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May 2021

A female Aedes aegypti mosquito seeking nectar from a Pentas lanceolata flower. Lower use of humans as hosts by Aedes aegypti and higher use of sugar sources can contribute to a pattern known as aegyptism without arbovirus. Olson, et al. (2021)

Image Credit: Mark F. Olson

Editorials

Rickettsial infections: A blind spot in our view of neglected tropical diseases

Jeanne Salje, Thomas Weitzel, Paul N. Newton, George M. Varghese, Nicholas Day

New global targets for NTDs in the WHO roadmap 2021–2030

Adriano Casulli

Viewpoints

Strengthening data collection for neglected tropical diseases: What data are needed for models to better inform tailored intervention programmes?

Jaspreet Toor, Jonathan I. D. Hamley, Claudio Fronterre, María Soledad Castaño, Lloyd A. C. Chapman, Luc E. Coffeng, Federica Giardina, Thomas M. Lietman, Edwin Michael, Amy Pinsent, Epke A. Le Rutte, T. Déirdre Hollingsworth

One Health and Hansen’s disease in Brazil

Patrícia Deps, Patrícia S. Rosa

COVID-19 and helminth infection: Beyond the Th1/Th2 paradigm

Alberto E. Paniz-Mondolfi, Juan David Ramírez, Lourdes A. Delgado-Noguera, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Emilia M. Sordillo

Decreased dengue cases attributable to the effect of COVID-19 in Guangzhou in 2020

Liyun Jiang, Yuan Liu, Wenzhe Su, Wenhui Liu, Zhicong Yang

Reviews

Effectiveness of vector control methods for the control of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis: A meta-review

Carlos Alberto Montenegro Quiñonez, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger, Kazi Mizanur Rahman, Olaf Horstick

Histoplasmosis in the Republic of Congo dominated by African histoplasmosis, Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboisii

Fructueux Modeste Amona, David W. Denning, Donatien Moukassa, Michel Develoux, Christophe Hennequin

Context-dependent roles of B cells during intestinal helminth infection

Aidil Zaini, Kim L. Good-Jacobson, Colby Zaph

Research Articles

Potential geographic distribution of the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) (Diptera: Culicidae) in current and future conditions for Colombia

Emmanuel Echeverry-Cárdenas, Carolina López-Castañeda, Juan D. Carvajal-Castro, Oscar Alexander Aguirre-Obando

The impact of mass drug administration expansion to low onchocerciasis prevalence settings in case of connected villages

Anneke S. de Vos, Wilma A. Stolk, Luc E. Coffeng, Sake J. de Vlas

An inexpensive point-of-care immunochromatographic test for Talaromyces marneffei infection based on the yeast phase specific monoclonal antibody 4D1 and Galanthus nivalis agglutinin

Kritsada Pruksaphon, Akarin Intaramat, Pavinee Simsiriwong, Skorn Mongkolsuk, Kavi Ratanabanangkoon, Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Anna Kaltsas, Sirida Youngchim

Misuse, perceived risk, and safety issues of household insecticides: Qualitative findings from focus groups in Arequipa, Peru

Anika J. Larson, Valerie A. Paz-Soldán, Claudia Arevalo-Nieto, Joanna Brown, Carlos Condori-Pino, Michael Z. Levy, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra

Epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminths following sustained implementation of routine preventive chemotherapy: Demographics and baseline results of a cluster randomised trial in southern Malawi

Stefan Witek-McManus, James Simwanza, Alvin B. Chisambi, Stella Kepha, Zachariah Kamwendo, Alfred Mbwinja, Lyson Samikwa, William E. Oswald, David S. Kennedy, Joseph W. S. Timothy, Hugo Legge, Sean R. Galagan, Mira Emmanuel-Fabula, Fabian Schaer, Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir, Katherine E. Halliday, Judd L. Walson, Lazarus Juziwelo, Robin L. Bailey, Khumbo Kalua, Rachel L. Pullan

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No pre-zygotic isolation mechanisms between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma bovis parasites: From mating interactions to differential gene expression

