Building an integrated serosurveillance platform to inform public health interventions: Insights from an experts’ meeting on serum biomarkers

Kirsten E. Wiens, Barbara Jauregui, Benjamin F. Arnold, Kathryn Banke, Djibril Wade, Kyla Hayford, Adriana Costero-Saint Denis, Robert H. Hall, Henrik Salje, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer, Andrew S. Azman, Guy Vernet, Daniel T. Leung, on behalf of the Collaboration on Integrated Biomarkers Surveillance

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010657

Host selection and forage ratio in West Nile virus–transmitting Culex mosquitoes: Challenges and knowledge gaps

Nicola Riccetti, Augusto Fasano, Federico Ferraccioli, Jaime Gomez-Ramirez, Nikolaos I. Stilianakis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010819

Gp35/50 mucin molecules of Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic forms that mediate host cell invasion interact with annexin A2

Thiago Souza Onofre, Leonardo Loch, João Paulo Ferreira Rodrigues, Silene Macedo, Nobuko Yoshida

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 3, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010788

The efficacy of soap against schistosome cercariae: A systematic review

Jiaodi Zhang, Ana K. Pitol, Laura Braun, Lucinda Hazell, Michael R. Templeton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 3, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010820

Targeting Echinococcus multilocularis PIM kinase for improving anti-parasitic chemotherapy

Akito Koike, Frank Becker, Peter Sennhenn, Jason Kim, Jenny Zhang, Stefan Hannus, Klaus Brehm

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 3, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010483

Comparing in vivo bioluminescence imaging and the Multi-Cruzi immunoassay platform to develop improved Chagas disease diagnostic procedures and biomarkers for monitoring parasitological cure

Amanda Fortes Francisco, Ursula Saade, Shiromani Jayawardhana, Hans Pottel, Ivan Scandale, Eric Chatelain, Peter Liehl, John M. Kelly, Maan Zrein

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 3, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010827

SARS-CoV-2 reinfections with BA.1 (Omicron) variant among fully vaccinated individuals in northeastern Brazil

Francisco P. Freire-Neto, Diego G. Teixeira, Dayse C. S. da Cunha, Ingryd C. Morais, Celisa P. M. Tavares, Genilson P. Gurgel, Sanderson D. N. Medeiros, David C. dos Santos, Alexandre de O. Sales, Selma M. B. Jeronimo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 3, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010337

Reconstructing long-term dengue virus immunity in French Polynesia

Takahiro Nemoto, Maite Aubry, Yoann Teissier, Richard Paul, Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau, Henrik Salje, Simon Cauchemez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 3, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010367

Not all mosquitoes are created equal: A synthesis of vector competence experiments reinforces virus associations of Australian mosquitoes

Morgan P. Kain, Eloise B. Skinner, Tejas S. Athni, Ana L. Ramirez, Erin A. Mordecai, Andrew F. van den Hurk

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010768

Shotgun metagenomics of fecal samples from children in Peru reveals frequent complex co-infections with multiple Campylobacter species

Craig T. Parker, Francesca Schiaffino, Steven Huynh, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Paul F. Garcia Bardales, Tackeshy Pinedo Vasquez, Greisi E. Curico Huansi, Katia Manzanares Villanueva, Wagner V. Shapiama Lopez, Kerry K. Cooper, Margaret N. Kosek

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010815

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How do i bite thee? let me count the ways: Exploring the implications of individual biting habits of Aedes aegypti for dengue transmission

Rebecca C. Christofferson, Helen J. Wearing, Erik A. Turner, Christine S. Walsh, Henrik Salje, Cécile Tran-Kiem, Simon Cauchemez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010818

Modeling the effect of different drugs and treatment regimen for hookworm on cure and egg reduction rates taking into account diagnostic error

Carla M. Grolimund, Oliver Bärenbold, Jürg Utzinger, Jennifer Keiser, Penelope Vounatsou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 4, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010810

