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August 2017

Fear of chlorine emerged as a serious challenge during the 2014-2015 West African Ebola outbreak. Ironically, an intervention designed to protect was perceived by some people as being part of the problem: the chlorine used to disinfect ambulances was, they believed, killing patients being carried to treatment centres. This fear acted as a significant barrier that stopped people going for treatment if they fell ill, so Mr. Chlorine was developed in order to present chlorine as a friendly and safe support in the fight against Ebola: "I am your friend, Mr. Chlorine. I will help you fight Ebola." Kinsman et al.

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Editorial

Dengue, West Nile virus, chikungunya, Zika—and now Mayaro?

Peter J. Hotez, Kristy O. Murray

Viewpoints

Mass drug administration for the prevention human strongyloidiasis should consider concomitant treatment of dogs

Meruyert Beknazarova, Harriet Whiley, Kirstin Ross

A new perspective on cutaneous leishmaniasis—Implications for global prevalence and burden of disease estimates

Freddie Bailey, Karina Mondragon-Shem, Peter Hotez, José Antonio Ruiz-Postigo, Waleed Al-Salem, Álvaro Acosta-Serrano, David H. Molyneux

The global burden of disease study 2013: What does it mean for the NTDs?

Jennifer R. Herricks, Peter J. Hotez, Valentine Wanga, Luc E. Coffeng, Juanita A. Haagsma, María-Gloria Basáñez, Geoffrey Buckle, Christine M. Budke, Hélène Carabin, Eric M. Fèvre, Thomas Fürst, Yara A. Halasa, Charles H. King, Michele E. Murdoch, Kapa D. Ramaiah, Donald S. Shepard, Wilma A. Stolk, Eduardo A. Undurraga, Jeffrey D. Stanaway, Mohsen Naghavi, Christopher J. L. Murray

Policy Platform

The francophone network on neglected tropical diseases

Jean Jannin, Philippe Solano, Isadora Quick, Patrice Debre

Historical Profiles and Perspectives

An enduring legacy of discovery: Margaret Stirewalt

Lucie Henein, James J. Cody, Michael H. Hsieh

Reviews

Mycetoma laboratory diagnosis: Review article

Amel Altayeb Ahmed, Wendy van de Sande, Ahmed Hassan Fahal

Caprine brucellosis: A historically neglected disease with significant impact on public health

Carlos A. Rossetti, Angela M. Arenas-Gamboa, Estefanía Maurizio

Phlebotomine sand fly–borne pathogens in the Mediterranean Basin: Human leishmaniasis and phlebovirus infections

Martina Moriconi, Gianluca Rugna, Mattia Calzolari, Romeo Bellini, Alessandro Albieri, Paola Angelini, Roberto Cagarelli, Maria P. Landini, Remi N. Charrel, Stefania Varani

Chromoblastomycosis in India: Review of 169 cases

Reshu Agarwal, Gagandeep Singh, Arnab Ghosh, Kaushal Kumar Verma, Mragnayani Pandey, Immaculata Xess

Research Articles

Neurosyphilis in Africa: A systematic review

Michael Marks, Joseph N. Jarvis, William Howlett, David C. W. Mabey

Community effectiveness of indoor spraying as a dengue vector control method: A systematic review

Moody Samuel, Dorit Maoz, Pablo Manrique, Tara Ward, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger, Joao Toledo, Ross Boyce, Olaf Horstick

Exploring virulence and immunogenicity in the emerging pathogen Sporothrix brasiliensis

Paula Portella Della Terra, Anderson Messias Rodrigues, Geisa Ferreira Fernandes, Angela Satie Nishikaku, Eva Burger, Zoilo Pires de Camargo

Increased rates of Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with Zika virus outbreak in the Salvador metropolitan area, Brazil

Ashley R. Styczynski, Juliane M. A. S. Malta, Elisabeth R. Krow-Lucal, Jadher Percio, Martha E. Nóbrega, Alexander Vargas, Tatiana M. Lanzieri, Priscila L. Leite, J. Erin Staples, Marc X. Fischer, Ann M. Powers, Gwong-Jen J. Chang, P. L. Burns, Erin M. Borland, Jeremy P. Ledermann, Eric C. Mossel, Lawrence B. Schonberger, Ermias B. Belay, Jorge L. Salinas, Roberto D. Badaro, James J. Sejvar, Giovanini E. Coelho

Decoding the similarities and differences among mycobacterial species

Sony Malhotra, Sundeep Chaitanya Vedithi, Tom L. Blundell

Spatial distribution, Leishmania species and clinical traits of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis cases in the Colombian army

