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April 2019

A Negrito (indigenous) child gazing through the window of her resettled home hoping for a better future. A majority of the Negrito children are still plagued with moderate to severe burden of STH infections and are living in poverty. Muslim et al. (2019)

Image Credit: Azdayanti Muslim

Editorial

Female genital schistosomiasis and HIV/AIDS: Reversing the neglect of girls and women

Peter J. Hotez, Wendy Harrison, Alan Fenwick, Amaya L. Bustinduy, Camilla Ducker, Pamela Sabina Mbabazi, Dirk Engels, Eyrun Floerecke Kjetland

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Viewpoints

Broken drug markets in infectious diseases: Opportunities outside the private sector?

Jonathan D. Alpern, Stephen J. Dunlop, William M. Stauffer

Epidemiological trend of chikungunya outbreak in Pakistan: 2016–2018

Nazish Badar, Muhammad Salman, Jamil Ansari, Aamer Ikram, Javaria Qazi, Muhammad Masroor Alam

Human liver flukes in China and ASEAN: Time to fight together

Men-Bao Qian, Xiao-Nong Zhou

Knowledge engagement in gene drive research for malaria control

Sarah Hartley, Delphine Thizy, Katie Ledingham, Mamadou Coulibaly, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Bakara Dicko, Samba Diop, Jonathan Kayondo, Annet Namukwaya, Barry Nourou, Léa Paré Toé

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Policy Platform

Challenges and opportunities for control and elimination of soil-transmitted helminth infection beyond 2020

Matthew C. Freeman, Oladele Akogun, Vicente Belizario Jr., Simon J. Brooker, Theresa W. Gyorkos, Rubina Imtiaz, Alejandro Krolewiecki, Seung Lee, Sultani H. Matendechero, Rachel L. Pullan, Jürg Utzinger

Combating infectious disease epidemics through China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Jin Chen, Robert Bergquist, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Jing-Bo Xue, Men-Bao Qian

Sustainable innovation in vector control requires strong partnerships with communities

Frederic Bartumeus, Guilherme B. Costa, Roger Eritja, Ann H. Kelly, Marceline Finda, Javier Lezaun, Fredros Okumu, M. Megan Quinlan, Delphine C. Thizy, Léa Paré Toé, Megan Vaughan

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Delphine Thizy, Claudia Emerson, Johanna Gibbs, Sarah Hartley, Lydia Kapiriri, James Lavery, Jeantine Lunshof, Janine Ramsey, Julie Shapiro, Jerome Amir Singh, Lea Pare Toe, Isabelle Coche, Benjamin Robinson

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Symposiums

Reversal of liver fibrosis after splenectomy in a patient with advanced schistosomiasis japonica: A case report with 4-year follow-up

Langui Song, Beibei Zhang, Jiahua Liu, Min Wang, Xiaohe Ma, Lifu Wang, Xiaoying Wu, Zhongdao Wu, Tianping Wang

Case report: A retrospective serological analysis indicating human exposure to tick-borne relapsing fever spirochetes in Sonora, Mexico

Edwin Vázquez-Guerrero, Norma P. Adan-Bante, Mónica C. Mercado-Uribe, César Hernández-Rodríguez, Lourdes Villa-Tanaca, Job E. Lopez, J. Antonio Ibarra

Research Articles

Blackflies in the ointment: O. volvulus vector biting can be significantly reduced by the skin-application of mineral oil during human landing catches

Túllio Romão Ribeiro da Silva, James Lee Crainey, Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Yago Vinícius Serra dos Santos, Jordam William Pereira-Silva, Lorena Ferreira de Oliveira Leles, Ana Carolina Vicente, Sérgio Luiz Bessa Luz

A community-based knowledge, attitude, and practice survey on rabies among cattle owners in selected areas of Bhutan

Sangay Rinchen, Tenzin Tenzin, David Hall, Frank van der Meer, Basant Sharma, Kinzang Dukpa, Susan Cork

