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Preventing vector-borne diseases at major sport events: Addressing the challenges for FIFA 22 in Qatar

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Need of entomological criteria to assess zero transmission of gambiense HAT

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Pulmonary Madurella mycetomatis mycetoma secondary to knee eumycetoma, Senegal

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Priapism following a juvenile Russell’s viper bite: An unusual case report

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Louse-borne relapsing fever—A systematic review and analysis of the literature: Part 1—Epidemiology and diagnostic aspects

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Areli Martínez-Gamboa, María Dolores Niembro-Ortega, Pedro Torres-González, Janeth Santiago-Cruz, Nancy Guadalupe Velázquez-Zavala, Andrea Rangel-Cordero, Brenda Crabtree-Ramírez, Armando Gamboa-Domínguez, Edgardo Reyes-Gutiérrez, Gustavo Reyes-Terán, Víctor Hugo Lozano-Fernandez, Víctor Hugo Ahumada-Topete, Pedro Martínez-Ayala, Marisol Manríquez-Reyes, Juan Pablo Ramírez-Hinojosa, Patricia Rodríguez-Zulueta, Christian Hernández-León, Jesús Ruíz-Quiñones, Norma Eréndira Rivera-Martínez, Alberto Chaparro-Sánchez, Jaime Andrade-Villanueva, Luz Alicia González-Hernández, Sofia Cruz-Martínez, Oscar Flores-Barrientos, Jesús Enrique Gaytán-Martínez, Martín Magaña-Aquino, Axel Cervantes-Sánchez, Antonio Olivas-Martínez, Javier Araujo-Meléndez, María del Rocío Reyes-Montes, Esperanza Duarte-Escalante, María Guadalupe Frías-De León, José Antonio Ramírez, María Lucia Taylor, Alfredo Ponce de León-Garduño, José Sifuentes-Osornio

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009215

Zika-related adverse outcomes in a cohort of pregnant women with rash in Pernambuco, Brazil

Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes, Demócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho, Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos, Celina Maria Turchi Martelli, Thalia Velho Barreto de Araújo, Elizabeth Brickley, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque, Wayner Vieira Souza, Liana O. Ventura, Camila V. Ventura, Adriana L. Gois, Mariana C. Leal, Danielle Maria da Silva Oliveira, Sophie Helena Eickmann, Maria Durce C. G. Carvalho, Paula F. S. da Silva, Maria Angela Wanderley Rocha, Regina Coeli Ferreira Ramos, Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho, Marli Tenorio Cordeiro, Luciana Caroline Albuquerque Bezerra, George Dimech, Sandra Valongueiro, Pedro Pires, Priscila Mayrelle da Silva Castanha, Rafael Dhalia, Ernesto Torres Azevedo Marques-Júnior, Laura C. Rodrigues, on behalf of the Microcephaly Epidemic Research Group (MERG)

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009216

Effects and interaction of meteorological factors on hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome incidence in Huludao City, northeastern China, 2007–2018

Wanwan Sun, Xiaobo Liu, Wen Li, Zhiyuan Mao, Jimin Sun, Liang Lu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009217

Burden of soil-transmitted helminth infection in pregnant refugees and migrants on the Thailand-Myanmar border: Results from a retrospective cohort

Tobias Brummaier, Nay Win Tun, Aung Myat Min, Mary Ellen Gilder, Laypaw Archasuksan, Stephane Proux, Douwe Kiestra, Prakaykaew Charunwatthana, Jürg Utzinger, Daniel H. Paris, Mathieu Nacher, Julie A. Simpson, Francois Nosten, Rose McGready

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009219

Dog ownership practices and responsibilities for children’s health in terms of rabies control and prevention in rural communities in Tanzania

Lwitiko Sikana, Tiziana Lembo, Katie Hampson, Kennedy Lushasi, Sally Mtenga, Maganga Sambo, Daniel Wight, Jane Coutts, Katharina Kreppel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009220

Trichuris trichiura egg extract proteome reveals potential diagnostic targets and immunomodulators

