May 2020

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Guinea worm in domestic dogs in Chad: A description and analysis of surveillance data

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A Guinea worm being extracted from a Chadian dog. Guagliardo, et al. (2020)

Image Credit: Robert Hartwig, The Carter Center

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Cystic echinococcosis in the Eastern Mediterranean region: Neglected and prevailing!

Mehdi Borhani, Saeid Fathi, Samia Lahmar, Haroon Ahmed, Mohanad Faris Abdulhameed, Majid Fasihi Harandi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 7, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008114

COVID-19 in Latin America: Novel transmission dynamics for a global pandemic?

Matthew J. Miller, Jose R. Loaiza, Anshule Takyar, Robert H. Gilman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 7, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008265

Streptococcus: An organism causing diseases beyond neglect

Michael F. Good

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008095

Symposium

How to implement the framework for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and Chagas (EMTCT Plus) in a disperse rural population from the Gran Chaco region: A tailor-made program focused on pregnant women

Favio Crudo, Pablo Piorno, Hugo Krupitzki, Analia Guilera, Constanza López-Albizu, Emmaria Danesi, Karerina Scollo, Susana Lloveras, Sebastián Mir, Marisa Álvarez, Silvio Yudis, Miguel Angel Cayo Fernández, Diego Cipri, Alejandro Krolewiecki, Ana Cristina Pereiro, María Victoria Periago, Marcelo Claudio Abril, Mariana Fernandez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008078

Review

Brucellosis in the Middle East: Current situation and a pathway forward

Ramin Bagheri Nejad, Rosina C. Krecek, Omar H. Khalaf, Nabil Hailat, Angela M. Arenas-Gamboa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008071

Research Articles

Escherichia coli ST131 clones harbouring AggR and AAF/V fimbriae causing bacteremia in Mozambican children: Emergence of new variant of fimH27 subclone

Inácio Mandomando, Delfino Vubil, Nadia Boisen, Llorenç Quintó, Joaquim Ruiz, Betuel Sigaúque, Tacilta Nhampossa, Marcelino Garrine, Sergio Massora, Pedro Aide, Ariel Nhacolo, Maria J. Pons, Quique Bassat, Jordi Vila, Eusébio Macete, Flemming Scheutz, Myron M. Levine, Fernando Ruiz-Perez, James P. Nataro, Pedro L. Alonso

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 1, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008274

Identification and detection of a novel point mutation in the Chitin Synthase gene of Culex pipiens associated with diflubenzuron resistance

Emmanouil A. Fotakis, Valentina Mastrantonio, Linda Grigoraki, Daniele Porretta, Arianna Puggioli, Alexandra Chaskopoulou, Hugo Osório, Mylène Weill, Romeo Bellini, Sandra Urbanelli, John Vontas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 1, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008284

Kala-azar elimination in a highly-endemic district of Bihar, India: A success story

Vijay Kumar, Rakesh Mandal, Sushmita Das, Shreekant Kesari, Diwakar Singh Dinesh, Krishna Pandey, Vidyanand Rabi Das, Roshan Kamal Topno, Madan Prasad Sharma, Rudra Kumar Dasgupta, Pradeep Das

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008254

Cytokine signatures of Plasmodium vivax infection during pregnancy and delivery outcomes

Carlota Dobaño, Azucena Bardají, Myriam Arévalo-Herrera, Flor E. Martínez-Espinosa, Camila Bôtto-Menezes, Norma Padilla, Michela Menegon, Swati Kochar, Sanjay Kumar Kochar, Holger Unger, Maria Ome-Kaius, Anna Rosanas-Urgell, Adriana Malheiros, Maria Eugenia Castellanos, Dhiraj Hans, Meghna Desai, Aina Casellas, Chetan E. Chitnis, Carlo Severini, Ivo Mueller, Stephen Rogerson, Clara Menéndez, Pilar Requena

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008155

Fine-scale population genetic structure of dengue mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti, in Metropolitan Manila, Philippines

Thaddeus M. Carvajal, Kohei Ogishi, Sakiko Yaegeshi, Lara Fides T. Hernandez, Katherine M. Viacrusis, Howell T. Ho, Divina M. Amalin, Kozo Watanabe

