April 2026

The image schematically displays the migration of adult L. loa parasite through the forearm fascia, causing fascial lesions, fluid retention, pain, and functional disability. Veletzky et al. 2026

Image Credit: Luzia Veletzky

Editorial

Cutting edge reviews: Battling one Neglected Tropical Disease after another

Georgios Pappas, Paul J. Brindley, Shaden Kamhawi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 21, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014239

Viewpoints

Implementation of ML Flow for leprosy contacts in Brazil: Opportunities, pitfalls, and safeguards

Carolina Talhari, Claúdia dos Passos Farias, Helio Amante Miot, Sinesio Talhari

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 21, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014238

A Global Perspective on the Emerging Threat of Zika and Dengue Co-infection

Arnob Saha, Mahir Anjum, Shyrin Jebun Labiba, Mirza Jaman, Abdullah Al Sayed, Rafsun Jany Rahat

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 29, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014257

Policy Platform

Addressing the elephant in the room: Proceedings of the third annual Dengue Endgame Summit

Lauren E. Bahr, Alan L. Rothman, Alan D. T. Barrett, Darunee Buddhari, Derek A. T. Cummings, Rebecca C. Christofferson, Albert I. Ko, Eng Eong Ooi, Kathryn B. Anderson, Stephen J. Thomas, Adam T. Waickman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 1, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014170

Reviews

Advances in vaccine development through the controlled human infection models for hookworm and schistosomiasis

Marie-Astrid Hoogerwerf, Moses Egesa, Selidgji Todagbe Agnandji, Alex Loukas, Meta Roestenberg

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 2, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014137

Global dispersal of Burkholderia pseudomallei and the evolving endemicity of melioidosis in the United States of America

Bart J. Currie, Mirjam Kaestli, Ella M. Meumann

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 24, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014217

Research Articles

Impact of inactivation methods on biosafety and antigen reactivity of Brucella melitensis from the perspective of Astral-DIA proteomics based on antibody immunoprecipitation mass spectrometry

Yijian Liu, Jiazhen Ge, Guodong Song, Pengcheng Gao, Mengzhu Qi, Wenhao Wang, Yingying Xie, Ziqing Wang, Renge Li, Yuefeng Chu, Fuying Zheng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 1, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013397

Long-term spatio-temporal trends in burden of fungal skin diseases in middle-aged and elderly people from 1990 to 2021

Qinglian Qin, Yuyuan Huang, Zedan Yang, Xiaoting Wei, Tongxue Qin, Jinming Su, Jie Liu, Rongfeng Chen, Wudi Wei, Zongxiang Yuan, Jingzhen Lai, Li Ye, Hao Liang, Junjun Jiang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 1, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014157

Oropouche virus outbreaks in northeast Brazil between 2024–25 are characterized by sustained transmission and spread to newly affected areas

Elverson Soares de Melo, Sophia Maria Dantas da Silva, Gustavo Barbosa de Lima, Adalúcia da Silva, Alexandre Freitas da Silva, Verônica Gomes da Silva, Elisa de Almeida Neves Azevedo, Letícia Welter Rother, Keilla Maria Paz e Silva, Diego Arruda Falcão, Andreza Pâmela Vasconcelos, Mayara Matias de Oliveira Marques da Costa, Eduardo Augusto Duque Bezerra, Thiago Franco de Oliveira Carneiro, Erik Matthaus de Lima Paiva, Janaina Correia Oliveira, Matheus Filgueira Bezerra, Marcelo Henrique Santos Paiva, Bartolomeu Acioli-Santos, Clarice Neuenschwander Lins de Morais, Tulio de Lima Campos, Gabriel da Luz Wallau

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 1, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014171

Cost effectiveness of the Texas wildlife rabies Border Maintenance Zone

Stephanie Shwiff, Glenn Swanson, Steven Shwiff, Mike Bodenchuk, Joanne Maki

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 1, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014168

Glycosomal Aquaglyceroporin 1 dual role in iron homeostasis and antimony susceptibility in Leishmania amazonensis

Romario Lopes Boy, Ricardo Andrade Zampieri, Juliana Ide Aoki, Adriano Cappellazzo Coelho, Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter, Maria Fernanda Laranjeira-Silva

