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Portable infrared imaging for longitudinal limb volume monitoring in patients with lymphatic filariasis

October 4, 2019

Portable infrared imaging for longitudinal limb volume monitoring in patients with lymphatic filariasis

Celia Zhou, Philip J. Budge, and colleagues demonstrate that limb volume measurements by 3DIS are accurate and reproducible, and that this technique is feasible for use in patients’ homes with proper training and attention to technique.

Image credit: Zhou C, Yahathugoda C, De Silva L, Rathnapala U, Owen G, Weerasooriya M, et al. (2019)

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09/19/2019

Editorial

Innovations for the elimination and control of visceral leishmaniasis

Angamuthu Selvapandiyan, Nirmal K. Ganguly, and colleagues discuss the progress made in the visceral leishmaniasis elimination programs in endemic regions worldwide, the current issues with diagnosis, the available drug treatments, and potential prevention measures that can be used to maintain elimination progress. Read the Editorial.

Image credit: CDC/Dr. L.L. Moore, Jr., Wikimedia Commons

Innovations for the elimination and control of visceral leishmaniasis

09/27/2019

Research Article

Tick-borne encephalitis virus and host rRNA/protein shut-off

Martin Selinger, Hana Tykalová, Esther Schnettler, Libor Grubhoffer, and colleagues provide the first report of flavivirus-induced decrease of specifically POLR1 rRNA transcripts accompanied by host translational shut-off in tick-borne encephalitis virus. Read the Author Summary

Tick-borne encephalitis virus and host rRNA/protein shut-off

Image credit: Selinger M, Tykalová H, Štěrba J, Věchtová P, Vavrušková Z, Lieskovská J, et al. (2019)

09/30/2019

Research Article

Identification of Gram negative non-fermentative bacteria: How hard can it be?

Toni Whistler and colleagues explore invasive bloodstream infection Gram negative non-fermentative isolates that were unidentified after testing with standard microbiological techniques and find that the BD Phoenix system recognizes 92% of isolates with 37% percent identified at the genus level. Read the Author Summary

Identification of Gram negative non-fermentative bacteria: How hard can it be?

Image credit: Whistler T, Sangwichian O, Jorakate P, Sawatwong P, Surin U, Piralam B, et al. (2019)

09/30/2019

Research Article

Disparities in Schistosoma risk-mapping using different diagnostics

Nicholas J. Clark, Irenee Umulisa, and colleagues map S. mansoni prevalence and delineate at-risk regions using a survey of schoolchildren in Rwanda, where S. mansoni is an endemic parasite and show that people in Rwanda’s Northern, Western and capital regions are at high risk of S. mansoni infection. Read the Author Summary

Disparities in Schistosoma risk-mapping using different diagnostics

Image credit: Clark NJ, Umulisa I, Ruberanziza E, Owada K, Colley DG, Ortu G, et al. (2019)

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