Exploring the association between precipitation and population cases of ocular toxoplasmosis in Colombia

Laura Boada-Robayo, Danna Lesley Cruz-Reyes, Carlos Cifuentes-González, William Rojas-Carabali, Ángela Paola Vargas-Largo, Alejandra de-la-Torre

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010742

Comparison of coproprevalence and seroprevalence to guide decision-making in national soil-transmitted helminthiasis control programs: Ethiopia as a case study

Sara Roose, Gemechu Tadesse Leta, Johnny Vlaminck, Birhanu Getachew, Kalkidan Mekete, Iris Peelaers, Peter Geldhof, Bruno Levecke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010824

After action review of the response to an outbreak of Lassa fever in Sierra Leone, 2019: Best practices and lessons learnt

Charles Njuguna, Mohamed Vandi, Evans Liyosi, Jane Githuku, James Sylvester Squire, Ian Njeru, Ian Rufus, Victoria Katawera, Wilson Gachari, Robert Musoke, Claudette Amuzu, Mukeh Fahnbulleh, Joseph Bunting-Graden, Janet Kayita, James Bunn, Ambrose Talisuna, Zabulon Yoti

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010755

Experiences of living with leprosy: A systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis

Norana Abdul Rahman, Vaikunthan Rajaratnam, George L. Burchell, Ruth M. H. Peters, Marjolein B. M. Zweekhorst

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010761

The role of environmental enteric dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Schistosoma mansoni-associated morbidity in school-aged children

Jacqueline Araújo Fiuza, Susannah Colt, Letícia Gambogi de Ornellas, Leonardo Ferreira Matoso, Andrea Gazzinelli, Jennifer F. Friedman, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 5, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010837

Bird species define the relationship between West Nile viremia and infectiousness to Culex pipiens mosquitoes

Jefferson A. Vaughan, Robert A. Newman, Michael J. Turell

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010835

Transfusion-transmitted arboviruses: Update and systematic review

Ángel Giménez-Richarte, María Isabel Ortiz de Salazar, María-Paz Giménez-Richarte, Miriam Collado, Pedro Luís Fernández, Carlos Clavijo, Laura Navarro, Cristina Arbona, Pascual Marco, Jose-Manuel Ramos-Rincon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010843

Antibiofilm agents with therapeutic potential against enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

David A. Kwasi, Chinedum P. Babalola, Olujide O. Olubiyi, Jennifer Hoffmann, Ikemefuna C. Uzochukwu, Iruka N. Okeke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 6, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010809

LFA-1/ ICAM-1 promotes NK cell cytotoxicity associated with the pathogenesis of ocular toxoplasmosis in murine model

Nannan Gao, Chong Wang, Yiran Yu, Linding Xie, Yien Xing, Yuan Zhang, Yanling Wang, Jianjun Wu, Yihong Cai

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 7, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010848

Leishmaniasis epidemiology in endemic areas of metropolitan France and its overseas territories from 1998 to 2020

Grégoire Pasquier, Magalie Demar, Patrick Lami, Asma Zribi, Pierre Marty, Pierre Buffet, Nicole Desbois-Nogard, Jean Pierre Gangneux, Stéphane Simon, Romain Blaizot, Pierre Couppié, Louis Thiebaut, Francine Pratlong, Jean-Pierre Dedet, Patrick Bastien, Yvon Sterkers, Christophe Ravel, Laurence Lachaud, Working Group for the Notification of Human Leishmanioses in France

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 7, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010745

Proteomic profiling of serum extracellular vesicles identifies diagnostic markers for echinococcosis

Xiaola Guo, Shuai Wang, Junmei Zhang, Rui Li, Yong’e Zhang, Zhengrong Wang, Qingming Kong, William C. Cho, Xianghong Ju, Yujuan Shen, Lingqiang Zhang, Haining Fan, Jianping Cao, Yadong Zheng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 7, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010814

