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Young dog ingesting a vaccine loaden bait. Freuling et al. (2022)

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Trypanosoma cruzi parasitemia in chronic Chagas disease: Insights from hierarchical modeling

Fernando Abad-Franch

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 4, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010612

Integrated healthcare approach can curb the increasing cases of cryptococcosis in Africa

Chibuike Ibe, Chinonyelum Annette Okoye

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 25, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010625

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on invasive fungal infections in Africa: What have we learned?

Chibuike Ibe

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 30, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010720

Policy Platform

World Dengue Day: A call for action

Nattachai Srisawat, Usa Thisyakorn, Zulkifli Ismail, Kamran Rafiq, Duane J. Gubler, on behalf of ADVA-ISNTD World Dengue Day Committee

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 4, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010586

Research Articles

Seroepidemiological study of Japanese encephalitis virus in Chiang Mai: Immunity and susceptibility 28 years after introduction of a vaccination programme

Tavitiya Sudjaritruk, Quanhathai Kaewpoowat, Chanidapa Prasarakee, Saowalak Sarachai, Anne-Frieda Taurel, Natthanidnan Sricharoen, Phatraporn Assawawongprom, Jutamad Saheng, Rebecca Harris, Joshua Nealon, Sutee Yoksan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 1, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010674

A CRISPR-Cas12a-based diagnostic method for multiple genotypes of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus

Bum Ju Park, Jeong Rae Yoo, Sang Taek Heo, Misun Kim, Keun Hwa Lee, Yoon-Jae Song

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 2, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010666

Egg excretion indicators for the measurement of soil-transmitted helminth response to treatment

Piero L. Olliaro, Michel T. Vaillant, Aïssatou Diawara, Benjamin Speich, Marco Albonico, Jürg Utzinger, Jennifer Keiser

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 2, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010593

Perception of canine rabies among pupils under 15 years in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria

Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Mustapha, Folashade O. Bamidele, Ahmed Tijani Abubakar, Ahmed Ibrahim, Muftau Oyewo, Ibrahim Abdulrahim, Jimoh Muhammad Yakub, Idris A. Olanrewaju, Nusirat Elelu, Andy Gibson, Stella Mazeri, Muhammad Bashir Bolajoko

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 3, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010614

Impact of Epstein-Barr virus co-infection on natural acquired Plasmodium vivax antibody response

Michelle H. F. Dias, Luiz F. F. Guimarães, Matheus G. Barcelos, Eduardo U. M. Moreira, Maria F. A. do Nascimento, Taís N. de Souza, Camilla V. Pires, Talita A. F. Monteiro, Jaap M. Middeldorp, Irene S. Soares, Cor J. F. Fontes, Francis B. Ntumngia, John H. Adams, Flora S. Kano, Luzia H. Carvalho

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 3, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010305

Onchocerciasis: Target product profiles of in vitro diagnostics to support onchocerciasis elimination mapping and mass drug administration stopping decisions

Marco A. Biamonte, Paul T. Cantey, Yaya I. Coulibaly, Katherine M. Gass, Louise C. Hamill, Christopher Hanna, Patrick J. Lammie, Joseph Kamgno, Thomas B. Nutman, David W. Oguttu, Dieudonné P. Sankara, Wilma A. Stolk, Thomas R. Unnasch

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 3, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010682

Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis and characterization of the members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex from slaughtered cattle in Rwanda

Jean Bosco Ntivuguruzwa, Anita L. Michel, Francis Babaman Kolo, Ivan Emil Mwikarago, Jean Claude Semuto Ngabonziza, Henriette van Heerden

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 3, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009964

A time-course comparative clinical and immune response evaluation study between the human pathogenic Orientia tsutsugamushi strains: Karp and Gilliam in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) model

Manutsanun Inthawong, Piyanate Sunyakumthorn, Sirima Wongwairot, Tippawan Anantatat, Susanna J. Dunachie, Rawiwan Im-Erbsin, James W. Jones, Carl J. Mason, Luis A. Lugo, Stuart D. Blacksell, Nicholas P. J. Day, Piengchan Sonthayanon, Allen L. Richards, Daniel H. Paris

