The many facets of disseminated parenchymal brain cysticercosis: A differential diagnosis with important therapeutic implications

Oscar H. Del Brutto, Hector H. Garcia

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 18, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009883

COVID-19–associated mucormycosis: Evidence-based critical review of an emerging infection burden during the pandemic’s second wave in India

Jesil Mathew Aranjani, Atulya Manuel, Habeeb Ibrahim Abdul Razack, Sam T. Mathew

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 18, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009921

Nudge strategies for behavior-based prevention and control of neglected tropical diseases: A scoping review and ethical assessment

Fiona Vande Velde, Hans J. Overgaard, Sheri Bastien

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009239

Retrospective analysis and time series forecasting with automated machine learning of ascariasis, enterobiasis and cystic echinococcosis in Romania

Johannes Benecke, Cornelius Benecke, Marius Ciutan, Mihnea Dosius, Cristian Vladescu, Victor Olsavszky

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009831

Transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of pyrethroid resistance in the CKR strain of Aedes aegypti

Haina Sun, Robert W. Mertz, Letícia B. Smith, Jeffrey G. Scott

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009871

A novel high performing multiplex immunoassay Multi-HTLV for serological confirmation and typing of HTLV infections

Lola Marqué, Peter Liehl, Jasper De Boer, Hans Pottel, Edward L. Murphy, Roberta Bruhn, Mars Stone, Zhanna Kaidarova, Tzong-Hae Lee, Michael Busch, Maan Zrein

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 1, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009925

Dengue and Zika virus infection patterns vary among Aedes aegypti field populations from Belo Horizonte, a Brazilian endemic city

Raquel Soares Maia Godoy, Luiza dos Santos Felix, Alessandra da Silva Orfanó, Bárbara Aparecida Chaves, Paula Monalisa Nogueira, Breno dos Anjos Costa, Aline Silva Soares, Cinthia Catharina Azevedo Oliveira, Rafael Nacif-Pimenta, Breno Mello Silva, Ana Paula Duarte, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães de Lacerda, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Nágila Francinete Costa Secundino, Paulo Filemon Paolucci Pimenta

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009839

Evaluation of antigen-detecting and antibody-detecting diagnostic test combinations for diagnosing melioidosis

Premjit Amornchai, Viriya Hantrakun, Gumphol Wongsuvan, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Surasakdi Wongratanacheewin, Prapit Teparrakkul, T. Eoin West, David P. AuCoin, Nicholas P. J. Day, Paul J. Brett, Mary N. Burtnick, Narisara Chantratitra, Direk Limmathurotsakul

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009840

Related Articles

1. Correction: Evaluation of antigen-detecting and antibody-detecting diagnostic test combinations for diagnosing melioidosis

Dissecting disease tolerance in Plasmodium vivax malaria using the systemic degree of inflammatory perturbation

Caian L. Vinhaes, Thomas A. Carmo, Artur T. L. Queiroz, Kiyoshi F. Fukutani, Mariana Araújo-Pereira, María B. Arriaga, Marcus V. G. Lacerda, Manoel Barral-Netto, Bruno B. Andrade

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009886

The burden of zoonoses in Paraguay: A systematic review

Liz Paola Noguera Zayas, Simon Rüegg, Paul Torgerson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 2, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009909

Identification of novel modulators of a schistosome transient receptor potential channel targeted by praziquantel

Evgeny G. Chulkov, Emery Smith, Claudia M. Rohr, Nawal A. Yahya, Sang-Kyu Park, Louis Scampavia, Timothy P. Spicer, Jonathan S. Marchant

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 3, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009898

Kdr genotyping (V1016I, F1534C) of the Na_v channel of Aedes aegypti (L.) mosquito populations in Harris County (Houston), Texas, USA, after Permanone 31–66 field tests and its influence on probability of survival

Jonathan R. Hernandez, Michael Longnecker, Chris L. Fredregill, Mustapha Debboun, Patricia V. Pietrantonio

