July 2021

Billboard posted to "Stop stigma and discrimination against Ebola survivors to promote community peace and oneness." Koch, et al. (2021)

Image Credit: Robert Garry

Viewpoints

Rabies postexposure prophylaxis in the United States: Opportunities to improve access, coordination, and delivery

Gavin T. Howington, Huy-Binh Nguyen, P. Brandon Bookstaver, Peter Akpunonu, Joshua T. Swan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009461

Time to reconsider the role of ribavirin in Lassa fever

Alex Paddy Salam, Vincent Cheng, Tansy Edwards, Piero Olliaro, Jonathan Sterne, Peter Horby

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009522

The Myanmar military coup: Propelling the 2030 milestones for neglected tropical diseases further out of reach

Bethany Moos, Russell Roberts, Mo Aye

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009532

Target product profile for a dengue pre-vaccination screening test

Noah Fongwen, Annelise Wilder-Smith, Duane J. Gubler, Eng Eong Ooi, Edsel Maurice T. Salvana, Xavier de Lamballerie, Piero L. Olliaro, Rosanna W. Peeling

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009557

Symposium

Unusual presentations of a severe type 2 leprosy reaction mimicking sepsis induced by helminth infection

Sri Linuwih Menaldi, Anastasia Asylia Dinakrisma, Hok Bing Thio, Iris Rengganis, Salma Oktaria

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009453

Reviews

Canadian contributions to research on neglected tropical diseases

Theresa W. Gyorkos, Hélène Carabin, Maneesh Phillip, Leshawn Benedict, Amy Davis, Janet Hatcher Roberts, Kishor M. Wasan, Momar Ndao, Alison Krentel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009476

Stopping azithromycin mass drug administration for trachoma: A systematic review

Hamidah Mahmud, Emma Landskroner, Abdou Amza, Solomon Aragie, William W. Godwin, Anna de Hostos Barth, Kieran S. O’Brien, Thomas M. Lietman, Catherine E. Oldenburg

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009491

The impact of podoconiosis, lymphatic filariasis, and leprosy on disability and mental well-being: A systematic review

Oumer Ali, Asrat Mengiste, Maya Semrau, Abraham Tesfaye, Abebaw Fekadu, Gail Davey

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009492

Addressing antimicrobial resistance by improving access and quality of care—A review of the literature from East Africa

Kathrin Loosli, Alicia Davis, Adrian Muwonge, Tiziana Lembo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009529

A review of the leishmanin skin test: A neglected test for a neglected disease

Jessica Carstens-Kass, Kayla Paulini, Patrick Lypaczewski, Greg Matlashewski

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009531

Research Articles

Effect of sanitation improvements on soil-transmitted helminth eggs in courtyard soil from rural Bangladesh: Evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Laura H. Kwong, Debashis Sen, Sharmin Islam, Sunny Shahriar, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Benjamin F. Arnold, Alan Hubbard, Sarker Masud Parvez, Mahfuza Islam, Leanne Unicomb, Md. Mahbubur Rahman, Kara Nelson, John M. Colford Jr., Stephen P. Luby, Ayse Ercumen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008815

Predicting the environmental suitability for onchocerciasis in Africa as an aid to elimination planning

