June 2021

A low-income urban community located in the northern side of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Sultana, et al. (2021)

Image Credit: Khaled Saifullah and Humayun Kabir

Editorial

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases broadens its coverage of envenomings caused by animal bites and stings

José María Gutiérrez, Jean Philippe Chippaux, Geoffrey K. Isbister

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009481

Viewpoints

The role of diagnostic technologies to measure progress toward WHO 2030 targets for soil-transmitted helminth control programs

Lieven J. Stuyver, Bruno Levecke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 3, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009422

Noma, a neglected disease: A viewpoint article

Elise Farley, Cono Ariti, Mohana Amirtharajah, Charity Kamu, Bukola Oluyide, Muhammad Shoaib, Shafiu Isah, Adeniyi Semiyu Adetunji, Fatima Saleh, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Monique Pereboom, Mark Sherlock

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009437

Appraisal of antivenom production in public laboratories in Latin America during the first semester of 2020: The impact of COVID-19

José María Gutiérrez, Larissa Zanette, Marco Antonio Natal Vigilato, Julio Cesar Augusto Pompei, Diogo Martins, Hui Wen Fan, the Latin American Network of Public Antivenom Manufacturing Laboratories (RELAPA)

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009469

The 2021 Ebola virus outbreak in Guinea: Mistrust and the shortcomings of outbreak surveillance

Manuel Raab, Emmanuelle Roth, Vinh-Kim Nguyen, Guenter Froeschl

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 24, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009487

Reviews

Oral manifestations in chikungunya patients: A systematic review

Daniela Brostolin da Costa, Alessandro Diogo De-Carli, Livia Fernandes Probst, Antonio José Grande, Ana Tereza Gomes Guerrero

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009401

Diagnosing point-of-care diagnostics for neglected tropical diseases

Mitasha Bharadwaj, Michel Bengtson, Mirte Golverdingen, Loulotte Waling, Cees Dekker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009405

Past and present of cystic echinococcosis in Bolivia

Viterman Ali, Eddy Martinez, Pamela Duran, Erick Villena, Peter Deplazes, Cristian A. Alvarez Rojas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009426

Schistosomal appendicitis: Case series and systematic literature review

Mateus Zacarias, Damiano Pizzol, Helder de Miranda, Anna Claudia Colangelo, Nicola Veronese, Lee Smith

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 24, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009478

Research Articles

Comparative palatability of orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs) of Praziquantel (L-PZQ and Rac-PZQ) versus current PZQ tablet in African children: A randomized, single-blind, crossover study

Muhidin K. Mahende, Eric Huber, Elly Kourany-Lefoll, Ali Ali, Brooke Hayward, Deon Bezuidenhout, Wilhelmina Bagchus, Abdunoor M. Kabanywanyi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 9, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007370

Precise localization and dynamic distribution of Japanese encephalitis virus in the rain nuclei of infected mice

Wei Han, Mingxing Gao, Changqing Xie, Jinhua Zhang, Zikai Zhao, Xueying Hu, Wanpo Zhang, Xiaoli Liu, Shengbo Cao, Guofu Cheng, Changqin Gu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008442

Automated phenotyping of mosquito larvae enables high-throughput screening for novel larvicides and offers potential for smartphone-based detection of larval insecticide resistance

Steven D. Buckingham, Frederick A. Partridge, Beth C. Poulton, Benjamin S. Miller, Rachel A. McKendry, Gareth J. Lycett, David B. Sattelle

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 3, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008639

Effectiveness of a multifaceted prevention programme for melioidosis in diabetics (PREMEL): A stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial

Pornpan Suntornsut, Prapit Teparrukkul, Gumphol Wongsuvan, Wipada Chaowagul, Susan Michie, Nicholas P. J. Day, Direk Limmathurotsakul

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 25, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009060

Covid-19 in end-stage renal disease patients with renal replacement therapies: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Tanawin Nopsopon, Jathurong Kittrakulrat, Kullaya Takkavatakarn, Thanee Eiamsitrakoon, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch, Krit Pongpirul

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009156

Diversity of trypanosomes in humans and cattle in the HAT foci Mandoul and Maro, Southern Chad—A matter of concern for zoonotic potential?