Culex species diversity, susceptibility to insecticides and role as potential vector of Lymphatic filariasis in the city of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Elysee Nchoutpouen, Abdou Talipouo, Borel Djiappi-Tchamen, Landre Djamouko-Djonkam, Edmond Kopya, Carmene Sandra Ngadjeu, Patricia Doumbe-Belisse, Parfait Awono-Ambene, Sevilor Kekeunou, Charles Sinclair Wondji, Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio

Febrile temperatures increase in vitro antibody affinity for malarial and dengue antigens

Razvan C. Stan, Katia S. Françoso, Rubens P. S. Alves, Luís Carlos S. Ferreira, Irene S. Soares, Maristela M. de Camargo

Application of long read sequencing to determine expressed antigen diversity in Trypanosoma brucei infections

Siddharth Jayaraman, Claire Harris, Edith Paxton, Anne-Marie Donachie, Heli Vaikkinen, Richard McCulloch, James P. J. Hall, John Kenny, Luca Lenzi, Christiane Hertz-Fowler, Christina Cobbold, Richard Reeve, Tom Michoel, Liam J. Morrison

The Role of Interleukin-1 cytokine family (IL-1β, IL-37) and interleukin-12 cytokine family (IL-12, IL-35) in eumycetoma infection pathogenesis

Amir Abushouk, Amre Nasr, Emad Masuadi, Gamal Allam, Emmanuel E. Siddig, Ahmed H. Fahal

Vector competence of Australian Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus for an epidemic strain of Zika virus

Leon E. Hugo, Liesel Stassen, Jessica La, Edward Gosden, O’mezie Ekwudu, Clay Winterford, Elvina Viennet, Helen M. Faddy, Gregor J. Devine, Francesca D. Frentiu

Estimating the current burden of Chagas disease in Mexico: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological surveys from 2006 to 2017

Audrey Arnal, Etienne Waleckx, Oscar Rico-Chávez, Claudia Herrera, Eric Dumonteil

Improved estimates for extinction probabilities and times to extinction for populations of tsetse (Glossina spp)

Damian Kajunguri, Elisha B. Are, John W. Hargrove

Epidemiological features of a recent zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak in Zagora province, southern Morocco

Adil El Hamouchi, Othmane Daoui, Mouad Ait Kbaich, Idris Mhaidi, Sofia El Kacem, Ikram Guizani, M’hammed Sarih, Meryem Lemrani

Whole cell matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) for identification of Leptospira spp. in Thailand and Lao PDR

Piengchan Sonthayanon, Janthima Jaresitthikunchai, Suthee Mangmee, Tipparat Thiangtrongjit, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Premjit Amornchai, Paul Newton, Rattanaphone Phetsouvanh, Nicholas PJ Day, Sittiruk Roytrakul

Efficacy of China-made praziquantel for treatment of Schistosomiasis haematobium in Africa: A randomized controlled trial

Xin-Yao Wang, Jian He, Saleh Juma, Fatma Kabole, Jia-gang Guo, Jian-Rong Dai, Wei Li, Kun Yang

Strategies for tackling Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis: A systematic review and comparison of transmission models, including an assessment of the wider Taeniidae family transmission models

Matthew A. Dixon, Uffe C. Braae, Peter Winskill, Martin Walker, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Sarah Gabriël, Maria-Gloria Basáñez

Relationship between toxoplasmosis and obsessive compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Tooran Nayeri Chegeni, Shahabeddin Sarvi, Afsaneh Amouei, Mahmood Moosazadeh, Zahra Hosseininejad, Sargis A. Aghayan, Ahmad Daryani

Low population Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) seroprevalence in Udayapur district, Nepal, three years after a JE vaccination programme: A case for further catch up campaigns?

