COVID-19 in the Americas and the erosion of human rights for the poor

Peter J. Hotez, Jorge A. Huete-Perez, Maria Elena Bottazzi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008954

Time for a diagnostic sea-change: Rethinking neglected tropical disease diagnostics to achieve elimination

Katherine Gass

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 31, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008933

Mild manifestations of COVID-19 in healthcare workers

Jingwen Li, Xi Long, Qing Zhang, Xi Fang, Na Li, Zhicheng Lin, Jinghong Li, Nian Xiong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008950

COVID-19 epidemic in the US—A gateway to screen for tuberculosis, HIV, viral hepatitides, Chagas disease, and other neglected tropical diseases among Hispanics

Jonathan Schultz, Peter Hyson, Daniel B. Chastain, Amal A. Gharamti, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008953

An unhealing wound and subcutaneous nodules due to Sporothrix globosa after a cat bite

Yanbin Liu, Lina Liu, Mei Kang, Zhiyong Zong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008859

Actinomycetoma with systemic features: A warning sign for immunosuppression?

Rita Fernanda Cortez de Almeida, Roberta Espírito Santo Correia, Andréa Gina Varón, Janice Mery Chicarino de Oliveira Coelho, Ana Paola de Oliveira, Maria Cristina Silva Lourenço, Erica Aparecida dos Santos Ribeiro da Silva, Emilyn Costa Conceição, Cristiane da Cruz Lamas, Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008865

Challenges in establishing telehealth care during the COVID-19 pandemic in a neglected HTLV-1-infected population in northeastern Brazil

Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi, Aidê Nunes, Ana Karina Galvão-Barroso, Ana Verena Galvão-Castro, Monique Lírio, Adriele Ribeiro, Thiago de Faria Junqueira, André Luís Silva, Maíara Cerqueira, Sonia Lucia Rangel, Thessika Hialla Almeida Araujo, Ney Boa-Sorte, Inês Dourado, Humberto Castro-Lima, Maria Luísa Carvalho Soliani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 31, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008922

Plasmodium knowlesi infecting humans in Southeast Asia: What’s next?

Nantha Kumar Jeyaprakasam, Jonathan Wee Kent Liew, Van Lun Low, Wan-Yusoff Wan-Sulaiman, Indra Vythilingam

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 31, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008900

Pathophysiology of ocular toxoplasmosis: Facts and open questions

Valentin Greigert, Faiza Bittich-Fahmi, Alexander W. Pfaff

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 31, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008905

Helminth infections among rural schoolchildren in Southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional multilevel and zero-inflated regression model

Hiwot Hailu Amare, Bernt Lindtjørn

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008002

Zika and dengue but not chikungunya are associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome in Mexico: A case-control study

Israel Grijalva, Concepción Grajales-Muñiz, César González-Bonilla, Victor Hugo Borja-Aburto, Martín Paredes-Cruz, José Guerrero-Cantera, Joaquín González-Ibarra, Alfonso Vallejos-Parás, Teresita Rojas-Mendoza, Clara Esperanza Santacruz-Tinoco, Porfirio Hernández-Bautista, Lumumba Arriaga-Nieto, Ma Guadalupe Garza-Sagástegui, Ignacio Vargas-Ramos, Ana Sepúlveda-Núñez, Omar Israel Campos-Villarreal, Roberto Corrales-Pérez, Mallela Azuara-Castillo, Elsa Sierra-González, José Alfonso Meza-Medina, Bernardo Martínez-Miguel, Gabriela López-Becerril, Jessica Ramos-Orozco, Tomás Muñoz-Guerrero, María Soledad Gutiérrez-Lozano, Arlette Areli Cervantes-Ocampo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008032

Post-intervention epidemiology of STH in Bangladesh: Data to sustain the gains

Sanjaya Dhakal, Mohammad Jahirul Karim, Abdullah Al Kawsar, Jasmine Irish, Mujibur Rahman, Cara Tupps, Ashraful Kabir, Rubina Imtiaz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 7, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008597

Risk mapping of scrub typhus infections in Qingdao city, China

Hualei Xin, Peng Fu, Junling Sun, Shengjie Lai, Wenbiao Hu, Archie C. A. Clements, Jianping Sun, Jing Cui, Simon I. Hay, Xiaojing Li, Zhongjie Li

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008757

Community perspectives on scabies, impetigo and mass drug administration in Fiji: A qualitative study