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 4, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008279

Toxocara species environmental contamination of public spaces in New York City

Donna L. Tyungu, David McCormick, Carla Lee Lau, Michael Chang, James R. Murphy, Peter J. Hotez, Rojelio Mejia, Henry Pollack

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 5, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008249

Transcriptome of the parasitic flatworm Schistosoma mansoni during intra-mammalian development

Arporn Wangwiwatsin, Anna V. Protasio, Shona Wilson, Christian Owusu, Nancy E. Holroyd, Mandy J. Sanders, Jacqueline Keane, Mike J. Doenhoff, Gabriel Rinaldi, Matthew Berriman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 6, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007743

Molecular surveillance over 14 years confirms reduction of Plasmodium vivax and falciparum transmission after implementation of Artemisinin-based combination therapy in Papua, Indonesia

Zuleima Pava, Agatha M. Puspitasari, Angela Rumaseb, Irene Handayuni, Leily Trianty, Retno A. S. Utami, Yusrifar K. Tirta, Faustina Burdam, Enny Kenangalem, Grennady Wirjanata, Steven Kho, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Nicholas M. Anstey, Jeanne Rini Poespoprodjo, Rintis Noviyanti, Ric N. Price, Jutta Marfurt, Sarah Auburn

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 7, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008295

Extinction probabilities as a function of temperature for populations of tsetse (Glossina spp.)

Elisha B. Are, John W. Hargrove

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 7, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007769

Eliminating yellow fever epidemics in Africa: Vaccine demand forecast and impact modelling

Kévin Jean, Arran Hamlet, Justus Benzler, Laurence Cibrelus, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Amadou Sall, Neil M. Ferguson, Tini Garske

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 7, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008304

Significant improvement in quality of life following surgery for hydrocoele caused by lymphatic filariasis in Malawi: A prospective cohort study

Hannah Betts, Sarah Martindale, John Chiphwanya, Square Z. Mkwanda, Dorothy E. Matipula, Paul Ndhlovu, Charles Mackenzie, Mark J. Taylor, Louise A. Kelly-Hope

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008314

Economic benefits and costs of surgery for filarial hydrocele in Malawi

Clinical findings of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Jiangsu province, China: A retrospective, multi-center study

Rui Huang, Li Zhu, Leyang Xue, Longgen Liu, Xuebing Yan, Jian Wang, Biao Zhang, Tianmin Xu, Fang Ji, Yun Zhao, Juan Cheng, Yinling Wang, Huaping Shao, Shuqin Hong, Qi Cao, Chunyang Li, Xiang-an Zhao, Lei Zou, Dawen Sang, Haiyan Zhao, Xinying Guan, Xiaobing Chen, Chun Shan, Juan Xia, Yuxin Chen, Xiaomin Yan, Jie Wei, Chuanwu Zhu, Chao Wu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008280

The V410L knockdown resistance mutation occurs in island and continental populations of Aedes aegypti in West and Central Africa

Constância F. J. Ayres, Gonçalo Seixas, Sílvia Borrego, Cátia Marques, Inilça Monteiro, Camila S. Marques, Bruna Gouveia, Silvania Leal, Arlete D. Troco, Filomeno Fortes, Ricardo Parreira, João Pinto, Carla A. Sousa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008216

Uncertainty and sensitivity analyses of extinction probabilities suggest that adult female mortality is the weakest link for populations of tsetse (Glossina spp)

Elisha B. Are, John W. Hargrove

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 11, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007854

Occupational exposure to Brucella spp.: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Carine Rodrigues Pereira, João Vitor Fernandes Cotrim de Almeida, Izabela Regina Cardoso de Oliveira, Luciana Faria de Oliveira, Luciano José Pereira, Márcio Gilberto Zangerônimo, Andrey Pereira Lage, Elaine Maria Seles Dorneles

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 11, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008164

Incidence and epidemiological features of dengue in Sabah, Malaysia

Amanda Murphy, Giri Shan Rajahram, Jenarun Jilip, Marilyn Maluda, Timothy William, Wenbiao Hu, Simon Reid, Gregor J. Devine, Francesca D. Frentiu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 11, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007504

