Science tikkun: A framework embracing the right of access to innovation and translational medicine on a global scale

Peter J. Hotez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007117

Cholera prevention and control in refugee settings: Successes and continued challenges

Kerry Shannon, Marisa Hast, Andrew S. Azman, Dominique Legros, Heather McKay, Justin Lessler

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007347

The European Medicines Agency’s scientific opinion on oral fexinidazole for human African trypanosomiasis

Eric Pelfrene, Martin Harvey Allchurch, Nsengi Ntamabyaliro, Victoria Nambasa, Fátima V. Ventura, Nithyanandan Nagercoil, Marco Cavaleri

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 27, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007381

Towards harmonisation of entomological surveillance in the Mediterranean area

Frédéric Jourdain, Abdallah M. Samy, Afrim Hamidi, Ali Bouattour, Bülent Alten, Chafika Faraj, David Roiz, Dušan Petrić, Elisa Pérez-Ramírez, Enkeledja Velo, Filiz Günay, Golubinka Bosevska, Ibrahim Salem, Igor Pajovic, Jelena Marić, Khalil Kanani, Lusine Paronyan, Maria-Grazia Dente, Marie Picard, Marija Zgomba, M'hammed Sarih, Nabil Haddad, Oleksandr Gaidash, Roena Sukhiasvili, Silvia Declich, Taher Shaibi, Tatiana Sulesco, Zoubir Harrat, Vincent Robert

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 13, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007314

Molecular evidence of sequential evolution of DDT- and pyrethroid-resistant sodium channel in Aedes aegypti

Mengli Chen, Yuzhe Du, Shaoying Wu, Yoshiko Nomura, Guonian Zhu, Boris S. Zhorov, Ke Dong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 3, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007432

Asymptomatic immune responders to Leishmania among HIV positive patients

Laura Botana, Ana Victoria Ibarra-Meneses, Carmen Sánchez, Alicia Castro, Juan Victor San Martin, Laura Molina, Jose Manuel Ruiz-Giardin, Eugenia Carrillo, Javier Moreno

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 3, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007461

Plasmodium knowlesi as a model system for characterising Plasmodium vivax drug resistance candidate genes

Lisa H. Verzier, Rachael Coyle, Shivani Singh, Theo Sanderson, Julian C. Rayner

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 3, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007470

Field diagnosis and genotyping of chikungunya virus using a dried reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay and MinION sequencing

Kyoko Hayashida, Yasuko Orba, Patricia C. Sequeira, Chihiro Sugimoto, William W. Hall, Yuki Eshita, Yutaka Suzuki, Lucky Runtuwene, Patricia Brasil, Guilherme Calvet, Cintia D. S. Rodrigues, Carolina C. dos Santos, Maria A. M. Mares-Guia, Junya Yamagishi, Ana M. B. de Filippis, Hirofumi Sawa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 3, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007480

The diversity, evolution and ecology of Salmonella in venomous snakes

Caisey V. Pulford, Nicolas Wenner, Martha L. Redway, Ella V. Rodwell, Hermione J. Webster, Roberta Escudero, Carsten Kröger, Rocío Canals, Will Rowe, Javier Lopez, Neil Hall, Paul D. Rowley, Dorina Timofte, Robert A. Harrison, Kate S. Baker, Jay C. D. Hinton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 4, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007169

Clinical and epidemiological features of paracoccidioidomycosis due to Paracoccidioides lutzii

Rosane Christine Hahn, Anderson Messias Rodrigues, Paula Portella Della Terra, Andréia Ferreira Nery, Hugo Dias Hoffmann-Santos, Hellen Meira Góis, Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes, Zoilo Pires de Camargo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 4, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007437

Antifungal activity of two oxadiazole compounds for the paracoccidioidomycosis treatment

Franciele Abigail Vilugron Rodrigues-Vendramini, Daniella Renata Faria, Glaucia Sayuri Arita, Isis Regina Grenier Capoci, Karina Mayumi Sakita, Silvana Martins Caparroz-Assef, Tania Cristina Alexandrino Becker, Patrícia de Souza Bonfim-Mendonça, Maria Sueli Felipe, Terezinha Inez Estivalet Svidzinski, Bernard Maigret, Érika Seki Kioshima

