On the nature and structure of epistemic injustice in the neglected tropical disease knowledge ecosystem

Soumyadeep Bhaumik

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 31, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012781

Unravelling the challenge of cotrimoxazole and rifampin resistance in B. melitensis and B. abortus: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Masoumeh Beig, Elaheh Ebrahimi, Safoura Moradkasani, Forough Goodarzi, Mohammad Sholeh, Narges Golab

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012630

Research progress toward arthropod salivary protein vaccine development for vector-borne infectious diseases

Yuchen Wang, Lin Ling, Lijie Jiang, Alejandro Marin-Lopez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 5, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012618

Cost-effectiveness of comparative survey designs for helminth control programs: Post-hoc cost analysis and modelling of the Kenyan national school-based deworming program

Mark Minnery, Collins Okoyo, Grace Morgan, Andrew Wang, Olatunji Johnson, Claudio Fronterre, Antonio Montresor, Suzy J. Campbell, Charles Mwandawiro, Peter Diggle

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011583

Three years of insecticide resistance evolution and associated mechanisms in Aedes aegypti populations of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Félix Yaméogo, Aboubacar Sombié, Manabu Oté, Erisha Saiki, Tatsuya Sakurai, Dimitri W. Wangrawa, Philip J. McCall, David Weetman, Hirotaka Kanuka, Athanase Badolo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012138

An experimental target-based platform in yeast for screening Plasmodium vivax deoxyhypusine synthase inhibitors

Suélen Fernandes Silva, Angélica Hollunder Klippel, Sunniva Sigurdardóttir, Sayyed Jalil Mahdizadeh, Ievgeniia Tiukova, Catarina Bourgard, Luis Carlos Salazar-Alvarez, Heloísa Monteiro do Amaral Prado, Renan Vinicius de Araujo, Fabio Trindade Maranhão Costa, Elizabeth Bilsland, Ross D. King, Katlin Brauer Massirer, Leif A. Eriksson, Mário Henrique Bengtson, Cleslei Fernando Zanelli, Per Sunnerhagen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012690

Experimental infection of purebred Saanen goats high pathogenicity and virulence of Babesia aktasi

Mehmet Can Ulucesme, Sezayi Ozubek, Munir Aktas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012705

Combating climate-induced health threats through Co-Constitutive Risk (CCR) Messaging: A One Health Communication approach

Asheley R. Landrum, Dominik A. Stecuła, Matthew Motta

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012676

Dose-response effects of multiple Ascaris suum exposures and their impact on lung protection during larval ascariasis

Chiara Cássia Oliveira Amorim, Denise Silva Nogueira, Ana Clara Gazzinelli-Guimarães, Thais Leal-Silva, Fernando Sérgio Barbosa, Fabrício Marcus Silva Oliveira, Lucas Rocha Kraemer, Raquel Martins de Almeida, Jorge Lucas Nascimento Souza, Luisa Mourão Dias Magalhães, Remo Castro Russo, Marcelo Vidigal Caliari, Soraya Gaze, Lilian Lacerda Bueno, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012678

Next-generation sequencing guides the treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia with empiric antimicrobial therapy failure: A propensity-score-matched study

Yuhao Zhao, Yajuan Wang, Yi Li, Chao Song, Pinhua Pan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012701

Human intestinal nematode infections in Sri Lanka: A scoping review

Nalini Kaushalya Jayakody, Anjana Silva, Susiji Wickramasinghe, Nilanthi de Silva, Sisira Siribaddana, Kosala Gayan Weerakoon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 2, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012689

Proteomic analysis of mouse liver lesions at all three stages of Echinococcus granulosus infection

Nan Jiang, Yang Chen, Teng Li, Yeting Sun, Yaxin Su, Ying Wang, Yujuan Shen, Jianping Cao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012659

Development and application of species ID and insecticide resistance assays, for monitoring sand fly Leishmania vectors in the Mediterranean basin and in the Middle East

