October 2017

This image shows horses in formation after blood collection in a ranch of the Brazilian Pantanal, during an arbovirus serosurvey in one of the largest freshwater wetlands in the world and an important natural reservoir for sylvatic arboviruses in Brazil. Pauvolid-Corrêa et al.

Image Credit: Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa

Editorial

New paths for PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: Continuing a tradition of innovation and commitment to the poor

Peter J. Hotez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005862

Viewpoints

Why reinvent the wheel? Lessons in schistosomiasis control from the past

Clive Shiff

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005812

Hepatitis B virus infection as a neglected tropical disease

Geraldine A. O’Hara, Anna L. McNaughton, Tongai Maponga, Pieter Jooste, Ponsiano Ocama, Roma Chilengi, Jolynne Mokaya, Mitchell I. Liyayi, Tabitha Wachira, David M. Gikungi, Lela Burbridge, Denise O’Donnell, Connie S. Akiror, Derek Sloan, Judith Torimiro, Louis Marie Yindom, Robert Walton, Monique Andersson, Kevin Marsh, Robert Newton, Philippa C. Matthews

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005842

From Innovation to Application

DenvInt: A database of protein–protein interactions between dengue virus and its hosts

Lopamudra Dey, Anirban Mukhopadhyay

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 19, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005879

Review

Towards elimination of visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent—Translating research to practice to public health

Siddhivinayak Hirve, Axel Kroeger, Greg Matlashewski, Dinesh Mondal, Megha Raj Banjara, Pradeep Das, Ahmed Be-Nazir, Byron Arana, Piero Olliaro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 12, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005889

Research Articles

Systematic review of studies generating individual participant data on the efficacy of drugs for treating soil-transmitted helminthiases and the case for data-sharing

Julia B. Halder, Joanne Benton, Amélie M. Julé, Phillipe J. Guérin, Piero L. Olliaro, María-Gloria Basáñez, Martin Walker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 31, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006053

Exploratory metabolomics study of the experimental opisthorchiasis in a laboratory animal model (golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus)

Daria A. Kokova, Sarantos Kostidis, Judit Morello, Nataly Dementeva, Ekaterina A. Perina, Vladimir V. Ivanov, Ludmila M. Ogorodova, Aleksey E. Sazonov, Irina V. Saltykova, Oleg A. Mayboroda

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 31, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006044

Reassessment of areas with persistent Lymphatic Filariasis nine years after cessation of mass drug administration in Sri Lanka

Ramakrishna U. Rao, Sandhya D. Samarasekera, Kumara C. Nagodavithana, Tharanga D. M. Dassanayaka, Manjula W. Punchihewa, Udaya S. B. Ranasinghe, Gary J. Weil

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006066

Darker eggs of mosquitoes resist more to dry conditions: Melanin enhances serosal cuticle contribution in egg resistance to desiccation in Aedes, Anopheles and Culex vectors

Luana C. Farnesi, Helena C. M. Vargas, Denise Valle, Gustavo L. Rezende

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006063

Wolbachia effects on Rift Valley fever virus infection in Culex tarsalis mosquitoes

Brittany L. Dodson, Elizabeth S. Andrews, Michael J. Turell, Jason L. Rasgon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006050

Ecological niche modeling and distribution of Ornithodoros hermsi associated with tick-borne relapsing fever in western North America

Kylie M. Sage, Tammi L. Johnson, Michael B. Teglas, Nathan C. Nieto, Tom G. Schwan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006047

Molecular characterization and phylogenetic relatedness of dog-derived Rabies Viruses circulating in Cameroon between 2010 and 2016

Serge Alain Sadeuh-Mba, Jean Blaise Momo, Laura Besong, Sévérin Loul, Richard Njouom

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006041

A multi-country study of the economic burden of dengue fever: Vietnam, Thailand, and Colombia