Elke Mitchell, Stephen Bell, Li Jun Thean, Aalisha Sahukhan, Mike Kama, Aminiasi Koroivueti, John Kaldor, Andrew Steer, Lucia Romani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008825

Cost of a new method of active screening for human African trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Rian Snijders, Alain Fukinsia, Yves Claeys, Alain Mpanya, Epco Hasker, Filip Meheus, Erick Miaka, Marleen Boelaert

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008832

Quantitative lipidomic analysis of Ascaris suum

Tao Wang, Shuai Nie, Guangxu Ma, Johnny Vlaminck, Peter Geldhof, Nicholas A. Williamson, Gavin E. Reid, Robin B. Gasser

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008848

Diagnostic accuracy of an in-house Scrub Typhus enzyme linked immunoassay for the detection of IgM and IgG antibodies in Laos

Philip N. D. Elders, Sandhya Dhawan, Ampai Tanganuchitcharnchai, Koukeo Phommasone, Vilada Chansamouth, Nicholas P. J. Day, Jose A. Garcia-Rivera, Jeffrey C. Hertz, Mayfong Mayxay, Manivanh Vongsouvath, Audrey Dubot-Pérès, Matthew T. Robinson, Paul N. Newton, Stuart D. Blacksell

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 7, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008858

Schistosoma haematobium infection is associated with alterations in energy and purine-related metabolism in preschool-aged children

Derick N. M. Osakunor, Takafira Mduluza, Douglas Osei-Hyiaman, Karl Burgess, Mark E. J. Woolhouse, Francisca Mutapi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008866

Vertebrate-Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera)-arbovirus transmission networks: Non-human feeding revealed by meta-barcoding and next-generation sequencing

José Guillermo Estrada-Franco, Nadia A. Fernández-Santos, Adeniran A. Adebiyi, María de J. López-López, Jesús A. Aguilar-Durán, Luis M. Hernández-Triana, Sean W. J. Prosser, Paul D. N. Hebert, Anthony R. Fooks, Gabriel L. Hamer, Ling Xue, Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 31, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008867

Alteration in the Culex pipiens transcriptome reveals diverse mechanisms of the mosquito immune system implicated upon Rift Valley fever phlebovirus exposure

Ana I. Núñez, Anna Esteve-Codina, Jèssica Gómez-Garrido, Marco Brustolin, Sandra Talavera, Miguel Berdugo, Marc Dabad, Tyler Alioto, Albert Bensaid, Núria Busquets

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 10, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008870

Targeting female flight for genetic control of mosquitoes

David Navarro-Payá, Ilona Flis, Michelle A. E. Anderson, Philippa Hawes, Ming Li, Omar S. Akbari, Sanjay Basu, Luke Alphey

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008876

Achievements and challenges of lymphatic filariasis elimination in Sierra Leone

Yakuba M. Bah, Jusufu Paye, Mohamed S. Bah, Abdulai Conteh, Victoria Redwood-Sawyerr, Mustapha Sonnie, Amy Veinoglou, Joseph B. Koroma, Mary H. Hodges, Yaobi Zhang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008877

Spatiotemporal analysis of mycolactone distribution in vivo reveals partial diffusion in the central nervous system

Emma Colucci-Guyon, Aline Rifflet, Sarah Saint-Auret, Anaëlle da Costa, Laurent Boucontet, Thomas Laval, Christophe Prehaud, Nicolas Blanchard, Jean-Pierre Levraud, Ivo G. Boneca, Caroline Demangel, Laure Guenin-Macé

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008878

Co-infection of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya in a group of pregnant women from Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas: Preliminary data. 2019

Leticia Eligio-García, María del Pilar Crisóstomo-Vázquez, María de Lourdes Caballero-García, Mariana Soria-Guerrero, Jorge Fernando Méndez–Galván, Sury Antonio López-Cancino, Enedina Jiménez-Cardoso

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008880

Effect of repeated epilation for minor trachomatous trichiasis on lash burden, phenotype and surgical management willingness: A cohort study

Esmael Habtamu, Tariku Wondie, Wubshet Gobezie, Zerihun Tadesse, Bizuayehu Gashaw, Abebaw Gebeyehu, Chrissy h. Roberts, E. Kelly Callahan, David Macleod, Matthew J. Burton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008882

Polymorphisms in mitochondrial ribosomal protein S5 (MRPS5) are associated with leprosy risk in Chinese

