Scabies-infested pregnant women: A critical therapeutic challenge

Amandine Weill, Charlotte Bernigaud, Mourad Mokni, Sophie Gil, Elisabeth Elefant, Olivier Chosidow

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 7, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008929

Tracing the source of infection of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, neglected parasitic infections with long latency: The shaky road of “evidence” gathering

Adriano Casulli, Francesca Tamarozzi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009009

COVID-19, leprosy, and neutrophils

Veronica Schmitz, Jéssica Brandão dos Santos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 7, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009019

Skin maculae, chronic diarrhea, cachexia, and splenomegaly—Late presentation of the first autochthonous case of visceral leishmaniasis in Tanzania

Oliver Henke, Priscus John Mapendo, Alex Mremi, Lilian Gasper Mmbaga, Angela Elisha Pallangyo, Thomas Harbaum, Elifuraha Mkwizu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008925

Zinc against COVID-19? Symptom surveillance and deficiency risk groups

Marcin P. Joachimiak

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008895

Onchocerca volvulus and epilepsy: A comprehensive review using the Bradford Hill criteria for causation

Robert Colebunders, Alfred K. Njamnshi, Sonia Menon, Charles R. Newton, An Hotterbeekx, Pierre-Marie Preux, Adrian Hopkins, Michel Vaillant, Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 7, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008965

Sero-prevalence of brucellosis, Q-fever and Rift Valley fever in humans and livestock in Somali Region, Ethiopia

Mohammed Ibrahim, Esther Schelling, Jakob Zinsstag, Jan Hattendorf, Emawayish Andargie, Rea Tschopp

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008100

Malaria in Southern Venezuela: The hottest hotspot in Latin America

Maria Eugenia Grillet, Jorge E. Moreno, Juan V. Hernández-Villena, Maria F. Vincenti-González, Oscar Noya, Adriana Tami, Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi, Martin Llewellyn, Rachel Lowe, Ananías A. Escalante, Jan E. Conn

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008211

Tsetse blood-meal sources, endosymbionts and trypanosome-associations in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, a wildlife-human-livestock interface

Edward Edmond Makhulu, Jandouwe Villinger, Vincent Owino Adunga, Maamun M. Jeneby, Edwin Murungi Kimathi, Enock Mararo, Joseph Wang’ang’a Oundo, Ali Abdulahi Musa, Lillian Wambua

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008267

Genome-wide identification of Aedes albopictus long noncoding RNAs and their association with dengue and Zika virus infection

Azali Azlan, Sattam M. Obeidat, Kumitaa Theva Das, Muhammad Amir Yunus, Ghows Azzam

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008351

A descriptive study of zoonotic disease risk at the human-wildlife interface in a biodiversity hot spot in South Western Uganda

Shamilah Namusisi, Michael Mahero, Dominic Travis, Katherine Pelican, Cheryl Robertson, Lawrence Mugisha

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008633

Health professionals' overestimation of knowledge on snakebite management, a threat to the survival of snakebite victims—A cross-sectional study in Ghana

Evans Paul Kwame Ameade, Isaac Bonney, Evans Twumasi Boateng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008756

Transcriptional and immunological analysis of the putative outer membrane protein and vaccine candidate TprL of Treponema pallidum

Austin M. Haynes, Mark Fernandez, Emily Romeis, Oriol Mitjà, Kelika A. Konda, Silver K. Vargas, Maria Eguiluz, Carlos F. Caceres, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Lorenzo Giacani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008812

Tumor Necrosis Factor and Schistosoma mansoni egg antigen omega-1 shape distinct aspects of the early egg-induced granulomatous response

Kevin K. Takaki, Francisco J. Roca, Gabriele Schramm, Ruud H. P. Wilbers, Wannaporn Ittiprasert, Paul J. Brindley, Gabriel Rinaldi, Matthew Berriman, Lalita Ramakrishnan, Antonio J. Pagán

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008814

Effectiveness of school-based preventive chemotherapy strategies for sustaining the control of schistosomiasis in Côte d’Ivoire: Results of a 5-year cluster randomized trial

Mamadou Ouattara, Nana R. Diakité, Patrick K. Yao, Jasmina Saric, Jean T. Coulibaly, Rufin K. Assaré, Fidèle K. Bassa, Naférima Koné, Négnorogo Guindo-Coulibaly, Jan Hattendorf, Jürg Utzinger, Eliézer K. N’Goran