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 4, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010611

Occurrence of Lymphatic Filariasis infection after 15 years of mass drug administration in two hotspot districts in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Derrick Adu Mensah, Linda Batsa Debrah, Peter Akosah Gyamfi, Abu Abudu Rahamani, Vera Serwaa Opoku, John Boateng, Prince Obeng, Jubin Osei-Mensah, Inge Kroidl, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Achim Hoerauf, Alexander Yaw Debrah

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 4, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010129

Single-cell RNA sequencing of Plasmodium vivax sporozoites reveals stage- and species-specific transcriptomic signatures

Anthony A. Ruberto, Caitlin Bourke, Amélie Vantaux, Steven P. Maher, Aaron Jex, Benoit Witkowski, Georges Snounou, Ivo Mueller

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 4, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010633

Fetal loss in pregnant rhesus macaques infected with high-dose African-lineage Zika virus

Lauren E. Raasch, Keisuke Yamamoto, Christina M. Newman, Jenna R. Rosinski, Phoenix M. Shepherd, Elaina Razo, Chelsea M. Crooks, Mason I. Bliss, Meghan E. Breitbach, Emily L. Sneed, Andrea M. Weiler, Xiankun Zeng, Kevin K. Noguchi, Terry K. Morgan, Nicole A. Fuhler, Ellie K. Bohm, Alexandra J. Alberts, Samantha J. Havlicek, Sabrina Kabakov, Ann M. Mitzey, Kathleen M. Antony, Karla K. Ausderau, Andres Mejia, Puja Basu, Heather A. Simmons, Jens C. Eickhoff, Matthew T. Aliota, Emma L. Mohr, Thomas C. Friedrich, Thaddeus G. Golos, David H. O’Connor, Dawn M. Dudley

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 4, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010623

FXR deficiency in hepatocytes disrupts the bile acid homeostasis and inhibits autophagy to promote liver injury in Schistosoma japonicum-infected mice

Beibei Zhang, Jing Li, Xianlong Zong, Jianling Wang, Lianlian Xin, Haiyao Song, Wenxue Zhang, Stephane Koda, Hui Hua, Bo Zhang, Qian Yu, Kui-Yang Zheng, Chao Yan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 5, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010651

Field evaluation of a novel, rapid diagnostic assay, and molecular epidemiology of enterotoxigenic E. coli among Zambian children presenting with diarrhea

Suwilanji Silwamba, Obvious N. Chilyabanyama, Fraser Liswaniso, Caroline C. Chisenga, Roma Chilengi, Gordon Dougan, Geoffrey Kwenda, Subhra Chakraborty, Michelo Simuyandi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 5, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010207

Bothrops moojeni snake venom induces an inflammatory response in preadipocytes: Insights into a new aspect of envenomation

Rodrigo Maia-Marques, Danilo Santos Teixeira, Priscila Motta Janovits, Carlos DeOcesano-Pereira, Elbio Leiguez, Catarina Teixeira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010658

Evidence of co-exposure with Brucella spp, Coxiella burnetii, and Rift Valley fever virus among various species of wildlife in Kenya

Francis Gakuya, James Akoko, Lillian Wambua, Richard Nyamota, Bernard Ronoh, Isaac Lekolool, Athman Mwatondo, Mathew Muturi, Collins Ouma, Daniel Nthiwa, Earl Middlebrook, Jeanne Fair, John Gachohi, Kariuki Njenga, Bernard Bett

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010596

Epidemiologic and environmental characterization of the Re-emergence of St. Louis Encephalitis Virus in California, 2015–2020

Mary E. Danforth, Robert E. Snyder, Tina Feiszli, Teal Bullick, Sharon Messenger, Carl Hanson, Kerry Padgett, Lark L. Coffey, Christopher M. Barker, William K. Reisen, Vicki L. Kramer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010664

Toxoplasmosis in patients with an autoimmune disease and immunosuppressive agents: A multicenter study and literature review

