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Is POC-CCA a truly reliable test for schistosomiasis diagnosis in low endemic areas? The trace results controversy

José M. Peralta, Marta G. Cavalcanti

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 8, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006813

Creative use of the priority review voucher by public and not-for-profit actors delivers the first new FDA-approved treatment for river blindness in 20 years

Piero L. Olliaro, Annette C. Kuesel, Christine M. Halleux, Mark Sullivan, John C. Reeder

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006837

The right to deworming: The case for girls and women of reproductive age

Theresa W. Gyorkos, Antonio Montresor, Vicente Belizario, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Mark Bradley, Simon J. Brooker, Martin Casapia, Philip Cooper, Sila Deb, Nicolas L. Gilbert, Rubina Imtiaz, Virak Khieu, Stefanie Knopp, Ornella Lincetto, Layla S. Mofid, Denise Mupfasoni, Cori Vail, Jozef Vercruysse

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 21, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006740

Developing mobile health applications for neglected tropical disease research

Andrés Navarro, Luisa Rubiano, Juan David Arango, Carlos A. Rojas, Neal Alexander, Nancy Gore Saravia, Eliah Aronoff-Spencer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 1, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006791

Identification of a host collagen inducing factor from the excretory secretory proteins of Trichinella spiralis

Mi Kyung Park, Hae-Jin Kim, Min Kyoung Cho, Shin Ae Kang, So Young Park, Se Bok Jang, Hak Sun Yu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 1, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006516

Beneficial effects of benznidazole in Chagas disease: NIH SaMi-Trop cohort study

Clareci Silva Cardoso, Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro, Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Lea Campos Oliveira, Ariela Mota Ferreira, Ana Luiza Bierrenbach, José Luiz Padilha Silva, Enrico Antonio Colosimo, João Eduardo Ferreira, Tzong-Hae Lee, Michael P. Busch, Arthur Lawrence Reingold, Ester Cerdeira Sabino

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 1, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006814

Comparison of different drug regimens for the treatment of loiasis—A TropNet retrospective study

Federico Gobbi, Emmanuel Bottieau, Olivier Bouchaud, Dora Buonfrate, Fernando Salvador, Gerardo Rojo-Marcos, Paola Rodari, Jan Clerinx, Begoña Treviño, Juan Paulo Herrera-Ávila, Andreas Neumayr, Guido Calleri, Andrea Angheben, Camilla Rothe, Lorenzo Zammarchi, Massimo Guerriero, Zeno Bisoffi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 1, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006917

Comprehensive evaluation of stool-based diagnostic methods and benzimidazole resistance markers to assess drug efficacy and detect the emergence of anthelmintic resistance: A Starworms study protocol

Johnny Vlaminck, Piet Cools, Marco Albonico, Shaali Ame, Mio Ayana, Jeffrey Bethony, Giuseppe Cringoli, Daniel Dana, Jennifer Keiser, Maria P. Maurelli, Antonio Montresor, Zeleke Mekonnen, Greg Mirams, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Roger Prichard, Nour Rashwan, Laura Rinaldi, Somphou Sayasone, Eurion Thomas, Jaco J. Verweij, Jozef Vercruysse, Bruno Levecke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 2, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006912

Geographic variation in dengue seroprevalence and force of infection in the urban paediatric population of Indonesia

Clarence C. Tam, Megan O’Driscoll, Anne-Frieda Taurel, Joshua Nealon, Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 2, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006932

The economic value of identifying and treating Chagas disease patients earlier and the impact on Trypanosoma cruzi transmission

Sarah M. Bartsch, Cameron M. Avelis, Lindsey Asti, Daniel L. Hertenstein, Martial Ndeffo-Mbah, Alison Galvani, Bruce Y. Lee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 5, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006809

Diagnostic accuracy cohort study and clinical value of the Histoplasma urine antigen (ALPHA Histoplasma EIA) for disseminated histoplasmosis among HIV infected patients: A multicenter study

