Could Nitazoxanide Be Added to Other Essential Medicines for Integrated Neglected Tropical Disease Control and Elimination?

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002758

School-Based Health Education Targeting Intestinal Worms—Further Support for Integrated Control

Franziska A. Bieri, Yue-Sheng Li, Li-Ping Yuan, Yong-Kang He, Darren J. Gray, Gail M. Williams, Donald P. McManus

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 13, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002621

A Regulatory Structure for Working with Genetically Modified Mosquitoes: Lessons from Mexico

Janine M. Ramsey, J. Guillermo Bond, Maria Elena Macotela, Luca Facchinelli, Laura Valerio, David M. Brown, Thomas W. Scott, Anthony A. James

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 13, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002623

Visceral Leishmaniasis Outbreak in South Sudan 2009–2012: Epidemiological Assessment and Impact of a Multisectoral Response

Abdinasir Abubakar, José Antonio Ruiz-Postigo, Jane Pita, Mounir Lado, Riadh Ben-Ismail, Daniel Argaw, Jorge Alvar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002720

The Mycetoma Knowledge Gap: Identification of Research Priorities

Wendy W. J. van de Sande, El Sheikh Maghoub, Ahmed H. Fahal, Michael Goodfellow, Oliverio Welsh, Ed Zijlstra

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002667

Congenital Malaria in China

Zhi-yong Tao, Qiang Fang, Xue Liu, Richard Culleton, Li Tao, Hui Xia, Qi Gao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 13, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002622

Serologic Prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Indian Women of Child Bearing Age and Effects of Social and Environmental Factors

Sarman Singh, Arshi Munawwar, Sugandhi Rao, Sanjay Mehta, Naba Kumar Hazarika

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002737

Enhanced Protective Efficacy of Nonpathogenic Recombinant Leishmania tarentolae Expressing Cysteine Proteinases Combined with a Sand Fly Salivary Antigen

Farnaz Zahedifard, Elham Gholami, Tahereh Taheri, Yasaman Taslimi, Fatemeh Doustdari, Negar Seyed, Fatemeh Torkashvand, Claudio Meneses, Barbara Papadopoulou, Shaden Kamhawi, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Sima Rafati

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002751

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Identification of Parasitic Communities within European Ticks Using Next-Generation Sequencing

Sarah Bonnet, Lorraine Michelet, Sara Moutailler, Justine Cheval, Charles Hébert, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Marc Eloit

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002753

Active Matrix Metalloprotease-9 Is Associated with the Collagen Capsule Surrounding the Madurella mycetomatis Grain in Mycetoma

Kirsten Geneugelijk, Wendy Kloezen, Ahmed H. Fahal, Wendy W. J. van de Sande

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002754

Helminth-Associated Systemic Immune Activation and HIV Co-receptor Expression: Response to Albendazole/Praziquantel Treatment

Mkunde Chachage, Lilli Podola, Petra Clowes, Anthony Nsojo, Asli Bauer, Onesmo Mgaya, Dickens Kowour, Guenter Froeschl, Leonard Maboko, Michael Hoelscher, Elmar Saathoff, Christof Geldmacher

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002755

Mycobacterium ulcerans Persistence at a Village Water Source of Buruli Ulcer Patients

Martin W. Bratschi, Marie-Thérèse Ruf, Arianna Andreoli, Jacques C. Minyem, Sarah Kerber, Fidèle G. Wantong, James Pritchard, Victoria Chakwera, Christian Beuret, Matthias Wittwer, Djeunga Noumen, Nadia Schürch, Alphonse Um Book, Gerd Pluschke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002756

Opportunities for Improved Chagas Disease Vector Control Based on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Communities in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Kathryn Rosecrans, Gabriela Cruz-Martin, Ashley King, Eric Dumonteil

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002763

RNA-Seq Reveals Infection-Induced Gene Expression Changes in the Snail Intermediate Host of the Carcinogenic Liver Fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini

Sattrachai Prasopdee, Javier Sotillo, Smarn Tesana, Thewarach Laha, Jutharat Kulsantiwong, Matthew J. Nolan, Alex Loukas, Cinzia Cantacessi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002765

Trypsin- and Chymotrypsin-Like Serine Proteases in Schistosoma mansoni – ‘The Undiscovered Country’