Yan Xing, Jun He, Yan Wen, Jian Liu, Yuangang You, Xiaoman Weng, Lianchao Yuan, Li Xiong, Xiaohua Chen, Ying Zhang, Huan-Ying Li

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008883

Population pharmacokinetics of ivermectin for the treatment of scabies in Indigenous Australian children

Amanda Gwee, Stephen Duffull, Xiao Zhu, Steven Y. C. Tong, Noel Cranswick, Brett McWhinney, Jacobus Ungerer, Joshua Francis, Andrew C. Steer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 7, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008886

Hospital admissions for skin and soft tissue infections in a population with endemic scabies: A prospective study in Fiji, 2018–2019

Li Jun Thean, Adam Jenney, Daniel Engelman, Lucia Romani, Handan Wand, Jyotishna Mudaliar, Jessica Paka, Tuliana Cua, Sera Taole, Aalisha Sahukhan, Mike Kama, Meciusela Tuicakau, Joseph Kado, Natalie Carvalho, Margot Whitfeld, John Kaldor, Andrew C. Steer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008887

Cell membrane components of Brucella melitensis play important roles in the resistance of low-level rifampicin

Xiaowen Yang, Tonglei Wu, Wenxiao Liu, Guozhong Tian, Hongyan Zhao, Dongri Piao, Hai Jiang, Qingmin Wu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 29, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008888

miRNAs may play a major role in the control of gene expression in key pathobiological processes in Chagas disease cardiomyopathy

Laurie Laugier, Ludmila Rodrigues Pinto Ferreira, Frederico Moraes Ferreira, Sandrine Cabantous, Amanda Farage Frade, Joao Paulo Nunes, Rafael Almeida Ribeiro, Pauline Brochet, Priscila Camillo Teixeira, Ronaldo Honorato Barros Santos, Edimar A. Bocchi, Fernando Bacal, Darlan da Silva Cândido, Vanessa Escolano Maso, Helder I. Nakaya, Jorge Kalil, Edecio Cunha-Neto, Christophe Chevillard

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008889

Diagnostic differentiation of Zika and dengue virus exposure by analyzing T cell receptor sequences from peripheral blood of infected HLA-A2 transgenic mice

Mariah Hassert, Kyle J. Wolf, Ahmad Rajeh, Courtney Schiebout, Stella G. Hoft, Tae-Hyuk Ahn, Richard J. DiPaolo, James D. Brien, Amelia K. Pinto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008896

The development of a novel diagnostic PCR for Madurella mycetomatis using a comparative genome approach

Wilson Lim, Emmanuel Siddig, Kimberly Eadie, Bertrand Nyuykonge, Sarah Ahmed, Ahmed Fahal, Annelies Verbon, Sandra Smit, Wendy WJ van de Sande

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 16, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008897

Experimental Lagos bat virus infection in straw-colored fruit bats: A suitable model for bat rabies in a natural reservoir species

Lineke Begeman, Richard Suu-Ire, Ashley C. Banyard, Christian Drosten, Elisa Eggerbauer, Conrad M. Freuling, Louise Gibson, Hooman Goharriz, Daniel L. Horton, Daisy Jennings, Denise A. Marston, Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu, Silke Riesle Sbarbaro, David Selden, Emma L. Wise, Thijs Kuiken, Anthony R. Fooks, Thomas Müller, James L. N. Wood, Andrew A. Cunningham

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 15, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008898

Genetic and toxinological divergence among populations of Tityus trivittatus Kraepelin, 1898 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) inhabiting Paraguay and Argentina

Adolfo Borges, Antonieta Rojas de Arias, Sabrina de Almeida Lima, Bruno Lomonte, Cecilia Díaz, Carlos Chávez-Olórtegui, Matthew R. Graham, Evanguedes Kalapothakis, Cathia Coronel, Adolfo R. de Roodt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008899

A scabies outbreak in the North East Region of Ghana: The necessity for prompt intervention

Yaw Ampem Amoako, Richard Odame Phillips, Joshua Arthur, Mark Ayaaba Abugri, Emmanuel Akowuah, Kwabena Oppong Amoako, Benjamin Aboagye Marfo, Michael Frimpong, Tjip van der Werf, Sofanne Jacobine Ravensbergen, Ymkje Stienstra

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008902

Delimiting cryptic morphological variation among human malaria vector species using convolutional neural networks

Jannelle Couret, Danilo C. Moreira, Davin Bernier, Aria Mia Loberti, Ellen M. Dotson, Marco Alvarez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008904

Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

Johanna Kurscheid, Budi Laksono, M. J. Park, Archie C. A. Clements, Ross Sadler, James S. McCarthy, Susana V. Nery, Ricardo Soares-Magalhaes, Kate Halton, Suharyo Hadisaputro, Alice Richardson, Léa Indjein, Kinley Wangdi, Donald E. Stewart, Darren J. Gray

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008907

Risk assessment and evaluation of China’s policy to prevent COVID-19 cases imported by plane

Jinhua Pan, Jie Tian, Haiyan Xiong, Zhixi Liu, Ye Yao, Yesheng Wang, Wenlong Zhu, Yue Wang, Weibing Wang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 7, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008908

Loss of natural resistance to schistosome in T cell deficient rat

Liaoxun Lu, Junjian Hu, Tianzhu Chao, Zhijun Chen, Zhuangzhuang Liu, Xinsong Luo, Yinming Liang, Pei He, Lichen Zhang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008909

Adenovirus vectored IFN-α protects mice from lethal challenge of Chikungunya virus infection

Huixin Chen, Nyo Min, Luyao Ma, Chee-Keng Mok, Justin Jang Hann Chu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 3, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008910

Venomous snakebites: Rapid action saves lives—A multifaceted community education programme increases awareness about snakes and snakebites among the rural population of Tamil Nadu, India

Stephen Paul Samuel, Soundararaj Chinnaraju, Harry F. Williams, Elamaran Pichamuthu, Mangaiyarkkarasai Subharao, Mohanraj Vaiyapuri, Sundhararajan Arumugam, Rajendran Vaiyapuri, M. Fazil Baksh, Ketan Patel, Steven A. Trim, Tracey E. Duncombe, Sakthivel Vaiyapuri

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 31, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008911

Potential strategies for strengthening surveillance of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration: Reducing ‘number needed to test’ by targeting older age groups, hotspots, and household members of infected persons

Colleen L. Lau, Meru Sheel, Katherine Gass, Saipale Fuimaono, Michael C. David, Kimberly Y. Won, Sarah Sheridan, Patricia M. Graves

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008916

Leprosy in a prison population: A new active search strategy and a prospective clinical analysis

Fred Bernardes Filho, Jaci Maria Santana, Regina Coeli Palma de Almeida, Glauber Voltan, Natália Aparecida de Paula, Marcel Nani Leite, Claudia Maria Lincoln Silva, Camila Tormena, Lean Basoli, Joelma Menezes, Moises Batista da Silva, John Stewart Spencer, Wilson Marques Jr, Norma Tiraboschi Foss, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 10, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008917

Seroprevalence and associated risk factors of Dengue fever in Kassala state, eastern Sudan

Arwa Elaagip, Khider Alsedig, Omnia Altahir, Tellal Ageep, Ayman Ahmed, Hanaa Adli Siam, Abdallah M. Samy, Waleed Mohamed, Fatima Khalid, Suhaib Gumaa, Leonard Mboera, Calvin Sindato, Linzy Elton, Alimuddin Zumla, Najmul Haider, Richard Kock, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008918

Antischistosomal, antionchocercal and antitrypanosomal potentials of some Ghanaian traditional medicines and their constituents

Emmanuella Bema Twumasi, Pearl Ihuoma Akazue, Kwaku Kyeremeh, Theresa Manful Gwira, Jennifer Keiser, Fidelis Cho-Ngwa, Adrian Flint, Barbara Anibea, Emmanuel Yeboah Bonsu, Richard K. Amewu, Linda Eva Amoah, Regina Appiah-Opong, Dorcas Osei-Safo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 31, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008919

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Immunohistological detection of small particles of Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus in lymph nodes is associated with enlarged lymph nodes in alveolar and cystic echinococcosis

Johannes Grimm, Juliane Nell, Andreas Hillenbrand, Doris Henne-Bruns, Julian Schmidberger, Wolfgang Kratzer, Beate Gruener, Tilmann Graeter, Michael Reinehr, Achim Weber, Peter Deplazes, Peter Möller, Annika Beck, Thomas F. E. Barth

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Enhancing fine-grained intra-urban dengue forecasting by integrating spatial interactions of human movements between urban regions

Kang Liu, Meng Zhang, Guikai Xi, Aiping Deng, Tie Song, Qinglan Li, Min Kang, Ling Yin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008924

