Response to “Three drugs are unnecessary for treating paucibacillary leprosy—A critique of the WHO guidelines”

Bhushan Kumar, Vishal Thakur, Tarun Narang, Sunil Dogra

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008169

Fake news in neglected tropical diseases: The case of neurocysticercosis

Héctor H. García, Oscar H. Del Brutto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008208

COVID-19 in jails and prisons: A neglected infection in a marginalized population

Carlos Franco-Paredes, Katherine Jankousky, Jonathan Schultz, Jessica Bernfeld, Kimberly Cullen, Nicolas G. Quan, Shelley Kon, Peter Hotez, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, Martin Krsak

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008409

The safety profile of favipiravir should not be the first argument to suspend its evaluation in viral hemorrhagic fevers

Denis Malvy, Anne-Marie Taburet, Xavier de Lamballerie, France Mentre, Fabrice Extramiana

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 25, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008259

Inclusion of women susceptible to and becoming pregnant in preregistration clinical trials in low- and middle-income countries: A proposal for neglected tropical diseases

Monique Couderc-Pétry, Elisabeth Eléfant, Monique Wasunna, Alwyn Mwinga, Nilima A. Kshirsagar, Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 11, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008140

Intermittent pain of the pelvis in a Syrian woman

Benjamin T. Schleenvoigt, Bernhard Theis, Michaela Wüst, Christina Forstner, Mathias W. Pletz, Stefan Hagel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008183

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Interactions between helminths and tuberculosis infections: Implications for tuberculosis diagnosis and vaccination in Africa

Simeon I. Cadmus, Victor O. Akinseye, Babafemi O. Taiwo, Elena O. Pinelli, Dick van Soolingen, Shelley G. Rhodes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008069

A comparative analysis of the 2007 and 2017 Italian chikungunya outbreaks and implication for public health response

Beniamino Caputo, Gianluca Russo, Mattia Manica, Francesco Vairo, Piero Poletti, Giorgio Guzzetta, Stefano Merler, Carolina Scagnolari, Angelo Solimini

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 11, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008159

Risk factors associated with failing pre-transmission assessment surveys (pre-TAS) in lymphatic filariasis elimination programs: Results of a multi-country analysis

Clara R. Burgert-Brucker, Kathryn L. Zoerhoff, Maureen Headland, Erica A. Shoemaker, Rachel Stelmach, Mohammad Jahirul Karim, Wilfrid Batcho, Clarisse Bougouma, Roland Bougma, Biholong Benjamin Didier, Nko'Ayissi Georges, Benjamin Marfo, Jean Frantz Lemoine, Helena Ullyartha Pangaribuan, Eksi Wijayanti, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Salif Seriba Doumbia, Pradip Rimal, Adamou Bacthiri Salissou, Yukaba Bah, Upendo Mwingira, Andreas Nshala, Edridah Muheki, Joseph Shott, Violetta Yevstigneyeva, Egide Ndayishimye, Margaret Baker, John Kraemer, Molly Brady

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008301

Rift Valley fever in northern Senegal: A modelling approach to analyse the processes underlying virus circulation recurrence

Benoit Durand, Moustapha Lo Modou, Annelise Tran, Aminata Ba, Fafa Sow, Jaber Belkhiria, Assane Gueye Fall, Biram Biteye, Vladimir Grosbois, Véronique Chevalier

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008009

Comparative genomic analysis provides insight into the phylogeny and virulence of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains from Brazil

Rodrigo T. Hernandes, Tracy H. Hazen, Luís F. dos Santos, Taylor K. S. Richter, Jane M. Michalski, David A. Rasko

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008373

Liver gene regulation of hemostasis-related factors is altered by experimental snake envenomation in mice

Ana Teresa Azevedo Sachetto, José Ricardo Jensen, Marcelo Larami Santoro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008379

Chikungunya in Indonesia: Epidemiology and diagnostic challenges

Mansyur Arif, Patricia Tauran, Herman Kosasih, Ninny Meutia Pelupessy, Nurhayana Sennang, Risna Halim Mubin, Pratiwi Sudarmono, Emiliana Tjitra, Dewi Murniati, Anggraini Alam, Muhammad Hussein Gasem, Abu Tholib Aman, Dewi Lokida, Usman Hadi, Ketut Tuti Merati Parwati, Chuen-Yen Lau, Aaron Neal, Muhammad Karyana