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008845

Status and forecast of leprosy in the still endemic province of Formosa in northern Argentina

María R. Arnaiz, Mónica S. Iglesias, José I. Franco, Lucila Arzamendia, María S. Santini, Hugo C. Recalde

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 5, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008881

Extracellular vesicles released from the filarial parasite Brugia malayi downregulate the host mTOR pathway

Alessandra Ricciardi, Sasisekhar Bennuru, Sameha Tariq, Sukhbir Kaur, Weiwei Wu, Abdel G. Elkahloun, Anush Arakelyan, Jahangheer Shaik, David W. Dorward, Thomas B. Nutman, Roshanak Tolouei Semnani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 7, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008884

High endemicity of alveolar echinococcosis in Yili Prefecture, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, the People’s Republic of China: Infection status in different ethnic communities and in small mammals

Baoping Guo, Zhuangzhi Zhang, Yongzhong Guo, Gang Guo, Haiyan Wang, Jianjun Ma, Ronggui Chen, Xueting Zheng, Jianling Bao, Li He, Tian Wang, Wenjing Qi, Mengxiao Tian, Junwei Wang, Canlin Zhou, Patrick Giraudoux, Christopher G. Marston, Donald P. McManus, Wenbao Zhang, Jun Li

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008891

Adverse fetal and neonatal outcomes in pregnancies with confirmed Zika Virus infection in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A cohort study

Juliana P. Souza, Maria Dalva B. B. Méio, Laura Medeiros de Andrade, Mirza R. Figueiredo, Saint Clair Gomes Junior, Jose Paulo Pereira Junior, Elizabeth Brickley, Maria Elisabeth Lopes Moreira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008893

Evaluation of conventional and four real-time PCR methods for the detection of Leishmania on field-collected samples in Ethiopia

Behailu Merdekios, Myrthe Pareyn, Dagimawie Tadesse, Nigatu Eligo, Mekibib Kassa, Bart K. M. Jacobs, Herwig Leirs, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Johan van Griensven, Guy Caljon, Lieselotte Cnops

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008903

Prospective, historically controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new paediatric formulation of nifurtimox in children aged 0 to 17 years with Chagas disease one year after treatment (CHICO)

Jaime Altcheh, Luis Castro, Juan C. Dib, Ulrike Grossmann, Erya Huang, Guillermo Moscatelli, Jimy José Pinto Rocha, Teresa Estela Ramírez, on behalf of the CHICO Study Group

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 7, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008912

Aedes aegypti post-emergence transcriptome: Unveiling the molecular basis for the hematophagic and gonotrophic capacitation

Stephanie S. de Carvalho, Cynara M. Rodovalho, Alessandro Gaviraghi, Maria Beatriz S. Mota, Willy Jablonka, Carlúcio Rocha-Santos, Rodrigo D. Nunes, Thayane da Encarnação Sá-Guimarães, Daniele S. Oliveira, Ana C. A. Melo, Monica F. Moreira, Patrícia Fampa, Marcus F. Oliveira, Mario Alberto C. da Silva-Neto, Rafael D. Mesquita, Georgia C. Atella

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008915

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 transmission dynamics in rural villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with high nonhuman primate exposure

Megan Halbrook, Adva Gadoth, Anupama Shankar, HaoQiang Zheng, Ellsworth M. Campbell, Nicole A. Hoff, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Emile Okitolonda Wemakoy, Anne W. Rimoin, William M. Switzer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008923

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The Mbam drainage system and onchocerciasis transmission post ivermectin mass drug administration (MDA) campaign, Cameroon

Raphael Awah Abong, Glory Ngongeh Amambo, Ali Ahamat Hamid, Belinda Agbor Enow, Amuam Andrew Beng, Franck Noel Nietcho, Theobald Mue Nji, Abdel Jelil Njouendou, Manuel Ritter, Mathias Eyong Esum, Kebede Deribe, Jerome Fru Cho, Fanny Fri Fombad, Peter Ivo Enyong, Catherine Poole, Kenneth Pfarr, Achim Hoerauf, Clotilde Carlow, Samuel Wanji

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008926

Dual RNAseq analyses at soma and germline levels reveal evolutionary innovations in the elephantiasis-agent Brugia malayi, and adaptation of its Wolbachia endosymbionts