Marie-Fleur Durieux, Jean-Guillaume Lopez, Maher Banjari, Karine Passebosc-Faure, Marie-Pierre Brenier-Pinchart, Luc Paris, Gilles Gargala, Sabine Berthier, Julie Bonhomme, Cathy Chemla, Isabelle Villena, Pierre Flori, Emilie Fréalle, Coralie L’Ollivier, Florian Lussac-Sorton, José Gilberto Montoya, Estelle Cateau, Christelle Pomares, Loïc Simon, Dorothée Quinio, Florence Robert-Gangneux, Hélène Yera, Marc Labriffe, Anne-Laure Fauchais, Marie-Laure Dardé

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010691

Genome-wide screening identified SEC61A1 as an essential factor for mycolactone-dependent apoptosis in human premonocytic THP-1 cells

Akira Kawashima, Mitsuo Kiriya, Junichiro En, Kazunari Tanigawa, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Yoko Fujiwara, Yuqian Luo, Keiji Maruyama, Shigekazu Watanabe, Masamichi Goto, Koichi Suzuki

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010672

A gene-based capture assay for surveying patterns of genetic diversity and insecticide resistance in a worldwide group of invasive mosquitoes

Matthew L. Aardema, Michael G. Campana, Nicole E. Wagner, Francisco C. Ferreira, Dina M. Fonseca

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010689

Randomized single oral dose phase 1 study of safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of Iminosugar UV-4 Hydrochloride (UV-4B) in healthy subjects

Michael Callahan, Anthony M. Treston, Grace Lin, Marla Smith, Brian Kaufman, Mansoora Khaliq, Lisa Evans DeWald, Kevin Spurgers, Kelly L. Warfield, Preeya Lowe, Matthew Duchars, Aruna Sampath, Urban Ramstedt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 8, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010636

JQ-1 ameliorates schistosomiasis liver granuloma in mice by suppressing male and female reproductive systems and egg development of Schistosoma japonicum

Jiaming Tian, Bingxin Dai, Li Gong, Pingping Wang, Han Ding, Siwei Xia, Weice Sun, Cuiping Ren, Jijia Shen, Miao Liu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 9, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010661

Leishmania (Sauroleishmania) tarentolae isolation and sympatric occurrence with Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum in geckoes, dogs and sand flies

Jairo Alfonso Mendoza-Roldan, Andrea Zatelli, Maria Stefania Latrofa, Roberta Iatta, Marcos Antonio Bezerra-Santos, Giada Annoscia, Floriana Gernone, Jan Votýpka, David Modrý, Lucie Tichá, Petr Volf, Domenico Otranto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 9, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010650

Rabies healthcare-seeking behaviors of urban and peri-urban residents: Results from a rabies knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey, Bangladesh, 2018

Yasmeen B. Ross, Mahbubul Hoque, Jesse D. Blanton, Erin D. Kennedy, Md Sohel Rana, Sanya Tahmina, Sarah Bonaparte, Jennifer R. Head, Ryan M. Wallace

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 9, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010634

Clinical criteria for Mucosal Leishmaniasis diagnosis in rural South America: A systematic literature review

Jacob M. Bezemer, Kevin Meesters, Cristhian L. Naveda, Paulo R. L. Machado, Manuel Calvopiña, Mariska M. G. Leeflang, Henk D. F. H. Schallig, Henry J. C. de Vries

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 10, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010621

Molecular epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis in Northern Ghana identifies several uncharacterized bovine spoligotypes and suggests possible zoonotic transmission

Samuel Ekuban Kobina Acquah, Prince Asare, Emelia Konadu Danso, Phillip Tetteh, Amanda Yaa Tetteh, Daniel Boateng, Stephen Osei-Wusu, Theophilus Afum, Yolanda Isabel Ayamdooh, Eric Agongo Akugre, Omar Abdul Samad, Lawrence Quaye, Kwasi Obiri-Danso, Richard Kock, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 11, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010649

