See Valero et al., doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001812.
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Editorial
A New Threat Looming over the Mediterranean Basin: Emergence of Viral Diseases Transmitted by Aedes albopictus Mosquitoes
Giuliano Gasperi, Romeo Bellini, Anna R. Malacrida, Andrea Crisanti, Michele Dottori, Serap Aksoy
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001836
Viewpoints
Therapeutics for Dengue: Recommendations for Design and Conduct of Early-Phase Clinical Trials
Cameron P. Simmons, Marcel Wolbers, Minh Nguyet Nguyen, Jamie Whitehorn, Pei Yong Shi, Paul Young, Rosemary Petric, Van Vinh Chau Nguyen, Jeremy Farrar, Bridget Wills
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001752
Corticosteroid Use for Paradoxical Reactions during Antibiotic Treatment for Mycobacterium ulcerans
N. Deborah Friedman, Anthony H. McDonald, Michael E. Robson, Daniel P. O'Brien
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001767
Symposium
Evidence in Australia for a Case of Airport Dengue
Peter Whelan, Huy Nguyen, Krispin Hajkowicz, Josh Davis, David Smith, Alyssa Pyke, Vicki Krause, Peter Markey
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001619
Review
Disability Measurement for Lymphatic Filariasis: A Review of Generic Tools Used within Morbidity Management Programs
Lynne Zeldenryk, Susan Gordon, Marion Gray, Richard Speare, Wayne Melrose
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001768
Research Articles
Simple Clinical and Laboratory Predictors of Chikungunya versus Dengue Infections in Adults
Vernon J. Lee, Angela Chow, Xiaohui Zheng, Luis R. Carrasco, Alex R. Cook, David C. Lye, Lee-Ching Ng, Yee-Sin Leo
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001786
Factors Associated with Leishmania Asymptomatic Infection: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Highland Northern Ethiopia
Estefanía Custodio, Endalamaw Gadisa, Luis Sordo, Israel Cruz, Javier Moreno, Javier Nieto, Carmen Chicharro, Abraham Aseffa, Zelalem Abraham, Tsegaye Hailu, Carmen Cañavate
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001813
Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Dengue Transmission along a Red Sea Coastline: A Longitudinal Entomological and Serological Survey in Port Sudan City
Osama M. E. Seidahmed, Safa A. Hassan, Mohamed A. Soghaier, Hanna A. M. Siam, Fayez T. A. Ahmed, Mubarak M. Elkarsany, Suad M. Sulaiman
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001821
Role of Bunyamwera Orthobunyavirus NSs Protein in Infection of Mosquito Cells
Agnieszka M. Szemiel, Anna-Bella Failloux, Richard M. Elliott
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001823
Age-Related Patterns in Human Myeloid Dendritic Cell Populations in People Exposed to Schistosoma haematobium Infection
Norman Nausch, Delphine Louis, Olivier Lantz, Isabelle Peguillet, François Trottein, Isobel Y. D. Chen, Laura J. Appleby, Claire D. Bourke, Nicholas Midzi, Takafira Mduluza, Francisca Mutapi
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001824
Bladder Morbidity and Hepatic Fibrosis in Mixed Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni Infections: A Population-Wide Study in Northern Senegal
Lynn Meurs, Moustapha Mbow, Kim Vereecken, Joris Menten, Souleymane Mboup, Katja Polman
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001829
Dramatic Increase in Glycerol Biosynthesis upon Oxidative Stress in the Anaerobic Protozoan Parasite Entamoeba histolytica
Afzal Husain, Dan Sato, Ghulam Jeelani, Tomoyoshi Soga, Tomoyoshi Nozaki
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001831
Partially Neutralizing Potency against Emerging Genotype I Virus among Children Received Formalin-Inactivated Japanese Encephalitis Virus Vaccine
Yi-Chin Fan, Jo-Mei Chen, Hsien-Chung Chiu, Yi-Ying Chen, Jen-Wei Lin, Chen-Chang Shih, Chih-Ming Chen, Chao-Chin Chang, Gwong-Jen J. Chang, Shyan-Song Chiou
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001834
Molecular Diagnostics for Lassa Fever at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Nigeria: Lessons Learnt from Two Years of Laboratory Operation
Danny A. Asogun, Donatus I. Adomeh, Jacqueline Ehimuan, Ikponmwonsa Odia, Meike Hass, Martin Gabriel, Stephan Ölschläger, Beate Becker-Ziaja, Onikepe Folarin, Eric Phelan, Philomena E. Ehiane, Veritas E. Ifeh, Eghosasere A. Uyigue, Yemisi T. Oladapo, Ekene B. Muoebonam, Osagie Osunde, Andrew Dongo, Peter O. Okokhere, Sylvanus A. Okogbenin, Mojeed Momoh, Sylvester O. Alikah, Odigie C. Akhuemokhan, Peter Imomeh, Maxy A. C. Odike, Stephen Gire, Kristian Andersen, Pardis C. Sabeti, Christian T. Happi, George O. Akpede, Stephan Günther
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001839
Death Adder Envenoming Causes Neurotoxicity Not Reversed by Antivenom - Australian Snakebite Project (ASP-16)
