July 2020

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High on Sugar

An Aedes aegypti mosquito consumes interfering RNA pesticides at an attractive toxic sugar bait feeding station. Mysore, Hapairai, et al. (2020)

Image Credit: Keshava Mysore

Viewpoints

Cryptosporidiosis should be designated as a tropical disease by the US Food and Drug Administration

Robert K. M. Choy, Christopher D. Huston

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008252

Future schistosome hybridizations: Will all Schistosoma haematobium hybrids please stand-up!

J. Russell Stothard, Sekeleghe A. Kayuni, Mohammad H. Al-Harbi, Janelisa Musaya, Bonnie L. Webster

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008201

Global resource shortages during COVID-19: Bad news for low-income countries

Devon E. McMahon, Gregory A. Peters, Louise C. Ivers, Esther E. Freeman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008412

Disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on immigrant communities in the United States

Eva Clark, Karla Fredricks, Laila Woc-Colburn, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Jill Weatherhead

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008484

The data are inadequate to assess safety and efficacy of mass chemotherapy for Taenia solium taeniasis

A. Clinton White Jr., Seth O’Neal, Andrea Winkler, Annette Abraham, Hélène Carabin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 16, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008294

The viewpoint by White and colleagues critiquing the evaluation of the safety and efficacy of mass chemotherapy for Taenia solium taeniasis is unsubstantiated

The opportunities and challenges of an Ebola modeling research coordination group

Caitlin Rivers, Simon Pollett, Cecile Viboud

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 16, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008158

Will cases of leprosy reaction increase with COVID-19 infection?

Douglas Eulálio Antunes, Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart, Luiz Ricardo Goulart

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008460

Marginalized mites: Neglected vectors of neglected diseases

Thomas Weitzel, Benjamin L. Makepeace, Ivo Elliott, Kittipong Chaisiri, Allen L. Richards, Paul N. Newton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008297

Inequities towards leprosy-affected people: A challenge during COVID-19 pandemic

Sharika Mahato, Srijana Bhattarai, Rakesh Singh

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 24, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008537

Developing a low-cost and accessible COVID-19 vaccine for global health

Peter J. Hotez, Maria Elena Bottazzi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 29, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008548

Symposiums

Severe leptospirosis after rat bite: A case report

Thais Faggion Vinholo, Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Nanci F. Silva, Jaqueline Cruz, Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko, Federico Costa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008257

Prolonged intermittent fever and massive splenomegaly in a miner working in the tropical jungle, China

Yanbin Liu, Zhiyong Zong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008278

Cerebrospinal fluid PCR: A new approach for the diagnosis of CNS sporotrichosis

Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira, Mauro de Medeiros Muniz, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Rosely Maria Zancope-Oliveira, Andrea D’Avila Freitas, Marco A. Lima, Maria Clara Gutierrez-Galhardo, Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 16, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008196

Bartonella henselae endocarditis in an elderly patient

Marina Rovani Drummond, Amanda Roberta de Almeida, Letícia Valandro, Maria Helena Postal Pavan, Raquel Silveira Bello Stucchi, Francisco Hideo Aoki, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 30, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008376

Current vector research challenges in the greater Mekong subregion for dengue, Malaria, and Other Vector-Borne Diseases: A report from a multisectoral workshop March 2019

Rebecca C. Christofferson, Daniel M. Parker, Hans J. Overgaard, Jeffrey Hii, Gregor Devine, Bruce A. Wilcox, Vu Sinh Nam, Sazaly Abubakar, Sebastien Boyer, Kobporn Boonnak, Stephen S. Whitehead, Rekol Huy, Leang Rithea, Tho Sochantha, Thomas E. Wellems, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Jessica E. Manning

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 30, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008302

Review

Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis: A threat to elimination program

Mallikarjuna Rao Gedda, Bhawana Singh, Dhiraj Kumar, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Prasoon Madhukar, Shreya Upadhyay, Om Prakash Singh, Shyam Sundar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008221

Research Articles

Pharmacological inhibition of lysine-specific demethylase 1 (LSD1) induces global transcriptional deregulation and ultrastructural alterations that impair viability in Schistosoma mansoni

