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October 2023

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A technician practices taking a dry blood spot sample, which is used during to determine the prevelance of onchocerciasis in the surveyed areas. Trotignon et al, 2023.

Image Credit: Alyssa Marriner, Sightsavers 2019

Research Articles

Barriers to the hospital treatment among Bede snake charmers in Bangladesh with special reference to venomous snakebite

Ken Yoshimura, Moazzem Hossain, Bumpei Tojo, Paul Tieu, Nathalie Nguyen Trinh, Nguyen Tien Huy, Miho Sato, Kazuhiko Moji

Wolbachia-mediated resistance to Zika virus infection in Aedes aegypti is dominated by diverse transcriptional regulation and weak evolutionary pressures

Emma C. Boehm, Anna S. Jaeger, Hunter J. Ries, David Castañeda, Andrea M. Weiler, Corina C. Valencia, James Weger-Lucarelli, Gregory D. Ebel, Shelby L. O’Connor, Thomas C. Friedrich, Mostafa Zamanian, Matthew T. Aliota

Reconstruction of the molecular evolution of Usutu virus in Germany: Insights into virus emersion and circulation

Felicitas Bergmann, Cora M. Holicki, Friederike Michel, Sabine Bock, Nelly Scuda, Grit Priemer, Susanne Kenklies, Timo Siempelkamp, Jasmin Skuballa, Claudia Sauerwald, Louise Herms, Aemero Muluneh, Martin Peters, Andreas Hlinak, Martin H. Groschup, Balal Sadeghi, Ute Ziegler

Perceptions and acceptability of co-administered albendazole, ivermectin and azithromycin mass drug administration, among the health workforce and recipient communities in Ethiopia

Scott McPherson, Dereje Geleta, Getinet Tafese, Temesgen Tafese, Sinkinesh Behaksira, Hiwot Solomon, Birhanu Oljira, Hirpa Miecha, Lalisa Gemechu, Kaleab Debebe, Biruck Kebede, Teshome Gebre, Fikreab Kebede, Fikre Seife, Fentahun Tadesse, Belete Mammo, Abraham Aseffa, Anthony W. Solomon, David C. W. Mabey, Michael Marks, Endalamaw Gadisa

Epidemiology and risk factors of Japanese encephalitis in Taiwan, 2010–2022

Jen-Yu Hsu, Chien-Ching Hung, Tsung-Pei Tsou, Wan-Chin Chen

Excretory/Secretory Products from Schistosoma japonicum Eggs Alleviate Ovalbumin-Induced Allergic Airway Inflammation

Zhidan Li, Xiaoling Wang, Wei Zhang, Wenbin Yang, Bin Xu, Wei Hu

Experiences and practices of traditional healers on snakebite treatment and prevention in rural Malawi

Moses Banda Aron, Manuel Mulwafu, Bright Mailosi, Benno Kreuels, Luckson Dullie, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga, Jörg Blessmann, Enoch Ndarama, Clara Sambani, Fabien Munyaneza, Anat Rosenthal

Prevalence of malaria and dengue co-infections among febrile patients during dengue transmission season in Kassala, eastern Sudan

Khider Alsedig, Mawahib H. Eldigail, Adel Hussein Elduma, Arwa Elaagip, Omnia Altahir, Hanaa Adli Siam, Yousif Ali, Tajeldin Abdallah

Determinants of podoconiosis among residents of Machakle District East Gojjam Zone Amhara Region Ethiopia

Teshome Tefera, Kassawmar Angaw Bogale, Yiteka Tegegn, Abebaw Gedef Azene, Kebadnew Mulatu, Gizachew Tadesse Wassie

Seroprevalence of Brucella spp. and Rift Valley fever virus among slaughterhouse workers in Isiolo County, northern Kenya

Richard Nyamota, Josphat Maina, James Akoko, Daniel Nthiwa, Athman Mwatondo, Mathew Muturi, Lillian Wambua, Earl A. Middlebrook, Andrew W. Bartlow, Jeanne M. Fair, Bernard Bett

Zika virus diversity in mice is maintained during early vertical transmission from placenta to fetus, but reduced in fetal bodies and brains at late stages of infection