Katalina Cruz, Antonio Marcilla, Patrick Kelly, Michel Vandenplas, Antonio Osuna, María Trelis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 24, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009221

Clinical and immunological characteristics of tegumentary leishmaniasis cases in Bolivia

Cristina Ballart, Mary Cruz Torrico, Gisela Vidal, Faustino Torrico, Daniel Lozano, Montserrat Gállego, Lilian Pinto, Ernesto Rojas, Ruth Aguilar, Carlota Dobaño, Sonia Ares-Gomez, Albert Picado

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 5, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009223

The potential for histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors as cestocidal drugs

Hugo Rolando Vaca, Ana María Celentano, María Agustina Toscanini, Tino Heimburg, Ehab Ghazy, Patrik Zeyen, Alexander-Thomas Hauser, Guilherme Oliveira, María Celina Elissondo, Manfred Jung, Wolfgang Sippl, Federico Camicia, Mara Cecilia Rosenzvit

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 3, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009226

Nucleic acid visualization assay for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) by targeting the UpE and N gene

Pei Huang, Hongli Jin, Yongkun Zhao, Entao Li, Feihu Yan, Hang Chi, Qi Wang, Qiuxue Han, Ruo Mo, Yumeng Song, Jinhao Bi, Cuicui Jiao, Wujian Li, Hongbin He, Hongmei Wang, Aimin Ma, Na Feng, Jianzhong Wang, Tiecheng Wang, Songtao Yang, Yuwei Gao, Xianzhu Xia, Hualei Wang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009227

Protein methyltransferase 7 deficiency in Leishmania major increases neutrophil associated pathology in murine model

Juliana Alcoforado Diniz, Mariana M. Chaves, Slavica Vaselek, Rubens D. Miserani Magalhães, Rafael Ricci-Azevedo, Renan V. H. de Carvalho, Lucas B. Lorenzon, Tiago R. Ferreira, Dario Zamboni, Pegine B. Walrad, Petr Volf, David L. Sacks, Angela K. Cruz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009230

An antibody targeting type III secretion system induces broad protection against Salmonella and Shigella infections

Raphaël Sierocki, Bakhos Jneid, Maria Lucia Orsini Delgado, Marc Plaisance, Bernard Maillère, Hervé Nozach, Stéphanie Simon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009231

Intestinal protozoan infections shape fecal bacterial microbiota in children from Guinea-Bissau

Sebastian von Huth, Louise B. Thingholm, Poul-Erik Kofoed, Corinna Bang, Malte C. Rühlemann, Andre Franke, Uffe Holmskov

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 3, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009232

Early warning of hand, foot, and mouth disease transmission: A modeling study in mainland, China

Jia Rui, Kaiwei Luo, Qiuping Chen, Dexing Zhang, Qinglong Zhao, Yanhong Zhang, Xiongjie Zhai, Zeyu Zhao, Siyu Zhang, Yuxue Liao, Shixiong Hu, Lidong Gao, Zhao Lei, Mingzhai Wang, Yao Wang, Xingchun Liu, Shanshan Yu, Fang Xie, Jia Li, Ruoyun Liu, Yi-Chen Chiang, Benhua Zhao, Yanhua Su, Xu-Sheng Zhang, Tianmu Chen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 24, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009233

Data-driven analyses of behavioral strategies to eliminate cysticercosis in sub-Saharan Africa

Laura A. Skrip, Veronique Dermauw, Pierre Dorny, Rasmané Ganaba, Athanase Millogo, Zékiba Tarnagda, Hélène Carabin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 23, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009234

Modelling the factors affecting the probability for local rabies elimination by strategic control

Johann L. Kotzé, John Duncan Grewar, Aaron Anderson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009236

Comparative proteomics reveals mechanisms that underlie insecticide resistance in Culex pipiens pallens Coquillett

Chongxing Zhang, Qiqi Shi, Tao Li, Peng Cheng, Xiuxia Guo, Xiao Song, Maoqing Gong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009237