Development and validation of a quantitative PCR for the detection of Guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis)

Sarah M. Coker, Erin K. Box, Natalie Stilwell, Elizabeth A. Thiele, James A. Cotton, Ellen Haynes, Michael J. Yabsley, Christopher A. Cleveland

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 7, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010830

Molluscicidal and antioxidant activities of silver nanoparticles on the multi-species of snail intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis

Khaled M. Zayed, Yun-Hai Guo, Shan Lv, Yi Zhang, Xiao-Nong Zhou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 10, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010667

Genome-wide association study for Chagas Cardiomyopathy identify a new risk locus on chromosome 18 associated with an immune-related protein and transcriptional signature

Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Lucas Augusto Moysés Franco, Gabriela Venturini, Mariliza Velho Rodrigues, Emanuelle Marques, Lea Campos de Oliveira-da Silva, Larissa Natany Almeida Martins, Ariela Mota Ferreira, Paulo Emílio Clementino Almeida, Felipe Dias Da Silva, Sâmara Fernandes Leite, Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes, Desiree Sant’Ana Haikal, Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Clareci Silva Cardoso, Jonathan G. Seidman, Christine E. Seidman, Juan P. Casas, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Jose E. Krieger, Alexandre C. Pereira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 10, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010725

Clinical and hematological profiles of children with dengue residing in a non-endemic zone of Bangladesh

Saiful Islam, Md. Abdullah Saeed Khan, Md. Fakhrul Amin Badal, Muhammad Ziaul Islam Khan, David Gozal, Mohammad Jahid Hasan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 10, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010847

The notable global heterogeneity in the distribution of COVID-19 cases and the association with pre-existing parasitic diseases

Taehee Chang, Bong-Kwang Jung, Jong-Yil Chai, Sung-il Cho

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 10, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010826

Potential drivers for schistosomiasis persistence: Population genetic analyses from a cluster-randomized urogenital schistosomiasis elimination trial across the Zanzibar islands

Tom Pennance, M. Inês Neves, Bonnie L. Webster, Charlotte M. Gower, Stefanie Knopp, Iddi Simba Khamis, Shaali M. Ame, Said M. Ali, Muriel Rabone, Aidan Emery, Fiona Allan, Mtumweni Ali Muhsin, Khamis Rashid Suleiman, Fatama Kabole, Martin Walker, David Rollinson, Joanne P. Webster

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 10, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010419

The burden of physical disability among patients with newly detected leprosy in Yunnan, China, 1990–2020: A population-based, cross-sectional survey

Xiaohua Chen, Tie-Jun Shui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 11, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010719

Dengue algorithms integrated into the IMCI guidelines: An updated assessment in five Southeast-Asian countries

Stephanie Petzold, Kerstin D. Rosenberger, Bridget Wills, Jacqueline Deen, Martin W. Weber, Thomas Jaenisch, IDAMS IMCI study group

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 11, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010832

Constructing, validating, and updating machine learning models to predict survival in children with Ebola Virus Disease

Alicia E. Genisca, Kelsey Butler, Monique Gainey, Tzu-Chun Chu, Lawrence Huang, Eta N. Mbong, Stephen B. Kennedy, Razia Laghari, Fiston Nganga, Rigobert F. Muhayangabo, Himanshu Vaishnav, Shiromi M. Perera, Moyinoluwa Adeniji, Adam C. Levine, Ian C. Michelow, Andrés Colubri

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 12, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010789

Proteomics coupled with in vitro model to study the early crosstalk occurring between newly excysted juveniles of Fasciola hepatica and host intestinal cells

David Becerro-Recio, Judit Serrat, Marta López-García, Javier Sotillo, Fernando Simón, Javier González-Miguel, Mar Siles-Lucas

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Diverse susceptibilities and responses of human and rodent cells to orthohantavirus infection reveal different levels of cellular restriction