Source reduction with a purpose: Mosquito ecology and community perspectives offer insights for improving household mosquito management in coastal Kenya

Jenna E. Forsyth, Francis M. Mutuku, Lydiah Kibe, Luti Mwashee, Joyce Bongo, Chika Egemba, Nicole M. Ardoin, A. Desiree LaBeaud

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 11, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008239

From importation to autochthonous transmission: Drivers of chikungunya and dengue emergence in a temperate area

Frédéric Jourdain, David Roiz, Henriette de Valk, Harold Noël, Grégory L’Ambert, Florian Franke, Marie-Claire Paty, Anne Guinard, Jean-Claude Desenclos, Benjamin Roche

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 11, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008320

Quantifying the localized relationship between vector containment activities and dengue incidence in a real-world setting: A spatial and time series modelling analysis based on geo-located data from Pakistan

Nabeel Abdur Rehman, Henrik Salje, Moritz U G Kraemer, Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, Umar Saif, Rumi Chunara

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 11, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008273

A systematic review of alternative surveillance approaches for lymphatic filariasis in low prevalence settings: Implications for post-validation settings

Nicholas Riches, Xavier Badia-Rius, Themba Mzilahowa, Louise A. Kelly-Hope

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 12, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008289

Integrating testing for chronic strongyloidiasis within the Indigenous adult preventive health assessment system in endemic communities in the Northern Territory, Australia: An intervention study

Wendy A. Page, Jenni A. Judd, David J. MacLaren, Petra Buettner

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008232

Patients infected with Mycobacterium africanum versus Mycobacterium tuberculosis possess distinct intestinal microbiota

Sivaranjani Namasivayam, Bassirou Diarra, Seydou Diabate, Yeya dit Sadio Sarro, Amadou Kone, Bourahima Kone, Mohamed Tolofoudie, Bocar Baya, Mahamane T. Diakite, Ousmane Kodio, Keira Cohen, Jane Holl, Chad J. Achenbach, Soumya Chatterjee, Robert Leo Murphy, William Bishai, Souleymane Diallo, Alan Sher, Mamoudou Maiga

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008230

Impacts of host gender on Schistosoma mansoni risk in rural Uganda—A mixed-methods approach

Suzan C. M. Trienekens, Christina L. Faust, Keila Meginnis, Lucy Pickering, Olivia Ericsson, Andrina Nankasi, Arinaitwe Moses, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, Poppy H. L. Lamberton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008266

Genetic diversity of Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato in Kyrgyzstan: The A2 haplotype of E. multilocularis is the predominant variant infecting humans

Cristian A. Alvarez Rojas, Philipp A. Kronenberg, Sezdbek Aitbaev, Rakhatbek A. Omorov, Kubanychbek K. Abdykerimov, Giulia Paternoster, Beat Müllhaupt, Paul Torgerson, Peter Deplazes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008242

Assessing entomological risk factors for arboviral disease transmission in the French Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Elodie Calvez, Nicolas Pocquet, Atoloto Malau, Sosiasi Kilama, Alefosio Taugamoa, Didier Labrousse, Philippe Boussès, Anna-Bella Failloux, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Françoise Mathieu-Daudé

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008250

Tissue- and sex-specific lipidomic analysis of Schistosoma mansoni using high-resolution atmospheric pressure scanning microprobe matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry imaging

Patrik Kadesch, Thomas Quack, Stefanie Gerbig, Christoph G. Grevelding, Bernhard Spengler

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008145

Serological evidence for human exposure to Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis in the villages around Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire

Susann Dupke, Grit Schubert, Félicité Beudjé, Anne Barduhn, Maude Pauly, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Roland Grunow, Chantal Akoua-Koffi, Fabian H. Leendertz, Silke R. Klee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008292

Campylobacter infection and household factors are associated with childhood growth in urban Bangladesh: An analysis of the MAL-ED study

J. Johanna Sanchez, Md. Ashraful Alam, Christopher B. Stride, Md. Ahshanul Haque, Subhasish Das, Mustafa Mahfuz, Daniel E. Roth, Peter D. Sly, Kurt Z. Long, Tahmeed Ahmed

