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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007956

A bug’s life: Delving into the challenges of helminth microbiome studies

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The SARS-CoV-2 crisis and its impact on neglected tropical diseases: Threat or opportunity?

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008680

The COVID-19 pandemic should not jeopardize dengue control

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008716

NTDs in the 2020s: An epic struggle of effective control tools versus the Anthropocene

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 24, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007872

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008566

The use of serology for trachoma surveillance: Current status and priorities for future investigation

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The global distribution of actinomycetoma and eumycetoma

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Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics of praziquantel: A review of variable drug exposure during schistosomiasis treatment in human hosts and experimental models

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Seroprevalence of antibodies against Chlamydia trachomatis and enteropathogens and distance to the nearest water source among young children in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008647

Meta-analyses of Schistosoma japonicum infections in wild rodents across China over time indicates a potential challenge to the 2030 elimination targets

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008652

Community-based sero-prevalence of chikungunya and yellow fever in the South Omo Valley of Southern Ethiopia

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008549

Assessing dehydration status in dengue patients using urine colourimetry and mobile phone technology

Natalie Chew, Abdul Muhaimin Noor Azhar, Aida Bustam, Mohamad Shafiq Azanan, Crystal Wang, Lucy C. S. Lum

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008562

Toward implementation of combined incompatible and sterile insect techniques for mosquito control: Optimized chilling conditions for handling Aedes albopictus male adults prior to release

Dongjing Zhang, Zhiyong Xi, Yongjun Li, Xiaohua Wang, Hanano Yamada, Jieru Qiu, Yongkang Liang, Meichun Zhang, Yu Wu, Xiaoying Zheng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008561

A cost-analysis of conducting population-based prevalence surveys for the validation of the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Amhara, Ethiopia

Randall P. Slaven, Aisha E. P. Stewart, Mulat Zerihun, Eshetu Sata, Tigist Astale, Berhanu Melak, Melsew Chanyalew, Demelash Gessese, Paul M. Emerson, Zerihun Tadesse, E. Kelly Callahan, Scott D. Nash, Deborah A. McFarland

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008401

Spatial spillover analysis of a cluster-randomized trial against dengue vectors in Trujillo, Venezuela

Neal Alexander, Audrey Lenhart, Karim Anaya-Izquierdo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008576

Introduction of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease in the Bankim Health District of Cameroon follows damming of the Mapé River

Koen Vandelannoote, Gerd Pluschke, Miriam Bolz, Martin W. Bratschi, Sarah Kerber, Timothy P. Stinear, Bouke C. de Jong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008501

A complement component C1q-mediated mechanism of antibody-dependent enhancement of Ebola virus infection

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008602

Human exposure to zoonotic malaria vectors in village, farm and forest habitats in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Rebecca Brown, Tock H. Chua, Kimberly Fornace, Chris Drakeley, Indra Vythilingam, Heather M. Ferguson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008617

Knowledge, attitudes, practices of/towards COVID 19 preventive measures and symptoms: A cross-sectional study during the exponential rise of the outbreak in Cameroon

Adela Ngwewondo, Lucia Nkengazong, Lum Abienwi Ambe, Jean Thierry Ebogo, Fabrice Medou Mba, Hamadama Oumarou Goni, Nyemb Nyunaï, Marie Chantal Ngonde, Jean-Louis Essame Oyono

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008700

Early immune suppression leads to uncontrolled mite proliferation and potent host inflammatory responses in a porcine model of crusted versus ordinary scabies

Sajad A. Bhat, Shelley F. Walton, Tomer Ventura, Xiaosong Liu, James S. McCarthy, Stewart T. G. Burgess, Kate E. Mounsey

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008601

Biodistribution of degradable polyanhydride particles in Aedes aegypti tissues

Edmund J. Norris, Adam S. Mullis, Yashdeep Phanse, Balaji Narasimhan, Joel R. Coats, Lyric C. Bartholomay

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008365

Redefining enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC): Genomic characterization of epidemiological EAEC strains