Opportunistic feeding behaviour and Leishmania infantum detection in Phlebotomus perniciosus females collected in the human leishmaniasis focus of Madrid, Spain (2012–2018)

Estela González, Ricardo Molina, Andrés Iriso, Sonia Ruiz, Irene Aldea, Ana Tello, Daniel Fernández, Maribel Jiménez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009240

The effect of oral miltefosine in treatment of antimoniate resistant anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis: An uncontrolled clinical trial

Masoumeh Tayyebi, Emadodin Darchini-Maragheh, Pouran Layegh, Bita Kiafar, Vahid Mashayekhi Goyonlo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009241

Diagnostic test accuracy for detecting Schistosoma japonicum and S. mekongi in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Md. Obaidur Rahman, Miho Sassa, Natasha Parvin, Md. Rashedul Islam, Aya Yajima, Erika Ota

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009244

A painful journey to antivenom: The therapeutic itinerary of snakebite patients in the Brazilian Amazon (The QUALISnake Study)

Joseir Saturnino Cristino, Guilherme Maciel Salazar, Vinícius Azevedo Machado, Eduardo Honorato, Altair Seabra Farias, João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Alexandre Vilhena Silva Neto, Marcus Lacerda, Fan Hui Wen, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Jacqueline Almeida Gonçalves Sachett

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009245

Practices in research, surveillance and control of neglected tropical diseases by One Health approaches: A survey targeting scientists from French-speaking countries

Sophie Molia, Juliette Saillard, Koussai Dellagi, Florence Cliquet, Jean-Mathieu Bart, Brice Rotureau, Patrick Giraudoux, Jean Jannin, Patrice Debré, Philippe Solano

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009246

Biogeographic venom variation in Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) and the preclinical inefficacy of antivenom therapy in snakebite hotspots

R. R. Senji Laxme, Suyog Khochare, Saurabh Attarde, Vivek Suranse, Ashwin Iyer, Nicholas R. Casewell, Romulus Whitaker, Gerard Martin, Kartik Sunagar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009247

Epidemiological and clinical features in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 outside of Wuhan, China: Special focus in asymptomatic patients

Ping Liu, Ruichao Niu, Jie Chen, Yuling Tang, Wenfang Tang, Linyan Xu, Juntao Feng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009248

Multi-criteria decision analysis approach for strategy scale-up with application to Chagas disease management in Bolivia

Maria-Jesus Pinazo, Ainize Cidoncha, Gurram Gopal, Silvia Moriana, Ruth Saravia, Faustino Torrico, Joaquim Gascon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009249

Bone sporotrichosis: 41 cases from a reference hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Vanessa Ramos, Guis S-M. Astacio, Antonio C. F. do Valle, Priscila M. de Macedo, Marcelo R. Lyra, Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Manoel M. E. Oliveira, Rosely M. Zancopé-Oliveira, Luciana G. P. Brandão, Marcel S. B. Quintana, Maria Clara Gutierrez-Galhardo, Dayvison F. S. Freitas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009250

Optimising predictive modelling of Ross River virus using meteorological variables

Iain S. Koolhof, Simon M. Firestone, Silvana Bettiol, Michael Charleston, Katherine B. Gibney, Peter J. Neville, Andrew Jardine, Scott Carver

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 9, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009252

Control of cystic echinococcosis in the Middle Atlas, Morocco: Field evaluation of the EG95 vaccine in sheep and cesticide treatment in dogs

Fatimaezzahra Amarir, Abdelkbir Rhalem, Abderrahim Sadak, Marianne Raes, Mohamed Oukessou, Aouatif Saadi, Mohammed Bouslikhane, Charles G. Gauci, Marshall W. Lightowlers, Nathalie Kirschvink, Tanguy Marcotty

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009253

SARS-CoV-2 Serological testing in frontline health workers in Zimbabwe

Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Elopy Nemele Sibanda, Takafira Mduluza, Paradzayi Tagwireyi, Zephaniah Dhlamini, Chiratidzo Ellen Ndhlovu, Precious Chandiwana, Shingirai Chiwambutsa, Rivka May Lim, Fiona Scott, Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Francisca Mutapi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 31, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009254

