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March 2023

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Ziza, a trained triatomine scent detection dog, works closely with her human handler to detect the insect vectors of the Chagas disease parasite at diverse field sites across Texas, USA. Christopher & Curtis-Robles et al.

Image Credit: Bret Nash

Viewpoints

Recognition of fungal priority pathogens: What next?

Marcio L. Rodrigues, Joshua D. Nosanchuk

Anticipating visceral leishmaniasis epidemics due to the conflict in Northern Ethiopia

Carl Boodman, Johan van Griensven, Nitin Gupta, Ermias Diro, Koert Ritmeijer

Reviews

Global prevalence of 4 neglected foodborne trematodes targeted for control by WHO: A scoping review to highlight the gaps

Rachel Tidman, Kaushi S. T. Kanankege, Mathieu Bangert, Bernadette Abela-Ridder

Chlamydial and gonorrheal neglected sexually transmitted diseases among Pacific Islanders of the Western Pacific Region—A narrative review and call to action

Isabella Catherine Auchus, Mike Kama, Redwan Al-Karim Bhuiyan, Joelle Brown, Deborah Dean

Chronic Salmonella Typhi carriage at sites other than the gallbladder

Seth A. Hoffman, Michael J. Sikorski, Myron M. Levine

Research Articles

The changing epidemiology of shigellosis in Australia, 2001–2019

Aaliya F. Ibrahim, Kathryn Glass, Deborah A. Williamson, Benjamin G. Polkinghorne, Danielle J. Ingle, Rose Wright, Martyn D. Kirk

A systematic review of published literature on mosquito control action thresholds across the world

Vindhya S. Aryaprema, Madeline R. Steck, Steven T. Peper, Rui-de Xue, Whitney A. Qualls

Comparative analysis of diagnostic methods for the detection of Cryptococcus neoformans meningitis

Katia Cristina Dantas, Roseli Santos de Freitas—Xavier, Suzete Cleusa Ferreira Spina Lombardi, Alfredo Mendroni Júnior, Marcos Vinicius da Silva, Paulo Ricardo Criado, Vera Lúcia Teixeira de Freitas, Terezinha Morato Bastos de Almeida

Epidemiology of secondary infection after snakebites in center-west Brazil

João Victor Soares Coriolano Coutinho, Taiguara Fraga Guimarães, Bruno Borges Valente, Lísia Gomes Martins de Moura Tomich

Genomic analysis of Leishmania turanica strains from different regions of Central Asia

Tatiana S. Novozhilova, Daniil S. Chistyakov, Lyudmila V. Akhmadishina, Alexander N. Lukashev, Evgeny S. Gerasimov, Vyacheslav Yurchenko

A new model for predicting the outcome and effectiveness of drug therapy in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: A multicenter Chinese study

Guomei Xia, Shanshan Sun, Shijun Zhou, Lei Li, Xu Li, Guizhou Zou, Cheng Huang, Jun Li, Zhenhua Zhang

Current evidences of the efficacy of mosquito mass-trapping interventions to reduce Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus populations and Aedes-borne virus transmission

Ali Jaffal, Johanna Fite, Thierry Baldet, Pascal Delaunay, Frédéric Jourdain, Ronald Mora-Castillo, Marie-Marie Olive, David Roiz

Epidemiology, management and outcomes of Cryptococcus gattii infections: A 22-year cohort

Jennifer A. O’Hern, Adrian Koenen, Sonja Janson, Krispin M. Hajkowicz, Iain K. Robertson, Sarah E. Kidd, Robert W. Baird, Steven YC Tong, Joshua S. Davis, Phillip Carson, Bart J. Currie, Anna P. Ralph

Health itinerary-related survival of children under-five with severe malaria or bloodstream infection, DR Congo

Bieke Tack, Daniel Vita, José Nketo, Naomie Wasolua, Nathalie Ndengila, Natacha Herssens, Emmanuel Ntangu, Grace Kasidiko, Gaëlle Nkoji-Tunda, Marie-France Phoba, Justin Im, Hyon Jin Jeon, Florian Marks, Jaan Toelen, Octavie Lunguya, Jan Jacobs

Re-examination of the risk of autoimmune diseases after dengue virus infection: A population-based cohort study

Hsin-I Shih, Chia-Yu Chi, Pei-Fang Tsai, Yu-Ping Wang, Yu-Wen Chien

Cutaneous leishmaniasis by a needlestick injury, an occupational infection?

