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December 2022

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A water buffalo, a primary host affected by anthrax in Vietnam, grazes a hillside in Dien Province, Vietnam. Luong Minh Tan and Doan Ngoc Hung et al.

Image Credit: Jason K. Blackburn, Spatial Epidemiology and Ecology Research Laboratory (SEER Lab), Department of Geography, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America. Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Editorial

Why the mycetoma patients are still neglected

Ahmed Hassan Fahal, Kannan Omer Ahmed, Ali Awadallah Saeed, Abdalla Omer Elkhawad, Sahar Mubarak Bakhiet

Viewpoints

Rewriting the history of leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka: An untold story since 1904

Hasara Nuwangi, Kosala Gayan Weerakoon, Thilini Chanchala Agampodi, Helen Philippa Price, Lisa Dikomitis, Suneth Buddhika Agampodi

Severe acute hepatitis in children: Proposal to investigate Bartonella henselae with a multistep platform

Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho, Marina Rovani Drummond

Trichuris WAP and CAP proteins: Potential whipworm vaccine candidates?

Eleanor Wainwright, Rebecca K. Shears

Review

The Cryptococcus gattii species complex: Unique pathogenic yeasts with understudied virulence mechanisms

Lamin Saidykhan, Chinaemerem U. Onyishi, Robin C. May

Research Articles

Long-term validation of a reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP) assay for the rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 from March 2020 to October 2021 in Central Africa, Gabon

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Clock genes regulate mating activity rhythms in the vector mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus

Shuang Liu, Jiayong Zhou, Ling Kong, Yiquan Cai, Hongkai Liu, Zhensheng Xie, Xiaolin Xiao, Anthony A. James, Xiao-Guang Chen

Pregnancy outcomes after snakebite envenomations: A retrospective cohort in the Brazilian Amazonia

Thaís P. Nascimento, Alexandre Vilhena Silva-Neto, Djane Clarys Baia-da-Silva, Patrícia Carvalho da Silva Balieiro, Antônio Alcirley da Silva Baleiro, Jacqueline Sachett, Lisele Brasileiro, Marco A. Sartim, Flor Ernestina Martinez-Espinosa, Fan Hui Wen, Manuela B. Pucca, Charles J. Gerardo, Vanderson S. Sampaio, Priscila Ferreira de Aquino, Wuelton M. Monteiro

Disparate selection of mutations in the dihydrofolate reductase gene (dhfr) of Plasmodium ovale curtisi and P. o. wallikeri in Africa

Jing Chen, Xiaoqin Ma, Jianxia Tang, Sui Xu, Yaping Gu, Feng Tang, Yuanyuan Cao, Weiming Wang, Huayun Zhou, Jiayao Zhang, Xinyu Yu, Guoding Zhu, Meng Zhu, Qingfeng Zhang, Richard Culleton, Yaobao Liu, Jun Cao

A systematic review and global analysis of the seasonal activity of Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) sergenti, the primary vectors of L. tropica

Ahmed Karmaoui, Denis Sereno, Samir El Jaafari, Lhoussain Hajji

Epidemiological characteristics of imported acute infectious diseases in Guangzhou, China, 2005–2019

Wen-Hui Liu, Chen Shi, Ying Lu, Lei Luo, Chun-Quan Ou

Proteomic analysis of Sarcoptes scabiei reveals that proteins differentially expressed between eggs and female adult stages are involved predominantly in genetic information processing, metabolism and/or host-parasite interactions

Tao Wang, Robin B. Gasser, Pasi K. Korhonen, Neil D. Young, Ching-Seng Ang, Nicholas A. Williamson, Guangxu Ma, Gangi R. Samarawickrama, Deepani D. Fernando, Katja Fischer

Serial magnetic resonance imaging of splenomegaly in the Trypanosoma brucei infected mouse

Samantha Paterson, William Matthew Holmes, Jean Rodgers

Detection of trachoma using machine learning approaches

Damien Socia, Christopher J. Brady, Sheila K. West, R. Chase Cockrell

Development and evaluation of recombinant E2 protein based IgM capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and double antigen sandwich ELISA for detection of antibodies to Chikungunya virus

Meijun Guo, Shanshan Du, Lijin Lai, Wei Wu, Xiaoxia Huang, Aqian Li, Hao Li, Chuan Li, Qin Wang, Lina Sun, Tiezhu Liu, Tingting Tian, Shiwen Wang, Mifang Liang, Dexin Li, Chun Xie, Jiandong Li

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever among general people: A cross-sectional study in Pakistan