Mahamat Alhadj Moussa Ibrahim, Judith Sophie Weber, Sen Claudine Henriette Ngomtcho, Djoukzoumka Signaboubo, Petra Berger, Hassane Mahamat Hassane, Sørge Kelm

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 9, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009323

Mark-release-recapture of male Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): Use of rhodamine B to estimate movement, mating and population parameters in preparation for an incompatible male program

Brendan J. Trewin, Daniel E. Pagendam, Brian J. Johnson, Chris Paton, Nigel Snoad, Scott A. Ritchie, Kyran M. Staunton, Bradley J. White, Sara Mitchell, Nigel W. Beebe

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 7, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009357

Exploratory analysis of the effect of helminth infection on the immunogenicity and efficacy of the asexual blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate GMZ2

Odilon Nouatin, Juliana Boex Mengue, Jean Claude Dejon-Agobé, Rolf Fendel, Javier Ibáñez, Ulysse Ateba Ngoa, Jean Ronald Edoa, Bayodé Roméo Adégbité, Yabo Josiane Honkpéhédji, Jeannot Fréjus Zinsou, Aurore Bouyoukou Hounkpatin, Kabirou Moutairou, Andreas Homoet, Meral Esen, Andrea Kreidenweiss, Stephen L. Hoffman, Michael Theisen, Adrian J. F. Luty, Bertrand Lell, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Michael Ramharter, Peter Kremsner, Benjamin Mordmüller, Ayôla Akim Adegnika

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009361

The human immune response to saliva of Phlebotomus alexandri, the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Iraq, and its relationship to sand fly exposure and infection

Ines Lakhal-Naouar, Rami Mukbel, Robert F. DeFraites, Rupal M. Mody, Lina N. Massoud, Dutchabong Shaw, Edgie M. Co, Jeffrey E. Sherwood, Shaden Kamhawi, Naomi E. Aronson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 3, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009378

A facility and community-based assessment of scabies in rural Malawi

Cristina Galván-Casas, Oriol Mitjá, Sara Esteban, Jacob Kafulafula, Texon Phiri, Íñigo Navarro-Fernández, Concepción Román-Curto, Hassani Mtenje, Gerald Thauzeni, Elizabeth Harawa, Stephano Kaluzi, Mphatso Diere, Mary Mkandawire, Shaibu Malizani, Alex Chifundo, Marta Utrera-Busquets, Mónica Roncero-Riesco, Sara López Martín-Prieto, Iosune Vilanova-Urdániz, Gisela H. Petiti, María Victoria de Gálvez Aranda, Nuria No Pérez, María Rueda Gómez-Calcerrada, Pilar Iranzo, Pilar Escalonilla García-Patos, Magdalena de Troya-Martín, Javier Romero Gomez, Esther Cardeñoso-Alvarez, Sofia Lucas Truyols, Libe Aspe Unanue, Cristina Bajo del Pozo, Alicia Comunión Artieda, Maria Isabel Martínez González, Omar F. López-López, Esther Moreno-Artero, Xavier Cubiró, Iago Meilán-Sánchez, Alejandra Tomás-Velázquez, Cristina López-Sánchez, Eva M. Sánchez-Martínez, Harrison A. Edwards, Maria Herrera Morueco, Julia Zehe Rubiera, Laura Salguero Caldera, Urbano Blanes-Moreno, Maria Uribarren-Movilla, Michael Marks

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009386

High risk of early sub-therapeutic penicillin concentrations after intramuscular benzathine penicillin G injections in Ethiopian children and adults with rheumatic heart disease

Ezra B. Ketema, Nigus Z. Gishen, Abraha Hailu, Abadi Leul, Abera Hadgu, Kiflom Hagos, Samual Berhane, Temesgen Tsega, Madhu Page-Sharp, Timothy ME Davis, Brioni Moore, Kevin T. Batty, Jonathan Carapetis, Sam Salman, Laurens Manning

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009399

Use of vector control to protect people from sleeping sickness in the focus of Bonon (Côte d’Ivoire)

Dramane Kaba, Vincent Djohan, Djakaridja Berté, Bi Tra Dieudonné TA, Richard Selby, Koffi Alain De Marie Kouadio, Bamoro Coulibaly, Gabehonron Traoré, Jean-Baptiste Rayaisse, Pierre Fauret, Vincent Jamonneau, Kouakou Lingue, Phillipe Solano, Steve J. Torr, Fabrice Courtin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009404