Elizabeth A. Cromwell, Joshua C. P. Osborne, Thomas R. Unnasch, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Katherine M. Gass, Kira A. Barbre, Elex Hill, Kimberly B. Johnson, Katie M. Donkers, Shreya Shirude, Chris A. Schmidt, Victor Adekanmbi, Olatunji O. Adetokunboh, Mohsen Afarideh, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Muktar Beshir Ahmed, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Ziyad Al-Aly, Fahad Mashhour Alanezi, Turki M. Alanzi, Vahid Alipour, Catalina Liliana Andrei, Fereshteh Ansari, Mustafa Geleto Ansha, Davood Anvari, Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah, Jalal Arabloo, Benjamin F. Arnold, Marcel Ausloos, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Atif Amin Baig, Maciej Banach, Aleksandra Barac, Till Winfried Bärnighausen, Mohsen Bayati, Krittika Bhattacharyya, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Sadia Bibi, Ali Bijani, Somayeh Bohlouli, Mahdi Bohluli, Oliver J. Brady, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Zahid A. Butt, Felix Carvalho, Souranshu Chatterjee, Vijay Kumar Chattu, Soosanna Kumary Chattu, Natalie Maria Cormier, Saad M. A. Dahlawi, Giovanni Damiani, Farah Daoud, Aso Mohammad Darwesh, Ahmad Daryani, Kebede Deribe, Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne, Daniel Diaz, Hoa Thi Do, Maysaa El Sayed Zaki, Maha El Tantawi, Demelash Abewa Elemineh, Anwar Faraj, Majid Fasihi Harandi, Yousef Fatahi, Valery L. Feigin, Eduarda Fernandes, Nataliya A. Foigt, Masoud Foroutan, Richard Charles Franklin, Mohammed Ibrahim Mohialdeen Gubari, Davide Guido, Yuming Guo, Arvin Haj-Mirzaian, Kanaan Hamagharib Abdullah, Samer Hamidi, Claudiu Herteliu, Hagos Degefa de Hidru, Tarig B. Higazi, Naznin Hossain, Mehdi Hosseinzadeh, Mowafa Househ, Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Milena D. Ilic, Irena M. Ilic, Usman Iqbal, Seyed Sina Naghibi Irvani, Ravi Prakash Jha, Farahnaz Joukar, Jacek Jerzy Jozwiak, Zubair Kabir, Leila R. Kalankesh, Rohollah Kalhor, Behzad Karami Matin, Salah Eddin Karimi, Amir Kasaeian, Taras Kavetskyy, Gbenga A. Kayode, Ali Kazemi Karyani, Abraham Getachew Kelbore, Maryam Keramati, Rovshan Khalilov, Ejaz Ahmad Khan, Md Nuruzzaman Nuruzzaman Khan, Khaled Khatab, Mona M. Khater, Neda Kianipour, Kelemu Tilahun Kibret, Yun Jin Kim, Soewarta Kosen, Kris J. Krohn, Dian Kusuma, Carlo La Vecchia, Van Charles Lansingh, Paul H. Lee, Kate E. LeGrand, Shanshan Li, Joshua Longbottom, Hassan Magdy Abd El Razek, Muhammed Magdy Abd El Razek, Afshin Maleki, Abdullah A. Mamun, Ali Manafi, Navid Manafi, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo, Mohsen Mazidi, Colm McAlinden, Birhanu Geta Meharie, Walter Mendoza, Endalkachew Worku Mengesha, Desalegn Tadese Mengistu, Seid Tiku Mereta, Tomislav Mestrovic, Ted R. Miller, Mohammad Miri, Masoud Moghadaszadeh, Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Reza Mohammadpourhodki, Shafiu Mohammed, Salahuddin Mohammed, Masoud Moradi, Rahmatollah Moradzadeh, Paula Moraga, Jonathan F. Mosser, Mehdi Naderi, Ahamarshan Jayaraman Nagarajan, Gurudatta Naik, Ionut Negoi, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Trang Huyen Nguyen, Rajan Nikbakhsh, Bogdan Oancea, Tinuke O. Olagunju, Andrew T. Olagunju, Ahmed Omar Bali, Obinna E. Onwujekwe, Adrian Pana, Hadi Pourjafar, Fakher Rahim, Mohammad Hifz Ur Rahman, Priya Rathi, Salman Rawaf, David Laith Rawaf, Reza Rawassizadeh, Serge Resnikoff, Melese Abate Reta, Aziz Rezapour, Enrico Rubagotti, Salvatore Rubino, Ehsan Sadeghi, Abedin Saghafipour, S. Mohammad Sajadi, Abdallah M. Samy, Rodrigo Sarmiento-Suárez, Monika Sawhney, Megan F. Schipp, Amira A. Shaheen, Masood Ali Shaikh, Morteza Shamsizadeh, Kiomars Sharafi, Aziz Sheikh, B. Suresh Kumar Shetty, Jae Il Shin, K. M. Shivakumar, Biagio Simonetti, Jasvinder A. Singh, Eirini Skiadaresi, Amin Soheili, Shahin Soltani, Emma Elizabeth Spurlock, Mu’awiyyah Babale Sufiyan, Takahiro Tabuchi, Leili Tapak, Robert L. Thompson, Alan J. Thomson, Eugenio Traini, Bach Xuan Tran, Irfan Ullah, Saif Ullah, Chigozie Jesse Uneke, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Olalekan A. Uthman, Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers, Francesco S. Violante, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Tewodros Eshete Wonde, Tomohide Yamada, Sanni Yaya, Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Paul Yip, Naohiro Yonemoto, Hebat-Allah Salah A. Yousof, Chuanhua Yu, Yong Yu, Hasan Yusefzadeh, Leila Zaki, Sojib Bin Zaman, Maryam Zamanian, Zhi-Jiang Zhang, Yunquan Zhang, Arash Ziapour, Simon I. Hay, David M. Pigott

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008824

Scoping review of Neglected Tropical Disease Interventions and Health Promotion: A framework for successful NTD interventions as evidenced by the literature

Caroline Ackley, Mohamed Elsheikh, Shahaduz Zaman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009278

Smart deworming collar: A novel tool for reducing Echinococcus infection in dogs

Shi-Jie Yang, Ning Xiao, Jing-Zhong Li, Yu Feng, Jun-Ying Ma, Gong-Sang Quzhen, Qing Yu, Ting Zhang, Shi-Cheng Yi, Zhao-Hui Luo, Hua-Sheng Pang, Chuang Li, Zhuo-Li Shen, Ke-Sheng Hou, Bin-Bin Zhang, Yi-Biao Zhou, Hong-Lin Jiang, Xiao-Nong Zhou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009443

Mapping survey of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases towards mass drug administration in The Gambia