Vitor Coutinho Carneiro, Isabel Caetano de Abreu da Silva, Murilo Sena Amaral, Adriana S. A. Pereira, Gilbert Oliveira Silveira, David da Silva Pires, Sergio Verjovski-Almeida, Frank J. Dekker, Dante Rotili, Antonello Mai, Eduardo José Lopes-Torres, Dina Robaa, Wolfgang Sippl, Raymond J. Pierce, M. Teresa Borrello, A. Ganesan, Julien Lancelot, Silvana Thiengo, Monica Ammon Fernandez, Amanda Roberta Revoredo Vicentino, Marina Moraes Mourão, Fernanda Sales Coelho, Marcelo Rosado Fantappié

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008332

Genome-wide mapping using new AFLP markers to explore intraspecific variation among pathogenic Sporothrix species

Jamile Ambrósio de Carvalho, Ferry Hagen, Matthew C. Fisher, Zoilo Pires de Camargo, Anderson Messias Rodrigues

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008330

Volunteer based approach to dog vaccination campaigns to eliminate human rabies: Lessons from Laikipia County, Kenya

Adam W. Ferguson, Dishon Muloi, Dedan K. Ngatia, Wangechi Kiongo, Duncan M. Kimuyu, Paul W. Webala, Moses O. Olum, Mathew Muturi, Samuel M. Thumbi, Rosie Woodroffe, Lucy Murugi, Eric M. Fèvre, Suzan Murray, Dino J. Martins

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008260

High genetic similarity between non-typhoidal Salmonella isolated from paired blood and stool samples of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Marie-France Phoba, Barbara Barbé, Benedikt Ley, Sandra Van Puyvelde, Annelies Post, Wesley Mattheus, Stijn Deborggraeve, Octavie Lunguya, Jan Jacobs

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008377

Anopheles sundaicus complex and the presence of Anopheles epiroticus in Indonesia

Din Syafruddin, Yulia E. Lestari, Dendi H. Permana, Puji B. S. Asih, Brandyce St. Laurent, Siti Zubaidah, Ismail E. Rozi, Sully Kosasih, Shinta, Supratman Sukowati, Lukman Hakim, Edhi Haryanto, Wibowo Mangunwardoyo, Michael J. Bangs, Neil F. Lobo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008385

Correction: Anopheles sundaicus complex and the presence of Anopheles epiroticus in Indonesia

Knowledge, attitudes and bite prevention practices and estimation of productivity of vector breeding sites using a Habitat Suitability Score (HSS) among households with confirmed dengue in the 2014 outbreak in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Daniel Msellemu, Tegemeo Gavana, Hassan Ngonyani, Yeromin P. Mlacha, Prosper Chaki, Sarah J. Moore

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007278

Schistosoma haematobium infection is associated with lower serum cholesterol levels and improved lipid profile in overweight/obese individuals

Jeannot F. Zinsou, Jacqueline J. Janse, Yabo Y. Honpkehedji, Jean Claude Dejon-Agobé, Noemí García-Tardón, Pytsje T. Hoekstra, Marguerite Massinga-Loembe, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens, Govert J. van Dam, Martin Giera, Peter G. Kremsner, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Ayola A. Adegnika, Bruno Guigas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008464

Identifying thresholds for classifying moderate-to-heavy soil-transmitted helminth intensity infections for FECPAK^G2, McMaster, Mini-FLOTAC and qPCR

Bruno Levecke, Piet Cools, Marco Albonico, Shaali Ame, Cécile Angebault, Mio Ayana, Jerzy M. Behnke, Jeffrey M. Bethony, Giuseppe Cringoli, Daniel Dana, Bertrand Guillard, Nguyen Thi Viet Hoa, Gagandeep Kang, Deepthi Kattula, Jennifer Keiser, Andrew C. Kotze, Leonardo F. Matoso, Maria P. Maurelli, James S. McCarthy, Zeleke Mekonnen, Greg Mirams, Antonio Montresor, Rodrigo Corrêa Oliveira, Maria V. Periago, Simone A. Pinto, Laura Rinaldi, Somphou Sayasone, Laurentine Sumo, Louis-Albert Tchuem-Tchuenté, Dang Thi Cam Thach, Eurion Thomas, Ahmed Zeynudin, Jaco J. Verweij, Johnny Vlaminck, Jozef Vercruysse

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008296

The potential impact of human visceral leishmaniasis vaccines on population incidence

Epke A. Le Rutte, Luc E. Coffeng, Stefano Malvolti, Paul M. Kaye, Sake J. de Vlas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008468

