Globalists versus nationalists: Bridging the divide through blue marble health

Peter J. Hotez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 11, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007156

Hepatitis E should be considered a neglected tropical disease

Andrew S. Azman, Iza Ciglenecki, Joseph F. Wamala, Julia Lynch, Rakesh Aggarwal, Mahmudur Rahman, Sid Wong, Micaela Serafini, Ali M. Moussa, Harry R. Dalton, Ananta Shrestha, Rajendra Pant, Raquel Peck, Emily S. Gurley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007453

Galactose as novel target against Acanthamoeba cysts

Ayaz Anwar, Naveed A. Khan, Ruqaiyyah Siddiqui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 26, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007385

From river blindness to river epilepsy: Implications for onchocerciasis elimination programmes

Robert Colebunders, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Adrian Hopkins, An Hotterbeekx, Thomson L. Lakwo, Akili Kalinga, Makoy Yibi Logora, Maria-Gloria Basáñez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 18, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007407

Leishmania tarentolae: Taxonomic classification and its application as a promising biotechnological expression host

Stephan Klatt, Larry Simpson, Dmitri A. Maslov, Zoltán Konthur

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007424

Economic performance and cost-effectiveness of using a DEC-salt social enterprise for eliminating the major neglected tropical disease, lymphatic filariasis

Swarnali Sharma, Morgan E. Smith, James Reimer, David B. O’Brien, Jean M. Brissau, Marie C. Donahue, Clarence E. Carter, Edwin Michael

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007094

Model-based assessment of public health impact and cost-effectiveness of dengue vaccination following screening for prior exposure

Guido España, Yutong Yao, Kathryn B. Anderson, Meagan C. Fitzpatrick, David L. Smith, Amy C. Morrison, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Thomas W. Scott, T. Alex Perkins

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007482

Early identification of acute kidney injury in Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) envenoming using renal biomarkers

Indira Ratnayake, Fahim Mohamed, Nicholas A. Buckley, Indika B. Gawarammana, Dhammika M. Dissanayake, Umesh Chathuranga, Mahesh Munasinghe, Kalana Maduwage, Shaluka Jayamanne, Zoltan H. Endre, Geoffrey K. Isbister

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007486

Evaluation of methods for detection of asymptomatic individuals infected with Leishmania infantum in the state of Piauí, Brazil

Gabriane Nascimento Porcino, Kátia Silene Sousa Carvalho, Débora Cavalcante Braz, Vladimir Costa Silva, Carlos Henrique Nery Costa, Isabel Kinney Ferreira de Miranda Santos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007493

Intestinal parasitic infection alters bone marrow derived dendritic cell inflammatory cytokine production in response to bacterial endotoxin in a diet-dependent manner

Stacey L. Burgess, Akihiko Oka, Bo Liu, David T. Bolick, David Noah Oakland, Richard L. Guerrant, Luther Bartelt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007515

Leishmania major degrades murine CXCL1 – An immune evasion strategy

Matthew S. Yorek, Barun Poudel, Lalita Mazgaeen, R. Marshall Pope, Mary E. Wilson, Prajwal Gurung

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007533

Development and validation of an Onchocerca ochengi adult male worm gerbil model for macrofilaricidal drug screening

Fidelis Cho-Ngwa, Glory Enjong Mbah, Rene Bilingwe Ayiseh, Emmanuel Menang Ndi, Elvis Monya, Irene Memeh Tumanjong, Evans Ngandung Mainsah, Judy Sakanari, Sara Lustigman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007556

Contrasting the value of targeted versus area-wide mosquito control scenarios to limit arbovirus transmission with human mobility patterns based on different tropical urban population centers

Chris M. Stone, Samantha R. Schwab, Dina M. Fonseca, Nina H. Fefferman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 3, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007479

Concerns for efficacy of a 30-valent M-protein-based Streptococcus pyogenes vaccine in regions with high rates of rheumatic heart disease

Philip M. Giffard, Steven Y. C. Tong, Deborah C. Holt, Anna P. Ralph, Bart J. Currie

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 3, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007511

Susceptibility of spotted doves (Streptopelia chinensis) to experimental infection with the severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome phlebovirus