Feasibility of a dried blood spot strategy for serological screening and surveillance to monitor elimination of Human African Trypanosomiasis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Raquel Inocencio da Luz, Delphin Mavinga Phanzu, Oscar N’lemvo Kiabanzawoko, Eric Miaka, Paul Verlé, Anja De Weggheleire, Philippe Büscher, Epco Hasker, Marleen Boelaert

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009407

Correlation between renal distribution of leptospires during the acute phase and chronic renal dysfunction in a hamster model of infection with Leptospira interrogans

Tsukasa Maruoka, Yasuhiko Nikaido, Satoshi Miyahara, Eisuke Katafuchi, Yoshinori Inamasu, Midori Ogawa, Kazumasa Fukuda, Toshiyuki Nakayama, Takafumi Horishita, Mitsumasa Saito

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 18, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009410

Cases and distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in western São Paulo: A neglected disease in this region of Brazil

Regiane Soares Santana, Karina Briguenti Souza, Fernanda Lussari, Elivelton Silva Fonseca, Cristiane Oliveira Andrade, Marcia Mitiko Kaihara Meidas, Lourdes Aparecida Zampieri D’Andrea, Francisco Assis Silva, Edilson Ferreira Flores, Ivete Rocha Anjolete, Luiz Euribel Prestes-Carneiro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009411

Evidence of Zika virus circulation in asymptomatic pregnant women in Northeast, Brazil

Rebeca Costa Castelo Branco, Patrícia Brasil, Josélio Maria Galvão Araújo, Flávia Oliveira Cardoso, Zulmira Silva Batista, Valéria Maria Souza Leitão, Marcos Antonio Custódio Neto da Silva, Lailson Oliveira de Castro, Joanna Gardel Valverde, Selma Maria Bezerra Jeronimo, Josélia Alencar Lima, Raimunda Ribeiro da Silva, Maria do Carmo Lacerda Barbosa, Luciane Maria Oliveira Brito, Marcelo Antônio Pascoal Xavier, Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009412

Technical viability of the YF MAC-HD ELISA kit for use in yellow fever-endemic regions

Christin H. Goodman, Maurice Demanou, Mick Mulders, Jairo Mendez-Rico, Alison Jane Basile

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009417

The epidemiology of Mayaro virus in the Americas: A systematic review and key parameter estimates for outbreak modelling

Edgar-Yaset Caicedo, Kelly Charniga, Amanecer Rueda, Ilaria Dorigatti, Yardany Mendez, Arran Hamlet, Jean-Paul Carrera, Zulma M. Cucunubá

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 3, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009418

The impact of COVID–19 lockdown on dengue transmission in Sri Lanka; A natural experiment for understanding the influence of human mobility

Prasad Liyanage, Joacim Rocklöv, Hasitha Aravinda Tissera

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009420

A novel substrate for arrhythmias in Chagas disease

Artur Santos-Miranda, Julliane V. Joviano-Santos, Jaqueline O. Sarmento, Alexandre D. Costa, Allysson T. C. Soares, Fabiana S. Machado, Jader S. Cruz, Danilo Roman-Campos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009421

The utilization of advance telemetry to investigate critical physiological parameters including electroencephalography in cynomolgus macaques following aerosol challenge with eastern equine encephalitis virus

John C. Trefry, Franco D. Rossi, Michael V. Accardi, Brandi L. Dorsey, Thomas R. Sprague, Suzanne E. Wollen-Roberts, Joshua D. Shamblin, Adrienne E. Kimmel, Pamela J. Glass, Lynn J. Miller, Crystal W. Burke, Anthony P. Cardile, Darci R. Smith, Sina Bavari, Simon Authier, William D. Pratt, Margaret L. Pitt, Farooq Nasar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009424

Mosquito-bite infection of humanized mice with chikungunya virus produces systemic disease with long-term effects

Brianne M. Hibl, Natalie J. M. Dailey Garnes, Alexander R. Kneubehl, Megan B. Vogt, Jennifer L. Spencer Clinton, Rebecca R. Rico-Hesse

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 9, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009427

First description of Nodding Syndrome in the Central African Republic

Salvatore Metanmo, Farid Boumédiène, Pierre-Marie Preux, Robert Colebunders, Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo, Eric de Smet, Emmanuel Yangatimbi, Andrea S. Winkler, Pascal Mbelesso, Daniel Ajzenberg