Yaya Camara, Bakary Sanneh, Ebrima Joof, Abdoulie M. Sanyang, Sana M. Sambou, Alhagie Papa Sey, Fatou O. Sowe, Amadou Woury Jallow, Balla Jatta, Sharmila Lareef-Jah, Sainey Sanneh, Flobert Njiokou, Abdoulie Jack, Serign Jawo Ceesay, Chinyere Ukaga

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009462

Sachet water consumption as a risk factor for cholera in urban settings: Findings from a case control study in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo during the 2017–2018 outbreak

Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Florian Vogt, Berthe Miwanda, Tresor Sundika, Nancy Mbula, Isaac Pankwa, Leopold Lubula, Veerle Vanlerberghe, Alain Magazani, Mildred Tita Afoumbom, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009477

Evolution, systematics and historical biogeography of sand flies of the subgenus Paraphlebotomus (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotomus) inferred using restriction-site associated DNA markers

Astrid Cruaud, Véronique Lehrter, Guenaëlle Genson, Jean-Yves Rasplus, Jérôme Depaquit

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009479

The discovery of a novel series of compounds with single-dose efficacy against juvenile and adult Schistosoma species

J. Mark F. Gardner, Nuha R. Mansour, Andrew S. Bell, Helena Helmby, Quentin Bickle

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009490

Anaphylatoxins orchestrate Th17 response via interactions between CD16⁺ monocytes and pleural mesothelial cells in tuberculous pleural effusion

Shuanglinzi Deng, Xinyue Hu, Lisha Luo, Wei Tang, Yuanyuan Jiang, Feifei Yin, Chengping Hu, Juntao Feng, Xiaozhao Li

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009508

A randomised controlled feasibility trial of a BabyWASH household playspace: The CAMPI study

Sophie Budge, Paul Hutchings, Alison Parker, Sean Tyrrel, Sam Norton, Camila Garbutt, Fitsume Woldemedhin, Mohammed Yasin Jemal, Mathewos Moges, Siraj Hussen, Hunachew Beyene

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009514

Molecular approach to the epidemiology of urinary schistosomiasis in France

Marie-Laure Gillardie, Oussama Babba, Caroline Mahinc, Maureen Duthel, Claire de Bengy, Clotilde Morineaud, Elisabeth Rivollier, Pierre Flori

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009515

Clinical manifestations and health outcomes associated with Zika virus infections in adults: A systematic review

Sheliza Halani, Panashe E. Tombindo, Ryan O’Reilly, Rafael N. Miranda, Laura K. Erdman, Clare Whitehead, Joanna M. Bielecki, Lauren Ramsay, Raphael Ximenes, Justin Boyle, Carsten Krueger, Shannon Willmott, Shaun K. Morris, Kellie E. Murphy, Beate Sander

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009516

Comparison of sand fly trapping approaches for vector surveillance of Leishmania and Bartonella species in ecologically distinct, endemic regions of Peru

Victor O. Zorrilla, Marisa E. Lozano, Liz J. Espada, Michael Kosoy, Clifton McKee, Hugo O. Valdivia, Heriberto Arevalo, Mario Troyes, Craig A. Stoops, Michael L. Fisher, Gissella M. Vásquez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009517

The epidemic of Q fever in 2018 to 2019 in Zhuhai city of China determined by metagenomic next-generation sequencing

Mingxing Huang, Jinmin Ma, Jun Jiao, Chunna Li, Luan Chen, Zhongyi Zhu, Feng Ruan, Li Xing, Xinchun Zheng, Mengjiao Fu, Binyin Ma, Chongjie Gan, Yuanchen Mao, Chongnan Zhang, Ping Sun, Xi Liu, Ziliang Lin, Lu Chen, Zhiyu Lu, Dongsheng Zhou, Bohai Wen, Weijun Chen, Xiaolu Xiong, Jinyu Xia

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009520

Epidemiological and numerical simulation of rabies spreading from canines to various human populations in mainland China

Wen-gao Lu, Danni Ai, Hong Song, Yuan Xie, Shuqing Liu, Wuyang Zhu, Jian Yang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009527

Risk of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among travellers visiting friends and relatives to continental Latin America

Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá, Catalina Salinas, Elena Sullerio, Fernando Salvador, Pau Bosch-Nicolau, Clara Crespillo-Andújar, Elena Trigo, Sílvia Roure, Lluís Valerio, Juan Espinosa-Pereiro, Israel Molina

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009528

Dipeptidyl peptidase III as a DNA marker to investigate epidemiology and taxonomy of Old World Leishmania species

Insaf Bel Hadj Ali, Hamed Chouaieb, Yusr Saadi Ben Aoun, Emna Harigua-Souiai, Hejer Souguir, Alia Yaacoub, Oussaïma El Dbouni, Zoubir Harrat, Maowia M. Mukhtar, Moncef Ben Said, Nabil Haddad, Akila Fathallah-Mili, Ikram Guizani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009530

“Chagas Express XXI”: A new ArtScience social technology for health and science education—A case study in Brazilian endemic areas of Chagas disease with an active search of chronic cases