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008355

The excretory/secretory products of fifth-stage larval Angiostrongylus cantonensis induces autophagy via the Sonic hedgehog pathway in mouse brain astrocytes

Kuang-Yao Chen, Chien-Ju Cheng, Chih-Chieh Cheng, Kai-Yuan Jhan, Yi-Ju Chen, Lian-Chen Wang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008290

Characterization and applications of a Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus nucleoprotein-specific Affimer: Inhibitory effects in viral replication and development of colorimetric diagnostic tests

Beatriz Álvarez-Rodríguez, Christian Tiede, Alexis C. R. Hoste, Rebecca A. Surtees, Chi H. Trinh, Gillian S. Slack, John Chamberlain, Roger Hewson, Alba Fresco, Patricia Sastre, Darren C. Tomlinson, Paul A. Millner, Thomas A. Edwards, John N. Barr

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008364

Chikungunya outbreak (2015) in the Colombian Caribbean: Latent classes and gender differences in virus infection

Oscar M. Vidal, Jorge Acosta-Reyes, Jesús Padilla, Edgar Navarro-Lechuga, Elsa Bravo, Diego Viasus, Mauricio Arcos-Burgos, Jorge I. Vélez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008281

Quantification of parasite burden of Trypanosoma cruzi and identification of Discrete Typing Units (DTUs) in blood samples of Latin American immigrants residing in Barcelona, Spain

Maykon Tavares de Oliveira, Elena Sulleiro, Aroa Silgado Gimenez, Marta de Lana, Bianca Zingales, João Santana da Silva, J. Antônio Marin-Neto, Israel Molina

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008311

Distribution and molecular characterization of rickettsiae in ticks in Harbin area of Northeastern China

Jian-Wei Shao, Xue-Lian Zhang, Wen-Jun Li, Hui-Lan Huang, Jie Yan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008342

Independent inhibition of the polymerase and deubiquitinase activities of the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus full-length L-protein

Egor P. Tchesnokov, Ben A. Bailey-Elkin, Brian L. Mark, Matthias Götte

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008283

Epidemiology of intestinal helminthiases in a rural community of Ethiopia: Is it time to expand control programs to include Strongyloides stercoralis and the entire community?

Aranzazu Amor Aramendia, Melaku Anegagrie, Derjew Zewdie, Elena Dacal, Jose M. Saugar, Zaida Herrador, Tadesse Hailu, Mulat Yimer, María V. Periago, Esperanza Rodriguez, Agustín Benito

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008315

Zika virus dysregulates human Sertoli cell proteins involved in spermatogenesis with little effect on tight junctions

Mahamud-ur Rashid, Ali Zahedi-Amiri, Kathleen K. M. Glover, Ang Gao, Michaela E. Nickol, Jason Kindrachuk, John A. Wilkins, Kevin M. Coombs

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008335

SEN virus genotype H distribution in β-thalassemic patients and in healthy donors in Iraq: Molecular and physiological study

Mushtak T. S. Al-Ouqaili, Yasin H. Majeed, Sahar K. Al-Ani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007880

The potential risk of Schistosoma mansoni transmission by the invasive freshwater snail Biomphalaria straminea in South China

DaTao Lin, Xin Zeng, Benjamin Sanogo, Ping He, Suoyu Xiang, Shuling Du, YanHua Zhang, Lifu Wang, Shuo Wan, XingDa Zeng, Ya Yang, ZhiYue Lv, YouSheng Liang, ZhuoHui Deng, Jerome Ho-Lam Hui, DongJuan Yuan, Tao Ding, ZhongDao Wu, Xi Sun

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008310

Assessing the burden and spatial distribution of Taenia solium human neurocysticercosis in Ecuador (2013–2017)

Marco Coral-Almeida, Aquiles R. Henriquez-Trujillo, Sofia Asanza, Celia Erazo, Michelle Paucar, Manuel Calvopiña

