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April 2023

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Schistosoma eggs present in a urine sample from a long-term migrant in a Metropolitan Area of Spain. See Sílvia Roure et al.

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Reviews

Human monkeypox infection threat: A comprehensive overview

Yue Kang, Yue Yu, Silu Xu

A taxonomic review of the genus Paracoccidioides, with focus on the uncultivable species

Raquel Vilela, Sybren de Hoog, Konstanze Bensch, Eduardo Bagagli, Leonel Mendoza

Research Articles

The delayed clearance of Talaromyces marneffei in blood culture may be associated with higher MIC of voriconazole after antifungal therapy among AIDS patients with talaromycosis

Pengle Guo, Wanshan Chen, Shaozhen Chen, Meijun Chen, Fengyu Hu, Xiejie Chen, Weiping Cai, Xiaoping Tang, Linghua Li

Spatio-temporal six-year retrospective study on dermatophytosis in Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil: A tropical tourist locality tale

Simone Cristina Pereira Brito, Márcia Ribeiro Pinto, Lucas Martins Alcântara, Nathália Faria Reis, Thiago Lacerda Durães, Christina Teresa Machado Bittar, Jeferson Carvalhaes de Oliveira, Elisabeth Martins da Silva da Rocha, Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado, Ricardo José de Paula Souza e Guimarães, Andréa Regina de Souza Baptista

Challenges of acute febrile illness diagnosis in a national infectious diseases center in Rio de Janeiro: 16-year experience of syndromic surveillance

Clarisse da Silveira Bressan, Maria de Lourdes Benamor Teixeira, Maria Isabel Fragoso da Silveira Gouvêa, Anielle de Pina-Costa, Heloísa Ferreira Pinto Santos, Guilherme Amaral Calvet, Otilia Lupi, Andre Machado Siqueira, Rogério Valls-de-Souza, Clarissa Valim, Patrícia Brasil

Risk mapping using serologic surveillance for selected One Health and transboundary diseases in Cambodian goats

Jarunee Siengsanan-Lamont, Lida Kong, Theng Heng, Sokun Khoeun, Sothyra Tum, Paul W. Selleck, Laurence J. Gleeson, Stuart D. Blacksell

Hierarchical spatiotemporal modeling of human visceral leishmaniasis in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Helin G. Hernandez, Grant D. Brown, Iraci D. Lima, José F. Coutinho, Mary E. Wilson, Eliana L. T. Nascimento, Selma M. B. Jeronimo, Christine A. Petersen, Jacob J. Oleson

The impact of incorporating surgical simulation into trichiasis surgery training on operative aspects of initial live-training surgeries

Emily W. Gower, Amir B. Kello, KH Martin Kollmann, Shannath L. Merbs, Alemayehu Sisay, Demissie Tadesse, Wondu Alemayehu, Nigel Pedlingham, Richard S. Dykstra, James E. Johnson

Genomic characterization of endemic diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Escherichia albertii from infants with diarrhea in Vietnam

Atsushi Iguchi, Taichiro Takemura, Yoshitoshi Ogura, Thi Thu Huong Nguyen, Taisei Kikuchi, Miki Okuno, Asako Tokizawa, Hanako Iwashita, Hong Quynh Anh Pham, Thi Hang Doan, Na Ly Tran, Thi Luong Tran, Thi Hang Nguyen, Thi Hien Tran, Tuyet Ngoc Linh Pham, Trung Duc Dao, Thi My Hanh Vu, Thi Nga Nguyen, Hieu Vu, Van Trang Nguyen, Thi Thu Huong Vu, Thanh Huong Le, Tuan Anh Lai, Tuan Cuong Ngo, Futoshi Hasebe, Dong Tu Nguyen, Tetsu Yamashiro

Schistosomiasis screening in non-endemic countries from a cost perspective: Knowledge gaps and research priorities. The case of African long-term residents in a Metropolitan Area, Spain

Sílvia Roure, Francesc López, Irene Oliva, Olga Pérez-Quílez, Oriol March, Anna Chamorro, Elena Abad, Israel López Muñoz, Amaia Castillo, Laura Soldevila, Lluís Valerio, Manolo Lozano, Helena Masnou, Mario Oliveira, Laura Cañas, Mireia Gibrat, Marta Chuecos, Juan José Montero, Karen Colmenares, Gemma Falguera, Josep Maria Bonet, Mar Isnard, Núria Prat, Oriol Estrada, Bonaventura Clotet, Xavier Vallès