Pedro Torres-González, María Dolores Niembro-Ortega, Areli Martínez-Gamboa, Víctor Hugo Ahumada-Topete, Jaime Andrade-Villanueva, Javier Araujo-Meléndez, Alberto Chaparro-Sánchez, Brenda Crabtree-Ramírez, Sofia Cruz-Martínez, Armando Gamboa-Domínguez, Oscar I. Flores-Barrientos, Jesús Enrique Gaytán-Martínez, Luz Alicia González-Hernández, Christian Hernández-León, Víctor Hugo Lozano-Fernandez, Marisol Manríquez-Reyes, Martin Magaña-Aquino, Pedro Martínez-Ayala, Juan Pablo Ramírez-Hinojosa, Andrea Rangel-Cordero, Norma Erendira Rivera-Martínez, Edgardo Reyes-Gutiérrez, Gustavo Reyes-Terán, Patricia Rodríguez-Zulueta, Jesús Ruíz-Quiñones, Janeth Santiago-Cruz, Nancy Guadalupe Velázquez-Zavala, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Alfredo Ponce de León

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 5, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006872

A comparison of Zika and dengue outbreaks using national surveillance data in the Dominican Republic

Leigh R. Bowman, Joacim Rocklöv, Axel Kroeger, Piero Olliaro, Ronald Skewes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 5, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006876

A highly multiplexed broad pathogen detection assay for infectious disease diagnostics

Jeffrey W. Koehler, Christina E. Douglas, Timothy D. Minogue

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 5, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006889

Rodent control to fight Lassa fever: Evaluation and lessons learned from a 4-year study in Upper Guinea

Almudena Mari Saez, Mory Cherif Haidara, Amara Camara, Fodé Kourouma, Mickaël Sage, N'Faly Magassouba, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 6, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006829

A decade of vector control activities: Progress and limitations of Chagas disease prevention in a region of Guatemala with persistent Triatoma dimidiata infestation

Jose G. Juarez, Pamela M. Pennington, Joe P. Bryan, Robert E. Klein, Charles B. Beard, Elsa Berganza, Nidia Rizzo, Celia Cordon-Rosales

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 6, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006896

Anopheles mosquitoes may drive invasion and transmission of Mayaro virus across geographically diverse regions

Marco Brustolin, Sujit Pujhari, Cory A. Henderson, Jason L. Rasgon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 7, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006895

Barriers to access to visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis and care among seasonal mobile workers in Western Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A qualitative study

Rebecca Marie Coulborn, Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwot, Martin Schneider, Sibylle Gerstl, Cherinet Adera, Mercè Herrero, Klaudia Porten, Margriet den Boer, Koert Ritmeijer, Jorge Alvar, Abrahim Hassen, Afework Mulugeta

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 8, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006778

Exploring the effect of human and animal population growth on vector-borne disease transmission with an agent-based model of Rhodesian human African trypanosomiasis in eastern province, Zambia

Simon Alderton, Ewan T. Macleod, Neil E. Anderson, Noreen Machila, Martin Simuunza, Susan C. Welburn, Peter M. Atkinson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 8, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006905

Seasonal and interannual risks of dengue introduction from South-East Asia into China, 2005-2015

Shengjie Lai, Michael A. Johansson, Wenwu Yin, Nicola A. Wardrop, Willem G. van Panhuis, Amy Wesolowski, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Isaac I. Bogoch, Dylain Kain, Aidan Findlater, Marc Choisy, Zhuojie Huang, Di Mu, Yu Li, Yangni He, Qiulan Chen, Juan Yang, Kamran Khan, Andrew J. Tatem, Hongjie Yu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 9, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006743

Conserved motifs in the hypervariable domain of chikungunya virus nsP3 required for transmission by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Giel P. Göertz, Marit Lingemann, Corinne Geertsema, Marleen H. C. Abma-Henkens, Chantal B. F. Vogels, Constantianus J. M. Koenraadt, Monique M. van Oers, Gorben P. Pijlman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 9, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006958

Estimating the elimination feasibility in the 'end game' of control efforts for parasites subjected to regular mass drug administration: Methods and their application to schistosomiasis

Arathi Arakala, Christopher M. Hoover, John M. Marshall, Susanne H. Sokolow, Giulio A. De Leo, Jason R. Rohr, Justin V. Remais, Manoj Gambhir

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006794

Comparative transcriptome analysis and RNA interference reveal CYP6A8 and SNPs related to pyrethroid resistance in Aedes albopictus

Jiabao Xu, Xinghua Su, Mariangela Bonizzoni, Daibin Zhong, Yiji Li, Guofa Zhou, Hoan Nguyen, Sarah Tong, Guiyun Yan, Xiao-Guang Chen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006828