Lymphatic filariasis epidemiology in Samoa in 2018: Geographic clustering and higher antigen prevalence in older age groups

Colleen L. Lau, Kelley Meder, Helen J. Mayfield, Therese Kearns, Brady McPherson, Take Naseri, Robert Thomsen, Shannon M. Hedtke, Sarah Sheridan, Katherine Gass, Patricia M. Graves

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008927

Halogenated tryptophan derivatives disrupt essential transamination mechanisms in bloodstream form Trypanosoma brucei

Peter E. Cockram, Emily A. Dickie, Michael P. Barrett, Terry K. Smith

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008928

Corallopyronin A for short-course anti-wolbachial, macrofilaricidal treatment of filarial infections

Andrea Schiefer, Marc P. Hübner, Anna Krome, Christine Lämmer, Alexandra Ehrens, Tilman Aden, Marianne Koschel, Helene Neufeld, Lillibeth Chaverra-Muñoz, Rolf Jansen, Stefan Kehraus, Gabriele M. König, Domen Pogorevc, Rolf Müller, Marc Stadler, Stephan Hüttel, Thomas Hesterkamp, Karl Wagner, Kenneth Pfarr, Achim Hoerauf

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 7, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008930

Hepatitis C (HCV) therapy for HCV mono-infected and HIV-HCV co-infected individuals living in Nepal

Sudhamshu KC, Holly Murphy, Sameer Dixit, Apurva Rai, Bickram Pradhan, Marie Lagrange-Xelot, Niyanta Karki, Amélie Dureault, Ujjwal Karmacharya, Santosh Panthi, Nabin Tulachan, Prawchan KC, Anjay KC, Rajesh Rajbhandari, Andrew B. Trotter, Jörg Gölz, Pierre Pradat, Christian Trépo, Philippe Creac'H

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 16, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008931

Genetic diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi parasites infecting dogs in southern Louisiana sheds light on parasite transmission cycles and serological diagnostic performance

Eric Dumonteil, Ardem Elmayan, Alicia Majeau, Weihong Tu, Brandy Duhon, Preston Marx, Wendy Wolfson, Garry Balsamo, Claudia Herrera

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008932

An investig-ation into the epidemiology of chikungunya virus across neglected regions of Indonesia

Samuel C. B. Stubbs, Edison Johar, Frilasita A. Yudhaputri, Benediktus Yohan, Marsha S. Santoso, Rahma F. Hayati, Dionisius Denis, Barbara A. Blacklaws, Ann M. Powers, R. Tedjo Sasmono, Khin Saw Aye Myint, Simon D. W. Frost

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008934

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Meningitis patients with Angiostrongylus cantonensis may present without eosinophilia in the cerebrospinal fluid in northern Vietnam

Tomoko Hiraoka, Ngo Chi Cuong, Sugihiro Hamaguchi, Mihoko Kikuchi, Shungo Katoh, Le Kim Anh, Nguyen Thi Hien Anh, Dang Duc Anh, Chris Smith, Haruhiko Maruyama, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Do Duy Cuong, Pham Thanh Thuy, Koya Ariyoshi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008937

Prevalence, risk factors and health consequences of soil-transmitted helminth infection on the Bijagos Islands, Guinea Bissau: A community-wide cross-sectional study

Olivia Farrant, Tegwen Marlais, Joanna Houghton, Adriana Goncalves, Eunice Teixeira da Silva Cassama, Marito Gomes Cabral, Jose Nakutum, Cristovao Manjuba, Amabelia Rodrigues, David Mabey, Robin Bailey, Anna Last

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Prediction of hot spot areas of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Hunan Province based on an information quantity model and logistical regression model

Zixi Chen, Fuqiang Liu, Bin Li, Xiaoqing Peng, Lin Fan, Aijing Luo

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Using host traits to predict reservoir host species of rabies virus

Katherine E. L. Worsley-Tonks, Luis E. Escobar, Roman Biek, Mariana Castaneda-Guzman, Meggan E. Craft, Daniel G. Streicker, Lauren A. White, Nicholas M. Fountain-Jones

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Vector competence of Aedes aegypti from Havana, Cuba, for dengue virus type 1, chikungunya, and Zika viruses

Gladys Gutiérrez-Bugallo, Antoine Boullis, Yanet Martinez, Lyza Hery, Magdalena Rodríguez, Juan A. Bisset, Anubis Vega-Rúa