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 4, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007441

On lifestyle trends, health and mosquitoes: Formulating welfare levels for control of the Asian tiger mosquito in Greece

Antonios Kolimenakis, Kostas Bithas, Dionysis Latinopoulos, Clive Richardson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 4, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007467

Modelling the impact of a Schistosoma mansoni vaccine and mass drug administration to achieve morbidity control and transmission elimination

Klodeta Kura, James E. Truscott, Jaspreet Toor, Roy M. Anderson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007349

Aedes aegypti microRNA, miR-2944b-5p interacts with 3'UTR of chikungunya virus and cellular target vps-13 to regulate viral replication

Sunil Kumar Dubey, Jatin Shrinet, Sujatha Sunil

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007429

Linear growth in preschool children treated with mass azithromycin distributions for trachoma: A cluster-randomized trial

Jeremy D. Keenan, Sintayehu Gebresillasie, Nicole E. Stoller, Berhan A. Haile, Zerihun Tadesse, Sun Y. Cotter, Kathryn J. Ray, Kristen Aiemjoy, Travis C. Porco, E. Kelly Callahan, Paul M. Emerson, Thomas M. Lietman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007442

Peripheral immune response in the African green monkey model following Nipah-Malaysia virus exposure by intermediate-size particle aerosol

Abigail Lara, Yu Cong, Peter B. Jahrling, Mark Mednikov, Elena Postnikova, Shuiqing Yu, Vincent Munster, Michael R. Holbrook

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 5, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007454

Genetic changes associated with the temporal shift in invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars in Bamako Mali

Kristin Bornstein, Sharon M. Tennant, Tracy H. Hazen, John D. Sorkin, Milagritos D. Tapia, Samba O. Sow, Uma Onwuchekwa, Myron M. Levine, David A. Rasko

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007297

Identification of divergent Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis ecotypes derived from a geographically restricted area through whole genome analysis

Bruna S. L. Figueiredo de Sá, Antonio M. Rezende, Osvaldo P. de Melo Neto, Maria Edileuza F. de Brito, Sinval P. Brandão Filho

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007382

Increased growth ability and pathogenicity of American- and Pacific-subtype Zika virus (ZIKV) strains compared with a Southeast Asian-subtype ZIKV strain

Yasuhiro Kawai, Eri Nakayama, Kenta Takahashi, Satoshi Taniguchi, Ken-ichi Shibasaki, Fumihiro Kato, Takahiro Maeki, Tadaki Suzuki, Shigeru Tajima, Masayuki Saijo, Chang-Kweng Lim

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007387

Regulatory T cells and IgE expression in duodenal mucosa of Strongyloides stercoralis and human T lymphotropic virus type 1 co-infected patients

Luis Malpica, A. Clinton White Jr., Cristina Leguia, Natalia Freundt, Nicolas Barros, Cesar Chian, E. Antonio Antunez, Martin Montes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007415

Disruption of the NlpD lipoprotein of the plague pathogen Yersinia pestis affects iron acquisition and the activity of the twin-arginine translocation system

Avital Tidhar, Yinon Levy, Ayelet Zauberman, Yaron Vagima, David Gur, Moshe Aftalion, Ofir Israeli, Theodor Chitlaru, Naomi Ariel, Yehuda Flashner, Anat Zvi, Emanuelle Mamroud

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007449

A single-dose ChAdOx1-vectored vaccine provides complete protection against Nipah Bangladesh and Malaysia in Syrian golden hamsters

Neeltje van Doremalen, Teresa Lambe, Sarah Sebastian, Trenton Bushmaker, Robert Fischer, Friederike Feldmann, Elaine Haddock, Michael Letko, Victoria A. Avanzato, Ilona Rissanen, Rachel LaCasse, Dana Scott, Thomas A. Bowden, Sarah Gilbert, Vincent Munster