Germain Chevignon, Vincent Foray, Mercedes Maria Pérez-Jiménez, Silvia Libro, Matthew Chung, Jeremy M. Foster, Frédéric Landmann

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008935

Temporal-spatial distribution characteristics of leprosy: A new challenge for leprosy prevention and control in Zhejiang, China

Limei Wu, Yunliang Shen, Qiang Yao, Xudong Sang, Lijuan Fei, Wenming Kong, Ye Huang, Yanmin Wang, Fanrong Zeng, Na Du

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 7, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008956

Epidemiological, socio-demographic and clinical features of the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ecuador

Esteban Ortiz-Prado, Katherine Simbaña-Rivera, Lenin Gómez Barreno, Ana Maria Diaz, Alejandra Barreto, Carla Moyano, Vannesa Arcos, Eduardo Vásconez-González, Clara Paz, Fernanda Simbaña-Guaycha, Martin Molestina-Luzuriaga, Raúl Fernández-Naranjo, Javier Feijoo, Aquiles R. Henriquez-Trujillo, Lila Adana, Andrés López-Cortés, Isabel Fletcher, Rachel Lowe

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008958

Total Phenolic Fraction (TPF) from Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Induction of apoptotic-like cell death in Leishmania spp. promastigotes and in vivo potential of therapeutic immunomodulation

Kalliopi Karampetsou, Olga S. Koutsoni, Georgia Gogou, Apostolis Angelis, Leandros-Alexios Skaltsounis, Eleni Dotsika

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008968

Natural arbovirus infection rate and detectability of indoor female Aedes aegypti from Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Oscar David Kirstein, Guadalupe Ayora-Talavera, Edgar Koyoc-Cardeña, Daniel Chan Espinoza, Azael Che-Mendoza, Azael Cohuo-Rodriguez, Pilar Granja-Pérez, Henry Puerta-Guardo, Norma Pavia-Ruz, Mike W. Dunbar, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008972

Seasonal and inter-annual drivers of yellow fever transmission in South America

Arran Hamlet, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Tini Garske, Neil M. Ferguson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008974

Seroprevalence and asymptomatic carrier status of SARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan City and other places of China

Shuhui Duan, Meiying Zhou, Wen Zhang, Jianwei Shen, Rui Qi, Xiangrong Qin, Hao Yu, Chuanmin Zhou, Qing Hu, Xue-Jie Yu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 7, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008975

Dynamic evolution of schistosomiasis distribution under different control strategies: Results from surveillance covering 1991–2014 in Guichi, China

Yi Hu, Robert Bergquist, Yue Chen, Yongwen Ke, Jianjun Dai, Zonggui He, Zhijie Zhang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008976

Hospital-based evidence on cost-effectiveness of brucellosis diagnostic tests and treatment in Kenyan hospitals

Lorren Alumasa, Lian F. Thomas, Fredrick Amanya, Samuel M. Njoroge, Ignacio Moriyón, Josiah Makhandia, Jonathan Rushton, Eric M. Fèvre, Laura C. Falzon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 7, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008977

The epidemiological status of urogenital schistosomiasis among reproductive aged individuals in the Tiko Health Area- a semi-urban setting in the Mount Cameroon area

Vicky Daonyle Ndassi, Judith Kuoh Anchang-Kimbi, Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Lennin Azaofah Ngufor, Kouemou Nadege, Helen Kuokuo Kimbi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008978

Congenital abnormalities associated with Zika virus infection–Dengue as potential co-factor? A systematic review

Stephanie Petzold, Nisreen Agbaria, Andreas Deckert, Peter Dambach, Volker Winkler, Jan Felix Drexler, Olaf Horstick, Thomas Jaenisch

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008984

Burden of disease and productivity impact of Streptococcus suis infection in Thailand

Ajaree Rayanakorn, Zanfina Ademi, Danny Liew, Learn-Han Lee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008985

Molecular diversity of Giardia duodenalis in children under 5 years from the Manhiça district, Southern Mozambique enrolled in a matched case-control study on the aetiology of diarrhoea

Augusto Messa Jr., Pamela C. Köster, Marcelino Garrine, Carol Gilchrist, Luther A. Bartelt, Tacilta Nhampossa, Sérgio Massora, Karen Kotloff, Myron M. Levine, Pedro L. Alonso, David Carmena, Inácio Mandomando