High prevalence of olfactory impairment among leprosy patients: A cross-sectional study

Rogério Nabor Kondo, Milene Cripa Pizatto de Araújo, Paulo Muller Ramos, Hélio Amante Miot, Marco Aurélio Fornazieri

Seroepidemiology of Leptospira serovar Hardjo and associated risk factors in smallholder dairy cattle in Tanzania

Shabani Kiyabo Motto, Luis E. Hernandez-Castro, Gabriel Mkilema Shirima, Isaac Joseph Mengele, Shedrack Festo Bwatota, Barend Mark de Clare Bronsvoort, Eliamoni Titus Lyatuu, Daniel Mushumbusi Komwihangilo, Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook

Acceptability of test and treat with doxycycline against Onchocerciasis in an area of persistent transmission in Massangam Health District, Cameroon

Rogers Nditanchou, Ruth Dixon, Kareen Atekem, Serge Akongo, Benjamin Biholong, Franklin Ayisi, Philippe Nwane, Aude Wilhelm, Sapana Basnet, Richard Selby, Samuel Wanji, Didier Bakajika, Joseph Oye, Joseph Kamgno, Daniel Boakye, Elena Schmidt, Laura Senyonjo

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Profiling system-wide variations and similarities between Rheumatic Heart Disease and Acute Rheumatic Fever–A pilot analysis

Ranjitha Guttapadu, Nandini Prakash, Alka M, Ritika Chatterjee, Mahantesh S, Jayranganath M, Usha MK Sastry, Jayshree Rudrapatna Subramanyam, Dipshikha Chakravortty, Kalpana S. R, Nagasuma Chandra

Circulation of West Nile virus in mosquitoes approximate to the migratory bird stopover in West Coast Malaysia

Jafar Ali Natasha, Abd Rahaman Yasmin, Reuben Sunil Kumar Sharma, Saulol Hamid Nur-Fazila, Md Isa Nur-Mahiza, Siti Suri Arshad, Hussni Omar Mohammed, Kiven Kumar, Shih Keng Loong, Mohd Kharip Shah Ahmad Khusaini

Social Network Analysis of the Schistosomiasis control program in two local government areas in Oyo state, Nigeria: Insights for NTD elimination plans

Adeola Onasanya, Jo van Engelen, Opeyemi Oladunni, Oladimeji Oladepo, Jan Carel Diehl

Immunological characterization of a VIR protein family member (VIR-14) in Plasmodium vivax-infected subjects from different epidemiological regions in Africa and South America

Raianna F. Fantin, Camila H. Coelho, Anne D. Berhe, Luisa M. D. Magalhães, Dhélio B. Pereira, Nichole D. Salinas, Niraj H. Tolia, Chanaki Amaratunga, Seila Suon, Issaka Sagara, David L. Narum, Ricardo T. Fujiwara, Claudia Abejon, Antonio Campos-Neto, Patrick E. Duffy, Lilian L. Bueno

Bacterial and viral etiology of acute respiratory infection among the Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals (FDMNs) in fragile settings in Cox’s Bazar- a prospective case-control study

Abu Bakar Siddik, Nabid Anjum Tanvir, Golam Sarower Bhuyan, Md. Shahariar Alam, Zahirul Islam, Md. Rakibul Hassan Bulbul, Md. Moniruzzaman, Charls Erik Halder, Tayabur Rahman, Hubert Endtz, Shakeel Ahmed, Firdausi Qadri, Valentina Sanchez Picot

Overestimation of school-based deworming coverage resulting from school-based reporting

William Sheahan, Roy Anderson, Kumudha Aruldas, Euripide Avokpaho, Sean Galagan, Jeanne Goodman, Parfait Houngbegnon, Gideon John Israel, Venkateshprabhu Janagaraj, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Arianna Rubin Means, Chloe Morozoff, Emily Pearman, Rohan Michael Ramesh, Amy Roll, Alexandra Schaefer, James Simwanza, Stefan Witek-McManus, Sitara S. R. Ajjampur, Robin Bailey, Moudachirou Ibikounlé, Khumbo Kalua, Adrian J. F. Luty, Rachel Pullan, Judd L. Walson, Kristjana Hrönn Ásbjörnsdóttir

Antigen discovery by bioinformatics analysis and peptide microarray for the diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis

Gherard Batisti Biffignandi, Ambra Vola, Davide Sassera, Saeid Najafi-Fard, Maria Angeles Gomez Morales, Enrico Brunetti, Antonella Teggi, Delia Goletti, Linda Petrone, Francesca Tamarozzi