Christopher I. Johnston, Margaret A. O'Leary, Simon G. A. Brown, Bart J. Currie, Lambros Halkidis, Richard Whitaker, Benjamin Close, Geoffrey K. Isbister, for the ASP investigators
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001841
Mucosal Adjuvanticity of Fibronectin-Binding Peptide (FBP) Fused with Echinococcus multilocularis Tetraspanin 3: Systemic and Local Antibody Responses
Zhisheng Dang, Jinchao Feng, Kinpei Yagi, Chihiro Sugimoto, Wei Li, Yuzaburo Oku
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001842
Candidatus Bartonella merieuxii, a Potential New Zoonotic Bartonella Species in Canids from Iraq
Bruno B. Chomel, Audrey C. McMillan-Cole, Rickie W. Kasten, Matthew J. Stuckey, Shingo Sato, Soichi Maruyama, Pedro P. V. P. Diniz, Edward B. Breitschwerdt
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001843
Risk of Potentially Rabid Animal Exposure among Foreign Travelers in Southeast Asia
Watcharapong Piyaphanee, Chatporn Kittitrakul, Saranath Lawpoolsri, Philippe Gautret, Wataru Kashino, Waraluk Tangkanakul, Prangthip Charoenpong, Thitiya Ponam, Suda Sibunruang, Weerapong Phumratanaprapin, Terapong Tantawichien
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001852
High Prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum Infection in Carabao from Samar Province, the Philippines: Implications for Transmission and Control
Catherine A. Gordon, Luz P. Acosta, Darren J. Gray, Remigo M. Olveda, Blanca Jarilla, Geoffrey N. Gobert, Allen G. Ross, Donald P. McManus
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 20, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001778
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Adriano C. Coelho, Philippe Leprohon, Marc Ouellette
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Three Leprosy Case Detection Methods in Northern Nigeria
Charles Ezenduka, Erik Post, Steven John, Abdulkarim Suraj, Abdulahi Namadi, Obinna Onwujekwe
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 20, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001818
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 20, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001832
Leishmania Metacyclogenesis Is Promoted in the Absence of Purines
Tiago Donatelli Serafim, Amanda Braga Figueiredo, Pedro Augusto Carvalho Costa, Eduardo Almeida Marques-da-Silva, Ricardo Gonçalves, Sandra Aparecida Lima de Moura, Nelder Figueiredo Gontijo, Sydnei Magno da Silva, Marilene Suzan Marques Michalick, José Roberto Meyer-Fernandes, Roberto Paes de Carvalho, Silvia Reni Bortolin Uliana, Juliana Lopes Rangel Fietto, Luís Carlos Crocco Afonso
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 20, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001833
Determining Treatment Needs at Different Spatial Scales Using Geostatistical Model-Based Risk Estimates of Schistosomiasis
Nadine Schur, Penelope Vounatsou, Jürg Utzinger
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001773
Re-Visiting Trichuris trichiura Intensity Thresholds Based on Anemia during Pregnancy
Theresa W. Gyorkos, Nicolas L. Gilbert, Renée Larocque, Martín Casapía, Antonio Montresor
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001783
Epidemiology of Tick-Borne Borreliosis in Morocco
Georges Diatta, Yassine Souidi, Laurent Granjon, Céline Arnathau, Patrick Durand, Gilles Chauvancy, Youssouph Mané, M'hammed Sarih, Driss Belghyti, François Renaud, Jean-François Trape
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Field Evaluation of a Coproantigen Detection Test for Fascioliasis Diagnosis and Surveillance in Human Hyperendemic Areas of Andean Countries
María Adela Valero, María Victoria Periago, Ignacio Pérez-Crespo, René Angles, Fidel Villegas, Carlos Aguirre, Wilma Strauss, José R. Espinoza, Patricia Herrera, Angelica Terashima, Hugo Tamayo, Dirk Engels, Albis Francesco Gabrielli, Santiago Mas-Coma
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 13, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001812
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 6, 2012 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001784
Dolabelladienetriol, a Compound from Dictyota pfaffii Algae, Inhibits the Infection by Leishmania amazonensis
Deivid Costa Soares, Teresa C. Calegari-Silva, Ulisses G. Lopes, Valéria L. Teixeira, Izabel C. N. de Palmer Paixão, Claudio Cirne-Santos, Dumith Chequer Bou-Habib, Elvira M. Saraiva
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Multiple Category-Lot Quality Assurance Sampling: A New Classification System with Application to Schistosomiasis Control
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Molecular Surveillance of Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis, and Enterocytozoon bieneusi by Genotyping and Subtyping Parasites in Wastewater
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