Modern Sunni-Shia conflicts and their neglected tropical diseases

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006008

Improved tools and strategies for the prevention and control of arboviral diseases: A research-to-policy forum

Piero Olliaro, Florence Fouque, Axel Kroeger, Leigh Bowman, Raman Velayudhan, Ana Carolina Santelli, Diego Garcia, Ronald Skewes Ramm, Lokman H. Sulaiman, Gustavo Sanchez Tejeda, Fabiàn Correa Morales, Ernesto Gozzer, César Basso Garrido, Luong Chan Quang, Gamaliel Gutierrez, Zaida E. Yadon, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 1, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005967

Lassa fever–induced sensorineural hearing loss: A neglected public health and social burden

Elizabeth J. Mateer, Cheng Huang, Nathan Y. Shehu, Slobodan Paessler

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 22, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006187

Paediatric schistosomiasis: What we know and what we need to know

Derick N. M. Osakunor, Mark E. J. Woolhouse, Francisca Mutapi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 8, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006144

Why snakebite patients in Myanmar seek traditional healers despite availability of biomedical care at hospitals? Community perspectives on reasons

Eliza Schioldann, Mohammad Afzal Mahmood, Mya Myitzu Kyaw, Dale Halliday, Khin Thida Thwin, Nyein Nyein Chit, Robert Cumming, David Bacon, Sam Alfred, Julian White, David Warrell, Chen Au Peh

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 28, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006299

Prolonging herd immunity to cholera via vaccination: Accounting for human mobility and waning vaccine effects

Corey M. Peak, Amanda L. Reilly, Andrew S. Azman, Caroline O. Buckee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 28, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006257

Evaluation of the Trypanosoma brucei 6-oxopurine salvage pathway as a potential target for drug discovery

Eva Doleželová, David Terán, Ondřej Gahura, Zuzana Kotrbová, Michaela Procházková, Dianne Keough, Petr Špaček, Dana Hocková, Luke Guddat, Alena Zíková

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006301

Coverage, social mobilization and challenges of mass Zithromax administration campaign in South and South East zones of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

Afework Mulugeta, Gebremedhin Berhe Gebregergs, Selamawit Asfaw, Dejen Yemane, Mengistu Mitiku, Beyene Meresa, Goitom Gigar, Amanuel Kidane

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006288

Leprosy among schoolchildren in the Amazon region: A cross-sectional study of active search and possible source of infection by contact tracing

Valderiza Lourenço Pedrosa, Luiz Claudio Dias, Enrique Galban, André Leturiondo, Jamile Palheta Jr, Monica Santos, Milton Ozório Moraes, Carolina Talhari

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006261

Transformation of Fonsecaea pedrosoi into sclerotic cells links to the refractoriness of experimental chromoblastomycosis in BALB/c mice via a mechanism involving a chitin-induced impairment of IFN-γ production

Bilin Dong, Zhongsheng Tong, Ruoyu Li, Sharon C.-A. Chen, Weihuang Liu, Wei Liu, Yao Chen, Xu Zhang, Yiqun Duan, Dongsheng Li, Liuqing Chen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006237

Failure of fluconazole in treating cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania guyanensis in the Brazilian Amazon: An open, nonrandomized phase 2 trial

Valeska Albuquerque Francesconi, Fabio Francesconi, Rajendranath Ramasawmy, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero, Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006225

Comprehensive analysis of clinical Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates demonstrates conservation of unique lipid A structure and TLR4-dependent innate immune activation

Sineenart Sengyee, Sung Hwan Yoon, Suporn Paksanont, Thatcha Yimthin, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Direk Limmathurotsakul, T. Eoin West, Robert K. Ernst, Narisara Chantratita

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 23, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006287

Transcriptomes of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense from sleeping sickness patients, rodents and culture: Effects of strain, growth conditions and RNA preparation methods

Julius Mulindwa, Kevin Leiss, David Ibberson, Kevin Kamanyi Marucha, Claudia Helbig, Larissa Melo do Nascimento, Eleanor Silvester, Keith Matthews, Enock Matovu, John Enyaru, Christine Clayton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 23, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006280