Sofia Balaska, Jahangir Khajehali, Konstantinos Mavridis, Mustafa Akiner, Kyriaki Maria Papapostolou, Latifa Remadi, Ilias Kioulos, Michail Miaoulis, Emmanouil Alexandros Fotakis, Alexandra Chaskopoulou, John Vontas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012408

Climate-based modelling and forecasting of dengue in three endemic departments of Peru

Cathal Mills, Christl A. Donnelly

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012596

Cost-effectiveness of vector control for supplementing mass drug administration for eliminating lymphatic filariasis in India

Donald S. Shepard, Aung K. Lwin, Sunish I. Pulikkottil, Mariapillai Kalimuthu, Natarajan Arunachalam, Brij K. Tyagi, Graham B. White

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011835

Effectiveness of ongoing single dose rifampicin post-exposure prophylaxis (SDR-PEP) implementation under routine programme conditions—An observational study in Nepal

Nand Lal Banstola, Epco Hasker, Liesbeth Mieras, Dambar Gurung, Bhuwan Baral, Suresh Mehata, Sagar Prasai, Yograj Ghimire, Brij Kumar Das, Prashnna Napit, Wim van Brakel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012446

Disentangling the effects of intermittent faecal shedding and imperfect test sensitivity on the microscopy-based detection of gut parasites in stool samples

Lana C. E. Ferreira-Sá, Eleuza R. Machado, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves, Fernando Abad-Franch

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 5, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012719

Schistosomiasis transmission: A machine learning analysis reveals the importance of agrochemicals on snail abundance in Rwanda

Joseph Kagabo, Zadoki Tabo, Chester Kalinda, Elias Nyandwi, Nadine Rujeni

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 9, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012730

Comparative study of two Rift Valley fever virus field strains originating from Mauritania

Mehdi Chabert, Sandra Lacôte, Philippe Marianneau, Marie-Pierre Confort, Noémie Aurine, Aurélie Pédarrieu, Baba Doumbia, Mohamed Ould Baba Ould Gueya, Habiboullah Habiboullah, Ahmed Bezeid El Mamy Beyatt, Modou Moustapha Lo, Jenna Nichols, Vattipally B. Sreenu, Ana da Silva Filipe, Marie-Anne Colle, Bertrand Pain, Catherine Cêtre-Sossah, Frédérick Arnaud, Maxime Ratinier

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 9, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012728

Seroepidemiology of trachoma in a low prevalence region receiving annual mass azithromycin distribution in Maradi, Niger

Abdou Amza, Boubacar Kadri, Beido Nassirou, Ahmed Arzika, Elisabeth Gebreegziabher, Huiyu Hu, Lina Zhong, Cindi Chen, Danny Yu, Thomas Abraham, YuHeng Liu, Karana Wickens, Thuy Doan, Diana Martin, Benjamin F. Arnold, Thomas M. Lietman, Catherine E. Oldenburg

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 9, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012727

Strategic vaccination responses to Chikungunya outbreaks in Rome: Insights from a dynamic transmission model

Albertus Constantijn Sloof, Martijn Boer, Gerard T. Vondeling, Adrianne M. de Roo, Juan Carlos Jaramillo, Maarten J. Postma

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 9, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012713

A retrospective cohort study of monthly rifampicin, ofloxacin and minocycline in the management of leprosy at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London, United Kingdom

Priyanka Sivakumaran, Barbara de Barros, Vivianne Lopes Antonio Dias, Diana N. Lockwood, Stephen L. Walker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 9, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012699

Comparative liver transcriptome analysis in hamsters infected with food-borne trematodes Opisthorchis felineus, Opisthorchis viverrini, or Clonorchis sinensis

Ekaterina A. Lishai, Oxana G. Zaparina, Yaroslav K. Kapushchak, Banchob Sripa, Sun-Jong Hong, Guofeng Cheng, Maria Y. Pakharukova

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 9, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012685

Retrospective analysis of spatiotemporal variation of scrub typhus in Yunnan Province, 2006–2022

Zhuo Li, Shuzhen Deng, Tian Ma, Jiaxin Hao, Hao Wang, Xin Han, Menghan Lu, Shanjun Huang, Dongsheng Huang, Shuyuan Yang, Qing Zhen, Tiejun Shui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012654