Oxfendazole mediates macrofilaricidal efficacy against the filarial nematode Litomosoides sigmodontis in vivo and inhibits Onchocerca spec. motility in vitro

Marc P. Hübner, Coralie Martin, Sabine Specht, Marianne Koschel, Bettina Dubben, Stefan J. Frohberger, Alexandra Ehrens, Martina Fendler, Dominique Struever, Edward Mitre, Nathaly Vallarino-Lhermitte, Suzanne Gokool, Sara Lustigman, Manfred Schneider, Simon Townson, Achim Hoerauf, Ivan Scandale

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008427

Role of microglia in the dissemination of Zika virus from mother to fetal brain

Pei Xu, Chao Shan, Tiffany J. Dunn, Xuping Xie, Hongjie Xia, Junling Gao, Javier Allende Labastida, Jing Zou, Paula P. Villarreal, Caitlin R. Schlagal, Yongjia Yu, Gracie Vargas, Shannan L. Rossi, Nikolaos Vasilakis, Pei-Yong Shi, Scott C. Weaver, Ping Wu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008413

Correction: Role of microglia in the dissemination of Zika virus from mother to fetal brain

Aquatic macrophytes and macroinvertebrate predators affect densities of snail hosts and local production of schistosome cercariae that cause human schistosomiasis

Christopher J. E. Haggerty, Sidy Bakhoum, David J. Civitello, Giulio A. De Leo, Nicolas Jouanard, Raphael A. Ndione, Justin V. Remais, Gilles Riveau, Simon Senghor, Susanne H. Sokolow, Souleymane Sow, Caitlin Wolfe, Chelsea L. Wood, Isabel Jones, Andrew J. Chamberlin, Jason R. Rohr

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008417

Susceptibility of Armigeres subalbatus Coquillett (Diptera: Culicidae) to Zika virus through oral and urine infection

Chun-xiao Li, Xiao-xia Guo, Yong-qiang Deng, Qin-mei Liu, Dan Xing, Ai-juan Sun, Qun Wu, Yan-de Dong, Ying-mei Zhang, Heng-duan Zhang, Wu-chun Cao, Cheng-feng Qin, Tong-yan Zhao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008450

Anisakis simplex products impair intestinal epithelial barrier function and occludin and zonula occludens-1 localisation in differentiated Caco-2 cells

Noelia Carballeda-Sangiao, Isabel Sánchez-Alonso, Alfonso Navas, Susana C. Arcos, Pilar Fernández de Palencia, Mercedes Careche, Miguel González-Muñoz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008462

GSMN-ML- a genome scale metabolic network reconstruction of the obligate human pathogen Mycobacterium leprae

Khushboo Borah, Jacque-Lucca Kearney, Ruma Banerjee, Pankaj Vats, Huihai Wu, Sonal Dahale, Sunitha Manjari Kasibhatla, Rajendra Joshi, Bhushan Bonde, Olabisi Ojo, Ramanuj Lahiri, Diana L. Williams, Johnjoe McFadden

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007871

Unravelling the proteomic signature of extracellular vesicles released by drug-resistant Leishmania infantum parasites

Noélie Douanne, George Dong, Mélanie Douanne, Martin Olivier, Christopher Fernandez-Prada

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008439

Plasmodium vivax AMA1: Implications of distinct haplotypes for immune response

Najara Carneiro Bittencourt, Ana Beatriz Iung Enembreck da Silva, Natália Silveira Virgili, Ana Paula Schappo, João Henrique D. B. Gervásio, Tamirys S. Pimenta, Mario A. Kujbida Junior, Ana Maria R. S. Ventura, Rosana M. F. Libonati, João Luiz Silva-Filho, Hellen Geremias dos Santos, Stefanie C. P. Lopes, Marcus V. G. Lacerda, Ricardo L. D. Machado, Fabio T. M. Costa, Letusa Albrecht

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008471

Protection or susceptibility to devastating childhood epilepsy: Nodding Syndrome associates with immunogenetic fingerprints in the HLA binding groove

Gil Benedek, Mahmoud Abed El Latif, Keren Miller, Mila Rivkin, Ally Ahmed Ramadhan Lasu, Lul P. Riek, Richard Lako, Shimon Edvardson, Sagit-Arbel Alon, Eithan Galun, Mia Levite

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008436

Genetic diversity and neutral selection in Plasmodium vivax erythrocyte binding protein correlates with patient antigenicity