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 18, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009430

Eliminating onchocerciasis within the Meme River Basin of Cameroon: A social-ecological approach to understanding everyday realities and health systems

Theobald Mue Nji, Helen Piotrowski, Nnamdi Dum-Buo, Ebua Gallus Fung, Laura Dean, Sally Theobald, Rachael Thomson, Samuel Wanji, Kim Ozano

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009433

Cost of illness for severe and non-severe diarrhea borne by households in a low-income urban community of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

Rebeca Sultana, Stephen P. Luby, Emily S. Gurley, Nadia Ali Rimi, Sayeda Tasnuva Swarna, Jahangir A. M. Khan, Nazmun Nahar, Probir Kumar Ghosh, Sushil Ranjan Howlader, Humayun Kabir, Shifat Khan, Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009439

Aedes aegypti SNAP and a calcium transporter ATPase influence dengue virus dissemination

Alejandro Marin-Lopez, Junjun Jiang, Yuchen Wang, Yongguo Cao, Tyler MacNeil, Andrew K. Hastings, Erol Fikrig

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009442

Evaluating spatiotemporal dynamics of snakebite in Sri Lanka: Monthly incidence mapping from a national representative survey sample

Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Anuradhani Kasthuriratne, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Nipul Kithsiri Gunawardene, Shaluka Francis Jayamanne, Kris Murray, Takuya Iwamura, Geoffrey Isbister, Andrew Dawson, David Griffith Lalloo, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva, Peter John Diggle

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009447

Individuals co-exposed to sand fly saliva and filarial parasites exhibit altered monocyte function

Moussa Sangare, Yaya Ibrahim Coulibaly, Naureen Huda, Silvia Vidal, Sameha Tariq, Michel Emmanuel Coulibaly, Siaka Yamoussa Coulibaly, Lamine Soumaoro, Ilo Dicko, Bourama Traore, Ibrahim Moussa Sissoko, Sekou Fantamady Traore, Ousmane Faye, Thomas B. Nutman, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Fabiano Oliveira, Seydou Doumbia, Shaden Kamhawi, Roshanak Tolouei Semnani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 9, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009448

High incidence of asymptomatic cases during an outbreak of Plasmodium malariae in a remote village of Malaysian Borneo

Nurul Athirah Naserrudin, Emira Izzati Abdul Aziz, Erdie Aljet, George Mangunji, Bumpei Tojo, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Richard Culleton, Kamruddin Ahmed

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 3, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009450

Urogenital schistosomiasis infection prevalence targets to determine elimination as a public health problem based on microhematuria prevalence in school-age children

Ryan E. Wiegand, Fiona M. Fleming, Anne Straily, Susan P. Montgomery, Sake J. de Vlas, Jürg Utzinger, Penelope Vounatsou, W. Evan Secor

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009451

Serologic and molecular evidence for circulation of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in ticks and cattle in Zambia

Masahiro Kajihara, Martin Simuunza, Ngonda Saasa, George Dautu, Akina Mori-Kajihara, Yongjin Qiu, Ryo Nakao, Yoshiki Eto, Hayato Furumoto, Bernard M. Hang’ombe, Yasuko Orba, Hirofumi Sawa, Edgar Simulundu, Shuetsu Fukushi, Shigeru Morikawa, Masayuki Saijo, Jiro Arikawa, Swithine Kabilika, Mwaka Monze, Victor Mukonka, Aaron Mweene, Ayato Takada, Kumiko Yoshimatsu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009452

Caregiver burden in Buruli ulcer disease: Evidence from Ghana

Yaw Ampem Amoako, Nancy Ackam, John-Paul Omuojine, Michael Ntiamoah Oppong, Abena Gyawu Owusu-Ansah, Mohammed Kabiru Abass, George Amofa, Elizabeth Ofori, Michael Frimpong, Freddie Bailey, David Hurst Molyneux, Richard Odame Phillips

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009454

Associations of IL13 gene polymorphisms and immune factors with Schistosoma haematobium infection in schoolchildren in four schistosomiasis-endemic communities in Ghana

Margaret Sarpong-Baidoo, Michael F. Ofori, Elias Kwesi Asuming-Brempong, Eric Kyei-Baafour, Bright K. Idun, Isaac Owusu-Frimpong, Nana A. Amonoo, Queenstar D. Quarshie, Edward J. Tettevi, Mike Y. Osei-Atweneboana

