Somalia: A Nation at the Crossroads of Extreme Poverty, Conflict, and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Annum Jaffer, Peter J. Hotez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 29, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004670

Genetic Evidence of Expansion by Passive Transport of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti in Eastern Argentina

Leonardo M. Díaz-Nieto, Marina B. Chiappero, Clara Díaz de Astarloa, Arnaldo Maciá, Cristina N. Gardenal, Corina M. Berón

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 1, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004839

Ascaris from Humans and Pigs Appear to Be Reproductively Isolated Species

Martin Jensen Søe, Christian M. O. Kapel, Peter Nejsum

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 1, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004855

Detection of Chikungunya Virus Circulation Using Sugar-Baited Traps during a Major Outbreak in French Guiana

Romain Girod, Amandine Guidez, Romuald Carinci, Jean Issaly, Pascal Gaborit, Emma Ferrero, Vanessa Ardillon, Albin Fontaine, Isabelle Dusfour, Sébastien Briolant

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004876

The Hygiene Hypothesis and Its Inconvenient Truths about Helminth Infections

Neima Briggs, Jill Weatherhead, K. Jagannadha Sastry, Peter J. Hotez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 15, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004944

Expanding Praziquantel (PZQ) Access beyond Mass Drug Administration Programs: Paving a Way Forward for a Pediatric PZQ Formulation for Schistosomiasis

Amaya L. Bustinduy, Jennifer F. Friedman, Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland, Amara E. Ezeamama, Narcis B. Kabatereine, J. Russell Stothard, Charles H. King

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 22, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004946

StrongNet: An International Network to Improve Diagnostics and Access to Treatment for Strongyloidiasis Control

Marco Albonico, Sören L. Becker, Peter Odermatt, Andrea Angheben, Mariella Anselmi, Arancha Amor, Beatrice Barda, Dora Buonfrate, Philip Cooper, Laurent Gétaz, Jennifer Keiser, Virak Khieu, Antonio Montresor, José Muñoz, Ana Requena-Méndez, Lorenzo Savioli, Richard Speare, Peter Steinmann, Lisette van Lieshout, Jürg Utzinger, Zeno Bisoffi, StrongNet Working Group

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004898

Abdominal Cystic-Like Lesion as a Rare Complication of Neglected Infectious Disease

Priscila Marques de Macedo, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas, Paula Marsillac, Ana Paola de Oliveira, Flavia Antelo Saez, Bodo Wanke, Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 29, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004947

The Role of Nurses and Community Health Workers in Confronting Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

Andrew G. Corley, Clifton P. Thornton, Nancy E. Glass

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 15, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004914

Public Health Responses to and Challenges for the Control of Dengue Transmission in High-Income Countries: Four Case Studies

Elvina Viennet, Scott A. Ritchie, Craig R. Williams, Helen M. Faddy, David Harley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004943

Rabies Outbreaks and Vaccination in Domestic Camels and Cattle in Northwest China

Ye Liu, He-Ping Zhang, Shou-Feng Zhang, Jin-Xiang Wang, Hai-Ning Zhou, Fei Zhang, Yu-Mei Wang, Long Ma, Nan Li, Rong-Liang Hu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 1, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004890

Oral Vaccination with Attenuated Salmonella typhimurium-Delivered TsPmy DNA Vaccine Elicits Protective Immunity against Trichinella spiralis in BALB/c Mice

Lei Wang, Xiaohuan Wang, Kuo Bi, Ximeng Sun, Jing Yang, Yuan Gu, Jingjing Huang, Bin Zhan, Xinping Zhu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 2, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004952

A Unified Framework for the Infection Dynamics of Zoonotic Spillover and Spread

Giovanni Lo Iacono, Andrew A. Cunningham, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Robert F. Garry, Donald S. Grant, Melissa Leach, Lina M. Moses, Gordon Nichols, John S. Schieffelin, Jeffrey G. Shaffer, Colleen T. Webb, James L. N. Wood