Jin-Hee Han, Jee-Sun Cho, Jessica J. Y. Ong, Ji-Hoon Park, Myat Htut Nyunt, Edwin Sutanto, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Beyene Petros, Abraham Aseffa, Sisay Getachew, Kanlaya Sriprawat, Nicholas M. Anstey, Matthew J. Grigg, Bridget E. Barber, Timothy William, Gao Qi, Yaobao Liu, Richard D. Pearson, Sarah Auburn, Ric N. Price, Francois Nosten, Laurent Rénia, Bruce Russell, Eun-Taek Han

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008202

A spatio-temporal approach to short-term prediction of visceral leishmaniasis diagnoses in India

Emily S. Nightingale, Lloyd A. C. Chapman, Sridhar Srikantiah, Swaminathan Subramanian, Purushothaman Jambulingam, Johannes Bracher, Mary M. Cameron, Graham F. Medley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008422

Correction: A spatio-temporal approach to short-term prediction of visceral leishmaniasis diagnoses in India

Instability of aquaglyceroporin (AQP) 2 contributes to drug resistance in Trypanosoma brucei

Juan F. Quintana, Juan Bueren-Calabuig, Fabio Zuccotto, Harry P. de Koning, David Horn, Mark C. Field

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008458

Schistosoma mansoni immunomodulatory molecule Sm16/SPO-1/SmSLP is a member of the trematode-specific helminth defence molecules (HDMs)

Jenna Shiels, Krystyna Cwiklinski, Raquel Alvarado, Karine Thivierge, Sophie Cotton, Bibiana Gonzales Santana, Joyce To, Sheila Donnelly, Clifford C. Taggart, Sinead Weldon, John P. Dalton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 9, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008470

Phlebotomus papatasi sand fly predicted salivary protein diversity and immune response potential based on in silico prediction in Egypt and Jordan populations

Catherine M. Flanley, Marcelo Ramalho-Ortigao, Iliano V. Coutinho-Abreu, Rami Mukbel, Hanafi A. Hanafi, Shabaan S. El-Hossary, Emadeldin Y. Fawaz, David F. Hoel, Alexander W. Bray, Gwen Stayback, Douglas A. Shoue, Shaden Kamhawi, Scott Emrich, Mary Ann McDowell

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007489

Performance of a rapid diagnostic test for the detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in African children admitted to hospital with diarrhea

Gédéon Prince Manouana, Eva Lorenz, Mirabeau Mbong Ngwese, Paul Alvyn Nguema Moure, Oumou Maiga Ascofaré, Charity Wiafe Akenten, John Amuasi, Njari Rakotozandrindrainy, Raphael Rakotozandrindrainy, Joyce Mbwana, John Lusingu, Natalie Byrne, Sophia Melhem, Jeannot Frejus Zinsou, Roméo Bayodé Adegbite, Benedikt Hogan, Doris Winter, Jurgen May, Peter Gottfried Kremsner, Steffen Borrmann, Daniel Eibach, Ayola Akim Adegnika

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008448

Melioidosis DS rapid test: A standardized serological dipstick assay with increased sensitivity and reliability due to multiplex detection

Gabriel E. Wagner, Esther Föderl-Höbenreich, Karoline Assig, Michaela Lipp, Andreas Berner, Christian Kohler, Sabine Lichtenegger, Julia Stiehler, Wisansanee Karoonboonyanan, Nida Thanapattarapairoj, Chidchanok Promkong, Sirikamon Koosakulnirand, Panjaporn Chaichana, Ralf Ehricht, Anne-Marie Gad, Hans H. Söffing, Susanna J. Dunachie, Narisara Chantratita, Ivo Steinmetz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 13, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008452

Spatial dynamics and the basic reproduction number of the 1991–1997 Cholera epidemic in Peru

Alexandra Smirnova, Natalie Sterrett, Oscar J. Mujica, César Munayco, Luis Suárez, Cécile Viboud, Gerardo Chowell

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008045

Japanese encephalitis virus infection in non-encephalitic acute febrile illness patients

Chairin Nisa Ma’roef, Rama Dhenni, Dewi Megawati, Araniy Fadhilah, Anton Lucanus, I Made Artika, Sri Masyeni, Asri Lestarini, Kartika Sari, Ketut Suryana, Frilasita A. Yudhaputri, Ungke Anton Jaya, R. Tedjo Sasmono, Jeremy P. Ledermann, Ann M. Powers, Khin Saw Aye Myint