Jung-Seok Lee, Vittal Mogasale, Jacqueline K. Lim, Mabel Carabali, Kang-Sung Lee, Chukiat Sirivichayakul, Duc Anh Dang, Diana Cristina Palencia-Florez, Thi Hien Anh Nguyen, Arthorn Riewpaiboon, Pornthep Chanthavanich, Luis Villar, Brian A. Maskery, Andrew Farlow

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006037

Complex antigen presentation pathway for an HLA-A*0201-restricted epitope from Chikungunya 6K protein

Elena Lorente, Alejandro Barriga, Juan García-Arriaza, François A. Lemonnier, Mariano Esteban, Daniel López

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006036

How familiar are our doctors towards Rabies prophylaxis- A study from coastal south India

Ramesh Holla, Bhagawan Darshan, Astha Guliani, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Rekha Thapar, Prasanna Mithra, Nithin Kumar, Vaman Kulkarni, Avinash Kumar, Salman Anwar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 30, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006032

Systematic review of community-based, school-based, and combined delivery modes for reaching school-aged children in mass drug administration programs for schistosomiasis

Michael Burnim, Julianne A. Ivy, Charles H. King

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006043

A lethal disease model for New World hantaviruses using immunosuppressed Syrian hamsters

Valentijn Vergote, Lies Laenen, Bert Vanmechelen, Marc Van Ranst, Erik Verbeken, Jay W. Hooper, Piet Maes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006042

RNA-seq transcriptional profiling of Leishmania amazonensis reveals an arginase-dependent gene expression regulation

Juliana Ide Aoki, Sandra Marcia Muxel, Ricardo Andrade Zampieri, Maria Fernanda Laranjeira-Silva, Karl Erik Müller, Audun Helge Nerland, Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006026

A polymorphism in the haptoglobin, haptoglobin related protein locus is associated with risk of human sleeping sickness within Cameroonian populations

Elvis Ofon, Harry Noyes, Julius Mulindwa, Hamidou Ilboudo, Martin Simuunza, Vincent Ebo’o, Flobert Njiokou, Mathurin Koffi, Bruno Bucheton, Pythagore Fogue, Christiane Hertz-Fowler, Annette MacLeod, Gustave Simo, for the TrypanoGEN Research Group, as members of The H3Africa Consortium

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005979

L-arginine availability and arginase activity: Characterization of amino acid permease 3 in Leishmania amazonensis

Juliana Ide Aoki, Sandra Marcia Muxel, Ricardo Andrade Zampieri, Stephanie Maia Acuña, Juliane Cristina Ribeiro Fernandes, Rubia Heloisa Vanderlinde, Maria Carmen Oliveira de Pinho Sales, Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006025

Composition of the Schistosoma mansoni worm secretome: Identification of immune modulatory Cyclophilin A

Achilleas Floudas, Christopher D. Cluxton, Julia Fahel, Adnan R. Khan, Sean P. Saunders, Sylvie Amu, Antonio Alcami, Padraic G. Fallon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006012

The socio-economic burden of human African trypanosomiasis and the coping strategies of households in the South Western Kenya foci

Salome A. Bukachi, Simiyu Wandibba, Isaac K. Nyamongo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006002

Integration of enteric fever surveillance into the WHO-coordinated Invasive Bacterial-Vaccine Preventable Diseases (IB-VPD) platform: A low cost approach to track an increasingly important disease

Senjuti Saha, Maksuda Islam, Mohammad J. Uddin, Shampa Saha, Rajib C. Das, Abdullah H. Baqui, Mathuram Santosham, Robert E. Black, Stephen P. Luby, Samir K. Saha

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005999

The cost and cost-effectiveness of rapid testing strategies for yaws diagnosis and surveillance

Christopher Fitzpatrick, Kingsley Asiedu, Anita Sands, Tita Gonzalez Pena, Michael Marks, Oriol Mitja, Filip Meheus, Patrick Van der Stuyft

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 26, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005985

An α-Gal-containing neoglycoprotein-based vaccine partially protects against murine cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major