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 2, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014141

In silico design of a novel multi-epitope mRNA vaccine candidate for BtHKU5-CoV-2 using immunoinformatics

Ningze Zheng, Yingqi Xu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 3, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013517

Leishmania amazonensis amastigotes invade non-phagocytic cells via highly localized parasite-induced actin remodeling

Thamires Queiroz-Oliveira, Laura Valéria Rios-Barros, Anna Luiza Silva-Moreira, Isadora Vieira Santos-Brasil, Julyanna Oliveira-Castro, Juliana Almeida-Silva, Marcos André Vannier-Santos, Jane Lima-Santos, Maria Fátima Horta, Thiago Castro-Gomes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 3, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013639

Investigating impact of slash and clear vector control strategy on blackfly population and onchocerciasis transmission in a hotspot in Nigeria

Monsuru Adeleke, Olabanji Surakat, Bertram Nwoke, Kenneth Opara, Hayward Mafuyai, Zarat Iwalewa, Oluwadamilare Ganiu Dauda, Quadri Adeshina, Ilias Awoniyi, Murphy Nwoke, Friday Chikezie, Clement Yaro, Francisca Olamiju, Emmanuel Emukah, Chukwuemeka Makata, Olaitan Omitola, Ayodele Babalola, Benjamin Jacob

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 3, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014151

Identification of Leishmania spp. and Trypanosoma cruzi in bats captured in El Paso County, Texas

Juan C. Silva-Espinoza, Priscila S. G. Farani, Maria Fernanda Lopez, Edith Sandoval, Felipe Rodriguez, Kenneth A. Waldrup, Delfina C. Domínguez, Rosa A. Maldonado

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 3, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014169

Integration of population-based surveys for neglected tropical diseases: A scoping review

Amanuel Belay, Agumasie Semahegn, Binyam Tesfaw Hailu, Abebaw Fekadu, Gail Davey, Rana Ahmed, Hope Simpson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 6, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013733

Household and community-based approaches to malaria and cholera prevention: A narrative review with case studies from Uganda and Mozambique

Giacomo Guido, Valentina Totaro, Peter Lochoro, Jerry Ictho, Edoardo Occa, Kajal Chhaganlal, Francesco Vladimiro Segala, Giovanni Dall’Oglio, Braunde Francisco Mechendura, Elmano Gomonda, Giovanni Putoto, Federica Penco, Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Emanuele Nicastri, Ferenc Balázs Farkas, Roberta Iatta, Botond Lakatos, Raja Waqar Ali, Annalisa Saracino, Francesco Di Gennaro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 6, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014186

Human Filariasis in Africa (2000–2025): Changing epidemiology, uneven diagnostic progress, and persistent neglect

Wanesa Wilczyńska, Aymar Akilimali, Krzysztof Korzeniewski

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 7, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014200

Cyanidin-3-O-glucoside (C3G): A natural small-molecule compound for alleviating envenomation symptoms Induced by Bungarus multicinctus

Ziyan Zhang, Ningjing Jiang, Manqi Xiao, Shaocong Hu, Qiuju Jia, Deguo Dong, Ming Liao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 7, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014207

Neuroleptospirosis in patients presenting with primary central nervous system infection: A multicentre study

Nilanka Perera, Champika Gunawardena, Varuna Abeyratne, Parami Rajapakse, Thisal Semina, Wimalasiri Uluwattage, Asanka Ratnayake, Suresh Mendis, Nandana Dickmadugoda, M. Mujaheith, Lilani Karunanayake, Udaya K. Ranawaka

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 7, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014183

Genomic characterisation of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) in Tajikistan identifies a novel reassortant virus

Jake D’Addiego, Farida Tishkova, Manija Mullojonova, Viktoriya Dzhuraeva, Grant Lythe, Stuart Dent, Carmen Molina-París, Thomas Leitner, Roger Hewson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 7, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014204

Barriers to integration of passive screening for sleeping sickness in Bibanga Health District, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Jérémie Ilunga, Philippe Mulenga-Cilundika, Joël Ekofo, Israël Badypwyla, Julienne Tshowa, Daniel Ishoso, Éric Mwamba, Gilbert Wembodinga

