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February 2020

A couple of horses living in a shelter of Bni Lmai, Setif province of Algeria. This shelter represents one of the sites where Phlebotomus perniciosus was retrieved. Djawad and Djamila are used to climb the Boutaleb mountains, for the traditional wedding ceremonies and to teach teenagers horse riding. Gherbi et al. (2020)

Image Credit: Miss Roumaissa Gherbi, University of Ferhat Abbas

Editorial

STOP: Study, Treat, Observe, and Prevent Neglected Diseases of Poverty Act

Peter J. Hotez, Cory Booker

Viewpoints

Role of DNA-detection–based tools for monitoring the soil-transmitted helminth treatment response in drug-efficacy trials

Javier Gandasegui, María Martínez-Valladares, Berta Grau-Pujol, Alejandro J. Krolewiecki, Rafael Balaña-Fouce, Woyneshet Gelaye, Lisette van Lieshout, Stella Kepha, Inácio Mandomando, José Muñoz, on behalf of the Stopping Transmission Of intestinal Parasites (STOP) project consortium

Fungal diseases as neglected pathogens: A wake-up call to public health officials

Marcio L. Rodrigues, Joshua D. Nosanchuk

Gender mainstreaming as a pathway for sustainable arbovirus control in Latin America

Clare Wenham, João Nunes, Gustavo Correa Matta, Carolina de Oliveira Nogueira, Polyana Aparecida Valente, Denise Nacif Pimenta

Review

Rabies virus-neutralising antibodies in healthy, unvaccinated individuals: What do they mean for rabies epidemiology?

Susannah Gold, Christl A. Donnelly, Pierre Nouvellet, Rosie Woodroffe

Research Articles

Epidemiology of Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) in India, 2016-18, based on data from sentinel surveillance

Manoj Murhekar, Sanjay Verma, Kuldeep Singh, Ashish Bavdekar, Naveen Benakappa, Sridhar Santhanam, Gajanan Sapkal, Rajlakshmi Viswanathan, Mini P. Singh, Vijaya Lakshmi Nag, Sadanand Naik, Munivenkatappa Ashok, Asha Mary Abraham, Devika Shanmugasundaram, R. Sabarinathan, Valsan Philip Verghese, Suji George, Ravinder Kaur Sachdeva, Jyoti Kolekar, S. Manasa, Jagat Ram, Madhu Gupta, Manoj K. Rohit, Praveen Kumar, Parul Chawla Gupta, R. K. Ratho, Sanjay Kumar Munjal, Urvashi Nehra, Daisy Khera, Neeraj Gupta, Nidhi Kaushal, Pratibha Singh, Ravisekhar Gadepalli, Neelam Vaid, Sandeep Kadam, Sanjay Shah, S. Mahantesh, Vykuntaraju K. Gowda, Pradeep Haldar, M. K. Aggarwal, Nivedita Gupta

Aedes cadherin receptor that mediates Bacillus thuringiensis Cry11A toxicity is essential for mosquito development

Jianwu Chen, Karly G. Aimanova, Sarjeet S. Gill

Impact of flavivirus vaccine-induced immunity on primary Zika virus antibody response in humans

Stefan Malafa, Iris Medits, Judith H. Aberle, Stephan W. Aberle, Denise Haslwanter, Georgios Tsouchnikas, Silke Wölfel, Kristina L. Huber, Elena Percivalle, Pascal Cherpillod, Melissa Thaler, Lena Roßbacher, Michael Kundi, Franz X. Heinz, Karin Stiasny

Buruli ulcer and leprosy, they are intertwined”: Patient experiences of integrated case management of skin neglected tropical diseases in Liberia

Mateo Prochazka, Joseph Timothy, Rachel Pullan, Karsor Kollie, Emerson Rogers, Abednego Wright, Jennifer Palmer

Iron trafficking in patients with Indian Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis

Aishwarya Dighal, Debanjan Mukhopadhyay, Ritika Sengupta, Srija Moulik, Shibabrata Mukherjee, Susmita Roy, Surya Jyati Chaudhuri, Nilay K. Das, Mitali Chatterjee

Genetic variation in Interleukin-32 influence the immune response against New World Leishmania species and susceptibility to American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis

Jéssica Cristina dos Santos, Valéria Bernadete Leite Quixabeira, Muriel Vilela Teodoro Silva, Michelle S. M. A. Damen, Kiki Schraa, Martin Jaeger, Marije Oosting, Samuel T. Keating, Miriam Leandro Dorta, Sebastião Alves Pinto, Fernanda Bugalho Duarte, Ledice Inácia de Araújo Pereira, Mihai G. Netea, Fátima Ribeiro-Dias, Leo A. B. Joosten

