Elimination of schistosomiasis in China: Current status and future prospects

Wei Wang, Robert Bergquist, Charles H. King, Kun Yang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 5, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009578

Diagnostic testing holds the key to NTD elimination

Catharina Boehme, Sergio Carmona, Sarah Nogaro, Mwelecele Malecela

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009626

Use of minimally invasive autopsy during the COVID-19 pandemic and its possibilities in the context of developing countries

Deborah Nunes Melo, Tania Mara Coelho, Giovanna Rolim Pinheiro Lima, Carolina Gomes Fernandes, Bruno Cavalcante Fales de Brito Alves, Fernanda Montenegro de Carvalho Araújo, Renata Aparecida de Almeida Monteiro, Jaume Ordi, Paulo Hilário do Nascimento Saldiva, Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009629

Morocco as a possible source for acquisition of Rhinocladiella mackenziei

Baptiste Lafont Rapnouil, Jérémie F. Cohen, Eric Bailly, Louis Bernard, Dea Garcia-Hermoso, Fanny Lanternier, Catherine Horodyckid, Lucie Limousin, Ephrem Salamé, Ilyess Zemmoura, Guillaume Desoubeaux, Olivier Lortholary

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009563

The clinical spectrum and immunopathological mechanisms underlying ZIKV-induced neurological manifestations

Igor Salerno Filgueiras, Amanda Torrentes de Carvalho, Daniela Prado Cunha, Dennyson Leandro Mathias da Fonseca, Nadia El Khawanky, Paula Paccielli Freire, Gustavo Cabral-Miranda, Lena F. Schimke, Niels Olsen Saraiva Camara, Hans D. Ochs, Jean Pierre Schatzmann Peron, Otávio Cabral-Marques, Zilton Farias Meira de Vasconcelos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 5, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009575

Chemical control and insecticide resistance status of sand fly vectors worldwide

Sofia Balaska, Emmanouil Alexandros Fotakis, Alexandra Chaskopoulou, John Vontas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009586

Changing epidemiology of dengue in Sri Lanka—Challenges for the future

Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige, Chandima Jeewandara, Azhar Ghouse, Gayasha Somathilake, Hasitha Tissera

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009624

The Truman Show for protozoan parasites: A review of in vitro cultivation platforms

Smita Sutrave, Martin Heinrich Richter

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009668

Understanding the transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans: A step towards controlling Buruli ulcer

Anthony J. Muleta, Rachael Lappan, Timothy P. Stinear, Chris Greening

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009678

Impact of IRS: Four-years of entomological surveillance of the Indian Visceral Leishmaniases elimination programme

Rinki Deb, Rudra Pratap Singh, Prabhas Kumar Mishra, Lisa Hitchins, Emma Reid, Arti Manorama Barwa, Debanjan Patra, Chandrima Das, Indranil Sukla, Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Shilpa Raj, Swikruti Mishra, Madhuri Swain, Swapna Mondal, Udita Mandal, Geraldine M. Foster, Anna Trett, Gala Garrod, Laura McKenzie, Asgar Ali, Karthick Morchan, Indrajit Chaudhuri, Nupur Roy, Naresh K. Gill, Chandramani Singh, Neeraj Agarwal, Sadhana Sharma, Michelle C. Stanton, Janet Hemingway, Sridhar Srikantiah, Michael Coleman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 9, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009101

Putative pathogen-selected polymorphisms in the PKLR gene are associated with mycobacterial susceptibility in Brazilian and African populations

Ohanna Cavalcanti de Lima Bezerra, Lucia Elena Alvarado-Arnez, Nédio Mabunda, Graça Salomé, Amina de Sousa, Fernanda de Souza Gomes Kehdy, Carolinne Sales-Marques, Fernanda Saloum de Neves Manta, Rafaela Mota Andrade, Laís Pereira Ferreira, Thyago Leal-Calvo, Cynthia Chester Cardoso, Kelly Nunes, Mateus H. Gouveia, Sam M. Mbulaiteve, Edward D. Yeboah, Ann Hsing, Ana Carla Pereira Latini, André Luiz Leturiondo, Fabíola da Costa Rodrigues, Ariani Batista Noronha, Cynthia de Oliveira Ferreira, Carolina Talhari, Jamile Leão Rêgo, Léa Cristina de Carvalho Castellucci, Eduardo Tarazona-Santos, Elizeu Fagundes de Carvalho, Diogo Meyer, Roberta Olmo Pinheiro, Ilesh V. Jani, Antonio Guilherme Pacheco, Milton Ozório Moraes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009434