Lance Turtle, Hannah E. Brindle, W. William Schluter, Brian Faragher, Ajit Rayamajhi, Rajendra Bohara, Santosh Gurung, Geeta Shakya, Sutee Yoksan, Sameer Dixit, Rajesh Rajbhandari, Bimal Paudel, Shailaja Adhikari, Tom Solomon, Mike J. Griffiths

Aedes aegypti HPX8C modulates immune responses against viral infection

Ju-Mei Wang, Yang Cheng, Zuo-Kun Shi, Xiao-Feng Li, Long-Sheng Xing, Hong Jiang, Dan Wen, Yong-Qiang Deng, Ai-Hua Zheng, Cheng-Feng Qin, Zhen Zou

Non-typhoidal Salmonella blood stream infection in Kuwait: Clinical and microbiological characteristics

M. John Albert, Dieter Bulach, Wadha Alfouzan, Hidemasa Izumiya, Glen Carter, Khaled Alobaid, Fatemah Alatar, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, Laurent Poirel

A combination of incidence data and mobility proxies from social media predicts the intra-urban spread of dengue in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

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Clinical features and genetic background of the sympatric species Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and Paracoccidioides americana

Priscila Marques de Macedo, Marcus de Melo Teixeira, Bridget M. Barker, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle

The gendered impact of Buruli ulcer on the household production of health and social support networks: Why decentralization favors women

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The case-area targeted rapid response strategy to control cholera in Haiti: a four-year implementation study

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Ecology and epidemiology of rabies in humans, domestic animals and wildlife in Namibia, 2011-2017

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Competence of non-human primates to transmit Leishmania infantum to the invertebrate vector Lutzomyia longipalpis

Ayisa Rodrigues de Oliveira, Guilherme Rafael Gomide Pinheiro, Herlandes P. Tinoco, Maria Elvira Loyola, Carlyle Mendes Coelho, Edelberto Santos Dias, Érika Michalsky Monteiro, Fabiana de Oliveira Lara e Silva, Angela Tinoco Pessanha, Andreza Geisiane Maia Souza, Nathália Cristina Lima Pereira, Nelder F. Gontijo, Ricardo T. Fujiwara, Tatiane Alves da Paixão, Renato Lima Santos

Geographic shifts in Aedes aegypti habitat suitability in Ecuador using larval surveillance data and ecological niche modeling: Implications of climate change for public health vector control

Catherine A. Lippi, Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra, M. E. Franklin Bajaña Loor, Jose E. Dueñas Zambrano, Nelson A. Espinoza Lopez, Jason K. Blackburn, Sadie J. Ryan

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Thaisa Lucas Sandri, Fabiana Antunes Andrade, Kárita Cláudia Freitas Lidani, Elias Einig, Angelica Beate Winter Boldt, Benjamin Mordmüller, Meral Esen, Iara J. Messias-Reason

Zika viruses of African and Asian lineages cause fetal harm in a mouse model of vertical transmission

Anna S. Jaeger, Reyes A. Murrieta, Lea R. Goren, Chelsea M. Crooks, Ryan V. Moriarty, Andrea M. Weiler, Sierra Rybarczyk, Matthew R. Semler, Christopher Huffman, Andres Mejia, Heather A. Simmons, Michael Fritsch, Jorge E. Osorio, Jens C. Eickhoff, Shelby L. O’Connor, Gregory D. Ebel, Thomas C. Friedrich, Matthew T. Aliota

Inhibition of Tityus serrulatus venom hyaluronidase affects venom biodistribution

Bárbara Bruna Ribeiro de Oliveira-Mendes, Sued Eustáquio Mendes Miranda, Douglas Ferreira Sales-Medina, Bárbara de Freitas Magalhães, Yan Kalapothakis, Renan Pedra de Souza, Valbert Nascimento Cardoso, André Luís Branco de Barros, Clara Guerra-Duarte, Evanguedes Kalapothakis, Carolina Campolina Rebello Horta

The invasive giant African snail Lissachatina fulica as natural intermediate host of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Angiostrongylus vasorum, Troglostrongylus brevior, and Crenosoma vulpis in Colombia