Boosting understanding of Lassa Fever virus epidemiology: Field testing a novel assay to identify past Lassa Fever virus infection in blood and oral fluids of survivors and unexposed controls in Sierra Leone

Onome Akpogheneta, Steve Dicks, Donald Grant, Zainab Kanneh, Brima Jusu, Joseph Edem-Hotah, Lansana Kanneh, Foday Alhasan, Michael Gbakie, John Schieffelin, Samreen Ijaz, Richard Tedder, Hilary Bower

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 31, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009255

Poverty, sanitation, and Leptospira transmission pathways in residents from four Brazilian slums

Hussein Khalil, Roberta Santana, Daiana de Oliveira, Fabiana Palma, Ricardo Lustosa, Max T. Eyre, Ticiana Carvalho-Pereira, Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko, Peter J. Diggle, Yeimi Alzate Lopez, Mike Begon, Federico Costa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 31, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009256

Exploring the utility of social-ecological and entomological risk factors for dengue infection as surveillance indicators in the dengue hyper-endemic city of Machala, Ecuador

Catherine A. Lippi, Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra, Timothy P. Endy, Mark Abbott, Cinthya Cueva, Froilán Heras, Mark Polhemus, Efraín Beltrán-Ayala, Sadie J. Ryan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009257

Defining levels of dengue virus serotype-specific neutralizing antibodies induced by a live attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine (TAK-003)

Laura J. White, Ellen F. Young, Mark J. Stoops, Sandra R. Henein, Elizabeth C. Adams, Ralph S. Baric, Aravinda M. de Silva

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009258

Climatic and socio-economic factors supporting the co-circulation of dengue, Zika and chikungunya in three different ecosystems in Colombia

Jasmine Morgan, Clare Strode, J. Enrique Salcedo-Sora

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009259

Soil-transmitted helminth infection in pregnancy and long-term child neurocognitive and behavioral development: A prospective mother-child cohort in Benin

Amanda Garrison, Michael Boivin, Babak Khoshnood, David Courtin, Jules Alao, Michael Mireku, Moudachirou Ibikounle, Achille Massougbodji, Michel Cot, Florence Bodeau-Livinec

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009260

‘None of my ancestors ever discussed this disease before!’ How disease information shapes adaptive capacity of marginalised rural populations in India

Festus A. Asaaga, Mujeeb Rahman, Suresh D. Kalegowda, Jagadeesh Mathapati, Irfanahemad Savanur, Prashanth N. Srinivas, Tanya Seshadri, Darshan Narayanswamy, Shivani K. Kiran, Meera A. Oommen, Juliette C. Young, Bethan V. Purse

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009265

Derivation of the first clinical diagnostic models for dehydration severity in patients over five years with acute diarrhea

Adam C. Levine, Meagan A. Barry, Monique Gainey, Sabiha Nasrin, Kexin Qu, Christopher H. Schmid, Eric J. Nelson, Stephanie C. Garbern, Mahmuda Monjory, Rochelle Rosen, Nur H. Alam

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009266

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In vitro susceptibility of Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units (DTUs) to benznidazole: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009269

Misdiagnosis of scrub typhus as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and potential co-infection of both diseases in patients in Shandong Province, China, 2013–2014

Xiao-lan Gu, Rui Qi, Wen-qian Li, Yong-jun Jiao, Hao Yu, Xue-jie Yu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 30, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009270

Fitness costs of individual and combined pyrethroid resistance mechanisms, kdr and CYP-mediated detoxification, in Aedes aegypti

Letícia B. Smith, Juan J. Silva, Connie Chen, Laura C. Harrington, Jeffrey G. Scott

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 24, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009271

12 Novel clonal groups of Leptospira infecting humans in multiple contrasting epidemiological contexts in Sri Lanka

Dinesha Jayasundara, Indika Senavirathna, Janith Warnasekara, Chandika Gamage, Sisira Siribaddana, Senanayake Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage Kularatne, Michael Matthias, Jean-François Mariet, Mathieu Picardeau, Suneth Agampodi, Joseph M. Vinetz

