Pediatric tropical medicine: The neglected diseases of children

Peter J. Hotez, Audrey R. Odom John, A. Desiree LaBeaud

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 9, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007008

Antibacterial mass drug administration for child mortality reduction: Opportunities, concerns, and possible next steps

Isaac I. Bogoch, Jürg Utzinger, Nathan C. Lo, Jason R. Andrews

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 23, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007315

The case for paracoccidioidomycosis to be accepted as a neglected tropical (fungal) disease

Joshua Griffiths, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo, David W. Denning

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 16, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007195

Chaetomium atrobrunneum causing human eumycetoma: The first report

Najwa A. Mhmoud, Antonella Santona, Maura Fiamma, Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Massimo Deligios, Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet, Salvatore Rubino, Ahmed Hassan Fahal

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 30, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007276

Functional genomics in sand fly–derived Leishmania promastigotes

Pedro J. Alcolea, Ana Alonso, Ricardo Molina, Maribel Jiménez, Peter J. Myler, Vicente Larraga

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 9, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007288

Detection of clinical and neurological signs in apparently asymptomatic HTLV-1 infected carriers: Association with high proviral load

Michel E. Haziot, M. Rita Gascon, Tatiane Assone, Luiz Augusto M. Fonseca, Olinda do Carmo Luiz, Jerusa Smid, Arthur M. Paiva, Rosa Maria do N. Marcusso, A. C. Penalva de Oliveira, Jorge Casseb

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 1, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006967

Molecular detection of P. vivax and P. ovale foci of infection in asymptomatic and symptomatic children in Northern Namibia

Daniel H. Haiyambo, Petrina Uusiku, Davies Mumbengegwi, Jeff M. Pernica, Ronnie Bock, Benoit Malleret, Laurent Rénia, Beatrice Greco, Isaac K. Quaye

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 1, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007290

Unbiased assessment of disease surveillance utilities: A prospect theory application

Arthur E. Attema, Lisheng He, Alasdair J. C. Cook, Victor J. Del Rio Vilas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 1, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007364

Biodegradable nanocarriers coated with polymyxin B: Evaluation of leishmanicidal and antibacterial potential

Juliana Souza Ribeiro Costa, Marília Medeiros, Edite Harumi Yamashiro-Kanashiro, Mussya Cisotto Rocha, Paulo Cesar Cotrim, Marco Antonio Stephano, Marcelo Lancellotti, Guilherme Diniz Tavares, Laura Oliveira-Nascimento

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 1, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007388

Topical paromomycin for New World cutaneous leishmaniasis

Néstor Sosa, Juan Miguel Pascale, Ana I. Jiménez, Jeanne A. Norwood, Mara Kreishman-Detrick, Peter J. Weina, Kendra Lawrence, William F. McCarthy, Ryan C. Adams, Charles Scott, Janet Ransom, Douglas Tang, Max Grogl

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 2, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007253

Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to schistosomiasis transmission and control in Leyte, Philippines

Isabel Francisco, Mario Jiz, Marieke Rosenbaum, Palmera Baltazar, Jennifer A. Steele

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 2, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007358

Brucellosis awareness and knowledge in communities worldwide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 79 observational studies

Ning Zhang, Hao Zhou, De-Sheng Huang, Peng Guan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 2, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007366

High seroconversion rate to Rift Valley fever virus in cattle and goats in far northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, in the absence of reported outbreaks

Carien van den Bergh, Estelle H. Venter, Robert Swanepoel, Peter N. Thompson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 3, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007296

Effects of water, sanitation, handwashing and nutritional interventions on soil-transmitted helminth infections in young children: A cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Bangladesh

Ayse Ercumen, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Benjamin F. Arnold, Audrie Lin, Alan E. Hubbard, Christine Stewart, Zahidur Rahman, Sarker Masud Parvez, Leanne Unicomb, Mahbubur Rahman, Rashidul Haque, John M. Colford Jr., Stephen P. Luby

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 3, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007323

Animal model of arthritis and myositis induced by the Mayaro virus

Franciele Martins Santos, Roberto Sousa Dias, Michelle Dias de Oliveira, Isabella Cristina Toledo Alves Costa, Luciana de Souza Fernandes, Carine Ribeiro Pessoa, Sérgio Luis Pinto da Matta, Vivian Vasconcelos Costa, Danielle G. Souza, Cynthia Canêdo da Silva, Sérgio Oliveira de Paula

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 3, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007375

A 5-Year intervention study on elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis in Zanzibar: Parasitological results of annual cross-sectional surveys