Alyssa B. Evans, Clayton W. Winkler, Sarah L. Anzick, Stacy M. Ricklefs, Dan E. Sturdevant, Karin E. Peterson

The cross-cultural validation of the Beach Center Family Quality of Life Scale among persons affected by leprosy or podoconiosis in Northwest Ethiopia

Moges Wubie Aycheh, Anna T. van’t Noordende, Nurilign Abebe Moges, Alice P. Schippers

Ten years follow-up of the largest oral Chagas disease outbreak: Cardiological prospective cohort study

Raiza Ruiz-Guevara, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Iván Mendoza, Cielo Rojas, Iván Machado, Zoraida Díaz-Bello, Arturo Muñoz-Calderón, Julio Castro, Oscar Noya

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in ialB, gltA and rpoB genes of Bartonella bacilliformis isolated from patients in endemic Peruvian regions

Yanina Zarate-Sulca, Karen Daphne Calvay-Sanchez, Víctor Jimenez-Vasquez, Joaquim Ruiz, Oscar Acosta-Conchucos, Giovanna Mendoza-Mujica

Characteristics and risk factors for readmission in HIV-infected patients with Talaromyces marneffei infection

Minjuan Shi, Yaqin Qin, Shanshan Chen, Wudi Wei, Sirun Meng, Xiaoyu Chen, Jinmiao Li, Yueqi Li, Rongfeng Chen, Jinming Su, Zongxiang Yuan, Gang Wang, Yingmei Qin, Li Ye, Hao Liang, Zhiman Xie, Junjun Jiang

Symptomatic and asymptomatic enteric protozoan parasitic infection and their association with subsequent growth parameters in under five children in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

Rina Das, Parag Palit, Md. Ahshanul Haque, Myron M. Levine, Karen L. Kotloff, Dilruba Nasrin, M. Jahangir Hossain, Dipika Sur, Tahmeed Ahmed, Robert F. Breiman, Matthew C. Freeman, A. S. G. Faruque

Clinical performance validation of the STANDARD G6PD test: A multi-country pooled analysis

Wondimagegn Adissu, Marcelo Brito, Eduardo Garbin, Marcela Macedo, Wuelton Monteiro, Sandip Kumar Mukherjee, Jane Myburg, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Germana Bancone, Pooja Bansil, Sampa Pal, Abhijit Sharma, Stephanie Zobrist, Andrew Bryan, Cindy S. Chu, Santasabuj Das, Gonzalo J. Domingo, Amanda Hann, James Kublin, Marcus V. G. Lacerda, Mark Layton, Benedikt Ley, Sean C. Murphy, Francois Nosten, Dhélio Pereira, Ric N. Price, Arunansu Talukdar, Daniel Yilma, Emily Gerth-Guyette

Melioidosis Queensland: An analysis of clinical outcomes and genomic factors

Ian Gassiep, Delaney Burnard, Budi Permana, Michelle J. Bauer, Thom Cuddihy, Brian M. Forde, Mark D. Chatfield, Weiping Ling, Robert Norton, Patrick N. A. Harris

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex drug-resistance, phylogenetics, and evolution in Nigeria: Comparison with Ghana and Cameroon

Muhammed Rabiu Sahal, Gaetan Senelle, Kevin La, Tukur Wada Panda, Dalha Wada Taura, Christophe Guyeux, Emmanuelle Cambau, Christophe Sola

Mycobacterium ulcerans not detected by PCR on human skin in Buruli ulcer endemic areas of south eastern Australia

Anita Velink, Jessica L. Porter, Timothy P. Stinear, Paul D. R. Johnson

Associations between soil-transmitted helminth infections and physical activity, physical fitness, and cardiovascular disease risk in primary schoolchildren from Gqeberha, South Africa

Siphesihle Nqweniso, Cheryl Walter, Rosa du Randt, Larissa Adams, Johanna Beckmann, Jean T. Coulibaly, Danielle Dolley, Nandi Joubert, Kurt Z. Long, Ivan Müller, Madeleine Nienaber, Uwe Pühse, Harald Seelig, Peter Steinmann, Jürg Utzinger, Markus Gerber, Christin Lang