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009455

Undernutrition, food insecurity, and leprosy in North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia: A case-control study to identify infection risk factors associated with poverty

Puneet Anantharam, Lisa E. Emerson, Kassahun D. Bilcha, Jessica K. Fairley, Annisa B. Tesfaye

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 24, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009456

Determining seropositivity—A review of approaches to define population seroprevalence when using multiplex bead assays to assess burden of tropical diseases

YuYen Chan, Kimberly Fornace, Lindsey Wu, Benjamin F. Arnold, Jeffrey W. Priest, Diana L. Martin, Michelle A. Chang, Jackie Cook, Gillian Stresman, Chris Drakeley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009457

Detection and genetic characterisation of Toxoplasma gondii circulating in free-range chickens, pigs and seropositive pregnant women in Benue state, Nigeria

Ifeoma N. Nzelu, Jacob K. P. Kwaga, Junaidu Kabir, Idris A. Lawal, Christy Beazley, Laura Evans, Damer P. Blake

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009458

Correlation between reported dengue illness history and seropositivity in rural Thailand

Darunee Buddhari, Kathryn B. Anderson, Gregory D. Gromowski, Richard G. Jarman, Sopon Iamsirithaworn, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, Taweewun Hunsawong, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Alan L. Rothman, Anthony R. Jones, Stefan Fernandez, Stephen J. Thomas, Timothy P. Endy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009459

Evaluation of improved coloured targets to control riverine tsetse in East Africa: A Bayesian approach

Roger D. Santer, Michael N. Okal, Johan Esterhuizen, Steve J. Torr

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009463

Health and economic burden estimates of snakebite management upon health facilities in three regions of southern Burkina Faso

Sayem Ahmed, Guibehi B. Koudou, Maïwenn Bagot, François Drabo, Windtaré R. Bougma, Caisey Pulford, Moses Bockarie, Robert A. Harrison

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009464

Temperature, traveling, slums, and housing drive dengue transmission in a non-endemic metropolis

Juan Manuel Gurevitz, Julián Gustavo Antman, Karina Laneri, Juan Manuel Morales

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009465

Environmental characteristics around the household and their association with hookworm infection in rural communities from Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Melaku Anegagrie, Sofía Lanfri, Aranzazu Amor Aramendia, Carlos Matías Scavuzzo, Zaida Herrador, Agustín Benito, Maria Victoria Periago

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009466

Epidemiological investigation and physician awareness regarding the diagnosis and management of Q fever in South Korea, 2011 to 2017

Yong Chan Kim, Hye Won Jeong, Dong-Min Kim, Kyungmin Huh, Sang-Ho Choi, Hee Young Lee, Yunjung Jung, Yeol Jung Seong, Eun Jin Kim, Young Hwa Choi, Jung Yeon Heo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009467

Anti-chikungunya virus seroprevalence in Indigenous groups in the São Francisco Valley, Brazil

Jandir Mendonça Nicacio, Ricardo Khouri, Antônio Marconi Leandro da Silva, Manoel Barral-Netto, João Augusto Costa Lima, Ana Marice Teixeira Ladeia, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo, Anderson da Costa Armstrong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009468

A qualitative assessment of the context and enabling environment for the control of Taenia solium infections in endemic settings

Nicholas Ngwili, Nancy Johnson, Raphael Wahome, Samuel Githigia, Kristina Roesel, Lian Thomas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009470

The role of let-7b in the inhibition of hepatic stellate cell activation by rSjP40

Xiaolei Sun, Li Zhang, Yuting Jiang, Aihong Li, Dandan Zhu, Jiangrong Wu, Yinong Duan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 23, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009472

Immune exhaustion in chronic Chagas disease: Pro-inflammatory and immunomodulatory action of IL-27 in vitro

María Ailén Natale, Todd Minning, María Cecilia Albareda, Melisa Daiana Castro Eiro, María Gabriela Álvarez, Bruno Lococo, Gonzalo Cesar, Graciela Bertocchi, María Josefina Elias, María Belén Caputo, Rick Lee Tarleton, Susana Adriana Laucella

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009473

Characterization of a composite with enhanced attraction to savannah tsetse flies from constituents or analogues of tsetse refractory waterbuck (Kobus defassa) body odor

