The impact of the Sudan armed conflict on Mycetoma control

Rawa Badri, Ahmed Hassan Fahal

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 7, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011783

Can antibody conjugated nanomicelles alter the prospect of antibody targeted therapy against schistosomiasis mansoni?

Eglal I. Amer, Sonia R. Allam, Aceel Y. Hassan, Esmail M. El-Fakharany, Mona M. Agwa, Sherine N. Khattab, Eman Sheta, Marwa H. El-Faham

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 1, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011776

Ensuring access to essential health products: Lessons from Colombia’s leishmaniasis control and elimination initiative

Carol Vlassoff, Nora Giron, Mauricio Javier Vera Soto, Ana Nilce Silveira Maia-Elkhoury, Arush Lal, Luis Gerardo Castellanos, Gisele Almeida, Christopher Lim

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 1, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011752

Exploratory analysis of the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of healthcare workers about arboviruses in the context of surveillance in the Republic of Guinea

Salifou Talassone Bangoura, Castro Gbêmêmali Hounmenou, Sidikiba Sidibé, Saidouba Cherif Camara, Aminata Mbaye, Marie-Marie Olive, Alioune Camara, Alexandre Delamou, Alpha-Kabinet Keita, Eric Delaporte, Nagham Khanafer, Abdoulaye Touré

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 4, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011814

Trichinella spiralis cathepsin L damages the tight junctions of intestinal epithelial cells and mediates larval invasion

Ruo Dan Liu, Xiang Yu Meng, Chen Le Li, Xin Zhi Lin, Qiu Yi Xu, Han Xu, Shao Rong Long, Jing Cui, Zhong Quan Wang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 4, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011816

Synthesis of findings from the literature and a qualitative research study on the impacts of gender, disability, and ethnicity in Neglected Tropical Diseases programs

Jennifer K. Arney, Maureen K. Headland, Andrea M. Bertone, Aboulaye Meite, Virginie Ettiegne-Traore, Kofi Asemanyi-Mensah, Irene Dede Teiko Dzathor, Ibrahim Kargbo-Labour, Umu Jalloh, Patricia Houck, Diana Stukel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 4, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011782

Spatiotemporal changes in exposition risk to leishmaniases vector in residences within a fishing tourism area of Pantanal wetland

Daiana Alovisi Souza, Luiz Gustavo Rodrigues Oliveira-Santos, Jucelei de Oliveira Moura Infran, Wagner de Souza Fernandes, Aline Etelvina Casaril Arrua, Eliane Mattos Piranda, Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 4, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011809

Effects of temperature on the life history traits of intermediate host snails of fascioliasis: A systematic review

Agrippa Dube, Chester Kalinda, Tawanda Manyangadze, Tafadzwa Mindu, Moses John Chimbari

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 4, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011812

Salmonella typhimurium targeting with monoclonal antibodies prevents infection in mice

Jie Li, Yang Yang, Zhongyi Fan, Zhiqiang Huang, Jun Chen, Qing Liu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 4, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011579

Economic burden of dengue in urban Bangladesh: A societal perspective

Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Subrata Paul, Fatema Zohara, Zakir Hossain, Irfat Zabeen, S. M. Zahedul Islam Chowdhury, Maruf Ahmed, Nausad Ali, Raymond Oppong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 5, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011820

Re-examination of the risk of dementia after dengue virus infection: A population-based cohort study

Yu-Wen Chien, Hsin-I Shih, Yu-Ping Wang, Chia-Yu Chi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 6, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011788

“It’s very saddening, you keep on wondering when the symptoms will be over”: A qualitative study exploring the long-term chikungunya disease impact on daily life and well-being, 6 years after disease onset

Churnalisa Doran, Ashley Duits, Adriana Tami, Izzy Gerstenbluth, Ajay Bailey

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 6, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011793

Excess mortality in northern Haiti during the 2010 cholera epidemic

Macceau Medozile, Gina S. Lovasi, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Lori A. Hoepner

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 6, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011750

Differences in gene expression profiles in early and late stage rhodesiense HAT individuals in Malawi

Peter Nambala, Julius Mulindwa, Harry Noyes, Vincent Pius Alibu, Barbara Nerima, Joyce Namulondo, Oscar Nyangiri, Enock Matovu, Annette MacLeod, Janelisa Musaya, on behalf of the TrypanoGEN+ Research Group as Members of the H3Africa Consortium

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 6, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011803

Mycobacterium ulcerans-Bordetella trematum chronic tropical cutaneous ulcer: A four-case series, Côte d’Ivoire

Bi Goré Oscar Tchan, Solange Kakou-Ngazoa, Sylveste Dizoe, Nassim Hammoudi, Ghiles Grine, Raymond Ruimy, Michel Drancourt

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 7, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011413

Phylogeographic characterization of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolated from Bangladesh

Md. Shariful Alam Jilani, Saika Farook, Arittra Bhattacharjee, Lovely Barai, Chowdhury Rafiqul Ahsan, Jalaluddin Ashraful Haq, Apichai Tuanyok

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 7, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011823

Public knowledge, belief, and preventive practices regarding dengue: Findings from a community-based survey in rural Bangladesh

Rajon Banik, Md. Saiful Islam, Mahfuza Mubarak, Mahmudur Rahman, Hailay Abrha Gesesew, Paul R. Ward, Md. Tajuddin Sikder

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 7, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011778

Prevalence of cystic echinococcosis in relatives of patients undergoing surgery for hepatic cystic echinococcosis in an endemic region

Carlos Manterola, Josue Rivadeneira, Claudio Rojas, Tamara Otzen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 8, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011813

A Prospective cohort study of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in tunisia: Clinical and Immunological features and immune correlates of protection