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008384

Safety and efficacy of co-administered diethylcarbamazine, albendazole and ivermectin during mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis in Haiti: Results from a two-armed, open-label, cluster-randomized, community study

Christine L. Dubray, Anita D. Sircar, Valery Madsen Beau de Rochars, Joshua Bogus, Abdel N. Direny, Jean Romuald Ernest, Carl R. Fayette, Charles W. Goss, Marisa Hast, Kobie O’Brian, Guy Emmanuel Pavilus, Daniel Frantz Sabin, Ryan E. Wiegand, Gary J. Weil, Jean Frantz Lemoine

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008298

The relationship between clinics and the venom of the causative Amazon pit viper (Bothrops atrox)

Ana Maria Moura-da-Silva, Jorge Carlos Contreras-Bernal, Sarah Natalie Cirilo Gimenes, Luciana Aparecida Freitas-de-Sousa, José Antonio Portes-Junior, Pedro da Silva Peixoto, Leo Kei Iwai, Valéria Mourão de Moura, Pedro Ferreira Bisneto, Marcus Lacerda, Iran Mendonça da Silva, Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira, Sâmella Silva de Oliveira, Fan Hui Wen, Jacqueline de Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Wuelton M. Monteiro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008299

Enteric parasitic infections in children and dogs in resource-poor communities in northeastern Brazil: Identifying priority prevention and control areas

Tatiani Vitor Harvey, Alice M. Tang, Anaiá da Paixao Sevá, Camila Albano dos Santos, Silvia Maria Santos Carvalho, Christiane Maria Barcellos Magalhães da Rocha, Bruno César Miranda Oliveira, George Rego Albuquerque

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008378

Video as a public health knowledge transfer tool in Burkina Faso: A mixed evaluation comparing three narrative genres

Catherine Hébert, Christian Dagenais, Esther Mc Sween-Cadieux, Valéry Ridde

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 10, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008305

Role of three tick species in the maintenance and transmission of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus

Yuan-Yuan Hu, Lu Zhuang, Kun Liu, Yi Sun, Ke Dai, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Pan-He Zhang, Zhi-Chun Feng, Hao Li, Wei Liu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 10, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008368

Movement of St. Louis encephalitis virus in the Western United States, 2014- 2018

Daniele M. Swetnam, Jackson B. Stuart, Katherine Young, Payal D. Maharaj, Ying Fang, Sandra Garcia, Christopher M. Barker, Kirk Smith, Marvin S. Godsey, Harry M. Savage, Vonnita Barton, Bethany G. Bolling, Nisha Duggal, Aaron C. Brault, Lark L. Coffey

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 10, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008343

Use of pyriproxyfen in control of Aedes mosquitoes: A systematic review

John Christian Hustedt, Ross Boyce, John Bradley, Jeffrey Hii, Neal Alexander

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 12, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008205

Environmental influences on Aedes aegypti catches in Biogents Sentinel traps during a Californian “rear and release” program: Implications for designing surveillance programs

Kyran M. Staunton, Jacob E. Crawford, Devon Cornel, Peter Yeeles, Mark Desnoyer, Josh Livni, Jodi Holeman, F. Stephen Mulligan, Nigel Snoad, Scott A. Ritchie

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 12, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008367

Ex vivo susceptibilities of Plasmodium vivax isolates from the China-Myanmar border to antimalarial drugs and association with polymorphisms in Pvmdr1 and Pvcrt-o genes

Jiangyan Li, Jie Zhang, Qian Li, Yue Hu, Yonghua Ruan, Zhiyong Tao, Hui Xia, Jichen Qiao, Lingwen Meng, Weilin Zeng, Cuiying Li, Xi He, Luyi Zhao, Faiza A. Siddiqui, Jun Miao, Zhaoqing Yang, Qiang Fang, Liwang Cui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 12, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008255

Ongoing transmission of Entamoeba histolytica among newly diagnosed people living with HIV in Taiwan, 2009-2018