Alejandra Perales-González, Daniela Michelle Pérez-Garza, Valeria Fernanda Garza-Dávila, Jorge Ocampo-Candiani

Immunogenicity and safety of concomitant and sequential administration of yellow fever YF-17D vaccine and tetravalent dengue vaccine candidate TAK-003: A phase 3 randomized, controlled study

Vianney Tricou, Brandon Essink, John E. Ervin, Mark Turner, Ian Escudero, Martina Rauscher, Manja Brose, Inge Lefevre, Astrid Borkowski, Derek Wallace

Co-infection of tick-borne bacterial pathogens in ticks in Inner Mongolia, China

Dan Liu, Wulantuya, Hongxia Fan, Xiaona Li, Fangchao Li, Ting Gao, Xuhong Yin, Zitong Zhang, Minzhi Cao, Hiroki Kawabata, Kozue Sato, Norio Ohashi, Shuji Ando, Gaowa

Detection of asymptomatic Leishmania infection in blood donors at two blood banks in Ethiopia

Rezika Mohammed, Roma Melkamu, Myrthe Pareyn, Said Abdellati, Tadfe Bogale, Asinakew Engidaw, Abiy Kinfu, Tibebu Girma, Johan van Griensven

Evaluation of opportunities to implement community-wide mass drug administration for interrupting transmission of soil-transmitted helminths infections in India

Kumudha Aruldas, Kim Dawson, Malvika Saxena, Angelin Titus, Jabaselvi Johnson, Marie-Claire Gwayi-Chore, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Gagandeep Kang, Judd L. Walson, Ajay Khera, Sitara S. R. Ajjampur, Arianna Rubin Means

Host Cell Rap1b mediates cAMP-dependent invasion by Trypanosoma cruzi

Gabriel Ferri, Daniel Musikant, Martin M. Edreira

Building an explanatory model for snakebite envenoming care in the Brazilian Amazon from the indigenous caregivers’ perspective

Altair Seabra de Farias, Elizandra Freitas do Nascimento, Manoel Rodrigues Gomes Filho, Aurimar Carneiro Felix, Macio da Costa Arévalo, Asenate Aline Xavier Adrião, Fan Hui Wen, Fabíola Guimarães de Carvalho, Felipe Murta, Vinícius Azevedo Machado, Jacqueline Sachett, Wuelton M. Monteiro

Evaluation of a diagnostic device, CL Detect rapid test for the diagnosis of new world cutaneous leishmaniasis in Peru

Max Grogl, Christie A. Joya, Maria Saenz, Ana Quispe, Luis Angel Rosales, Rocio del Pilar Santos, Maxy B. De los Santos, Ngami Donovan, Janet H. Ransom, Ana Ramos, Elmer Llanos Cuentas

Infection with chikungunya virus confers heterotypic cross-neutralizing antibodies and memory B-cells against other arthritogenic alphaviruses predominantly through the B domain of the E2 glycoprotein

John M. Powers, Zoe L. Lyski, Whitney C. Weber, Michael Denton, Magdalene M. Streblow, Adam T. Mayo, Nicole N. Haese, Chad D. Nix, Rachel Rodríguez-Santiago, Luisa I. Alvarado, Vanessa Rivera-Amill, William B. Messer, Daniel N. Streblow

Seasonal variation of diarrhoeal pathogens among Guinea-Bissauan children under five years of age

Sointu Mero, Tinja Lääveri, Johan Ursing, Lars Rombo, Poul-Erik Kofoed, Anu Kantele

Development of a machine learning model for early prediction of plasma leakage in suspected dengue patients

Ramtin Zargari Marandi, Preston Leung, Chathurani Sigera, Daniel Dawson Murray, Praveen Weeratunga, Deepika Fernando, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Senaka Rajapakse, Cameron Ross MacPherson

Impact of adverse events during community-wide mass drug administration for soil-transmitted helminths on subsequent participation–a Theory of Planned Behaviour analysis

Kumudha Aruldas, Gideon John Israel, Jabaselvi Johnson, Angelin Titus, Malvika Saxena, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Rohan Michael Ramesh, Judd L. Walson, Arianna Rubin Means, Sitara S. R. Ajjampur

Demographic characteristics, clinical symptoms, biochemical markers and probability of occurrence of severe dengue: A multicenter hospital-based study in Bangladesh

Jingli Yang, Abdullah Al Mosabbir, Enayetur Raheem, Wenbiao Hu, Mohammad Sorowar Hossain

Evolution of research funding for neglected tropical diseases in Brazil, 2004–2020

Gabriela Bardelini Tavares Melo, Antonia Angulo-Tuesta, Everton Nunes da Silva, Thaís da Silva Santos, Liza Yurie Teruya Uchimura, Marcos Takashi Obara

Sociodemographic and environmental factors associated with dengue, Zika, and chikungunya among adolescents from two Brazilian capitals

