Enhancing onchocerciasis elimination program management: A biological approach to deciding when to begin Stop Mass Drug Administration activities

Daniel Boakye, Charles Mackenzie, Jamie Tallant, Anne Heggen, Sashi Leff, Lokemla Nadjilar, Moussa Sow

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 13, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011348

A systematic review on maternal-to-infant transfer of drugs through breast milk during the treatment of malaria, tuberculosis, and neglected tropical diseases

Francis Williams Ojara, Aida N. Kawuma, Catriona Waitt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 13, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011449

The impact of dual- versus single-dosing and fatty food co-administration on albendazole efficacy against hookworm among children in Mayuge district, Uganda: Results from a 2x2 factorial randomised controlled trial

Eun Seok Kim, Moses Adriko, Wamboko Aidah, Kabarangira Christine Oseku, David Lokure, Kalpana Sabapathy, Emily L. Webb

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 3, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011439

Seroprevalence of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika at the epicenter of the congenital microcephaly epidemic in Northeast Brazil: A population-based survey

Cynthia Braga, Celina M. T. Martelli, Wayner V. Souza, Carlos F. Luna, Maria de Fatima P. M. Albuquerque, Carolline A. Mariz, Clarice N. L. Morais, Carlos A. A. Brito, Carlos Frederico C. A. Melo, Roberto D. Lins, Jan Felix Drexler, Thomas Jaenisch, Ernesto T. A. Marques, Isabelle F. T. Viana

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 3, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011270

Smartphone-readable RPA-LFA for the high-sensitivity detection of Leishmania kDNA using nanophosphor reporters

Adheesha N. Danthanarayana, Suman Nandy, Katerina Kourentzi, Binh Vu, Thomas R. Shelite, Bruno L. Travi, Jakoah Brgoch, Richard C. Willson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 3, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011436

Potential hidden Plasmodium vivax malaria reservoirs from low parasitemia Duffy-negative Ethiopians: Molecular evidence

Abnet Abebe, Isabelle Bouyssou, Solenne Mabilotte, Sisay Dugassa, Ashenafi Assefa, Jonathan J. Juliano, Eugenia Lo, Didier Menard, Lemu Golassa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 3, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011326

Prevalence and associated risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections among children in pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in the Adadle woreda of the Somali Regional State of Ethiopia

Kayla C. Lanker, Abdifatah M. Muhummed, Guéladio Cissé, Jakob Zinsstag, Jan Hattendorf, Ramadan Budul Yusuf, Shamil Barsenga Hassen, Rea Tschopp, Pascale Vonaesch

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 3, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011448

Screening for Chagas disease from the electrocardiogram using a deep neural network

Carl Jidling, Daniel Gedon, Thomas B. Schön, Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Clareci Silva Cardoso, Ariela Mota Ferreira, Luana Giatti, Sandhi Maria Barreto, Ester C. Sabino, Antonio L. P. Ribeiro, Antônio H. Ribeiro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 3, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011118

Demographic and clinical risk factors associated with severity of lab-confirmed human leptospirosis in Colombia, 2015–2020

Eliana L. Parra Barrera, Solmara Bello Piruccini, Karina Rodríguez, Carolina Duarte, Marisa Torres, Eduardo A. Undurraga

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 5, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011454

The organization of double-stranded RNA in the chikungunya virus replication organelle

Timothée Laurent, Lars-Anders Carlson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 5, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011404

Combining isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification with lateral flow assay for diagnosis of P. cynomolgi malaria infection

Pongruj Rattaprasert, Chutima Chavananikul, Wirasak Fungfuang, Porntip Chavalitshewinkoon-Petmitr, Paviga Limudomporn

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 5, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011470

Schistosoma mansoni infection alters the host pre-vaccination environment resulting in blunted Hepatitis B vaccination immune responses

Roshell Muir, Talibah Metcalf, Slim Fourati, Yannic Bartsch, Jacqueline Kyosiimire-Lugemwa, Glenda Canderan, Galit Alter, Enoch Muyanja, Brenda Okech, Teddy Namatovu, Irene Namara, Annemarie Namuniina, Ali Ssetaala, Juliet Mpendo, Annet Nanvubya, Paul Kato Kitandwe, Bernard S. Bagaya, Noah Kiwanuka, Jacent Nassuna, Victoria Menya Biribawa, Alison M. Elliott, Claudia J. de Dood, William Senyonga, Priscilla Balungi, Pontiano Kaleebu, Yunia Mayanja, Matthew Odongo, Jennifer Connors, Pat Fast, Matt A. Price, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens, Govert J. van Dam, Anatoli Kamali, Rafick Pierre Sekaly, Elias K. Haddad