Seroprevalence of Rift Valley fever virus in domestic ruminants of various origins in two markets of Yaoundé, Cameroon

Francine Yousseu Sado, Huguette Simo Tchetgna, Basile Kamgang, Doumani Djonabaye, Emmanuel Nakouné, Philip J. McCall, Roland Ndip Ndip, Charles S. Wondji

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 11, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010683

Intrageneric cross-reactivity of monospecific rabbit antisera against venoms of the medically most important Bitis spp. and Echis spp. African snakes

Aarón Gómez, Andrés Sánchez, Gina Durán, Daniel Cordero, Álvaro Segura, Mariángela Vargas, Daniela Solano, María Herrera, Stephanie Chaves-Araya, Mauren Villalta, Melvin Sánchez, Mauricio Arguedas, Cecilia Díaz, José María Gutiérrez, Guillermo León

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 12, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010643

Following successful anti-leishmanial treatment, neutrophil counts, CD10 expression and phagocytic capacity remain reduced in visceral leishmaniasis patients co-infected with HIV

Yegnasew Takele, Emebet Adem, Tadele Mulaw, Ingrid Müller, James Anthony Cotton, Pascale Kropf

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 15, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010681

Test combination to detect latent Leishmania infection: A prevalence study in a newly endemic area for L. infantum, northeastern Italy

Alessandra Mistral De Pascali, Renato Todeschini, Simone Baiocchi, Margherita Ortalli, Luciano Attard, Ana Victoria Ibarra-Meneses, Eugenia Carrillo, Stefania Varani

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 15, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010676

An artificial intelligence model to identify snakes from across the world: Opportunities and challenges for global health and herpetology

Isabelle Bolon, Lukáš Picek, Andrew M. Durso, Gabriel Alcoba, François Chappuis, Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 15, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010647

Stakeholders’ views and perspectives on treatments of visceral leishmaniasis and their outcomes in HIV-coinfected patients in East Africa and South-East Asia: A mixed methods study

Joanne Khabsa, Saurabh Jain, Amena El-Harakeh, Cynthia Rizkallah, Dhruv K. Pandey, Nigus Manaye, Gladys Honein-AbouHaidar, Christine Halleux, Daniel Argaw Dagne, Elie A. Akl

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 15, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010624

Zoonoses and gold mining: A cross-sectional study to assess yellow fever immunization, Q fever, leptospirosis and leishmaniasis among the population working on illegal mining camps in French Guiana

Maylis Douine, Timothée Bonifay, Yann Lambert, Louise Mutricy, Muriel Suzanne Galindo, Audrey Godin, Pascale Bourhy, Mathieu Picardeau, Mona Saout, Magalie Demar, Alice Sanna, Emilie Mosnier, Romain Blaizot, Pierre Couppié, Mathieu Nacher, Antoine Adenis, Martha Suarez-Mutis, Stephen Vreden, Loïc Epelboin, Roxane Schaub

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 15, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010326

Comparative proteomics of adult Paragonimus kellicotti excretion/secretion products released in vitro or present in the lung cyst nodule

Lucia S. Di Maggio, Kurt C. Curtis, Petra Erdmann-Gilmore, Robert S. W. Sprung, R. Reid Townsend, Gary J. Weil, Peter U. Fischer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010679

Helminth species dependent effects on Th1 and Th17 cytokines in active tuberculosis patients and healthy community controls

Gezahegn Bewket, Amare Kiflie, Fitsumbrhan Tajebe, Ebba Abate, Thomas Schön, Robert Blomgran

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 17, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010721

Chronic sequelae complicate convalescence from both dengue and acute viral respiratory illness

Shirin Kalimuddin, Yii Ean Teh, Liang En Wee, Shay Paintal, Ram Sasisekharan, Jenny G. Low, Sujata K. Sheth, Eng Eong Ooi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 18, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010724

The increasing incidence of visceral leishmaniasis relapse in South Sudan: A retrospective analysis of field patient data from 2001–2018

Gabriel Naylor-Leyland, Simon M. Collin, Francis Gatluak, Margriet den Boer, Fabiana Alves, Abdul Wasay Mullahzada, Koert Ritmeijer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 18, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010696