Leptospira seroprevalence and associated risk factors among slaughterhouse workers in Western Bahr El Ghazal State, South Sudan

David Onafruo, Anou Dreyfus, Joseph Erume, Clovice Kankya, Ambrose Jubara, Ikwap Kokas, Terence Odoch, Musso Munyeme, Lordrick Alinaitwe, Estella Kitale, Peter Marin, Esther Sabbath, Jörn Klein

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 11, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012700

Dyslipidemia in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome patients: A retrospective cohort study

Shuai Guo, Jingliang Zhang, Qing Dong, Yunjun Yan, Chunjuan Wang, Jingyao Zhang, Lirui Tu, Shougang Guo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 11, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012673

Metatranscriptomic analysis reveals the diversity of RNA viruses in ticks in Inner Mongolia, China

Si Su, Meng-Yu Cui, Li-Li Xing, Rui-Juan Gao, Lan Mu, Mei Hong, Qi-Qi Guo, Hong Ren, Jing-Feng Yu, Xiao-Yan Si, Mutu Eerde

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 11, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012706

Hymenolepis nana antigens alleviate ulcerative colitis by promoting intestinal stem cell proliferation and differentiation via AhR/IL-22 signaling pathway

Xuanyin Cui, Yi Cheng, Hongyan Wang, Xiaomao Li, Jinfu Li, Ke Zhang, Rong Mou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 12, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012714

Development of a Copro-RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a assay to detect Echinococcus granulosus nucleic acids isolated from canine feces using NaOH-based DNA extraction method

Guoqing Shao, Xiaowei Zhu, Ruiqi Hua, Yanxin Chen, Guangyou Yang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 12, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012753

Cost of dengue in Colombia: A systematic review

Alfonso J. Rodríguez-Morales, Eduardo López-Medina, Iván Arboleda, Jaime A. Cardona-Ospina, Jaime Castellanos, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Elaine Gallagher, Riona Hanley, Pio López, Salim Mattar, Carlos Eduardo Pérez, Randee Kastner, Humberto Reynales, Fernando Rosso, Jing Shen, Wilmer E. Villamil-Gómez, Marcela Fuquen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 12, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012718

Rapid assessment of noma: Reporting on forgotten and neglected disease in Ethiopia

Wendemagegn Enbiale

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012696

Barriers and facilitators to programmatic mass drug administration in persistent schistosomiasis hotspot communities: An ethnographic study along Lake Albert, midwestern Uganda

Paskari Odoi, Stella Neema, Birgitte J. Vennervald, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, Shona Wilson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012002

Detection of neutralizing antibodies against arboviruses from liver homogenates

Thaís Alkifeles Costa, Matheus Soares Arruda, Gabriela Fernanda Garcia-Oliveira, Erik Vinicius de Sousa Reis, Anna Catarina Dias Soares Guimarães, Gabriel Dias Moreira, Nidia Esther Colquehuanca Arias, Marina do Vale Beirão, Nikos Vasilakis, Kathryn A. Hanley, Betânia Paiva Drumond

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012740

Asymptomatic carriage of intestinal protists is common in children in Lusaka Province, Zambia

Mable Mutengo, Michaela Kaduková, Namwiinga R. Mulunda, Freeman W. Chabala, Alejandro Dashti, Kyoko Hayashida, Stanley Chinyanta, Kelly Chisanga, Lourdes Castro, Sergio Sánchez, James Mwansa, Pamela C. Köster, David González-Barrio, Jenny G. Maloney, Mónica Santín, Javier Sotillo, David Carmena

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012717

Presence of Trypanosoma cruzi (TcI) in different tissues of Didelphis virginiana from the metropolitan area of Merida, southeastern Mexico: Epidemiological relevance and implications for non-vector transmission routes

Pedro Pablo Martínez-Vega, Marian Rivera-Pérez, Gabrielle Pellegrin, Antoine Amblard-Rambert, Jorge Andrés Calderón-Quintal, Christian Barnabé, Christian Teh-Poot, Hugo Ruiz-Piña, Antonio Ortega-Pacheco, Etienne Waleckx