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008987

Effectiveness of miltefosine in cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Pakistan after antimonial treatment failure or contraindications to first line therapy—A retrospective analysis

Suzette Kämink, Boota Masih, Noor Ali, Aman Ullah, Syed Juma Khan, Shakil Ashraf, Tetyana Pylypenko, Martin P. Grobusch, Jena Fernhout, Margriet den Boer, Koert Ritmeijer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008988

The temporospatial epidemiology of rheumatic heart disease in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia 1997–2017; impact of socioeconomic status on disease burden, severity and access to care

Katherine Kang, Ken W. T. Chau, Erin Howell, Mellise Anderson, Simon Smith, Tania J. Davis, Greg Starmer, Josh Hanson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008990

Another dengue fever outbreak in Eastern Ethiopia—An emerging public health threat

Mulugeta Asefa Gutu, Alemayehu Bekele, Yimer Seid, Yusuf Mohammed, Fekadu Gemechu, Abyot Bekele Woyessa, Adamu Tayachew, Yohanis Dugasa, Lehageru Gizachew, Moti Idosa, Ryan E. Tokarz, David Sugerman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008992

Sociodemographic predictors of knowledge, mosquito bite patterns and protective behaviors concerning vector borne disease: The case of dengue fever in Chinese subtropical city, Hong Kong

Emily Ying Yang Chan, Eugene Siu Kai Lo, Zhe Huang, Holly Ching Yu Lam, May Pui-shan Yeung, Kin-on Kwok, Kevin Kei Ching Hung, Shelly Lap-ah Tse

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008993

Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method for specific detection of Mycobacterium bovis

Thoko Flav Kapalamula, Jeewan Thapa, Mwangala Lonah Akapelwa, Kyoko Hayashida, Stephen V. Gordon, Bernard Mudenda Hang' ombe, Musso Munyeme, Eddie Samuneti Solo, Precious Bwalya, Mirriam Ethel Nyenje, Aki Tamaru, Yasuhiko Suzuki, Chie Nakajima

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008996

A unique group of scabies mite pseudoproteases promotes cutaneous blood coagulation and delays plasmin-induced fibrinolysis

Deepani D. Fernando, Simone L. Reynolds, Gunter Hartel, Bernard Cribier, Nicolas Ortonne, Malcolm K. Jones, Katja Fischer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008997

Risk factors for antimony treatment failure in American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Northwestern-Argentina

María F. García-Bustos, Gabriela González-Prieto, Alberto E. Paniz-Mondolfi, Cecilia Parodi, Josefina Beckar, Sibila Monroig, Federico Ramos, María C. Mora, Lourdes A. Delgado-Noguera, Yoshihisa Hashiguchi, Daniela Jaime, Sonia Moreno, Luisa Ruiz-Morales, César G. Lemir, Alejandra Barrio

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009003

Insecticide-treated house screening protects against Zika-infected Aedes aegypti in Merida, Mexico

Pablo Manrique-Saide, Josué Herrera-Bojórquez, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Emilio Trujillo-Peña, Josué Villegas-Chim, Nina Valadez-González, Ahmed M. M. Ahmed, Hugo Delfín-González, Jorge Palacio-Vargas, Azael Che-Mendoza, Norma Pavía-Ruz, Adriana E. Flores, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009005

Space-time risk cluster of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazilian endemic region with high social vulnerability: An ecological time series study

Caique J. N. Ribeiro, Allan D. dos Santos, Shirley V. M. A. Lima, Eliete R. da Silva, Bianca V. S. Ribeiro, Andrezza M. Duque, Marcus V. S. Peixoto, Priscila L. dos Santos, Iris M. de Oliveira, Michael W. Lipscomb, Karina C. G. M. de Araújo, Tatiana R. de Moura

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009006

S. mansoni SmKI-1 Kunitz-domain: Leucine point mutation at P1 site generates enhanced neutrophil elastase inhibitory activity

Fábio Mambelli, Bruno P. O. Santos, Suellen B. Morais, Enrico G. T. Gimenez, Duana C. dos S. Astoni, Amanda D. Braga, Rafaela S. Ferreira, Flávio A. Amaral, Mariana T. Q. de Magalhães, Sergio C. Oliveira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009007

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Congenital syphilis in Argentina: Experience in a pediatric hospital