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008454

Genital self-sampling compared with cervicovaginal lavage for the diagnosis of female genital schistosomiasis in Zambian women: The BILHIV study

Amy S. Sturt, Emily L. Webb, Comfort R. Phiri, Tobias Mweene, Namakau Chola, Govert J. van Dam, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens, Els Wessels, J. Russell Stothard, Richard Hayes, Helen Ayles, Isaiah Hansingo, Lisette van Lieshout, Amaya L. Bustinduy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008337

Estimation of mosquito-borne and sexual transmission of Zika virus in Australia: Risks to blood transfusion safety

Elvina Viennet, Francesca D. Frentiu, Craig R. Williams, Gina Mincham, Cassie C. Jansen, Brian L. Montgomery, Robert L. P. Flower, Helen M. Faddy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 14, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008438

A next generation vaccine against human rabies based on a single dose of a chimpanzee adenovirus vector serotype C

Federico Napolitano, Rossella Merone, Adele Abbate, Virginia Ammendola, Emma Horncastle, Francesca Lanzaro, Marialuisa Esposito, Alessandra Maria Contino, Roberta Sbrocchi, Andrea Sommella, Joshua D. Duncan, Jospeh Hinds, Richard A. Urbanowicz, Armin Lahm, Stefano Colloca, Antonella Folgori, Jonathan K. Ball, Alfredo Nicosia, Benjamin Wizel, Stefania Capone, Alessandra Vitelli

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008459

Correction: A next generation vaccine against human rabies based on a single dose of a chimpanzee adenovirus vector serotype C

Inhibition of ABL1 tyrosine kinase reduces HTLV-1 proviral loads in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis

Daisuke Kodama, Masakazu Tanaka, Toshio Matsuzaki, Kimiko Izumo, Nobuaki Nakano, Eiji Matsuura, Mineki Saito, Masahiro Nagai, Masahisa Horiuchi, Atae Utsunomiya, Hiroshi Takashima, Ryuji Kubota, Shuji Izumo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008361

Viability PCR shows that non-ocular surfaces could contribute to transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in trachoma

Bart Versteeg, Hristina Vasileva, Joanna Houghton, Anna Last, Oumer Shafi Abdurahman, Virginia Sarah, David Macleod, Anthony W. Solomon, Martin J. Holland, Nicholas Thomson, Matthew J. Burton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008449

Prevalence of soil transmitted helminths in school-aged children, Colombia, 2012-2013

David José González Quiroz, Sonia del Pilar Agudelo Lopez, Catalina María Arango, Jesús Ernesto Ochoa Acosta, León Darío Bello Parias, Leonardo Uribe Alzate, Carolina Hernández Castro, Angélica Patricia Medina Lozano, Geicy Derly Sepúlveda Vergara, Adriana Molina Giraldo, Julián Trujillo-Trujillo, Ivet Del Carmen Pernett Bolaño, Claudia Milena Cuellar Segura, María Patricia Arbeláez Montoya

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007613

Population genomics of two invasive mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus) from the Indo-Pacific

Thomas L. Schmidt, Jessica Chung, Ann-Christin Honnen, Andrew R. Weeks, Ary A. Hoffmann

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 17, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008463

Fast recovery of house infestation with Triatoma brasiliensis after residual insecticide spraying in a semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil

Claudia Mendonça Bezerra, Silvia Ermelinda Barbosa, Rita de Cássia Moreira de Souza, Levi Ximenes Feijão, Ricardo Esteban Gürtler, Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr, Liléia Diotaiuti

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008404

Characterization of a dual-action adulticidal and larvicidal interfering RNA pesticide targeting the Shaker gene of multiple disease vector mosquitoes

Keshava Mysore, Limb K. Hapairai, Longhua Sun, Ping Li, Chien-Wei Wang, Nicholas D. Scheel, Alexandra Lesnik, Jessica Igiede, Max P. Scheel, Na Wei, David W. Severson, Molly Duman-Scheel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008479

Atypical memory B-cells and autoantibodies correlate with anemia during Plasmodium vivax complicated infections

Juan Rivera-Correa, Maria Fernanda Yasnot-Acosta, Nubia Catalina Tovar, María Camila Velasco-Pareja, Alice Easton, Ana Rodriguez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008466