The Galabat-Metema cross-border onchocerciasis focus: The first coordinated interruption of onchocerciasis transmission in Africa

Moses N. Katabarwa, Isam M. A. Zarroug, Nebiyu Negussu, Nabil M. Aziz, Zerihun Tadesse, Wigdan A. Elmubark, Zainab Shumo, Kadu Meribo, Hashim Kamal, Aderajew Mohammed, Yewondwossen Bitew, Tewodros Seid, Firdaweke Bekele, Abebual Yilak, Tekola Endeshaw, Mohammed Hassen, Abate Tillahun, Fikresilasie Samuel, Henok Birhanu, Tadesse Asmare, Daniel Boakye, Sindew M. Feleke, Thomas Unnasch, Rory Post, Tarig Higazi, Emily Griswold, Charles Mackenzie, Frank Richards

Exposure of Anopheles mosquitoes to trypanosomes reduces reproductive fitness and enhances susceptibility to Plasmodium

Constentin Dieme, Natalia Marta Zmarlak, Emma Brito-Fravallo, Christelle Travaillé, Adrien Pain, Floriane Cherrier, Corinne Genève, Estefanía Calvo-Alvarez, Michelle M. Riehle, Kenneth D. Vernick, Brice Rotureau, Christian Mitri

Pathogenesis of local necrosis induced by Naja atra venom: Assessment of the neutralization ability of Taiwanese freeze-dried neurotoxic antivenom in animal models

Chien-Chun Liu, Yu-Shao Chou, Chun-Yu Chen, Kuei-Lin Liu, Guo-Jen Huang, Jau-Song Yu, Cho-Ju Wu, Geng-Wang Liaw, Cheng-Hsien Hsieh, Chun-Kuei Chen

An inter-laboratory trial as a tool to increase rabies diagnostic capabilities of Sub-Saharan African Veterinary laboratories

Morgane Gourlaouen, Angélique Angot, Marzia Mancin, Charles Bebay, Baba Soumaré, Francesca Ellero, Barbara Zecchin, Stefania Leopardi, Cristian De Battisti, Calogero Terregino, Paola De Benedictis

Risk map development for soil-transmitted helminth infections in Argentina

Eliana M. Alvarez Di Fino, Jorge Rubio, Marcelo C. Abril, Ximena Porcasi, María V. Periago

A high infectious simian adenovirus type 23 vector based vaccine efficiently protects common marmosets against Zika virus infection

Shengxue Luo, Wei Zhao, Xiaorui Ma, Panli Zhang, Bochao Liu, Ling Zhang, Wenjing Wang, Yuanzhan Wang, Yongshui Fu, Jean-Pierre Allain, Tingting Li, Chengyao Li

Time-resolved proteomic profile of Amblyomma americanum tick saliva during feeding

Tae Kwon Kim, Lucas Tirloni, Antônio F. M. Pinto, Jolene K. Diedrich, James J. Moresco, John R. Yates III, Itabajara da Silva Vaz Jr, Albert Mulenga

Protective immunity elicited by the nematode-conserved As37 recombinant protein against Ascaris suum infection

Leroy Versteeg, Junfei Wei, Zhuyun Liu, Brian Keegan, Ricardo T. Fujiwara, Kathryn M. Jones, Oluwatoyin Asojo, Ulrich Strych, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Peter J. Hotez, Bin Zhan

Effects of improved water, sanitation, and hygiene and improved complementary feeding on environmental enteric dysfunction in children in rural Zimbabwe: A cluster-randomized controlled trial

Ethan K. Gough, Lawrence H. Moulton, Kuda Mutasa, Robert Ntozini, Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, Florence D. Majo, Laura E. Smith, Gordana Panic, Natasa Giallourou, Mark Jamell, Peter Kosek, Jonathan R. Swann, Jean H. Humphrey, Andrew J. Prendergast, for the Sanitation Hygiene Infant Nutrition Efficacy (SHINE) Trial Team

A realistic two-strain model for MERS-CoV infection uncovers the high risk for epidemic propagation

Tridip Sardar, Indrajit Ghosh, Xavier Rodó, Joydev Chattopadhyay

Severity Index for Suspected Arbovirus (SISA): Machine learning for accurate prediction of hospitalization in subjects suspected of arboviral infection

