A poster on a tree in a village in Bihar, India, provides information about visceral leishmaniasis and what to do if someone has chronic fever. Diagnosis and treatment are free at the local primary health care center. See Matlashewski et al.
Image Credit: Greg Matlashewski
Editorial
Ears of the Armadillo: Global Health Research and Neglected Diseases in Texas
Jon Andrus, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Jennifer Chow, Karen A. Goraleski, Susan P. Fisher-Hoch, Jocelyn K. Lambuth, Bruce Y. Lee, Harold S. Margolis, Joseph B. McCormick, Peter Melby, Kristy O. Murray, Rebeca Rico-Hesse, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Peter J. Hotez
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 27, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002021
Viewpoints
One More Death from Visceral Leishmaniasis Has Gone by Unnoticed. What Can Be Done?
Greg Matlashewski, Ravindra Pandey, Vidyanand Das, Pradeep Das
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 27, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002082
Extrinsic Incubation Period of Dengue: Knowledge, Backlog, and Applications of Temperature Dependence
Nils Benjamin Tjaden, Stephanie Margarete Thomas, Dominik Fischer, Carl Beierkuhnlein
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 27, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002207
The Need for Full Integration of Snakebite Envenoming within a Global Strategy to Combat the Neglected Tropical Diseases: The Way Forward
José María Gutiérrez, David A. Warrell, David J. Williams, Simon Jensen, Nicholas Brown, Juan J. Calvete, Robert A. Harrison, for the Global Snakebite Initiative
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 13, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002162
Dams and Disease Triggers on the Lower Mekong River
Alan D. Ziegler, Trevor N. Petney, Carl Grundy-Warr, Ross H. Andrews, Ian G. Baird, Robert J. Wasson, Paiboon Sithithaworn
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 13, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002166
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Jose Muñoz, Edelweiss Aldasoro, Maria Jesús Pinazo, Pedro Arguis, Joaquim Gascon
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 13, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002201
Research Articles
Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bihar India: Comparison of the rK39 Rapid Diagnostic Test on Whole Blood Versus Serum
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 23, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002233
Rabies Risk: Difficulties Encountered during Management of Grouped Cases of Bat Bites in 2 Isolated Villages in French Guiana
Franck Berger, Noëlle Desplanches, Sylvie Baillargeaux, Michel Joubert, Manuelle Miller, Florence Ribadeau-Dumas, André Spiegel, Hervé Bourhy
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 27, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002258
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 27, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002289
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 27, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002292
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 27, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002293
Immunoprotection of Mice against Schistosomiasis Mansoni Using Solubilized Membrane Antigens
Guidenn Sulbarán, Oscar Noya, Beatríz Brito, Diana E. Ballén, Italo M. Cesari
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002254
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Joseph F. Urban Jr, Yan Hu, Melanie M. Miller, Ulrike Scheib, Ying Y. Yiu, Raffi V. Aroian
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002263
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002270
A Review of Preventative Methods against Human Leishmaniasis Infection
Lisa Stockdale, Robert Newton
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002278
Housefly Population Density Correlates with Shigellosis among Children in Mirzapur, Bangladesh: A Time Series Analysis
Tamer H. Farag, Abu S. Faruque, Yukun Wu, Sumon K. Das, Anowar Hossain, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Dilruba Ahmed, Dilruba Nasrin, Karen L. Kotloff, Sandra Panchilangam, James P. Nataro, Dani Cohen, William C. Blackwelder, Myron M. Levine
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002280
Phylogenetic Analysis Reveals a High Prevalence of Sporothrix brasiliensis in Feline Sporotrichosis Outbreaks
Anderson Messias Rodrigues, Marcus de Melo Teixeira, G. Sybren de Hoog, Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach, Sandro Antonio Pereira, Geisa Ferreira Fernandes, Leila Maria Lopes Bezerra, Maria Sueli Felipe, Zoilo Pires de Camargo
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002281
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Japanese Encephalitis in China, 2002–2010
Li-Ya Wang, Wen-Yi Zhang, Fan Ding, Wen-Biao Hu, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes, Hai-Long Sun, Yi-Xing Li, Wen Zou, Yong Wang, Qi-Yong Liu, Shen-Long Li, Wen-Wu Yin, Liu-Yu Huang, Archie C. A. Clements, Peng Bi, Cheng-Yi Li
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002285
Is Zinc Concentration in Toxic Phase Plasma Related to Dengue Severity and Level of Transaminases?
Kamolwish Laoprasopwattana, Chonthicha Tangcheewawatthanakul, Wanutsanun Tunyapanit, Rassamee Sangthong
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002287
Monocytes Play an IL-12-Dependent Crucial Role in Driving Cord Blood NK Cells to Produce IFN-g in Response to Trypanosoma cruzi
Aline Guilmot, Julie Bosse, Yves Carlier, Carine Truyens
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002291
Mass Treatment with Azithromycin for Trachoma: When Is One Round Enough? Results from the PRET Trial in The Gambia
Emma M. Harding-Esch, Ansumana Sillah, Tansy Edwards, Sarah E. Burr, John D. Hart, Hassan Joof, Mass Laye, Pateh Makalo, Ahmed Manjang, Sandra Molina, Isatou Sarr-Sissoho, Thomas C. Quinn, Tom Lietman, Martin J. Holland, David Mabey, Sheila K. West, Robin Bailey, on behalf of the Partnership for Rapid Elimination of Trachoma (PRET) study group
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 13, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002115
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