Dengue outbreaks in the COVID-19 era: Alarm raised for Asia

Xinting Lu, Hilary Bambrick, Puntani Pongsumpun, Pandji Wibawa Dhewantara, Do Thi Thanh Toan, Wenbiao Hu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009778

Thrombotic microangiopathy associated with arboviral infection: Report of 3 cases

José Luiz Coelho Júnior, Karla Cristina Petruccelli Israel, Carlos Eduardo Everton Machado, Monique Pereira Rêgo Muniz, Giuseppe Cesare Gatto, Flávio Henrique Soares Barros, Kaile de Araújo Cunha, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda, Precil Diego Miranda de Menezes Neves, Gyl Eanes Barros Silva

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009790

Characterization of T cell responses to co-administered hookworm vaccine candidates Na-GST-1 and Na-APR-1 in healthy adults in Gabon

Yoanne D. Mouwenda, Madeleine E. Betouke Ongwe, Friederike Sonnet, Koen A. Stam, Lucja A. Labuda, Sophie De Vries, Martin P. Grobusch, Frejus J. Zinsou, Yabo J. Honkpehedji, Jean-Claude Dejon Agobe, David J. Diemert, Remko van Leeuwen, Maria E. Bottazzi, Peter J. Hotez, Peter G. Kremsner, Jeffrey M. Bethony, Simon P. Jochems, Ayola A. Adegnika, Marguerite Massinga Loembe, Maria Yazdanbakhsh

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009732

Prevalence and characteristics of malaria among COVID-19 individuals: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and analysis of case reports

Polrat Wilairatana, Frederick Ramirez Masangkay, Kwuntida Uthaisar Kotepui, Giovanni De Jesus Milanez, Manas Kotepui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009766

Cross-sectional association of Toxoplasma gondii exposure with BMI and diet in US adults

Joel Cuffey, Christopher A. Lepczyk, Shuoli Zhao, Nicholas M. Fountain-Jones

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009825

Interaction of climate and socio-ecological environment drives the dengue outbreak in epidemic region of China

Chenlu Li, Xiaoxu Wu, Scott Sheridan, Jay Lee, Xiaofeng Wang, Jie Yin, Jiatong Han

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009761

The extent of protective footwear use among school-age rural children at high risk for podoconiosis and socio-economic correlates: A household cross-sectional survey in Southern Ethiopia

Abebayehu Tora, Getnet Tadele, Gail Davey, Colleen M. McBride

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009791

Serological response to nifurtimox in adult patients with chronic Chagas disease: An observational comparative study in Argentina

David Vizcaya, Ulrike Grossmann, Frank Kleinjung, Ruiping Zhang, Kiliana Suzart-Woischnik, Sandra Seu, Teresa Ramirez, Leylen Colmegna, Oscar Ledesma

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009801

Spatial metabolomics identifies localized chemical changes in heart tissue during chronic cardiac Chagas Disease

Danya A. Dean, Gautham Gautham, Jair L. Siqueira-Neto, James H. McKerrow, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Laura-Isobel McCall

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009819

Efficacy of targeted indoor residual spraying with the pyrrole insecticide chlorfenapyr against pyrethroid-resistant Aedes aegypti

Azael Che-Mendoza, Gabriela González-Olvera, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Carlos Arisqueta-Chablé, Wilberth Bibiano-Marin, Fabián Correa-Morales, Oscar D. Kirstein, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009822

Species diversity and distribution of schistosome intermediate snail hosts in The Gambia

Ebrima Joof, Bakary Sanneh, Sana M. Sambou, Christopher M. Wade

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009823

High-quality reference genome of Fasciola gigantica: Insights into the genomic signatures of transposon-mediated evolution and specific parasitic adaption in tropical regions

Xier Luo, Kuiqing Cui, Zhiqiang Wang, Zhipeng Li, Zhengjiao Wu, Weiyi Huang, Xing-Quan Zhu, Jue Ruan, Weiyu Zhang, Qingyou Liu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009750