Tania C. Araujo-Jorge, Roberto R. Ferreira, Rita C. M. Rocha, Thallyta M. Vieira, Nancy D. Costa, Luzia L. Santos, Josefa O. Silva, Marcelo O. Mendes, Juliana Almeida-Silva, Erik J. Costa, Rodrigo Mexas, Jonathan G. Oliveira, Ana M. Suarez-Fontes, Teresa C. M. Gonçalves, Catarina M. Lopes, Marcio L. Mello, Cristina X. A. Borges, Luciana R. Garzoni, Daniel Gibaldi, Joseli Lannes-Vieira, Marcos A. Vannier-Santos

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 21, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009534

Arboviral diseases and poverty in Alabama, 2007–2017

Donal Bisanzio, Elisa Martello, Katherine Izenour, Kelly Stevens, Ramandeep Kaur, Benjamin A. McKenzie, Moritz Kraemer, Richard Reithinger, Sarah Zohdy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009535

Determination of freedom-from-rabies for small Indian mongoose populations in the United States Virgin Islands, 2019–2020

A. Springer Browne, Hannah M. Cranford, Clint N. Morgan, James A. Ellison, Are Berentsen, Nicholas Wiese, Alexandra Medley, John Rossow, Leanne Jankelunas, Alan S. McKinley, Claudia D. Lombard, Nicole F. Angeli, Thomas Kelley, Jennifer Valiulus, Bethany Bradford, Valicia J. Burke-France, Cosme J. Harrison, Irene Guendel, Marissa Taylor, Gerard L. Blanchard, Jeffrey B. Doty, David J. Worthington, David Horner, Keith R. Garcia, Joseph Roth, Brett R. Ellis, Kristine M. Bisgard, Ryan Wallace, Esther M. Ellis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009536

Sexual selection theory meets disease vector control: Testing harmonic convergence as a “good genes” signal in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Garrett P. League, Laura C. Harrington, Sylvie A. Pitcher, Julie K. Geyer, Lindsay L. Baxter, Julian Montijo, John G. Rowland, Lynn M. Johnson, Courtney C. Murdock, Lauren J. Cator

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009540

A hidden deadly venomous insect: First eco-epidemiological assessment and risk mapping of lonomism in Argentina

Milena Gisela Casafús, Marília Melo Favalesso, Micaela Andrea Gritti, Juan Manuel Coronel, Ana Tereza Bittencourt Guimarães, Maria Elisa Peichoto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009542

Zoonotic enteric parasites in Mongolian people, animals, and the environment: Using One Health to address shared pathogens

Amber N. Barnes, Anu Davaasuren, Uyanga Baasandavga, Paul M. Lantos, Battsetseg Gonchigoo, Gregory C. Gray

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009543

Prevalence and associated risk factors of Leishmania infection among immunocompetent hosts, a community-based study in Chiang Rai, Thailand

Pamornsri Sriwongpan, Supalert Nedsuwan, Jidapa Manomat, Sakarn Charoensakulchai, Kittiphat Lacharojana, Jamnong Sankwan, Natheeporn Kobpungton, Taweesak Sriwongpun, Saovanee Leelayoova, Mathirut Mungthin, Suradej Siripattanapipong, Toon Ruang-areerate, Tawee Naaglor, Theethach Eamchotchawalit, Phunlerd Piyaraj

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009545

Sodium channel activation underlies transfluthrin repellency in Aedes aegypti

Felipe Andreazza, Wilson R. Valbon, Qiang Wang, Feng Liu, Peng Xu, Elizabeth Bandason, Mengli Chen, Shaoying Wu, Leticia B. Smith, Jeffrey G. Scott, Youfa Jiang, Dingxin Jiang, Aijun Zhang, Eugenio E. Oliveira, Ke Dong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009546

Geographical Detector-based influence factors analysis for Echinococcosis prevalence in Tibet, China

Tian Ma, Dong Jiang, Mengmeng Hao, Peiwei Fan, Shize Zhang, Gongsang Quzhen, ChuiZhao Xue, Shuai Han, WeiPing Wu, Canjun Zheng, Fangyu Ding

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009547

Microbes increase thermal sensitivity in the mosquito Aedes aegypti, with the potential to change disease distributions

Fhallon Ware-Gilmore, Carla M. Sgrò, Zhiyong Xi, Heverton L. C. Dutra, Matthew J. Jones, Katriona Shea, Matthew D. Hall, Matthew B. Thomas, Elizabeth A. McGraw

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009548

Levels of cross-resistance to pyrethroids conferred by the Vssc knockdown resistance allele 410L+1016I+1534C in Aedes aegypti

Juan J. Silva, Cedric N. Kouam, Jeffrey G. Scott

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009549

Prevalence of neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in acute infection and convalescence: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Helen R. Savage, Victor S. Santos, Thomas Edwards, Emanuele Giorgi, Sanjeev Krishna, Timothy D. Planche, Henry M. Staines, Joseph R. A. Fitchett, Daniela E. Kirwan, Ana I. Cubas Atienzar, David J. Clark, Emily R. Adams, Luis E. Cuevas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009551

Emergent canine visceral leishmaniasis in Argentina: Comparative diagnostics and relevance to proliferation of human disease