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 2, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004957

Glucose Absorption by the Bacillary Band of Trichuris muris

Tina V. A. Hansen, Michael Hansen, Peter Nejsum, Helena Mejer, Matthew Denwood, Stig M. Thamsborg

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 2, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004971

Nonstructural Proteins Are Preferential Positive Selection Targets in Zika Virus and Related Flaviviruses

Manuela Sironi, Diego Forni, Mario Clerici, Rachele Cagliani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 2, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004978

Culex quinquefasciatus from Rio de Janeiro Is Not Competent to Transmit the Local Zika Virus

Rosilainy Surubi Fernandes, Stéphanie Silva Campos, Anielly Ferreira-de-Brito, Rafaella Moraes de Miranda, Keli Antunes Barbosa da Silva, Marcia Gonçalves de Castro, Lidiane M. S. Raphael, Patrícia Brasil, Anna-Bella Failloux, Myrna C. Bonaldo, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 6, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004993

Low Prevalence of Conjunctival Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in a Treatment-Naïve Trachoma-Endemic Region of the Solomon Islands

Robert M. R. Butcher, Oliver Sokana, Kelvin Jack, Colin K. Macleod, Michael E. Marks, Eric Kalae, Leslie Sui, Charles Russell, Helena J. Tutill, Rachel J. Williams, Judith Breuer, Rebecca Willis, Richard T. Le Mesurier, David C. W. Mabey, Anthony W. Solomon, Chrissy h. Roberts

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 7, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004863

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The Importance of Socio-Economic Versus Environmental Risk Factors for Reported Dengue Cases in Java, Indonesia

Siwi P. M. Wijayanti, Thibaud Porphyre, Margo Chase-Topping, Stephanie M. Rainey, Melanie McFarlane, Esther Schnettler, Roman Biek, Alain Kohl

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 7, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004964

The Global Economic and Health Burden of Human Hookworm Infection

Sarah M. Bartsch, Peter J. Hotez, Lindsey Asti, Kristina M. Zapf, Maria Elena Bottazzi, David J. Diemert, Bruce Y. Lee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004922

Bacillus cereus Biovar Anthracis Causing Anthrax in Sub-Saharan Africa—Chromosomal Monophyly and Broad Geographic Distribution

Kym S. Antonation, Kim Grützmacher, Susann Dupke, Philip Mabon, Fee Zimmermann, Felix Lankester, Tianna Peller, Anna Feistner, Angelique Todd, Ilka Herbinger, Hélène M. de Nys, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfun, Stomy Karhemere, Roman M. Wittig, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Roland Grunow, Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer, Cindi R. Corbett, Silke R. Klee, Fabian H. Leendertz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004923

Characterization of a Novel Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein Involved in Tubercidin Resistance in Leishmania major

Juliana Ide Aoki, Adriano Cappellazzo Coelho, Sandra Marcia Muxel, Ricardo Andrade Zampieri, Eduardo Milton Ramos Sanchez, Audun Helge Nerland, Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter, Paulo Cesar Cotrim

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004972

Proteomic Identification of Immunodiagnostic Antigens for Trypanosoma vivax Infections in Cattle and Generation of a Proof-of-Concept Lateral Flow Test Diagnostic Device

Jennifer R. Fleming, Lalitha Sastry, Steven J. Wall, Lauren Sullivan, Michael A. J. Ferguson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004977

Translation Regulation and RNA Granule Formation after Heat Shock of Procyclic Form Trypanosoma brucei: Many Heat-Induced mRNAs Are also Increased during Differentiation to Mammalian-Infective Forms

Igor Minia, Clementine Merce, Monica Terrao, Christine Clayton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004982

Characterizing the Syphilis-Causing Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum Proteome Using Complementary Mass Spectrometry

Kara K. Osbak, Simon Houston, Karen V. Lithgow, Conor J. Meehan, Michal Strouhal, David Šmajs, Caroline E. Cameron, Xaveer Van Ostade, Chris R. Kenyon, Geert A. Van Raemdonck