Eva Iniguez, Nathaniel S. Schocker, Krishanthi Subramaniam, Susana Portillo, Alba L. Montoya, Waleed S. Al-Salem, Caresse L. Torres, Felipe Rodriguez, Otacilio C. Moreira, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Katja Michael, Igor C. Almeida, Rosa A. Maldonado

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 25, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006039

Giardiasis as a neglected disease in Brazil: Systematic review of 20 years of publications

Camila Henriques Coelho, Maurício Durigan, Diego Averaldo Guiguet Leal, Adriano de Bernardi Schneider, Regina Maura Bueno Franco, Steven M. Singer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 24, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006005

Wide Distribution and Genetic Diversity of Babesia microti in Small Mammals from Yunnan Province, Southwestern China

Zi-Hou Gao, Tao-Hua Huang, Bao-Gui Jiang, Na Jia, Zheng-Xiang Liu, Zong-Ti Shao, Rui-Ruo Jiang, Hong-Bo Liu, Ran Wei, Yu-Qiong Li, Hong-Wu Yao, Michael E. von Fricken, Jia-Fu Jiang, Chun-Hong Du, Wu-Chun Cao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005898

Cluster randomized trial comparing school-based mass drug administration schedules in areas of western Kenya with moderate initial prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infections

Diana M. S. Karanja, Emmy K. Awino, Ryan E. Wiegand, Edward Okoth, Bernard O. Abudho, Pauline N. M. Mwinzi, Susan P. Montgomery, W. Evan Secor

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006033

Candidate genes-based investigation of susceptibility to Human African Trypanosomiasis in Côte d’Ivoire

Bernardin Ahouty, Mathurin Koffi, Hamidou Ilboudo, Gustave Simo, Enock Matovu, Julius Mulindwa, Christiane Hertz-Fowler, Bruno Bucheton, Issa Sidibé, Vincent Jamonneau, Annette MacLeod, Harry Noyes, Simon-Pierre N’Guetta, for the TrypanoGEN Research Group as members of The H3Africa Consortium

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005992

Cost-effectiveness of adding indoor residual spraying to case management in Afghan refugee settlements in Northwest Pakistan during a prolonged malaria epidemic

Natasha Howard, Lorna Guinness, Mark Rowland, Naeem Durrani, Kristian S. Hansen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005935

Strongyloides stercoralis is associated with significant morbidity in rural Cambodia, including stunting in children

Armelle Forrer, Virak Khieu, Fabian Schär, Jan Hattendorf, Hanspeter Marti, Andreas Neumayr, Meng Chuor Char, Christoph Hatz, Sinuon Muth, Peter Odermatt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005685

Lymphatic pathology in asymptomatic and symptomatic children with Wuchereria bancrofti infection in children from Odisha, India and its reversal with DEC and albendazole treatment

Shantanu K. Kar, Bhagirathi Dwibedi, Birendra K. Das, Bikash K. Agrawala, Cherubala P. Ramachandran, John Horton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 23, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005631

The cost of mapping trachoma: Data from the Global Trachoma Mapping Project

Guillaume Trotignon, Ellen Jones, Thomas Engels, Elena Schmidt, Deborah A. McFarland, Colin K. Macleod, Khaled Amer, Amadou A. Bio, Ana Bakhtiari, Sarah Bovill, Amy H. Doherty, Asad Aslam Khan, Mariamo Mbofana, Siobhain McCullagh, Tom Millar, Consity Mwale, Lisa A. Rotondo, Angela Weaver, Rebecca Willis, Anthony W. Solomon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 18, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006023

Genome-wide SNPs reveal the drivers of gene flow in an urban population of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus

Thomas L. Schmidt, Gordana Rašić, Dongjing Zhang, Xiaoying Zheng, Zhiyong Xi, Ary A. Hoffmann

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 18, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006009