Long-term incidence of relapse and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis after three different visceral leishmaniasis treatment regimens in Bihar, India

Vishal Goyal, Vidya Nand Rabi Das, Shambhu Nath Singh, Ravi Shankar Singh, Krishna Pandey, Neena Verma, Allen Hightower, Suman Rijal, Pradeep Das, Jorge Alvar, Caryn Bern, Fabiana Alves

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008429

Annexin A2 depletion exacerbates the intracerebral microhemorrhage induced by acute rickettsia and Ebola virus infections

Zhengchen Su, Qing Chang, Aleksandra Drelich, Thomas Shelite, Barbara Judy, Yakun Liu, Jie Xiao, Changchen Zhou, Xi He, Yang Jin, Tais Saito, Shaojun Tang, Lynn Soong, Maki Wakamiya, Xiang Fang, Alexander Bukreyev, Thomas Ksiazek, William K. Russell, Bin Gong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007960

Serological evidence of exposure to Rift Valley, Dengue and Chikungunya Viruses among agropastoral communities in Manyara and Morogoro regions in Tanzania: A community survey

Rule M. Budodo, Pius G. Horumpende, Sixbert I. Mkumbaye, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Richard S. Mwakapuja, Jaffu O. Chilongola

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008061

Platelet disturbances correlate with endothelial cell activation in uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria

João Conrado Khouri Dos-Santos, João Luiz Silva-Filho, Carla C. Judice, Ana Carolina Andrade Vitor Kayano, Júlio Aliberti, Ricardo Khouri, Diógenes S. de Lima, Helder Nakaya, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães Lacerda, Erich Vinicius De Paula, Stefanie Costa Pinto Lopes, Fabio Trindade Maranhão Costa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 20, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007656

Quantifying sociodemographic heterogeneities in the distribution of Aedes aegypti among California households

Marisa A. P. Donnelly, Susanne Kluh, Robert E. Snyder, Christopher M. Barker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008408

Behavioral and structural barriers to accessing human post-exposure prophylaxis and other preventive practices in Arequipa, Peru, during a canine rabies epidemic

Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, Alison M. Buttenheim, Joanna Brown, James F. Ferrara, Claudia Arevalo-Nieto, Katty Borrini-Mayorí, Michael Z. Levy, Victor Becerra, Valerie A. Paz-Soldan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008478

A clinical scoring system to predict long-term arthralgia in Chikungunya disease: A cohort study

Laise de Moraes, Thiago Cerqueira-Silva, Victor Nobrega, Kevan Akrami, Luciane Amorim Santos, Cibele Orge, Paula Casais, Lais Cambui, Rita de Cássia Pontello Rampazzo, Karen Soares Trinta, Camila Amato Montalbano, Maria Jania Teixeira, Luciano Pamplona Cavalcante, Bruno B. Andrade, Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha, Marco Aurélio Krieger, Manoel Barral-Netto, Aldina Barral, Ricardo Khouri, Viviane Sampaio Boaventura

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 21, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008467

Understanding leptospirosis eco-epidemiology by environmental DNA metabarcoding of irrigation water from two agro-ecological regions of Sri Lanka

Chandika D. Gamage, Yukuto Sato, Ryosuke Kimura, Tetsu Yamashiro, Claudia Toma

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 23, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008437

Brucellosis in ruminants and pastoralists in Borena, Southern Ethiopia

Bedaso Mammo Edao, Gobena Ameni, Zerihun Assefa, Stefan Berg, Adrian M. Whatmore, James L. N. Wood

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 24, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008461

Genetic tools discriminate strains of Leishmania infantum isolated from humans and dogs in Sicily, Italy

Germano Castelli, Federica Bruno, Valentina Caputo, Santi Fiorella, Ignazio Sammarco, Tiziana Lupo, Antonella Migliazzo, Fabrizio Vitale, Stefano Reale

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 24, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008465

Real-time dengue forecast for outbreak alerts in Southern Taiwan

Yu-Chieh Cheng, Fang-Jing Lee, Ya-Ting Hsu, Eric V. Slud, Chao A. Hsiung, Chun-Hong Chen, Ching-Len Liao, Tzai-Hung Wen, Chiu-Wen Chang, Jui-Hun Chang, Hsiao-Yu Wu, Te-Pin Chang, Pei-Sheng Lin, Hui-Pin Ho, Wen-Feng Hung, Jing-Dong Chou, Hsiao-Hui Tsou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008434