Julien Kincaid-Smith, Eglantine Mathieu-Bégné, Cristian Chaparro, Marta Reguera-Gomez, Stephen Mulero, Jean-Francois Allienne, Eve Toulza, Jérôme Boissier

Endocystectomy as a conservative surgical treatment for hepatic cystic echinococcosis: A systematic review with single-arm meta-analysis

Mohammad Al-Saeedi, Ali Ramouz, Elias Khajeh, Ahmad El Rafidi, Omid Ghamarnejad, Saeed Shafiei, Sadeq Ali-Hasan-Al-Saegh, Pascal Probst, Marija Stojkovic, Tim Frederik Weber, Katrin Hoffmann, Arianeb Mehrabi

Prevalence of clinical malaria and household characteristics of patients in tribal districts of Pakistan

Asad Mustafa Karim, Muhammad Yasir, Tanveer Ali, Sumera Kausar Malik, Irfan Ullah, Naveeda Akhtar Qureshi, Huang Yuanting, Esam I. Azhar, Hyung Jong Jin

Geographical distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil in Myanmar

Myo Maung Maung Swe, Mo Mo Win, Joshua Cohen, Aung Pyae Phyo, Htet Naing Lin, Kyaw Soe, Premjit Amorncha, Thin Thin Wah, Kyi Kyi Nyein Win, Clare Ling, Daniel M. Parker, David A. B. Dance, Elizabeth A. Ashley, Frank Smithuis

DNA vaccination induced protective immunity against SARS CoV-2 infection in hamsterss

Kit Man Chai, Tsai-Teng Tzeng, Kuan-Yin Shen, Hung-Chun Liao, Jhe-Jhih Lin, Mei-Yu Chen, Guann-Yi Yu, Horng-Yunn Dou, Ching-Len Liao, Hsin-Wei Chen, Shih-Jen Liu

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Prevalence and risk factors of schistosomiasis among primary school children in four selected regions of The Gambia

Ebrima Joof, Abdoulie M. Sanyang, Yaya Camara, Alhagie Papa Sey, Ignatius Baldeh, Sharmila Lareef Jah, Serign Jawo Ceesay, Sana M. Sambou, Saikou Sanyang, Christopher M. Wade, Bakary Sanneh

Low rate of relapse after twelve-dose multidrug therapy for hansen’s disease: A 20-year cohort study in a brazilian reference center

José A. C. Nery, Anna M. Sales, Mariana A. V. B. Hacker, Milton O. Moraes, Raquel C. Maia, Euzenir N. Sarno, Ximena Illarramendi

Risk factors associated with exposure to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in animal workers and cattle, and molecular detection in ticks, South Africa

Veerle Msimang, Jacqueline Weyer, Chantel le Roux, Alan Kemp, Felicity J. Burt, Stefano Tempia, Antoinette Grobbelaar, Naazneen Moolla, Melinda K. Rostal, Whitney Bagge, Claudia Cordel, William B. Karesh, Janusz T. Paweska, Peter N. Thompson

Long-term impact of a ten-year intervention program on human and canine Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the Argentine Chaco

Marta Victoria Cardinal, Gustavo Fabián Enriquez, Natalia Paula Macchiaverna, Hernán Darío Argibay, María del Pilar Fernández, Alejandra Alvedro, María Sol Gaspe, Ricardo Esteban Gürtler

Using heterogeneous data to identify signatures of dengue outbreaks at fine spatio-temporal scales across Brazil

Lauren A. Castro, Nicholas Generous, Wei Luo, Ana Pastore y Piontti, Kaitlyn Martinez, Marcelo F. C. Gomes, Dave Osthus, Geoffrey Fairchild, Amanda Ziemann, Alessandro Vespignani, Mauricio Santillana, Carrie A. Manore, Sara Y. Del Valle

Insecticide resistance status and mechanisms in Aedes aegypti populations from Senegal

Ndeye Marie Sene, Konstantinos Mavridis, El Hadji Ndiaye, Cheikh Tidiane Diagne, Alioune Gaye, El Hadji Malick Ngom, Yamar Ba, Diawo Diallo, John Vontas, Ibrahima Dia, Mawlouth Diallo

Revisiting density-dependent fecundity in schistosomes using sibship reconstruction