Schistosoma haematobium infection and morbidity risk factors for pre-school age children in western Angola: A knowledge, attitudes and practices survey

Raquel Sánchez-Marqués, Fernando Salvador, Cristina Bocanegra, Arlette Nindia, Zeferino Pintar, Joan Martínez, Sandra Aixut, Agostinho Pessela, Sheila Ramírez-Arroyo, Aina Farrés, María Chopo, Silvia Izquierdo, Santiago Mas-Coma, María Dolores Bargues, Israel Molina

Detection of multiple human enteropathogens in Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) from an under-resourced neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia

Lisa K. F. Lee, Chelsea G. Himsworth, Kaylee A. Byers, Harveen K. Atwal, Gus Gabaldon, Gordon Ritchie, Christopher F. Lowe, Nancy Matic, Samuel Chorlton, Linda Hoang, Bruce K. Wobeser, Victor Leung

Pulmonary haemorrhage as a frequent cause of death among patients with severe complicated Leptospirosis in Southern Sri Lanka

Chathuranga Lakmal Fonseka, Niroshana Jathun Dahanayake, Denagama J. D. Mihiran, Kalani Mithunika Wijesinghe, Lakshani Nawanjana Liyanage, Hesaru S. Wickramasuriya, Gaya Bandara Wijayaratne, Kelum Sanjaya, Champica K. Bodinayake

An effective internet-based system for surveillance and elimination of triatomine insects: AlertaChirimacha

Laura D. Tamayo, Carlos E. Condori-Pino, Zoee Sanchez, Raquel Gonçalves, Fernando S. Málaga Chávez, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, Michael Z. Levy, Valerie A. Paz-Soldan

Identifying key factors contributing to treatment costs for snakebite envenoming in private tertiary healthcare settings in Tamil Nadu, India

Anika Salim, Jarred Williams, Samir Abdel Wahab, Tade Adeshokan, José R. Almeida, Harry F. Williams, Rajendran Vaiyapuri, Subramanian Senthilkumaran, Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Ketan Patel, M. Fazil Baksh, Matthew R. Lewin, Sakthivel Vaiyapuri

Seroprevalence and related risk factors of Brucella spp. in livestock and humans in Garbatula subcounty, Isiolo county, Kenya

Athman Mwatondo, Mathew Muturi, James Akoko, Richard Nyamota, Daniel Nthiwa, Josphat Maina, Jack Omolo, Stephen Gichuhi, Marianne W. Mureithi, Bernard Bett

Fatal acute undifferentiated febrile illness among clinically suspected leptospirosis cases in Colombia, 2016–2019

Eliana L. Parra Barrera, Jhonatan Reales-González, Daniela Salas, Elizabeth Reyes Santamaría, Solmara Bello, Angélica Rico, Lissethe Pardo, Edgar Parra, Karina Rodriguez, Zonía Alarcon, Angela Patricia Guerra Vega, Mayra A. Porras, Sergio Yebrail Gomez-Rangel, Carolina Duarte, Jaime Moreno

Improving the clinical recognition, prognosis, and treatment of melioidosis through epidemiology and clinical findings: The Sabah perspective

Ainulkhir Hussin, Mohd Yusof Nor Rahim, Frederick Dalusim, Muhammad Ashraf Shahidan, Sheila Nathan, Nazlina Ibrahim

Profiling lipidomic changes in dengue-resistant and dengue-susceptible strains of Colombian Aedes aegypti after dengue virus challenge

Keenan Elliott, Paola A. Caicedo, Norbert H. Haunerland, Carl Lowenberger

Baseline soil-transmitted helminth and schistosome infection in the Geshiyaro project, Ethiopia: A unique transmission interruption project using biometric fingerprinting for longitudinal individual analysis

Anna E. Phillips, Alison K. Ower, Kalkidan Mekete, Ewnetu Firdawek Liyew, Rosie Maddren, Birhan Mengistu, Ufaysa Anjulo, Melkie Chernet, Julia C. Dunn, Hussein Mohammed, Habtamu Belay, Bokretsion Gidey, Geremew Tasew, Gemechu Tadesse, Mihretab Salasibew, Getachew Tollera, Roy Anderson