Exposure, hazard, and vulnerability all contribute to Schistosoma haematobium re-infection in northern Senegal

Andrea J. Lund, Susanne H. Sokolow, Isabel J. Jones, Chelsea L. Wood, Sofia Ali, Andrew Chamberlin, Alioune Badara Sy, M. Moustapha Sam, Nicolas Jouanard, Anne-Marie Schacht, Simon Senghor, Assane Fall, Raphael Ndione, Gilles Riveau, Giulio A. De Leo, David López-Carr

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009806

Predictive markers for the early prognosis of dengue severity: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Tran Quang Thach, Heba Gamal Eisa, AlMotsim Ben Hmeda, Hazem Faraj, Tieu Minh Thuan, Manal Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Mario Gerges Awadallah, Nam Xuan Ha, Michael Noeske, Jeza Muhamad Abdul Aziz, Nguyen Hai Nam, Mohamed El Nile, Shyam Prakash Dumre, Nguyen Tien Huy, Kenji Hirayama

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009808

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Guillain Mikaty, Héloïse Coullon, Laurence Fiette, Javier Pizarro-Cerdá, Elisabeth Carniel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009832

Leishmania infantum xenodiagnosis from vertically infected dogs reveals significant skin tropism

Breanna M. Scorza, Kurayi G. Mahachi, Arin C. Cox, Angela J. Toepp, Adam Leal-Lima, Anurag Kumar Kushwaha, Patrick Kelly, Claudio Meneses, Geneva Wilson, Katherine N. Gibson-Corley, Lyric Bartholomay, Shaden Kamhawi, Christine A. Petersen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009366

Investigation of neglected protists Blastocystis sp. and Dientamoeba fragilis in immunocompetent and immunodeficient diarrheal patients using both conventional and molecular methods

Fakhriddin Sarzhanov, Funda Dogruman-Al, Monica Santin, Jenny G. Maloney, Ayse Semra Gureser, Djursun Karasartova, Aysegul Taylan-Ozkan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009779

The state of the leprosy epidemic in Yunnan, China 2011–2020: A spatial and spatiotemporal analysis, highlighting areas for intervention

Xiaohua Chen, Tie-Jun Shui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009783

Risk factors for scabies, tungiasis, and tinea infections among schoolchildren in southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional Bayesian multilevel model

Hiwot Hailu Amare, Bernt Lindtjorn

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009816

Searching for a sign of exotic Aedes albopictus (Culicidae) introduction in major international seaports on Kyushu Island, Japan

Chao Yang, Toshihiko Sunahara, Jinping Hu, Kyoko Futami, Hitoshi Kawada, Noboru Minakawa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009827

Passive case detection for canine visceral leishmaniasis control in urban Brazil: Determinants of population uptake

João Gabriel G. Luz, Amanda G. de Carvalho, João Victor L. Dias, Luis Claudio L. Marciano, Sake J. de Vlas, Cor Jesus F. Fontes, Luc E. Coffeng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009818

Cytotoxin antibody-based colourimetric sensor for field-level differential detection of elapid among big four snake venom

Sherin Kaul, L. Sai Keerthana, Pankaj Kumar, Komal Birader, Yathirajarao Tammineni, Deepali Rawat, Pankaj Suman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009841

Live-imaging rate-of-kill compound profiling for Chagas disease drug discovery with a new automated high-content assay

Nina Svensen, Susan Wyllie, David W. Gray, Manu De Rycker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009870

Regulation of innate immune responses in macrophages differentiated in the presence of vitamin D and infected with dengue virus 2

Jorge Andrés Castillo, Diana M. Giraldo, Juan C. Hernandez, Jolanda M. Smit, Izabela A. Rodenhuis-Zybert, Silvio Urcuqui-Inchima