Zhifeng Li, Changjun Bao, Jianli Hu, Chengfeng Gao, Nan Zhang, Huo Xiang, Carol J. Cardona, Zheng Xing

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006982

Anopheles mosquito surveillance in Madagascar reveals multiple blood feeding behavior and Plasmodium infection

Riley E. Tedrow, Tovonahary Rakotomanga, Thiery Nepomichene, Rosalind E. Howes, Jocelyn Ratovonjato, Arséne C. Ratsimbasoa, Gavin J. Svenson, Peter A. Zimmerman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007176

Improved assessment of mass drug administration and health district management performance to eliminate lymphatic filariasis

Carmen Maroto-Camino, Pilar Hernandez-Pastor, Naomi Awaca, Lebon Safari, Janet Hemingway, Marilia Massangaie, Donald Whitson, Caroline Jeffery, Joseph J. Valadez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007337

Responses of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes to visually attractive stationary devices baited with 4-methylguaiacol and certain repellent compounds in waterbuck odour

Njelembo J. Mbewe, Rajinder K. Saini, Janet Irungu, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Christian W. W. Pirk, Baldwyn Torto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007510

Potential effects of heat waves on the population dynamics of the dengue mosquito Aedes albopictus

Pengfei Jia, Lu Liang, Xiaoyue Tan, Jin Chen, Xiang Chen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007528

Immunoproteomic analysis of a Chikungunya poxvirus-based vaccine reveals high HLA class II immunoprevalence

Elena Lorente, Alejandro Barriga, Eilon Barnea, Concepción Palomo, Juan García-Arriaza, Carmen Mir, Mariano Esteban, Arie Admon, Daniel López

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007547

Development of multiplex PCR for neglected infectious diseases

Nutchanart Sea-liang, Amornpun Sereemaspun, Kanitha Patarakul, Jariyanart Gaywee, Wuttikon Rodkvamtook, Nattachai Srisawat, Supaporn Wacharaplusadee, Thiravat Hemachudha

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007440

The impact of acute adenolymphangitis in podoconiosis on caregivers: A case study in Wayu Tuka woreda, Oromia, Western Ethiopia. ‘If she was healthy, I would be free.’

Clare Phillips, Abdi Samuel, Gemechu Tiruneh, Kebede Deribe, Gail Davey

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007487

Absence of accessory genes in a divergent simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 isolated from a bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata)

Philippe V. Afonso, Zahra Fagrouch, Martin Deijs, Henk Niphuis, Willy Bogers, Antoine Gessain, Lia van der Hoek, Ernst J. Verschoor

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007521

Modelling targeted rabies vaccination strategies for a domestic dog population with heterogeneous roaming patterns

Emily G. Hudson, Victoria J. Brookes, Salome Dürr, Michael P. Ward

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007582

The monetary burden of cysticercosis in Mexico

Rachana Bhattarai, Hélène Carabin, Jefferson V. Proaño, Jose Flores-Rivera, Teresa Corona, Ana Flisser, Leith León-Maldonado, Christine M. Budke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 10, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007501

Isolation and characterization of trypanosomatids, including Crithidia mellificae, in bats from the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Diana Azeredo Rangel, Cristiane Varella Lisboa, Roberto Leonan Morim Novaes, Bruno Alves Silva, Renan de França Souza, Ana Maria Jansen, Ricardo Moratelli, André Luiz Rodrigues Roque

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 10, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007527

Detection of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever cases in a severe undifferentiated febrile illness outbreak in the Federal Republic of Sudan: A retrospective epidemiological and diagnostic cohort study

Hilary Bower, Mubarak El Karsany, Mazza Alzain, Benedict Gannon, Rehab Mohamed, Iman Mahmoud, Mawahib Eldegail, Rihab Taha, Abdalla Osman, Salim Mohamednour, Amanda Semper, Barry Atkinson, Daniel Carter, Stuart Dowall, Jenna Furneaux, Victoria Graham, Jack Mellors, Jane Osborne, Steven T. Pullan, Gillian S. Slack, Tim Brooks, Roger Hewson, Nicholas J. Beeching, Jimmy Whitworth, Daniel G. Bausch, Tom E. Fletcher