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 8, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014179

Integrating design-of-experiments (DOE) optimization and risk assessment towards a safe and simplified electroporation protocol for Toxoplasma gondii

Pratik Narain Srivastava, Nicholas Perewernycky, Lucca Filippo, Lianne M. Lefsrud, Mark Ungrin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 8, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014194

Epidemiological and molecular characterization of Rift Valley fever outbreak in livestock in Burundi, May - November 2022

Canésius Nkundwanayo, Pascal Niyokwizera, Melance Ntunzwenimana, Jean Bosco Ntirandekura, Neilla Ntawuyankira, Annelise Tran, Catherine Cêtre-Sossah, Lionel Nyabongo, John Juma, Max Korir, Reuben Mwangi, Bernard Bett

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 10, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014155

Diagnosis and therapeutic outcomes of biopsy-confirmed Pure Neuritic Leprosy: A two-decade experience

Shrimantika Sarkar, Angel Miraclin T, Ranjani Jayachandran, Anitha Jasper, Reethu Anny Eapen, Lydia Mathew, Dharshini Sathishkumar, Dincy Peter, Leni George, Harshad Arvind Vanjare, Deepti Bal, Hemalatha R, Aditya V. Nair, Shaikh Atif Iqbal Ahmed, Appaswamy Thirumal Prabhakar, Vivek Mathew, Sanjith Aaron, Susanne Pulimood, Rima Sathyakumar, Geeta Chacko, Ajith Sivadasan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 10, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014212

Comparison of serum vitamin D level and vitamin D receptor gene FokI polymorphism in leprosy patients with and without trophic ulcers: A case-control study

Paulus Anthony Halim, Sondang P. Sirait, Eliza Miranda, Yulia Ariani, Wresti Indriatmi, Hok Bing Thio

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 10, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014205

The dynamics of asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. infections following 10 years of malaria control interventions in Northern Sahelian Ghana

Cecilia A. Rios-Teran, Kathryn E. Tiedje, Oscar Bangre, Samantha L. Deed, Dionne C. Argyropoulos, Kwadwo A. Koram, Abraham R. Oduro, Patrick O. Ansah, Karen P. Day

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 13, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014174

One-pot nanoflower-based sensitive colorimetric biosensor for multihost detection of zoonotic clonorchiasis

Xiaoxiao Ma, Qizhi Liu, Qiaocheng Chang, Qingbo Lv, Lei Zhang, Shumin Sun, Chunren Wang, Mingyuan Liu, Xiaolei Liu, Chen Li

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 13, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014197

Sensitivity analysis of factors influencing the ecology of mosquitoes involved in the transmission of Rift Valley fever virus

Jessica Furber, Sophie North, Martha Betson, Christophe Boëte, Daniel Horton, Giovanni Lo Iacono

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 13, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014187

Microbiota-derived indole differentially shapes Entamoeba histolytica physiology and promotes host-compatible colonization

Eva Zanditenas, Yumiko Saito-Nakano, Meirav Trebicz Geffen, Seiki Kobayashi, Hajime Hisaeda, Tomoyoshi Nozaki, Yuanning Guo, Smruti Mahapatra, Haguy Wolfenson, Serge Ankri

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 13, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013416

Genomic diversity analysis enables development of pan-Dengue Toehold RNA sensors

Anirudh Nandakumar, Deeksha Mishra, Akshay Shendre, Edrea Mendonca, Soujanya Nagendra, Akash Gulyani, Arati Ramesh

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014173

Susceptibility of wild and domestic songbirds to Usutu virus

Rachel D. Persinger, Jenny Buczek, Marissa Quilici, Sarah C. Kuchinsky, Casey McLaughlin, Kendra Sewall, Dana M. Hawley, Sheryl Coutermarsh-Ott, Angela M. Bosco-Lauth, Nisha K. Duggal

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014213

Burden of antimicrobial resistance in culture-confirmed Salmonella Typhi isolates in India from 1977 to 2024: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Vijayalaxmi V. Mogasale, Peixuan Zhang, Jacob John, Habib Hasan Farooqui, Arindam Ray, Vittal Mogasale, Christopher M. Parry, Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel, W. John Edmunds, Andrew Clark, Kaja Abbas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014206