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Recombinant Rift Valley fever viruses encoding bluetongue virus (BTV) antigens: Immunity and efficacy studies upon a BTV-4 challenge

Sandra Moreno, Eva Calvo-Pinilla, Stephanie Devignot, Friedemann Weber, Javier Ortego, Alejandro Brun

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The prevalence of scabies in Monrovia, Liberia: A population-based survey

Shelui Collinson, Joseph Timothy, Samuel K. Zayzay, Karsor K. Kollie, Eglantine Lebas, Neima Candy, Katherine E. Halliday, Rachel Pullan, Mosoka Fallah, Stephen L. Walker, Michael Marks

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Potential risk factors associated with seropositivity for Toxoplasma gondii among pregnant women and HIV infected individuals in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Zewdu Seyoum Tarekegn, Haileyesus Dejene, Agerie Addisu, Shimelis Dagnachew

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Multi-locus genotyping reveals established endemicity of a geographically distinct Plasmodium vivax population in Mauritania, West Africa

Hampate Ba, Sarah Auburn, Christopher G. Jacob, Sonia Goncalves, Craig W. Duffy, Lindsay B. Stewart, Ric N. Price, Yacine Boubou Deh, Mamadou Yero Diallo, Abderahmane Tandia, Dominic P. Kwiatkowski, David J. Conway

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Effects of land use, habitat characteristics, and small mammal community composition on Leptospira prevalence in northeast Madagascar

James P. Herrera, Natalie R. Wickenkamp, Magali Turpin, Fiona Baudino, Pablo Tortosa, Steven M. Goodman, Voahangy Soarimalala, Tamby Nasaina Ranaivoson, Charles L. Nunn

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Potential of Artesunate in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in dogs naturally infected by Leishmania infantum: Efficacy evidence from a randomized field trial

Hacène Medkour, Idir Bitam, Younes Laidoudi, Ismail Lafri, Abdelaziz Lounas, Hamza Karim Hamidat, Abdeslam Mekroud, Marie Varloud, Bernard Davoust, Oleg Mediannikov

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008947

Application of the GARC Data Logger—a custom-developed data collection device—to capture and monitor mass dog vaccination campaigns in Namibia

Rauna Athingo, Tenzin Tenzin, Andre Coetzer, Emmanuel H. Hikufe, Josephat Peter, Laina Hango, Tangeni Haimbodi, Johannes Lipinge, Frenada Haufiku, Matias Naunyango, Magano Kephas, Albertina Shilongo, Kenneth K. Shoombe, Siegfried Khaiseb, Moetapele Letshwenyo, Patricia Pozzetti, Lorenz Nake, Louis H. Nel, Conrad M. Freuling, Thomas Müller, Gregorio Torres

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008948

Epidemic risk of arboviral diseases: Determining the habitats, spatial-temporal distribution, and abundance of immature Aedes aegypti in the Urban and Rural areas of Zanzibar, Tanzania

Fatma Saleh, Jovin Kitau, Flemming Konradsen, Ayubo Kampango, Rahibu Abassi, Karin Linda Schiøler

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 7, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008949

Dysregulation of hepatic microRNA expression in C57BL/6 mice affected by excretory-secretory products of Fasciola gigantica

Wei Shi, Jun-Jun He, Xue-Fang Mei, Ke-Jing Lu, Zi-Xuan Zeng, Yao-Yao Zhang, Zhao-An Sheng, Hany M. Elsheikha, Wei-Yi Huang, Xing-Quan Zhu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008951

Sodium-bile acid co-transporter is crucial for survival of a carcinogenic liver fluke Clonorchis sinensis in the bile

Fuhong Dai, Won Gi Yoo, Yanyan Lu, Jin-Ho Song, Ji-Yun Lee, Youngro Byun, Jhang Ho Pak, Woon-Mok Sohn, Sung-Jong Hong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 7, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008952

Presence of the knockdown resistance (kdr) mutations in the head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) collected from primary school children of Thailand

Narisa Brownell, Sakone Sunantaraporn, Kobpat Phadungsaksawasdi, Nirin Seatamanoch, Switt Kongdachalert, Atchara Phumee, Padet Siriyasatien

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 16, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008955

Improving dog bite victim survey and estimation of annual human deaths due to suspected rabies cases in three selected Liberian cities and environs, 2008–2017