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012733

Buruli ulcer in Australia: Evidence for a new endemic focus at Batemans Bay, New South Wales

Mehrab E Hossain, Caitlin Keighley, Andrew H. Buultjens, Jessica L. Porter, Paul D. R. Johnson, Timothy P. Stinear, Maria Globan, Caroline J. Lavender, Jake A. Lacey, Norelle L. Sherry, Anton Forsyth, Mark Formby, Ian Marr

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012702

Relevance of reporting leprosy related disability at the completion of multi drug therapy: A 5-year retrospective analysis of disability in persons affected by leprosy at ALERT Hospital Ethiopia

Bereket Abebayehu Tegene, Thomas Asfaw Atnafu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012720

A supervised machine learning statistical design of experiment approach to modeling the barriers to effective snakebite treatment in Ghana

Eric Nyarko, Edmund Fosu Agyemang, Ebenezer Kwesi Ameho, Louis Agyekum, José María Gutiérrez, Eduardo Alberto Fernandez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012736

Transcriptome immune-regulatory differences between leprosy patients and type 1 reaction patients, before onset of symptoms

Wilian Correa-Macedo, Monica Dallmann-Sauer, Marianna Orlova, Jeremy Manry, Vinicius M. Fava, Nguyen Thu Huong, Nguyen Ngoc Ba, Nguyen Van Thuc, Vu Hong Thai, Erwin Schurr

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011866

Factors associated with Onchocerca volvulus transmission after 20 years of community treatment with ivermectin in savanah and forest areas in Central African Republic: A Cross Sectional Study

Sylvain Honoré Woromogo, Stéphanie Inesse Garoua-Adjou, Ange Donatien Ngouyombo, Rodrigue Herman Doyama-Woza, Henri Saint Calvaire Diemer, Jean de Dieu Longo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012325

Morbidity associated with schistosomiasis in adult population of Chókwè district, Mozambique

João Tiago Serra, Carina Silva, Mohsin Sidat, Silvana Belo, Pedro Ferreira, Natália Ferracini, Daniel Kaminstein, Ricardo Thompson, Claúdia Conceiçao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012738

Inflammation and hemostasis in loiasis before and after ivermectin treatment: A biological pilot cross-sectional study

Tristan M. Lepage, Narcisse Nzune-Toche, Lucie A. Nkwengoua, Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, Sebastien D. S. Pion, Joseph Kamgno, Charlotte Boullé, Jérémy T. Campillo, Michel Boussinesq, Claude T. Tayou, Cédric B. Chesnais

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012491

Development of a latex microsphere-based lateral flow immunoassay for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis japonica

Emmanuel John Tabilin, Catherine A. Gordon, Yi Mu, Mario Jiz, Marianette Inobaya, Eleonor Avenido-Cervantes, Darren Gray, Mary Lorraine Mationg, Donald P. McManus, Thomas G. Egwang, Moses Adriko, Yasuhito Sako, Marcello Otake Sato, Megumi Sato, Hong You, Matthew Kelly, Pengfei Cai

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012742

Hematological and immunological profiles of podoconiosis patients in West Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study

Aytenew Atnaf, Ryan Oakes, Bruno T. Scodari, Kassu Desta, Bineyam Taye, Aster Tsegaye

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 17, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012732

Thermosensory behaviors of the free-living life stages of Strongyloides species support parasitism in tropical environments

Ben T. Gregory, Mariam Desouky, Jaidyn Slaughter, Elissa A. Hallem, Astra S. Bryant

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 17, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012529

Sero-prevalence of human brucellosis and associated factors among febrile patients attending Moyale Primary Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2023: Evidences from pastoralist community

Betrearon Sileshi, Seifu Gizaw, Belay Merkeb, Tadesse Bekele, Wuletaw Tadesse, Jafer Kezali, Endalu Tesfaye, Angefa Ayele

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 17, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012715

Genome alteration of Leishmania orientalis under Amphotericin B inhibiting conditions