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009873

Evaluating the diagnostic test accuracy of molecular xenomonitoring methods for characterising the community burden of Onchocerciasis

Joseph Pryce, Thomas R. Unnasch, Lisa J. Reimer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009812

The current burden of Japanese encephalitis and the estimated impacts of vaccination: Combining estimates of the spatial distribution and transmission intensity of a zoonotic pathogen

Sean M. Moore

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 13, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009385

Rationalizing the design of a broad coverage Shigella vaccine based on evaluation of immunological cross-reactivity among S. flexneri serotypes

Francesco Citiulo, Francesca Necchi, Francesca Mancini, Omar Rossi, Maria Grazia Aruta, Gianmarco Gasperini, Renzo Alfini, Simona Rondini, Francesca Micoli, Rino Rappuoli, Allan Saul, Laura B. Martin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 13, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009826

Community-based prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in rural Ethiopia: Five-year follow-up

Tadesse Gemechu, Eldryd H. O. Parry, Magdi H. Yacoub, David I. W. Phillips, Susy Kotit

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 13, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009830

Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 tracks early interstate transmission of P.1 lineage and diversification within P.2 clade in Brazil

Alessandra P. Lamarca, Luiz G. P. de Almeida, Ronaldo da Silva Francisco Jr., Lucymara Fassarella Agnez Lima, Kátia Castanho Scortecci, Vinícius Pietta Perez, Otavio J. Brustolini, Eduardo Sérgio Soares Sousa, Danielle Angst Secco, Angela Maria Guimarães Santos, George Rego Albuquerque, Ana Paula Melo Mariano, Bianca Mendes Maciel, Alexandra L. Gerber, Ana Paula de C. Guimarães, Paulo Ricardo Nascimento, Francisco Paulo Freire Neto, Sandra Rocha Gadelha, Luís Cristóvão Porto, Eloiza Helena Campana, Selma Maria Bezerra Jeronimo, Ana Tereza R. Vasconcelos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 13, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009835

Chronic wounds in Sierra Leone: Searching for Buruli ulcer, a NTD caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, at Masanga Hospital

Helen R. Please, Jonathan H. Vas Nunes, Rashida Patel, Gerd Pluschke, Mohamed Tholley, Marie-Therésè Ruf, William Bolton, Julian A. Scott, Martin P. Grobusch, Håkon A. Bolkan, Julia M. Brown, David G. Jayne

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 13, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009862

Clinical diversity and treatment results in Tegumentary Leishmaniasis: A European clinical report in 459 patients

Romain Guery, Stephen L. Walker, Gundel Harms, Andreas Neumayr, Pieter Van Thiel, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Jan Clerinx, Sara Karlsson Söbirk, Leo Visser, Laurence Lachaud, Mark Bailey, Aldert Bart, Christophe Ravel, Gert Van der Auwera, Johannes Blum, Diana N. Lockwood, Pierre Buffet, on behalf of the LeishMan Network and the French Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Study group

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 13, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009863

Schistosoma mansoni egg-derived extracellular vesicles: A promising vaccine candidate against murine schistosomiasis

Shereen F. Mossallam, Iman F. Abou-El-Naga, Amany Abdel Bary, Eman A. Elmorsy, Radwa G. Diab

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 13, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009866

Genetic diversity of Salmonella Paratyphi A isolated from enteric fever patients in Bangladesh from 2008 to 2018

Sadia Isfat Ara Rahman, To Nguyen Thi Nguyen, Farhana Khanam, Nicholas R. Thomson, Zoe A. Dyson, Alyce Taylor-Brown, Emran Kabir Chowdhury, Gordon Dougan, Stephen Baker, Firdausi Qadri

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009748

Indirect transfer of pyriproxyfen to European honeybees via an autodissemination approach

Sri Jyosthsna Kancharlapalli, Cameron J. Crabtree, Kaz Surowiec, Scott D. Longing, Corey L. Brelsfoard