Community-wide deworming strategies to reduce high hookworm burden in endemic communities: Results from a cluster randomized trial in Southern India

Rohan Michael Ramesh, Rajiv Sarkar, Vasanthakumar Velusamy, Srinivasan Venugopal, Anuradha Rose, Venkata R. Mohan, Vinohar Balraj, Vedantam Rajshekhar, Kuryan George, Jayaprakash Muliyil, Nicholas C. Grassly, Simon J. Brooker, Roy M. Anderson, Gagandeep Kang, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013440

Development and validation of an early risk-stratification model for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Yiqiang Hu, Qionghan He, Yuxiao Liu, Jiaqi Kong, Jianting He, Rui Liu, Wenting Li, Chuanlong Zhu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 17, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014247

SkitoSnack 2.0 - A Bloodmeal Alternative for Anopheles and Aedes Mosquitoes

Anjali Karki, Hailey A. Luker, Naga Narendra Reddy Potlapalli, F. Omar Holguin, Meenakshi Berwal, Patricia V. Pietrantonio, Immo A. Hansen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 17, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014188

Implantation mycoses: A nationwide survey on diagnostic and treatment modalities in Nepal

Niraj Parajuli, Usha Kiran, Rushma Shrestha, Suwash Baral, Gokarna Dahal, Roushan Jahan, Sushil Paudel, Yogesh Poudyal, Rabindra Baskota, Prajwal Pudasaini, Hye Lynn Choi, Daniel Argaw Dagne, Barbara Milani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 20, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014223

Predictors of severe strongyloidiasis and mortality in hospitalized patients from Southern Thailand

Sorawit Chittrakarn, Nonthanat Tongsengkee, Nattapat Sangkakul, Siripen Kanchanasuwan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 20, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014252

Surveillance and control efficacy of the Bergerac, France, 2025 chikungunya outbreak

Sandeep Tegar, Guillaume Lacour, Antoine Mignotte, Bethan V. Purse, Christina A. Cobbold, Dominic P. Brass, Steven M. White

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 20, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014184

A molecular survey of orthohantaviruses in rodents across the tri-border region of China, Russia, and North Korea

Yunzhi Peng, Yiru Gu, Liang Li, Ge Zhang, Ziyan Liu, Ning Liu, Zhanli Wang, Jianting Xu, Zedong Wang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 20, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014134

Molecular investigation of diverse Aedes aegypti in heightened dengue transmission settings in Somaliland, 2023–2024

Babatunde Oriyomi, Said Ali, Tamar E. Carter

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 20, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014185

Population pharmacokinetics of DNDI-6148 in healthy adults

Frauke Assmus, Ayorinde Adehin, Richard M. Hoglund, Charles E. Mowbray, Jean-Yves Gillon, Séverine Blesson, Stéphanie Braillard, Eric Chatelain, Ivan Scandale, Joel Tarning

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 20, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014220

Quantifying the kinetics of hematocrit and platelet count during febrile phase to develop a scoring system for predicting dengue shock syndrome in adults: A matched case - control study from a Hospital in Viet Nam

Mai Vu Thi Thanh, Hanh Bui Thi Bich, Vinh Ha, Nghia Ho Dang Trung

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 20, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014245

Health and economic burden of canine rabies in Chilga district, centeral Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Tewodros Birhan Engida, Amsalu Misgie Molla, Wassie Molla, Wudu Temesgen Jemberu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 20, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014196

Efficacy of oxfendazole treatment against infective larvae of Litomosoides sigmodontis

Frederic Risch, Lucas J. Bergmann, Hannah R. Wegner, Achim Hoerauf, Marc P. Hübner

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 21, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014268

Diagnostic performance of peripheral nerve palpation compared with ultrasonography in leprosy neuropathy: A prospective real-world clinical evaluation

Jaqueline da Silva Mendes, Thiago Montenegro da Silva, Patricia Tavares Cruz, Amanda Gabrielle dos Santos Cordeiro, Raquel da Mata Serique, Marcelo Ribeiro Alves, Flavio Alves Lara, Carolina Talhari, Hélio Amante Miot, Sinésio Talhari