Genome-wide analysis of Schistosoma mansoni reveals limited population structure and possible praziquantel drug selection pressure within Ugandan hot-spot communities

Tushabe John Vianney, Duncan J. Berger, Stephen R. Doyle, Geetha Sankaranarayanan, Joel Serubanja, Prossy Kabuubi Nakawungu, Fred Besigye, Richard E. Sanya, Nancy Holroyd, Fiona Allan, Emily L. Webb, Alison M. Elliott, Matthew Berriman, James A. Cotton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 18, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010188

Assessing the impact of Ascariasis and Trichuriasis on weight gain using a porcine model

Bradley Whitehead, Stig M. Thamsborg, Matthew J. Denwood, Peter Nejsum

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 19, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010709

Functional activity limitation of leprosy cases in an endemic area in Indonesia and recommendations for integrated participation program in society

Sri Linuwih Menaldi, Melinda Harini, Nelfidayani Nelfidayani, Yunia Irawati, Steven Setiono, Luh Karunia Wahyuni, Tri Rahayu, Gitalisa Andayani, Dewi Friska, Boya Nugraha

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 19, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010646

Proteomic changes in various organs of Haemaphysalis longicornis under long-term starvation

Ningmei Wang, Han Wang, Aimeng Ji, Ning Li, Guomin Chang, Jingze Liu, Desmond O. Agwunobi, Hui Wang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 22, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010692

Molecular epidemiology of Animal African Trypanosomosis in southwest Burkina Faso

Robert Eustache Hounyèmè, Jacques Kaboré, Geoffrey Gimonneau, Martin Bienvenu Somda, Ernest Salou, Antoine Abel Missihoun, Zakaria Bengaly, Vincent Jamonneau, Alain Boulangé

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 22, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010106

Oral rabies vaccination of dogs—Experiences from a field trial in Namibia

Conrad Martin Freuling, Frank Busch, Adriaan Vos, Steffen Ortmann, Frederic Lohr, Nehemia Hedimbi, Josephat Peter, Herman Adimba Nelson, Kenneth Shoombe, Albertina Shilongo, Brighton Gorejena, Lukas Kaholongo, Siegfried Khaiseb, Jolandie van der Westhuizen, Klaas Dietze, Goi Geurtse, Thomas Müller

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 22, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010422

High infectivity and unique genomic sequence characteristics of Cryptosporidium parvum in China

Ruilian Jia, Wanyi Huang, Ni Huang, Zhengjie Yu, Na Li, Lihua Xiao, Yaoyu Feng, Yaqiong Guo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 22, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010714

Spatio-temporal clusters and patterns of spread of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika in Colombia

Laís Picinini Freitas, Mabel Carabali, Mengru Yuan, Gloria I. Jaramillo-Ramirez, Cesar Garcia Balaguera, Berta N. Restrepo, Kate Zinszer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 23, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010334

Molecular characterization of circulating Salmonella Typhi strains in an urban informal settlement in Kenya

Caroline Ochieng, Jessica C. Chen, Mike Powel Osita, Lee S. Katz, Taylor Griswold, Victor Omballa, Eric. Ng’eno, Alice Ouma, Newton Wamola, Christine Opiyo, Loicer Achieng, Patrick K. Munywoki, Rene S. Hendriksen, Molly Freeman, Matthew Mikoleit, Bonventure Juma, Godfrey Bigogo, Eric Mintz, Jennifer R. Verani, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Heather A. Carleton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 25, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010704

A recombinant rabies vaccine that prevents viral shedding in rabid common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus)

Elsa M. Cárdenas-Canales, Andres Velasco-Villa, James A. Ellison, Panayampalli S. Satheshkumar, Jorge E. Osorio, Tonie E. Rocke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 26, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010699

Genomic characterization of invasive typhoidal and non-typhoidal Salmonella in southwestern Nigeria