Kyoko Fujisawa, Charlotte Silcott-Niles, Poppy Simonson, Daniela Lamattina, Cristian A. Humeres, Tapan Bhattacharyya, Pascal Mertens, Caroline Thunissen, Victoria O’Rourke, Magdalena Pańczuk, James A. Whitworth, Oscar Daniel Salomón, Michael A. Miles

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009552

Favipiravir treatment prolongs the survival in a lethal mouse model intracerebrally inoculated with Jamestown Canyon virus

Hirofumi Kato, Mutsuyo Takayama-Ito, Masaaki Satoh, Madoka Kawahara, Satoshi Kitaura, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Shuetsu Fukushi, Nozomi Nakajima, Takashi Komeno, Yousuke Furuta, Masayuki Saijo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009553

Effectiveness of Wolbachia-infected mosquito deployments in reducing the incidence of dengue and other Aedes-borne diseases in Niterói, Brazil: A quasi-experimental study

Sofia B. Pinto, Thais I. S. Riback, Gabriel Sylvestre, Guilherme Costa, Julia Peixoto, Fernando B. S. Dias, Stephanie K. Tanamas, Cameron P. Simmons, Suzanne M. Dufault, Peter A. Ryan, Scott L. O’Neill, Frederico C. Muzzi, Simon Kutcher, Jacqui Montgomery, Benjamin R. Green, Ruth Smithyman, Ana Eppinghaus, Valeria Saraceni, Betina Durovni, Katherine L. Anders, Luciano A. Moreira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009556

Strongyloides stercoralis and HTLV-1 coinfection in CD34⁺ cord blood stem cell humanized mice: Alteration of cytokine responses and enhancement of larval growth

Lauren E. Springer, John B. Patton, Tingting Zhan, Arnold B. Rabson, Hsin-Ching Lin, Tim Manser, James B. Lok, Jessica A. Hess, David Abraham

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009559

Assessing clinicians’ Post-Exposure Prophylaxis recommendations for rabies virus exposures in Hunan Province, China

Yu Li, Jeanette J. Rainey, Hao Yang, Cuc H. Tran, Yang Huai, Rongqiang Liu, Hongwei Zhu, Zhengliang Wang, Di Mu, Wenwu Yin, Chun Guo, Miriam Shiferaw, Qiulan Chen, Shixiong Hu, Zhongjie Li

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009564

Optimizing the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) panel for the diagnosis of Leptospirosis in a low resource, hyper-endemic setting with varied microgeographic variation in reactivity

Dinesha Jayasundara, Chandika Gamage, Indika Senavirathna, Janith Warnasekara, Michael A. Matthias, Joseph M. Vinetz, Suneth Agampodi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009565

Inequalities of visceral leishmaniasis case-fatality in Brazil: A multilevel modeling considering space, time, individual and contextual factors

Gláucia Cota, Astrid Christine Erber, Eva Schernhammer, Taynãna Cesar Simões

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009567

Low-level Plasmodium vivax exposure, maternal antibodies, and anemia in early childhood: Population-based birth cohort study in Amazonian Brazil

Anaclara Pincelli, Marly A. Cardoso, Maíra B. Malta, Igor C. Johansen, Rodrigo M. Corder, Vanessa C. Nicolete, Irene S. Soares, Marcia C. Castro, Marcelo U. Ferreira, on behalf of the MINA-Brazil Study Working Group

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009568

Field assessment in Cameroon of a reader of POC-CCA lateral flow strips for the quantification of Schistosoma mansoni circulating cathodic antigen in urine

Estelle Mezajou Mewamba, Arnol Auvaker Zebaze Tiofack, Cyrille Nguemnang Kamdem, Romuald Isaka Kamwa Ngassam, Mureille Carole Tchami Mbagnia, Oscar Nyangiri, Harry Noyes, Hilaire Marcaire Womeni, Flobert Njiokou, Gustave Simo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009569

Trypanosoma cruzi-infected Rhodnius prolixus endure increased predation facilitating parasite transmission to mammal hosts

Newmar Pinto Marliére, Marcelo Gustavo Lorenzo, Alessandra Aparecida Guarneri

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009570

Ultraviolet disinfection of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae in water

Lucinda Hazell, Fiona Allan, Aidan M. Emery, Michael R. Templeton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 6, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009572

Epidemiological, clinical and laboratory features of acute Q fever in a cohort of hospitalized patients in a regional hospital, Israel, 2012-2018

Talya Finn, Frida Babushkin, Keren Geller, Hanna Alexander, Svetlana Paikin, Jonathan Lellouche, Yafit Atiya-Nasagi, Regev Cohen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009573

Distribution and natural infection status of synantrophic triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, reveals new epidemiological scenarios for chagas disease in the Highlands of Colombia

Omar Cantillo-Barraza, Manuel Medina, Sara Zuluaga, María Isabel Blanco, Rodrigo Caro, Jeiczon Jaimes-Dueñez, Virgilio Beltrán, Samanta CC Xavier, Omar Triana-Chavez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009574

Health seeking behavior after the 2013–16 Ebola epidemic: Lassa fever as a metric of persistent changes in Kenema District, Sierra Leone