Stefanie Knopp, Shaali M. Ame, Bobbie Person, Jan Hattendorf, Muriel Rabone, Saleh Juma, Juma Muhsin, Iddi Simba Khamis, Elizabeth Hollenberg, Khalfan A. Mohammed, Fatma Kabole, Said M. Ali, David Rollinson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007268

Arboviral screening of invasive Aedes species in northeastern Turkey: West Nile virus circulation and detection of insect-only viruses

Mustafa M. Akıner, Murat Öztürk, Aykut Buğra Başer, Filiz Günay, Sabri Hacıoğlu, Annika Brinkmann, Nergis Emanet, Bülent Alten, Aykut Özkul, Andreas Nitsche, Yvonne-Marie Linton, Koray Ergünay

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007334

Refining wet lab experiments with in silico searches: A rational quest for diagnostic peptides in visceral leishmaniasis

Bruno Cesar Bremer Hinckel, Tegwen Marlais, Stephanie Airs, Tapan Bhattacharyya, Hideo Imamura, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Sayda El-Safi, Om Prakash Singh, Shyam Sundar, Andrew Keith Falconar, Bjorn Andersson, Sergey Litvinov, Michael A. Miles, Pascal Mertens

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007353

Seasonal patterns of dengue fever in rural Ecuador: 2009-2016

Rachel Sippy, Diego Herrera, David Gaus, Ronald E. Gangnon, Jonathan A. Patz, Jorge E. Osorio

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007360

Hindgut microbiota in laboratory-reared and wild Triatoma infestans

Andreea Waltmann, Alexandra C. Willcox, Sujata Balasubramanian, Katty Borrini Mayori, Sandra Mendoza Guerrero, Renzo S. Salazar Sanchez, Jeffrey Roach, Carlos Condori Pino, Robert H. Gilman, Caryn Bern, Jonathan J. Juliano, Michael Z. Levy, Steven R. Meshnick, Natalie M. Bowman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007383

Characterization of a non-sexual population of Strongyloides stercoralis with hybrid 18S rDNA haplotypes in Guangxi, Southern China

Siyu Zhou, Xiaoyin Fu, Pei Pei, Marek Kucka, Jing Liu, Lili Tang, Tingzheng Zhan, Shanshan He, Yingguang Frank Chan, Christian Rödelsperger, Dengyu Liu, Adrian Streit

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007396

PCR-RFLP analyses of Leishmania species causing cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis revealed distribution of genetically complex strains with hybrid and mito-nuclear discordance in Ecuador

Hirotomo Kato, Eduardo A. Gomez, Chisato Seki, Hayato Furumoto, Luiggi Martini-Robles, Jenny Muzzio, Manuel Calvopiña, Lenin Velez, Makoto Kubo, Ahmed Tabbabi, Daisuke S. Yamamoto, Yoshihisa Hashiguchi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007403

Endoparasites and vector-borne pathogens in dogs from Greek islands: Pathogen distribution and zoonotic implications

Anastasia Diakou, Angela Di Cesare, Simone Morelli, Mariasole Colombo, Lenaig Halos, Giulia Simonato, Androniki Tamvakis, Frederic Beugnet, Barbara Paoletti, Donato Traversa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 8, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007003

A computational method for the identification of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya virus species and genotypes

Vagner Fonseca, Pieter J. K. Libin, Kristof Theys, Nuno R. Faria, Marcio R. T. Nunes, Maria I. Restovic, Murilo Freire, Marta Giovanetti, Lize Cuypers, Ann Nowé, Ana Abecasis, Koen Deforche, Gilberto A. Santiago, Isadora C. de Siqueira, Emmanuel J. San, Kaliane C. B. Machado, Vasco Azevedo, Ana Maria Bispo-de Filippis, Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha, Oliver G. Pybus, Anne-Mieke Vandamme, Luiz C. J. Alcantara, Tulio de Oliveira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 8, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007231

Comparative accuracy of typhoid diagnostic tools: A Bayesian latent-class network analysis

Paul Arora, Kristian Thorlund, Darren R. Brenner, Jason R. Andrews

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 8, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007303

Flagellin-independent effects of a Toll-like receptor 5 polymorphism in the inflammatory response to Burkholderia pseudomallei

Amy K. Dickey, Narisara Chantratita, Sarunporn Tandhavanant, Deirdre Ducken, Lara Lovelace-Macon, Sudeshna Seal, Johanna Robertson, Nicolle D. Myers, Sandra Schwarz, Mark M. Wurfel, Susanna Kosamo, T. Eoin West

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 8, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007354

Cinnamomum cassia exhibits antileishmanial activity against Leishmania donovani infection in vitro and in vivo

Farhat Afrin, Garima Chouhan, Mohammad Islamuddin, Muzamil Y. Want, Hani A. Ozbak, Hassan A. Hemeg