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004988

Protective and Pathogenic Roles of CD8+ T Lymphocytes in Murine Orientia tsutsugamushi Infection

Matthias Hauptmann, Julia Kolbaum, Stefanie Lilla, David Wozniak, Mohammad Gharaibeh, Bernhard Fleischer, Christian A. Keller

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 8, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004991

Hsp70 May Be a Molecular Regulator of Schistosome Host Invasion

Kenji Ishida, Emmitt R. Jolly

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 9, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004986

DenHunt - A Comprehensive Database of the Intricate Network of Dengue-Human Interactions

Prashanthi Karyala, Rahul Metri, Christopher Bathula, Syam K. Yelamanchi, Lipika Sahoo, Selvam Arjunan, Narayan P. Sastri, Nagasuma Chandra

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004965

West Nile Virus Spreads Transsynaptically within the Pathways of Motor Control: Anatomical and Ultrastructural Mapping of Neuronal Virus Infection in the Primate Central Nervous System

Olga A. Maximova, John G. Bernbaum, Alexander G. Pletnev

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 12, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004980

Leptospira Immunoglobulin-Like Protein B (LigB) Binds to Both the C-Terminal 23 Amino Acids of Fibrinogen αC Domain and Factor XIII: Insight into the Mechanism of LigB-Mediated Blockage of Fibrinogen α Chain Cross-Linking

Ching-Lin Hsieh, Eric Chang, Andrew Tseng, Christopher Ptak, Li-Chen Wu, Chun-Li Su, Sean P. McDonough, Yi-Pin Lin, Yung-Fu Chang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 13, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004974

High Leptospira Diversity in Animals and Humans Complicates the Search for Common Reservoirs of Human Disease in Rural Ecuador

Veronica Barragan, Jorge Chiriboga, Erin Miller, Sonora Olivas, Dawn Birdsell, Crystal Hepp, Heidie Hornstra, James M. Schupp, Melba Morales, Manuel Gonzalez, Soraya Reyes, Carmen de la Cruz, Paul Keim, Rudy Hartskeerl, Gabriel Trueba, Talima Pearson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 13, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004990

Stimulating Neoblast-Like Cell Proliferation in Juvenile Fasciola hepatica Supports Growth and Progression towards the Adult Phenotype In Vitro

Paul McCusker, Paul McVeigh, Vignesh Rathinasamy, Hayley Toet, Erin McCammick, Anna O’Connor, Nikki J. Marks, Angela Mousley, Gerard P. Brennan, David W. Halton, Terry W. Spithill, Aaron G. Maule

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 13, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004994

Efficacy and Safety of AmBisome in Combination with Sodium Stibogluconate or Miltefosine and Miltefosine Monotherapy for African Visceral Leishmaniasis: Phase II Randomized Trial

Monique Wasunna, Simon Njenga, Manica Balasegaram, Neal Alexander, Raymond Omollo, Tansy Edwards, Thomas P. C. Dorlo, Brima Musa, Mohammed Hassan Sharaf Ali, Mohammed Yasein Elamin, George Kirigi, Rashid Juma, Anke E. Kip, Gerard J. Schoone, Asrat Hailu, Joseph Olobo, Sally Ellis, Robert Kimutai, Susan Wells, Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil, Nathalie Strub Wourgaft, Fabiana Alves, Ahmed Musa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 14, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004880

Bacterial Larvicide, Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis Strain AM 65-52 Water Dispersible Granule Formulation Impacts Both Dengue Vector, Aedes aegypti (L.) Population Density and Disease Transmission in Cambodia

To Setha, Ngan Chantha, Seleena Benjamin, Doung Socheat

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 14, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004973