Benson M. Wachira, Joy M. Kabaka, Paul O. Mireji, Sylvance O. Okoth, Margaret M. Nganga, Robert Changasi, Patrick Obore, Bernard Ochieng’, Grace A. Murilla, Ahmed Hassanali

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009474

Short Report: Adult Aedes abundance and risk of dengue transmission

Janet Ong, Joel Aik, Lee Ching Ng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 3, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009475

An integrated overview of the bacterial flora composition of Hyalomma anatolicum, the main vector of CCHF

Nayyereh Choubdar, Fateh Karimian, Mona Koosha, Mohammad Ali Oshaghi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 9, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009480

Sensitivity and Specificity of two rapid tests for the diagnosis of infection by Trypanosoma cruzi in a Colombian population

Sandra Helena Suescún-Carrero, Lyda Pilar Salamanca-Cardozo, María-Jesus Pinazo, Lluis Armadans-Gil

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009483

An inactivated recombinant rabies virus displaying the Zika virus prM-E induces protective immunity against both pathogens

Hongli Jin, Cuicui Jiao, Zengguo Cao, Pei Huang, Hang Chi, Yujie Bai, Di Liu, Jianzhong Wang, Na Feng, Nan Li, Yongkun Zhao, Tiecheng Wang, Yuwei Gao, Songtao Yang, Xianzhu Xia, Hualei Wang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009484

Short report: The potential of PCR on skin flakes from bed linens for diagnosis of scabies in an outbreak

Raïssa Tjon-Kon-Fat, Laurène Peckeu, Susan Hahné, Eric de Coster, Wendy Tas, Bas Wintermans, Anneke Bergmans, Mariska Petrignani, Ewout Fanoy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009485

The synthetic synergistic cinnamon oil CIN-102 is active against Madurella mycetomatis, the most common causative agent of mycetoma

Mickey Konings, Kimberly Eadie, Wilson Lim, Ahmed H. Fahal, Johan Mouton, Nicolas Tesse, Wendy W. J. van de Sande

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 9, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009488

How does onchocerciasis-related skin and eye disease in Africa depend on cumulative exposure to infection and mass treatment?

Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers, Wilma A. Stolk, Michele E. Murdoch, Belén Pedrique, Marielle Kloek, Roel Bakker, Sake J. de Vlas, Luc E. Coffeng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009489

Stakeholders’ attitudes to outdoor residual spraying technique for dengue control in Malaysia: A PLS-SEM approach

Ahmad Firdhaus Arham, Latifah Amin, Muhammad Adzran Che Mustapa, Zurina Mahadi, Mashitoh Yaacob, Maznah Ibrahim

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009493

Orthobunyaviruses in the Caribbean: Melao and Oropouche virus infections in school children in Haiti in 2014

Maha A. Elbadry, Ricardo Durães-Carvalho, Gabriela M. Blohm, Caroline J. Stephenson, Julia C. Loeb, Sarah K. White, Taina Telisma, Sonese Chavannes, Valery M. Beau De Rochars, Marco Salemi, J. Glenn Morris Jr, John A. Lednicky

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009494

Active search strategies, clinicoimmunobiological determinants and training for implementation research confirm hidden endemic leprosy in inner São Paulo, Brazil

Fred Bernardes Filho, Claudia Maria Lincoln Silva, Glauber Voltan, Marcel Nani Leite, Ana Laura Rosifini Alves Rezende, Natália Aparecida de Paula, Josafá Gonçalves Barreto, Norma Tiraboschi Foss, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009495

Worldwide dynamic biogeography of zoonotic and anthroponotic dengue

Alisa Aliaga-Samanez, Marina Cobos-Mayo, Raimundo Real, Marina Segura, David Romero, Julia E. Fa, Jesús Olivero

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 7, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009496

Spatial distribution of Culex mosquito abundance and associated risk factors in Hanoi, Vietnam

Tuyen V. Ha, Wonkook Kim, Thang Nguyen-Tien, Johanna Lindahl, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Nguyen Quang Thi, Huy Van Nguyen, Fred Unger, Hu Suk Lee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009497

Association between environmental and climatic risk factors and the spatial distribution of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in Kyrgyzstan

