Nicaragua’s human rights crisis requires international response

Jorge A. Huete-Pérez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 21, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007119

An innovative approach to screening and chemoprophylaxis among contacts of leprosy patients in low endemic settings: experiences from Cambodia

Arielle Cavaliero, Helena Greter, Thomas Fürst, Sambath Lay, Sarady Sao Ay, Jan Robijn, Peter Steinmann

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 28, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007039

Resolving "worm wars": An extended comparison review of findings from key economics and epidemiological studies

Muhammad Farhan Majid, Su Jin Kang, Peter J. Hotez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 7, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006940

Insecticide–impregnated dog collars reduce infantile clinical visceral leishmaniasis under operational conditions in NW Iran: A community–wide cluster randomised trial

Orin Courtenay, Ahad Bazmani, Parviz Parvizi, Paul D. Ready, Mary M. Cameron

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 4, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007193

Virulence difference of five type I dengue viruses and the intrinsic molecular mechanism

Chunling Zou, Chenxiao Huang, Jinyu Zhang, Qihan Wu, Xiaohua Ni, Jiufeng Sun, Jianfeng Dai

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 4, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007202

Comparison of Kato Katz, antibody-based ELISA and droplet digital PCR diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica: Lessons learnt from a setting of low infection intensity

Pengfei Cai, Kosala G. Weerakoon, Yi Mu, Remigio M. Olveda, Allen G. Ross, David U. Olveda, Donald P. McManus

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 4, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007228

The unique tropism of Mycobacterium leprae to the nasal epithelial cells can be explained by the mammalian cell entry protein 1A

Viesta Beby Fadlitha, Fuki Yamamoto, Irfan Idris, Haslindah Dahlan, Naoya Sato, Vienza Beby Aftitah, Andini Febriyanda, Takao Fujimura, Hiroaki Takimoto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006704

Quantitative polymerase chain reaction in paucibacillary leprosy diagnosis: A follow-up study

Raquel R. Barbieri, Fernanda S. N. Manta, Suelen J. M. Moreira, Anna M. Sales, José A. C. Nery, Lilian P. R. Nascimento, Mariana A. Hacker, Antônio G. Pacheco, Alice M. Machado, Euzenir M. Sarno, Milton O. Moraes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007147

Diel periodicity and visual cues guide oviposition behavior in Phlebotomus papatasi, vector of old-world cutaneous leishmaniasis

Tatsiana Shymanovich, Lindsey Faw, Nima Hajhashemi, Jimmie Teague, Coby Schal, Loganathan Ponnusamy, Charles S. Apperson, Eduardo Hatano, Gideon Wasserberg

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007165

Genomic, epidemiological and digital surveillance of Chikungunya virus in the Brazilian Amazon

Felipe Gomes Naveca, Ingra Claro, Marta Giovanetti, Jaqueline Goes de Jesus, Joilson Xavier, Felipe Campos de Melo Iani, Valdinete Alves do Nascimento, Victor Costa de Souza, Paola Paz Silveira, José Lourenço, Mauricio Santillana, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Josh Quick, Sarah C. Hill, Julien Thézé, Rodrigo Dias de Oliveira Carvalho, Vasco Azevedo, Flavia Cristina da Silva Salles, Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes, Poliana da Silva Lemos, Darlan da Silva Candido, Glauco de Carvalho Pereira, Marluce Aparecida Assunção Oliveira, Cátia Alexandra Ribeiro Meneses, Rodrigo Melo Maito, Claudeth Rocha Santa Brígida Cunha, Daniela Palha de Sousa Campos, Marcia da Costa Castilho, Thalita Caroline da Silva Siqueira, Tiza Matos Terra, Carlos F. Campelo de Albuquerque, Laura Nogueira da Cruz, André Luis de Abreu, Divino Valerio Martins, Daniele Silva de Moraes Vanlume Simoes, Renato Santana de Aguiar, Sérgio Luiz Bessa Luz, Nicholas Loman, Oliver G. Pybus, Ester C. Sabino, Osnei Okumoto, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara, Nuno Rodrigues Faria

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 7, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007065

Host and parasite responses in human diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. amazonensis

Stephen M. Christensen, Ashton T. Belew, Najib M. El-Sayed, Wagner L. Tafuri, Fernando T. Silveira, David M. Mosser

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 7, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007152

Development of a screening eye clinic for Ebola virus disease survivors: Lessons learned and rapid implementation at ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia 2015