Luz H. Patino, Claudia Mendez, Omaira Rodriguez, Yanira Romero, Daniel Velandia, Maria Alvarado, Julie Pérez, Maria Clara Duque, Juan David Ramírez

The elimination of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, from Brisbane, Australia: The role of surveillance, larval habitat removal and policy

Brendan J. Trewin, Jonathan M. Darbro, Cassie C. Jansen, Nancy A. Schellhorn, Myron P. Zalucki, Tim P. Hurst, Gregor J. Devine

Human leptospirosis in Seychelles: A prospective study confirms the heavy burden of the disease but suggests that rats are not the main reservoir

Leon Biscornet, Koussay Dellagi, Frédéric Pagès, Jastin Bibi, Jeanine de Comarmond, Julien Mélade, Graham Govinden, Maria Tirant, Yann Gomard, Vanina Guernier, Erwan Lagadec, Jimmy Mélanie, Gérard Rocamora, Gildas Le Minter, Julien Jaubert, Patrick Mavingui, Pablo Tortosa

Treatment of Schistosoma mansoni with miltefosine in vitro enhances serological recognition of defined worm surface antigens

Marwa H. El-Faham, Maha M. Eissa, Joseph E. Igetei, Eglal I. Amer, Susan Liddell, Mervat Z. El-Azzouni, Michael J. Doenhoff

Modeling zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence in central Tunisia from 2009-2015: Forecasting models using climate variables as predictors

Khouloud Talmoudi, Hedia Bellali, Nissaf Ben-Alaya, Marc Saez, Dhafer Malouche, Mohamed Kouni Chahed

"We are survivors and not a virus:" Content analysis of media reporting on Ebola survivors in Liberia

Elisabeth Anne-Sophie Mayrhuber, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, Ruth Kutalek

Cardiomyocyte oxidants production may signal to T. cruzi intracellular development

Patrícia Pereira Dias, Rhayanne Figueiredo Capila, Natália Fernanda do Couto, Damían Estrada, Fernanda Ramos Gadelha, Rafael Radi, Lucía Piacenza, Luciana O. Andrade

Molluscicidal activities of curcumin-nisin polylactic acid nanoparticle on Biomphalaria pfeifferi

Michael E. Omobhude, Olajumoke A. Morenikeji, Oyetunde T. Oyeyemi

Mitochondria and lipid raft-located FOF1-ATP synthase as major therapeutic targets in the antileishmanial and anticancer activities of ether lipid edelfosine

Janny A. Villa-Pulgarín, Consuelo Gajate, Javier Botet, Alberto Jimenez, Nicole Justies, Rubén E. Varela-M, Álvaro Cuesta-Marbán, Ingrid Müller, Manuel Modolell, José L. Revuelta, Faustino Mollinedo

Phylogeography of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Angiostrongylidae) in southern China and some surrounding areas

Jian Peng, Zhang-Ping He, Shuai Zhang, Zhao-Rong Lun, Zhong-Dao Wu, Chia-Kwung Fan, Christopher L. Brown, Po-Ching Cheng, Shih-Yi Peng, Ting-Bao Yang

Host regulation of liver fibroproliferative pathology during experimental schistosomiasis via interleukin-4 receptor alpha

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

A prospective cohort study of the effectiveness of the primary hospital management of all snakebites in Kurunegala district of Sri Lanka

Seyed Shahmy, Senanayake A. M. Kularatne, Shantha S. Rathnayake, Andrew H. Dawson

Candidate gene polymorphisms study between human African trypanosomiasis clinical phenotypes in Guinea

Justin Windingoudi Kaboré, Hamidou Ilboudo, Harry Noyes, Oumou Camara, Jacques Kaboré, Mamadou Camara, Mathurin Koffi, Veerle Lejon, Vincent Jamonneau, Annette MacLeod, Christiane Hertz-Fowler, Adrien Marie Gaston Belem, Enock Matovu, Bruno Bucheton, Issa Sidibe, for the TrypanoGEN Research Group as members of The H3Africa Consortium

Characterization of Monkeypox virus infection in African rope squirrels (Funisciurus sp.)