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 10, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007571

Interleukin-17 and matrix metalloprotease-9 expression in the mycetoma granuloma

Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Ali Mahmoud Mohammed Edris, Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet, Wendy W. J. van de Sande, Ahmed Hassan Fahal

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 11, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007351

Environmental methods for dengue vector control – A systematic review and meta-analysis

Claudia Buhler, Volker Winkler, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger, Ross Boyce, Olaf Horstick

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 11, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007420

The introduction of new hosts with human trade shapes the extant distribution of Toxoplasma gondii lineages

Lokman Galal, Amedine Sarr, Thomas Cuny, Carine Brouat, Fatoumata Coulibaly, Mbacké Sembène, Moustapha Diagne, Mamoudou Diallo, Aliou Sow, Azra Hamidović, Nicolas Plault, Marie-Laure Dardé, Daniel Ajzenberg, Aurélien Mercier

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 11, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007435

Vitamin D deficiency is a potential risk factor for lipid Amphotericin B nephrotoxicity

Daniela Ferreira, Ana Carolina de Bragança, Rildo Aparecido Volpini, Maria Heloisa Massola Shimizu, Pedro Henrique França Gois, Adriana Castello Costa Girardi, Antonio Carlos Seguro, Daniele Canale

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 11, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007567

N-linked glycosylation of the West Nile virus envelope protein is not a requisite for avian virulence or vector competence

Payal D. Maharaj, Stanley A. Langevin, Bethany G. Bolling, Christy C. Andrade, Xavier A. Engle, Wanichaya N. Ramey, Angela Bosco-Lauth, Richard A. Bowen, Todd A. Sanders, Claire Y.-H. Huang, William K. Reisen, Aaron C. Brault

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007473

The catalytic role of a research university and international partnerships in building research capacity in Peru: A bibliometric analysis

Christopher W. Belter, Patricia J. Garcia, Alicia A. Livinski, Fabiola Leon-Velarde, Kristen H. Weymouth, Roger I. Glass

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007483

Developing the first national database and map of lymphatic filariasis clinical cases in Bangladesh: Another step closer to the elimination goals

Mohammad J. Karim, Rouseli Haq, Hayley E. Mableson, A. S. M. Sultan Mahmood, Mujibur Rahman, Salim M. Chowdhury, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, Israt Hafiz, Hannah Betts, Charles Mackenzie, Mark J. Taylor, Louise A. Kelly-Hope

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007542

Genotype diversity and distribution of Mycobacterium bovis from livestock in a small, high-risk area in northeastern Sicily, Italy

Cinzia Marianelli, Benedetta Amato, Maria Beatrice Boniotti, Maria Vitale, Flavia Pruiti Ciarello, Maria Lodovica Pacciarini, Vincenzo Di Marco Lo Presti

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007546

Ocular immune responses, Chlamydia trachomatis infection and clinical signs of trachoma before and after azithromycin mass drug administration in a treatment naïve trachoma-endemic Tanzanian community

Athumani M. Ramadhani, Tamsyn Derrick, David Macleod, Patrick Massae, Aiweda Malisa, Kelvin Mbuya, Tara Mtuy, William Makupa, Chrissy H. Roberts, Robin L. Bailey, David C. W. Mabey, Martin J. Holland, Matthew J. Burton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007559

High-resolution contact networks of free-ranging domestic dogs Canis familiaris and implications for transmission of infection

Jared K. Wilson-Aggarwal, Laura Ozella, Michele Tizzoni, Ciro Cattuto, George J. F. Swan, Tchonfienet Moundai, Matthew J. Silk, James A. Zingeser, Robbie A. McDonald

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007565

ParaDB: A manually curated database containing genomic annotation for the human pathogenic fungi Paracoccidioides spp.