Do tigers hunt during the day? Diel activity of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), in urban and suburban habitats of North America

Isik Unlu, Ary Faraji, Nicholas Indelicato, James R. McNelly

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 20, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009438

Livestock herding and Fulani ethnicity are a combined risk factor for development of early adverse reactions to antivenom treatment: Findings from a cross-sectional study in Nigeria

Stefanie K. Menzies, Aniekan O. Thomas, Frank-Leonel Tianyi, Saidu B. Abubakar, Abdulsalami Nasidi, Nandul Durfa, Rohit Patel, Anna Trelfa, David G. Lalloo, Abdulrazaq G. Habib, Robert A. Harrison

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009518

Genetic source tracking of human plague cases in Inner Mongolia-Beijing, 2019

Jianyun Li, Yumeng Wang, Fang Liu, Xiaona Shen, Yiting Wang, Mengguang Fan, Yao Peng, Shuyi Wang, Yilan Feng, Wen Zhang, Yanning Lv, Huijuan Zhang, Xin Lu, Enmin Zhang, Jianchun Wei, Lijuan Chen, Biao Kan, Zhongbing Zhang, Jianguo Xu, Wenrui Wang, Wei Li

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 3, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009558

Case-area targeted interventions (CATI) for reactive dengue control: Modelling effectiveness of vector control and prophylactic drugs in Singapore

Oliver J. Brady, Adam J. Kucharski, Sebastian Funk, Yalda Jafari, Marnix Van Loock, Guillermo Herrera-Taracena, Joris Menten, W. John Edmunds, Shuzhen Sim, Lee-Ching Ng, Stéphane Hué, Martin L. Hibberd

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009562

Zoonotic risk factors associated with seroprevalence of Ebola virus GP antibodies in the absence of diagnosed Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Anna Bratcher, Nicole A. Hoff, Reena H. Doshi, Adva Gadoth, Megan Halbrook, Patrick Mukadi, Kamy Musene, Benoit Ilunga-Kebela, D’Andre Spencer, Matthew S. Bramble, David McIlwan, J. Daniel Kelly, Daniel Mukadi, Placide Mbala Kingebeni, Steve Ahuka, Emile Okitolonda-Wemakoy, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Anne W. Rimoin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009566

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009571

Clinical outcomes and outcome measurement tools reported in randomised controlled trials of treatment for snakebite envenoming: A systematic review

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009589

Lymphatic filariasis elimination in the Dominican Republic: History, progress, and remaining steps

Manuel Gonzales, Gregory S. Noland, Eileen F. Mariano, Stephen Blount

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009590

Comparison of transcriptional responses between pathogenic and nonpathogenic hantavirus infections in Syrian hamsters using NanoString

Rebecca L. Brocato, Louis A. Altamura, Brian D. Carey, Casey C. Perley, Candace D. Blancett, Timothy D. Minogue, Jay W. Hooper

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009592

Integrated human-animal sero-surveillance of Brucellosis in the pastoral Afar and Somali regions of Ethiopia

Rea Tschopp, Ashenafi Gebregiorgis, Yayehyirad Tassachew, Henok Andualem, Mahlet Osman, Mulugeta Waji Waqjira, Jan Hattendorf, Abdulkadir Mohammed, Muhammed Hamid, Wassie Molla, Simeneh Awoke Mitiku, Henry Walke, Maria Negron, Melissa Kadzik, Gezahegne Mamo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009593

Towards a shared understanding of sustainability for neglected tropical disease programs

Jeffrey Glenn, Aparna Barua Adams, Girija Sankar, Carolyn Henry, Karen Palacio, Wangeci Thuo, Katherine Williams

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 20, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009595

Improved kala-azar case management through implementation of health facility-based sentinel sites surveillance system in Bihar, India

Vidya Nand Rabi Das, Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Gouri Sankar Bhunia, Krishna Pandey, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Md Zahid Ansari, Roshan Kamal Topno, Chandra Sekhar Lal, Alok Ranjan, Vijay Pratap Singh, Pradeep Das

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 24, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009598

Algorithm for diagnosis of early Schistosoma haematobium using prodromal signs and symptoms in pre-school age children in an endemic district in Zimbabwe

Tariro L. Mduluza-Jokonya, Arthur Vengesai, Herald Midzi, Maritha Kasambala, Luxwell Jokonya, Thajasvarie Naicker, Takafira Mduluza