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 5, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011089

Whole genome sequencing and phylogenetic characterisation of rabies virus strains from Moldova and north-eastern Romania

Mihaela Anca Dascalu, Evelyne Picard-Meyer, Emmanuelle Robardet, Alexandre Servat, Serghei Arseniev, Oxana Groza, Nicolae Starciuc, Vlad Vuta, Florica Barbuceanu, Oana Irina Tanase, Florentina Daraban Bocaneti, Helene Quenault, Edouard Hirchaud, Yannick Blanchard, Elena Velescu, Florence Cliquet

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011446

Zinc oxide nanoparticles produced by Zingiber officinale ameliorates acute toxoplasmosis-induced pathological and biochemical alterations and reduced parasite burden in mice model

Asmaa M. El-kady, Abeer S. Hassan, Khalil Mohamed, Mashael S. Alfaifi, Hayam Elshazly, Zaenah Zuhair Alamri, Majed H. Wakid, Hattan S. Gattan, Sarah A. Altwaim, Wafa Abdullah I. Al-Megrin, Salwa Younis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011447

Meteorological associations of Vibrio vulnificus clinical infections in tropical settings: Correlations with air pressure, wind speed, and temperature

Andrea J. Ayala, Ketty Kabengele, Salvador Almagro-Moreno, C. Brandon Ogbunugafor

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011461

Assessing the prevalence of Female Genital Schistosomiasis and comparing the acceptability and performance of health worker-collected and self-collected cervical-vaginal swabs using PCR testing among women in North-Western Tanzania: The ShWAB study

Tamara Ursini, Salvatore Scarso, Stella Mugassa, Jeffer Bhuko Othman, Amina Jumanne Yussuph, Edgar Ndaboine, Gladys Mbwanji, Cristina Mazzi, Martina Leonardi, Marco Prato, Elena Pomari, Humphrey Deogratias Mazigo, Francesca Tamarozzi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011465

Small change, big difference: A promising praziquantel derivative designated P96 with broad-spectrum antischistosomal activity for chemotherapy of schistosomiasis japonica

Jing Xu, Lan-Lan Dong, Huan Sun, Ping Huang, Run-Ze Zhang, Xin-Yi Wang, De-Qun Sun, Chao-Ming Xia

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011215

Changes in trachoma indicators in Kiribati with two rounds of azithromycin mass drug administration, measured in serial population-based surveys

E. Brook Goodhew, Raebwebwe Taoaba, Emma M. Harding-Esch, Sarah E. Gwyn, Ana Bakhtiari, Robert Butcher, Anasaini Cama, Sarah Anne J. Guagliardo, Cristina Jimenez, Caleb D. Mpyet, Kab Tun, Karana Wickens, Anthony W. Solomon, Diana L. Martin, Rabebe Tekeraoi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 7, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011441

Impact of preventive chemotherapy on Strongyloides stercoralis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Giacomo Stroffolini, Francesca Tamarozzi, Andrea Fittipaldo, Cristina Mazzi, Brandon Le, Susana Vaz Nery, Dora Buonfrate

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 10, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011473

A Phase-I pharmacokinetic, safety and food-effect study on flubentylosin, a novel analog of Tylosin-A having potent anti-Wolbachia and antifilarial activity

Negar Alami, David C. Carter, Nisha V. Kwatra, Weihan Zhao, Linda Snodgrass, Ariel R. Porcalla, Cheri E. Klein, Daniel E. Cohen, Loretta Gallenberg, Melina Neenan, Robert A. Carr, Kennan C. Marsh, Dale J. Kempf

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 10, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011392

The species distribution and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Nocardia species in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Chaohong Wang, Qing Sun, Jun Yan, Xinlei Liao, Sibo Long, Maike Zheng, Yun Zhang, Xinting Yang, Guangli Shi, Yan Zhao, Guirong Wang, Junhua Pan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 10, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011432

Socio-economic and environmental factors associated with high lymphatic filariasis morbidity prevalence distribution in Bangladesh