Management of severe strongyloidiasis attended at reference centers in Spain

Angela Martinez-Perez, Silvia Roure Díez, Moncef Belhassen-Garcia, Diego Torrús-Tendero, Jose Luis Perez-Arellano, Teresa Cabezas, Cristina Soler, Marta Díaz-Menéndez, Miriam Navarro, Begoña Treviño, Fernando Salvador, the Soil-Transmitted Helminths’ Study Group of the Spanish Society of Tropical Medicine and International Health (SEMTSI)

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 23, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006272

No evidence for association between APOL1 kidney disease risk alleles and Human African Trypanosomiasis in two Ugandan populations

Magambo Phillip Kimuda, Harry Noyes, Julius Mulindwa, John Enyaru, Vincent Pius Alibu, Issa Sidibe, Dieuodonne Mumba Ngoyi, Christiane Hertz-Fowler, Annette MacLeod, Özlem Tastan Bishop, Enock Matovu, TrypanoGEN Research Group as members of The H3Africa Consortium

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 22, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006300

Neutralization of cholera toxin with nanoparticle decoys for treatment of cholera

Soumita Das, Pavimol Angsantikul, Christine Le, Denny Bao, Yukiko Miyamoto, Weiwei Gao, Liangfang Zhang, Lars Eckmann

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 22, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006266

Evaluation of diagnostic methods for the detection of intestinal schistosomiasis in endemic areas with low parasite loads: Saline gradient, Helmintex, Kato-Katz and rapid urine test

Warllem Junio Oliveira, Fernanda do Carmo Magalhães, Andressa Mariana Saldanha Elias, Vanessa Normandio de Castro, Vivian Favero, Catieli Gobetti Lindholz, Áureo Almeida Oliveira, Fernando Sergio Barbosa, Frederico Gil, Maria Aparecida Gomes, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Martin Johannes Enk, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho, Mariângela Carneiro, Deborah Aparecida Negrão-Corrêa, Stefan Michael Geiger

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 22, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006232

Clinical characteristics and epidemiology of intestinal tapeworm infections over the last decade in Tokyo, Japan: A retrospective review

Motoyuki Tsuboi, Kayoko Hayakawa, Hiroshi Yamasaki, Yuichi Katanami, Kei Yamamoto, Satoshi Kutsuna, Nozomi Takeshita, Shuzo Kanagawa, Norio Ohmagari, Yasuyuki Kato

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 20, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006297

Prospective evaluation of accuracy and clinical utility of the Dual Path Platform (DPP) assay for the point-of-care diagnosis of leptospirosis in hospitalized patients

Scott A. Nabity, José E. Hagan, Guilherme Araújo, Alcinéia O. Damião, Jaqueline S. Cruz, Nivison Nery, Elsio A. Wunder Jr., Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko, Guilherme S. Ribeiro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 20, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006285

An insight into the salivary gland and fat body transcriptome of Panstrongylus lignarius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), the main vector of Chagas disease in Peru

Jessica C. Nevoa, Maria T. Mendes, Marcos V. da Silva, Siomar C. Soares, Carlo J. F. Oliveira, José M. C. Ribeiro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 20, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006243

Host plant forensics and olfactory-based detection in Afro-tropical mosquito disease vectors

Vincent O. Nyasembe, David P. Tchouassi, Christian W. W. Pirk, Catherine L. Sole, Baldwyn Torto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 20, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006185

Accomplishing the genotype-specific serodiagnosis of single and dual Trypanosoma cruzi infections by flow cytometry Chagas-Flow ATE-IgG2a

Glaucia Diniz Alessio, Fernanda Fortes de Araújo, Policarpo Ademar Sales Júnior, Matheus de Souza Gomes, Laurence Rodrigues do Amaral, Marcelo Antônio Pascoal Xavier, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Marta de Lana, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 20, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006140

Population-based coverage survey results following the mass drug administration of azithromycin for the treatment of trachoma in Amhara, Ethiopia

Tigist Astale, Eshetu Sata, Mulat Zerihun, Andrew W. Nute, Aisha E. P. Stewart, Demelash Gessese, Gedefaw Ayenew, Berhanu Melak, Melsew Chanyalew, Zerihun Tadesse, E. Kelly Callahan, Scott D. Nash

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 16, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006270