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008328

Correction: Campylobacter infection and household factors are associated with childhood growth in urban Bangladesh: An analysis of the MAL-ED study

Review of MDA registers for Lymphatic Filariasis: Findings, and potential uses in addressing the endgame elimination challenges

Dziedzom K. de Souza, Katherine Gass, Joseph Otchere, Ye Min Htet, Odame Asiedu, Benjamin Marfo, Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Daniel A. Boakye, Collins S. Ahorlu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008306

Perceptions on the collection of body fluids for research on persistence of Ebola virus: A qualitative study

Ruth Kutalek, Florence Baingana, Stephen Sevalie, Nathalie Broutet, Anna Thorson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008327

Vector competence of Aedes aegypti from New Caledonia for the four recent circulating dengue virus serotypes

Olivia O’Connor, Elodie Calvez, Catherine Inizan, Nicolas Pocquet, Vincent Richard, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008303

Prognostic factors for mortality among patients with visceral leishmaniasis in East Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Charles Abongomera, Saskia van Henten, Florian Vogt, Jozefien Buyze, Kristien Verdonck, Johan van Griensven

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 15, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008319

The impact of autophagy on arbovirus infection of mosquito cells

Doug E. Brackney, Maria A. Correa, Duncan W. Cozens

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007754

Impact of common skin diseases on children in rural Côte d’Ivoire with leprosy and Buruli ulcer co-endemicity: A mixed methods study

Rie Roselyne Yotsu, Colombe Coffie Comoé, Germaine Taïba Ainyakou, N’guessan Konan, Amari Akpa, Aubin Yao, Julien Aké, Bamba Vagamon, Rigobert Abbet Abbet, Roger Bedimo, Roderick Hay

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008291

Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection and infectious load among pre-school aged children within trachoma hyperendemic districts receiving the SAFE strategy, Amhara region, Ethiopia

Scott D. Nash, Ambahun Chernet, Jeanne Moncada, Aisha E. P. Stewart, Tigist Astale, Eshetu Sata, Mulat Zerihun, Demelash Gessese, Berhanu Melak, Gedefaw Ayenew, Zebene Ayele, Melsew Chanyalew, Thomas M. Lietman, E. Kelly Callahan, Julius Schachter, Zerihun Tadesse

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 18, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008226

Emergence of Zika virus infection in China

Chuan-min Zhou, Jian-wei Liu, Rui Qi, Li-zhu Fang, Xiang-rong Qin, Hui-ju Han, Rong-can Mo, Hao Yu, Yong-jun Jiao, Jian-yan Lin, Xue-jie Yu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 19, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008300

Seroprevalence of leptospirosis in an endemic mixed urban and semi-urban setting—A community-based study in the district of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Senaka Rajapakse, Praveen N. Weeratunga, Krishan Balaji, Kyra Charmaine Ramchandani, Udani Savbhagya de Silva, Shenali Avishka Ranasinghe, Dinesh Gunarathne, Pasindu P. B. Wijerathne, Narmada Fernando, Shiroma M. Handunnetti, Sumadhya Deepika Fernando

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 19, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008309

Association of NOD2 and IFNG single nucleotide polymorphisms with leprosy in the Amazon ethnic admixed population

André Luiz Leturiondo, Ariani Batista Noronha, Carla Yael Ribeiro Mendonça, Cynthia de Oliveira Ferreira, Lucia Elena Alvarado-Arnez, Fernanda Saloum de Neves Manta, Ohanna Cavalcanti de Lima Bezerra, Elizeu Fagundes de Carvalho, Milton Ozório Moraes, Fabíola da Costa Rodrigues, Carolina Talhari

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008247

Correction: Association of NOD2 and IFNG single nucleotide polymorphisms with leprosy in the Amazon ethnic admixed population

Molecular dissection of Chagas induced cardiomyopathy reveals central disease associated and druggable signaling pathways

Jacob M. Wozniak, Tatiana Araújo Silva, Diane Thomas, Jair L. Siqueira-Neto, James H. McKerrow, David J. Gonzalez, Claudia M. Calvet

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007980

Reporting in a health emergency: The roles of Sierra Leonean journalists during the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak

Maike Winters, Helena Nordenstedt, Helle Mölsted Alvesson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008256