Martin Horn, Pavla Fajtová, Liliana Rojo Arreola, Lenka Ulrychová, Pavla Bartošová-Sojková, Zdeněk Franta, Anna V. Protasio, David Opavský, Jiří Vondrášek, James H. McKerrow, Michael Mareš, Conor R. Caffrey, Jan Dvořák

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002766

Dispersal of Adult Culex Mosquitoes in an Urban West Nile Virus Hotspot: A Mark-Capture Study Incorporating Stable Isotope Enrichment of Natural Larval Habitats

Gabriel L. Hamer, Tavis K. Anderson, Danielle J. Donovan, Jeffrey D. Brawn, Bethany L. Krebs, Allison M. Gardner, Marilyn O. Ruiz, William M. Brown, Uriel D. Kitron, Christina M. Newman, Tony L. Goldberg, Edward D. Walker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002768

Defining the Geographical Range of the Plasmodium knowlesi Reservoir

Catherine L. Moyes, Andrew J. Henry, Nick Golding, Zhi Huang, Balbir Singh, J. Kevin Baird, Paul N. Newton, Michael Huffman, Kirsten A. Duda, Chris J. Drakeley, Iqbal R. F. Elyazar, Nicholas M. Anstey, Qijun Chen, Zinta Zommers, Samir Bhatt, Peter W. Gething, Simon I. Hay

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 27, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002780

Humans and Great Apes Cohabiting the Forest Ecosystem in Central African Republic Harbour the Same Hookworms

Hideo Hasegawa, David Modrý, Masahiro Kitagawa, Kathryn A. Shutt, Angelique Todd, Barbora Kalousová, Ilona Profousová, Klára J. Petrželková

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002715

Synthetic Sex Pheromone in a Long-Lasting Lure Attracts the Visceral Leishmaniasis Vector, Lutzomyia longipalpis, for up to 12 Weeks in Brazil

Daniel P. Bray, Vicky Carter, Graziella B. Alves, Reginaldo P. Brazil, Krishna K. Bandi, James G. C. Hamilton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002723

Development of a Prototype Lateral Flow Immunoassay (LFI) for the Rapid Diagnosis of Melioidosis

Raymond L. Houghton, Dana E. Reed, Mark A. Hubbard, Michael J. Dillon, Hongjing Chen, Bart J. Currie, Mark Mayo, Derek S. Sarovich, Vanessa Theobald, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Gumphol Wongsuvan, Narisara Chantratita, Sharon J. Peacock, Alex R. Hoffmaster, Brea Duval, Paul J. Brett, Mary N. Burtnick, David P. AuCoin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002727

Dynamics of the Force of Infection: Insights from Echinococcus multilocularis Infection in Foxes

Fraser I. Lewis, Belen Otero-Abad, Daniel Hegglin, Peter Deplazes, Paul R. Torgerson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002731

Contrasting Patterns in Mammal–Bacteria Coevolution: Bartonella and Leptospira in Bats and Rodents

Bonnie R. Lei, Kevin J. Olival

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002738

A Mixed Methods Study of a Health Worker Training Intervention to Increase Syndromic Referral for Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis in South Sudan

Jennifer J. Palmer, Elizeous I. Surur, Francesco Checchi, Fayaz Ahmad, Franklin Kweku Ackom, Christopher J. M. Whitty

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002742

Identification of Carboxylesterase Genes Implicated in Temephos Resistance in the Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti

Rodolphe Poupardin, Wannaporn Srisukontarat, Cristina Yunta, Hilary Ranson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002743

Conjunctival Scarring in Trachoma Is Associated with the HLA-C Ligand of KIR and Is Exacerbated by Heterozygosity at KIR2DL2/KIR2DL3

Chrissy h. Roberts, Sandra Molina, Pateh Makalo, Hassan Joof, Emma M. Harding-Esch, Sarah E. Burr, David C. W. Mabey, Robin L. Bailey, Matthew J. Burton, Martin J. Holland

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002744

Serological Screening of the Schistosoma mansoni Adult Worm Proteome

Fernanda Ludolf, Paola R. Patrocínio, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Andréa Gazzinelli, Franco H. Falcone, André Teixeira-Ferreira, Jonas Perales, Guilherme C. Oliveira, Rosiane A. Silva-Pereira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002745