Babasola Oluseyi Olugasa, Nykoi Dormon Jomah, John Bobo Dogba, Olayinka Olabisi Ishola, Ayodeji Oluwadare Olarinmoye, Oluwagbenga Adebayo Adeola, Johnson Funminiyi Ojo, Ali Abdullah Aldosari

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008957

Identification of chironomid species as natural reservoirs of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae strains with pandemic potential

Sivan Laviad-Shitrit, Rotem Sela, Leena Thorat, Yehonatan Sharaby, Ido Izhaki, Bimalendu B. Nath, Malka Halpern

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008959

Assessing the risk of dengue severity using demographic information and laboratory test results with machine learning

Sheng-Wen Huang, Huey-Pin Tsai, Su-Jhen Hung, Wen-Chien Ko, Jen-Ren Wang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008960

Understanding COVID-19 vaccine demand and hesitancy: A nationwide online survey in China

Yulan Lin, Zhijian Hu, Qinjian Zhao, Haridah Alias, Mahmoud Danaee, Li Ping Wong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008961

Population genomics of Plasmodium vivax in Panama to assess the risk of case importation on malaria elimination

Lucas E. Buyon, Ana Maria Santamaria, Angela M. Early, Mario Quijada, Itza Barahona, Jose Lasso, Mario Avila, Sarah K. Volkman, Matthias Marti, Daniel E. Neafsey, Nicanor Obaldia III

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008962

Diagnostic accuracy of direct agglutination test, rK39 ELISA and six rapid diagnostic tests among visceral leishmaniasis patients with and without HIV coinfection in Ethiopia

Mekibib Kassa, Saïd Abdellati, Lieselotte Cnops, Bruno C. Bremer Hinckel, Arega Yeshanew, Wasihun Hailemichael, Florian Vogt, Wim Adriaensen, Pascal Mertens, Ermias Diro, Johan van Griensven, Dorien Van den Bossche

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 31, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008963

Taenia larvae possess distinct acetylcholinesterase profiles with implications for host cholinergic signalling

Anja de Lange, Ulrich Fabien Prodjinotho, Hayley Tomes, Jana Hagen, Brittany-Amber Jacobs, Katherine Smith, William Horsnell, Chummy Sikasunge, Dorit Hockman, Murray E. Selkirk, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, Joseph Valentino Raimondo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008966

Molecular signatures of sexual communication in the phlebotomine sand flies

Paul V. Hickner, Nataliya Timoshevskaya, Ronald J. Nowling, Frédéric Labbé, Andrew D. Nguyen, Mary Ann McDowell, Carolina N. Spiegel, Zainulabeuddin Syed

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008967

CD8^low T cells expanded following acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection and benznidazole treatment are a relevant subset of IFN-γ producers

Alessandro Marins-Dos-Santos, Bianca Perdigão Olivieri, Rafaella Ferreira-Reis, Juliana de Meis, Andrea Alice Silva, Tania C. de Araújo-Jorge, Joseli Lannes-Vieira, Vinicius Cotta-de-Almeida

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008969

CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of female-biased genes AeAct-4 or myo-fem in Ae. aegypti results in a flightless phenotype in female, but not male mosquitoes

Sarah O’Leary, Zach N. Adelman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008971

Utilization of government healthcare services by adult leprosy patients in the Western Province, Sri Lanka

Nadeeja Roshini Liyanage, Mahendra Arnold, Supun Wijesinghe

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 31, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008973

Multi locus sequence typing of clinical Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from Malaysia

Revathy Arushothy, Fairuz Amran, Nazirah Samsuddin, Norazah Ahmad, Sheila Nathan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008979

Presence of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in the reproductive system and fetuses of wild boars (Sus scrofa) in Italy

Giovanni Cilia, Fabrizio Bertelloni, Ivana Piredda, Maria Nicoletta Ponti, Barbara Turchi, Carlo Cantile, Francesca Parisi, Paolo Pinzauti, Andrea Armani, Bruna Palmas, Malgorzata Noworol, Domenico Cerri, Filippo Fratini

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008982

Evaluating the competence of the primary vector, Culex tritaeniorhynchus, and the invasive mosquito species, Aedes japonicus japonicus, in transmitting three Japanese encephalitis virus genotypes

Astri Nur Faizah, Daisuke Kobayashi, Michael Amoa-Bosompem, Yukiko Higa, Yoshio Tsuda, Kentaro Itokawa, Kozue Miura, Kazuhiro Hirayama, Kyoko Sawabe, Haruhiko Isawa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008986

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