Rachel Sippy, Daniel F. Farrell, Daniel A. Lichtenstein, Ryan Nightingale, Megan A. Harris, Joseph Toth, Paris Hantztidiamantis, Nicholas Usher, Cinthya Cueva Aponte, Julio Barzallo Aguilar, Anthony Puthumana, Christina D. Lupone, Timothy Endy, Sadie J. Ryan, Anna M. Stewart Ibarra

Genomic epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae reveals the regional and global spread of two epidemic non-toxigenic lineages

Haoqiu Wang, Chao Yang, Zhou Sun, Wei Zheng, Wei Zhang, Hua Yu, Yarong Wu, Xavier Didelot, Ruifu Yang, Jingcao Pan, Yujun Cui

Usefulness of real-time PCR during follow-up of patients treated with Benznidazole for chronic Chagas disease: Experience in two referral centers in Barcelona

Elena Sulleiro, Aroa Silgado, Núria Serre-Delcor, Fernando Salvador, Maykon Tavares de Oliveira, Zaira Moure, Augusto Sao-Aviles, Inés Oliveira, Begoña Treviño, Lidia Goterris, Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá, Diana Pou, Israel Molina, Tomàs Pumarola

Evaluation of a novel microfluidic immuno-magnetic agglutination assay method for detection of dengue virus NS1 antigen

Izaskun Alejo-Cancho, Jessica Navero-Castillejos, Aida Peiró-Mestres, Rosa Albarracín, Josep Barrachina, Alexander Navarro, Verónica Gonzalo, Víctor Pastor, José Muñoz, Miguel J. Martínez

Development of a recombinase polymerase amplification lateral flow assay for the detection of active Trypanosoma evansi infections

Zeng Li, Joar Esteban Pinto Torres, Julie Goossens, Benoit Stijlemans, Yann G.-J. Sterckx, Stefan Magez

Rickettsia felis identified in two fatal cases of acute meningoencephalitis

Arthur H. P. Mawuntu, Edison Johar, Riane Anggraeni, Feliana Feliana, Janno B. B. Bernadus, Dodi Safari, Frilasita A. Yudhaputri, Rama Dhenni, Yora P. Dewi, Cecilia Kato, Ann M. Powers, Ronald Rosenberg, Amin Soebandrio, Khin S. A. Myint

Phlebotomine sand flies and Leishmania species in a focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Algeria

Roumaissa Gherbi, Mustapha Bounechada, Maria Stefania Latrofa, Giada Annoscia, Viviana Domenica Tarallo, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Domenico Otranto

Dogs with divergent serology for visceral leishmaniasis as sources of Leishmania infection for Lutzomyia longipalpis phlebotomine sand flies – an observational study in an endemic area in Brazil

Marília Fonseca Rocha, Érika Monteiro Michalsky, Fabiana de Oliveira Lara-Silva, Josiane Lopes Valadão, João Carlos França-Silva, Letícia Cavalari Pinheiro, Joel Fontes de Sousa, Ronaldo Cardoso dos Santos, Marcelo Dias Soares, Consuelo Latorre Fortes-Dias, Edelberto Santos Dias

Comprehensive measures succeeded in improving early detection of leprosy cases in post-elimination era: Experience from Shandong province, China

Tongsheng Chu, Dianchang Liu, Pengcheng Huai, Xinlong Chen, Shenghui Han, Shumin Chen, Furen Zhang

Epigenetic and parasitological parameters are modulated in EBi3-/- mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni

Ester Alves Mota, Andressa Barban do Patrocínio, Vanderlei Rodrigues, João Santana da Silva, Vanessa Carregaro Pereira, Renata Guerra-Sá

Non-typhoidal Salmonella intestinal carriage in a Schistosoma mansoni endemic community in a rural area of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Lisette Mbuyi-Kalonji, Barbara Barbé, Gaëlle Nkoji, Joule Madinga, Clémentine Roucher, Sylvie Linsuke, Marie Hermy, Anne-Sophie Heroes, Wesley Mattheus, Katja Polman, Pascal Lutumba, Marie-France Phoba, Octavie Lunguya, Jan Jacobs

High risk for human exposure to Rift Valley fever virus in communities living along livestock movement routes: A cross-sectional survey in Kenya

Caroline Tigoi, Rosemary Sang, Edith Chepkorir, Benedict Orindi, Samuel Okello Arum, Francis Mulwa, Gladys Mosomtai, Samson Limbaso, Osama A. Hassan, Zephania Irura, Clas Ahlm, Magnus Evander

Human myiasis in Ecuador

Manuel Calvopina, Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Byron Castañeda, Isabel Cueva, Richar Rodriguez-Hidalgo, Philip J. Cooper

Patterns of mosquito and arbovirus community composition and ecological indexes of arboviral risk in the northeast United States