Growth and adaptation of Zika virus in mammalian and mosquito cells

Lindsey A. Moser, Brendan T. Boylan, Fernando R. Moreira, Laurel J. Myers, Emma L. Svenson, Nadia B. Fedorova, Brett E. Pickett, Kristen A. Bernard

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006880

Genetic characteristics of Bacillus anthracis isolated from northwestern China from 1990 to 2016

Huijuan Zhang, Enmin Zhang, Jinrong He, Wei Li, Jianchun Wei

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006908

Use of anthropophilic culicid-based xenosurveillance as a proxy for Plasmodium vivax malaria burden and transmission hotspots identification

Joabi Nascimento, Vanderson S. Sampaio, Stephan Karl, Andrea Kuehn, Anne Almeida, Sheila Vitor-Silva, Gisely Cardoso de Melo, Djane C. Baia da Silva, Stefanie C. P. Lopes, Nelson F. Fé, José B. Pereira Lima, Maria G. Barbosa Guerra, Paulo F. P. Pimenta, Quique Bassat, Ivo Mueller, Marcus V. G. Lacerda, Wuelton M. Monteiro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006909

Estimation of HTLV-1 vertical transmission cases in Brazil per annum

Carolina Rosadas, Bassit Malik, Graham P. Taylor, Marzia Puccioni-Sohler

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006913

Molecular analysis of clinical Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from southwestern coastal region of India, using multi-locus sequence typing

Aayushi Kamthan, Tushar Shaw, Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay, Subodh Kumar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006915

Human-pathogenic Anaplasma spp., and Rickettsia spp. in animals in Xi’an, China

Wen-Ping Guo, Baicheng Huang, Qin Zhao, Gang Xu, Baoyuan Liu, Yi-Han Wang, En-Min Zhou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006916

Serological evidence of inter-epizootic/inter-epidemic circulation of Rift Valley fever virus in domestic cattle in Kyela and Morogoro, Tanzania

Mirende Kichuki Matiko, Linda Peniel Salekwa, Christopher Jacob Kasanga, Sharadhuli Idd Kimera, Magnus Evander, Wambura Philemon Nyangi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006931

Exploring the parasite load and molecular diversity of Trypanosoma cruzi in patients with chronic Chagas disease from different regions of Brazil

Ícaro Rodrigues-dos-Santos, Myllena F. Melo, Liane de Castro, Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno, Pedro Emmanuel A. A. do Brasil, Andréa Silvestre de Sousa, Constança Britto, Otacilio C. Moreira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006939

The prevalence of lymphatic filariasis infection and disease following six rounds of mass drug administration in Mandalay Region, Myanmar

Benjamin F. R. Dickson, Patricia M. Graves, Ni Ni Aye, Thet Wai Nwe, Tint Wai, San San Win, Myint Shwe, Janet Douglass, Richard S. Bradbury, William J. McBride

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006944

Safety of azithromycin in infants under six months of age in Niger: A community randomized trial

Catherine E. Oldenburg, Ahmed M. Arzika, Ramatou Maliki, Mohamed Salissou Kane, Elodie Lebas, Kathryn J. Ray, Catherine Cook, Sun Y. Cotter, Zhaoxia Zhou, Sheila K. West, Robin Bailey, Travis C. Porco, Jeremy D. Keenan, Thomas M. Lietman, MORDOR Study Group

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006950

The public health benefit and burden of mass drug administration programs in Vietnamese schoolchildren: Impact of mebendazole

Sam Debaveye, Claudia Virginia Gonzalez Torres, Delphine De Smedt, Bert Heirman, Shane Kavanagh, Jo Dewulf

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006954

Risk factors for childhood enteric infection in urban Maputo, Mozambique: A cross-sectional study

Jackie Knee, Trent Sumner, Zaida Adriano, David Berendes, Ellen de Bruijn, Wolf-Peter Schmidt, Rassul Nalá, Oliver Cumming, Joe Brown

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006956

The in vivo and in vitro roles of Trypanosoma cruzi Rad51 in the repair of DNA double strand breaks and oxidative lesions

Danielle Gomes Passos Silva, Selma da Silva Santos, Sheila C. Nardelli, Isabela Cecília Mendes, Anna Cláudia Guimarães Freire, Bruno Marçal Repolês, Bruno Carvalho Resende, Héllida Marina Costa-Silva, Verônica Santana da Silva, Karla Andrade de Oliveira, Camila Franco Batista Oliveira, Liza Figueiredo Felicori Vilela, Ronaldo Alves Pinto Nagem, Glória Regina Franco, Andrea Mara Macedo, Sergio Danilo Junho Pena, Erich Birelli Tahara, Policarpo Ademar Sales Junior, Douglas Souza Moreira, Santuza Maria Ribeiro Teixeira, Richard McCulloch, Stela Virgilio, Luiz Ricardo Orsini Tosi, Sergio Schenkman, Luciana Oliveira Andrade, Silvane Maria Fonseca Murta, Carlos Renato Machado