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009824

Systematic review of the scrub typhus treatment landscape: Assessing the feasibility of an individual participant-level data (IPD) platform

Kartika Saraswati, Brittany J. Maguire, Alistair R. D. McLean, Sauman Singh-Phulgenda, Roland C. Ngu, Paul N. Newton, Nicholas P. J. Day, Philippe J. Guérin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009858

Prediction of minimal hepatic encephalopathy by using an radiomics nomogram in chronic hepatic schistosomiasis patients

Ying Li, Shuai Ju, Xin Li, Yan Li Zhou, Jin Wei Qiang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009834

Parasitic helminth infections in humans modulate Trefoil Factor levels in a manner dependent on the species of parasite and age of the host

Babatunde Adewale, Jonathan R. Heintz, Christopher F. Pastore, Heather L. Rossi, Li-Yin Hung, Nurudeen Rahman, Jeff Bethony, David Diemert, James Ayorinde Babatunde, De’Broski R. Herbert

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 18, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009550

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in Nodding syndrome

Gil Benedek, Mahmoud Abed El Latif, Keren Miller, Mila Rivkin, Ally Ahmed Ramadhan Lasu, Lul P. Riek, Richard Lako, Shimon Edvardson, Sagit Arbel-Alon, Eithan Galun, Mia Levite

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 18, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009821

Soil-transmitted helminthiasis in China: A national survey in 2014-2015

Ying-Dan Chen, Men-Bao Qian, Hui-Hui Zhu, Chang-Hai Zhou, Ting-Jun Zhu, Ji-Lei Huang, Zhong-Jie Li, Shi-Zhu Li, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Group on National Survey of Important Human Parasitic Diseases in China

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009710

High SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in persons experiencing homelessness and shelter workers from a day-shelter in São Paulo, Brazil

Anahi Chechia do Couto, Louise Bach Kmetiuk, Ruana Renostro Delai, Ana Pérola Drulla Brandão, Cairo Oliveira Monteiro, Luciana Helena Antoniassi da Silva, Camila Soares, Alexandre Campos Banari, Renato van Wilpe Bach, Christina Pettan-Brewer, Andrea Pires dos Santos, Ana Marcia Sá Guimarães, Danielle Bruna Leal Oliveira, Edison Luiz Durigon, Alexander Welker Biondo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009754

Individual responses to a single oral dose of albendazole indicate reduced efficacy against soil-transmitted helminths in an area with high drug pressure

Martin Walker, Piet Cools, Marco Albonico, Shaali M. Ame, Mio Ayana, Daniel Dana, Jennifer Keiser, Leonardo F. Matoso, Antonio Montresor, Zeleke Mekonnen, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Simone A, Pinto, Somphou Sayasone, Jozef Vercruysse, Johnny Vlaminck, Bruno Levecke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009888

Land use and land cover change and its impacts on dengue dynamics in China: A systematic review

Panjun Gao, Eva Pilot, Cassandra Rehbock, Marie Gontariuk, Simone Doreleijers, Li Wang, Thomas Krafft, Pim Martens, Qiyong Liu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 20, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009879

Factors associated with diarrheal disease among children aged 1–5 years in a cholera epidemic in rural Haiti

Hilary A. Dolstad, Molly F. Franke, Kenia Vissieres, Jean-Gregory Jerome, Ralph Ternier, Louise C. Ivers

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009726

The implementation and impact of a pilot hydrocele surgery camp for LF-endemic communities in Ethiopia

Andualem Deneke Beyene, Fikreab Kebede, Belete Mengistu Mammo, Biruck Kebede Negash, Addisalem Mihret, Solomon Abetew, Asfaw Kejella Oucha, Shigute Alene, Sharone Backers, Sunny Mante, Zeina Sifri, Molly Brady, Scott McPherson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009403

Towards soil-transmitted helminths transmission interruption: The impact of diagnostic tools on infection prediction in a low intensity setting in Southern Mozambique