Giulia Gallo, Petr Kotlik, Philippe Roingeard, Marc Monot, Guillaume Chevreux, Rainer G. Ulrich, Noël Tordo, Myriam Ermonval

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Arboviruses as an unappreciated cause of non-malarial acute febrile illness in the Dschang Health District of western Cameroon

Innocent M. Ali, Valery P. K. Tchuenkam, Mia Colton, Victoria Stittleburg, Cedar Mitchell, Claudia Gaither, Kyaw Thwai, Daniel O. Espinoza, Yerun Zhu, Haaris Jamal, Autum Key, Jonathan J. Juliano, Tume B. Christopher, Anne Piantadosi, Jesse J. Waggoner, Matthew H. Collins

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Urogenital schistosomiasis among pre-school and school aged children in four districts of north western Tanzania after 15 years of mass drug administration: Geographical prevalence, risk factors and performance of haematuria reagent strips

Humphrey D. Mazigo, Upendo J. Mwingira, Maria M. Zinga, Cecilia Uisso, Paul E. Kazyoba, Safari M. Kinung’hi, Francesca Mutapi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 12, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010834

A systematic review and quality appraisal of the economic evaluations of schistosomiasis interventions

Sharon C. Uzoegbo, Louise J. Jackson, Sonja C. M. Bloch

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 12, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010822

Skin wounds in a rural setting of Côte d’Ivoire: Population-based assessment of the burden and clinical epidemiology

Simone Toppino, Raymond T. A. S. N’Krumah, Bognan Valentin Kone, Didier Yao Koffi, Ismaël Dognimin Coulibaly, Frank Tobian, Gerd Pluschke, Marija Stojkovic, Bassirou Bonfoh, Thomas Junghanss

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Prevalence of arboviruses and other infectious causes of skin rash in patients treated at a tertiary health unit in the Brazilian Amazon

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Assessment of knowledge and perceptions on leishmaniasis: An island-wide study in Sri Lanka

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Communication in Neglected Tropical Diseases’ elimination: A scoping review and call for action

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Fine-scale mapping of Schistosoma mansoni infections and infection intensities in sub-districts of Makenene in the Centre region of Cameroon

Estelle Mezajou Mewamba, Arnol Auvaker Zebaze Tiofack, Cyrille Nguemnang Kamdem, Esthelline Yangea Tchounkeu, Rostand Joël Atiokeng Tatang, Loic Edmond Tekeu Mengoue, Mureille Carole Tchami Mbagnia, Flobert Njiokou, Miriam Casacuberta-Partal, Hilaire Macaire Womeni, Gustave Simo, for the TrypanoGEN+ research group of the H3Africa consortium

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Clinical and prognostic relevance of sST2 in adults with dengue-associated cardiac impairment and severe dengue

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 13, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010864

Multiple immunodominant O-epitopes co-expression in live attenuated Salmonella serovars induce cross-protective immune responses against S. Paratyphi A, S. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis

Pei Li, Ke Zhang, Ting Lei, Zuoyong Zhou, Hongyan Luo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 13, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010866

Impact of antivenom administration on the evolution of cutaneous lesions in loxoscelism: A prospective observational study

Ceila M. S. Malaque, Christina T. G. Novaes, Roberta O. Piorelli, Jose Y. Risk, Jefferson C. Murad, Amanda N. Lara, Cristiana C. Virgulino, Karina T. Miyaji, Marcelo L. Santoro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 14, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010842

The epidemiology and disease burden of congenital TORCH infections among hospitalized children in China: A national cross-sectional study

Linlin Zhang, Xinyu Wang, Mengjia Liu, Guoshuang Feng, Yueping Zeng, Ran Wang, Zhengde Xie

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 14, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010861

Procedure for spotted fever group Rickettsia isolation from limited clinical blood specimens

Marah E. Condit, Emma Jones, Brad J. Biggerstaff, Cecilia Y. Kato

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 14, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010781