Jessica G. Shantha, Brent R. Hayek, Ian Crozier, Catherine Gargu, Robert Dolo, Jerry Brown, John Fankhauser, Steven Yeh

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 7, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007209

Evaluation of a novel West Nile virus transmission control strategy that targets Culex tarsalis with endectocide-containing blood meals

Chilinh Nguyen, Meg Gray, Timothy A. Burton, Soleil L. Foy, John R. Foster, Alex Lazr Gendernalik, Claudia Rückert, Haoues Alout, Michael C. Young, Broox Boze, Gregory D. Ebel, Brady Clapsaddle, Brian D. Foy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 7, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007210

Shortening of Zika virus CD-loop reduces neurovirulence while preserving antigenicity

Kenneth H. Dinnon III, Emily N. Gallichotte, Ethan J. Fritch, Vineet D. Menachery, Ralph S. Baric

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 7, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007212

The role of fibroblast growth factor signalling in Echinococcus multilocularis development and host-parasite interaction

Sabine Förster, Uriel Koziol, Tina Schäfer, Raphael Duvoisin, Katia Cailliau, Mathieu Vanderstraete, Colette Dissous, Klaus Brehm

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 8, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006959

A systematic review of scabies transmission models and data to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of scabies interventions

Naomi van der Linden, Kees van Gool, Karen Gardner, Helen Dickinson, Jason Agostino, David G. Regan, Michelle Dowden, Rosalie Viney

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 8, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007182

Mapping of lymphatic filariasis in loiasis areas: A new strategy shows no evidence for Wuchereria bancrofti endemicity in Cameroon

Samuel Wanji, Mathias Eyong Esum, Abdel Jelil Njouendou, Amuam Andrew Mbeng, Patrick W. Chounna Ndongmo, Raphael Awah Abong, Jerome Fru, Fanny F. Fombad, Gordon Takop Nchanji, Glory Ngongeh, Narcisse V. Ngandjui, Peter Ivo Enyong, Helen Storey, Kurt C. Curtis, Kerstin Fischer, Joseph R. Fauver, Daphne Lew, Charles W. Goss, Peter U. Fischer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 8, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007192

A little goes a long way: Weak vaccine transmission facilitates oral vaccination campaigns against zoonotic pathogens

Andrew J. Basinski, Scott L. Nuismer, Christopher H. Remien

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 8, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007251

Analysis of a meningococcal meningitis outbreak in Niger – potential effectiveness of reactive prophylaxis

Matt D. T. Hitchings, Matthew E. Coldiron, Rebecca F. Grais, Marc Lipsitch

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 11, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007077

A combined experimental-computational approach for spatial protection efficacy assessment of controlled release devices against mosquitoes (Anopheles)

Ulrich R. Bernier, Daniel L. Kline, Agustin Vazquez-Abad, Melynda Perry, Lee W. Cohnstaedt, Pablo Gurman, Sebastián D’hers, Noel M. Elman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 11, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007188

Perinatal analyses of Zika- and dengue virus-specific neutralizing antibodies: A microcephaly case-control study in an area of high dengue endemicity in Brazil

Priscila M. S. Castanha, Wayner V. Souza, Cynthia Braga, Thalia Velho Barreto de Araújo, Ricardo A. A. Ximenes, Maria de Fátima P. M. Albuquerque, Ulisses R. Montarroyos, Demócrito B. Miranda-Filho, Marli T. Cordeiro, Rafael Dhalia, Ernesto T. A. Marques Jr., Laura C. Rodrigues, Celina M. T. Martelli, Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 11, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007246

Active surveillance identified a neglected burden of macular cases of Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis in West Bengal

Ritika Sengupta, Surya Jyati Chaudhuri, Srija Moulik, Manab Kumar Ghosh, Bibhuti Saha, Nilay Kanti Das, Mitali Chatterjee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 11, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007249

A polyvalent coral snake antivenom with broad neutralization capacity

María Carlina Castillo-Beltrán, Juan Pablo Hurtado-Gómez, Vladimir Corredor-Espinel, Francisco Javier Ruiz-Gómez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 11, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007250

Assessment of false negative rates of lactate dehydrogenase-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests for Plasmodium ovale detection

Jianxia Tang, Feng Tang, Hongru Zhu, Feng Lu, Sui Xu, Yuanyuan Cao, Yaping Gu, Xiaoqin He, Huayun Zhou, Guoding Zhu, Jun Cao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 11, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007254