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Factors affecting the uptake of preventive chemotherapy treatment for schistosomiasis in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

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Patterns of relatedness and genetic diversity inferred from whole genome sequencing of archival blood fluke miracidia (Schistosoma japonicum)

Zachary L. Nikolakis, Nicole R. Hales, Blair W. Perry, Drew R. Schield, Laura E. Timm, Yang Liu, Bo Zhong, Katerina J. Kechris, Elizabeth J. Carlton, David D. Pollock, Todd A. Castoe

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Predicting the spatio-temporal spread of West Nile virus in Europe

José-María García-Carrasco, Antonio-Román Muñoz, Jesús Olivero, Marina Segura, Raimundo Real

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Multiplex detection of antibodies to Chikungunya, O’nyong-nyong, Zika, Dengue, West Nile and Usutu viruses in diverse non-human primate species from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009028

Burden of depression and anxiety among leprosy affected and associated factors—A cross sectional study from India

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Leprosy perceptions and knowledge in endemic districts in India and Indonesia: Differences and commonalities

Anna Tiny van’t Noordende, Suchitra Lisam, Panca Ruthindartri, Atif Sadiq, Vivek Singh, Miftahol Arifin, Willem Herman van Brakel, Ida J. Korfage

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Diagnosis of soil-transmitted helminths using the Kato-Katz technique: What is the influence of stirring, storage time and storage temperature on stool sample egg counts?

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Variable bites and dynamic populations; new insights in Leishmania transmission

Samuel Carmichael, Ben Powell, Thomas Hoare, Pegine B. Walrad, Jonathan W. Pitchford

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Effects of larval rearing substrates on some life-table parameters of Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009034

The entomological impact of passive metofluthrin emanators against indoor Aedes aegypti: A randomized field trial

Gregor J. Devine, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, Wilbert Bibiano-Marín, Norma Pavia-Ruz, Azael Che-Mendoza, Anuar Medina-Barreiro, Josue Villegas, Gabriela Gonzalez-Olvera, Mike W. Dunbar, Oselyne Ong, Scott A. Ritchie, Thomas S. Churcher, Oscar D. Kirstein, Pablo Manrique-Saide

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009036

Quality and composition of Albendazole, Mebendazole and Praziquantel available in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Tanzania

Moritz Seitzer, Sylvia Klapper, Humphrey D. Mazigo, Ulrike Holzgrabe, Andreas Mueller

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009038

Overview of snakebite in Brazil: Possible drivers and a tool for risk mapping

Maria Cristina Schneider, Kyung-duk Min, Patricia Nájera Hamrick, Lucia R. Montebello, Tani Maria Ranieri, Lucia Mardini, Volney M. Camara, Ronir Raggio Luiz, Bernhard Liese, Myriam Vuckovic, Milton Ozorio Moraes, Nísia Trindade Lima

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009044

The cholera risk assessment in Kano State, Nigeria: A historical review, mapping of hotspots and evaluation of contextual factors

Moise Chi Ngwa, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Tochi Okwor, Sebastian Yennan, Nanpring Williams, Kelly Elimian, Nura Yahaya Karaye, Imam Wada Bello, David A. Sack

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009046

Integrating human behavior and snake ecology with agent-based models to predict snakebite in high risk landscapes

Eyal Goldstein, Joseph J. Erinjery, Gerardo Martin, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva, Peter Diggle, David Griffith Lalloo, Kris A. Murray, Takuya Iwamura

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009047

Gastrointestinal disseminated histoplasmosis in HIV-infected patients: A descriptive and comparative study

Mathieu Nacher, Audrey Valdes, Antoine Adenis, Romain Blaizot, Philippe Abboud, Magalie Demar, Félix Djossou, Loïc Epelboin, Caroline Misslin, Balthazar Ntab, Dominique Louvel, Kinan Drak Alsibai, Pierre Couppié

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009050

Effect of early oxygen therapy and antiviral treatment on disease progression in patients with COVID-19: A retrospective study of medical charts in China

Lu Long, Liang Wu, Lang Chen, Daixing Zhou, Hongyu Wu, Donghao Lu, Honglin Li, Xiaoxia Duan, Yutong Han, Xianzhi Li, Qiuxia Wang, Jing Zhang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published January 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009051

Impaired host resistance to Salmonella during helminth co-infection is restored by anthelmintic treatment prior to bacterial challenge

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