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009833

Yellow fever vaccine protects mice against Zika virus infection

Ana C. Vicente Santos, Francisca H. Guedes-da-Silva, Carlos H. Dumard, Vivian N. S. Ferreira, Igor P. S. da Costa, Ruana A. Machado, Fernanda G. Q. Barros-Aragão, Rômulo L. S. Neris, Júlio S. dos-Santos, Iranaia Assunção-Miranda, Claudia P. Figueiredo, André A. Dias, Andre M. O. Gomes, Herbert L. de Matos Guedes, Andrea C. Oliveira, Jerson L. Silva

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009907

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis induced by Leishmania infantum infection

Qi Shi, Minjun Huang, Xiaoli Li, Xiaoyan Zheng, Fei Wang, Yang Zou, Lei Wang, Jidong Jia

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009944

An accurate mathematical model predicting number of dengue cases in tropics

Chathurangi Edussuriya, Sampath Deegalla, Indika Gawarammana

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009756

Epidemiological study of snakebite cases in Sikkim: Risk modeling with regard to the habitat suitability of common venomous snakes

Ananta Rai, Manita Chettri, Sailendra Dewan, Bidita Khandelwal, Basundhara Chettri

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009800

Evaluation of GeneXpert vanA/vanB in the early diagnosis of vancomycin-resistant enterococci infection

Zhuo-Lei Li, Qi-Bing Luo, Shan-Shan Xiao, Ze-Hong Lin, Ye-Ling Liu, Meng-Yi Han, Jing-Hua Zhong, Tian-Xing Ji, Xu-Guang Guo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009869

The expression of FOXP3 in lesions of several forms of leprosy in patients co-infected with HIV

Marília Brasil Xavier, Carla Andréa Avelar Pires, Cláudia Maria de Castro Gomes, Gabriela Fernandes Rodrigues, Débora Pinheiro Xavier, João Augusto Gomes de Souza Monteiro de Brito, Carlos Eduardo Pereira Corbett

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009887

Effectiveness of Nifurtimox Eflornithine Combination Therapy (NECT) in T. b. gambiense second stage sleeping sickness patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Report from a field study

Andrea Kuemmerle, Caecilia Schmid, Sonja Bernhard, Victor Kande, Wilfried Mutombo, Medard Ilunga, Ismael Lumpungu, Sylvain Mutanda, Pathou Nganzobo, Digas Ngolo Tete, Mays Kisala, Christian Burri, Severine Blesson, Olaf Valverde Mordt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009903

Evaluation of photography using head-mounted display technology (ICAPS) for district Trachoma surveys

Fahd Naufal, Christopher J. Brady, Meraf A. Wolle, Michael Saheb Kashaf, Harran Mkocha, Christopher Bradley, George Kabona, Jeremiah Ngondi, Robert W. Massof, Sheila K. West

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 8, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009928

The connection between Trypanosoma cruzi transmission cycles by Triatoma brasiliensis brasiliensis: A threat to human health in an area susceptible to desertification in the Seridó, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Vanessa Lima-Neiva, Helena Keiko Toma, Lúcia Maria Abrantes Aguiar, Catarina Macedo Lopes, Letícia Paschoaletto Dias, Teresa Cristina Monte Gonçalves, Jane Costa

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 9, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009919

Transcriptional differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei during in vitro acquisition of resistance to acoziborole

Pieter C. Steketee, Federica Giordani, Isabel M. Vincent, Kathryn Crouch, Fiona Achcar, Nicholas J. Dickens, Liam J. Morrison, Annette MacLeod, Michael P. Barrett

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 9, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009939

Changes in the microbiological diagnosis and epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in real-time PCR era: A six-year experience in a referral center in Barcelona

Aroa Silgado, Mayuli Armas, Adrián Sánchez-Montalvá, Lidia Goterris, Maria Ubals, Jordi Temprana-Salvador, Gloria Aparicio, Carmen Chicharro, Núria Serre-Delcor, Berta Ferrer, Israel Molina, Vicenç García-Patos, Tomas Pumarola, Elena Sulleiro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009884

The prevalence of soil transmitted helminth infections in minority indigenous populations of South-East Asia and the Western Pacific Region: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Beth Gilmour, Kefyalew Addis Alene, Archie C. A. Clements