Development of a Novel, Single-Cycle Replicable Rift Valley Fever Vaccine

Shin Murakami, Kaori Terasaki, Sydney I. Ramirez, John C. Morrill, Shinji Makino

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002746

Lassa Fever in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone

Jeffrey G. Shaffer, Donald S. Grant, John S. Schieffelin, Matt L. Boisen, Augustine Goba, Jessica N. Hartnett, Danielle C. Levy, Rachael E. Yenni, Lina M. Moses, Mohammed Fullah, Mambo Momoh, Mbalu Fonnie, Richard Fonnie, Lansana Kanneh, Veronica J. Koroma, Kandeh Kargbo, Darin Ottomassathien, Ivana J. Muncy, Abigail B. Jones, Megan M. Illick, Peter C. Kulakosky, Allyson M. Haislip, Christopher M. Bishop, Deborah H. Elliot, Bethany L. Brown, Hu Zhu, Kathryn M. Hastie, Kristian G. Andersen, Stephen K. Gire, Shervin Tabrizi, Ridhi Tariyal, Mathew Stremlau, Alex Matschiner, Darryl B. Sampey, Jennifer S. Spence, Robert W. Cross, Joan B. Geisbert, Onikepe A. Folarin, Christian T. Happi, Kelly R. Pitts, F. Jon Geske, Thomas W. Geisbert, Erica Ollmann Saphire, James E. Robinson, Russell B. Wilson, Pardis C. Sabeti, Lee A. Henderson, S. Humarr Khan, Daniel G. Bausch, Luis M. Branco, Robert F. Garry, the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002748

Sm10.3, a Member of the Micro-Exon Gene 4 (MEG-4) Family, Induces Erythrocyte Agglutination In Vitro and Partially Protects Vaccinated Mice against Schistosoma mansoni Infection

Vicente P. Martins, Suellen B. Morais, Carina S. Pinheiro, Natan R. G. Assis, Barbara C. P. Figueiredo, Natasha D. Ricci, Juliana Alves-Silva, Marcelo V. Caliari, Sergio C. Oliveira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 20, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002750

The Mortality Associated with Erythema Nodosum Leprosum in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Hospital-Based Study

Stephen L. Walker, Eglantine Lebas, Shimelis N. Doni, Diana N. J. Lockwood, Saba M. Lambert

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 13, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002690

Dengue Virus Type 2 (DENV2)-Induced Oxidative Responses in Monocytes from Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD)-Deficient and G6PD Normal Subjects

Abdullah Ahmed Al-alimi, Syed A. Ali, Faisal Muti Al-Hassan, Fauziah Mohd Idris, Sin-Yeang Teow, Narazah Mohd Yusoff

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 13, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002711

Use of a Recombinant Cysteine Proteinase from Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi for the Immunotherapy of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis

Josie Haydée Lima Ferreira, Lucilene dos Santos Silva, Ieda Maria Longo-Maugéri, Simone Katz, Clara Lúcia Barbiéri

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 13, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002729

Prevalence of Trachoma at Sub-District Level in Ethiopia: Determining When to Stop Mass Azithromycin Distribution

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Efficacy of 5-Nitroimidazoles for the Treatment of Giardiasis: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Vinay Pasupuleti, Angel Arturo Escobedo, Abhishek Deshpande, Priyaleela Thota, Yuani Roman, Adrian V. Hernandez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 13, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002733

Molecular Evidence of Demographic Expansion of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in Colombia

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 13, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002739

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Rapid Molecular Assays for the Detection of Yellow Fever Virus in Low-Resource Settings

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 6, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002730

Relationships between IgE/IgG₄ Epitopes, Structure and Function in Anisakis simplex Ani s 5, a Member of the SXP/RAL-2 Protein Family

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A Systematic Approach to Capacity Strengthening of Laboratory Systems for Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Sri Lanka

Janet Njelesani, Russell Dacombe, Tanith Palmer, Helen Smith, Benjamin Koudou, Moses Bockarie, Imelda Bates

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Correction: Leptospira Interrogans Induces Fibrosis in the Mouse Kidney through Inos-Dependent, TLR- and NLR-Independent Signaling Pathways

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