Joseph R. McMillan, Philip M. Armstrong, Theodore G. Andreadis

Phylogeography and population structure of the tsetse fly Glossina pallidipes in Kenya and the Serengeti ecosystem

Rosemary Bateta, Norah P. Saarman, Winnie A. Okeyo, Kirstin Dion, Thomas Johnson, Paul O. Mireji, Sylvance Okoth, Imna Malele, Grace Murilla, Serap Aksoy, Adalgisa Caccone

Chikungunya outbreak in Bangladesh (2017): Clinical and hematological findings

Saeed Anwar, Jarin Taslem Mourosi, Md. Fahim Khan, Mohammad Ohid Ullah, Olivier M. Vanakker, Mohammad Jakir Hosen

Patients’ preferences of cutaneous leishmaniasis treatment outcomes: Findings from an international qualitative study

Astrid C. Erber, Byron Arana, Afif Ben Salah, Issam Bennis, Aicha Boukthir, María del Mar Castro Noriega, Mamoudou Cissé, Gláucia Fernandes Cota, Farhad Handjani, Liliana López-Carvajal, Kevin Marsh, Dalila Martínez Medina, Emma Plugge, Trudie Lang, Piero Olliaro

Clinical characteristics and treatment of actinomycetoma in northeast Mexico: A case series

Jesús Alberto Cárdenas-de la Garza, Oliverio Welsh, Adrián Cuéllar-Barboza, Karina Paola Suarez-Sánchez, Estephania De la Cruz-Valadez, Luis Gerardo Cruz-Gómez, Anabel Gallardo-Rocha, Jorge Ocampo-Candiani, Lucio Vera-Cabrera

Large-scale survey of a neglected agent of sparganosis Spirometra erinaceieuropaei (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidae) in wild frogs in China

Xi Zhang, Xiu Hong, Shi Nan Liu, Peng Jiang, Shu Chuan Zhao, Chuan Xi Sun, Zhong Quan Wang, Jing Cui

Semi-synthetic cinnamodial analogues: Structural insights into the insecticidal and antifeedant activities of drimane sesquiterpenes against the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Preston K. Manwill, Megha Kalsi, Sijin Wu, Erick J. Martinez Rodriguez, Xiaolin Cheng, Peter M. Piermarini, Harinantenaina L. Rakotondraibe

Targeting tRNA-synthetase interactions towards novel therapeutic discovery against eukaryotic pathogens

Paul Kelly, Fatemeh Hadi-Nezhad, Dennis Y. Liu, Travis J. Lawrence, Roger G. Linington, Michael Ibba, David H. Ardell

S100A8/S100A9 deficiency increases neutrophil activation and protective immune responses against invading infective L3 larvae of the filarial nematode Litomosoides sigmodontis

Stefan J. Frohberger, Frederic Fercoq, Anna-Lena Neumann, Jayagopi Surendar, Wiebke Stamminger, Alexandra Ehrens, Indulekha Karunakaran, Estelle Remion, Thomas Vogl, Achim Hoerauf, Coralie Martin, Marc P. Hübner

Population structure and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Salmonella Typhi isolates in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh from 2004 to 2016

Sadia Isfat Ara Rahman, Zoe A. Dyson, Elizabeth J. Klemm, Farhana Khanam, Kathryn E. Holt, Emran Kabir Chowdhury, Gordon Dougan, Firdausi Qadri

Outbreak of gastrointestinal anthrax following eating beef of suspicious origin: Isingiro District, Uganda, 2017

Miriam Nakanwagi, Alex Riolexus Ario, Leocadia Kwagonza, Freda Loy Aceng, James Mwesigye, Lilian Bulage, Joshua Buule, Juliet Nsimire Sendagala, Robert Downing, Bao-Ping Zhu

CpG ODN D35 improves the response to abbreviated low-dose pentavalent antimonial treatment in non-human primate model of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Seth G Thacker, Ian L. McWilliams, Beatrice Bonnet, Lydia Halie, Serge Beaucage, Swaksha Rachuri, Ranadhir Dey, Robert Duncan, Farrokh Modabber, Stephen Robinson, Graeme Bilbe, Byron Arana, Daniela Verthelyi

Economic and feasibility comparison of the dRIT and DFA for decentralized rabies diagnosis in resource-limited settings: The use of Nigerian dog meat markets as a case study

Eze U. Ukamaka, Andre Coetzer, Terence P. Scott, Boniface M. Anene, Romanus C. Ezeokonkwo, Chika I. Nwosuh, Louis H. Nel, Claude T. Sabeta