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009890

IgG3 and IL10 are effective biomarkers for monitoring therapeutic effectiveness in Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis

Shilpa Sengupta, Mitali Chatterjee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009906

Risk factors for physical disability in patients with leprosy disease in Yunnan, China: Evidence from a retrospective observational study

Xiaohua Chen, Hong-bing Liu, Tie-Jun Shui, Shun Zha

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009923

Minimally invasive sampling to identify leprosy patients with a high bacterial burden in the Union of the Comoros

Sofie Marijke Braet, Anouk van Hooij, Epco Hasker, Erik Fransen, Abdou Wirdane, Abdallah Baco, Saverio Grillone, Nimer Ortuno-Gutierrez, Younoussa Assoumani, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Paul Corstjens, Leen Rigouts, Annemieke Geluk, Bouke Catherine de Jong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009924

High incidence of Trypanosoma cruzi infections in dogs directly detected through longitudinal tracking at 10 multi-dog kennels, Texas, USA

Rachel E. Busselman, Alyssa C. Meyers, Italo B. Zecca, Lisa D. Auckland, Andres H. Castro, Rebecca E. Dowd, Rachel Curtis-Robles, Carolyn L. Hodo, Ashley B. Saunders, Sarah A. Hamer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 10, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009935

Microarray profiling predicts early neurological and immune phenotypic traits in advance of CNS disease during disease progression in Trypanosoma. b. brucei infected CD1 mouse brains

Paul Montague, Barbara Bradley, Jean Rodgers, Peter G. E. Kennedy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009892

Tomatidine reduces Chikungunya virus progeny release by controlling viral protein expression

Berit Troost-Kind, Martijn J. van Hemert, Denise van de Pol, Heidi van der Ende-Metselaar, Andres Merits, Malte Borggrewe, Izabela A. Rodenhuis-Zybert, Jolanda M. Smit

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009916

Immunoprofiling of fresh HAM/TSP blood samples shows altered innate cell responsiveness

Brenda Rocamonde, Nicolas Futsch, Noemia Orii, Omran Allatif, Augusto Cesar Penalva de Oliveira, Renaud Mahieux, Jorge Casseb, Hélène Dutartre

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009940

Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG at the first epidemic peak in French Guiana, July 2020

Claude Flamand, Christelle Alves Sarmento, Antoine Enfissi, Sarah Bailly, Emmanuel Beillard, Mélanie Gaillet, Céline Michaud, Véronique Servas, Nathalie Clement, Anaïs Perilhou, Thierry Carage, Didier Musso, Jean-françois Carod, Stéphanie Eustache, Céline Tourbillon, Elodie Boizon, Samantha James, Félix Djossou, Henrik Salje, Simon Cauchemez, Dominique Rousset

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 12, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009945

Mongooses (Urva auropunctata) as reservoir hosts of Leptospira species in the United States Virgin Islands, 2019–2020

Hannah M. Cranford, A. Springer Browne, Karen LeCount, Tammy Anderson, Camila Hamond, Linda Schlater, Tod Stuber, Valicia J. Burke-France, Marissa Taylor, Cosme J. Harrison, Katia Y. Matias, Alexandra Medley, John Rossow, Nicholas Wiese, Leanne Jankelunas, Leah de Wilde, Michelle Mehalick, Gerard L. Blanchard, Keith R. Garcia, Alan S. McKinley, Claudia D. Lombard, Nicole F. Angeli, David Horner, Thomas Kelley, David J. Worthington, Jennifer Valiulis, Bethany Bradford, Are Berentsen, Johanna S. Salzer, Renee Galloway, Ilana J. Schafer, Kristine Bisgard, Joseph Roth, Brett R. Ellis, Esther M. Ellis, Jarlath E. Nally

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009859

Chalcones identify cTXNPx as a potential antileishmanial drug target

Douglas O. Escrivani, Rebecca L. Charlton, Marjolly B. Caruso, Gabriela A. Burle-Caldas, Maria Paula G. Borsodi, Russolina B. Zingali, Natalia Arruda-Costa, Marcos V. Palmeira-Mello, Jéssica B. de Jesus, Alessandra M. T. Souza, Bárbara Abrahim-Vieira, Stefanie Freitag-Pohl, Ehmke Pohl, Paul W. Denny, Bartira Rossi-Bergmann, Patrick G. Steel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009951

