Rabies control in wildlife is complex and challenging. However, largely through oral rabies vaccination (ORV), canine rabies was eliminated from the United States in 2007 and control of other rabies virus variants has been achieved. Raccoon (Procyon lotor) rabies presents continuing challenges, yet its expansion beyond the eastern US has been prevented through an integrated strategy relying largely on ORV. The North American Rabies Management Plan ensures continued collaboration for rabies surveillance, control, and research among Canada, Mexico, and the US (see Slate et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0000549).
Photo Credit: Brian M. Bjorklund (USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services MA/CT/RI).
Interview
The Unsung Hero of Neglected Tropical Diseases: Interview with Narcis Kabatereine
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 22, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000546
Review
Oral Rabies Vaccination in North America: Opportunities, Complexities, and Challenges
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 22, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000549
Research Articles
Snake Envenoming: A Disease of Poverty
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 22, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000569
Maternal Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and Congenital Chagas Disease Induce a Trend to a Type 1 Polarization of Infant Immune Responses to Vaccines
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 22, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000571
Active Trachoma and Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Two Gambian Regions: On Course for Elimination by 2020?
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 22, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000573
Spatial Predictions of Rhodesian Human African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness) Prevalence in Kaberamaido and Dokolo, Two Newly Affected Districts of Uganda
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 15, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000563
Discrepant Prevalence and Incidence of Leishmania Infection between Two Neighboring Villages in Central Mali Based on Leishmanin Skin Test Surveys
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 15, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000565
Chagas Disease, Migration and Community Settlement Patterns in Arequipa, Peru
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 15, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000567
Human Probing Behavior of Aedes aegypti when Infected with a Life-Shortening Strain of Wolbachia
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 15, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000568
Comparative Transcriptional and Translational Analysis of Leptospiral Outer Membrane Protein Expression in Response to Temperature
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 8, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000560
NMR Analysis of the Dynamic Exchange of the NS2B Cofactor between Open and Closed Conformations of the West Nile Virus NS2B-NS3 Protease
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 8, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000561
Accuracy of Serological Testing for the Diagnosis of Prevalent Neurocysticercosis in Outpatients with Epilepsy, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 8, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000562
Identification of the Schistosoma mansoni TNF-Alpha Receptor Gene and the Effect of Human TNF-Alpha on the Parasite Gene Expression Profile
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 1, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000556
A Major Genetic Locus in Trypanosoma brucei Is a Determinant of Host Pathology
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 1, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000557
Identification of Zoonotic Genotypes of Giardia duodenalis
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 1, 2009 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000558