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 21, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014234

The circadian clock gene CYCLE as a potential target for disrupting blood-feeding behavior in the mosquito Culex pipiens

Chanuka Wijewardana, Yunxuan Chen, Chenxuan Jiang, Yinghui Zhou, Yuhan Guo, Donghui Zhang, Lu Chen, Min Hou, Zhipeng Xu, Yaping Hu, MinJun Ji, Lin Chen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 21, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014218

Understanding Calabar swellings: Assessing subcutaneous loiasis using ultrasound

Luzia Veletzky, Jeremy T. Campillo, Miveck Pakat, Jessica Kirchner, Irina Gessl, Veronika Vetchy, Jakob Kittinger, Lene Terslev, Richard J. Wakefield, Georgios Filippou, Peter V. Balint, Edoardo Cipolletta, Emilio Filippucci, Malte Jäschke, Giorgio Tamborrini, Markus Herbert Lerchbaumer, Zunaid Karim, Maria-Antonietta D’Agostino, Sebastien Pion, Hannes Platzgummer, Michel Boussinesq, François Missamou, Peter Mandl, Cedric Chesnais

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 21, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014240

Serological evidence of Borrelia turicatae in Raccoons (Procyon lotor) from an endemic focus of tick-borne relapsing fever in Mexico

Jose A. Hernández Martínez, Valeria Leal-Sepúlveda, Alan A. Zavala-Norzagaray, Emilio Rendón-Franco, César P. Ley-Quiñonez, Patricio Pellegrini-Hernández, Job E. Lopez, J. Antonio Ibarra

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 22, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014242

Assessing the acceptability of photographs and medical illustrations in Buruli ulcer health communication among health providers, community volunteers and community members in endemic districts of Ghana

Ruth Dede Tuwor, Joanna Butler, Samuel Tetteh, Emmanuel Boakye Boateng Okyere, Miriam Gborglah, Kabiru Mohammed Abass, Abigail Agbanyo, Bernadette Agbavor, Caroline Erolin, Roderick Hay, Richard Odame Phillips, Yaw Ampem Amoako, Rachel E. Simmonds

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 22, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014275

Surgical management of cystic echinococcosis—A 20-year case series and outcome analysis

Isabel Barreto, Ansgar Deibel, Jan Fehr, Beat Müllhaupt, Andreas E Kremer, Henrik Petrowsky, Jose Oberholzer, Jan Philipp Jonas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 24, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013661

Post-chikungunya chronic arthralgia in Burkina Faso: Frequency and associated factors

Fulgence Kaboré, Wendpanga Jean Emmanuel Savadogo, Yannick Laurent Tchenadoyo Bayala, Camille Sompougdou, Charles Sougué, Aboubakar Ouedraogo, Yamyellé Enselme Zongo, Wendlassida Joelle Stéphanie Zabsonré/ Tiendrébeogo, Dieu-Donné Ouédraogo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 24, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014251

Look what you make my tissues do: The role of metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in Bothrops snakebites

Juliana Costa Ferreira Neves, Fábio Magalhães-Gama, Hiochelson Najibe Santos Ibiapina, Kamille Beltrão Seixas, Êndila Souza Barbosa, Adriana Malheiro, Jacqueline Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Ana Carolina Campi-Azevedo, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Marco Aurélio Sartim, Wuelton Monteiro, Allyson Guimarães Costa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 24, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013831

A functional crosstalk between circulating follicular helper 2 T cells and memory B cells drives anti-Plasmodium vivax antibodies

Zulfa Zahra Salsabila, Piyawan Kochayoo, Tipanan Khunsri, Pachara Tianpothong, Chaniya Leepiyasakulchai, Pongsakorn Thawornpan, Julius Clemence R. Hafalla, John H. Adams, Patchanee Chootong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 24, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014232

Iron overload is associated with increased susceptibility to pulmonary Pythium insidiosum infection in mice

Donglin Zhu, Ling Yan, Jian Sun, Shaoban Chen, Yun Xi, Kouxing Zhang, Mingliang Li

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 24, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014246

Clinical epidemiology of snakebite envenoming in hospitals 11 provinces of Yangtze River Basin and southern regions of China: A retrospective hospital-based analysis