Elizabeth A. Falendysz, Juan G. Lopera, Jeffrey B. Doty, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Colleen Crill, Faye Lorenzsonn, Lem’s N. Kalemba, Monica D. Ronderos, Andres Mejia, Jean M. Malekani, Kevin Karem, Darin S. Carroll, Jorge E. Osorio, Tonie E. Rocke

Expression of interferon-inducible chemokines and sleep/wake changes during early encephalitis in experimental African trypanosomiasis

Claudia Laperchia, Chiara Tesoriero, Paul F. Seke-Etet, Valentina La Verde, Valeria Colavito, Gigliola Grassi-Zucconi, Jean Rodgers, Paul Montague, Peter G. E. Kennedy, Marina Bentivoglio

The location of Australian Buruli ulcer lesions—Implications for unravelling disease transmission

Arvind Yerramilli, Ee Laine Tay, Andrew J. Stewardson, Peter G. Kelley, Emma Bishop, Grant A. Jenkin, Mike Starr, Janine Trevillyan, Andrew Hughes, N Deborah Friedman, Daniel P. O’Brien, Paul D. R. Johnson

Correlation between mosquito larval density and their habitat physicochemical characteristics in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran

Seyed Hassan Nikookar, Mahmoud Fazeli-Dinan, Shahyad Azari-Hamidian, Seyed Nouraddin Mousavinasab, Mohsen Aarabi, Seyyed Payman Ziapour, Yahya Esfandyari, Ahmadali Enayati

Vector competence of populations of Aedes aegypti from three distinct cities in Kenya for chikungunya virus

Sheila B. Agha, Edith Chepkorir, Francis Mulwa, Caroline Tigoi, Samwel Arum, Milehna M. Guarido, Peris Ambala, Betty Chelangat, Joel Lutomiah, David P. Tchouassi, Michael J. Turell, Rosemary Sang

A strategy for scaling up access to comprehensive care in adults with Chagas disease in endemic countries: The Bolivian Chagas Platform

Maria-Jesus Pinazo, Jimy Pinto, Lourdes Ortiz, Jareth Sánchez, Wilson García, Ruth Saravia, Mirko-R Cortez, Silvia Moriana, Enric Grau, Daniel Lozano, Joaquim Gascon, Faustino Torrico

Assessment of risk of dengue and yellow fever virus transmission in three major Kenyan cities based on Stegomyia indices

Sheila B. Agha, David P. Tchouassi, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Rosemary Sang

Increased hepatotoxicity among HIV-infected adults co-infected with Schistosoma mansoni in Tanzania: A cross-sectional study

Amon I. Marti, Soledad Colombe, Peter J. Masikini, Samuel E. Kalluvya, Luke R. Smart, Bahati M. Wajanga, Hyasinta Jaka, Robert N. Peck, Jennifer A. Downs

Endothelial activation and dysfunction in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Xiao-Kun Li, Zhen-Dong Yang, Juan Du, Bo Xing, Ning Cui, Pan-He Zhang, Hao Li, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Qing-Bin Lu, Wei Liu

Adherence to ivermectin is more associated with perceptions of community directed treatment with ivermectin organization than with onchocerciasis beliefs

Fanny Nadia Dissak-Delon, Guy-Roger Kamga, Perrine Claire Humblet, Annie Robert, Jacob Souopgui, Joseph Kamgno, Marie José Essi, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Isabelle Godin

An economic evaluation of vector control in the age of a dengue vaccine

Christopher Fitzpatrick, Alexander Haines, Mathieu Bangert, Andrew Farlow, Janet Hemingway, Raman Velayudhan

Assessment and optimization of Theileria parva sporozoite full-length p67 antigen expression in mammalian cells

Giulia Tebaldi, Laura B. Williams, Andrea E. Verna, Francesca Macchi, Valentina Franceschi, Lindsay M. Fry, Donald P. Knowles, Gaetano Donofrio

The Trypomastigote Small Surface Antigen (TSSA) regulates Trypanosoma cruzi infectivity and differentiation

María de los Milagros Cámara, Gaspar E. Cánepa, Andrés B. Lantos, Virginia Balouz, Hai Yu, Xi Chen, Oscar Campetella, Juan Mucci, Carlos A. Buscaglia

Multiple introductions of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, into California

Evlyn Pless, Andrea Gloria-Soria, Benjamin R. Evans, Vicki Kramer, Bethany G. Bolling, Walter J. Tabachnick, Jeffrey R. Powell

Larrea tridentata: A novel source for anti-parasitic agents active against Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia and Naegleria fowleri

Bharat Bashyal, Linfeng Li, Trpta Bains, Anjan Debnath, Daniel V. LaBarbera

Different but overlapping populations of Strongyloides stercoralis in dogs and humans—Dogs as a possible source for zoonotic strongyloidiasis

Tegegn G. Jaleta, Siyu Zhou, Felix M. Bemm, Fabian Schär, Virak Khieu, Sinuon Muth, Peter Odermatt, James B. Lok, Adrian Streit

The microbiome in urogenital schistosomiasis and induced bladder pathologies

Adewale S. Adebayo, Mangesh Survayanshi, Shrikanth Bhute, Atinuke M. Agunloye, Raphael D. Isokpehi, Chiaka I. Anumudu, Yogesh S. Shouche

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