Pornchai Anuntasomboon, Suradej Siripattanapipong, Sasimanas Unajak, Kiattawee Choowongkomon, Richard Burchmore, Saovanee Leelayoova, Mathirut Mungthin, Teerasak E-kobon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 17, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012716

The effectiveness of putative wearable repellent technologies to protect against mosquito biting and Aedes-borne diseases, and their economic impact

Robert T. Jones, Scott J. Tytheridge, Carolin Vegvari, Hannah R. Meredith, Elizabeth A. Pretorius, Thomas H. Ant, James G. Logan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 18, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012621

Genetic diversity of dengue virus circulating in the Philippines (2014–2019) and comparison with dengue vaccine strains

John Mark Velasco, Chonticha Klungthong, Piyawan Chinnawirotpisan, Paula Corazon Diones, Maria Theresa Valderama, Susie Leonardia, Wudtichai Manasatienkij, Khajohn Joonlasak, Prinyada Rodpradit, Jennifer Mateo, Vicente Vila II, Fatima Claire Navarro, Anthony Jones, Aaron Farmer, Stefan Fernandez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 19, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012697

Melioidosis in goats at a single Australian farm was caused by multiple diverse lineages of Burkholderia pseudomallei present in soil

Joseph D. Busch, Mirjam Kaestli, Mark Mayo, Chandler C. Roe, Adam J. Vazquez, Jodie Low Choy, Glenda Harrington, Suresh Benedict, Nathan E. Stone, Christopher J. Allender, Richard A. Bowen, Paul Keim, Bart J. Currie, Jason W. Sahl, Apichai Tuanyok, David M. Wagner

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 19, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012683

Health-Related Quality of Life due to malaria in the Brazilian Amazon using EQ-5D-3L

Mônica Viegas Andrade, Kenya Valeria Micaela de Souza Noronha, Gilvan Ramalho Guedes, Nayara Abreu Julião, Lucas Resende de Carvalho, Aline de Souza, Valéria Andrade Silva, Andre Soares Motta-Santos, Henrique Bracarense, Cássio Peterka, Marcia C. Castro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 19, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012739

Seroprevalence and risk factors of brucellosis in pastoralists and their livestock in Central Equatoria State, South Sudan

Emmanuel P. Lita, Erneo B. Ochi, Gerald Misinzo, Henriette van Heerden, Robab Katani, Jacques Godfroid, Coletha Mathew

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 19, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012144

New immunomodulatory treatment protocol for canine leishmaniosis reduces parasitemia and proteinuria

Guadalupe Miró, Sergi Segarra, José Joaquín Cerón, Lluís Ferrer, Laia Solano-Gallego, Laia Montell, Ester Costa, Joan Teichenne, Roger Mariné-Casadó, GALILEI trial Group, Xavier Roura

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 19, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012712

Progression of the leprosy reaction and nerve damage: A prospective cohort study in children with leprosy from the Brazilian Amazon

Sabrina Sampaio Bandeira, Andressa Bocalon dos Anjos, Carla Avelar Pires, Juarez Antonio Simões Quaresma

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 19, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012772

Sporotrichosis during pregnancy: A retrospective study of 58 cases in a reference center from 1998 to 2023

Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas, Rodrigo Pernas Cunha, Raquel de Vasconcellos Carvalhaes de Oliveira, Priscila Marques de Macedo, Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle, Ana Paula Marinho Barbosa Rezende, Rosangela Vieira Eiras, André Luiz Land Curi, Erika Moreira Carvalho, Raissa Lima de Moraes, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira, Maria Clara Gutierrez–Galhardo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 20, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012670

African schistosomes in small mammal communities: Perspectives from a spatio-temporal survey in the vicinity of Lake Guiers, Senegal

Julien Kincaid-Smith, Boris Sègnito A. E. Savassi, Bruno Senghor, Christophe Diagne, Youssoupha Niang, Mamadou Kane, Caroline Tatard, Carine Brouat, Laurent Granjon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012721

Performance evaluation of nine reference centers and comparison of DNA extraction protocols for effective surveillance of Leishmania-infected Phlebotomine sand flies: Basis for technical recommendations