The study of trypanosome species circulating in domestic animals in two human African trypanosomiasis foci of Côte d'Ivoire identifies pigs and cattle as potential reservoirs of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Martial Kassi N’Djetchi, Hamidou Ilboudo, Mathurin Koffi, Jacques Kaboré, Justin Windingoudi Kaboré, Dramane Kaba, Fabrice Courtin, Bamoro Coulibaly, Pierre Fauret, Lingué Kouakou, Sophie Ravel, Stijn Deborggraeve, Philippe Solano, Thierry De Meeûs, Bruno Bucheton, Vincent Jamonneau

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 18, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005993

Transcriptomic responses of Biomphalaria pfeifferi to Schistosoma mansoni: Investigation of a neglected African snail that supports more S. mansoni transmission than any other snail species

Sarah K. Buddenborg, Lijing Bu, Si-Ming Zhang, Faye D. Schilkey, Gerald M. Mkoji, Eric S. Loker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 18, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005984

MicroRNA profiling of human primary macrophages exposed to dengue virus identifies miRNA-3614-5p as antiviral and regulator of ADAR1 expression

Mayra Diosa-Toro, Liliana Echavarría-Consuegra, Jacky Flipse, Geysson Javier Fernández, Joost Kluiver, Anke van den Berg, Silvio Urcuqui-Inchima, Jolanda M. Smit

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 18, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005981

Preclinical antivenom-efficacy testing reveals potentially disturbing deficiencies of snakebite treatment capability in East Africa

Robert A. Harrison, George O. Oluoch, Stuart Ainsworth, Jaffer Alsolaiss, Fiona Bolton, Ana-Silvia Arias, José-María Gutiérrez, Paul Rowley, Stephen Kalya, Hastings Ozwara, Nicholas R. Casewell

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 18, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005969

Schistosoma japonicum transmission risk maps at present and under climate change in mainland China

Gengping Zhu, Jingyu Fan, A. Townsend Peterson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 17, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006021

Characterization of the Zika virus induced small RNA response in Aedes aegypti cells

Margus Varjak, Claire L. Donald, Timothy J. Mottram, Vattipally B. Sreenu, Andres Merits, Kevin Maringer, Esther Schnettler, Alain Kohl

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 17, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006010

Impaired anti-fibrotic effect of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell in a mouse model of pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis

Julián Camilo Arango, Juan David Puerta-Arias, Paula Andrea Pino-Tamayo, Lina María Salazar-Peláez, Mauricio Rojas, Ángel González

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 17, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006006

Serological and spatial analysis of alphavirus and flavivirus prevalence and risk factors in a rural community in western Kenya

Elysse N. Grossi-Soyster, Elizabeth A. J. Cook, William A. de Glanville, Lian F. Thomas, Amy R. Krystosik, Justin Lee, C. Njeri Wamae, Samuel Kariuki, Eric M. Fèvre, A. Desiree LaBeaud

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 17, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005998

Protecting cows in small holder farms in East Africa from tsetse flies by mimicking the odor profile of a non-host bovid

Rajinder K. Saini, Benedict O. Orindi, Norber Mbahin, John A. Andoke, Peter N. Muasa, David M. Mbuvi, Caroline M. Muya, John A. Pickett, Christian W. Borgemeister

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 17, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005977

Developing a dengue forecast model using machine learning: A case study in China

Pi Guo, Tao Liu, Qin Zhang, Li Wang, Jianpeng Xiao, Qingying Zhang, Ganfeng Luo, Zhihao Li, Jianfeng He, Yonghui Zhang, Wenjun Ma

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005973

Substantial population structure of Plasmodium vivax in Thailand facilitates identification of the sources of residual transmission

Veerayuth Kittichai, Cristian Koepfli, Wang Nguitragool, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Liwang Cui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 16, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005930

A recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic fever Virus infection

Laura C. Bonney, Robert J. Watson, Babak Afrough, Manija Mullojonova, Viktoriya Dzhuraeva, Farida Tishkova, Roger Hewson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 13, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006013

Clinico-pathological features of erythema nodosum leprosum: A case-control study at ALERT hospital, Ethiopia