Ana Paula Razal Dalvi, Gerusa Gibson, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr., Katia V. Bloch, Geziel dos Santos de Sousa, Thiago Luiz Nogueira da Silva, José Ueleres Braga, Marcia C. Castro, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck

Standardized evaluation of Zika nucleic acid tests used in clinical settings and blood screening

Mars Stone, Sonia Bakkour, Eduard Grebe, Devy M. Emperador, Camille Escadafal, Xutao Deng, Honey Dave, Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, Eve Lackritz, Diana P. Rojas, Graham Simmons, Ingrid B. Rabe, Michael P. Busch

Mapping of cholera hotspots in Kenya using epidemiologic and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) indicators as part of Kenya’s new 2022–2030 cholera elimination plan

Catherine Kiama, Emmanuel Okunga, Annastacia Muange, Doris Marwanga, Daniel Langat, Francis Kuria, Patrick Amoth, Ian Were, John Gachohi, Nolluscus Ganda, Marion Martinez Valiente, M. Kariuki Njenga, Eric Osoro, Joan Brunkard

One versus two doses of ivermectin-based mass drug administration for the control of scabies: A cluster randomised non-inferiority trial

Susanna J. Lake, Daniel Engelman, Julie Zinihite, Oliver Sokana, Dickson Boara, Titus Nasi, Christina Gorae, Millicent H. Osti, Sophie Phelan, Matthew Parnaby, Anneke C. Grobler, Tibor Schuster, Ross Andrews, Margot J. Whitfeld, Michael Marks, Lucia Romani, Andrew C. Steer, John M. Kaldor

Collection of triatomines from sylvatic habitats by a Trypanosoma cruzi-infected scent detection dog in Texas, USA

Devin M. Christopher, Rachel Curtis-Robles, Gabriel L. Hamer, Justin Bejcek, Ashley B. Saunders, Walter D. Roachell, Thomas Leo Cropper, Sarah A. Hamer

Maternal and congenital toxoplasmosis in Mayotte: Prevalence, incidence and management

Laure Kamus, Sophie Belec, Laurent Lambrecht, Soumeth Abasse, Sophie Olivier, Patrice Combe, Pierre-Emmanuel Bonnave, Christelle Vauloup-Fellous

Assessing environmental enteric dysfunction via multiplex assay and its relation to growth and development among HIV-exposed uninfected Tanzanian infants

Jacqueline M. Lauer, Miles A. Kirby, Alfa Muhihi, Nzovu Ulenga, Said Aboud, Enju Liu, Robert K. M. Choy, Michael B. Arndt, Jianqun Kou, Wafaie Fawzi, Andrew Gewirtz, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Karim P. Manji, Christopher P. Duggan

Seroprevalence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome using specimens from the Korea National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey

Choon-Mee Kim, Mi Ah Han, Na Ra Yun, Mi-Seon Bang, You Mi Lee, Beomgi Lee, Dong-Min Kim

Improving understanding of disease control implementation research through a mooc with participants from low- and middle-income countries: Evaluating participant reactions and learning

Adanna Nwameme, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, Emmanuel Asampong, Pascale Allotey, Daniel D. Reidpath, Edith Certain, Mahnaz Vahedi, Bella Ross, Dermot Maher, Pascal Launois

A genome sequence for Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the major vector snail for the human-infecting parasite Schistosoma mansoni

Lijing Bu, Lijun Lu, Martina R. Laidemitt, Si-Ming Zhang, Martin Mutuku, Gerald Mkoji, Michelle Steinauer, Eric S. Loker

A whole blood intracellular cytokine assay optimised for field site studies demonstrates polyfunctionality of CD4+ T cells in acute scrub typhus

Manutsanun Inthawong, Nattapon Pinthong, Areerat Thaiprakhong, Tri Wangrangsimakul, Piyanate Sunyakumthorn, Jennifer Hill, Piengchan Sonthayanon, Daniel H. Paris, Susanna J. Dunachie, Barbara Kronsteiner

The Baikal subtype of tick-borne encephalitis virus is evident of recombination between Siberian and Far-Eastern subtypes

Grigorii A. Sukhorukov, Alexey I. Paramonov, Oksana V. Lisak, Irina V. Kozlova, Georgii A. Bazykin, Alexey D. Neverov, Lyudmila S. Karan

Sporotrichosis in the nasal mucosa: A single-center retrospective study of 37 cases from 1998 to 2020

Carlos Felipe Gomes Izoton, Antonio Xavier de Brito Sousa, Cláudia Maria Valete, Armando de Oliveira Schubach, Anna Carolina Procópio-Azevedo, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira, Priscila Marques de Macedo, Maria Clara Gutierrez-Galhardo, Julio Castro-Alves, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Ana Cristina da Costa Martins, Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas

Randomized trial evaluating an mHealth intervention for the early community-based detection and follow-up of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural Colombia

Mabel Castillo, Neal Alexander, Luisa Rubiano, Carlos Rojas, Andrés Navarro, Domiciano Rincon, Leonardo Vargas Bernal, Yenifer Orobio Lerma, Nancy Gore Saravia, Eliah Aronoff-Spencer

Treatment with benznidazole and pentoxifylline regulates microRNA transcriptomic profile in a murine model of Chagas chronic cardiomyopathy

Priscila Silva Grijó Farani, Beatriz Iandra da Silva Ferreira, Khodeza Begum, Glaucia Vilar-Pereira, Isabela Resende Pereira, Edith A. Fernández-Figueroa, Roberto Alejandro Cardenas-Ovando, Igor C. Almeida, Sourav Roy, Joseli Lannes-Vieira, Otacilio Cruz Moreira

MALDI-TOF: A new tool for the identification of Schistosoma cercariae and detection of hybrids

Antoine Huguenin, Julien Kincaid-Smith, Jérôme Depaquit, Jérôme Boissier, Hubert Ferté

Gut bacteria influence Blastocystis sp. phenotypes and may trigger pathogenicity

Arutchelvan Rajamanikam, Mohd Noor Mat Isa, Chandramathi Samudi, Sridevi Devaraj, Suresh Kumar Govind

Differences in gene expression in field populations of Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with varying release histories in northern Australia

B. M. C. Randika Wimalasiri-Yapa, Bixing Huang, Perran A. Ross, Ary A. Hoffmann, Scott A. Ritchie, Francesca D. Frentiu, David Warrilow, Andrew F. van den Hurk

Bacterial communities of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes differ between crop and midgut tissues

Luis E. Martinez Villegas, James Radl, George Dimopoulos, Sarah M. Short

A randomized, controlled Phase 1b trial of the Sm-TSP-2 Vaccine for intestinal schistosomiasis in healthy Brazilian adults living in an endemic area

David J. Diemert, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, Carlo Geraldo Fraga, Frederico Talles, Marcella Rezende Silva, Shital M. Patel, Shirley Galbiati, Jessie K. Kennedy, Jordan S. Lundeen, Maria Flavia Gazzinelli, Guangzhao Li, Lara Hoeweler, Gregory A. Deye, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Peter J. Hotez, Hana M. El Sahly, Wendy A. Keitel, Jeffrey Bethony, Robert L. Atmar

Early diagnosis of dengue: Diagnostic utility of the SD BIOLINE Dengue Duo rapid test in Reunion Island

Olivier Maillard, Jeanne Belot, Thibault Adenis, Olivier Rollot, Antoine Adenis, Bertrand Guihard, Patrick Gérardin, Antoine Bertolotti

Development of sandwich ELISA and lateral flow assay for the detection of Bungarus multicinctus venom

Ji-Fei Nong, Zhou Huang, Zheng-Zhuang Huang, Jie Yang, Jin-Cheng Li, Feng Yang, Dong-Ling Huang, Fan Wang, Wei Wang

Factors influencing community acceptability of mass drug administration for the elimination of onchocerciasis in the Asante Akim South Municipal, Ghana

Emmanuel Kumah, Patrick Owusu, Godfred Otchere, Samuel E. Ankomah, Adam Fusheini, Collins Kokuro, Frederick Mensah-Acheampong, Joseph Amankwah Atta, Samuel Kofi Agyei

The epidemiology of human Taenia solium infections: A systematic review of the distribution in Eastern and Southern Africa

Gideon Zulu, Dominik Stelzle, Kabemba E. Mwape, Tamara M. Welte, Hilde Strømme, Chishimba Mubanga, Wilbroad Mutale, Annette Abraham, Alex Hachangu, Veronika Schmidt, Chummy S. Sikasunge, Isaac K. Phiri, Andrea S. Winkler

Corrections

Correction: Association of NOD2 and IFNG single nucleotide polymorphisms with leprosy in the Amazon ethnic admixed population

André Luiz Leturiondo, Ariani Batista Noronha, Carla Yael Ribeiro Mendonça, Cynthia de Oliveira Ferreira, Lucia Elena Alvarado-Arnez, Fernanda Saloum de Neves Manta, Ohanna Cavalcanti de Lima Bezerra, Elizeu Fagundes de Carvalho, Milton Ozório Moraes, Fabíola da Costa Rodrigues, Carolina Talhari

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