccharide biosynthesis gene cluster

Grace I. Borlee, Brooke A. Plumley, Kevin H. Martin, Nawarat Somprasong, Mihnea R. Mangalea, M. Nurul Islam, Mary N. Burtnick, Paul J. Brett, Ivo Steinmetz, David P. AuCoin, John T. Belisle, Dean C. Crick, Herbert P. Schweizer, Bradley R. Borlee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 28, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005689

Leptospira diversity in animals and humans in Tahiti, French Polynesia

Vanina Guernier, Vaea Richard, Tuxuan Nhan, Eline Rouault, Anita Tessier, Didier Musso

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 28, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005676

Chronic Trichuris muris infection causes neoplastic change in the intestine and exacerbates tumour formation in APC min/+ mice

Kelly S. Hayes, Laura J. Cliffe, Alison J. Bancroft, Simon P. Forman, Seona Thompson, Cath Booth, Richard K. Grencis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005708

Urban Chikungunya in the Middle East and North Africa: A systematic review

John M. Humphrey, Natalie B. Cleton, Chantal B. E. M. Reusken, Marshall J. Glesby, Marion P. G. Koopmans, Laith J. Abu-Raddad

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005707

Effect of praziquantel on the differential expression of mouse hepatic genes and parasite ATP binding cassette transporter gene family members during Schistosoma mansoni infection

Melissa C. Sanchez, Katina V. Krasnec, Amalia S. Parra, Christian von Cabanlong, Geoffrey N. Gobert, Boris Umylny, Pauline M. Cupit, Charles Cunningham

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005691

Novel inference models for estimation of abundance, survivorship and recruitment in mosquito populations using mark-release-recapture data

Daniel Antunes Maciel Villela, Gabriela de Azambuja Garcia, Rafael Maciel-de-Freitas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005682

A study of ticks and tick-borne livestock pathogens in Pakistan

Shahid Karim, Khemraj Budachetri, Nabanita Mukherjee, Jaclyn Williams, Asma Kausar, Muhammad Jawadul Hassan, Steven Adamson, Scot E. Dowd, Dmitry Apanskevich, Abdullah Arijo, Zia Uddin Sindhu, Muhammad Azam Kakar, Raja Muhammad Dilpazir Khan, Shafiq Ullah, Muhammad Sohail Sajid, Abid Ali, Zafar Iqbal

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005681

Interleukin-4 receptor alpha is still required after Th2 polarization for the maintenance and the recall of protective immunity to Nematode infection

Justin Komguep Nono, Hlumani Ndlovu, Nada Abdel Aziz, Thabo Mpotje, Lerato Hlaka, Frank Brombacher

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005675

Point-of-care testing for Toxoplasma gondii IgG/IgM using Toxoplasma ICT IgG-IgM test with sera from the United States and implications for developing countries

Ian J. Begeman, Joseph Lykins, Ying Zhou, Bo Shiun Lai, Pauline Levigne, Kamal El Bissati, Kenneth Boyer, Shawn Withers, Fatima Clouser, A. Gwendolyn Noble, Peter Rabiah, Charles N. Swisher, Peter T. Heydemann, Despina G. Contopoulos-Ioannidis, Jose G. Montoya, Yvonne Maldonado, Raymund Ramirez, Cindy Press, Eileen Stillwaggon, François Peyron, Rima McLeod

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005670

Peridomestic Aedes malayensis and Aedes albopictus are capable vectors of arboviruses in cities

Ian H. Mendenhall, Menchie Manuel, Mahesh Moorthy, Theodore T. M. Lee, Dolyce H. W. Low, Dorothée Missé, Duane J. Gubler, Brett R. Ellis, Eng Eong Ooi, Julien Pompon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005667

Suppression of chikungunya virus replication and differential innate responses of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells during co-infection with dengue virus

Mariana Ruiz Silva, José A. Aguilar Briseño, Vinit Upasani, Heidi van der Ende-Metselaar, Jolanda M. Smit, Izabela A. Rodenhuis-Zybert

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 23, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005712

Evaluation of different serological assays for early diagnosis of leptospirosis in Martinique (French West Indies)

Christophe Courdurie, Yohann Le Govic, Pascale Bourhy, Dorothee Alexer, Karine Pailla, Rafaelle Theodose, Raymond Cesaire, Jacques Rosine, Patrick Hochedez, Claude Olive

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 23, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005678

The interplay of climate, intervention and imported cases as determinants of the 2014 dengue outbreak in Guangzhou

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

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005701

Development of ELISAs for diagnosis of acute typhoid fever in Nigerian children

Jiin Felgner, Aarti Jain, Rie Nakajima, Li Liang, Algis Jasinskas, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Joseph M. Vinetz, Fabio Miyajima, Munir Pirmohamed, Fatimah Hassan-Hanga, Dominic Umoru, Binta Wudil Jibir, Safiya Gambo, Kudirat Olateju, Philip L. Felgner, Stephen Obaro, D. Huw Davies

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005679

Estimating the number of secondary Ebola cases resulting from an unsafe burial and risk factors for transmission during the West Africa Ebola epidemic

Amanda Tiffany, Benjamin D. Dalziel, Hilary Kagume Njenge, Ginger Johnson, Roselyn Nugba Ballah, Daniel James, Abdoulaye Wone, Juliet Bedford, Amanda McClelland

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005491

The formation of lipid droplets favors intracellular Mycobacterium leprae survival in SW-10, non-myelinating Schwann cells

