More than 700,000 people are currently displaced in Cabo Delgado province due to organised armed group attacks. This displacement severely affected the access of internally displaced person to essential healthcare exacerbating the vulnerability to infectious diseases. Badia-Rius et al, 2024.
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Urgent administration of antivenom following proven krait bites in Southeast Asia irrespective of neurotoxic symptoms
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Biased virus transmission following sequential coinfection of Aedes aegypti with dengue and Zika viruses
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 1, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012053
Venom diversity in Naja mossambica: Insights from proteomic and immunochemical analyses reveal intraspecific differences
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 1, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012057
Impact of Strongyloides stercoralis infection on complement activation in Type 2 diabetes mellitus: Insights from a clinical and anthelmintic intervention study
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 2, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012048
Domestic dogs in indigenous Amazonian communities: Key players in Leptospira cycling and transmission?
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011671
Comparative proteomic analysis of the hemolymph and salivary glands of Rhodnius prolixus and R. colombiensis reveals candidates associated with differential lytic activity against Trypanosoma cruzi Dm28c and T. cruzi Y
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011452
Amoxicillin/clavulanate in combination with rifampicin/clarithromycin is bactericidal against Mycobacterium ulcerans
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011867
Knowledge-attitude and practice of Anthrax and brucellosis: Implications for zoonotic disease surveillance and control in pastoral communities of Afar and Somali region, Ethiopia
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012067
Snakebite envenoming: A systematic review and meta-analysis of global morbidity and mortality
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012080
Programmatic considerations and evidence gaps for chikungunya vaccine introduction in countries at risk of chikungunya outbreaks: Stakeholder analysis
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012075
Citizens can help to map putative transmission sites for snail-borne diseases
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012062
Serological diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth (Ascaris, Trichuris and hookworm) infections: A scoping review
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012049
Transcriptional signatures in human macrophage-like cells infected by Leishmania infantum, Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 5, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012085
Protoplast-mediated transformation of Madurella mycetomatis using hygromycin resistance as a selection marker
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 5, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012092
Severe leptospirosis in tropical and non-tropical areas: A comparison of two french, multicentre, retrospective cohorts
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012084
Diagnostic accuracy of DPP Fever Panel II Asia tests for tropical fever diagnosis
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012077
Assessing and managing the risk of Aedes mosquito introductions via the global maritime trade network
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012110
Comparison of two approaches to measuring clean faces as part of the facial cleanliness component of the SAFE trachoma elimination strategy
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012090
Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminth infections with digital mobile microscopy and artificial intelligence in a resource-limited setting
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 11, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012041
Helminth exposure and immune response to the two-dose heterologous Ad26.ZEBOV, MVA-BN-Filo Ebola vaccine regimen
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 11, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011500
Endemic status of urogenital schistosomiasis and the efficacy of a single-dose praziquantel treatment in unmapped rural farming communities in Oyo East Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 15, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012101
Ginkgo biloba attenuated detrimental inflammatory and oxidative events due to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in mice treated with melarsoprol
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 15, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012103
Extant interspecific hybridization among trematodes within the Schistosoma haematobium species complex in Nigeria
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 15, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011472
The elimination of human African trypanosomiasis: Monitoring progress towards the 2021–2030 WHO road map targets
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012111
Machine learning for predicting Chagas disease infection in rural areas of Brazil
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012026
Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) drug efficacy study landscape: A systematic scoping review of clinical trials and observational studies to assess the feasibility of establishing an individual participant-level data (IPD) platform
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011635
Local amphotericin B therapy for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A systematic review
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012127
Schistosome infection among pregnant women in the rural highlands of Madagascar: A cross-sectional study calling for public health interventions in vulnerable populations
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011766
Modelled impact of Tiny Targets on the distribution and abundance of riverine tsetse
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011578
Association of liver function and prognosis in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012068
Effect of fasting plasma glucose level in severe fever and thrombocytopenia syndrome patients without diabetes
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012125
Dengue vector control in high-income, city settings: A scoping review of approaches and methods
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 17, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012081
The Vicious Worm education tool improves the knowledge of community health workers on Taenia solium cysticercosis in Rwanda
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 17, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012140
Predominance of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhi genotype 4.3.1 with low-level ciprofloxacin resistance in Zanzibar
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 17, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012132
Global seroprevalence of Zika virus in asymptomatic individuals: A systematic review
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 17, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011842
Edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) for real-time automatic quantification of filariasis in mobile microscopy
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 17, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012117
Perceived needs of disease vector control programs: A review and synthesis of (sub)national assessments from South Asia and the Middle East
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 17, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011451
Design, development, and validation of multi-epitope proteins for serological diagnosis of Zika virus infections and discrimination from dengue virus seropositivity
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 18, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012100
Bayesian modeling of post-vaccination serological data suggests that yearly vaccination of dog aged <2 years old is efficient to stop rabies circulation in Cambodia
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 18, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012089
Impact of conflict on the elimination targets of lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 18, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012119
Leishmania blood parasite dynamics during and after treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in Eastern Africa: A pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 19, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012078
Live-attenuated CHIKV vaccine with rearranged genome replicates in vitro and induces immune response in mice
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 22, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012120
Development of a non-infectious control for viral hemorrhagic fever PCR assays
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 22, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011390
A point-of-care testing assay for clonorchiasis using a EuNPs-CsTR1 fluorescent probe-based immunoassay
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 24, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012107
Sampling is decisive to determination of Leishmania (Viannia) species
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 25, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012113
Spatio-temporal distribution of hospitalizations for chronic Chagas disease and risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality and surgical intervention in Chile
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 25, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012124
Climate-driven models of leptospirosis dynamics in tropical islands from three oceanic basins
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 25, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011717
Unravelling Chlamydia trachomatis diversity in Amhara, Ethiopia: MLVA-ompA sequencing as a molecular typing tool for trachoma
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 25, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012143
Successful treatment of recurrent visceral leishmaniasis relapse in an immunocompetent adult female with functional hypopituitarism in Bangladesh
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012134
Phenotypic and functional characteristics of monocyte subsets in the blood and bone marrow of Indian subjects with Visceral Leishmaniasis
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012112
Progress towards elimination of onchocerciasis in the Region du Sud-Ouest of Burkina Faso which was previously subject to a recrudescence event after vector control
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 29, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012118
Stigma experiences, effects and coping among individuals affected by Buruli ulcer and yaws in Ghana
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 29, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012093
Measuring effects of ivermectin-treated cattle on potential malaria vectors in Vietnam: A cluster-randomized trial
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 29, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012014
Tick species diversity and potential distribution alternation of dominant ticks under different climate scenarios in Xinjiang, China
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 29, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012108
Behaviour and distribution of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and their relation to dengue incidence in two transmission hotspots in coastal Ecuador
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 29, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010932
Projection of dengue fever transmissibility under climate change in South and Southeast Asian countries
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 29, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012158
Cholera and diarrheal diseases in Cuamba District, Niassa Province, Mozambique: Systematic healthcare facility-based surveillance strengthening, characteristics of suspected cholera and diarrheal patients, and incidence of diarrheal diseases
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published April 30, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011843