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007462

Host species and site of collection shape the microbiota of Rift Valley fever vectors in Kenya

David P. Tchouassi, Ephantus J. Muturi, Samwel O. Arum, Chang-Hyun Kim, Christopher J. Fields, Baldwyn Torto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 7, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007361

A meta-analysis of infection rates of Schistosoma japonicum in sentinel mice associated with infectious waters in mainland China over last 40 years

Chen Qiu, Hui-Ying Zou, Yao Deng, You-sheng Liang, Da-Bing Lu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 7, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007475

A novel integrated molecular and serological analysis method to predict new cases of leprosy amongst household contacts

Rafael Silva Gama, Márcio Luís Moreira de Souza, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Milton Ozório de Moraes, Aline Gonçalves, Mariane M. A. Stefani, Raúl Marcel González Garcia, Lucia Alves de Oliveira Fraga

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 10, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007400

Pregnancy outcomes and mother-to-child transmission rate in HTLV-1/2 infected women attending two public hospitals in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro

Danielle Bittencourt Sodré Barmpas, Denise Leite Maia Monteiro, Stella Regina Taquette, Nádia Cristina Pinheiro Rodrigues, Alexandre José Baptista Trajano, Juliana de Castro Cunha, Camila Lattanzi Nunes, Lucia Helena Cavalheiro Villela, Sérgio A. M. Teixeira, Denise Cardoso das Neves Sztajnbok, Márcio Neves Bóia

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 10, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007404

Seasonal and geographic variation in insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti in southern Ecuador

Sadie J. Ryan, Stephanie J. Mundis, Alex Aguirre, Catherine A. Lippi, Efraín Beltrán, Froilán Heras, Valeria Sanchez, Mercy J. Borbor-Cordova, Rachel Sippy, Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra, Marco Neira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 10, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007448

Zebra skin odor repels the savannah tsetse fly, Glossina pallidipes (Diptera: Glossinidae)

Olabimpe Y. Olaide, David P. Tchouassi, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Christian W. W. Pirk, Daniel K. Masiga, Rajinder K. Saini, Baldwyn Torto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 10, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007460

Maternal, placental and cord blood cytokines and the risk of adverse birth outcomes among pregnant women infected with Schistosoma japonicum in the Philippines

Ajibola I. Abioye, Emily A. McDonald, Sangshin Park, Ayush Joshi, Jonathan D. Kurtis, Hannah Wu, Sunthorn Pond-Tor, Surendra Sharma, Jan Ernerudh, Palmera Baltazar, Luz P. Acosta, Remigio M. Olveda, Veronica Tallo, Jennifer F. Friedman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 12, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007371

Associated-risk determinants for anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis treated with meglumine antimoniate: A cohort study in Iran

Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian, Iraj Sharifi, Behnaz Aflatoonian, Mehdi Bamorovat, Amireh Heshmatkhah, Zahra Babaei, Pooya Ghasemi Nejad Almani, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi, Ehsan Salarkia, Abbas Aghaei Afshar, Hamid Sharifi, Fatemeh Sharifi, Ahmad Khosravi, Mehrdad Khatami, Nasir Arefinia, Alireza Fekri, Saeideh Farajzadeh, Ali Khamesipour, Mehdi Mohebali, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Mohammad Reza Shirzadi, Rajender S. Varma

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 12, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007423

Vector competence of Aedes aegypti for different strains of Zika virus in Argentina

Melisa Berenice Bonica, Silvina Goenaga, María Laura Martin, Mariel Feroci, Victoria Luppo, Evangelina Muttis, Cintia Fabbri, María Alejandra Morales, Delia Enria, María Victoria Micieli, Silvana Levis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 12, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007433

Outcomes of Third-Generation Cephalosporin Plus Ciprofloxacin or Doxycycline Therapy in Patients with Vibrio vulnificus Septicemia: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis

Seong Eun Kim, Sung Un Shin, Tae Hoon Oh, Uh Jin Kim, Kalifa Sanneh Darboe, Seung-Ji Kang, Hee-Chang Jang, Sook-In Jung, Hee-Young Shin, Kyung-Hwa Park