Song-Hyo Jin, Sung-Kwan An, Seong-Beom Lee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005687

Incidence and mortality due to snakebite in the Americas

Jean-Philippe Chippaux

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005662

Esperanza Window Traps for the collection of anthropophilic blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Uganda and Tanzania

Adam Hendy, Vincent Sluydts, Taylor Tushar, Jacobus De Witte, Patrick Odonga, Denis Loum, Michael Nyaraga, Thomson Lakwo, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Rory Post, Akili Kalinga, Richard Echodu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005688

Immunosuppressive and angiogenic cytokine profile associated with Bartonella bacilliformis infection in post-outbreak and endemic areas of Carrion's disease in Peru

Maria J. Pons, Cláudia Gomes, Ruth Aguilar, Diana Barrios, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Joaquim Ruiz, Carlota Dobaño, Juana del Valle-Mendoza, Gemma Moncunill

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005684

LAMPhimerus: A novel LAMP assay for detecting Amphimerus sp. DNA in human stool samples

William Cevallos, Pedro Fernández-Soto, Manuel Calvopiña, Cristina Fontecha-Cuenca, Hiromu Sugiyama, Megumi Sato, Julio López Abán, Belén Vicente, Antonio Muro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005672

Comparative analysis of European bat lyssavirus 1 pathogenicity in the mouse model

Elisa Eggerbauer, Florian Pfaff, Stefan Finke, Dirk Höper, Martin Beer, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Tobias Nolden, Jens-Peter Teifke, Thomas Müller, Conrad M. Freuling

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005668

South African Ebola diagnostic response in Sierra Leone: A modular high biosafety field laboratory

Janusz T. Paweska, Petrus Jansen van Vuren, Gunther H. Meier, Chantel le Roux, Ousman S. Conteh, Alan Kemp, Cardia Fourie, Prabha Naidoo, Serisha Naicker, Phumza Ohaebosim, Nadia Storm, Orienka Hellferscee, Lisa K. Ming Sun, Busisiwe Mogodi, Nishi Prabdial-Sing, Desiree du Plessis, Deidre Greyling, Shayne Loubser, Mark Goosen, Stewart D. McCulloch, Terence P. Scott, Alexandra Moerdyk, Wesley Dlamini, Kelfala Konneh, Idrissa L. Kamara, Dauda Sowa, Samuel Sorie, Brima Kargbo, Shabir A. Madhi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005665

Host gene expression analysis in Sri Lankan melioidosis patients

Shivankari Krishnananthasivam, Nimanthi Jayathilaka, Harindra Darshana Sathkumara, Enoka Corea, Mohan Natesan, Aruna Dharshan De Silva

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005643

Therapeutic administration of a recombinant human monoclonal antibody reduces the severity of chikungunya virus disease in rhesus macaques

Rebecca Broeckel, Julie M. Fox, Nicole Haese, Craig N. Kreklywich, Soila Sukulpovi-Petty, Alfred Legasse, Patricia P. Smith, Michael Denton, Carsten Corvey, Shiv Krishnan, Lois M. A. Colgin, Rebecca M. Ducore, Anne D. Lewis, Michael K. Axthelm, Marie Mandron, Pierre Cortez, Jonathan Rothblatt, Ercole Rao, Ingo Focken, Kara Carter, Gopal Sapparapau, James E. Crowe Jr., Michael S. Diamond, Daniel N. Streblow

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005637

Flavivirus and Filovirus EvoPrinters: New alignment tools for the comparative analysis of viral evolution

Thomas Brody, Amarendra S. Yavatkar, Dong Sun Park, Alexander Kuzin, Jermaine Ross, Ward F. Odenwald

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 16, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005673

Minimal genetic change in Vibrio cholerae in Mozambique over time: Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis and whole genome sequencing

Marcelino Garrine, Inácio Mandomando, Delfino Vubil, Tacilta Nhampossa, Sozinho Acacio, Shan Li, Joseph N. Paulson, Mathieu Almeida, Daryl Domman, Nicholas R. Thomson, Pedro Alonso, Oscar Colin Stine

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 16, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005671

Comparison of monocyte gene expression among patients with neurocysticercosis-associated epilepsy, Idiopathic Epilepsy and idiopathic headaches in India

Vasudevan Prabhakaran, Douglas A. Drevets, Govindan Ramajayam, Josephine J. Manoj, Michael P. Anderson, Jay S. Hanas, Vedantam Rajshekhar, Anna Oommen, Hélène Carabin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 16, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005664

Sterol 14α-demethylase mutation leads to amphotericin B resistance in Leishmania mexicana

Roy Mwenechanya, Julie Kovářová, Nicholas J. Dickens, Manikhandan Mudaliar, Pawel Herzyk, Isabel M. Vincent, Stefan K. Weidt, Karl E. Burgess, Richard J. S. Burchmore, Andrew W. Pountain, Terry K. Smith, Darren J. Creek, Dong-Hyun Kim, Galina I. Lepesheva, Michael P. Barrett

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 16, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005649

Dengue seroprevalence and force of primary infection in a representative population of urban dwelling Indonesian children

Ari Prayitno, Anne-Frieda Taurel, Joshua Nealon, Hindra Irawan Satari, Mulya Rahma Karyanti, Rini Sekartini, Soedjatmiko Soedjatmiko, Hartono Gunardi, Bernie Endyarni Medise, R. Tedjo Sasmono, James Mark Simmerman, Alain Bouckenooghe, Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 15, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005621

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