Mikaela R. Koch, Lansana Kanneh, Paul H. Wise, Lianne M. Kurina, Foday Alhasan, Robert F. Garry, John S. Schieffelin, Jeffrey G. Shaffer, Donald S. Grant

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009576

Active case detection methods for crusted scabies and leprosy: A systematic review

Miriam Glennie, Karen Gardner, Michelle Dowden, Bart J. Currie

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 23, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009577

Effect of habitat fragmentation on rural house invasion by sylvatic triatomines: A multiple landscape-scale approach

Miriam Cardozo, Federico Gastón Fiad, Liliana Beatríz Crocco, David Eladio Gorla

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009579

Modelling the influence of naturally acquired immunity from subclinical infection on outbreak dynamics and persistence of rabies in domestic dogs

Susannah Gold, Christl A. Donnelly, Rosie Woodroffe, Pierre Nouvellet

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 20, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009581

Setting up a pragmatic clinical trial in a low-resource setting: A qualitative assessment of GoLBeT, a trial of podoconiosis management in Northern Ethiopia

Astrid C. Erber, Victoria Ewing, Mark Turner, Meseret Molla, Gharib Murbe, Fikre Enquoselassie, Gail Davey, Trudie Lang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009582

Enantiospecific antitrypanosomal in vitro activity of eflornithine

Mikael Boberg, Monica Cal, Marcel Kaiser, Rasmus Jansson-Löfmark, Pascal Mäser, Michael Ashton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009583

Gut integrity and duodenal enteropathogen burden in undernourished children with environmental enteric dysfunction

Zehra Jamil, Najeeha Talat Iqbal, Romana Idress, Zubair Ahmed, Kamran Sadiq, Indika Mallawaarachchi, Junaid Iqbal, Sana Syed, Aneeta Hotwani, Furqan Kabir, Kumail Ahmed, Sheraz Ahmed, Fayaz Umrani, Jennie Z. Ma, Fatima Aziz, Adil Kalam, Sean R. Moore, Syed Asad Ali

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009584

Transcriptomic analysis and molecular docking reveal genes involved in the response of Aedes aegypti larvae to an essential oil extracted from Eucalyptus

Ivana Sierra, Jose Manuel Latorre-Estivalis, Lucila Traverso, Paula V. Gonzalez, Ariel Aptekmann, Alejandro Daniel Nadra, Héctor Masuh, Sheila Ons

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009587

T. cruzi DNA polymerase beta (Tcpolβ) is phosphorylated in vitro by CK1, CK2 and TcAUK1 leading to the potentiation of its DNA synthesis activity

Edio Maldonado, Diego A. Rojas, Fabiola Urbina, Aldo Solari

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 14, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009588

Short Report: Early genomic detection of SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant in Northeast Brazil

Stephane Tosta, Marta Giovanetti, Vanessa Brandão Nardy, Luciana Reboredo de Oliveira da Silva, Marcela Kelly Astete Gómez, Jaqueline Gomes Lima, Cristiane Wanderley Cardoso, Tarcisio Oliveira Silva, Marcia São Pedro Leal de Souza, Pedro Henrique Presta Dia, Vagner Fonseca, Tulio de Oliveira, José Lourenço, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara, Felicidade Pereira, Arabela Leal

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009591

Staging liver fibrosis after severe yellow fever with ultrasound elastography in Brazil: A six-month follow-up study

Yuri Costa Sarno Neves, Victor Augusto Camarinha de Castro-Lima, Davi Jorge Fontoura Solla, Vivian Simone de Medeiros Ogata, Fernando Linhares Pereira, Jordana Machado Araujo, Ana Catharina Seixas Nastri, Yeh-Li Ho, Maria Cristina Chammas

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 20, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009594

Field evaluation of the gut microbiome composition of pre-school and school-aged children in Tha Song Yang, Thailand, following oral MDA for STH infections

Katharina Stracke, Poom Adisakwattana, Suparat Phuanukoonnon, Tippayarat Yoonuan, Akkarin Poodeepiyasawat, Paron Dekumyoy, Kittipong Chaisiri, Alexandra Roth Schulze, Stephen Wilcox, Harin Karunajeewa, Rebecca J. Traub, Aaron R. Jex

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009597

Reducing mosquito-borne disease transmission to humans: A systematic review of cluster randomised controlled studies that assess interventions other than non-targeted insecticide

Jane Oliver, Stuart Larsen, Tim P. Stinear, Ary Hoffmann, Simon Crouch, Katherine B. Gibney

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009601

Rate-of-Kill (RoK) assays to triage large compound sets for Chagas disease drug discovery: Application to GSK Chagas Box

Juan Cantizani, Pablo Gamallo, Ignacio Cotillo, Raquel Alvarez-Velilla, Julio Martin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009602

The burden of skin disease and eye disease due to onchocerciasis in countries formerly under the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control mandate for 1990, 2020, and 2030

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

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009604

Increase of CD4⁺CD25^highFoxP3⁺ cells impairs in vitro human microbicidal activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis during latent and acute pulmonary tuberculosis