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 13, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006875

Rabies post-exposure prophylaxis started during or after travel: A GeoSentinel analysis

Philippe Gautret, Kristina M. Angelo, Hilmir Asgeirsson, David G. Lalloo, Marc Shaw, Eli Schwartz, Michael Libman, Kevin C. Kain, Watcharapong Piyaphanee, Holly Murphy, Karin Leder, Jean Vincelette, Mogens Jensenius, Jesse Waggoner, Daniel Leung, Sarah Borwein, Lucille Blumberg, Patricia Schlagenhauf, Elizabeth D. Barnett, Davidson H. Hamer, GeoSentinel Global Surveillance Network

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 13, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006951

Rabies vaccine initiation and adherence among animal-bite patients in Haiti, 2015

Cuc H. Tran, Maxwell Kligerman, Lesly L. Andrecy, Melissa D. Etheart, Paul Adrien, Jesse D. Blanton, Max Millien, Ryan M. Wallace

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 13, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006955

Continuing evidence of Chagas disease along the Texas-Mexico border

Melissa S. Nolan, David Aguilar, Eric L. Brown, Sarah M. Gunter, Shannon E. Ronca, Craig L. Hanis, Kristy O. Murray

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 14, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006899

On-going transmission of human onchocerciasis in the Massangam health district in the West Region of Cameroon: Better understanding transmission dynamics to inform changes in programmatic interventions

Didier Bakajika, Laura Senyonjo, Peter Enyong, Joseph Oye, Benjamin Biholong, Elizabeth Elhassan, Daniel Boakye, Ruth Dixon, Elena Schmidt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 14, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006904

Removal of adult subconjunctival Loa loa amongst urban dwellers in Nigeria

Ogugua Ndubuisi Okonkwo, Adekunle Olubola Hassan, Taofik Alarape, Toyin Akanbi, Olufemi Oderinlo, Ayodele Akinye, Idris Oyekunle

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 14, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006920

Global fingerprint of humans on the distribution of Bartonella bacteria in mammals

Hannah K. Frank, Scott D. Boyd, Elizabeth A. Hadly

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006865

Validation of SYBR green I based closed tube loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay and simplified direct-blood-lysis (DBL)-LAMP assay for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)

Keerti Kaumudee Dixit, Sandeep Verma, Om Prakash Singh, Dharmendra Singh, Akhil Pratap Singh, Ratan Gupta, Narendra Singh Negi, Pradeep Das, Shyam Sundar, Ruchi Singh, Poonam Salotra

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006922

Geostatistical mapping of the seasonal spread of under-reported dengue cases in Bangladesh

Sifat Sharmin, Kathryn Glass, Elvina Viennet, David Harley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006947

Accuracy of the WHO praziquantel dose pole for large-scale community treatment of urogenital schistosomiasis in northern Mozambique: Is it time for an update?

Pedro H. Gazzinelli-Guimaraes, Neerav Dhanani, Charles H. King, Carl H. Campbell, Herminio O. Aurelio, Josefo Ferro, Rassul Nala, Alan Fenwick, Anna E. Phillips

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006957

Prevalence and distribution of Taenia solium cysticercosis in naturally infected pigs in Punjab, India

Satinder Pal Singh, Balbir Bagicha Singh, Deepali G. Kalambhe, Devendra Pathak, Rabinder Singh Aulakh, Navneet K. Dhand

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 15, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006960

Liver ultrasound elastography for the evaluation of periportal fibrosis in schistosomiasis mansoni: A cross-sectional study

Joelma Carvalho Santos, Andrea Dória Batista, Carla Maria Mola Vasconcelos, Roberto Souza Lemos, Valter Romão de Souza Junior, Alain Dessein, Hélia Dessein, Silvia Maria Lucena Montenegro, Edmundo Pessoa Almeida Lopes, Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 16, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006868

Identification and characterization of Loa loa antigens responsible for cross-reactivity with rapid diagnostic tests for lymphatic filariasis