Edessa Negera, Stephen L. Walker, Selfu Girma, Shimelis N. Doni, Degafe Tsegaye, Saba M. Lambert, Munir H. Idriss, Yohanis Tsegay, Hazel M. Dockrell, Abraham Aseffa, Diana N. Lockwood

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 13, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006011

Modeling the environmental suitability of anthrax in Ghana and estimating populations at risk: Implications for vaccination and control

Ian T. Kracalik, Ernest Kenu, Evans Nsoh Ayamdooh, Emmanuel Allegye-Cudjoe, Paul Nokuma Polkuu, Joseph Asamoah Frimpong, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, William A. Bower, Rita Traxler, Jason K. Blackburn

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 13, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005885

Human cellular and humoral immune responses to Phlebotomus papatasi salivary gland antigens in endemic areas differing in prevalence of Leishmania major infection

Wafa Kammoun-Rebai, Narges Bahi-Jaber, Ikbel Naouar, Amine Toumi, Afif Ben Salah, Hechmi Louzir, Amel Meddeb-Garnaoui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 12, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005905

Is mass drug administration against lymphatic filariasis required in urban settings? The experience in Kano, Nigeria

Dung D. Pam, Dziedzom K. de Souza, Susan D'Souza, Millicent Opoku, Safiya Sanda, Ibrahim Nazaradden, Ifeoma N. Anagbogu, Chukwu Okoronkwo, Emmanuel Davies, Elisabeth Elhassan, David H. Molyneux, Moses J. Bockarie, Benjamin G. Koudou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 11, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006004

Human macrophages differentiated in the presence of vitamin D₃ restrict dengue virus infection and innate responses by downregulating mannose receptor expression

John F. Arboleda Alzate, Izabela A. Rodenhuis-Zybert, Juan C. Hernández, Jolanda M. Smit, Silvio Urcuqui-Inchima

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 11, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005904

Albendazole and ivermectin for the control of soil-transmitted helminths in an area with high prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis and hookworm in northwestern Argentina: A community-based pragmatic study

Adriana Echazú, Marisa Juarez, Paola A. Vargas, Silvana P. Cajal, Ruben O. Cimino, Viviana Heredia, Silvia Caropresi, Gladys Paredes, Luis M. Arias, Marcelo Abril, Silvia Gold, Patrick Lammie, Alejandro J. Krolewiecki

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006003

T-cell regulation in Erythema Nodosum Leprosum

Edessa Negera, Stephen L. Walker, Kidist Bobosha, Rawleigh Howe, Abraham Aseffa, Hazel M. Dockrell, Diana N. Lockwood

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006001

Characterization of the catalytic center of the Ebola virus L polymerase

Marie Luisa Schmidt, Thomas Hoenen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005996

Application of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay targeting cox1 gene for the detection of Clonorchis sinensis in human fecal samples

S. M. Mazidur Rahman, Hyun Beom Song, Yan Jin, Jin-Kyoung Oh, Min Kyung Lim, Sung-Tae Hong, Min-Ho Choi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005995

Mitochondrial dual-coding genes in Trypanosoma brucei

Laura E. Kirby, Donna Koslowsky

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005989

Health-related impact on quality of life and coping strategies for chikungunya: A qualitative study in Curaçao

Jelte Elsinga, Martin P. Grobusch, Adriana Tami, Izzy Gerstenbluth, Ajay Bailey

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005987

Next-generation ELISA diagnostic assay for Chagas Disease based on the combination of short peptidic epitopes

Juan Mucci, Santiago J. Carmona, Romina Volcovich, Jaime Altcheh, Estefanía Bracamonte, Jorge D. Marco, Morten Nielsen, Carlos A. Buscaglia, Fernán Agüero

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005972

Epidemiological consequences of immune sensitisation by pre-exposure to vector saliva

Tsukushi Kamiya, Megan A. Greischar, Nicole Mideo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005956

Sanitation, hookworm, anemia, stunting, and wasting in primary school children in southern Ethiopia: Baseline results from a study in 30 schools

Jack E. T. Grimes, Gemechu Tadesse, Iain A. Gardiner, Elodie Yard, Yonas Wuletaw, Michael R. Templeton, Wendy E. Harrison, Lesley J. Drake

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005948

How does competition among wild type mosquitoes influence the performance of Aedes aegypti and dissemination of Wolbachia pipientis?