Monitoring the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis at continental and country level: Update to 2018

José R. Franco, Giuliano Cecchi, Gerardo Priotto, Massimo Paone, Abdoulaye Diarra, Lise Grout, Pere P. Simarro, Weining Zhao, Daniel Argaw

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008261

Spiro-containing derivatives show antiparasitic activity against Trypanosoma brucei through inhibition of the trypanothione reductase enzyme

Lorenzo Turcano, Theo Battista, Esther Torrente De Haro, Antonino Missineo, Cristina Alli, Giacomo Paonessa, Gianni Colotti, Steven Harper, Annarita Fiorillo, Andrea Ilari, Alberto Bresciani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008339

Regulation of hepatic microRNAs in response to early stage Echinococcus multilocularis egg infection in C57BL/6 mice

Ghalia Boubaker, Sebastian Strempel, Andrew Hemphill, Norbert Müller, Junhua Wang, Bruno Gottstein, Markus Spiliotis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 22, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007640

The reasons to include the serology of human T-lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2 (HTLV-1 and HTLV-2) in the clinical follow-up of patients with viral hepatitis B and C in Brazil

Karoline Rodrigues Campos, Fabiana Aparecida Alves, Marcílio Figueiredo Lemos, Regina Célia Moreira, Rosa Maria Nascimento Marcusso, Adele Caterino-de-Araujo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 26, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008245

An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis caused by genotype Ib Japanese encephalitis virus in China, 2018: A laboratory and field investigation

Wenjing Liu, Shihong Fu, Xuemin Ma, Xiaojing Chen, Dan Wu, Liwei Zhou, Qikai Yin, Fan Li, Ying He, Wenwen Lei, Yixing Li, Songtao Xu, Huaqing Wang, Zhenhai Wang, Huanyu Wang, Hong Yu, Guodong Liang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 26, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008312

Comprehensive analysis of the secreted proteome of adult Necator americanus hookworms

Jayden Logan, Mark S. Pearson, Srikanth S. Manda, Young-Jun Choi, Matthew Field, Ramon M. Eichenberger, Jason Mulvenna, Shivashankar H. Nagaraj, Ricardo T. Fujiwara, Pedro Gazzinelli-Guimaraes, Lilian Bueno, Vitor Mati, Jeffrey M. Bethony, Makedonka Mitreva, Javier Sotillo, Alex Loukas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 26, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008237

Barriers to Buruli ulcer treatment completion in the Ashanti and Central Regions, Ghana

Shelui Collinson, Venus N. B. Frimpong, Bernadette Agbavor, Bethany Montgomery, Michael Oppong, Michael Frimpong, Yaw A. Amoako, Michael Marks, Richard O. Phillips

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 26, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008369

Ultra-sensitive detection of Mycobacterium leprae: DNA extraction and PCR assays

Fernanda Saloum de Neves Manta, Thyago Leal-Calvo, Suelen Justo M. Moreira, Brunna L. C. Marques, Marcelo Ribeiro-Alves, Patrícia S. Rosa, José Augusto C. Nery, Rita de Cássia Pontello Rampazzo, Alexandre Dias Tavares Costa, Marco Aurelio Krieger, Milton Ozório Moraes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 26, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008325

De novo identification of toxicants that cause irreparable damage to parasitic nematode intestinal cells

Douglas P. Jasmer, Bruce A. Rosa, Rahul Tyagi, Christina A. Bulman, Brenda Beerntsen, Joseph F. Urban Jr, Judy Sakanari, Makedonka Mitreva

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 26, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007942

Performance of two serodiagnostic tests for loiasis in a Non-Endemic area

Federico Gobbi, Dora Buonfrate, Michel Boussinesq, Cedric B. Chesnais, Sebastien D. Pion, Ronaldo Silva, Lucia Moro, Paola Rodari, Francesca Tamarozzi, Marco Biamonte, Zeno Bisoffi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 26, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008187

Fatal pulmonary sporotrichosis caused by Sporothrix brasiliensis in Northeast Brazil