Taking care of a diarrhea epidemic in an urban hospital in Bangladesh: Appraisal of putative causes, presentation, management, and deaths averted

S. M. Tafsir Hasan, Subhasish Das, A. S. G. Faruque, Azharul Islam Khan, John D. Clemens, Tahmeed Ahmed

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009953

Diagnostics to support elimination of lymphatic filariasis—Development of two target product profiles

Kimberly Y. Won, Katherine Gass, Marco Biamonte, Daniel Argaw Dagne, Camilla Ducker, Christopher Hanna, Achim Hoerauf, Patrick J. Lammie, Sammy M. Njenga, Rahmah Noordin, Kapa D. Ramaiah, Reda Ramzy, Ronaldo G. Carvalho Scholte, Anthony W. Solomon, Ashley A. Souza, Jordan Tappero, Emily Toubali, Gary J. Weil, Steven A. Williams, Jonathan D. King

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 15, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009968

Epidemiology of leptospirosis in Tanzania: A review of the current status, serogroup diversity and reservoirs

Shabani Kiyabo Motto, Gabriel Mkilema Shirima, Barend Mark de Clare Bronsvoort, Elizabeth Anne Jessie Cook

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009918

Household and climate factors influence Aedes aegypti presence in the arid city of Huaquillas, Ecuador

James L. Martin, Catherine A. Lippi, Anna M. Stewart-Ibarra, Efraín Beltrán Ayala, Erin A. Mordecai, Rachel Sippy, Froilán Heras Heras, Jason K. Blackburn, Sadie J. Ryan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009931

Inequality of gender, age and disabilities due to leprosy and trends in a hyperendemic metropolis: Evidence from an eleven-year time series study in Central-West Brazil

José Francisco Martoreli Júnior, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Josilene Dalia Alves, Juliane de Almeida Crispim, Luana Seles Alves, Thaís Zamboni Berra, Tatiana Pestana Barbosa, Fernanda Bruzadelli Paulino da Costa, Yan Mathias Alves, Márcio Souza dos Santos, Dulce Gomes, Mellina Yamamura, Ione Carvalho Pinto, Miguel Angel Fuentealba-Torres, Carla Nunes, Flavia Meneguetti Pieri, Marcos Augusto Moraes Arcoverde, Felipe Lima dos Santos, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009941

Past and future epidemic potential of chikungunya virus in Australia

Timothy White, Gina Mincham, Brian L. Montgomery, Cassie C. Jansen, Xiaodong Huang, Craig R. Williams, Robert L. P. Flower, Helen M. Faddy, Francesca D. Frentiu, Elvina Viennet

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009963

Aspirin-triggered resolvin D1 reduces parasitic cardiac load by decreasing inflammation in a murine model of early chronic Chagas disease

Ileana Carrillo, Rayane Aparecida Nonato Rabelo, César Barbosa, Mariana Rates, Sebastián Fuentes-Retamal, Fabiola González-Herrera, Daniela Guzmán-Rivera, Helena Quintero, Ulrike Kemmerling, Christian Castillo, Fabiana S. Machado, Guillermo Díaz-Araya, Juan D. Maya

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009978

Gender-related differences in prevalence, intensity and associated risk factors of Schistosoma infections in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Diepreye Victoria Ayabina, Jessica Clark, Helena Bayley, Poppy H. L. Lamberton, Jaspreet Toor, T. Deirdre Hollingsworth

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009083

Emerging hantaviruses in Central Argentina: First case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome caused by Alto Paraguay virus, and a novel orthohantavirus in Scapteromys aquaticus rodent

Carla Bellomo, Daniel Oscar Alonso, Tamara Ricardo, Rocío Coelho, Sebastián Kehl, Natalia Periolo, Viviana Azogaray, Natalia Casas, Mariano Ottonelli, Laura Cristina Bergero, María Carolina Cudós, María Andrea Previtali, Valeria Paula Martinez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009842