Suellen de Oliveira, Daniel Antunes Maciel Villela, Fernando Braga Stehling Dias, Luciano Andrade Moreira, Rafael Maciel de Freitas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005947

Insights and efforts to control rabies in Zambia: Evaluation of determinants and barriers to dog vaccination in Nyimba district

Carolyn Patricia Mulipukwa, Boyd Mudenda, Allan Rabson Mbewe

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005946

Multi-site cholera surveillance within the African Cholera Surveillance Network shows endemicity in Mozambique, 2011–2015

Cynthia Semá Baltazar, José Paulo Langa, Liliana Dengo Baloi, Richard Wood, Issaka Ouedraogo, Berthe-Marie Njanpop-Lafourcade, Dorteia Inguane, Jucunu Elias Chitio, Themba Mhlanga, Lorna Gujral, Bradford D. Gessner, Aline Munier, Martin A. Mengel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005941

Prevalence, intensity and risk factors of tungiasis in Kilifi County, Kenya: I. Results from a community-based study

Susanne Wiese, Lynne Elson, Felix Reichert, Barbara Mambo, Hermann Feldmeier

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005925

Analysing published global Ebola Virus Disease research using social network analysis

Christiane Hagel, Felix Weidemann, Stephan Gauch, Suzanne Edwards, Peter Tinnemann

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 9, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005747

Discovery by organism based high-throughput screening of new multi-stage compounds affecting Schistosoma mansoni viability, egg formation and production

Alessandra Guidi, Cristiana Lalli, Roberto Gimmelli, Emanuela Nizi, Matteo Andreini, Nadia Gennari, Fulvio Saccoccia, Steven Harper, Alberto Bresciani, Giovina Ruberti

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005994

Pathogenesis and sexual transmission of Spondweni and Zika viruses

Erin M. McDonald, Nisha K. Duggal, Aaron C. Brault

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005990

The Babesia bovis hap2 gene is not required for blood stage replication, but expressed upon in vitro sexual stage induction

Hala E. Hussein, Reginaldo G. Bastos, David A. Schneider, Wendell C. Johnson, Fatma K. Adham, William C. Davis, Jacob M. Laughery, David R. Herndon, Heba F. Alzan, Massaro W. Ueti, Carlos E. Suarez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005965

Spatial and temporal trends of visceral leishmaniasis by mesoregion in a southeastern state of Brazil, 2002-2013

Thais Almeida Marques da Silva, Wendel Coura-Vital, David Soeiro Barbosa, Carla Sayuri Fogaça Oiko, Maria Helena Franco Morais, Bruna Dias Tourinho, Diogo Portella Ornelas de Melo, Ilka Afonso Reis, Mariângela Carneiro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005950

Lymphatic filariasis transmission on Mafia Islands, Tanzania: Evidence from xenomonitoring in mosquito vectors

Yahya A. Derua, Susan F. Rumisha, Bernard M. Batengana, Demetrius A. Max, Grades Stanley, William N. Kisinza, Leonard E. G. Mboera

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005938

Reappraisal of Leishmanin Skin Test (LST) in the management of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A retrospective analysis from a reference center in Argentina

Alejandro Javier Krolewiecki, Maria Cristina Almazan, Marcelo Quipildor, Marisa Juarez, Jose Fernando Gil, Marco Espinosa, Maria Canabire, Silvana Pamela Cajal

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005980

Efficacy of cryotherapy plus topical Juniperus excelsa M. Bieb cream versus cryotherapy plus placebo in the treatment of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis: A triple-blind randomized controlled clinical trial