Strongyloides stercoralis infection: A systematic review of endemic cases in Spain

Maria Barroso, Fernando Salvador, Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá, Pau Bosch-Nicolau, Israel Molina

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 12, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007230

Spatial distribution, prevalence and potential risk factors of Tungiasis in Vihiga County, Kenya

Ruth Monyenye Nyangacha, David Odongo, Florence Oyieke, Christine Bii, Erastus Muniu, Stanley Chasia, Missiani Ochwoto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 12, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007244

Serological proteomic screening and evaluation of a recombinant egg antigen for the diagnosis of low-intensity Schistosoma mansoni infections in endemic area in Brazil

Vanessa Silva-Moraes, Lisa Marie Shollenberger, William Castro-Borges, Ana Lucia Teles Rabello, Donald A. Harn, Lia Carolina Soares Medeiros, Wander de Jesus Jeremias, Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira, Caroline Stephane Salviano Pereira, Maria Luysa Camargos Pedrosa, Nathalie Bonatti Franco Almeida, Aureo Almeida, Jose Roberto Lambertucci, Nídia Francisca de Figueiredo Carneiro, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Rafaella Fortini Queiroz Grenfell

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 14, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006974

Use of oral cholera vaccine as a vaccine probe to determine the burden of culture-negative cholera

Justin Im, Md. Taufiqul Islam, Faisal Ahmmed, Deok Ryun Kim, Yun Chon, K Zaman, Ashraful Islam Khan, Mohammad Ali, Florian Marks, Firdausi Qadri, John D. Clemens

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 14, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007179

A novel diagnostic algorithm equipped on an automated hematology analyzer to differentiate between common causes of febrile illness in Southeast Asia

Susantina Prodjosoewojo, Silvita F. Riswari, Hofiya Djauhari, Herman Kosasih, L. Joost van Pelt, Bachti Alisjahbana, Andre J. van der Ven, Quirijn de Mast

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 14, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007183

Nutritional stress targets LeishIF4E-3 to storage granules that contain RNA and ribosome components in Leishmania

Rohit Shrivastava, Matan Drory-Retwitzer, Michal Shapira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 14, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007237

Insects in anthelminthics research: Lady beetle-derived harmonine affects survival, reproduction and stem cell proliferation of Schistosoma mansoni

Josina Kellershohn, Laura Thomas, Steffen R. Hahnel, Arnold Grünweller, Roland K. Hartmann, Martin Hardt, Andreas Vilcinskas, Christoph G. Grevelding, Simone Haeberlein

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 14, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007240

Molecular and antigenic characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi TolT proteins

Maite Lobo, Virginia Balouz, Luciano Melli, Giannina Carlevaro, María E. Cortina, María de los Milagros Cámara, Gaspar E. Cánepa, Santiago J. Carmona, Jaime Altcheh, Oscar Campetella, Andrés E. Ciocchini, Fernán Agüero, Juan Mucci, Carlos A. Buscaglia

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 14, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007245

In vitro model of postoncosphere development, and in vivo infection abilities of Taenia solium and Taenia saginata

Sandra Palma, Nancy Chile, Rogger P. Carmen-Orozco, Grace Trompeter, Kayla Fishbeck, Virginia Cooper, Laura Rapoport, Edson G. Bernal-Teran, Beth J. Condori, Robert H. Gilman, Manuela R. Verastegui, for the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 14, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007261

The paediatric participation scale measuring participation restrictions among former Buruli Ulcer patients under the age of 15 in Ghana and Benin: Development and first validation results

Dorien T. Beeres, Jacolien Horstman, Pierre van der Tak, Richard O. Phillips, Kabiru M. Abass, Tjip van der Werf, Roch C. Johnson, Ghislain E. Sopoh, Janine de Zeeuw, Pieter U. Dijkstra, Yves T. Barogui, Ymkje Stienstra

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 14, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007273

Update on the geographical distribution and prevalence of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), two major arbovirus vectors in Cameroon

Armel N. Tedjou, Basile Kamgang, Aurélie P. Yougang, Flobert Njiokou, Charles S. Wondji

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 18, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007137

Increasing incidence of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella infections in Queensland, Australia, 2007-2016

Andrea Parisi, John A. Crump, Russell Stafford, Kathryn Glass, Benjamin P. Howden, Martyn D. Kirk