Hashaam Jamil, Muhammad Fazal Ud Din, Muhammad Junaid Tahir, Muhammad Saqlain, Zair Hassan, Muhammad Arslan Khan, Mustafa Sajjad Cheema, Irfan Ullah, Md. Saiful Islam, Ali Ahmed

Natural statin derivatives as potential therapy to reduce intestinal fluid loss in cholera

Rattikarn Noitem, Pawin Pongkorpsakol, Chartchai Changsen, Yaowapa Sukpondma, Chittreeya Tansakul, Vatcharin Rukachaisirikul, Chatchai Muanprasat

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the epidemiology of Leptospirosis in HIV uninfected and in people living with HIV from the Southern African Development Community

Isac Rodrigues Comia, Regina Daniel Miambo, Emília Virgínia Noormahomed, Manuel Mahoche, Alberto Pondja, Robert Turner Schooley, Constance Benson, Jahit Sacarlal

Case-control investigation of invasive Salmonella disease in Malawi reveals no evidence of environmental or animal transmission of invasive strains, and supports human to human transmission

Leonard Koolman, Reenesh Prakash, Yohane Diness, Chisomo Msefula, Tonney S. Nyirenda, Franziska Olgemoeller, Paul Wigley, Blanca Perez-Sepulveda, Jay C. D. Hinton, Siân V. Owen, Nicholas A. Feasey, Philip M. Ashton, Melita A. Gordon

Cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) genetic variations in Thai vivax malaria patients: Implications for 8-aminoquinoline radical cure

Kamonwan Chamchoy, Sirapapha Sudsumrit, Thanyapit Thita, Srivicha Krudsood, Rapatbhorn Patrapuvich, Usa Boonyuen

Comparing antigenaemia- and microfilaraemia as criteria for stopping decisions in lymphatic filariasis elimination programmes in Africa

Wilma A. Stolk, Luc E. Coffeng, Fatorma K. Bolay, Obiora A. Eneanya, Peter U. Fischer, T. Déirdre Hollingsworth, Benjamin G. Koudou, Aboulaye Méité, Edwin Michael, Joaquin M. Prada, Rocio M. Caja Rivera, Swarnali Sharma, Panayiota Touloupou, Gary J. Weil, Sake J. de Vlas

Correlation of TcII discrete typing units with severe chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy in patients from various Brazilian geographic regions

Maykon Tavares de Oliveira, Carlos Alessandro Fuzo, Maria Cláudia da Silva, Eduardo Antônio Donadi, João Santana da Silva, Henrique Turin Moreira, André Schmidt, José Antônio Marin-Neto

A next generation targeted amplicon sequencing method to screen for insecticide resistance mutations in Aedes aegypti populations reveals a rdl mutation in mosquitoes from Cabo Verde

Emma L. Collins, Jody E. Phelan, Magdalena Hubner, Anton Spadar, Monica Campos, Daniel Ward, Holly Acford-Palmer, Ana Rita Gomes, Keily Silva, Lara Ferrero Gomez, Taane G. Clark, Susana Campino

Methodological choices in brucellosis burden of disease assessments: A systematic review

Carlotta Di Bari, Narmada Venkateswaran, Mieghan Bruce, Christina Fastl, Ben Huntington, Grace T. Patterson, Jonathan Rushton, Paul Torgerson, David M. Pigott, Brecht Devleesschauwer

Absence of transmission of vYF next generation Yellow Fever vaccine in mosquitoes

Rachel Bellone, Laurence Mousson, Chloé Bohers, Nathalie Mantel, Anna-Bella Failloux

Perceived water-related risk factors of Buruli ulcer in two villages of south-central Côte d’Ivoire

Andrea Leuenberger, Bognan V. Koné, Raymond T. A. S. N’krumah, Didier Y. Koffi, Bassirou Bonfoh, Jürg Utzinger, Gerd Pluschke

Voluntary vaccination may not stop monkeypox outbreak: A game-theoretic model

Ian B. Augsburger, Grace K. Galanthay, Jacob H. Tarosky, Jan Rychtář, Dewey Taylor

Urban vectors of Chagas disease in the American continent: A systematic review of epidemiological surveys

Ana Laura Carbajal-de-la-Fuente, Paz Sánchez-Casaccia, Romina Valeria Piccinali, Yael Provecho, Liliana Salvá, Sergio Meli, Florencia Cano, Ricardo Hernández, Julieta Nattero

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Spatial analysis of human and livestock anthrax in Dien Bien province, Vietnam (2010–2019) and the significance of anthrax vaccination in livestock

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