The dual burden of animal and human zoonoses: A systematic review

Liz P. Noguera Z., Duriya Charypkhan, Sonja Hartnack, Paul R. Torgerson, Simon R. Rüegg

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Estimating the burden of mycetoma in Sudan for the period 1991–2018 using a model-based geostatistical approach

Rowa Hassan, Jorge Cano, Claudio Fronterre, Sahar Bakhiet, Ahmed Fahal, Kebede Deribe, Melanie Newport

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 14, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010795

Head and neck mycetoma: Clinical findings, investigations, and predictors for recurrence of the disease in Sudan: A retrospective study

Alaa T. Omer, Elfatih A. Hasabo, Sara N. Bashir, Noha E. EL hag, Yousra S. Ahmed, Istabraq I. Abdelgadir, Asma A. Osman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010838

Discovery and validation of circulating miRNAs for the clinical prognosis of severe dengue

Umaporn Limothai, Nattawat Jantarangsi, Natthasit Suphavejkornkij, Sasipha Tachaboon, Janejira Dinhuzen, Watchadaporn Chaisuriyong, Supachoke Trongkamolchai, Mananya Wanpaisitkul, Chatchai Chulapornsiri, Anongrat Tiawilai, Thawat Tiawilai, Terapong Tantawichien, Usa Thisyakorn, Nattachai Srisawat

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010836

Implementation approaches for leprosy prevention with single-dose rifampicin: A support tool for decision making

Fleur ter Ellen, Kaat Tielens, Christine Fenenga, Liesbeth Mieras, Anne Schoenmakers, Mohammad A. Arif, Nienke Veldhuijzen, Ruth Peters, Eliane Ignotti, Christa Kasang, Benedict Quao, Peter Steinmann, Nand Lal Banstola, Joshua Oraga, Teky Budiawan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010792

Spatial-temporal and phylogenetic analyses of epidemiologic data to help understand the modes of transmission of endemic typhoid fever in Samoa

Michael J. Sikorski, Jianguo Ma, Tracy H. Hazen, Sachin N. Desai, Siaosi Tupua, Susana Nimarota-Brown, Michelle Sialeipata, Savitra Rambocus, Susan A. Ballard, Mary Valcanis, Robert E. Thomsen, Roy M. Robins-Browne, Benjamin P. Howden, Take K. Naseri, Myron M. Levine, David A. Rasko

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010348

“Candidatus Campylobacter infans” detection is not associated with diarrhea in children under the age of 2 in Peru

Paul F. Garcia Bardales, Francesca Schiaffino, Steven Huynh, Maribel Paredes Olortegui, Pablo Peñataro Yori, Tackeshy Pinedo Vasquez, Katia Manzanares Villanueva, Greisi E. Curico Huansi, Wagner V. Shapiama Lopez, Kerry K. Cooper, Craig T. Parker, Margaret N. Kosek

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An assessment of remotely sensed environmental variables on Dengue epidemiology in Central India

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Rapid diagnostic tests and ELISA for diagnosing chronic Chagas disease: Systematic revision and meta-analysis

Sandra Helena Suescún-Carrero, Philippe Tadger, Carolina Sandoval Cuellar, Lluis Armadans-Gil, Laura Ximena Ramírez López

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 18, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010860

Disruption of multiple copies of the Prostaglandin F2alpha synthase gene affects oxidative stress response and infectivity in Trypanosoma cruzi

Ana Maria Murta Santi, Juliana Martins Ribeiro, João Luís Reis-Cunha, Gabriela de Assis Burle-Caldas, Isabella Fernandes Martins Santos, Paula Alves Silva, Daniela de Melo Resende, Daniella Castanheira Bartholomeu, Santuza Maria Ribeiro Teixeira, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta

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The importance of the clinical classification of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) in the prognosis

Pedro Dantas Oliveira, Guilherme Sousa Ribeiro, Rosangela Oliveira Anjos, Maria Almeida Dias, Lourdes Farre, Iguaracyra Araújo, Achiléa Lisboa Bittencourt