Giulia Paternoster, Gianluca Boo, Roman Flury, Kursanbek M. Raimkulov, Gulnara Minbaeva, Jumagul Usubalieva, Maksym Bondarenko, Beat Müllhaupt, Peter Deplazes, Reinhard Furrer, Paul R. Torgerson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 23, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009498

Lay attitudes and misconceptions and their implications for the control of brucellosis in an agro-pastoral community in Kilombero district, Tanzania

Caroline M. Mburu, Salome A. Bukachi, Kathrin H. Tokpa, Gilbert Fokou, Khamati Shilabukha, Mangi Ezekiel, Bassirou Bonfoh, Rudovick Kazwala, Katharina Kreppel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009500

Relative transmissibility of shigellosis among different age groups: A modeling study in Hubei Province, China

Zeyu Zhao, Qi Chen, Yao Wang, Meijie Chu, Qingqing Hu, Mikah Ngwanguong Hannah, Jia Rui, Xingchun Liu, Yunhan Yu, Fuwei Zhao, Zhengyun Ren, Shanshan Yu, Ran An, Lili Pan, Yi-Chen Chiang, Benhua Zhao, Yanhua Su, Bin Zhao, Tianmu Chen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009501

Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in dairy cattle in China during 2010–2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Qing-Long Gong, Yu Chen, Tian Tian, Xiaobo Wen, Dong Li, Yu-Hao Song, Qi Wang, Rui Du, Xiao-Xuan Zhang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009502

Economic and disease burden of Japanese encephalitis in Zhejiang Province, 2013–2018

Xuan Deng, Rui Yan, Zi-qiao Li, Xue-wen Tang, Yang Zhou, Hanqing He

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009505

Soil-transmitted helminth infection, anemia, and malnutrition among preschool-age children in Nangapanda subdistrict, Indonesia

Yenny Djuardi, Gilbert Lazarus, Difa Stefanie, Umi Fahmida, Iwan Ariawan, Taniawati Supali

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009506

Whole-exome sequencing reveals insights into genetic susceptibility to Congenital Zika Syndrome

Victor Borda, Ronaldo da Silva Francisco Junior, Joseane B. Carvalho, Guilherme L. Morais, Átila Duque Rossi, Paula Pezzuto, Girlene S. Azevedo, Bruno L. Schamber-Reis, Elyzabeth A. Portari, Adriana Melo, Maria Elisabeth L. Moreira, Letícia C. Guida, Daniela P. Cunha, Leonardo Gomes, Zilton F. M. Vasconcelos, Fabio R. Faucz, Amilcar Tanuri, Constantine A. Stratakis, Renato S. Aguiar, Cynthia Chester Cardoso, Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009507

Mosquito metallomics reveal copper and iron as critical factors for Plasmodium infection

Krystal Maya-Maldonado, Victor Cardoso-Jaime, Gabriela González-Olvera, Beatriz Osorio, Benito Recio-Tótoro, Pablo Manrique-Saide, Iram Pablo Rodríguez-Sánchez, Humberto Lanz-Mendoza, Fanis Missirlis, Fidel de la Cruz Hernández-Hernández

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 23, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009509

Prevalence and correlates of Helicobacter pylori infection among under-five children, adolescent and non-pregnant women in Nepal: Further analysis of Nepal national micronutrient status survey 2016

Suresh Mehata, Kedar Raj Parajuli, Narayan Dutt Pant, Binod Rayamajhee, Uday Narayan Yadav, Ranju Kumari Mehta, Priya Jha, Neha Mehta, Meghnath Dhimal, Dipendra Raman Singh

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009510

Evidence for in vitro and in vivo activity of the antimalarial pyronaridine against Schistosoma

Erik Koehne, Nina Zander, Miriam Rodi, Jana Held, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Rella Zoleko-Manego, Michael Ramharter, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Peter G. Kremsner, Andrea Kreidenweiss

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 24, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009511

Human immune response against salivary antigens of Simulium damnosum s.l.: A new epidemiological marker for exposure to blackfly bites in onchocerciasis endemic areas

Laura Willen, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Vit Dvorak, Francis B. D. Veriegh, Frank T. Aboagye, Bright Idun, Maha Elhadi Osman, Mike Y. Osei-Atweneboana, Orin Courtenay, Petr Volf

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009512

Clinical and epidemiologic characteristics associated with dengue fever in 2011–2016 in Bang Phae district, Ratchaburi province, Thailand