M. Inês Neves, Charlotte M. Gower, Joanne P. Webster, Martin Walker

Global patterns of aegyptism without arbovirus

Mark F. Olson, Jose G. Juarez, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Jane P. Messina, Gabriel L. Hamer

A novel genotype of Hantaan orthohantavirus harbored by Apodemus agrarius chejuensis as a potential etiologic agent of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in Republic of Korea

Kyungmin Park, Won-Keun Kim, Seung-Ho Lee, Jongwoo Kim, Jingyeong Lee, Seungchan Cho, Geum-Young Lee, Jin Sun No, Keun Hwa Lee, Jin-Won Song

Towards a versatile and economic Chagas Disease point-of-care testing system, by integrating loop-mediated isothermal amplification and contactless/label-free conductivity detection

Federico Figueredo, Fabiana Stolowicz, Adrián Vojnov, Wendell K. T. Coltro, Luciana Larocca, Carolina Carrillo, Eduardo Cortón

The immune protection induced by a serine protease from the Trichinella spiralis adult against Trichinella spiralis infection in pigs

Daoxiu Xu, Xue Bai, Jing Xu, Xuelin Wang, Zijian Dong, Wenjie Shi, Fengyan Xu, Yanfeng Li, Mingyuan Liu, Xiaolei Liu

Evaluation of two communication tools, slideshow and theater, to improve participants’ understanding of a clinical trial in the informed consent procedure on Pemba Island, Tanzania

Marta S. Palmeirim, Ulfat A. Mohammed, Amanda Ross, Shaali M. Ame, Said M Ali, Jennifer Keiser

Prevalence of Leishmania infection in three communities of Oti Region, Ghana

Richard Akuffo, Michael Wilson, Bismark Sarfo, Naiki Attram, Mba-Tihssommah Mosore, Clara Yeboah, Israel Cruz, Jose-Antonio Ruiz-Postigo, Daniel Boakye, Javier Moreno, Francis Anto

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rabies reemergence in Latin America: The case of Arequipa, Peru

Brinkley Raynor, Elvis W. Díaz, Julianna Shinnick, Edith Zegarra, Ynes Monroy, Claudia Mena, Micaela De la Puente-León, Michael Z. Levy, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra

Real-life implementation of a G6PD deficiency screening qualitative test into routine vivax malaria diagnostic units in the Brazilian Amazon (SAFEPRIM study)

Jose Diego Brito-Sousa, Felipe Murta, Sheila Vitor-Silva, Vanderson S. Sampaio, Maxwell O. Mendes, Marcelo A. M. Brito, Talita S. B. Batista, Alicia P. C. Santos, Leonardo L. G. Marques, Laila R. A. Barbosa, Marly M. Melo, Djane C. Baia-da-Silva, Alexandre V. Silva-Neto, Thalie C. Santos, Brenda K. A. Souza, Erick F. G. Figueiredo, Emanuelle L. Silva, Sheila Rodovalho, Theresa H. Nakagawa, Ana Ruth Arcanjo, André M. Siqueira, Gisely C. Melo, Judith Recht, Gonzalo J. Domingo, Quique Bassat, Germana Bancone, Wuelton M. Monteiro, Marcus V. G. Lacerda

Detection of cutaneous leishmaniasis in three communities of Oti Region, Ghana

Richard Akuffo, Carmen Sanchez, Carmen Chicharro, Eugenia Carrillo, Naiki Attram, Mba-Tihssommah Mosore, Clara Yeboah, Nana Konama Kotey, Daniel Boakye, Jose-Antonio Ruiz-Postigo, Javier Moreno, Michael Wilson, Bismark Sarfo, Francis Anto

Genetic diversity of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica in Kazakhstan

Vladislav Shevtsov, Alma Kairzhanova, Alexandr Shevtsov, Alexandr Shustov, Ruslan Kalendar, Sarsenbay Abdrakhmanov, Larissa Lukhnova, Uinkul Izbanova, Yerlan Ramankulov, Gilles Vergnaud

Ginger (Zingiber Officinale)-derived nanoparticles in Schistosoma mansoni infected mice: Hepatoprotective and enhancer of etiological treatment