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Livestock and rodents within an endemic focus of Visceral Leishmaniasis are not reservoir hosts for Leishmania donovani

Anurag Kumar Kushwaha, Ashish Shukla, Breanna M. Scorza, Tulika Kumari Rai, Rahul Chaubey, Dharmendra Kumar Maurya, Shweta Srivastva, Shreya Upadhyay, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Paritosh Malviya, Om Prakash Singh, Vivek Kumar Scholar, Puja Tiwary, Shakti Kumar Singh, Phillip Lawyer, Edgar Rowton, Scott A. Bernhardt, Christine A. Petersen, Shyam Sundar

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Diagnosing and treating leprosy in a non-endemic setting in a national centre, London, United Kingdom 1995–2018

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Prevalence, probability, and characteristics of malaria and filariasis co-infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Polrat Wilairatana, Kwuntida Uthaisar Kotepui, Wanida Mala, Kinley Wangdi, Manas Kotepui

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The global trends and regional differences in incidence of Zika virus infection and implications for Zika virus infection prevention

Zirui Guo, Wenzhan Jing, Jue Liu, Min Liu

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TLR7 controls myeloid-derived suppressor cells expansion and function in the lung of C57BL6 mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum

Lu Zhou, Yiqiang Zhu, lengshan Mo, Mei Wang, Jie Lin, Yi Zhao, Yuanfa Feng, Anqi Xie, Haixia Wei, Huaina Qiu, Jun Huang, Quan Yang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 24, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010851

The gut microbial metabolic capacity of microbiome-humanized vs. wild type rodents reveals a likely dual role of intestinal bacteria in hepato-intestinal schistosomiasis

Alba Cortés, John Martin, Bruce A. Rosa, Klara A. Stark, Simon Clare, Catherine McCarthy, Katherine Harcourt, Cordelia Brandt, Charlotte Tolley, Trevor D. Lawley, Makedonka Mitreva, Matthew Berriman, Gabriel Rinaldi, Cinzia Cantacessi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 24, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010878

The acceptability of the AMBITION-cm treatment regimen for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: Findings from a qualitative methods study of participants and researchers in Botswana and Uganda

David S. Lawrence, Agnes Ssali, Neo Moshashane, Georgina Nabaggala, Lebogang Maphane, Thomas S. Harrison, David B. Meya, Joseph N. Jarvis, Janet Seeley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 24, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010825

A systematic review and meta-analysis of human and zoonotic dog soil-transmitted helminth infections in Australian Indigenous communities

Cameron Raw, Rebecca J. Traub, Patsy A. Zendejas-Heredia, Mark Stevenson, Anke Wiethoelter

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 24, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010895

Chronic depletion of vertebrate lipids in Aedes aegypti cells dysregulates lipid metabolism and inhibits innate immunity without altering dengue infectivity

Andrew D. Marten, Clara T. Tift, Maya O. Tree, Jesse Bakke, Michael J. Conway

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 24, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010890

Sequences and proteins that influence mRNA processing in Trypanosoma brucei: Evolutionary conservation of SR-domain and PTB protein functions

Albina Waithaka, Olena Maiakovska, Dirk Grimm, Larissa Melo do Nascimento, Christine Clayton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 26, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010876

Leptospira enrichment culture followed by ONT metagenomic sequencing allows better detection of Leptospira presence and diversity in water and soil samples

Myranda Gorman, Ruijie Xu, Dhani Prakoso, Liliana C. M. Salvador, Sreekumari Rajeev

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 26, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010589

Quantitative single-cell analysis of Leishmania major amastigote differentiation demonstrates variably extended expression of the lipophosphoglycan (LPG) virulence factor in different host cell types

Michael A. Mandell, Wandy L. Beatty, Stephen M. Beverley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 27, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010893

Factors associated with variation in single-dose albendazole pharmacokinetics: A systematic review and modelling analysis