Molecular detection of dugbe orthonairovirus in cattle and their infesting ticks (Amblyomma and Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)) in Nigeria

Oluwafemi Babatunde Daodu, Albert Eisenbarth, Ansgar Schulz, Julia Hartlaub, James Olukayode Olopade, Daniel Oladimeji Oluwayelu, Martin H. Groschup

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009905

TLR7 modulating B-cell immune responses in the spleen of C57BL/6 mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum

Haixia Wei, Hongyan Xie, Jiale Qu, Anqi Xie, Shihao Xie, He Huang, Jiajie Li, Chao Fang, Feihu Shi, Huaina Qiu, Yanwei Qi, Xu Tian, Quan Yang, Jun Huang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 17, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009943

A Phase 2a randomized, single-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of oral iOWH032 against cholera diarrhea in a controlled human infection model

Rahsan Erdem, Gwen Ambler, Mohamed Al-Ibrahim, Katarzyna Fraczek, Steven D. Dong, Christopher Gast, Laina D. Mercer, Michael Raine, Sharon M. Tennant, Wilbur H. Chen, Eugenio L. de Hostos, Robert K. M. Choy

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 18, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009969

Schistosoma mansoni Larval Extracellular Vesicle protein 1 (SmLEV1) is an immunogenic antigen found in EVs released from pre-acetabular glands of invading cercariae

Thomas A. Gasan, Marije E. Kuipers, Grisial H. Roberts, Gilda Padalino, Josephine E. Forde-Thomas, Shona Wilson, Jakub Wawrzyniak, Edridah M. Tukahebwa, Karl F. Hoffmann, Iain W. Chalmers

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 18, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009981

Risk factors for the progression of trachomatous scarring in a cohort of women in a trachoma low endemic district in Tanzania

Meraf A. Wolle, Beatriz E. Muñoz, Fahd Naufal, Michael Saheb Kashaf, Harran Mkocha, Sheila K. West

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009914

Outbreak of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among military personnel in French Guiana, 2020: Clinical, phylogenetic, individual and environmental aspects

Kim Henry, Aurélie Mayet, Miguel Hernandez, Guillaume Frechard, Pierre-Antoine Blanc, Marion Schmitt, Nathalie André, Jean-Marie Loreau, Marine Ginouves, Ghislaine Prévot, Pierre Couppié, Magalie Demar, Romain Blaizot

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009938

The epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminth infections in children up to 8 years of age: Findings from an Ecuadorian birth cohort

Irina Chis Ster, Hamzah F. Niaz, Martha E. Chico, Yisela Oviedo, Maritza Vaca, Philip J. Cooper

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 19, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009972

Diversity and distribution of the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae

Aparna Krishnavajhala, Brittany A. Armstrong, Alexander R. Kneubehl, Sarah M. Gunter, Julie Piccione, Hee J. Kim, Rosa Ramirez, Ivan Castro-Arellano, Walter Roachell, Pete D. Teel, Job E. Lopez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 23, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009868

Assessing the effects of disease-specific programs on health systems: An analysis of the Bangladesh Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program’s impacts on health service coverage and catastrophic health expenditure

Kimberly M. Koporc, David R. Hotchkiss, Charles F. Stoecker, Deborah A. McFarland, Thomas Carton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 23, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009894

Presenting symptoms of leprosy at diagnosis: Clinical evidence from a cross-sectional, population-based study

Xiaohua Chen, Shun Zha, Tie-Jun Shui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 23, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009913

Low risk of relapse and deformity among leprosy patients who completed multi-drug therapy regimen from 2005 to 2010: A cohort study from four districts in South India

Prabu Rajkumar, Girish Kumar Chethrapilly Purushothaman, Manickam Ponnaiah, Devika Shanmugasundaram, Jayasree Padma, Rang Lal Meena, Selvaraj Vadivoo, Sanjay M. Mehendale

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 23, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009950

Increased levels of cortisol are associated with the severity of experimental visceral leishmaniasis in a Leishmania (L.) infantum-hamster model

Tayany de D. Barros-Gonçalves, Andrea F. Saavedra, Luzinei da Silva-Couto, Raquel P. Ribeiro-Romão, Milla Bezerra-Paiva, Adriano Gomes-Silva, Vinicius F. Carvalho, Alda Maria Da-Cruz, Eduardo F. Pinto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 23, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009987