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 18, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007187

Socio-epidemiological and land cover risk factors for melioidosis in Kedah, Northern Malaysia

Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan, Norasmidar Aziz, Noraini Ismail, Zainab Shafie, Benjamin Mayala, Rose E. Donohue, Subhada Prasad Pani, Edwin Michael

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 18, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007243

Marburg virus disease outbreak in Kween District Uganda, 2017: Epidemiological and laboratory findings

Luke Nyakarahuka, Trevor R. Shoemaker, Stephen Balinandi, Godfrey Chemos, Benon Kwesiga, Sophia Mulei, Jackson Kyondo, Alex Tumusiime, Aaron Kofman, Ben Masiira, Shannon Whitmer, Shelley Brown, Debi Cannon, Cheng-Feng Chiang, James Graziano, Maria Morales-Betoulle, Ketan Patel, Sara Zufan, Innocent Komakech, Nasan Natseri, Philip Musobo Chepkwurui, Bernard Lubwama, Jude Okiria, Joshua Kayiwa, Innocent H. Nkonwa, Patricia Eyu, Lydia Nakiire, Edward Chelangat Okarikod, Leonard Cheptoyek, Barasa Emmanuel Wangila, Michael Wanje, Patrick Tusiime, Lilian Bulage, Henry G. Mwebesa, Alex R. Ario, Issa Makumbi, Anne Nakinsige, Allan Muruta, Miriam Nanyunja, Jaco Homsy, Bao-Ping Zhu, Lisa Nelson, Pontiano Kaleebu, Pierre E. Rollin, Stuart T. Nichol, John D. Klena, Julius J. Lutwama

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 18, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007257

Development and evaluation of a droplet digital PCR assay for the diagnosis of paucibacillary leprosy in skin biopsy specimens

Xiujun Cheng, Lele Sun, Qing Zhao, Zihao Mi, Gongqi Yu, Zhenzhen Wang, Yonghu Sun, Chuan Wang, Chunhua Man, Fanghui Fu, Hong Liu, Furen Zhang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 18, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007284

Wolbachia endosymbionts subvert the endoplasmic reticulum to acquire host membranes without triggering ER stress

Nour Fattouh, Chantal Cazevieille, Frédéric Landmann

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007218

The influence of raw milk exposures on Rift Valley fever virus transmission

Elysse N. Grossi-Soyster, Justin Lee, Charles H. King, A. Desiree LaBeaud

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007258

A protocol to count Cryptosporidium oocysts by flow cytometry without antibody staining

Karine Sonzogni-Desautels, Thomas Z. Di Lenardo, Axel E. Renteria, Marc-André Gascon, Timothy G. Geary, Momar Ndao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007259

A comparative genome analysis of Rift Valley Fever virus isolates from foci of the disease outbreak in South Africa in 2008-2010

Moabi R. Maluleke, Maanda Phosiwa, Antoinette van Schalkwyk, George Michuki, Baratang A. Lubisi, Phemelo S. Kegakilwe, Steve J. Kemp, Phelix A. O. Majiwa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 21, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006576

Calculating the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infection through pooling of stool samples: Choosing and optimizing the pooling strategy

James E. Truscott, Julia C. Dunn, Marina Papaiakovou, Fabian Schaer, Marleen Werkman, D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Judd L. Walson, Roy M. Anderson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 21, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007196

A major hurdle in the elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis revealed: Identifying key gaps in knowledge and understanding of female genital schistosomiasis within communities and local health workers

Vida Ami Kukula, Eleanor E. MacPherson, Irene Honam Tsey, J. Russell Stothard, Sally Theobald, Margaret Gyapong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 21, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007207

The prevalence and antifolate drug resistance profiles of Plasmodium falciparum in study participants randomized to discontinue or continue cotrimoxazole prophylaxis

Dennis W. Juma, Peninah Muiruri, Krista Yuhas, Grace John-Stewart, Ronald Ottichilo, John Waitumbi, Benson Singa, Christina Polyak, Edwin Kamau

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 21, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007223

Aurora kinase protein family in Trypanosoma cruzi: Novel role of an AUK-B homologue in kinetoplast replication

Matías Fassolari, Guillermo D. Alonso

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 21, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007256

Helminth mediated modulation of the systemic and mycobacterial antigen – stimulated cytokine profiles in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