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 12, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007478

Estimating undetected Ebola spillovers

Emma E. Glennon, Freya L. Jephcott, Olivier Restif, James L. N. Wood

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 13, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007428

Home improvement and system-based health promotion for sustainable prevention of Chagas disease: A qualitative study

Claudia Nieto-Sanchez, Benjamin R. Bates, Darwin Guerrero, Sylvia Jimenez, Esteban G. Baus, Koen Peeters Grietens, Mario J. Grijalva

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 13, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007472

B1 cells protect against Schistosoma japonicum–induced liver inflammation and fibrosis by controlling monocyte infiltration

Liang Yong, Yuanyuan Tang, Cuiping Ren, Miao Liu, Jijia Shen, Xin Hou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 13, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007474

Prevalence of trachoma within refugee camps serving South Sudanese refugees in White Nile State, Sudan: Results from population-based surveys

Angelia M. Sanders, Zeinab Abdalla, Belgesa E. Elshafie, Andrew W. Nute, Elizabeth F. Long, Nabil Aziz, Paul Weiss, E. Kelly Callahan, Scott D. Nash

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 13, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007491

Downgrading disease transmission risk estimates using terminal importations

Spencer J. Fox, Steven E. Bellan, T. Alex Perkins, Michael A. Johansson, Lauren Ancel Meyers

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 14, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007395

Identification of Burkholderia thailandensis with novel genotypes in the soil of central Sierra Leone

Emma Birnie, Senne van ’t Hof, Anne Bijnsdorp, Yembeh Mansaray, Erdi Huizenga, Arie van der Ende, Floor Hugenholtz, Martin P. Grobusch, W. Joost Wiersinga

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 14, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007402

Development and validation of a multiplexed-tandem qPCR tool for diagnostics of human soil-transmitted helminth infections

Katharina Stracke, Naomi Clarke, Camille V. Awburn, Susana Vaz Nery, Virak Khieu, Rebecca J. Traub, Aaron R. Jex

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007363

Identification of high-risk habitats of Oncomelania hupensis, the intermediate host of schistosoma japonium in the Poyang Lake region, China: A spatial and ecological analysis

Congcong Xia, Yi Hu, Michael P. Ward, Henry Lynn, Si Li, Jun Zhang, Jian Hu, Shuang Xiao, Chengfang Lu, Shizhu Li, Ying Liu, Zhijie Zhang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007386

Giardia lamblia miRNAs as a new diagnostic tool for human giardiasis

Tal Meningher, Daniel Boleslavsky, Iris Barshack, Hila Tabibian-Keissar, Refael Kohen, Devorah Gur-Wahnon, Iddo Z. Ben-Dov, Yechezkel Sidi, Dror Avni, Eli Schwartz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007398

Refinement strategy for antivenom preparation of high yield and quality

Tihana Kurtović, Maja Lang Balija, Marija Brgles, Dora Sviben, Monika Tunjić, Hrvoje Cajner, Martina Marchetti-Deschmann, Günter Allmaier, Beata Halassy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007431

The extent, nature, and pathogenic consequences of helminth polyparasitism in humans: A meta-analysis

Rose E. Donohue, Zoë K. Cross, Edwin Michael

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 18, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007455

A biosafety level-2 dose-dependent lethal mouse model of spotted fever rickettsiosis: Rickettsia parkeri Atlantic Rainforest strain

Andrés F. Londoño, Nicole L. Mendell, David H. Walker, Donald H. Bouyer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007054

Potential animal reservoirs (dogs and bats) of human visceral leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in French Guiana

Hacène Medkour, Bernard Davoust, François Dulieu, Laurent Maurizi, Thierry Lamour, Jean-Lou Marié, Oleg Mediannikov

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007456

Identification of positively selected genes in human pathogenic treponemes: Syphilis-, yaws-, and bejel-causing strains differ in sets of genes showing adaptive evolution

Denisa Maděránková, Lenka Mikalová, Michal Strouhal, Šimon Vadják, Ivana Kuklová, Petra Pospíšilová, Lenka Krbková, Pavlína Koščová, Ivo Provazník, David Šmajs