Manoella do Monte Alves, Eveline Pipolo Milan, Walicyranison Plinio da Silva-Rocha, Alexandre Soares de Sena da Costa, Bruno Araújo Maciel, Pedro Henrique Cavalcante Vale, Paulo Roberto de Albuquerque, Soraia Lopes Lima, Analy Salles de Azevedo Melo, Anderson Messias Rodrigues, Guilherme Maranhão Chaves

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 26, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008141

Long-range movements coupled with heterogeneous incubation period sustain dog rabies at the national scale in Africa

Davide Colombi, Chiara Poletto, Emmanuel Nakouné, Hervé Bourhy, Vittoria Colizza

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 26, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008317

Spatial epidemiology of Japanese encephalitis virus and other infections of the central nervous system infections in Lao PDR (2003–2011): A retrospective analysis

Sayaphet Rattanavong, Audrey Dubot-Pérès, Mayfong Mayxay, Manivanh Vongsouvath, Sue J. Lee, Julien Cappelle, Paul N. Newton, Daniel M. Parker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 26, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008333

Factors associated with quality of life in patients with Chagas disease: SaMi-Trop project

Nayara Dornela Quintino, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, José Luiz Padilha da Silva, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Ariela Mota Ferreira, Gabriela Lemes Davi, Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Clareci Silva Cardoso

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 27, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008144

Effective control of early Zika virus replication by Dengue immunity is associated to the length of time between the 2 infections but not mediated by antibodies

Crisanta Serrano-Collazo, Erick X. Pérez-Guzmán, Petraleigh Pantoja, Mariah A. Hassert, Idia V. Rodríguez, Luis Giavedoni, Vida Hodara, Laura Parodi, Lorna Cruz, Teresa Arana, Melween I. Martínez, Laura White, James D. Brien, Aravinda de Silva, Amelia K. Pinto, Carlos A. Sariol

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008285

Guinea worm in domestic dogs in Chad: A description and analysis of surveillance data

Sarah Anne J. Guagliardo, Sharon L. Roy, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Hubert Zirimwabagabo, Mario Romero, Elisabeth Chop, Philippe Tchindebet Ouakou, Donald R. Hopkins, Adam J. Weiss

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008207

Tracing Mycobacterium ulcerans along an alimentary chain in Côte d’Ivoire: A one health perspective

Nassim Hammoudi, Sylvestre Dizoe, Jamal Saad, Evans Ehouman, Bernard Davoust, Michel Drancourt, Amar Bouam

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008228

SipD and IpaD induce a cross-protection against Shigella and Salmonella infections

Bakhos Jneid, Audrey Rouaix, Cécile Féraudet-Tarisse, Stéphanie Simon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008326

Effect of El Niño Southern Oscillation cycle on the potential distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis vector species in Colombia

Mariano Altamiranda-Saavedra, Juan David Gutiérrez, Astrid Araque, Juan David Valencia-Mazo, Reinaldo Gutiérrez, Ruth A. Martínez-Vega

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008324

The roles of stakeholder experience and organizational learning in declining mass drug administration coverage for lymphatic filariasis in Port-au-Prince, Haiti: A case study

Breanna K. Wodnik, Didié Hérold Louis, Michel Joseph, Lee T. Wilkers, Susan D. Landskroener, Luccene Desir, Jean Frantz Lemoine, James V. Lavery

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 29, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008318

Bortezomib inhibits chikungunya virus replication by interfering with viral protein synthesis

Parveen Kaur, Laura Sandra Lello, Age Utt, Sujit Krishna Dutta, Andres Merits, Justin Jang Hann Chu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 29, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008336

Global changes in nitration levels and DNA binding profile of Trypanosoma cruzi histones induced by incubation with host extracellular matrix

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 29, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008262

Corrections

Correction: High accuracy of an ELISA test based in a flagella antigen of Leishmania in serodiagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis with potential to improve the control measures in Brazil—A Phase II study

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008346

High accuracy of an ELISA test based in a flagella antigen of Leishmania in serodiagnosis of canine visceral leishmaniasis with potential to improve the control measures in Brazil – A Phase II study

Correction: The Mitochondrial Genomes of the Zoonotic Canine Filarial Parasites Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) repens and Candidatus Dirofilaria (Nochtiella) Honkongensis Provide Evidence for Presence of Cryptic Species

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published May 26, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008347