Nadia Boisen, Mark T. Østerlund, Katrine G. Joensen, Araceli E. Santiago, Inacio Mandomando, Alejandro Cravioto, Marie A. Chattaway, Laura A. Gonyar, Søren Overballe-Petersen, O. Colin Stine, David A. Rasko, Flemming Scheutz, James P. Nataro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008613

Zika virus transmission by Brazilian Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus is virus dose and temperature-dependent

Thais Chouin-Carneiro, Mariana Rocha David, Fernanda de Bruycker Nogueira, Flavia Barreto dos Santos, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008527

An agonist of the CXCR4 receptor accelerates the recovery from the peripheral neuroparalysis induced by Taipan snake envenomation

Marco Stazi, Giorgia D’Este, Andrea Mattarei, Samuele Negro, Florigio Lista, Michela Rigoni, Aram Megighian, Cesare Montecucco

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008547

A smartphone microscopic method for simultaneous detection of (oo)cysts of Cryptosporidium and Giardia

Retina Shrestha, Rojina Duwal, Sajeev Wagle, Samiksha Pokhrel, Basant Giri, Bhanu Bhakta Neupane

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008560

Genetic evidence for the role of non-human primates as reservoir hosts for human schistosomiasis

Tadesse Kebede, Nicolas Bech, Jean-François Allienne, Rey Olivier, Berhanu Erko, Jerome Boissier

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008538

Fasciola hepatica Extracellular Vesicles isolated from excretory-secretory products using a gravity flow method modulate dendritic cell phenotype and activity

Anna Murphy, Krystyna Cwiklinski, Richard Lalor, Barry O’Connell, Mark W. Robinson, Jared Gerlach, Lokesh Joshi, Michelle Kilcoyne, John P. Dalton, Sandra M. O’Neill

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008626

Dengue infection modulates locomotion and host seeking in Aedes aegypti

Anaïs K. Tallon, Marcelo G. Lorenzo, Luciano A. Moreira, Luis E. Martinez Villegas, Sharon Rose Hill, Rickard Ignell

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 10, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008531

Dynamics of serological responses to defined recombinant proteins during Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice before and after the treatment with praziquantel

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 11, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008518

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The impact of Worms and Ladders, an innovative health educational board game on Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis control in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria

Dorcas B. Bassey, Hammed O. Mogaji, Gabriel A. Dedeke, Bolanle I. Akeredolu-Ale, Eniola M. Abe, Akinola S. Oluwole, Abdulhakeem A. Adeniran, Olagunju A. Agboola, Chiedu F. Mafiana, Uwem F. Ekpo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 25, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008486

Impact of annual and semi-annual mass drug administration for Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis on Hookworm Infection in Côte d’Ivoire

Agodio Loukouri, Aboulaye Méité, Benjamin G. Koudou, Charles W. Goss, Daphne Lew, Gary J. Weil, Eliezer K. N’Goran, Peter U. Fischer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 25, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008642

A single mutation (V64G) within the RING Domain of Z attenuates Junin virus

Steven J. Hallam, John T. Manning, Junki Maruyama, Alexey Seregin, Cheng Huang, David H. Walker, Juan Carlos de la Torre, Slobodan Paessler

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 25, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008555

Proteomic and deep sequencing analysis of extracellular vesicles isolated from adult male and female Schistosoma japonicum

Pengfei Du, Bikash R. Giri, Juntao Liu, Tianqi Xia, Christoph G. Grevelding, Guofeng Cheng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008618

Leveraging multiple data types to estimate the size of the Zika epidemic in the Americas

Sean M. Moore, Rachel J. Oidtman, K. James Soda, Amir S. Siraj, Robert C. Reiner Jr., Christopher M. Barker, T. Alex Perkins

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008640

Circulating genotypes of Leptospira in French Polynesia : An 9-year molecular epidemiology surveillance follow-up study

Linda Grillová, Hilde Angermeier, Marc Levy, Marine Giard, Stéphane Lastère, Mathieu Picardeau

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008662

NOD2 receptor is crucial for protecting against the digestive form of Chagas disease