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Laboratory demonstration of the vertical transmission of Rift Valley fever virus by Culex tarsalis mosquitoes

Nicholas A. Bergren, Erin M. Borland, Daniel A. Hartman, Rebekah C. Kading

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009273

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Qiulan Chen, Xiaoyue Ma, Jeanette J. Rainey, Yu Li, Di Mu, Xiaoyan Tao, Ye Feng, Wenwu Yin, Zhongjie Li, Shichun Ma, Brett Petersen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009274

Serological evidence of single and mixed infections of Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in dromedary camels in Kenya

Mathew Muturi, James Akoko, Daniel Nthiwa, Bernard Chege, Richard Nyamota, Mathew Mutiiria, Josphat Maina, S. M. Thumbi, Mutono Nyamai, Samuel Kahariri, Rinah Sitawa, Joshua Kimutai, Wilson Kuria, Athman Mwatondo, Bernard Bett

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009275

Suitability of current typing procedures to identify epidemiologically linked human Giardia duodenalis isolates

Andreas Woschke, Mirko Faber, Klaus Stark, Martha Holtfreter, Frank Mockenhaupt, Joachim Richter, Thomas Regnath, Ingo Sobottka, Ingrid Reiter-Owona, Andreas Diefenbach, Petra Gosten-Heinrich, Johannes Friesen, Ralf Ignatius, Toni Aebischer, Christian Klotz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009277

The long-term impact of the Leprosy Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (LPEP) program on leprosy incidence: A modelling study

David J. Blok, Peter Steinmann, Anuj Tiwari, Tanja Barth-Jaeggi, Mohammad A. Arif, Nand Lal Banstola, Rabindra Baskota, David Blaney, Marc Bonenberger, Teky Budiawan, Arielle Cavaliero, Zaahira Gani, Helena Greter, Eliane Ignotti, Deusdedit V. Kamara, Christa Kasang, Pratap R. Manglani, Liesbeth Mieras, Blasdus F. Njako, Tiara Pakasi, Unnati R. Saha, Paul Saunderson, W. Cairns S. Smith, René Stäheli, Nayani D. Suriyarachchi, Aye Tin Maung, Tin Shwe, Jan van Berkel, Wim H. van Brakel, Bart Vander Plaetse, Marcos Virmond, Millawage S. D. Wijesinghe, Ann Aerts, Jan Hendrik Richardus

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 31, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009279

Comparison of diagnostic performances of ten different immunoassays detecting anti-CCHFV IgM and IgG antibodies from acute to subsided phases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

Petra Emmerich, Ronald von Possel, Christina Deschermeier, Salih Ahmeti, Lindita Berisha, Bahrije Halili, Xhevat Jakupi, Kurtesh Sherifi, Claudia Messing, Viola Borchardt-Lohölter

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009280

Chagas disease screening in pregnant Latin American women: Adherence to a systematic screening protocol in a non-endemic country

Jara Llenas-García, Philip Wikman-Jorgensen, Concepción Gil-Anguita, Violeta Ramos- Sesma, Diego Torrús-Tendero, Raquel Martínez-Goñi, Mónica Romero-Nieto, Javier García-Abellán, María José Esteban-Giner, Karenina Antelo, María Navarro-Cots, Fernando Buñuel, Concepción Amador, Josefa García-García, Isabel Gascón, Guillermo Telenti, Encarna Fuentes-Campos, Ignacio Torres, Adelina Gimeno-Gascón, María Montserrat Ruíz-García, Miriam Navarro, José-Manuel Ramos-Rincón

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 24, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009281

High initial IgG antibody levels against Orientia tsutsugamushi are associated with an increased risk of severe scrub typhus infection

Carol S. Devamani, John A. J. Prakash, Neal Alexander, William Stone, Karthik Gunasekaran, Winsley Rose, Wolf-Peter Schmidt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 18, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009283