Succinyl-CoA Synthetase: New Antigen Candidate of Bartonella bacilliformis

Cláudia Gomes, Noemí Palma, Maria J. Pons, Ariel Magallón-Tejada, Isabel Sandoval, Carmen Tinco-Valdez, Carlos Gutarra, Juana del Valle-Mendoza, Joaquim Ruiz, Mayumi Matsuoka

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 14, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004989

Aedes aegypti D7 Saliva Protein Inhibits Dengue Virus Infection

Michael J. Conway, Berlin Londono-Renteria, Andrea Troupin, Alan M. Watson, William B. Klimstra, Erol Fikrig, Tonya M. Colpitts

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 15, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004941

Prevalence and Identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Near-Neighbor Species in the Malabar Coastal Region of India

Bhavani V. Peddayelachagiri, Soumya Paul, Sowmya Nagaraj, Madhurjya Gogoi, Murali H. Sripathy, Harsh V. Batra

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 15, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004956

Field Evaluation of Two Different Treatment Approaches and Their Ability to Control Fleas and Prevent Canine Leishmaniosis in a Highly Endemic Area

Emanuele Brianti, Ettore Napoli, Gabriella Gaglio, Luigi Falsone, Salvatore Giannetto, Fabrizio Solari Basano, Roberto Nazzari, Maria Stefania Latrofa, Giada Annoscia, Viviana Domenica Tarallo, Dorothee Stanneck, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Domenico Otranto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 15, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004987

Meta-transcriptome Profiling of the Human-Leishmania braziliensis Cutaneous Lesion

Stephen M. Christensen, Laura A. L. Dillon, Lucas P. Carvalho, Sara Passos, Fernanda O. Novais, V. Keith Hughitt, Daniel P. Beiting, Edgar M. Carvalho, Phillip Scott, Najib M. El-Sayed, David M. Mosser

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 15, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004992

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Annelise Tran, Carlène Trevennec, Julius Lutwama, Joseph Sserugga, Marie Gély, Claudia Pittiglio, Julio Pinto, Véronique Chevalier

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Efficacy and Safety of Moxidectin, Synriam, Synriam-Praziquantel versus Praziquantel against Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni Infections: A Randomized, Exploratory Phase 2 Trial

Beatrice Barda, Jean T. Coulibaly, Maxim Puchkov, Jörg Huwyler, Jan Hattendorf, Jennifer Keiser

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 16, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005008

Cross-Sectional Surveys of the Prevalence of Follicular Trachoma and Trichiasis in The Gambia: Has Elimination Been Reached?

Sarah E. Burr, Ansumana Sillah, Anselme S. Sanou, Anita C. Wadagni, John Hart, Emma M. Harding-Esch, Sarjo Kanyi, Robin L. Bailey

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004906

Assessment of Local Mosquito Species Incriminates Aedes aegypti as the Potential Vector of Zika Virus in Australia

Sonja Hall-Mendelin, Alyssa T. Pyke, Peter R. Moore, Ian M. Mackay, Jamie L. McMahon, Scott A. Ritchie, Carmel T. Taylor, Frederick A.J. Moore, Andrew F. van den Hurk

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004959

Urinary Biomarkers KIM-1 and NGAL for Detection of Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology (CKDu) among Agricultural Communities in Sri Lanka

Pallagae Mangala C. S. De Silva, Khaja Shameem Mohammed Abdul, Eakanayake M. D. V. Eakanayake, Sudheera Sammanthi Jayasinghe, Channa Jayasumana, Hewa Bandulage Asanthi, Hettiarachigae S. D. Perera, Gamage G. Tushara Chaminda, Ediriweera P. S. Chandana, Sisira H. Siribaddana

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 19, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004979

Molecular Diagnosis of Chagas Disease in Colombia: Parasitic Loads and Discrete Typing Units in Patients from Acute and Chronic Phases

Carolina Hernández, Zulma Cucunubá, Carolina Flórez, Mario Olivera, Carlos Valencia, Pilar Zambrano, Cielo León, Juan David Ramírez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 20, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004997