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009599

Pandemic-associated mobility restrictions could cause increases in dengue virus transmission

Sean M. Cavany, Guido España, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Thomas W. Scott, T Alex Perkins

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 9, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009603

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The global burden of chromoblastomycosis

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009611

Rabies epidemiology, prevention and control in Nigeria: Scoping progress towards elimination

Philip P. Mshelbwala, J. Scott Weese, Olufunmilayo A. Sanni-Adeniyi, Shovon Chakma, Stephen S. Okeme, Abdullah A. Mamun, Charles E. Rupprecht, R. J. Soares Magalhaes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009617

Spatiotemporal distribution and sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors associated with primary and secondary syphilis in Guangdong, China, 2005–2017

Shangqing Tang, Lishuo Shi, Wen Chen, Peizhen Zhao, Heping Zheng, Bin Yang, Cheng Wang, Li Ling

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009621

Diagnostic performance of capillary and venous blood samples in the detection of Loa loa and Mansonella perstans microfilaraemia using light microscopy

Johannes Mischlinger, Rella Zoleko Manego, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Dorothea Ekoka Mbassi, Nina Hackbarth, Franck-Aurelien Ekoka Mbassi, Saskia Dede Davi, Ruth Kreuzmair, Luzia Veletzky, Jennifer Hergeth, Wilfrid Nzebe Ndoumba, Paul Pitzinger, Mirjam Groger, Pierre Blaise Matsiegui, Ayôla Akim Adegnika, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Bertrand Lell, Michael Ramharter

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009623

Modelling the ability of mass drug administration to interrupt soil-transmitted helminth transmission: Community-based deworming in Kenya as a case study

Nyuk Sian Chong, Stacey R. Smith?, Marleen Werkman, Roy M. Anderson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009625

Intranasal vaccine from whole Leishmania donovani antigens provides protection and induces specific immune response against visceral leishmaniasis

Doumet Georges Helou, Aurélie Mauras, François Fasquelle, Juliane Sousa Lanza, Philippe M. Loiseau, Didier Betbeder, Sandrine Cojean

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009627

Latent class evaluation of the performance of serological tests for exposure to Brucella spp. in cattle, sheep, and goats in Tanzania

Rebecca F. Bodenham, Stella Mazeri, Sarah Cleaveland, John A. Crump, Folorunso O. Fasina, William A. de Glanville, Daniel T. Haydon, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Tito J. Kibona, Venance P. Maro, Michael J. Maze, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Niwael J. Mtui-Malamsha, Gabriel M. Shirima, Emanuel S. Swai, Kate M. Thomas, Barend M. deC. Bronsvoort, Jo E. B. Halliday

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Antibody and cytokine levels in visceral leishmaniasis patients with varied parasitemia before, during, and after treatment in patients admitted to Arba Minch General Hospital, southern Ethiopia

Dagimawie Tadesse, Alemseged Abdissa, Mekidim Mekonnen, Tariku Belay, Asrat Hailu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 5, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009632

Identification of potential biomarkers in dengue via integrated bioinformatic analysis

Li-Min Xie, Xin Yin, Jie Bi, Huan-Min Luo, Xun-Jie Cao, Yu-Wen Ma, Ye-Ling Liu, Jian-Wen Su, Geng-Ling Lin, Xu-Guang Guo

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Environmental determinants of E. coli, link with the diarrheal diseases, and indication of vulnerability criteria in tropical West Africa (Kapore, Burkina Faso)

Elodie Robert, Manuela Grippa, Dayangnéwendé Edwige Nikiema, Laurent Kergoat, Hamidou Koudougou, Yves Auda, Emma Rochelle-Newall

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Isolation and genetic characterization of a relapsing fever spirochete isolated from Ornithodoros puertoricensis collected in central Panama

Sergio E. Bermúdez, Brittany A. Armstrong, Lillian Domínguez, Aparna Krishnavajhala, Alexander R. Kneubehl, Sarah M. Gunter, Adam Replogle, Jeannine M. Petersen, Job E. Lopez

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Cutaneous anthrax associated with handling carcasses of animals that died suddenly of unknown cause: Arua District, Uganda, January 2015–August 2017

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Factors associated with soil-transmitted helminths infection in Benin: Findings from the DeWorm3 study

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Individual and community factors determining delayed leprosy case detection: A systematic review

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