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 9, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007227

Modelling population dynamics and seasonal movement to assess and predict the burden of melioidosis

Wiriya Mahikul, Lisa J. White, Kittiyod Poovorawan, Ngamphol Soonthornworasiri, Pataporn Sukontamarn, Phetsavanh Chanthavilay, Graham F. Medley, Wirichada Pan-ngum

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 9, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007380

Analysis of host cell binding specificity mediated by the Tp0136 adhesin of the syphilis agent Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum

Vitomir Djokic, Lorenzo Giacani, Nikhat Parveen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 9, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007401

Provision of deworming intervention to pregnant women by antenatal services in countries endemic for soil-transmitted helminthiasis

Mathieu Bangert, Pilar Bancalari, Denise Mupfasoni, Alexei Mikhailov, Albis F. Gabrielli, Antonio Montresor

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 13, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007406

Implications of environmental and pathogen-specific determinants on clinical presentations and disease outcome in melioidosis patients

Tushar Shaw, Chaitanya Tellapragada, Asha Kamath, Vandana Kalwaje Eshwara, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007312

In-depth proteomic characterization of Schistosoma haematobium: Towards the development of new tools for elimination

Javier Sotillo, Mark S. Pearson, Luke Becker, Gebeyaw G. Mekonnen, Abena S. Amoah, Govert van Dam, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens, Janice Murray, Takafira Mduluza, Francisca Mutapi, Alex Loukas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007362

A 15-year review of dengue hospitalizations in Singapore: Reducing admissions without adverse consequences, 2003 to 2017

Li Wei Ang, Tun-Linn Thein, Yixiang Ng, Irving Charles Boudville, Po Ying Chia, Vernon Jian Ming Lee, Yee-Sin Leo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007389

Interplay between proinflammatory cytokines, miRNA, and tissue lesions in Anisakis-infected Sprague-Dawley rats

Jerko Hrabar, Željka Trumbić, Ivana Bočina, Ivana Bušelić, Anamarija Vrbatović, Ivona Mladineo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007397

Malaria vector species in Amazonian Peru co-occur in larval habitats but have distinct larval microbial communities

Catharine Prussing, Marlon P. Saavedra, Sara A. Bickersmith, Freddy Alava, Mitchel Guzmán, Edgar Manrique, Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar, Marta Moreno, Dionicia Gamboa, Joseph M. Vinetz, Jan E. Conn

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007412

Prevalence, intensity and risk factors of tungiasis in Kilifi County, Kenya II: Results from a school-based observational study

Lynne Elson, Susanne Wiese, Hermann Feldmeier, Ulrike Fillinger

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 16, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007326

Genome sequencing reveals coinfection by multiple chikungunya virus genotypes in a recent outbreak in Brazil

Lais Ceschini Machado, Mariana Carolina de Morais-Sobral, Tulio de Lima Campos, Mylena Ribeiro Pereira, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Clément Gilbert, Rafael Freitas Oliveira Franca, Gabriel Luz Wallau

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 16, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007332

The most abundant cyst wall proteins of Acanthamoeba castellanii are lectins that bind cellulose and localize to distinct structures in developing and mature cyst walls

Pamela Magistrado-Coxen, Yousuf Aqeel, Angelo Lopez, John R. Haserick, Breeanna R. Urbanowicz, Catherine E. Costello, John Samuelson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 16, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007352

Imported strongyloidiasis: Data from 1245 cases registered in the +REDIVI Spanish Collaborative Network (2009-2017)

Fernando Salvador, Begoña Treviño, Sandra Chamorro-Tojeiro, Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá, Juan María Herrero-Martínez, Azucena Rodríguez-Guardado, Núria Serre-Delcor, Diego Torrús, Josune Goikoetxea, Zuriñe Zubero, María Velasco, Elena Sulleiro, Israel Molina, Rogelio López-Vélez, José Antonio Pérez-Molina, on behalf the +REDIVI Collaborative Network

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 16, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007399

Impairing the maintenance of germinative cells in Echinococcus multilocularis by targeting Aurora kinase

Zhe Cheng, Fan Liu, Huimin Tian, Zhijian Xu, Xiaoli Chai, Damin Luo, Yanhai Wang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 16, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007425

The characteristics of current natural foci of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Shandong Province, China, 2012-2015

Zhaolei Zheng, Peizhu Wang, Zhiqiang Wang, Dandan Zhang, Xu Wang, Shuqing Zuo, Xiujun Li

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007148

The prevalence of Leptospira among invasive small mammals on Puerto Rican cattle farms