Dengue knowledge, attitudes and practices and their impact on community-based vector control in rural Cambodia

Emmanuelle Kumaran, Dyna Doum, Vanney Keo, Ly Sokha, BunLeng Sam, Vibol Chan, Neal Alexander, John Bradley, Marco Liverani, Didot Budi Prasetyo, Agus Rachmat, Sergio Lopes, Jeffrey Hii, Leang Rithea, Muhammad Shafique, John Hustedt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 16, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006268

Detection of Bartonella spp. in fleas by MALDI-TOF MS

Basma El Hamzaoui, Maureen Laroche, Lionel Almeras, Jean-Michel Bérenger, Didier Raoult, Philippe Parola

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 16, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006189

West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viral genetic determinants of avian host competence

Payal D. Maharaj, Angela M. Bosco-Lauth, Stanley A. Langevin, Michael Anishchenko, Richard A. Bowen, William K. Reisen, Aaron C. Brault

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006302

Prevalence of trachoma in school children in the Marajó Archipelago, Brazilian Amazon, and the impact of the introduction of educational and preventive measures on the disease over eight years

Joana Favacho, Antonio José Ledo Alves da Cunha, Samara Tatielle Monteiro Gomes, Felipe Bonfim Freitas, Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto, Ricardo Ishak, Marluísa de Oliveira Guimarães Ishak

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006282

Comparison of three data mining models for prediction of advanced schistosomiasis prognosis in the Hubei province

Guo Li, Xiaorong Zhou, Jianbing Liu, Yuanqi Chen, Hengtao Zhang, Yanyan Chen, Jianhua Liu, Hongbo Jiang, Junjing Yang, Shaofa Nie

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006262

Imported endemic mycoses in Spain: Evolution of hospitalized cases, clinical characteristics and correlation with migratory movements, 1997-2014

Daniel Molina-Morant, Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá, Fernando Salvador, Augusto Sao-Avilés, Israel Molina

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006245

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex genotypes circulating in Nigeria based on spoligotyping obtained from Ziehl-Neelsen stained slides extracted DNA

Barbara Molina-Moya, Michel K. Gomgnimbou, Lizania Spinasse, Joshua Obasanya, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, Russell Dacombe, Thomas Edwards, Xavier-Olessa Daragon, Lovett Lawson, Saddiq T. Abdurrahman, Luis E. Cuevas, Jose Dominguez, Christophe Sola

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006242

Joint ancestry and association test indicate two distinct pathogenic pathways involved in classical dengue fever and dengue shock syndrome

Marisa Oliveira, Worachart Lert-itthiporn, Bruno Cavadas, Verónica Fernandes, Ampaiwan Chuansumrit, Orlando Anunciação, Isabelle Casademont, Fanny Koeth, Marina Penova, Kanchana Tangnararatchakit, Chiea Chuen Khor, Richard Paul, Prida Malasit, Fumihiko Matsuda, Etienne Simon-Lorière, Prapat Suriyaphol, Luisa Pereira, Anavaj Sakuntabhai

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006202

Multiplex serology for impact evaluation of bed net distribution on burden of lymphatic filariasis and four species of human malaria in northern Mozambique

Mateusz M. Plucinski, Baltazar Candrinho, Geraldo Chambe, João Muchanga, Olinda Muguande, Graça Matsinhe, Guidion Mathe, Eric Rogier, Timothy Doyle, Rose Zulliger, James Colborn, Abu Saifodine, Patrick Lammie, Jeffrey W. Priest

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 14, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006278

Sensitive and less invasive confirmatory diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Sudan using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP)

Maowia Mukhtar, Sababil S. Ali, Salah A. Boshara, Audrey Albertini, Séverine Monnerat, Paul Bessell, Yasuyoshi Mori, Yutaka Kubota, Joseph M. Ndung’u, Israel Cruz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 14, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006264

Promising approach to reducing Malaria transmission by ivermectin: Sporontocidal effect against Plasmodium vivax in the South American vectors Anopheles aquasalis and Anopheles darlingi