Occurrence of multiple genotype infection caused by Leishmania infantum in naturally infected dogs

Elisa Cupolillo, Amanda S. Cavalcanti, Gabriel Eduardo Melim Ferreira, Mariana Côrtes Boité, Fernanda Nazaré Morgado, Renato Porrozzi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007986

Health services uptake among nomadic pastoralist populations in Africa: A systematic review of the literature

Victoria M. Gammino, Michael R. Diaz, Sarah W. Pallas, Abigail R. Greenleaf, Molly R. Kurnit

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008474

Gene design, optimization of protein expression and preliminary evaluation of a new chimeric protein for the serological diagnosis of both human and canine visceral leishmaniasis

Wagner J. T. Santos, Diego H. C. Tavares, Artur L. Castro Neto, Marília B. Nascimento, Rafael Dhalia, Alessandra L. Albuquerque, Carlos H. N. Costa, Franklin B. Magalhães, Antônio M. Rezende, Osvaldo P. de Melo Neto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008488

Non-invasive monitoring of drug action: A new live in vitro assay design for Chagas’ disease drug discovery

Anna F. Fesser, Olivier Braissant, Francisco Olmo, John M. Kelly, Pascal Mäser, Marcel Kaiser

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008487

Screening of insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti populations collected from parishes in Eastern Jamaica

Sheena Francis, Towanna Campbell, Sashell McKenzie, Danisha Wright, Jervis Crawford, Trevann Hamilton, Sherine Huntley-Jones, Simone Spence, Allison Belemvire, Kristen Alavi, Carolina Torres Gutierrez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008490

The macrophage microtubule network acts as a key cellular controller of the intracellular fate of Leishmania infantum

Sandrine Cojean, Valérie Nicolas, Vanessa Lievin-Le Moal

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008396

Measuring health related quality of life for dengue patients in Iquitos, Peru

William H. Elson, Amy R. Riley-Powell, Amy C. Morrison, Esther E. Gotlieb, Erik J. Groessl, Jhonny J. Cordova, J. Esther Rios, W. Lorena Quiroz, Alfonso S. Vizcarra, Robert C. Reiner, Christopher M. Barker, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Thomas W. Scott, Alan L. Rothman, John P. Elder, Valerie A. Paz-Soldan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 28, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008477

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus infection during pregnancy in C57/BL6 mice causes fetal damage

Rui Chen, Zeng-qiang Kou, Xiao-rui Wang, Shu-han Li, Hai-lu Zhang, Zi-wei Liu, Dong Cheng, Zhi-yu Wang, Xue-Jie Yu, Hong-ling Wen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 30, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008453

Cloning and functional complementation of ten Schistosoma mansoni phosphodiesterases expressed in the mammalian host stages

Jane C. Munday, Stefan Kunz, Titilola D. Kalejaiye, Marco Siderius, Susanne Schroeder, Daniel Paape, Ali H. Alghamdi, Zainab Abbasi, Sheng Xiang Huang, Anne-Marie Donachie, Samia William, Abdel Nasser Sabra, Geert Jan Sterk, Sanaa S. Botros, David G. Brown, Charles S. Hoffman, Rob Leurs, Harry P. de Koning

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 30, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008447

A new diagnostic strategy which uses a luminol-H₂O₂ system to detect helminth eggs in fecal sediments processed by the Helmintex method

Vivian Favero, Carolina De Marco Veríssimo, Angela R. Piovesan, Alessandra L. Morassutti, André A. Souto, Hélio R. Bittencourt, Vanessa F. Pascoal, Catieli G. Lindholz, Malcolm K. Jones, Renata P. Souza, Francine De Vargas Rigo, Célia R. Carlini, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 30, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008500

Quantifying and preventing Plasmodium vivax recurrences in primaquine-untreated pregnant women: An observational and modeling study in Brazil

Rodrigo M. Corder, Antonio C. P. de Lima, David S. Khoury, Steffen S. Docken, Miles P. Davenport, Marcelo U. Ferreira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 31, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008526

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Correction: Plague in Zimbabwe from 1974 to 2018: A review article

Amon Munyenyiwa, Moses Zimba, Tamuka Nhiwatiwa, Maxwell Barson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 10, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008522

Plague in Zimbabwe from 1974 to 2018: A review article

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2020 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008441

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