Synergism therapeutic and immunoregulatory effects of Albendazole + rAd-mIL-28B against Echinococcosis in experiment-infected mice with protoscoleces

Yan Zhang, Jianghua Wang, Qingxia Yang, Zhi Li, Xiaoying Xu, Chong Chen, Zongjie Hou, Qi He, Li Sheng, Xingming Ma, Yanping Luo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 24, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009927

Comparative proteomics reveals Cryptosporidium parvum manipulation of the host cell molecular expression and immune response

Teng Li, Hua Liu, Nan Jiang, Yiluo Wang, Ying Wang, Jing Zhang, Yujuan Shen, Jianping Cao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 24, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009949

Histone deacetylase 8 interacts with the GTPase SmRho1 in Schistosoma mansoni

Lucile Pagliazzo, Stéphanie Caby, Julien Lancelot, Sophie Salomé-Desnoulez, Jean-Michel Saliou, Tino Heimburg, Thierry Chassat, Katia Cailliau, Wolfgang Sippl, Jérôme Vicogne, Raymond J. Pierce

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009503

Improving timeliness in the neglected tropical diseases preventive chemotherapy donation supply chain through information sharing: A retrospective empirical analysis

Elena Kasparis, Yufei Huang, William Lin, Christos Vasilakis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009523

Molecular epidemiology of Paracoccidiodes spp. recovered from patients with paracoccidioidomycosis in a teaching hospital from Minas Gerais State of Brazil

Juliana Andrade-Silva, Leonardo Euripedes Andrade-Silva, Hugo Costa Paes, Lucas Alves, Adair Rosa, Bernardo Guerra Tenório, Marcelo Simão Ferreira, Maria Sueli Soares Felipe, Marcus de Melo Teixeira, Mario León Silva-Vergara

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009956

Evaluation of facial cleanliness and environmental improvement activities: Lessons learned from Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda

Angelia M. Sanders, Ruth Dixon, Logan Stuck, Michaela Kelly, Geordie Woods, Edridah M. Muheki, Gilbert Baayenda, Michael Masika, Holystone Kafanikhale, Upendo Mwingira, Leah Wohlgemuth

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009962

Surface proteomics and label-free quantification of Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona

Teerasit Techawiwattanaboon, Praparat Thaibankluay, Chahya Kreangkaiwal, Suwitra Sathean-Anan-Kun, Prasong Khaenam, Jiradej Makjaroen, Trairak Pisitkun, Kanitha Patarakul

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009983

Impacts of fungal entomopathogens on survival and immune responses of Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens mosquitoes in the context of native Wolbachia infections

Jose L. Ramirez, Molly K. Schumacher, Geoff Ower, Debra E. Palmquist, Steven A. Juliano

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009984

A distribution model for Glossina brevipalpis and Glossina austeni in Southern Mozambique, Eswatini and South Africa for enhanced area-wide integrated pest management approaches

Chantel J. de Beer, Ahmadou H. Dicko, Jerome Ntshangase, Percy Moyaba, Moeti O. Taioe, Fernando C. Mulandane, Luis Neves, Sihle Mdluli, Laure Guerrini, Jérémy Bouyer, Marc J. B. Vreysen, Gert J. Venter

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009989

Identification of enzymes that have helminth-specific active sites and are required for Rhodoquinone-dependent metabolism as targets for new anthelmintics

Margot J. Lautens, June H. Tan, Xènia Serrat, Samantha Del Borrello, Michael R. Schertzberg, Andrew G. Fraser

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009991

Modelling the impact of fexinidazole use on human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Aatreyee M. Das, Nakul Chitnis, Christian Burri, Daniel H. Paris, Swati Patel, Simon E. F. Spencer, Erick M. Miaka, M. Soledad Castaño

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009992

An aromatic imidazoline derived from chloroquinoline triggers cell cycle arrest and inhibits with high selectivity the Trypanosoma cruzi mammalian host-cells infection