Berta Grau-Pujol, Helena Martí-Soler, Valdemiro Escola, Maria Demontis, Jose Carlos Jamine, Javier Gandasegui, Osvaldo Muchisse, Maria Cambra-Pellejà, Anelsio Cossa, Maria Martinez-Valladares, Charfudin Sacoor, Lisette Van Lieshout, Jorge Cano, Emanuele Giorgi, Jose Muñoz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009803

Emergence of dengue virus serotype 2 in Mauritania and molecular characterization of its circulation in West Africa

Toscane Fourié, Ahmed El Bara, Audrey Dubot-Pérès, Gilda Grard, Sébastien Briolant, Leonardo K. Basco, Mohamed Ouldabdallahi Moukah, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009829

Susceptibility and barriers to infection of Colorado mosquitoes with Rift Valley fever virus

Daniel A. Hartman, Nicholas A. Bergren, Therese Kondash, William Schlatmann, Colleen T. Webb, Rebekah C. Kading

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009837

Concurrent circulation of dengue serotype 1, 2 and 3 among acute febrile patients in Cameroon

Huguette Simo Tchetgna, Francine Sado Yousseu, Basile Kamgang, Armel Tedjou, Philip J. McCall, Charles S. Wondji

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009860

Development of a novel real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the sensitive detection of Schistosoma japonicum in human stool

Sara Halili, Jessica R. Grant, Nils Pilotte, Catherine A. Gordon, Steven A. Williams

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009877

Evaluating Surveillance for and Estimating Administration of Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis in the United States, 2012–2018

Erin R. Whitehouse, Marissa K. Person, Catherine M. Brown, Sally Slavinski, Agam K. Rao, Jesse D. Blanton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009878

Prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PDd), CareStart qualitative rapid diagnostic test performance, and genetic variants in two malaria-endemic areas in Sudan

Musab M. Ali Albsheer, Andrew A. Lover, Sara B. Eltom, Leena Omereltinai, Nouh Mohamed, Mohamed S. Muneer, Abdelrahim O. Mohamad, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009720

Oral vaccination with recombinant Lactobacillus plantarum encoding Trichinella spiralis inorganic pyrophosphatase elicited a protective immunity in BALB/c mice

Chen Xi Hu, Yang Xiu Yue Xu, Hui Nan Hao, Ruo Dan Liu, Peng Jiang, Shao Rong Long, Zhong Quan Wang, Jing Cui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009865

X-treme loss of sequence diversity linked to neo-X chromosomes in filarial nematodes

John Mattick, Silvia Libro, Robin Bromley, Wanpen Chaicumpa, Matthew Chung, Darren Cook, Mohammad Behram Khan, Nikhil Kumar, Yee-Ling Lau, Shailja Misra-Bhattacharya, Ramakrishna Rao, Lisa Sadzewicz, Atiporn Saeung, Mohd Shahab, Benjamin C. Sparklin, Andrew Steven, Joseph D. Turner, Luke J. Tallon, Mark J. Taylor, Andrew R. Moorhead, Michelle Michalski, Jeremy M. Foster, Julie C. Dunning Hotopp

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009838

Prevalence, intensity and associated risk factors of Schistosoma mansoni infections among schoolchildren around Lake Tana, northwestern Ethiopia

Tamirat Hailegebriel, Endalkachew Nibret, Abaineh Munshea, Zena Ameha

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009861

Validation of a spatial agent-based model for Taenia solium transmission (“CystiAgent”) against a large prospective trial of control strategies in northern Peru

Ian W. Pray, Francesco Pizzitutti, Gabrielle Bonnet, Eloy Gonzales-Gustavson, Wayne Wakeland, William K. Pan, William E. Lambert, Armando E. Gonzalez, Hector H. Garcia, Seth E. O’Neal, for the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru.