David Aciole Barbosa, Fabiano Bezerra Menegidio, Valquíria Campos Alencar, Rafael S. Gonçalves, Juliana de Fátima Santos Silva, Renata Ozelami Vilas Boas, Yara Natércia Lima Faustino de Maria, Daniela Leite Jabes, Regina Costa de Oliveira, Luiz R. Nunes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007576

Evaluation of Burkholderia mallei ΔtonB Δhcp1 (CLH001) as a live attenuated vaccine in murine models of glanders and melioidosis

Nittaya Khakhum, Preeti Bharaj, Julia N. Myers, Daniel Tapia, David H. Walker, Janice J. Endsley, Alfredo G. Torres

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007578

Clinical evaluation for morbidity associated with soil-transmitted helminth infection in school-age children on Pemba Island, Tanzania

Isaac I. Bogoch, Benjamin Speich, Nathan C. Lo, Wendelin Moser, David Croll, Said M. Ali, Shaali M. Ame, Jürg Utzinger, Jason R. Andrews, Jennifer Keiser

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007581

Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis toxin Cyt2Ba in the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana increases its virulence towards Aedes mosquitoes

Sheng-Qun Deng, Wei-Hao Zou, Dong-Liang Li, Jia-Ting Chen, Qiang Huang, Li-Juan Zhou, Xiao-Xue Tian, Yi-Jun Chen, Hong-Juan Peng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007590

A nationwide survey of Leishmania infantum infection in cats and associated risk factors in Italy

Roberta Iatta, Tommaso Furlanello, Vito Colella, Viviana Domenica Tarallo, Maria Stefania Latrofa, Emanuele Brianti, Paolo Trerotoli, Nicola Decaro, Eleonora Lorusso, Bettina Schunack, Guadalupe Mirò, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Domenico Otranto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007594

The cost-effectiveness of the use of selective media for the diagnosis of melioidosis in different settings

David A. B. Dance, Somsavanh Sihalath, Kolthida Rith, Amphone Sengdouangphachanh, Manophab Luangraj, Manivanh Vongsouvath, Paul N. Newton, Yoel Lubell, Paul Turner

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007598

Clinical and histopathologic features of canine tegumentary leishmaniasis and the molecular characterization of Leishmania braziliensis in dogs

Jamile Lago, Juliana A. Silva, Lairton Borja, Deborah B. M. Fraga, Albert Schriefer, Sergio Arruda, Ednaldo Lago, Edgar M. Carvalho, Olívia Bacellar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 16, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007532

Optimization and evaluation of the Esperanza Window Trap to reduce biting rates of Simulium damnosum sensu lato in Northern Uganda

Denis Loum, Devon Cozart, Thomson Lakwo, Peace Habomugisha, Benjamin Jacob, Eddie W. Cupp, Thomas R. Unnasch

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 16, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007558

Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Clinical description and relationship with microfilarial density

Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo, Michel Mandro, Deby Mukendi, Floribert Tepage, Sonia Menon, Swabra Nakato, Françoise Nyisi, Germain Abhafule, Deogratias Wonya’rossi, Aimé Anyolito, Richard Lokonda, An Hotterbeekx, Robert Colebunders

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007300

Ascertaining the burden of invasive Salmonella disease in hospitalised febrile children aged under four years in Blantyre, Malawi

Chisomo L. Msefula, Franziska Olgemoeller, Ndaru Jambo, Dalitso Segula, Trinh Van Tan, Tonney S. Nyirenda, Wilfred Nedi, Neil Kennedy, Matthew Graham, Marc Y. R. Henrion, Stephen Baker, Nicholas Feasey, Melita Gordon, Robert S. Heyderman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007539

Dosing pole recommendations for lymphatic filariasis elimination: A height-weight quantile regression modeling approach

Charles W. Goss, Katiuscia O’Brian, Christine Dubray, Peter U. Fischer, Myra Hardy, Purushothaman Jambulingam, Christopher L. King, Moses Laman, Jean Frantz Lemoine, Leanne J. Robinson, Josaia Samuela, Swaminathan Subramanian, Taniawati Supali, Gary J. Weil, Kenneth B. Schechtman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007541

Performance of serological tests available in Brazil for the diagnosis of human visceral leishmaniasis

Mariana Lourenço Freire, Tália Machado de Assis, Edward Oliveira, Daniel Moreira de Avelar, Isadora C. Siqueira, Aldina Barral, Ana Rabello, Gláucia Cota

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 18, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007484