Genomic analysis of two phlebotomine sand fly vectors of Leishmania from the New and Old World

Frédéric Labbé, Maha Abdeladhim, Jenica Abrudan, Alejandra Saori Araki, Ricardo N. Araujo, Peter Arensburger, Joshua B. Benoit, Reginaldo Pecanha Brazil, Rafaela V. Bruno, Gustavo Bueno da Silva Rivas, Vinicius Carvalho de Abreu, Jason Charamis, Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu, Samara G. da Costa-Latgé, Alistair Darby, Viv M. Dillon, Scott J. Emrich, Daniela Fernandez-Medina, Nelder Figueiredo Gontijo, Catherine M. Flanley, Derek Gatherer, Fernando A. Genta, Sandra Gesing, Gloria I. Giraldo-Calderón, Bruno Gomes, Eric Roberto Guimaraes Rocha Aguiar, James G. C. Hamilton, Omar Hamarsheh, Mallory Hawksworth, Jacob M. Hendershot, Paul V. Hickner, Jean-Luc Imler, Panagiotis Ioannidis, Emily C. Jennings, Shaden Kamhawi, Charikleia Karageorgiou, Ryan C. Kennedy, Andreas Krueger, José M. Latorre-Estivalis, Petros Ligoxygakis, Antonio Carlos A. Meireles-Filho, Patrick Minx, Jose Carlos Miranda, Michael J. Montague, Ronald J. Nowling, Fabiano Oliveira, João Ortigão-Farias, Marcio G. Pavan, Marcos Horacio Pereira, Andre Nobrega Pitaluga, Roenick Proveti Olmo, Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao, José M. C. Ribeiro, Andrew J. Rosendale, Mauricio R. V. Sant’Anna, Steven E. Scherer, Nágila F. C. Secundino, Douglas A. Shoue, Caroline da Silva Moraes, João Silveira Moledo Gesto, Nataly Araujo Souza, Zainulabueddin Syed, Samuel Tadros, Rayane Teles-de-Freitas, Erich L. Telleria, Chad Tomlinson, Yara M. Traub-Csekö, João Trindade Marques, Zhijian Tu, Maria F. Unger, Jesus Valenzuela, Flávia V. Ferreira, Karla P. V. de Oliveira, Felipe M. Vigoder, John Vontas, Lihui Wang, Gareth D. Weedall, Elyes Zhioua, Stephen Richards, Wesley C. Warren, Robert M. Waterhouse, Rod J. Dillon, Mary Ann McDowell

Effects of blood meal source on blood consumption and reproductive success of cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis

Brittny N. Blakely, John Agnew, Charlotte Gard, Alvaro Romero

Tracing the spatiotemporal phylodynamics of Japanese encephalitis virus genotype I throughout Asia and the western Pacific

Fan Li, Yun Feng, Guowei Wang, Weijia Zhang, Shihong Fu, Zuosu Wang, Qikai Yin, Kai Nie, Juying Yan, Xuan Deng, Ying He, Liang Liang, Songtao Xu, Zhenhai Wang, Guodong Liang, Huanyu Wang

Transplacental transfer of Lassa IgG antibodies in pregnant women in Southern Nigeria: A prospective hospital-based cohort study

Nzelle Delphine Kayem, Sylvanus Okogbenin, Joseph Okoeguale, Joseph Eigbefoh, Joseph Ikheloa, Reuben Eifediyi, Xavier Enodiana, Olugbenga Emmanuel Olorogbogo, Isoken Aikpokpo, Yemisi Ighodalo, Thomas Olokor, George Odigie, Lyndsey Castle, Sophie Duraffour, Lisa Oestereich, Prabin Dahal, Proochista Ariana, Stephan Gunther, Peter Horby

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T cell subsets, regulatory T, regulatory B cells and proinflammatory cytokine profile in Schistosoma haematobium associated bladder cancer: First report from Upper Egypt

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Associated risk factors of severe dengue in Reunion Island: A prospective cohort study

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A comparative ‘omics’ approach for prediction of candidate Strongyloides stercoralis diagnostic coproantigens

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Methotrexate as a corticosteroid-sparing agent in leprosy reactions: A French multicenter retrospective study

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Corrections

Correction: Efficacy of intralesional meglumine antimoniate in the treatment of canine tegumentary leishmaniasis: A Randomized controlled trial

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