Charles Whittaker, Cédric B. Chesnais, Sébastien D. S. Pion, Joseph Kamgno, Martin Walker, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Michel Boussinesq

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 28, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010497

Inter-epidemic Rift Valley fever virus infection incidence and risks for zoonotic spillover in northern Tanzania

William A. de Glanville, James M. Nyarobi, Tito Kibona, Jo E. B. Halliday, Kate M. Thomas, Kathryn J. Allan, Paul C. D. Johnson, Alicia Davis, Felix Lankester, John R. Claxton, Melinda K. Rostal, Ryan W. Carter, Rosanne M. F. de Jong, Matthew P. Rubach, John A. Crump, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Obed M. Nyasebwa, Emanuel S. Swai, Brian Willett, Sarah Cleaveland

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 28, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010871

Characterization of a novel pyruvate kinase from Trichinella spiralis and its participation in sugar metabolism, larval molting and development

Wen Wen Yue, Shu Wei Yan, Ru Zhang, Yong Kang Cheng, Ruo Dan Liu, Shao Rong Long, Xi Zhang, Zhong Quan Wang, Jing Cui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 31, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010881

Modeling the efficacy of CRISPR gene drive for snail immunity on schistosomiasis control

Richard E. Grewelle, Javier Perez-Saez, Josh Tycko, Erica K. O. Namigai, Chloe G. Rickards, Giulio A. De Leo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 31, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010894

Congenital Rift Valley fever in Sprague Dawley rats is associated with diffuse infection and pathology of the placenta

Cynthia M. McMillen, Devin A. Boyles, Stefan G. Kostadinov, Ryan M. Hoehl, Madeline M. Schwarz, Joseph R. Albe, Matthew J. Demers, Amy L. Hartman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 31, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010898

Assessing the efficacy of albendazole against hookworm in Vietnam using quantitative PCR and sodium nitrate flotation

Clare E. F. Dyer, Naomi E. Clarke, Dinh Ng Nguyen, H. M. P. Dilrukshi Herath, Sze Fui Hii, Russell Pickford, Rebecca J. Traub, Susana Vaz Nery

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 31, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010767

Prophylactic low-dose, bi-weekly benznidazole treatment fails to prevent Trypanosoma cruzi infection in dogs under intense transmission pressure

Juan M. Bustamante, Angel M. Padilla, Brooke White, Lisa D. Auckland, Rachel E. Busselman, Stephanie Collins, Elizabeth L. Malcolm, Briana F. Wilson, Ashley B. Saunders, Sarah A. Hamer, Rick L. Tarleton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 31, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010688

The number of cases, mortality and treatments of viral hemorrhagic fevers: A systematic review

Drifa Belhadi, Majda El Baied, Guillaume Mulier, Denis Malvy, France Mentré, Cédric Laouénan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 31, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010889

Effectiveness of antimalarial drug combinations in treating concomitant urogenital schistosomiasis in malaria patients in Lambaréné, Gabon: A non-randomised event-monitoring study

Rella Zoleko-Manego, Dearie G. Okwu, Christian Handrich, Lia B. Dimessa-Mbadinga, Malick A. Akinosho, Wilfrid F. Ndzebe-Ndoumba, Saskia D. Davi, Daniel Stelzl, Luzia Veletzky, Andrea Kreidenweiss, Tamara Nordmann, Ayola A. Adegnika, Bertrand Lell, Peter G. Kremsner, Michael Ramharter, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 31, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010899

Correction: Challenges in Real-Time Prediction of Infectious Disease: A Case Study of Dengue in Thailand

Nicholas G. Reich, Stephen A. Lauer, Krzysztof Sakrejda, Sopon Iamsirithaworn, Soawapak Hinjoy, Paphanij Suangtho, Suthanun Suthachana, Hannah E. Clapham, Henrik Salje, Derek A. T. Cummings, Justin Lessler

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published October 26, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010883

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