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007463

Amazonian Phlebovirus (Bunyaviridae) potentiates the infection of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis: Role of the PKR/IFN1/IL-10 axis

Carolina Torturella Rath, Laila Castro Schnellrath, Clarissa R. Damaso, Luciana Barros de Arruda, Pedro Fernando da Costa Vasconcelos, Claudia Gomes, Marcia Dalastra Laurenti, Teresa Cristina Calegari Silva, Áislan de Carvalho Vivarini, Nicolas Fasel, Renata Meirelles Santos Pereira, Ulisses Gazos Lopes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007500

Comparative performance of lateral flow immunochromatography, iELISA and Rose Bengal tests for the diagnosis of cattle, sheep, goat and swine brucellosis

Amahyel M. Gusi, Wilson J. Bertu, M. Jesús de Miguel, Lucía Dieste-Pérez, Henk L. Smits, Reuben A. Ocholi, José M. Blasco, Ignacio Moriyón, Pilar M. Muñoz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 19, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007509

Strongyloides stercoralis: Spatial distribution of a highly prevalent and ubiquitous soil-transmitted helminth in Cambodia

Armelle Forrer, Virak Khieu, Penelope Vounatsou, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Sirowan Ruantip, Rekol Huy, Sinuon Muth, Peter Odermatt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006943

"Those who died are the ones that are cured". Walking the political tightrope of Nodding Syndrome in northern Uganda: Emerging challenges for research and policy

Julia Irani, Joseph Rujumba, Amos Deogratius Mwaka, Jesca Arach, Denis Lanyuru, Richard Idro, Rene Gerrets, Koen Peeters Grietens, Sarah O’Neill

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007344

Emergence of phylogenetically diverse and fluoroquinolone resistant Salmonella Enteritidis as a cause of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella disease in Ghana

Cassandra Aldrich, Hassan Hartman, Nicholas Feasey, Marie Anne Chattaway, Denise Dekker, Hassan M. Al-Emran, Lesley Larkin, Jacquelyn McCormick, Nimako Sarpong, Simon Le Hello, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Ursula Panzner, Se Eun Park, Justin Im, Florian Marks, Jürgen May, Timothy J. Dallman, Daniel Eibach

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007485

Further insight into the geographic distribution of Leishmania species in Peru by cytochrome b and mannose phosphate isomerase gene analyses

Hirotomo Kato, Abraham G. Cáceres, Chisato Seki, Carmen Rosa Silupu García, Carlos Holguín Mauricci, Salvadora Concepción Castro Martínez, Dafne Moreno Paico, Josefa Leila Castro Muniz, Lucinda Doriz Troyes Rivera, Zoila Isabel Villegas Briones, Silvia Guerrero Quincho, Guísela Lucy Sulca Jayo, Edwin Tineo Villafuerte, Carlos Manrique de Lara Estrada, Fernando Rafael Arias, Fredy Santiago Passara, Nancy Ruelas Llerena, Makoto Kubo, Ahmed Tabbabi, Daisuke S. Yamamoto, Yoshihisa Hashiguchi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007496

The inappropriate use of antibiotics in hospitalized dengue virus-infected children with presumed concurrent bacterial infection in teaching and private hospitals in Bandung, Indonesia

Riyadi Adrizain, Djatnika Setiabudi, Alex Chairulfatah

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007438

Assessing dengue control in Tokyo, 2014

Baoyin Yuan, Hyojung Lee, Hiroshi Nishiura

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007468

Functional illiteracy burden in soil-transmitted helminth (STH) endemic regions of the Philippines: An ecological study and geographical prediction for 2017

Kei Owada, Mark Nielsen, Colleen L. Lau, Laith Yakob, Archie C. A. Clements, Lydia Leonardo, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007494

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Accurate diagnosis of lesions suspected of being caused by Taenia solium in body organs of pigs with naturally acquired porcine cysticercosis

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The effectiveness of inspections on reported mosquito larval habitats in households: A case-control study

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