Gokul Raj Kathamuthu, Saravanan Munisankar, Rathinam Sridhar, Dhanaraj Baskaran, Subash Babu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 21, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007265

Safety and efficacy of three trypanocides in confirmed field cases of trypanosomiasis in working equines in The Gambia: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial

Alexandra G. Raftery, Saloum Jallow, Jean Rodgers, David G. M. Sutton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 22, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007175

Development of a SNP barcode to genotype Babesia microti infections

Mary Lynn Baniecki, Jade Moon, Kian Sani, Jacob E. Lemieux, Stephen F. Schaffner, Pardis C. Sabeti

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007194

Oral activity of the antimalarial endoperoxide 6-(1,2,6,7-tetraoxaspiro[7.11]nonadec-4-yl)hexan-1-ol (N-251) against Leishmania donovani complex

Kofi Dadzie Kwofie, Kai Sato, Chizu Sanjoba, Akina Hino, Rieko Shimogawara, Michael Amoa-Bosompem, Irene Ayi, Daniel A. Boakye, Abraham K. Anang, Kyung-Soo Chang, Mitsuko Ohashi, Hye-Sook Kim, Nobuo Ohta, Yoshitsugu Matsumoto, Shiroh Iwanaga

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007235

Using intervention mapping to design and implement quality improvement strategies towards elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Northern Ghana

Alfred Kwesi Manyeh, Latifat Ibisomi, Frank Baiden, Tobias Chirwa, Rohit Ramaswamy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007267

Association between IL1 gene polymorphism and human African trypanosomiasis in populations of sleeping sickness foci of southern Cameroon

Elvis Ofon, Harry Noyes, Vincent Ebo’o Eyanga, Flobert Njiokou, Mathurin Koffi, Pythagore Fogue, Christiane Hertz-Fowler, Annette MacLeod, Enock Matovu, Gustave Simo, for the TrypanoGEN Research Group, as members of The H3Africa Consortium

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007283

Status and influencing factors of farmers’ private investment in the prevention and control of sheep brucellosis in China: A cross-sectional study

Heng Zeng, YouMing Wang, XiangDong Sun, Ping Liu, QuanGang Xu, Duan Huang, Lu Gao, ShiBing You, BaoXu Huang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007285

Determinants for progression from asymptomatic infection to symptomatic visceral leishmaniasis: A cohort study

Jaya Chakravarty, Epco Hasker, Sangeeta Kansal, Om Prakash Singh, Paritosh Malaviya, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Ankita Chourasia, Toolika Singh, Medhavi Sudarshan, Akhil Pratap Singh, Bhawana Singh, Rudra Pratap Singh, Bart Ostyn, Michaela Fakiola, Albert Picado, Joris Menten, Jenefer M. Blackwell, Mary E. Wilson, David Sacks, Marleen Boelaert, Shyam Sundar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007216

The landscape of enteric pathogen exposure of young children in public domains of low-income, urban Kenya: The influence of exposure pathway and spatial range of play on multi-pathogen exposure risks

Danielle Medgyesi, Daniel Sewell, Reid Senesac, Oliver Cumming, Jane Mumma, Kelly K. Baker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007292

Global expansion and redistribution of Aedes-borne virus transmission risk with climate change

Sadie J. Ryan, Colin J. Carlson, Erin A. Mordecai, Leah R. Johnson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 28, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007213

Limited differentiation among Plasmodium vivax populations from the northwest and to the south Pacific Coast of Colombia: A malaria corridor?

M. Andreína Pacheco, Kristan A. Schneider, Nora Céspedes, Sócrates Herrera, Myriam Arévalo-Herrera, Ananias A. Escalante

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 28, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007310

Voltage-gated sodium channel intron polymorphism and four mutations comprise six haplotypes in an Aedes aegypti population in Taiwan

Han-Hsuan Chung, I-Cheng Cheng, Yen-Chi Chen, Cheo Lin, Takashi Tomita, Hwa-Jen Teng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 29, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007291

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome can masquerade as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

Rui Qi, Xiang-rong Qin, Ling Wang, Hui-ju Han, Feng Cui, Hao Yu, Jian-wei Liu, Xue-jie Yu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 29, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007308

Correction: Modification and optimization of the FECPAK^G2 protocol for the detection and quantification of soil-transmitted helminth eggs in human stool

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 4, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007224

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Correction: Strategies to increase adoption of animal vaccines by smallholder farmers with focus on neglected diseases and marginalized populations

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