Marla I. Hertz, Hugues Nana-Djeunga, Joseph Kamgno, Abdel Jelil Njouendou, Valerine Chawa Chunda, Samuel Wanji, Amy Rush, Peter U. Fischer, Gary J. Weil, Philip J. Budge

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 16, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006963

CYP-mediated permethrin resistance in Aedes aegypti and evidence for trans-regulation

Letícia B. Smith, Rakshit Tyagi, Shinji Kasai, Jeffrey G. Scott

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 19, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006933

Antivirus effectiveness of ivermectin on dengue virus type 2 in Aedes albopictus

Tie-Long Xu, Yin Han, Wei Liu, Xing-Ya Pang, Bin Zheng, Yi Zhang, Xiao-Nong Zhou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 19, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006934

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Vertical transmission of naturally occurring Bunyamwera and insect-specific flavivirus infections in mosquitoes from islands and mainland shores of Lakes Victoria and Baringo in Kenya

Yvonne Ukamaka Ajamma, Thomas Ogao Onchuru, Daniel O. Ouso, David Omondi, Daniel K. Masiga, Jandouwe Villinger

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 19, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006949

Modelling the cost-effectiveness of a rapid diagnostic test (IgMFA) for uncomplicated typhoid fever in Cambodia

Mari Kajiwara Saito, Christopher M. Parry, Shunmay Yeung

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 19, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006961

Dengue seroprevalence in a cohort of schoolchildren and their siblings in Yucatan, Mexico (2015-2016)

Norma Pavía-Ruz, Gloria Abigail Barrera-Fuentes, Salha Villanueva-Jorge, Azael Che-Mendoza, Julio César Campuzano-Rincón, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Diana Patricia Rojas, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Ira M. Longini, Héctor Gómez-Dantés

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 21, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006748

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Diana Patricia Rojas, Gloria Abigail Barrera-Fuentes, Norma Pavia-Ruz, Mariel Salgado-Rodriguez, Azael Che-Mendoza, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Ira M. Longini, Hector Gomez-Dantes

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EAPB0503: An Imiquimod analog with potent in vitro activity against cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica

Rana El Hajj, Hanady Bou Youness, Laurence Lachaud, Patrick Bastien, Carine Masquefa, Pierre-Antoine Bonnet, Hiba El Hajj, Ibrahim Khalifeh

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 21, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006854

Organization of oversight for integrated control of neglected tropical diseases within Ministries of Health

Claire Standley, Matthew R. Boyce, Anna Klineberg, Gabrielle Essix, Rebecca Katz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 21, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006929

Backpack PCR: A point-of-collection diagnostic platform for the rapid detection of Brugia parasites in mosquitoes

Weam I. Zaky, Francesca R. Tomaino, Nils Pilotte, Sandra J. Laney, Steven A. Williams

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 21, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006962

Aerosol exposure to intermediate size Nipah virus particles induces neurological disease in African green monkeys

Dima A. Hammoud, Margaret R. Lentz, Abigail Lara, Jordan K. Bohannon, Irwin Feuerstein, Louis Huzella, Peter B. Jahrling, Matthew Lackemeyer, Joseph Laux, Oscar Rojas, Philip Sayre, Jeffrey Solomon, Yu Cong, Vincent Munster, Michael R. Holbrook

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 21, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006978

Anilinoquinoline based inhibitors of trypanosomatid proliferation

Lori Ferrins, Amrita Sharma, Sarah M. Thomas, Naimee Mehta, Jessey Erath, Scott Tanghe, Susan E. Leed, Ana Rodriguez, Kojo Mensa-Wilmot, Richard J. Sciotti, Kirsten Gillingwater, Michael P. Pollastri

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006834

Identification and binding mode of a novel Leishmania Trypanothione reductase inhibitor from high throughput screening

Lorenzo Turcano, Esther Torrente, Antonino Missineo, Matteo Andreini, Marina Gramiccia, Trentina Di Muccio, Ilaria Genovese, Annarita Fiorillo, Steven Harper, Alberto Bresciani, Gianni Colotti, Andrea Ilari

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006969

Insights into antitrypanosomal drug mode-of-action from cytology-based profiling

James A. Thomas, Nicola Baker, Sebastian Hutchinson, Caia Dominicus, Anna Trenaman, Lucy Glover, Sam Alsford, David Horn

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 26, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006980