Jorian Prudhomme, Aymeric Delabarre, Bulent Alten, Umut Berberoglu, Eduardo Berriatua, Gioia Bongiorno, José Manuel Cristovao, Maya Davidovich-Cohen, Trentina Di Muccio, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Eleonora Fiorentino, Oscar D. Kirstein, Edwin Kniha, Carla Maia, Mesut Mungan, Clara Muñoz-Hernández, Muhammed Nalçaci, Gizem Oguz Kaskan, Yusuf Ozbel, Seray Ozensoy Toz, Ricardo Parreira, Katharina Platzgummer, Ceylan Polat, José Risueño, Liora Studentsky, Gamze Varol, Julia Walochnik, Kardelen Yetişmiş, Florence Robert-Gangneux

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012543

A population study of Toxoplasma gondii in the Amazon region expands current knowledge of the genetic diversity in South America

Solange M. Gennari, Hilda F. J. Pena, Herbert S. Soares, Antonio H. H. Minervino, Francisco F. V. de Assis, Bruna F. Alves, Solange Oliveira, Juliana Aizawa, Ricardo A. Dias, Chunlei Su

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012737

Geospatial distribution of Hepatitis E seroprevalence in Nepal, 2021

Chulwoo Rhee, Amy Dighe, Nishan Katuwal, Haeun Cho, Ramzi Mraidi, Dipesh Tamrakar, Jacqueline KyungAh Lim, Nimesh Poudyal, Il-Yeon Park, Deok Ryun Kim, Ritu Amatya, Rajeev Shrestha, Andrew S. Azman, Julia Lynch

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012746

A High Resolution Melting Analysis (HRM) PCR assay for the detection and identification of Old World Leishmania species

Yusr Saadi-Ben Aoun, Hejer Souguir, Hamed Chouaieb, Mongia Kraiem, Insaf Bel Hadj Ali, Ahmed S. Chakroun, Florian Noguier, Akila Fathallah-Mili, David Piquemal, Ikram Guizani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012762

Toxin and capsule production by Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis influence pathogenicity in macrophages and animal models

Treenate Jiranantasak, Andrew P. Bluhm, Donald J. Chabot, Arthur Friedlander, Richard Bowen, Ian A. McMillan, Ted L. Hadfield, Airn Hartwig, Jason K. Blackburn, Michael H. Norris

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012779

Current status of intestinal parasitosis and microsporidiosis in industrialized countries: Results from a prospective study in France and Luxembourg

Maxime Moniot, Céline Nourrisson, Eloïse Bailly, Céline Lambert, Patricia Combes, Philippe Poirier

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012752

Seroepidemiology of human leptospirosis in the Dominican Republic: A multistage cluster survey, 2021

Eric J. Nilles, Cecilia Then Paulino, Renee Galloway, Michael de St. Aubin, Helen J. Mayfield, Angela Cadavid Restrepo, Devan Dumas, Salome Garnier, Marie Caroline Etienne, William Duke, Farah Peña, Naomi Iihoshi, Gabriela Abdalla, Beatriz Lopez, Lucia de la Cruz, Bernarda Henríquez, Kara Durski, Margaret Baldwin, Gideon Loevinsohn, Eleanor M. Rees, Beatris Martin, Benn Sartorius, Ronald Skewes-Ramm, Emily Zielinski Gutiérrez, Adam Kucharski, Colleen L. Lau

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012463

The disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), prevalence and incidence of scabies, 1990–2021: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Jiajia Li, Zehu Liu, Xiujiao Xia

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012775

Spatial associations of Hansen’s disease and schistosomiasis in endemic regions of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Jessica L. Stephens, Lucia A. O. Fraga, José A. Ferreira, Laura De Mondesert, Uriel Kitron, Julie A. Clennon, Jessica K. Fairley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012682

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on dengue in Brazil: Interrupted time series analysis of changes in surveillance and transmission

Kirstin Oliveira Roster, Tiago Martinelli, Colm Connaughton, Mauricio Santillana, Francisco A. Rodrigues

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012726

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