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Silvia Runge-Ranzinger, Axel Kroeger, Piero Olliaro, Philip J. McCall, Gustavo Sánchez Tejeda, Linda S. Lloyd, Lokman Hakim, Leigh R. Bowman, Olaf Horstick, Giovanini Coelho

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 21, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004916

Persistence of Rabies Virus-Neutralizing Antibodies after Vaccination of Rural Population following Vampire Bat Rabies Outbreak in Brazil

Rita Medeiros, Viviane Jusot, Guy Houillon, Anvar Rasuli, Luzia Martorelli, Ana Paula Kataoka, Mohamed Ben Mechlia, Anne-Sophie Le Guern, Liliam Rodrigues, Rhomero Assef, Alvino Maestri, Reynaldo Lima, Yolande Rotivel, Valérie Bosch-Castells, Noël Tordo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 21, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004920

An Extended Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) Scheme for Rapid Direct Typing of Leptospira from Clinical Samples

Sabrina Weiss, Angela Menezes, Kate Woods, Anisone Chanthongthip, Sabine Dittrich, Agatha Opoku-Boateng, Maimuna Kimuli, Victoria Chalker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 21, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004996

Spatial Heterogeneity of Habitat Suitability for Rift Valley Fever Occurrence in Tanzania: An Ecological Niche Modelling Approach

Calvin Sindato, Kim B. Stevens, Esron D. Karimuribo, Leonard E. G. Mboera, Janusz T. Paweska, Dirk U. Pfeiffer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 21, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005002

The World Health Organization Recommendations for Trachoma Surveillance, Experience in Nepal and Added Benefit of Testing for Antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis pgp3 Protein: NESTS Study

Andrea I. Zambrano, Shekhar Sharma, Kathryn Crowley, Laura Dize, Beatriz E. Muñoz, Sailesh K. Mishra, Lisa A. Rotondo, Charlotte A. Gaydos, Sheila K. West

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 21, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005003

DNA Microarray Platform for Detection and Surveillance of Viruses Transmitted by Small Mammals and Arthropods

Mohd Jaseem Khan, Amanda Cristina Trabuco, Helda Liz Alfonso, Mario Luis Figueiredo, Weber Cheli Batista, Soraya Jabur Badra, Luiz Tadeu Figueiredo, Marco Aurélio Lavrador, Victor Hugo Aquino

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 21, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005017

Characterization of a Zika Virus Isolate from Colombia

Anismrita Lahon, Ravi P. Arya, Alexander R. Kneubehl, Megan B. Vogt, Natalie J. M. Dailey Garnes, Rebecca Rico-Hesse

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 21, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005019

Vector Competence of French Polynesian Aedes aegypti and Aedes polynesiensis for Zika Virus

Vaea Richard, Tuterarii Paoaafaite, Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 21, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005024

Molecular Surveillance Identifies Multiple Transmissions of Typhoid in West Africa

International Typhoid Consortium, Vanessa K. Wong, Kathryn E. Holt, Chinyere Okoro, Stephen Baker, Derek J. Pickard, Florian Marks, Andrew J. Page, Grace Olanipekun, Huda Munir, Roxanne Alter, Paul D. Fey, Nicholas A. Feasey, Francois-Xavier Weill, Simon Le Hello, Peter J. Hart, Samuel Kariuki, Robert F. Breiman, Melita A. Gordon, Robert S. Heyderman, Jan Jacobs, Octavie Lunguya, Chisomo Msefula, Calman A. MacLennan, Karen H. Keddy, Anthony M. Smith, Robert S. Onsare, Elizabeth De Pinna, Satheesh Nair, Ben Amos, Gordon Dougan, Stephen Obaro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 22, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004781

Identifying Leprosy and Those at Risk of Developing Leprosy by Detection of Antibodies against LID-1 and LID-NDO