Tijana Williams, Mohammad Jahirul Karim, Shihab Uddin, Sharmin Jahan, Sultan Mahmood ASM, Shaun P. Forbes, Anna Hooper, Mark J. Taylor, Louise A. Kelly-Hope

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 11, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011457

Ivermectin and doxycycline treatments against Onchocerciasis: Adaptations and impact among semi-nomadic population in Massangam Health District, Cameroon

Rogers Nditanchou, Ruth Dixon, Kareen Atekem, Benjamin Biholong, Aude Wilhelm, Richard Selby, Joseph Oye, Joseph Kamgno, Daniel Boakye, Elena Schmidt, Laura Senyonjo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 12, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011463

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Characterization of Latin American migrants at risk for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a non-endemic setting. Insights into initial evaluation of cardiac and digestive involvement

Pedro Laynez-Roldán, Irene Losada-Galván, Elizabeth Posada, Leonardo de la Torre Ávila, Aina Casellas, Sergi Sanz, Carme Subirà, Natalia Rodriguez-Valero, Daniel Camprubí-Ferrer, Isabel Vera, Montserrat Roldán, Edelweiss Aldasoro, Inés Oliveira-Souto, Antonia Calvo-Cano, Maria-Eugenia Valls, Míriam J. Álvarez-Martínez, Montserrat Gállego, Alba Abras, Cristina Ballart, José Muñoz, Joaquim Gascón, Maria-Jesus Pinazo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 13, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011330

Identifying determinants for the seropositive rate of schistosomiasis in Hunan province, China: A multi-scale geographically weighted regression model

Yixin Tong, Ling Tang, Meng Xia, Guangping Li, Benjiao Hu, Junhui Huang, Jiamin Wang, Honglin Jiang, Jiangfan Yin, Ning Xu, Yue Chen, Qingwu Jiang, Jie Zhou, Yibiao Zhou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 13, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011466

The Aedes aegypti RNA interference response against Zika virus in the context of co-infection with dengue and chikungunya viruses

Mayke Leggewie, Christina Scherer, Mine Altinli, Rommel J. Gestuveo, Vattipally B. Sreenu, Janina Fuss, Marie Vazeille, Laurence Mousson, Marlis Badusche, Alain Kohl, Anna-Bella Failloux, Esther Schnettler

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 13, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011456

Snakebite envenomations and access to treatment in communities of two indigenous areas of the Western Brazilian Amazon: A cross-sectional study

Altair Seabra de Farias, Manoel Rodrigues Gomes Filho, Macio da Costa Arévalo, Joseir Saturnino Cristino, Franciane Ribeiro Farias, André Sachett, Alexandre Vilhena Silva-Neto, Fabíola Guimarães de Carvalho, Sediel Andrade Ambrosio, Erica da Silva Carvalho, Marcus Lacerda, Felipe Murta, Vinícius Azevedo Machado, Fan Hui Wen, Wuelton Monteiro, Jacqueline Sachett

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 13, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011485

Differential expression profile of genes involved in the immune response associated to progression of chronic Chagas disease

Inmaculada Gómez, Manuel Carlos López, Adriana Egui, Génesis Palacios, Bartolomé Carrilero, Celia Benítez, Marina Simón, Manuel Segovia, Emma Carmelo, M Carmen Thomas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 13, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011474

Differing taxonomic responses of mosquito vectors to anthropogenic land-use change in Latin America and the Caribbean

Isabel K. Fletcher, Rory Gibb, Rachel Lowe, Kate E. Jones

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 14, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011450

Prevalence and risk factors of schistosomiasis and hookworm infection in seasonal transmission settings in northern Côte d’Ivoire: A cross-sectional study

Jules N. Kouadio, Jennifer Giovanoli Evack, Jean-Baptiste K. Sékré, Louise Y. Achi, Mamadou Ouattara, Jan Hattendorf, Oliver Balmer, Bassirou Bonfoh, Jakob Zinsstag, Jürg Utzinger, Eliézer K. N’Goran

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011487

Community perception of school-based mass drug administration program for soil-transmitted helminths and Schistosomiasis in Ogun State, Nigeria

Folahanmi T. Akinsolu, Olunike R. Abodunrin, Mobolaji T. Olagunju, Ifeoluwa E. Adewole, Nurudeen O. Rahman, Anita M. Dabar, Diana W. Njuguna, Islamiat Y. Soneye, Abideen O. Salako, Oliver C. Ezechi, Orsolya E. Varga, Olaoluwa P. Akinwale