Kathryn M. Benavidez, Trina Guerra, Madison Torres, David Rodriguez, Joseph A. Veech, Dittmar Hahn, Robert J. Miller, Fred V. Soltero, Alejandro E. Pérez Ramírez, Adalberto Perez de León, Iván Castro-Arellano

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007236

Coinfection with Leishmania major and Staphylococcus aureus enhances the pathologic responses to both microbes through a pathway involving IL-17A

Tiffany Y. Borbón, Breanna M. Scorza, Gwendolyn M. Clay, Fellipe Lima Nobre de Queiroz, Alan J. Sariol, Jayden L. Bowen, Yani Chen, Bayan Zhanbolat, Corey P. Parlet, Diogo G. Valadares, Suzanne L. Cassel, William M. Nauseef, Alexander R. Horswill, Fayyaz S. Sutterwala, Mary E. Wilson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007247

Molecular characterization of Brucella species from Zimbabwe

Maphuti Betty Ledwaba, Calvin Gomo, Kgaugelo Edward Lekota, Philippe Le Flèche, Ayesha Hassim, Gilles Vergnaud, Henriette van Heerden

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007311

Pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of a single co-administered dose of diethylcarbamazine, albendazole and ivermectin in adults with and without Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Côte d’Ivoire

Constant Edi, Catherine M. Bjerum, Allassane F. Ouattara, Yashpal S. Chhonker, Louis K. Penali, Aboulaye Méité, Benjamin G. Koudou, Gary J. Weil, Christopher L. King, Daryl J. Murry

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007325

Effects of ‘The Vicious Worm’ educational tool on Taenia solium knowledge retention in Zambian primary school students after one year

Emma C. Hobbs, Kabemba Evans Mwape, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Inge Van Damme, Meryam Krit, Dirk Berkvens, Gideon Zulu, Moses Mambwe, Mwelwa Chembensofu, Chiara Trevisan, Jacoba Baauw, Isaac Khozozo Phiri, Niko Speybroeck, Jennifer Ketzis, Pierre Dorny, Arve Lee Willingham, Sarah Gabriël

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007336

El Niño Southern Oscillation, overseas arrivals and imported chikungunya cases in Australia: A time series analysis

Xiaodong Huang, Wenbiao Hu, Laith Yakob, Gregor J. Devine, Elizabeth A. McGraw, Cassie C. Jansen, Helen M. Faddy, Francesca D. Frentiu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007376

Sexual reproduction in a natural Trypanosoma cruzi population

Alexander S. F. Berry, Renzo Salazar-Sánchez, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, Katty Borrini-Mayorí, Claudia Chipana-Ramos, Melina Vargas-Maquera, Jenny Ancca-Juarez, César Náquira-Velarde, Michael Z. Levy, Dustin Brisson, the Chagas Disease Working Group in Arequipa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007392

Trypanosoma cruzi surface mucins are involved in the attachment to the Triatoma infestans rectal ampoule

María de los Milagros Cámara, Virginia Balouz, Camila Centeno Cameán, Carmen R. Cori, Gustavo A. Kashiwagi, Santiago A. Gil, Natalia Paula Macchiaverna, Marta Victoria Cardinal, Francisco Guaimas, Maite Mabel Lobo, Rosa M. de Lederkremer, Carola Gallo-Rodriguez, Carlos A. Buscaglia

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007418

Characterization of a yeast interfering RNA larvicide with a target site conserved in the synaptotagmin gene of multiple disease vector mosquitoes

Keshava Mysore, Ping Li, Chien-Wei Wang, Limb K. Hapairai, Nicholas D. Scheel, Jacob S. Realey, Longhua Sun, Joseph B. Roethele, David W. Severson, Na Wei, Molly Duman-Scheel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007422

Pathogen blocking in Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti is not affected by Zika and dengue virus co-infection

Eric P. Caragata, Marcele N. Rocha, Thiago N. Pereira, Simone B. Mansur, Heverton L. C. Dutra, Luciano A. Moreira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007443

A bioeconomic model for the optimization of local canine rabies control

Aaron Anderson, Johann Kotzé, Stephanie A. Shwiff, Brody Hatch, Chris Slootmaker, Anne Conan, Darryn Knobel, Louis H. Nel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 22, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007377

Revisiting the taxonomy and evolution of pathogenicity of the genus Leptospira through the prism of genomics

Antony T. Vincent, Olivier Schiettekatte, Cyrille Goarant, Vasantha Kumari Neela, Eve Bernet, Roman Thibeaux, Nabilah Ismail, Mohd Khairul Nizam Mohd Khalid, Fairuz Amran, Toshiyuki Masuzawa, Ryo Nakao, Anissa Amara Korba, Pascale Bourhy, Frederic J. Veyrier, Mathieu Picardeau

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 23, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007270

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