Francianne M. Amorim, Maurício L. Nobre, Leonardo C. Ferreira, Larissa S. Nascimento, Alesson M. Miranda, Glória R. G. Monteiro, Kathryn M. Dupnik, Malcolm S. Duthie, Steven G. Reed, Selma M. B. Jeronimo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 22, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004934

Transcriptomic Study on Ovine Immune Responses to Fasciola hepatica Infection

Yan Fu, Andreas L. Chryssafidis, John A. Browne, Jack O'Sullivan, Paul A. McGettigan, Grace Mulcahy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 23, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005015

Model-Informed Risk Assessment and Decision Making for an Emerging Infectious Disease in the Asia-Pacific Region

Robert Moss, Roslyn I. Hickson, Jodie McVernon, James M. McCaw, Krishna Hort, Jim Black, John R. Madden, Nhi H. Tran, Emma S. McBryde, Nicholas Geard

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 23, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005018

Analyses of the Distribution Patterns of Burkholderia pseudomallei and Associated Phages in Soil Samples in Thailand Suggest That Phage Presence Reduces the Frequency of Bacterial Isolation

Patoo Withatanung, Narisara Chantratita, Veerachat Muangsombut, Natnaree Saiprom, Ganjana Lertmemongkolchai, Jochen Klumpp, Martha R. J. Clokie, Edouard E. Galyov, Sunee Korbsrisate

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 26, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005005

Sex-Biased Transcriptome of Schistosoma mansoni: Host-Parasite Interaction, Genetic Determinants and Epigenetic Regulators Are Associated with Sexual Differentiation

Marion A. L. Picard, Jérôme Boissier, David Roquis, Christoph Grunau, Jean-François Allienne, David Duval, Eve Toulza, Nathalie Arancibia, Conor R. Caffrey, Thavy Long, Sabine Nidelet, Marine Rohmer, Céline Cosseau

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004930

Plasmodium vivax Reticulocyte Binding Proteins Are Key Targets of Naturally Acquired Immunity in Young Papua New Guinean Children

Camila T. França, Wen-Qiang He, Jakub Gruszczyk, Nicholas T. Y. Lim, Enmoore Lin, Benson Kiniboro, Peter M. Siba, Wai-Hong Tham, Ivo Mueller

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005014

Association of Fasciola hepatica Infection with Liver Fibrosis, Cirrhosis, and Cancer: A Systematic Review

Claudia Machicado, Jorge D. Machicado, Vicente Maco, Angelica Terashima, Luis A. Marcos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 28, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004962

Snowball Vs. House-to-House Technique for Measuring Annual Incidence of Kala-azar in the Higher Endemic Blocks of Bihar, India: A Comparison

Niyamat A. Siddiqui, Vidya N. Rabidas, Sanjay K. Sinha, Rakesh B. Verma, Krishna Pandey, Vijay P. Singh, Alok Ranjan, Roshan K. Topno, Chandra S. Lal, Vijay Kumar, Ganesh C. Sahoo, Srikantaih Sridhar, Arvind Pandey, Pradeep Das

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 28, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004970

DC-159a Shows Inhibitory Activity against DNA Gyrases of Mycobacterium leprae

Tomoyuki Yamaguchi, Kazumasa Yokoyama, Chie Nakajima, Yasuhiko Suzuki

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 28, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005013

KAP Surveys and Dengue Control in Colombia: Disentangling the Effect of Sociodemographic Factors Using Multiple Correspondence Analysis

Diana Rocío Higuera-Mendieta, Sebastián Cortés-Corrales, Juliana Quintero, Catalina González-Uribe

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 28, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005016

A Field-Deployable Reverse Transcription Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay for Rapid Detection of the Chikungunya Virus

Pranav Patel, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Oumar Faye, Pauline Prüger, Marco Kaiser, Sasikanya Thaloengsok, Sukathida Ubol, Anavaj Sakuntabhai, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Frank T. Hufert, Amadou A. Sall, Manfred Weidmann, Matthias Niedrig

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 29, 2016 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004953