Felipe Penagos-Tabares, Malin K. Lange, Juan Vélez, Jörg Hirzmann, Jesed Gutiérrez-Arboleda, Anja Taubert, Carlos Hermosilla, Jenny J. Chaparro Gutiérrez

Genetic landscape and macro-evolution of co-circulating Coxsackieviruses A and Vaccine-derived Polioviruses in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2008-2013

Serge Alain Sadeuh-Mba, Hugo Kavunga-Membo, Marie-Line Joffret, Riziki Yogolelo, Marie Claire Endegue-Zanga, Maël Bessaud, Richard Njouom, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfu, Francis Delpeyroux

Prevalence and genetic diversity of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates in the environment near a patient’s residence in Northeast Thailand

Rathanin Seng, Natnaree Saiprom, Rungnapa Phunpang, Christine Joy Baltazar, Sarika Boontawee, Thanatchanan Thodthasri, Wirayut Silakun, Narisara Chantratita

Loss of cytoplasmic incompatibility in Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti under field conditions

Perran A. Ross, Scott A. Ritchie, Jason K. Axford, Ary A. Hoffmann

Spatio-temporal dynamics of dengue in Brazil: Seasonal travelling waves and determinants of regional synchrony

Mikhail Churakov, Christian J. Villabona-Arenas, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Henrik Salje, Simon Cauchemez

The spatial epidemiology of leprosy in Kenya: A retrospective study

Fatihiyya Wangara, Hillary Kipruto, Oscar Ngesa, James Kayima, Enos Masini, Joseph Sitienei, Faith Ngari

A highly expressed intestinal cysteine protease of Ancylostoma ceylanicum protects vaccinated hamsters from hookworm infection

Jason B. Noon, Erich M. Schwarz, Gary R. Ostroff, Raffi V. Aroian

Systematic sampling of adults as a sensitive means of detecting persistence of lymphatic filariasis following mass drug administration in Sri Lanka

Ramakrishna U. Rao, Sandhya D. Samarasekera, Kumara C. Nagodavithana, Manjula W. Punchihewa, Udaya S. B. Ranasinghe, Gary J. Weil

(De)glutamylation and cell death in Leishmania parasites

Louise Basmaciyan, Derrick R. Robinson, Nadine Azas, Magali Casanova

The arginine sensing and transport binding sites are distinct in the human pathogen Leishmania

Harsh Pawar, Madhu Puri, Renana Fischer Weinberger, Rentala Madhubala, Dan Zilberstein

Clinical and molecular epidemiology of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in Oman

Seif S. Al-Abri, Roger Hewson, Hanan Al-Kindi, Idris Al-Abaidani, Amina Al-Jardani, Amal Al-Maani, Samira Almahrouqi, Barry Atkinson, Adil Al-Wahaibi, Bader Al-Rawahi, Shyam Bawikar, Nicholas J. Beeching

Application of a targeted-enrichment methodology for full-genome sequencing of Dengue 1-4, Chikungunya and Zika viruses directly from patient samples

Uma Sangumathi Kamaraj, Jun Hao Tan, Ong Xin Mei, Louise Pan, Tanu Chawla, Anna Uehara, Lin-Fa Wang, Eng Eong Ooi, Duane J. Gubler, Hasitha Tissera, Lee Ching Ng, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Paola Florez de Sessions, Timothy Barkham, Danielle E. Anderson, October Michael Sessions

Trends in dengue research in the Philippines: A systematic review

Kristal An Agrupis, Michelle Ylade, Josephine Aldaba, Anna Lena Lopez, Jacqueline Deen

Urban villages as transfer stations for dengue fever epidemic: A case study in the Guangzhou, China

Hongyan Ren, Wei Wu, Tiegang Li, Zhicong Yang

Vaccination with a chikungunya virus-like particle vaccine exacerbates disease in aged mice

Maria T. Arévalo, Ying Huang, Cheryl A. Jones, Ted M. Ross