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November 2008

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Adult Rhodnius prolixus.
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This photograph shows an adult Rhodnius prolixus, which is the most important vector of Trypanosoma cruzi in Central America, Venezuela, and Colombia. R. prolixus is extremely well adapted to human habitat and is responsible for high infestation rates in houses and also for high infection prevalences in human populations. Insect vector populations are susceptible to insecticides, and domiciliated populations can be eliminated when suitable control programmes are established (see Castillo-Riquelme et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000336).

Image Credit: Felipe Guhl, Universidad de los Andes

Editorial

Tropical Diseases Research: Thirty Years and Counting

Peter J. Hotez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 25, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000329

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Viewpoints

Two Years after the Fourth External Review: TDR Moves Forward with a New Vision and Strategy

Robert G. Ridley, Peter Ndumbe, Rolf Korte

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 25, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000307

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The Future of TDR: The Need to Adapt to a Changing Global Health Environment

Daniel J. Carucci, Michael Gottlieb

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 25, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000310

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The Future of TDR: It Will Share the R&D Landscape with Other National and Multilateral Agencies

Anthony Mbewu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 25, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000309

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TDR Thirty Years On: Taking Stock and Envisioning the Future for the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases

Abdallah S. Daar, Susan Reynolds Whyte, Mohamed S. Abdullah, Hu Ching-Li, Stephen L. Hoffman, Martine Berger

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 25, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000314

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Research Articles

Enumeration of Mycobacterium leprae Using Real-Time PCR

Richard W. Truman, P. Kyle Andrews, Naoko Y. Robbins, Linda B. Adams, James L. Krahenbuhl, Thomas P. Gillis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 4, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000328

Diagnosis of Soil-Transmitted Helminths in the Era of Preventive Chemotherapy: Effect of Multiple Stool Sampling and Use of Different Diagnostic Techniques

Stefanie Knopp, Ali F. Mgeni, I. Simba Khamis, Peter Steinmann, J. Russell Stothard, David Rollinson, Hanspeter Marti, Jürg Utzinger

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 4, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000331

Controlled Chaos of Polymorphic Mucins in a Metazoan Parasite (Schistosoma mansoni) Interacting with Its Invertebrate Host (Biomphalaria glabrata)

Emmanuel Roger, Christoph Grunau, Raymond J. Pierce, Hirohisa Hirai, Benjamin Gourbal, Richard Galinier, Rémi Emans, Italo M. Cesari, Céline Cosseau, Guillaume Mitta

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 11, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000330

Correlative and Dynamic Imaging of the Hatching Biology of Schistosoma japonicum from Eggs Prepared by High Pressure Freezing

Malcolm K. Jones, Sze How Bong, Kathryn M. Green, Philadelphia Holmes, Mary Duke, Alex Loukas, Donald P. McManus

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The Costs of Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease in Colombia

Marianela Castillo-Riquelme, Felipe Guhl, Brenda Turriago, Nestor Pinto, Fernando Rosas, Mónica Flórez Martínez, Julia Fox-Rushby, Clive Davies, Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 18, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000336

Quantitative Detection of Schistosoma japonicum Cercariae in Water by Real-Time PCR

Yuen Wai Hung, Justin Remais

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 18, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000337

Warmer Weather Linked to Tick Attack and Emergence of Severe Rickettsioses

Philippe Parola, Cristina Socolovschi, Luc Jeanjean, Idir Bitam, Pierre-Edouard Fournier, Albert Sotto, Pierre Labauge, Didier Raoult

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 18, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000338

Rabies Exposures, Post-Exposure Prophylaxis and Deaths in a Region of Endemic Canine Rabies

Katie Hampson, Andy Dobson, Magai Kaare, Jonathan Dushoff, Matthias Magoto, Emmanuel Sindoya, Sarah Cleaveland

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 25, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000339

Population Genetics of Schistosoma japonicum within the Philippines Suggest High Levels of Transmission between Humans and Dogs

James W. Rudge, Hélène Carabin, Ernesto Balolong Jr, Veronica Tallo, Jaya Shrivastava, Da-Bing Lu, María-Gloria Basáñez, Remigio Olveda, Stephen T. McGarvey, Joanne P. Webster

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 25, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000340