Sung-Hsi Huang, Mao-Song Tsai, Chun-Yuan Lee, Chin-Shiang Tsai, Chun-Eng Liu, Yuan-Ti Lee, Hong-An Chen, Ling-Ya Chen, Yu-Man Lu, Wan-Chen Tsai, Wei-Ting Hsu, Wang-Da Liu, Chia-Jui Yang, Hsin-Yun Sun, Wen-Chien Ko, Po-Liang Lu, Chien-Ching Hung, Taiwan HIV Study Group

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 12, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008400

Development of a small animal model for deer tick virus pathogenesis mimicking human clinical outcome

Meghan E. Hermance, Charles E. Hart, Allen T. Esterly, Erin S. Reynolds, Jahnavi R. Bhaskar, Saravanan Thangamani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 15, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008359

A systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the association between urogenital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS infection

Ludoviko Zirimenya, Fatima Mahmud-Ajeigbe, Ruth McQuillan, You Li

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 15, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008383

Early immune response against Fonsecaea pedrosoi requires Dectin-2-mediated Th17 activity, whereas Th1 response, aided by Treg cells, is crucial for fungal clearance in later stage of experimental chromoblastomycosis

Isaque Medeiros Siqueira, Marcel Wüthrich, Mengyi Li, Huafeng Wang, Lucas de Oliveira Las-Casas, Raffael Júnio Araújo de Castro, Bruce Klein, Anamelia Lorenzetti Bocca

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 15, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008386

High-throughput multiplex qPCRs for the surveillance of zoonotic species of canine hookworms

Luca Massetti, Vito Colella, Patsy A. Zendejas, Dinh Ng-Nguyen, Lana Harriott, Lara Marwedel, Anke Wiethoelter, Rebecca J. Traub

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 15, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008392

First international external quality assessment scheme of nucleic acid amplification tests for the detection of Schistosoma and soil-transmitted helminths, including Strongyloides: A pilot study

Piet Cools, Lisette van Lieshout, Rob Koelewijn, David Addiss, Sitara S. R. Ajjampur, Mio Ayana, Richard S. Bradbury, Jason L. Cantera, Daniel Dana, Kerstin Fischer, Rubina Imtiaz, Joyce Kabagenyi, James Lok, James McCarthy, Rojelio Mejia, Zeleke Mekonnen, Sammy M. Njenga, Nurulhasanah Othman, Hongguang Shao, Rebecca Traub, Marjan Van Esbroeck, Jozef Vercruysse, Johnny Vlaminck, Steven A. Williams, Jaco J. Verweij, Jaap J. van Hellemond, Bruno Levecke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 16, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008231

Multivariate time-series analysis of biomarkers from a dengue cohort offers new approaches for diagnosis and prognosis

Baptiste Vasey, Anuraj H. Shankar, Bobby Brooke Herrera, Aniuska Becerra, Kris Xhaja, Marion Echenagucia, Sara R. Machado, Diana Caicedo, John Miller, Paolo Amedeo, Elena N. Naumova, Irene Bosch, Norma Blumenfeld deBosch

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 16, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008199

Social marketing interventions for the prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: A systematic review

Nathaly Aya Pastrana, Maria Lazo-Porras, J. Jaime Miranda, David Beran, L. Suzanne Suggs

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008360

Incidence of snakebites in Can Tho Municipality, Mekong Delta, South Vietnam—Evaluation of the responsible snake species and treatment of snakebite envenoming

Vo Van Thang, Truong Quy Quoc Bao, Hoang Dinh Tuyen, Ralf Krumkamp, Le Hoang Hai, Nguyen Hai Dang, Cao Minh Chu, Joerg Blessmann

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008430

Adaptive iron utilization compensates for the lack of an inducible uptake system in Naegleria fowleri and represents a potential target for therapeutic intervention

Dominik Arbon, Kateřina Ženíšková, Jan Mach, Maria Grechnikova, Ronald Malych, Pavel Talacko, Robert Sutak

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007759

Conversion of asymptomatic infection to symptomatic visceral leishmaniasis: A study of possible immunological markers

Vidya Nand Rabi Das, Sanjiva Bimal, Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Ashish Kumar, Krishna Pandey, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Roshan Kamal Topno, Vijay Mahentesh, Ashish Kumar Singh, Chandra Shekhar Lal, Subhankar Kumar Singh, Pradeep Das