VDR polymorphism, gene expression and vitamin D levels in leprosy patients from North Indian population

Itu Singh, Mallika Lavania, Vinay Kumar Pathak, Madhvi Ahuja, Ravindra P. Turankar, Vikram Singh, Utpal Sengupta

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 27, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006823

Antibody responses to Zika virus proteins in pregnant and non-pregnant macaques

Anna S. Heffron, Emma L. Mohr, David Baker, Amelia K. Haj, Connor R. Buechler, Adam Bailey, Dawn M. Dudley, Christina M. Newman, Mariel S. Mohns, Michelle Koenig, Meghan E. Breitbach, Mustafa Rasheed, Laurel M. Stewart, Jens Eickhoff, Richard S. Pinapati, Erica Beckman, Hanying Li, Jigar Patel, John C. Tan, David H. O’Connor

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 27, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006903

Implementation science: Epidemiology and feeding profiles of the Chagas vector Triatoma dimidiata prior to Ecohealth intervention for three locations in Central America

Raquel Asunción Lima-Cordón, Lori Stevens, Elizabeth Solórzano Ortíz, Gabriela Anaité Rodas, Salvador Castellanos, Antonieta Rodas, Vianney Abrego, Concepción Zúniga Valeriano, María Carlota Monroy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 28, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006952

Integrating evidence, models and maps to enhance Chagas disease vector surveillance

Alexander Gutfraind, Jennifer K. Peterson, Erica Billig Rose, Claudia Arevalo-Nieto, Justin Sheen, Gian Franco Condori-Luna, Narender Tankasala, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, Carlos Condori-Pino, Priyanka Anand, Cesar Naquira-Velarde, Michael Z. Levy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006883

Basophils are dispensable for the establishment of protective adaptive immunity against primary and challenge infection with the intestinal helminth parasite Strongyloides ratti

Martina Reitz, Marie-Luise Brunn, David Voehringer, Minka Breloer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006992

High seroprevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis among individuals from endemic areas considered for solid organ transplant donation: A retrospective serum-bank based study

Joan Gómez-Junyent, David Paredes, Juan Carlos Hurtado, Ana Requena-Méndez, Angel Ruiz, Maria Eugenia Valls, Jordi Vila, Jose Muñoz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007010

Virulotyping of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates from Pakistan: Absence of complete SPI-10 in Vi negative isolates

Sadia Liaquat, Yasra Sarwar, Aamir Ali, Abdul Haque, Muhammad Farooq, Ilargi Martinez-Ballesteros, Lorena Laorden, Javier Garaizar, Joseba Bikandi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 30, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006839

The ectodomains of the lymphocyte scavenger receptors CD5 and CD6 interact with tegumental antigens from Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato and protect mice against secondary cystic echinococcosis

Gustavo Mourglia-Ettlin, Sebastián Miles, María Velasco-De-Andrés, Noelia Armiger-Borràs, Marcela Cucher, Sylvia Dematteis, Francisco Lozano

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 30, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006891

Laboratory challenges of Plasmodium species identification in Aceh Province, Indonesia, a malaria elimination setting with newly discovered P. knowlesi

Farah N. Coutrier, Yusrifar K. Tirta, Chris Cotter, Iska Zarlinda, Iveth J. González, Alanna Schwartz, Cut Maneh, Jutta Marfurt, Maxwell Murphy, Herdiana Herdiana, Nicholas M. Anstey, Bryan Greenhouse, Michelle S. Hsiang, Rintis Noviyanti

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 30, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006924

Molecular genotyping, diversity studies and high-resolution molecular markers unveiled by microsatellites in Giardia duodenalis

Maurício Durigan, Claudio Benício Cardoso-Silva, Maísa Ciampi-Guillardi, Guilherme Toledo-Silva, Gustavo M. Mori, Regina M. B. Franco, Anete P. Souza

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 30, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006928

Genetic characterization of Lassa virus strains isolated from 2012 to 2016 in southeastern Nigeria

Olamide K. Oloniniyi, Uche S. Unigwe, Sayaka Okada, Mayuko Kimura, Shota Koyano, Yukiko Miyazaki, Michael O. Iroezindu, Nnenna A. Ajayi, Chinedu M. Chukwubike, Nneka M. Chika-Igwenyi, Anne C. Ndu, Damian U. Nwidi, Haruka Abe, Shuzo Urata, Yohei Kurosaki, Jiro Yasuda

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 30, 2018 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006971