Roberto I. Cuevas-Hernández, Richard M. B. M. Girard, Luka Krstulović, Miroslav Bajić, Ariel Mariano Silber

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009994

Clinical and virological impact of single and dual infections with influenza A (H1N1) and SARS-CoV-2 in adult inpatients

Jiazhen Zheng, Fengjuan Chen, Keyi Wu, Jiancheng Wang, Furong Li, Shan Huang, Jianyun Lu, Jinghan Huang, Huamin Liu, Rui Zhou, Zhiwei Huang, Bingyao Meng, Zelin Yuan, Xianbo Wu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009997

Multimodal biomarker discovery for active Onchocerca volvulus infection

Ole Lagatie, Emmanuel Njumbe Ediage, Dirk Van Roosbroeck, Stijn Van Asten, Ann Verheyen, Linda Batsa Debrah, Alex Debrah, Maurice R. Odiere, Ruben T’Kindt, Emmie Dumont, Koen Sandra, Lieve Dillen, Tom Verhaeghe, Rob Vreeken, Filip Cuyckens, Lieven J. Stuyver

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009999

Immunogenicity and safety of primary fractional-dose yellow fever vaccine in autoimmune rheumatic diseases

Adriana Coracini Tonacio, Tatiana do Nascimento Pedrosa, Eduardo Ferreira Borba, Nadia Emi Aikawa, Sandra Gofinet Pasoto, Júlio Cesar Rente Ferreira Filho, Marília Mantovani Sampaio Barros, Elaine Pires Leon, Suzete Cleusa Ferreira Spina Lombardi, Alfredo Mendrone Junior, Adriana de Souza Azevedo, Waleska Dias Schwarcz, Ricardo Fuller, Emily Figueiredo Neves Yuki, Michelle Remião Ugolini Lopes, Rosa Maria Rodrigues Pereira, Percival Degrava Sampaio Barros, Danieli Castro Oliveira de Andrade, Ana Cristina de Medeiros-Ribeiro, Julio Cesar Bertacini de Moraes, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo, Renata Miossi, Alberto José da Silva Duarte, Marta Heloisa Lopes, Esper Georges Kallás, Clovis Artur Almeida da Silva, Eloisa Bonfá

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010002

Starvation at the larval stage increases the vector competence of Aedes aegypti females for Zika virus

Christie S. Herd, DeAna G. Grant, Jingyi Lin, Alexander W. E. Franz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 29, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010003

Trichinella spiralis: Knockdown of gamma interferon inducible lysosomal thiol reductase (GILT) results in the reduction of worm burden

Hong Fei, Muhammad Ali-ul-Husnain Naqvi, Sana Zahra Naqvi, Lixin Xu, Xiaokai Song, Xiangrui Li, Ruofeng Yan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 30, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009958

Molecular identification of two newly identified human pathogens causing leishmaniasis using PCR-based methods on the 3′ untranslated region of the heat shock protein 70 (type I) gene

Narissara Jariyapan, Michelle D. Bates, Paul A. Bates

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 30, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009982

Correction: Vaccination against the digestive enzyme Cathepsin B using a YS1646 Salmonella enterica Typhimurium vector provides almost complete protection against Schistosoma mansoni challenge in a mouse model

Adam S. Hassan, Nicholas H. Zelt, Dilhan J. Perera, Li Xing, Momar Ndao, Brian J. Ward

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 4, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009936

Related Articles

1. Vaccination against the digestive enzyme Cathepsin B using a YS1646 Salmonella enterica Typhimurium vector provides almost complete protection against Schistosoma mansoni challenge in a mouse model

Correction: 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 November 11, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009947

Related Articles

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

Correction: Filovirus-reactive antibodies in humans and bats in Northeast India imply zoonotic spillover

Pilot Dovih, Eric D. Laing, Yihui Chen, Dolyce H. W. Low, B. R. Ansil, Xinglou Yang, Zhengli Shi, Christopher C. Broder, Gavin J. D. Smith, Martin Linster, Uma Ramakrishnan, Ian H. Mendenhall

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published November 16, 2021 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009836

Related Articles

1. Filovirus-reactive antibodies in humans and bats in Northeast India imply zoonotic spillover