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A gaze into the future.
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
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 4, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007025
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Viewpoints
Broken drug markets in infectious diseases: Opportunities outside the private sector?
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Epidemiological trend of chikungunya outbreak in Pakistan: 2016–2018
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Human liver flukes in China and ASEAN: Time to fight together
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007214
Knowledge engagement in gene drive research for malaria control
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007233
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Challenges and opportunities for control and elimination of soil-transmitted helminth infection beyond 2020
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Combating infectious disease epidemics through China’s Belt and Road Initiative
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Sustainable innovation in vector control requires strong partnerships with communities
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Reversal of liver fibrosis after splenectomy in a patient with advanced schistosomiasis japonica: A case report with 4-year follow-up
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Case report: A retrospective serological analysis indicating human exposure to tick-borne relapsing fever spirochetes in Sonora, Mexico
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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
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 1, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007234
A community-based knowledge, attitude, and practice survey on rabies among cattle owners in selected areas of Bhutan
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Connexin 43 plays an important role in the transformation of cholangiocytes with Clonochis sinensis excretory-secretory protein and N-nitrosodimethylamine
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 3, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006843
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Febrile temperatures increase in vitro antibody affinity for malarial and dengue antigens
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A Plant like Cytochrome P450 Subfamily CYP710C1 Gene in Leishmania donovani Encodes Sterol C-22 Desaturase and its Over-expression Leads to Resistance to Amphotericin B
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Application of long read sequencing to determine expressed antigen diversity in Trypanosoma brucei infections
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The Role of Interleukin-1 cytokine family (IL-1β, IL-37) and interleukin-12 cytokine family (IL-12, IL-35) in eumycetoma infection pathogenesis
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Vector competence of Australian Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus for an epidemic strain of Zika virus
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The role of perceptions and knowledge of leprosy in the elimination of leprosy: A baseline study in Fatehpur district, northern India
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Estimating the current burden of Chagas disease in Mexico: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological surveys from 2006 to 2017
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Epidemiological features of a recent zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak in Zagora province, southern Morocco
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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
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Efficacy of China-made praziquantel for treatment of Schistosomiasis haematobium in Africa: A randomized controlled trial
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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
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Relationship between toxoplasmosis and obsessive compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis
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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?
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Aedes aegypti HPX8C modulates immune responses against viral infection
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Non-typhoidal Salmonella blood stream infection in Kuwait: Clinical and microbiological characteristics
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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
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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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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
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Human collectin-11 (COLEC11) and its synergic genetic interaction with MASP2 are associated with the pathophysiology of Chagas Disease
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Zika viruses of African and Asian lineages cause fetal harm in a mouse model of vertical transmission
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Inhibition of Tityus serrulatus venom hyaluronidase affects venom biodistribution
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The invasive giant African snail Lissachatina fulica as natural intermediate host of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Angiostrongylus vasorum, Troglostrongylus brevior, and Crenosoma vulpis in Colombia
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Spatio-temporal dynamics of dengue in Brazil: Seasonal travelling waves and determinants of regional synchrony
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Host immune responses induced by specific Mycobacterium leprae antigens in an overnight whole-blood assay correlate with the diagnosis of paucibacillary leprosy patients in China
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