Cost of implementing a doxycycline test-and-treat strategy for onchocerciasis elimination among settled and semi-nomadic groups in Cameroon

Guillaume Trotignon, Ruth Dixon, Kareen Atekem, Laura Senyonjo, Joseph Kamgno, Didier Biholong, Iain Jones, Rogers Nditanchou

Environmental sampling for typhoidal Salmonellas in household and surface waters in Nepal identifies potential transmission pathways

Christopher LeBoa, Sneha Shrestha, Jivan Shakya, Shiva Ram Naga, Sony Shrestha, Mudita Shakya, Alexander T. Yu, Rajeev Shrestha, Krista Vaidya, Nishan Katuwal, Kristen Aiemjoy, Isaac I. Bogoch, Christopher B. Uzzell, Denise O. Garrett, Stephen P. Luby, Jason R. Andrews, Dipesh Tamrakar

Sensitive detection of specific cell-free DNA in serum samples from sheep with cystic echinococcosis

Mahboubeh Hadipour, Hossein Yousofi Darani, Hamid Talebzadeh, Mohammad Eslamian, Shima Aboutalebian, Majid Fasihi Harandi, Hossein Mirhendi

Who are the most affected by Bothrops snakebite envenoming in Brazil? A Clinical-epidemiological profile study among the regions of the country

Weslley Ruan Guimarães Borges da Silva, Lucas de Siqueira Santos, Derick Lira, Karla Patrícia de Oliveira Luna, Sayonara Maria Lia Fook, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves

Mosquito surveillance on U.S military installations as part of a Japanese encephalitis virus detection program: 2016 to 2021

Mark F. Olson, Caroline Brooks, Akira Kakazu, Ploenphit Promma, Wannapa Sornjai, Duncan R. Smith, Timothy J. Davis

Dried Blood Spots (DBS): A suitable alternative to using whole blood samples for diagnostic testing of visceral leishmaniasis in the post-elimination era

Prakash Ghosh, Rajashree Chowdhury, Md. Abu Rahat, Faria Hossain, Nur E Arpha, Mojca Kristan, Matthew Higgins, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Yasuyuki Goto, M. M. Towhidul Islam, Susana Campino, Mary Cameron, Malcom S. Duthie, Rashidul Haque, Dinesh Mondal

Factors associated with unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment among homeless persons in Brazil: A retrospective cohort study from 2015 to 2020

Osiyallê Akanni Silva Rodrigues, Hammed Oladeji Mogaji, Layana Costa Alves, Renzo Flores-Ortiz, Cleber Cremonese, Joilda Silva Nery

Longitudinal changes in tear cytokines and antimicrobial proteins in trachomatous disease

Amber Barton, Nkoyo Faal, Athumani Ramadhani, Tamsyn Derrick, Elias Mafuru, Tara Mtuy, Patrick Massae, Aiweda Malissa, Hassan Joof, Pateh Makalo, Ansumana Sillah, Anna Harte, Harry Pickering, Robin Bailey, David CW Mabey, Matthew J. Burton, Martin J. Holland

Trichomonas vaginalis adherence phenotypes and extracellular vesicles impact parasite survival in a novel in vivo model of pathogenesis

Brenda M. Molgora, Sandip Kumar Mukherjee, Sharon Baumel-Alterzon, Fernanda M. Santiago, Katherine A. Muratore, Anthony E. Sisk Jr, Frances Mercer, Patricia J. Johnson

Prevalence and public health significance of rabies virus in bats in the North Region of Cameroon

Isaac Dah, Rodrigue Simonet Poueme Namegni, Mohamed Moctar Mouiche Mouliom, Simon Dickmu Jumbo, Ranyl Nguena Guefack Noumedem, Isabelle Conclois, Liegeois Florian, Laurent God-Yang, Jean Marc Kameni Feussom, Abel Wade, Dorothée Missé, Julius Awah-Ndukum

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