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011213

Scanning iron response regulator binding sites using Dap-seq in the Brucella genome

Huan Zhang, Tianhao Sun, Xudong Cao, Yifan Wang, Zhongchen Ma, Yueli Wang, Ningning Yang, Mingguo Xu, Xiaoyu Deng, Honghuan Li, Benben Wang, Jihai Yi, Zhen Wang, Qian Zhang, Chuangfu Chen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011481

A long-term observational study of paediatric snakebite in Kilifi County, south-east Kenya

Michael Abouyannis, Mwanamvua Boga, David Amadi, Nelson Ouma, Amek Nyaguara, Neema Mturi, James A. Berkley, Ifedayo M. Adetifa, Nicholas R. Casewell, David G. Lalloo, Mainga Hamaluba

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010987

Prevalence and predictors of Aspergillus seropositivity and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis in an urban tertiary hospital in Sierra Leone: A cross-sectional study

Sulaiman Lakoh, Joseph B. Kamara, Emma Orefuwa, Daniel Sesay, Darlinda F. Jiba, Olukemi Adekanmbi, Gibrilla F. Deen, James B. W. Russell, Abubakarr Bailor Bah, Maxwell Joseph Kargbo, Emmanuel Firima, George A. Yendewa, David W. Denning

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011284

Individual longitudinal compliance to neglected tropical disease mass drug administration programmes, a systematic review

Rosie Maddren, Anna Phillips, Santiago Rayment Gomez, Kathryn Forbes, Benjamin S. Collyer, Klodeta Kura, Roy Anderson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010853

Effect of environmental factors in reducing the prevalence of schistosomiasis in schoolchildren: An analysis of three extensive national prevalence surveys in Brazil (1950–2018)

Mariana Cristina Silva Santos, Guilherme Lopes de Oliveira, Sueli Aparecida Mingoti, Léo Heller

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010804

The elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Togo: Successes and challenges

Akila Wimima Bakoubayi, Denis Agbenyigan Yawovi Gadah, Piham Gnossike, Wendpouiré Ida C. Zida-Compaore, P’tanam P’kontème Bando, Kamevor Alaglo, Maweke Tchalim, P’niwè Patchali, Alexandra Bitty-Anderson, Didier Koumavi Ekouevi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 18, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011444

Snakes and Souks: Zoonotic pathogens associated to reptiles in the Marrakech markets, Morocco

Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Viviane Noll Louzada-Flores, Nouha Lekouch, Intissar Khouchfi, Giada Annoscia, Andrea Zatelli, Frédéric Beugnet, Julia Walochnik, Domenico Otranto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 19, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011431

The estimated distribution of autochthonous leishmaniasis by Leishmania infantum in Europe in 2005–2020

Carla Maia, Cláudia Conceição, André Pereira, Rafael Rocha, Maria Ortuño, Clara Muñoz, Zarima Jumakanova, Pedro Pérez-Cutillas, Yusuf Özbel, Seray Töz, Gad Baneth, Begoña Monge-Maillo, Elkhan Gasimov, Yves Van der Stede, Gregorio Torres, Céline M. Gossner, Eduardo Berriatua

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 19, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011497

Single-cell sequencing analysis reveals development and differentiation trajectory of Schwann cells manipulated by M. leprae

Shanshan Ma, Zihao Mi, Zhenzhen Wang, Lele Sun, Tingting Liu, Peidian Shi, Chuan Wang, Xiaotong Xue, Wenjie Chen, Zhe Wang, Yueqian Yu, Yuan Zhang, Fangfang Bao, Na Wang, Honglei Wang, Qianqian Xia, Hong Liu, Yonghu Sun, Furen Zhang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 21, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011477

Chagas disease is related to structural changes of the gut microbiota in adults with chronic infection (TRIPOBIOME Study)

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Community members and healthcare workers’ priorities for the control and prevention of snakebite envenoming in Ghana

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Spatial predictive risk mapping of lymphatic filariasis residual hotspots in American Samoa using demographic and environmental factors

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Experimental infection of Artibeus lituratus bats and no detection of Zika virus in neotropical bats from French Guiana, Peru, and Costa Rica suggests a limited role of bats in Zika transmission

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Compendium of medically important snakes, venom activity and clinical presentations in Ghana

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