Shijiao Yan, Wenning Fu, Zhangren Yan, Yanlan Hu, Xingyue Song, Juntao Wang, Wenjie Hao, Lanfen He, Yu Chen, Mohamed Diané, Ibrahima Sory Souaré, Wei Guo, Wenkai Bin, Yu Ma, Xiaotong Han, Chuanzhu Lv

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0013247

Spatial representativeness matters for Climate-Driven Dengue Forecasting

Khemmanant Khamthong, Kunwithree Phramrung

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014270

Subarachnoid neurocysticercosis in a rural area of the Bolivian Chaco: A population-based survey through the use of a novel urine antigen assay

Anna Barbiero, Maria Micieli, Yesenia Castillo, Cindy Espinoza Guerrero, Tiziana Di Maggio, Valentina Petrini, Michele Spinicci, Chiara Aguzzoli, Bianca Ribelli, Fabio Macchioni, Simona Gabrielli, Silvio Menacho, Marianne Strohmeyer, Mimmo Roselli, Veronica Poma, Reinelda Cuellar, Elizabeth Crespo, Joaquín Monasterio, Francesco Cosmi, Walter Mario Camargo, Seth O’Neal, Hector Hugo Garcia, Alessandra Nicoletti, Alessandro Bartoloni

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014214

Standardized LDH-to-lymphocyte ratio improves early mortality prediction in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: A 15-day competing-risk bedside model

Ruize Ma, Jingxia Wang, Zhouling Jiang, Shuwen Ding, Ruihua Zhang, Yanli Xu, Ranran Wang, Ling Lin, Zhihai Chen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014289

The typhoid Mary legacy: Genomic epidemiology uncovers contemporary carriage dynamics across two decades of enteric fever surveillance in England and Wales

Alice M. Nisbet, Iman Mohamed, Neville Q. Verlander, David Powell, Emma V. Waters, Andrew Nelson, Hilary Kirkbride, Gemma C. Langridge, Marie A. Chattaway

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014177

Functional single nucleotide polymorphisms in CACNA2D3 and other autophagy-related genes are associated with leprosy among Brazilians

Isabela Espasandin, Cynthia Chester Cardoso, Thyago Leal-Calvo, Mayara Abud Mendes, Ana Carla Pereira Latini, Samuel Henrique Malcher de Castro, André Luiz Leturiondo, Ohanna Cavalcanti de Lima Bezerra, Roberta Olmo Pinheiro, Anna Maria Sales, Milton Ozório Moraes, Fernanda de Souza Gomes Kehdy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014241

Improved and customized dengue serodiagnostics through combined NS1/IgM testing and novel dual-cut-off IgG ELISA

Sandra Saschenbrecker, Nadja Muigg, Oliver Klemens, Julia M. Klemens

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014295

A repetitive nucleotide insertion in the rplV gene is associated with in vitro resistance to azithromycin in Rickettsia typhi

Weerawat Phuklia, Kiattawee Chowongkomon, Kaisone Padith, Koukeo Phommasone, Mayfong Mayxay, Allen L. Richards, Elizabeth M. Batty, Matthew T. Robinson, Paul N. Newton, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas P. J. Day, Elizabeth A. Ashley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 27, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014249

Abundance of the vector Aedes aegypti in urban and rural areas in Managua, Nicaragua

Harold Suazo-Laguna, Jacqueline Mojica-DÍaz, María M. Lopez, Angel Balmaseda, Eva Harris, Josefina Coloma, Jose G. Juarez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 28, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014256

Evaluation of long-term consequences among snakebite survivors in rural Kenya including validation of a functional limitations assessment tool

Cecilia Ngari, Stian Cattell-Ravdal, Steven A. Wasonga, Rafael Cuginotti de Oliviera, Tonny O. Ngage, Luka Dolinaj, Loreta A. Asila, Jonathan Steinhorst, Peter G. Mwethera, Lynn Kitwan, John H. Amuasi, David G. Lalloo, Leslie M. Aglanu, George O. Oluoch, Ymkje Stienstra

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 28, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014259

“I called people to carry me to the latrine”: Podoconiosis patients’ access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in Butaro, Rwanda