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009885

Schistosomiasis messaging in endemic communities: Lessons and implications for interventions from rural Uganda, a rapid ethnographic assessment study

Agnes Ssali, Lucy Pickering, Edith Nalwadda, Lazaaro Mujumbusi, Janet Seeley, Poppy H. L. Lamberton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009893

Identification of novel proteins and mRNAs differentially bound to the Leishmania Poly(A) Binding Proteins reveals a direct association between PABP1, the RNA-binding protein RBP23 and mRNAs encoding ribosomal proteins

Ludmila A. Assis, Moezio V. C. Santos Filho, Joao R. da Cruz Silva, Maria J. R. Bezerra, Irassandra R. P. U. C. de Aquino, Kleison C. Merlo, Fabiola B. Holetz, Christian M. Probst, Antonio M. Rezende, Barbara Papadopoulou, Tamara D. C. da Costa Lima, Osvaldo P. de Melo Neto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009899

Variation in Leishmania chemokine suppression driven by diversification of the GP63 virulence factor

Alejandro L. Antonia, Alyson B. Barnes, Amelia T. Martin, Liuyang Wang, Dennis C. Ko

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009224

Ovitrap surveillance of dengue vector mosquitoes in Bandung City, West Java Province, Indonesia

Hadian Iman Sasmita, Kok-Boon Neoh, Sri Yusmalinar, Tjandra Anggraeni, Niann-Tai Chang, Lee-Jin Bong, Ramadhani Eka Putra, Amelia Sebayang, Christina Natalina Silalahi, Intan Ahmad, Wu-Chun Tu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009896

Environmental factors and hygiene behaviors associated with facial cleanliness and trachoma in Kongwa, Tanzania

Xinyi Chen, Beatriz Munoz, Meraf A. Wolle, Geordie Woods, Michelle Odonkor, Fahd Naufal, Harran Mkocha, Sheila K. West

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009902

Leprosy in children in Cuba: Epidemiological and clinical description of 50 cases from 2012–2019

Raisa Rumbaut Castillo, Laura C. Hurtado Gascón, Jenny Laura Ruiz-Fuentes, Fernanda M. Pastrana Fundora, César R. Ramírez Albajés, Andres F. Henao-Martínez, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Ángel Arturo Escobedo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009910

Prevalence and molecular characterization of Wolbachia in field-collected Aedes albopictus, Anopheles sinensis, Armigeres subalbatus, Culex pipiens and Cx. tritaeniorhynchus in China

Yi Yang, Yifan He, Guoding Zhu, Jilei Zhang, Zaicheng Gong, Siyang Huang, Guangwu Lu, Yalan Peng, Yining Meng, Xiaoli Hao, Chengming Wang, Jie Sun, Shaobin Shang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009911

Asymptomatic Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Brazilian Amazon: Submicroscopic parasitemic blood infects Nyssorhynchus darlingi

Gregório Guilherme Almeida, Pedro Augusto Carvalho Costa, Maísa da Silva Araujo, Gabriela Ribeiro Gomes, Alex Fiorini Carvalho, Maria Marta Figueiredo, Dhelio Batista Pereira, Mauro Shugiro Tada, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Irene da Silva Soares, Luzia Helena Carvalho, Flora Satiko Kano, Marcia Caldas de Castro, Joseph Michael Vinetz, Douglas Taylor Golenbock, Lis Ribeiro do Valle Antonelli, Ricardo Tostes Gazzinelli

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009077

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Excreted Trypanosoma brucei proteins inhibit Plasmodium hepatic infection

Adriana Temporão, Margarida Sanches-Vaz, Rafael Luís, Helena Nunes-Cabaço, Terry K. Smith, Miguel Prudêncio, Luisa M. Figueiredo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009912

Development and validation of a framework to improve neglected tropical diseases surveillance and response at sub-national levels in Kenya

Arthur K. S. Ng’etich, Kuku Voyi, Clifford M. Mutero

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009920

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