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January 2009

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Adult male of Lutzomyia longipalpis.

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This photograph shows an adult male Lutzomyia longipalpis, which is the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas and a species complex. Males of the L. longipalpis complex from Brazil produce different types of copulation songs and pheromones. The Brazilian populations of this vector also display a high level of complexity in genetic divergence and gene-flow (see Araki et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000365).

Image Credit: Gabriel E. M. Ferreira, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Editorial

Waging Peace through Neglected Tropical Disease Control: A US Foreign Policy for the Bottom Billion

Peter J. Hotez, Tommy G. Thompson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000346

Viewpoints

Does Deworming Improve Growth and School Performance in Children?

David Taylor-Robinson, Ashley Jones, Paul Garner

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000358

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000362

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Research Articles

Mefloquine—An Aminoalcohol with Promising Antischistosomal Properties in Mice

Jennifer Keiser, Jacques Chollet, Shu-Hua Xiao, Jin-Yan Mei, Pei-Ying Jiao, Jürg Utzinger, Marcel Tanner

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 6, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000350

The Effect of Insecticide Synergists on the Response of Scabies Mites to Pyrethroid Acaricides

Cielo Pasay, Larry Arlian, Marjorie Morgan, Robin Gunning, Louise Rossiter, Deborah Holt, Shelley Walton, Simone Beckham, James McCarthy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 6, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000354

Visceral Leishmaniasis Elimination Programme in India, Bangladesh, and Nepal: Reshaping the Case Finding/Case Management Strategy

Dinesh Mondal, Shri Prakash Singh, Narendra Kumar, Anand Joshi, Shyam Sundar, Pradeep Das, Hirve Siddhivinayak, Axel Kroeger, Marleen Boelaert

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 13, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000355

Discovery of a Non-Peptidic Inhibitor of West Nile Virus NS3 Protease by High-Throughput Docking

Dariusz Ekonomiuk, Xun-Cheng Su, Kiyoshi Ozawa, Christophe Bodenreider, Siew Pheng Lim, Zheng Yin, Thomas H. Keller, David Beer, Viral Patel, Gottfried Otting, Amedeo Caflisch, Danzhi Huang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 13, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000356

Taste, A New Incentive to Switch to (R)-Praziquantel in Schistosomiasis Treatment

Thorsten Meyer, Harald Sekljic, Stefan Fuchs, Heiko Bothe, Dieter Schollmeyer, Christian Miculka

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 13, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000357

Diagnostic Accuracy of NS1 ELISA and Lateral Flow Rapid Tests for Dengue Sensitivity, Specificity and Relationship to Viraemia and Antibody Responses

Vu Ty Hang, Nguyen Minh Nguyet, Dinh The Trung, Vianney Tricou, Sutee Yoksan, Nguyen Minh Dung, Tran Van Ngoc, Tran Tinh Hien, Jeremy Farrar, Bridget Wills, Cameron P. Simmons

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 20, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000360

Prevalence Distribution and Risk Factors for Schistosoma hematobium Infection among School Children in Blantyre, Malawi

Atupele P. Kapito-Tembo, Victor Mwapasa, Steven R. Meshnick, Young Samanyika, Dan Banda, Cameron Bowie, Sarah Radke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 20, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000361

Cost-Effectiveness of Chagas Disease Vector Control Strategies in Northwestern Argentina

Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Cynthia Spillmann, Mario Zaidenberg, Uriel Kitron, Ricardo E. Gürtler

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 20, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000363

Landscape Changes Influence the Occurrence of the Melioidosis Bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil in Northern Australia

Mirjam Kaestli, Mark Mayo, Glenda Harrington, Linda Ward, Felicity Watt, Jason V. Hill, Allen C. Cheng, Bart J. Currie

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 20, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000364

A New PCR-Based Approach Indicates the Range of Clonorchis sinensis Now Extends to Central Thailand

Rebecca J. Traub, Julie Macaranas, Mathirut Mungthin, Saovanee Leelayoova, Thomas Cribb, K. Darwin Murrell, R. C. Andrew Thompson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 20, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000367

Molecular and Behavioral Differentiation among Brazilian Populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

Alejandra S. Araki, Felipe M. Vigoder, Luiz G. S. R. Bauzer, Gabriel E. M. Ferreira, Nataly A. Souza, Izeneide B. Araújo, James G. C. Hamilton, Reginaldo P. Brazil, Alexandre A. Peixoto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000365

Field Validity and Feasibility of Four Techniques for the Detection of Trichuris in Simians: A Model for Monitoring Drug Efficacy in Public Health?

Bruno Levecke, Nathalie De Wilde, Els Vandenhoute, Jozef Vercruysse

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000366

The Importance of pH in Regulating the Function of the Fasciola hepatica Cathepsin L1 Cysteine Protease

Jonathan Lowther, Mark W. Robinson, Sheila M. Donnelly, Weibo Xu, Colin M. Stack, Jacqueline M. Matthews, John P. Dalton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000369

Geohelminth Infections among Pregnant Women in Rural Western Kenya; a Cross-Sectional Study

Anna M. van Eijk, Kim A. Lindblade, Frank Odhiambo, Elizabeth Peterson, Daniel H. Rosen, Diana Karanja, John G. Ayisi, Ya Ping Shi, Kubaje Adazu, Laurence Slutsker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000370

Taenia solium Cysticercosis Hotspots Surrounding Tapeworm Carriers: Clustering on Human Seroprevalence but Not on Seizures

Andres G. Lescano, Hector H. Garcia, Robert H. Gilman, Cesar M. Gavidia, Victor C. W. Tsang, Silvia Rodriguez, Lawrence H. Moulton, Manuel V. Villaran, Silvia M. Montano, Armando E. Gonzalez, and the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 27, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000371