Lorenzzo Lyrio Stringari, Luciana Polaco Covre, Flávia Dias Coelho da Silva, Vivian Leite de Oliveira, Maria Carolina Campana, David Jamil Hadad, Moisés Palaci, Padmini Salgame, Reynaldo Dietze, Daniel Cláudio de Oliveira Gomes, Rodrigo Ribeiro-Rodrigues

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009605

Cost-effectiveness of dengue vaccination in Puerto Rico

Guido España, Andrew J. Leidner, Stephen H. Waterman, T. Alex Perkins

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009606

One hundred years of zoonoses research in the Horn of Africa: A scoping review

Lisa Cavalerie, Maya Wardeh, Ophélie Lebrasseur, Mark Nanyingi, K. Marie McIntyre, Mirgissa Kaba, Daniel Asrat, Robert Christley, Gina Pinchbeck, Matthew Baylis, Siobhan M. Mor

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009607

Burden of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) in India based on data from cross-sectional serosurveys, 2017 and 2019–20

Devika Shanmugasundaram, Shally Awasthi, Bhagirathi Dwibedi, S. Geetha, Manish Jain, Shikha Malik, Bhupeshwari Patel, Himabindu Singh, Shalini Tripathi, Rajlakshmi Viswanathan, Anjoo Agarwal, Rajeswari Bonu, Shuchi Jain, Saubhagya Kumar Jena, J. Priyasree, K Pushpalatha, Syed Ali, Debasis Biswas, Amita Jain, Rahul Narang, Sudha Madhuri, Suji George, Ojas Kaduskar, G. Kiruthika, R. Sabarinathan, Gajanan Sapakal, Nivedita Gupta, Manoj V. Murhekar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 23, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009608

Linked surveillance and genetic data uncovers programmatically relevant geographic scale of Guinea worm transmission in Chad

Jessica V. Ribado, Nancy J. Li, Elizabeth Thiele, Hil Lyons, James A. Cotton, Adam Weiss, Philippe Tchindebet Ouakou, Tchonfienet Moundai, Hubert Zirimwabagabo, Sarah Anne J. Guagliardo, Guillaume Chabot-Couture, Joshua L. Proctor

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009609

Genotypes and phenotypes of G6PD deficiency among Indonesian females across diagnostic thresholds of G6PD activity guiding safe primaquine therapy of latent malaria

Ari Winasti Satyagraha, Arkasha Sadhewa, Lydia Visita Panggalo, Decy Subekti, Iqbal Elyazar, Saraswati Soebianto, Nunung Mahpud, Alida Rosita Harahap, J. Kevin Baird

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009610

Social determinants associated with Zika virus infection in pregnant women

Nivison Nery Jr., Juan P. Aguilar Ticona, Claudia Gambrah, Simon Doss-Gollin, Adeolu Aromolaran, Valmir Rastely-Júnior, Millani Lessa, Gielson A. Sacramento, Jaqueline S. Cruz, Daiana de Oliveira, Laiara Lopes dos Santos, Crislaine G. da Silva, Viviane F. Botosso, Camila P. Soares, Danielle Bastos Araujo, Danielle B. Oliveira, Rubens Prince dos Santos Alves, Robert Andreata-Santos, Edison L. Durigon, Luís Carlos de Souza Ferreira, Elsio A. Wunder Jr., Ricardo Khouri, Jamary Oliveira-Filho, Isadora C. de Siqueira, Antônio R. P. Almeida, Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko, Federico Costa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 30, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009612

α-Gal immunization positively impacts Trypanosoma cruzi colonization of heart tissue in a mouse model

Gisele Macêdo Rodrigues da Cunha, Maíra Araújo Azevedo, Denise Silva Nogueira, Marianna de Carvalho Clímaco, Edward Valencia Ayala, Juan Atilio Jimenez Chunga, Raul Jesus Ynocente La Valle, Lucia Maria da Cunha Galvão, Egler Chiari, Carlos Ramon Nascimento Brito, Rodrigo Pedro Soares, Paula Monalisa Nogueira, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Ricardo Gazzinelli, Robert Hincapie, Carlos-Sanhueza Chaves, Fabricio Marcus Silva Oliveira, M. G. Finn, Alexandre Ferreira Marques

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009613

The impact of dengue illness on social distancing and caregiving behavior

Kathryn L. Schaber, Amy C. Morrison, William H. Elson, Helvio Astete-Vega, Jhonny J. Córdova-López, Esther Jennifer Ríos López, W. Lorena Quiroz Flores, Alfonso S. Vizcarra Santillan, Thomas W. Scott, Lance A. Waller, Uriel Kitron, Christopher M. Barker, T. Alex Perkins, Alan L. Rothman, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec, John P. Elder, Valerie A. Paz-Soldan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009614

Help from the sky: Can vultures contribute to Cystic Echinococcosis control in endemic areas?