Yudi T. Pinilla, Stefanie C. P. Lopes, Vanderson S. Sampaio, Francys S. Andrade, Gisely C. Melo, Alessandra S. Orfanó, Nágila F. C. Secundino, Maria G. V. B. Guerra, Marcus V. G. Lacerda, Kevin C. Kobylinski, Karin S. Escobedo-Vargas, Victor M. López-Sifuentes, Craig A. Stoops, G. Christian Baldeviano, Joel Tarning, Gissella M. Vasquez, Paulo F. P. Pimenta, Wuelton M. Monteiro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 14, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006221

Prevalence of trachoma in the Kayes region of Mali eight years after stopping mass drug administration

Lamine Traoré, Benoit Dembele, Modibo Keita, Steven D Reid, Mahamadou Dembéle, Bréhima Mariko, Famolo Coulibaly, Whitney Goldman, Dramane Traoré, Daouda Coulibaly, Boubacar Guindo, Joseph J Amon, Marily Knieriemen, Yaobi Zhang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006289

Submicroscopic placental infection by non-falciparum Plasmodium spp.

Justin Y. A. Doritchamou, Richard A. Akuffo, Azizath Moussiliou, Adrian J. F. Luty, Achille Massougbodji, Philippe Deloron, Nicaise G. Tuikue Ndam

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006279

Estimation of the number of women of reproductive age in need of preventive chemotherapy for soil-transmitted helminth infections

Denise Mupfasoni, Alexei Mikhailov, Pamela Mbabazi, Jonathan King, Theresa W. Gyorkos, Antonio Montresor

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006269

Forecasting the spatial and seasonal dynamic of Aedes albopictus oviposition activity in Albania and Balkan countries

Clément Tisseuil, Enkelejda Velo, Silvia Bino, Perparim Kadriaj, Kujtim Mersini, Ada Shukullari, Artan Simaku, Elton Rogozi, Beniamino Caputo, Els Ducheyne, Alessandra della Torre, Paul Reiter, Marius Gilbert

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006236

Microexon gene transcriptional profiles and evolution provide insights into blood processing by the Schistosoma japonicum esophagus

Xiao-Hong Li, Ricardo DeMarco, Leandro X. Neves, Sally R. James, Katherine Newling, Peter D. Ashton, Jian-Ping Cao, R. Alan Wilson, William Castro-Borges

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006235

Vector-borne disease risk indexes in spatially structured populations

Jorge Velázquez-Castro, Andrés Anzo-Hernández, Beatriz Bonilla-Capilla, Moisés Soto-Bajo, Andrés Fraguela-Collar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006234

Community knowledge, perceptions and attitudes regarding leprosy in rural Cameroon: The case of Ekondotiti and Mbonge health districts in the South-west Region

Earnest Njih Tabah, Dickson Shey Nsagha, Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Theophilus Ngeh Njamnshi, Irine Ngani-Nformi Njih, Gerd Pluschke, Alfred Kongnyu Njamnshi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006233

The impact of insecticide applications on the dynamics of resistance: The case of four Aedes aegypti populations from different Brazilian regions

Gabriela de Azambuja Garcia, Mariana Rocha David, Ademir de Jesus Martins, Rafael Maciel-de-Freitas, Jutta Gerlinde Birggitt Linss, Simone Costa Araújo, José Bento Pereira Lima, Denise Valle

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006227

Endogenous overexpression of an active phosphorylated form of DNA polymerase β under oxidative stress in Trypanosoma cruzi

Diego A. Rojas, Fabiola Urbina, Sandra Moreira-Ramos, Christian Castillo, Ulrike Kemmerling, Michel Lapier, Juan Diego Maya, Aldo Solari, Edio Maldonado

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006220

The spectrum of neurological disease associated with Zika and chikungunya viruses in adults in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A case series

Ravi Mehta, Cristiane Nascimento Soares, Raquel Medialdea-Carrera, Mark Ellul, Marcus Tulius Texeira da Silva, Anna Rosala-Hallas, Marcia Rodrigues Jardim, Girvan Burnside, Luciana Pamplona, Maneesh Bhojak, Radhika Manohar, Gabriel Amorelli Medeiros da Silva, Marcus Vinicius Adriano, Patricia Brasil, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira, Carolina Cardoso Dos Santos, Lance Turtle, Patricia Carvalho de Sequeira, David W. Brown, Michael J. Griffiths, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Tom Solomon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published February 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006212

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