Nina Sandra Natasha Ngowi, Pacifique Ufitinema, Maria Albin Qambayot, Janna M. Schurer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 30, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014158

Maternal anemia in helminth-infected pregnant women: Dose–response with hookworm intensity and other risk factors in a Ugandan cross-sectional study

Geoffrey Akena, Marie Pascaline Sabine Ishimwe, Theodore Nteziyaremye, Maxwell Okello, Ahmed Kiswezi Kazigo, Theoneste Hakizimana

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 30, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014277

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Correction: Addressing multimorbidity in Leprosy: A retrospective chart review from India

Joydeepa Darlong, Karthikeyan Govindasamy, Paramjit Gill

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 6, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014189

Correction: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and typhoid conjugate vaccine introduction on typhoid fever in Nepal

Dipesh Tamrakar, Shiva Ram Naga, Esther Jung, Basudha Shrestha, Pratibha Bista Roka, Rabin Pokharel, Sabin Bikram Shahi, Aarjya Tara Bajracharya, Surendra K. Mahadup, Nishan Katuwal, Kate Doyle, Jessica C. Seidman, Alice S. Carter, Stephen P. Luby, Isaac I. Bogoch, Kristen Aiemjoy, Denise O. Garrett, Rajeev Shrestha, Jason R. Andrews

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 14, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014208

Correction: Leveraging paired serology to estimate the incidence of typhoidal Salmonella infection in the STRATAA study

Jo Walker, Paula Russell, Leanne Kermack, Tan Trinh Van, Tran Vu Thieu Nga, Elli Mylona, Susana Camara, Young Chan Kim, Sonu Shrestha, Arne Gehlhaar, Josefin Bartholdson Scott, Farhana Khanam, Mila Shakya, Deus Thindwa, Melita A. Gordon, Buddha Basnyat, John D. Clemens, Firdausi Qadri, Robert S. Heyderman, Christiane Dolecek, Susan Tonks, Thomas C. Darton, Andrew J. Pollard, Stephen Baker, James E. Meiring, Merryn Voysey, Virginia E. Pitzer, and the STRATAA Study Group

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 15, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014219

Correction: Calcineurin regulates morphological development, stress responses and virulence in Fonsecaea monophora

Minying Li, Huan Huang, Dongmei Li, Judun Zheng, Yinghui Liu, Yangxia Chen, Zhenmou Xie, Liyan Xi, Hongfang Liu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014216

Correction: Establishing a filarial clinical research platform in a resource-limited setting: Lessons and experiences from Tanzania

Ndekya M. Oriyo, Michael A. Munga, Abdallah Ngenya, John Ogondiek, Wilfred Mandara, Winfrida John, Jonathan Akyoo, Ruth Laizer, Mathias Kamugisha, Hanifa Kapera, Rafikieli Ngwatu, Gracia Sanga, Jacklina Mhidze, Antelmo Haule, Anja Feichtner, Haile Mposheleye, Farida A. Mwanga, Hatima A. Chinguile, Alexander J. Makalla, Peter Mabenga, Max Demetrius, Maureen M. Mosoba, Dennis Moshi, Yusuph Mgaya, Linda Batsa Debrah, Inge Kroidl, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Samuel Wanji, Alexander Yaw Debrah, Achim Hoerauf, Akili Kalinga, Upendo Mwingira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 20, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014236

Correction: Point-of-care laboratory of pathogen diagnosis in Rural Senegal

The PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Editors

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 22, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014233

Correction: Socioeconomic drivers of human Brucellosis in Ningxia, China: A one health and spatiotemporal analysis for targeted intervention

Ping Zhang, Xiaojuan Ma, Ting Pan, Jingxia Dang, Dongfeng Pan, Mingbo Chen, Peifeng Liang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 28, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014271

Correction: One health at the last mile: Multi-scale predictors of Schistosoma japonicum infection in southwest china across two decades of control

The PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Staff

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 28, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014273

Retractions

Retraction: Mansonella, including a Potential New Species, as Common Parasites in Children in Gabon

The PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Editors

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 7, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014178

Retraction: Coxiella burnetii in Humans and Ticks in Rural Senegal

The PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Editors

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 9, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014195

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