Fiammetta Berlinguer, Fahad Ahmed, Claudia Tamponi, Silvia Carta, Antonio Scala, Maria Grazia Cappai, Antonio Varcasia

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009615

The burden of scrub typhus in India: A systematic review

Emily Devasagayam, Divya Dayanand, Debasree Kundu, Mohan S. Kamath, Richard Kirubakaran, George M. Varghese

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009619

A novel vehicle-mounted sticky trap; an effective sampling tool for savannah tsetse flies Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood and Glossina morsitans centralis Machado

Jackson Muyobela, Christian W. W. Pirk, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Njelembo J. Mbewe, Catherine L. Sole

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009620

Miltefosine enhances infectivity of a miltefosine-resistant Leishmania infantum strain by attenuating its innate immune recognition

Dimitri Bulté, Lieselotte Van Bockstal, Laura Dirkx, Magali Van den Kerkhof, Carl De Trez, Jean-Pierre Timmermans, Sarah Hendrickx, Louis Maes, Guy Caljon

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 22, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009622

Prevalence of urogenital and intestinal schistosomiasis among school children in South-west Nigeria

Johnson A. Ojo, Samuel A. Adedokun, Akeem A. Akindele, Adedolapo B. Olorunfemi, Olawumi A. Otutu, Taiwo A. Ojurongbe, Bolaji N. Thomas, Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan, Olusola Ojurongbe

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009628

The influence of leprosy-related clinical and epidemiological variables in the occurrence and severity of COVID-19: A prospective real-world cohort study

Selma Regina Penha Silva Cerqueira, Patrícia Duarte Deps, Débora Vilela Cunha, Natanael Victor Furtunato Bezerra, Daniel Holanda Barroso, Ana Bárbara Sapienza Pinheiro, Gecilmara Salviato Pillegi, Taynah Alves Rocha Repsold, Patrícia Shu Kurizky, Simon M. Collin, Ciro Martins Gomes

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 28, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009635

In vitro activity of SPR719 against Mycobacterium ulcerans, Mycobacterium marinum and Mycobacterium chimaera

Sacha J. Pidot, Jessica L. Porter, Troy Lister, Timothy P. Stinear

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009636

The impact of artificial selection for Wolbachia-mediated dengue virus blocking on phage WO

Heverton L. C. Dutra, Suzanne A. Ford, Scott L. Allen, Sarah R. Bordenstein, Stephen F. Chenoweth, Seth R. Bordenstein, Elizabeth A. McGraw

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009637

Sandfly Fever Sicilian Virus-Leishmania major co-infection modulates innate inflammatory response favoring myeloid cell infections and skin hyperinflammation

Ellen Heirwegh, Emily MacLean, Jinlei He, Shaden Kamhawi, Selena M. Sagan, Martin Olivier

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 26, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009638

Detrimental role of IL-33/ST2 pathway sustaining a chronic eosinophil-dependent Th2 inflammatory response, tissue damage and parasite burden during Toxocara canis infection in mice

Thaís Leal-Silva, Flaviane Vieira-Santos, Fabrício Marcus Silva Oliveira, Luiza de Lima Silva Padrão, Lucas Kraemer, Pablo Hemanoel da Paixão Matias, Camila de Almeida Lopes, Ana Cristina Loiola Ruas, Isabella Carvalho de Azevedo, Denise Silva Nogueira, Milene Alvarenga Rachid, Marcelo Vidigal Caliari, Remo Castro Russo, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Lilian Lacerda Bueno

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009639

Previous exposure to dengue virus is associated with increased Zika virus burden at the maternal-fetal interface in rhesus macaques

Chelsea M. Crooks, Andrea M. Weiler, Sierra L. Rybarczyk, Mason I. Bliss, Anna S. Jaeger, Megan E. Murphy, Heather A. Simmons, Andres Mejia, Michael K. Fritsch, Jennifer M. Hayes, Jens C. Eickhoff, Ann M. Mitzey, Elaina Razo, Katarina M. Braun, Elizabeth A. Brown, Keisuke Yamamoto, Phoenix M. Shepherd, Amber Possell, Kara Weaver, Kathleen M. Antony, Terry K. Morgan, Christina M. Newman, Dawn M. Dudley, Nancy Schultz-Darken, Eric Peterson, Leah C. Katzelnick, Angel Balmaseda, Eva Harris, David H. O’Connor, Emma L. Mohr, Thaddeus G. Golos, Thomas C. Friedrich, Matthew T. Aliota

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 30, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009641

Respiratory cryptosporidiosis in Malawian children with diarrheal disease

Pui-Ying Iroh Tam, Mphatso Chisala, Wongani Nyangulu, Herbert Thole, James Nyirenda

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 30, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009643

Enhanced attraction of sand fly vectors of Leishmania infantum to dogs infected with zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis

Ifhem Chelbi, Khouloud Maghraoui, Sami Zhioua, Saifedine Cherni, Imen Labidi, Abhay Satoskar, James G. C. Hamilton, Elyes Zhioua

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 27, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009647

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Correction: Plasma and memory B cell responses targeting O-specific polysaccharide (OSP) are associated with protection against Vibrio cholerae O1 infection among household contacts of cholera patients in Bangladesh

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published July 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009616

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