Odion O. Ikhimiukor, Anderson O. Oaikhena, Ayorinde O. Afolayan, Abayomi Fadeyi, Aderemi Kehinde, Veronica O. Ogunleye, Aaron O. Aboderin, Oyinlola O. Oduyebo, Charles J. Elikwu, Erkison Ewomazino Odih, Ifeoluwa Komolafe, Silvia Argimón, Abiodun Egwuenu, Ini Adebiyi, Oluwadamilola A. Sadare, Tochi Okwor, Mihir Kekre, Anthony Underwood, Chikwe Ihekweazu, David M. Aanensen, Iruka N. Okeke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 26, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010716

SFTSV infection in rodents and their ectoparasitic chiggers

Xiao-Lan Gu, Wen-Qing Su, Chuan-Min Zhou, Li-Zhu Fang, Ke Zhu, Dong-Qiang Ma, Fa-Chun Jiang, Ze-Min Li, Dan Li, Shu-Hui Duan, Qiu-Ming Peng, Rui Wang, Yuan Jiang, Hui-Ju Han, Xue-Jie Yu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 29, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010698

Highly specific and sensitive detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei genomic DNA by CRISPR-Cas12a

Somsakul Pop Wongpalee, Hathairat Thananchai, Claire Chewapreecha, Henrik B. Roslund, Chalita Chomkatekaew, Warunya Tananupak, Phumrapee Boonklang, Sukritpong Pakdeerat, Rathanin Seng, Narisara Chantratita, Piyawan Takarn, Phadungkiat Khamnoi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 29, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010659

The elimination of trachoma as a public health problem in Mexico: From national health priority to national success story

Víctor Quesada-Cubo, Dey Carol Damián-González, Francisco Gibert Prado-Velasco, Nadia Angélica Fernández-Santos, Gustavo Sánchez-Tejeda, Fabián Correa-Morales, Hermilo Domínguez-Zárate, Abel García-Orozco, Martha Idalí Saboyá-Díaz, María Jesús Sánchez-Martín

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 29, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010660

The effect of livestock density on Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and T. b. rhodesiense: A causal inference-based approach

Julianne Meisner, Agapitus Kato, Marshal Msanyama Lemerani, Erick Mwamba Miaka, Acaga Ismail Taban, Jonathan Wakefield, Ali Rowhani-Rahbar, David M. Pigott, Jonathan D. Mayer, Peter M. Rabinowitz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 29, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010155

Neurocysticercosis in Latin America: Current epidemiological situation based on official statistics from four countries

Roberto Rodríguez-Rivas, Ana Flisser, Luiz Fernando Norcia, Pedro Tadao Hamamoto Filho, D. Katterine Bonilla-Aldana, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Arturo Carpio, Matthew L. Romo, Agnès Fleury

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 29, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010652

Hematological and Biochemical changes in Schistosoma mansoni infected patients at Haik Primary Hospital, North-East Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study

Habtye Bisetegn, Daniel Getacher Feleke, Habtu Debash, Yonas Erkihun, Hussen Ebrahim

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 30, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010728

Diagnostics to support the control of scabies–Development of two target product profiles

Michael Marks, Jodie McVernon, James S. McCarthy, Wendemagegn Enbiale, Christopher Hanna, Olivier Chosidow, Daniel Engelman, Kingsley Asiedu, Andrew Steer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 30, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010556

Prevalence and determinants of asymptomatic Leishmania infection in HIV-infected individuals living within visceral leishmaniasis endemic areas of Bihar, India

Raman Mahajan, Sophie I. Owen, Shiril Kumar, Krishna Pandey, Shahwar Kazmi, Vikash Kumar, Emily R. Adams, Amit Harshana, Sakib Burza

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 30, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010718

Metagenomic detection of eumycetoma causative agents from households of patients residing in two Sudanese endemic villages in White Nile State

Antonella Santona, Najwa A. Mhmoud, Emmanuel Edwar Siddig, Massimo Deligios, Maura Fiamma, Bianca Paglietti, Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet, Salvatore Rubino, Ahmed Hassan Fahal

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published August 30, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010385

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