Nathalie de Sena Pereira, Tamyres Bernadete Dantas Queiroga, Denis Dantas da Silva, Manuela Sales Lima Nascimento, Cléber Mesquita de Andrade, Janeusa Trindade de Souto, Mayra Fernanda Ricci, Rosa Maria Esteves Arantes, Dario Simões Zamboni, Egler Chiari, Antônia Cláudia Jácome da Câmara, Lúcia Maria da Cunha Galvão, Paulo Marcos Matta Guedes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008667

2020 Review and revision of the 2015 Darwin melioidosis treatment guideline; paradigm drift not shift

Richard P. Sullivan, Catherine S. Marshall, Nicholas M. Anstey, Linda Ward, Bart J. Currie

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008659

Surveillance of invasive Aedes mosquitoes along Swiss traffic axes reveals different dispersal modes for Aedes albopictus and Ae. japonicus

Pie Müller, Lukas Engeler, Laura Vavassori, Tobias Suter, Valeria Guidi, Martin Gschwind, Mauro Tonolla, Eleonora Flacio

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008705

Dynamics of food sources, ecotypic distribution and Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Triatoma brasiliensis from the northeast of Brazil

Maurício Lilioso, Carolina Reigada, Dayane Pires-Silva, Fernanda von H. M. Fontes, Cleanne Limeira, Jackeline Monsalve-Lara, Elaine Folly-Ramos, Myriam Harry, Jane Costa, Carlos Eduardo Almeida

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008735

Using affinity propagation clustering for identifying bacterial clades and subclades with whole-genome sequences of Francisella tularensis

Anne Busch, Timo Homeier-Bachmann, Mostafa Y. Abdel-Glil, Anja Hackbart, Helmut Hotzel, Herbert Tomaso

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 29, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008018

Genomic loss in environmental and isogenic morphotype isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei is associated with intracellular survival and plaque-forming efficiency

Natnaree Saiprom, Tanes Sangsri, Sarunporn Tandhavanant, Sineenart Sengyee, Rungnapa Phunpang, Anucha Preechanukul, Uriwan Surin, Apichai Tuanyok, Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai, Wasun Chantratita, T. Eoin West, Narisara Chantratita

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 29, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008590

Mitogenome diversity of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus: Detection of multiple introduction events in Portugal

Líbia Zé-Zé, Vítor Borges, Hugo Costa Osório, Jorge Machado, João Paulo Gomes, Maria João Alves

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 30, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008657

Validation of the Micronutrient and Environmental Enteric Dysfunction Assessment Tool and evaluation of biomarker risk factors for growth faltering and vaccine failure in young Malian children

Michael B. Arndt, Jason L. Cantera, Laina D. Mercer, Michael Kalnoky, Heather N. White, Gregory Bizilj, David S. Boyle, Eugenio L. de Hostos, Robert K. M. Choy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 30, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008711

Correction: Female genital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS: Reversing the neglect of girls and women

Peter J. Hotez, Wendy Harrison, Alan Fenwick, Amaya L. Bustinduy, Camilla Ducker, Pamela Sabina Mbabazi, Dirk Engels, Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 1, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008725

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Correction: Geographic and socioeconomic factors associated with leprosy treatment default: An analysis from the 100 Million Brazilian Cohort

Kaio Vinicius Freitas de Andrade, Joilda Silva Nery, Julia Moreira Pescarini, Anna Ramond, Carlos Antônio de Souza Teles Santos, Maria Yury Ichihara, Maria Lucia Fernandes Penna, Elizabeth B. Brickley, Laura C. Rodrigues, Liam Smeeth, Mauricio L. Barreto, Susan Martins Pereira, Gerson Oliveira Penna

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Correction: Increased Von Willebrand factor, decreased ADAMTS13 and thrombocytopenia in melioidosis

Emma Birnie, Gavin C. K. W. Koh, Ester C. Löwenberg, Joost C. M. Meijers, Rapeephan R. Maude, Nicholas P. J. Day, Sharon J. Peacock, Tom van der Poll, W. Joost Wiersinga

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Correction: LAMP-2 absence interferes with plasma membrane repair and decreases T. cruzi host cell invasion

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Correction: Schistosoma species detection by environmental DNA assays in African freshwaters

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