Wegdan M. Abd El Wahab, Ayman A. El-Badry, Soheir S. Mahmoud, Yaser A. El-Badry, Mohamed A. El-Badry, Doaa A. Hamdy

Profound downregulation of neural transcription factor Npas4 and Nr4a family in fetal mice neurons infected with Zika virus

Sergio P. Alpuche-Lazcano, James Saliba, Vivian V. Costa, Gabriel H. Campolina-Silva, Fernanda M. Marim, Lucas S. Ribeiro, Volker Blank, Andrew J. Mouland, Mauro M. Teixeira, Anne Gatignol

Deep amplicon sequencing highlights low intra-host genetic variability of Echinococcus multilocularis and high prevalence of the European-type haplotypes in coyotes and red foxes in Alberta, Canada

Maria A. Santa, Andrew M. Rezansoff, Rebecca Chen, John S. Gilleard, Marco Musiani, Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl, Alessandro Massolo

A follow-up study (2007–2018) on American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in the municipality of Caratinga, Minas Gerais State, Brazil: Spatial analyses and sand fly collection

Rafael L. Neves, Diogo T. Cardoso, Felipe D. Rêgo, Célia M. F. Gontijo, David S. Barbosa, Rodrigo P. Soares

Whole-genome sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of rabies viruses from Jordan

Laith N. AL-Eitan, Guanghui Wu, Megan Golding, Yue Tang, Hooman Goharriz, Denise A. Marston, Anthony R. Fooks, Lorraine M. McElhinney

Identification of hit compounds with anti-schistosomal activity on in vitro generated juvenile worms in cell-free medium

Nermina Vejzagić, Ulrich Fabien Prodjinotho, Nagwa El-Khafif, Ruili Huang, Anton Simeonov, Thomas Spangenberg, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa

An AMP-activated protein kinase complex with two distinctive alpha subunits is involved in nutritional stress responses in Trypanosoma cruzi

Tamara Sternlieb, Alejandra C. Schoijet, Patricio D. Genta, Salomé C. Vilchez Larrea, Guillermo D. Alonso

Mycobacterium leprae transmission characteristics during the declining stages of leprosy incidence: A systematic review

Thomas Hambridge, Shri Lak Nanjan Chandran, Annemieke Geluk, Paul Saunderson, Jan Hendrik Richardus

Serological biomarker for assessing human exposure to Aedes mosquito bites during a randomized vector control intervention trial in northeastern Thailand

Benedicte Fustec, Thipruethai Phanitchat, Sirinart Aromseree, Chamsai Pientong, Kesorn Thaewnongiew, Tipaya Ekalaksananan, Dominique Cerqueira, Anne Poinsignon, Eric Elguero, Michael J. Bangs, Neal Alexander, Hans J. Overgaard, Vincent Corbel

Associations between infection intensity categories and morbidity prevalence in school-age children are much stronger for Schistosoma haematobium than for S. mansoni

Ryan E. Wiegand, W. Evan Secor, Fiona M. Fleming, Michael D. French, Charles H. King, Arminder K. Deol, Susan P. Montgomery, Darin Evans, Jürg Utzinger, Penelope Vounatsou, Sake J. de Vlas

Rapid testing requires clinical evaluation for accurate diagnosis of dengue disease: A passive surveillance study in Southern Malaysia

Chin Fang Ngim, Syed M. Tupur Husain, Sharifah Syed Hassan, Amreeta Dhanoa, Siti Aisyah Abdul Ahmad, Jeevitha Mariapun, Wan Fadhilah Wan Ismail, Nevein Philip Botross Henien, Nowrozy Kamar Jahan, Lian Yih Pong, Hesham Elshahawi, Robert D. Hontz, Tyler Warkentein, Nor’azim Mohd Yunos

Miltefosine for the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis—A pilot study from Ethiopia

Saskia van Henten, Annisa Befekadu Tesfaye, Seid Getahun Abdela, Feleke Tilahun, Helina Fikre, Jozefien Buyze, Mekibib Kassa, Lieselotte Cnops, Myrthe Pareyn, Rezika Mohammed, Florian Vogt, Ermias Diro, Johan van Griensven

Correction

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

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