The epidemiology and clinical features of rickettsial diseases in North Queensland, Australia: Implications for patient identification and management

Alexandra G. A. Stewart, Simon Smith, Enzo Binotto, William J. H. McBride, Josh Hanson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 18, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007583

Estimating the cost of illness and burden of disease associated with the 2014–2015 chikungunya outbreak in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Leora R. Feldstein, Esther M. Ellis, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, Morgan J. Hennessey, J. Erin Staples, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Marcia R. Weaver

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 19, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007563

Potent and selective inhibitors for M32 metallocarboxypeptidases identified from high-throughput screening of anti-kinetoplastid chemical boxes

Emir Salas-Sarduy, Lionel Urán Landaburu, Adriana K. Carmona, Juan José Cazzulo, Fernán Agüero, Vanina E. Alvarez, Gabriela T. Niemirowicz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007560

Distinguishing patients with laboratory-confirmed chikungunya from dengue and other acute febrile illnesses, Puerto Rico, 2012–2015

Luisa I. Alvarado, Olga D. Lorenzi, Brenda C. Torres-Velásquez, Tyler M. Sharp, Luzeida Vargas, Jorge L. Muñoz-Jordán, Elizabeth A. Hunsperger, Janice Pérez-Padilla, Aidsa Rivera, Gladys E. González-Zeno, Renee L. Galloway, Mindy Glass Elrod, Demetrius L. Mathis, M. Steven Oberste, W. Allan Nix, Elizabeth Henderson, Jennifer McQuiston, Joseph Singleton, Cecilia Kato, Carlos García-Gubern, William Santiago-Rivera, Robert Muns-Sosa, Juan D. Ortiz-Rivera, Gerson Jiménez, Vanessa Rivera-Amill, Doris A. Andújar-Pérez, Kalanthe Horiuchi, Kay M. Tomashek

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007562

Unveil the transcriptional landscape at the Cryptococcus-host axis in mice and nonhuman primates

Hailong Li, Yanjian Li, Tianshu Sun, Wei Du, Chao Li, Chenhao Suo, Yang Meng, Qiaojing Liang, Tian Lan, Manli Zhong, Sheng Yang, Cheng Niu, Dancheng Li, Chen Ding

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007566

Estimated incidence and Prevalence of noma in north central Nigeria, 2010–2018: A retrospective study

Seidu A. Bello, John A. Adeoye, Ifeoluwa Oketade, Oladimeji A. Akadiri

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007574

Identification and characterization of the Onchocerca volvulus Excretory Secretory Product Ov28CRP, a putative GM2 activator protein

Ferdinand Ngale Njume, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Robert Adamu Shey, Lea Olive Tchouate Gainkam, Philippe Poelvoorde, Perrine Humblet, Joseph Kamgno, Annie Robert, Leon Mutesa, Christophe Lelubre, Evelina Edelweiss, Arnaud Poterszman, Susi Anheuser, Luc Vanhamme, Jacob Souopgui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007591

Targeting a highly repeated germline DNA sequence for improved real-time PCR-based detection of Ascaris infection in human stool

Nils Pilotte, Jacqueline R. M. A. Maasch, Alice V. Easton, Eric Dahlstrom, Thomas B. Nutman, Steven A. Williams

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007593

Serological evidence of Ebola virus exposure in dogs from affected communities in Liberia: A preliminary report

Brien K. Haun, Varney Kamara, Abigail S. Dweh, Kianalei Garalde-Machida, Saymajunkon S. E. Forkay, Melissa Takaaze, Madhuri Namekar, Teri Ann S. Wong, Ayesha E. R. Bell-Gam Woto, Peter Humphreys, Ophelia I. Weeks, Mosoka P. Fallah, John M. Berestecky, Vivek R. Nerurkar, Axel T. Lehrer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007614

Insights into the genetic variation profile of tprK in Treponema pallidum during the development of natural human syphilis infection

Dan Liu, Man-Li Tong, Yong Lin, Li-Li Liu, Li-Rong Lin, Tian-Ci Yang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007621

Ultrasound-guided minimally invasive autopsy as a tool for rapid post-mortem diagnosis in the 2018 Sao Paulo yellow fever epidemic: Correlation with conventional autopsy

Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto, Renata Aparecida de Almeida Monteiro, Janaina Johnsson, Marielton dos Passos Cunha, Shahab Zaki Pour, Amanda Cartagenes Saraiva, Yeh-Li Ho, Luiz Fernando Ferraz da Silva, Thais Mauad, Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto, Paulo Hilário Nascimento Saldiva, Ilka Regina Souza de Oliveira, Marisa Dolhnikoff

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007625

The effect of amantadine on an ion channel protein from Chikungunya virus

Debajit Dey, Shumaila Iqbal Siddiqui, Prabhudutta Mamidi, Sukanya Ghosh, Chandra Shekhar Kumar, Soma Chattopadhyay, Subhendu Ghosh, Manidipa Banerjee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 24, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007548

Autocidal gravid ovitraps protect humans from chikungunya virus infection by reducing Aedes aegypti mosquito populations

Tyler M. Sharp, Olga Lorenzi, Brenda Torres-Velásquez, Veronica Acevedo, Janice Pérez-Padilla, Aidsa Rivera, Jorge Muñoz-Jordán, Harold S. Margolis, Stephen H. Waterman, Brad J. Biggerstaff, Gabriela Paz-Bailey, Roberto Barrera

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007538

Genetic diversity and population structure of Glossina morsitans morsitans in the active foci of human African trypanosomiasis in Zambia and Malawi

Yukiko Nakamura, Junya Yamagishi, Kyoko Hayashida, Naoki Osada, Elisha Chatanga, Cornelius Mweempwa, Kalinga Chilongo, John Chisi, Janelisa Musaya, Noboru Inoue, Boniface Namangala, Chihiro Sugimoto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007568

The cell fate regulator NUPR1 is induced by Mycobacterium leprae via type I interferon in human leprosy

Priscila R. Andrade, Manali Mehta, Jing Lu, Rosane M. B. Teles, Dennis Montoya, Phillip O. Scumpia, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Maria Teresa Ochoa, Feiyang Ma, Matteo Pellegrini, Robert L. Modlin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007589

Tracing the environmental footprint of the Burkholderia pseudomallei lipopolysaccharide genotypes in the tropical “Top End” of the Northern Territory, Australia

Jessica R. Webb, Audrey Rachlin, Vanessa Rigas, Derek S. Sarovich, Erin P. Price, Mirjam Kaestli, Linda M. Ward, Mark Mayo, Bart J. Currie

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 26, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007369

The use of chicken and insect infection models to assess the virulence of African Salmonella Typhimurium ST313

Lizeth Lacharme-Lora, Siân V. Owen, Richard Blundell, Rocío Canals, Nicolas Wenner, Blanca Perez-Sepulveda, Wai Yee Fong, Rachel Gilroy, Paul Wigley, Jay C. D. Hinton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 26, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007540

Cryptosporidium infection in rural Gambian children: Epidemiology and risk factors

M. Jahangir Hossain, Debasish Saha, Martin Antonio, Dilruba Nasrin, William C. Blackwelder, Usman N. Ikumapayi, Grant A. Mackenzie, Mitchell Adeyemi, Momodou Jasseh, Richard A. Adegbola, Anna W. Roose, Karen L. Kotloff, Myron M. Levine

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 26, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007607

Large scale detailed mapping of dengue vector breeding sites using street view images

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Dramatic changes in gene expression in different forms of Crithidia fasciculata reveal potential mechanisms for insect-specific adhesion in kinetoplastid parasites

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The evolutionary dynamics of DENV 4 genotype I over a 60-year period

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Inhibition of Ebola Virus by a Molecularly Engineered Banana Lectin

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 29, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007595

CXCR3 chemokine receptor guides Trypanosoma cruzi-specific T-cells triggered by DNA/adenovirus ASP2 vaccine to heart tissue after challenge

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 29, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007597

TGF-β inhibitor therapy decreases fibrosis and stimulates cardiac improvement in a pre-clinical study of chronic Chagas’ heart disease

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Correction: DNA plasmid coding for Phlebotomus sergenti salivary protein PsSP9, a member of the SP15 family of proteins, protects against Leishmania tropica

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