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008272

Cross-species reactivity of antibodies against Plasmodium vivax blood-stage antigens to Plasmodium knowlesi

Fauzi Muh, Namhyeok Kim, Myat Htut Nyunt, Egy Rahman Firdaus, Jin-Hee Han, Mohammad Rafiul Hoque, Seong-Kyun Lee, Ji-Hoon Park, Robert W. Moon, Yee Ling Lau, Osamu Kaneko, Eun-Taek Han

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008323

Evidence of transovarial transmission of Chikungunya and Dengue viruses in field-caught mosquitoes in Kenya

Claire J. Heath, Elysse N. Grossi-Soyster, Bryson A. Ndenga, Francis M. Mutuku, Malaya K. Sahoo, Harun N. Ngugi, Joel O. Mbakaya, Peter Siema, Uriel Kitron, Nayer Zahiri, Jimmy Hortion, Jesse J. Waggoner, Charles H. King, Benjamin A. Pinsky, A. Desiree LaBeaud

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008362

Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for Schistosoma mansoni infection based on the detection of circulating cathodic antigen in urine in Central Sudan

Mohamed M. Elbasheir, Ibrahim A. Karti, Elwaleed M. Elamin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008313

Coordination among neighbors improves the efficacy of Zika control despite economic costs

Natalie J. Lemanski, Samantha R. Schwab, Dina M. Fonseca, Nina H. Fefferman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007870

Unusual dominant genotype NIA1 of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in children in Southern Xinjiang, China

Meng Qi, Fuchang Yu, Aiyun Zhao, Ying Zhang, Zilin Wei, Dongfang Li, Longxian Zhang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008293

Efficacy and safety of single-dose 40 mg/kg oral praziquantel in the treatment of schistosomiasis in preschool-age versus school-age children: An individual participant data meta-analysis

Piero L. Olliaro, Jean T. Coulibaly, Amadou Garba, Christine Halleux, Jennifer Keiser, Charles H. King, Francisca Mutapi, Eliézer K. N’Goran, Giovanna Raso, Alexandra U. Scherrer, José Carlos Sousa-Figueiredo, Katarina Stete, Jürg Utzinger, Michel T. Vaillant

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008277

Modeling mosquito-borne and sexual transmission of Zika virus in an enzootic host, the African green monkey

Andrew D. Haddow, Unai Perez-Sautu, Michael R. Wiley, Lynn J. Miller, Adrienne E. Kimmel, Lucia M. Principe, Suzanne E. Wollen-Roberts, Joshua D. Shamblin, Stephanie M. Valdez, Lisa H. Cazares, William D. Pratt, Franco D. Rossi, Luis Lugo-Roman, Sina Bavari, Gustavo F. Palacios, Aysegul Nalca, Farooq Nasar, M. Louise M. Pitt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008107

Access to Chagas disease treatment in the United States after the regulatory approval of benznidazole

Kota Yoshioka, Jennifer Manne-Goehler, James H. Maguire, Michael R. Reich

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008398

Six rounds of annual praziquantel treatment during a national helminth control program significantly reduced schistosome infection and morbidity levels in a cohort of schoolchildren in Zimbabwe

Takafira Mduluza, Caitlin Jones, Derick N. M. Osakunor, Rivka Lim, Julius K. Kuebel, Isaac Phiri, Portia Manangazira, Paradzayi Tagwireyi, Francisca Mutapi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008388

Source attribution of human echinococcosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Paul R. Torgerson, Lucy J. Robertson, Heidi L. Enemark, Junwei Foehr, Joke W. B. van der Giessen, Christian M. O. Kapel, Ivana Klun, Chiara Trevisan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008382

Tracing temporal and geographic distribution of resistance to pyrethroids in the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus

Alessandra Tancredi, Davide Papandrea, Michele Marconcini, Rebeca Carballar-Lejarazu, Mauricio Casas-Martinez, Eugenia Lo, Xiao-Guang Chen, Anna R. Malacrida, Mariangela Bonizzoni

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008350

Histological and quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based analysis of Buruli ulcer using mapping biopsy method