Jacqueline Kyungah Lim, Pornthep Chanthavanich, Kriengsak Limkittikul, Jung-Seok Lee, Chukiat Sirivichayakul, Kang Sung Lee, Sl-Ki Lim, In-Kyu Yoon, Weerawan Hattasingh

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 30, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009513

Stunting in pre-school and school-age children in the Peruvian highlands and its association with Fasciola infection and demographic factors

Camille M. Webb, Maria Luisa Morales, Martha Lopez, Benicia Baca-Turpo, Eulogia Arque, A. Clinton White Jr, Miguel M. Cabada

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009519

Laboratory evaluation of the rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 using diarrheal samples

Goutam Chowdhury, Tarosi Senapati, Bhabatosh Das, Asha Kamath, Debottam Pal, Puja Bose, Arundhati Deb, Sangita Paul, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Shanta Dutta, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009521

Role of the inhibitor of serine peptidase 2 (ISP2) of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in parasite virulence and modulation of the inflammatory responses of the host

David Jessula Levy, Amy Goundry, Raquel S. S. Laires, Tatiana F. R. Costa, Carlos Mendes Novo, Dennis J. Grab, Jeremy C. Mottram, Ana Paula C. A. Lima

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009526

Biogenic nanoporous silicon carrier improves the efficacy of buparvaquone against resistant visceral leishmaniasis

Rinez Thapa, Subhasish Mondal, Joakim Riikonen, Jimi Rantanen, Simo Näkki, Tuomo Nissinen, Ale Närvänen, Vesa-Pekka Lehto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009533

Spatio-temporal modelling of the first Chikungunya epidemic in an intra-urban setting: The role of socioeconomic status, environment and temperature

Laís Picinini Freitas, Alexandra M. Schmidt, William Cossich, Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz, Marilia Sá Carvalho

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 18, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009537

Burkholderia species in human infections in Mexico: Identification of B. cepacia, B. contaminans, B. multivorans, B. vietnamiensis,B. pseudomallei and a new Burkholderia species

Georgina Meza-Radilla, Violeta Larios-Serrato, Rigoberto Hernández-Castro, J. Antonio Ibarra, Paulina Estrada-de los Santos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009541

Melioidosis–a disease of socioeconomic disadvantage

Josh Hanson, Simon Smith, James Stewart, Peter Horne, Nicole Ramsamy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009544

Ameliorative effects of Schisandrin B on Schistosoma mansoni-induced hepatic fibrosis in vivo

Ho Yin Pekkle Lam, Ting-Ruei Liang, Shih-Yi Peng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 23, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009554

A Listeria monocytogenes clone in human breast milk associated with severe acute malnutrition in West Africa: A multicentric case-controlled study

Marièma Sarr, Maryam Tidjani Alou, Jeremy Delerce, Saber Khelaifia, Nafissatou Diagne, Aldiouma Diallo, Hubert Bassene, Ludivine Bréchard, Vincent Bossi, Babacar Mbaye, Jean-Christophe Lagier, Anthony Levasseur, Cheikh Sokhna, Matthieu Million, Didier Raoult

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009555

Long-term outcomes of ivermectin-albendazole versus albendazole alone against soil-transmitted helminths: Results from randomized controlled trials in Lao PDR and Pemba Island, Tanzania

Ladina Keller, Sophie Welsche, Chandni Patel, Somphou Sayasone, Said M. Ali, Shaali M. Ame, Jan Hattendorf, Eveline Hürlimann, Jennifer Keiser

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 30, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009561

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Correction: A global genotyping survey of Strongyloides stercoralis and Strongyloides fuelleborni using deep amplicon sequencing

Joel L. N. Barratt, Meredith Lane, Emir Talundzic, Travis Richins, Gemma Robertson, Fabio Formenti, Bobbi Pritt, Guilherme Verocai, Joelma Nascimento de Souza, Neci Mato Soares, Rebecca Traub, Dora Buonfrate, Richard S. Bradbury

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 18, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009538

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Ivermectin as a potential treatment for COVID-19?

Olivier Chosidow, Charlotte Bernigaud, Didier Guillemot, Bruno Giraudeau, Anne Lespine, Jean-Pierre Changeux, Hervé Bourhy, Marc Lecuit, Zahir Amoura

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published June 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009446

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