Mohammad Mahdi Parvizi, Farhad Handjani, Mahmoodreza Moein, Gholamreza Hatam, Majid Nimrouzi, Jafar Hassanzadeh, Nasrin Hamidizadeh, Hamid Reza Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi Zarshenas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005957

The cost-effectiveness of an eradication programme in the end game: Evidence from guinea worm disease

Christopher Fitzpatrick, Dieudonné P. Sankara, Junerlyn Farah Agua, Lakshmi Jonnalagedda, Filippo Rumi, Adam Weiss, Matthew Braden, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Nicole Kruse, Kate Braband, Gautam Biswas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005922

Protection of bats (Eptesicus fuscus) against rabies following topical or oronasal exposure to a recombinant raccoon poxvirus vaccine

Ben Stading, James A. Ellison, William C. Carson, Panayampalli Subbian Satheshkumar, Tonie E. Rocke, Jorge E. Osorio

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005958

Estimating sensitivity of the Kato-Katz technique for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni and hookworm in relation to infection intensity

Oliver Bärenbold, Giovanna Raso, Jean T. Coulibaly, Eliézer K. N’Goran, Jürg Utzinger, Penelope Vounatsou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005953

Effectiveness of 32 versus 20 weeks of prednisolone in leprosy patients with recent nerve function impairment: A randomized controlled trial

Inge Wagenaar, Erik Post, Wim Brandsma, Bob Bowers, Khorshed Alam, Vanaja Shetty, Vivek Pai, Sajid Husain, Cita Rosita Sigit Prakoeswa, Linda Astari, Deanna Hagge, Mahesh Shah, Kapil Neupane, Krishna Bahadur Tamang, The TENLEP study group, Peter Nicholls, Jan Hendrik Richardus

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005952

The rationale and cost-effectiveness of a confirmatory mapping tool for lymphatic filariasis: Examples from Ethiopia and Tanzania

Katherine M. Gass, Heven Sime, Upendo J. Mwingira, Andreas Nshala, Maria Chikawe, Sonia Pelletreau, Kira A. Barbre, Michael S. Deming, Maria P. Rebollo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005944

Local selection in the presence of high levels of gene flow: Evidence of heterogeneous insecticide selection pressure across Ugandan Culex quinquefasciatus populations

Walter Fabricio Silva Martins, Craig Stephen Wilding, Keith Steen, Henry Mawejje, Tiago Rodrigues Antão, Martin James Donnelly

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 3, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005917

Feasibility of utilizing the SD BIOLINE Onchocerciasis IgG4 rapid test in onchocerciasis surveillance in Senegal

Yakou Dieye, Helen L Storey, Kelsey L. Barrett, Emily Gerth-Guyette, Laura Di Giorgio, Allison Golden, Dunia Faulx, Michael Kalnoky, Marie Khemesse Ngom Ndiaye, Ngayo Sy, Malang Mané, Babacar Faye, Mamadou Sarr, Elhadji Mamadou Dioukhane, Roger B. Peck, Philippe Guinot, Tala de los Santos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 3, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005884

Phylogenetic analysis of simian Plasmodium spp. infecting Anopheles balabacensis Baisas in Sabah, Malaysia

Tock H. Chua, Benny O. Manin, Sylvia Daim, Indra Vythilingam, Chris Drakeley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 2, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005991

Perceptions about interventions to control schistosomiasis among the Lake Victoria island communities of Koome, Uganda

Richard E. Sanya, Edward Tumwesige, Alison M. Elliott, Janet Seeley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 2, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005982

A longitudinal study of the infant nasopharyngeal microbiota: The effects of age, illness and antibiotic use in a cohort of South East Asian children

Susannah J. Salter, Claudia Turner, Wanitda Watthanaworawit, Marcus C. de Goffau, Josef Wagner, Julian Parkhill, Stephen D. Bentley, David Goldblatt, Francois Nosten, Paul Turner

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 2, 2017 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005975

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