Toshifumi Takahashi, Miho Kabuto, Gen Nakanishi, Toshihiro Tanaka, Noriki Fujimoto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008051

Growth velocity in children with Environmental Enteric Dysfunction is associated with specific bacterial and viral taxa of the gastrointestinal tract in Malawian children

Chandni Desai, Scott A. Handley, Rachel Rodgers, Cynthia Rodriguez, Maria I. Ordiz, Mark J. Manary, Lori R. Holtz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008387

Prediction pipeline for discovery of regulatory motifs associated with Brugia malayi molting

Alexandra Grote, Yichao Li, Canhui Liu, Denis Voronin, Adam Geber, Sara Lustigman, Thomas R. Unnasch, Lonnie Welch, Elodie Ghedin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008275

Monitoring of alien mosquitoes in Western Austria (Tyrol, Austria, 2018)

Hans-Peter Fuehrer, Ellen Schoener, Stefanie Weiler, Bita Shahi Barogh, Carina Zittra, Gernot Walder

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008433

CXCR3 chemokine receptor contributes to specific CD8⁺ T cell activation by pDC during infection with intracellular pathogens

Camila Pontes Ferreira, Leonardo de Moro Cariste, Isaú Henrique Noronha, Danielle Fernandes Durso, Joseli Lannes-Vieira, Karina Ramalho Bortoluci, Daniel Araki Ribeiro, Douglas Golenbock, Ricardo Tostes Gazzinelli, José Ronnie Carvalho de Vasconcelos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008414

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Sébastien D. S. Pion, Cédric B. Chesnais, Naomi P. Awaca-Uvon, Johnny Vlaminck, Anlimou Abdou, Billy Kunyu-Shako, Godefroy Kuyangisa Simuna, Jean-Paul Tambwe, Gary J. Weil, Michel Boussinesq

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An interactive database for the investigation of high-density peptide microarray guided interaction patterns and antivenom cross-reactivity

Kamille E. Krause, Timothy P. Jenkins, Carina Skaarup, Mikael Engmark, Nicholas R. Casewell, Stuart Ainsworth, Bruno Lomonte, Julián Fernández, José M. Gutiérrez, Ole Lund, Andreas H. Laustsen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 24, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008366

Serotype-specific detection of dengue viruses in a nonstructural protein 1-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay validated with a multi-national cohort

Irene Bosch, Ankita Reddy, Helena de Puig, Juan E. Ludert, Federico Perdomo-Celis, Carlos F. Narváez, Alice Versiani, Diana Fandos, Mauricio L. Nogueira, Mohit Singla, Rakesh Lodha, Guruprasad R. Medigeshi, Ivette Lorenzana, Hugo Vicente Ralde, Margarita Gélvez-Ramírez, Luis A. Villar, Megan Hiley, Laura Mendoza, Nol Salcedo, Bobby Brooke Herrera, Lee Gehrke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 24, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008203

Snakebite epidemiology and health-seeking behavior in Akonolinga health district, Cameroon: Cross-sectional study

Gabriel Alcoba, Manon Chabloz, Justin Eyong, Franck Wanda, Carlos Ochoa, Eric Comte, Armand Nkwescheu, François Chappuis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 25, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008334

The health beliefs, dengue knowledge and control behaviors among internally displaced persons versus local residents in Kachin Special Region II, Myanmar

Jian-Wei Xu, Hui Liu, Bi Yaw, Hkawn Shawng Nbwi

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T. brucei infections abrogate diverse plasma cell-mediated effector B cell responses, independently of their specificity, affinity and host genetic background

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Genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever viruses circulating in Pakistan during 2019

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Comorbidities associated with non- healing of plantar ulcers in leprosy patients

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Impact of the social context on the prognosis of Chagas disease patients: Multilevel analysis of a Brazilian cohort

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First identification of genotypes of Enterocytozoon bieneusi (Microsporidia) among symptomatic and asymptomatic children in Mozambique

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Detection of arboviruses in mosquitoes: Evidence of circulation of chikungunya virus in Iran

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Etiology of acute gastroenteritis among children less than 5 years of age in Bucaramanga, Colombia: A case-control study

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