Community-based Guinea worm surveillance in Chad: Evaluating a system at the intersection of human and animal disease

Beth L. Rubenstein, Sharon L. Roy, Karmen Unterwegner, Sarah Yerian, Adam Weiss, Hubert Zirimwabagabo, Elisabeth Chop, Mario Romero, Philip Tchindebet Ouakou, Tchonfienet Moundai, Sarah Anne J. Guagliardo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 18, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009285

An open label, randomized clinical trial to compare the tolerability and efficacy of ivermectin plus diethylcarbamazine and albendazole vs. diethylcarbamazine plus albendazole for treatment of brugian filariasis in Indonesia

Taniawati Supali, Yenny Djuardi, Michael Christian, Elisa Iskandar, Rahmat Alfian, Roospita Maylasari, Yossi Destani, Adriani Lomiga, Dominikus Minggu, Daphne Lew, Joshua Bogus, Gary J. Weil, Peter U. Fischer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009294

Expression profiling of Echinococcus multilocularis miRNAs throughout metacestode development in vitro

Natalia Macchiaroli, Matías Preza, Matías Gastón Pérez, Laura Kamenetzky, Marcela Cucher, Uriel Koziol, Estela Castillo, Matthew Berriman, Klaus Brehm, Mara Cecilia Rosenzvit

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009297

Early control of viral load by favipiravir promotes survival to Ebola virus challenge and prevents cytokine storm in non-human primates

Stéphanie Reynard, Emilie Gloaguen, Nicolas Baillet, Vincent Madelain, Jérémie Guedj, Hervé Raoul, Xavier de Lamballerie, Jimmy Mullaert, Sylvain Baize

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009300

Modeling the spatial distribution of anthrax in southern Kenya

Fredrick Tom Otieno, John Gachohi, Peter Gikuma-Njuru, Patrick Kariuki, Harry Oyas, Samuel A. Canfield, Jason K. Blackburn, M. Kariuki Njenga, Bernard Bett

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009301

Serious adverse events following treatment of visceral leishmaniasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Sauman Singh-Phulgenda, Prabin Dahal, Roland Ngu, Brittany J. Maguire, Alice Hawryszkiewycz, Sumayyah Rashan, Matthew Brack, Christine M. Halleux, Fabiana Alves, Kasia Stepniewska, Piero L Olliaro, Philippe J. Guerin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009302

Identification and culture of proliferative cells in abnormal Taenia solium larvae: Role in the development of racemose neurocysticercosis

Miguel A. Orrego, Manuela R. Verastegui, Carlos M. Vasquez, Uriel Koziol, Juan P. Laclette, Hector H. Garcia, Theodore E. Nash, for the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009303

An assessment of risk factors for contracting rabies among dog bite cases recorded in Ward 30, Murewa district, Zimbabwe

Enica Chikanya, Margaret Macherera, Auther Maviza

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The transcriptional landscape of Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (TC-83) infection

Zhiyuan Yao, Fabio Zanini, Sathish Kumar, Marwah Karim, Sirle Saul, Nishank Bhalla, Nuttada Panpradist, Avery Muniz, Aarthi Narayanan, Stephen R. Quake, Shirit Einav

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Validation of a human-serum-based in vitro growth method for drug screening on juvenile development stages of Schistosoma mansoni

Valentin Buchter, Pierre H. H. Schneeberger, Jennifer Keiser

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Attendee’s awareness about preventive chemotherapy neglected tropical diseases (PC-NTD) control during the first world neglected tropical diseases day in Ekiti State, Nigeria

Hammed O. Mogaji, Ikenna M. Odoh, Concilia I. Iyeh, Abdulhakeem A. Adeniran, Segun I. Oyedeji, Hilary I. Okoh, Adedotun A. Bayegun, Olaitan O. Omitola, Cynthia U. Umunnakwe, Francisca O. Olamiju, Olatunwa J. Olamiju, Uwem F. Ekpo

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

Paul R. Torgerson, Lucy J. Robertson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published March 30, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009296