Ikbel Naouar, Wafa Kammoun Rebai, Afif Ben Salah, Hind Bouguerra, Amine Toumi, Nabil Belhadj Hamida, Hechmi Louzir, Amel Meddeb-Garnaoui

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 8, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011784

Real-time PCR detection of mixed Plasmodium ovale curtisi and wallikeri infections in human and mosquito hosts

Varun R. Potlapalli, Meredith S. Muller, Billy Ngasala, Innocent Mbulli Ali, Yu Bin Na, Danielle R. Williams, Oksana Kharabora, Srijana Chhetri, Mei S. Liu, Kelly Carey-Ewend, Feng-Chang Lin, Derrick Mathias, Brian B. Tarimo, Jonathan J. Juliano, Jonathan B. Parr, Jessica T. Lin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 8, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011274

Screening of the Pandemic Response Box identifies anti-microsporidia compounds

Qingyuan Huang, Jie Chen, Guoqing Pan, Aaron W. Reinke

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 8, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011806

The Chikungunya virus: A reemerging cause of acute febrile illness in the high jungle of northern Peru

Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Hugh Watson, Yordi Tarazona-Castro, Lucinda Troyes-Rivera, Felipe Cabellos-Altamirano, Wilmer Silva-Caso, Ronald Aquino-Ortega, Hugo Carrillo-Ng, Victor Zavaleta-Gavidia, Juana del Valle-Mendoza

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 11, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011787

Stakeholder perspectives from 15 countries in Africa on barriers in snakebite envenoming research and the potential role of research hubs

Ymkje Stienstra, Leslie Mawuli Aglanu, Janna M. Schurer, Rhona Mijumbi, Jean Bosco Mbonigaba, Abdulrazaq G. Habib, Brent Thomas, Jonathan Steinhorst, Rachael Thomson, Sara Padidar, John H. Amuasi, George O. Oluoch, David G. Lalloo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 13, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011838

Differential cellular immune responses against Orientia tsutsugamushi Karp and Gilliam strains following acute infection in mice

Joseph D. Thiriot, Yuejin Liang, Casey Gonzales, Jiaren Sun, Xiaoying Yu, Lynn Soong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 13, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011445

Optimized strategy for real-time qPCR detection of Onchocerca volvulus DNA in pooled Simulium sp. blackfly vectors

Mary Doherty, Jessica R. Grant, Nils Pilotte, Sasisekhar Bennuru, Kerstin Fischer, Peter U. Fischer, Sara Lustigman, Thomas B. Nutman, Kenneth Pfarr, Achim Hoerauf, Thomas R. Unnasch, Hassan K. Hassan, Samuel Wanji, Patrick J. Lammie, Eric Ottesen, Charles Mackenzie, Steven A. Williams

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 14, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011815

Risk factors and clinical features for pulmonary paragonimiasis-associated pneumothorax

Yunhong Song, Jeongmin Lee, Wonchang Hahn, Yujeong Jang, Seungwon Na, Sang-Min Oh, Joo-Hee Hwang, Chang-Seop Lee, Yeong Hun Choe, Jeong-Hwan Hwang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 15, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011828

High prevalence and diversity of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in feral cat feces from coastal California

Sophie Zhu, Lauren Camp, Anika Patel, Elizabeth VanWormer, Karen Shapiro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 15, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011829

Quantifying the relationship between arboviral infection prevalence and human mobility patterns among participants of the Communities Organized to Prevent Arboviruses cohort (COPA) in southern Puerto Rico

Maile T. Phillips, Liliana Sánchez-González, Talya Shragai, Dania M. Rodriguez, Chelsea G. Major, Michael A. Johansson, Vanessa Rivera-Amill, Gabriela Paz-Bailey, Laura E. Adams

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 15, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011840

Potent efficiency of the novel nitazoxanide-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers against experimental cyclosporiasis

Nancy Abd-elkader Hagras, Shaimaa Makled, Eman Sheta, Mohamed Ali El-hawary, Nermine Mogahed Fawzy Hussein Mogahed

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 15, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011845

Construction of a recombinant vaccine expressing Nipah virus glycoprotein using the replicative and highly attenuated vaccinia virus strain LC16m8

Shumpei Watanabe, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Yoshihiro Kaku, Takeshi Kurosu, Shuetsu Fukushi, Satoko Sugimoto, Yuki Nishisaka, Hikaru Fuji, Glenn Marsh, Ken Maeda, Hideki Ebihara, Shigeru Morikawa, Masayuki Shimojima, Masayuki Saijo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 15, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011851

High prevalence of active trachoma and associated factors among school-aged children in Southwest Ethiopia

Dawit Getachew, Fekede Woldekidan, Gizachew Ayele, Yordanos Bekele, Samrawit Sleshi, Eyob Tekalgn, Teshale Worku, Mengistu Ayenew, Biruk Bogale, Abyot Asres

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 15, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011846

Assessment of biomarkers and clinical parameters as predictors of survival in patients with chagasic heart failure

Edimar Alcides Bocchi, Guilherme Veiga Guimarães, Cristhian Espinoza Romero, Paula Keiko Sato, Vera Lúcia Teixeira de Freitas, Edite Hatsumi Yamashiro Kanashiro, Célia Regina Furuchó, Fatima Das Dores Cruz, Érika Shimoda Nakanishi, Felipe Delatorre Busser, Rita Cristina Bezerra, Elizabeth Visone Nunes Westphalen, Mussya Cisotto Rocha, Maria Aparecida Shikanai Yasuda

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 18, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011847

Genomic survey maps differences in the molecular complement of vesicle formation machinery between Giardia intestinalis assemblages

Shweta V. Pipaliya, Joel B. Dacks, Matthew A. Croxen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 18, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011837

Comparison of clinical and laboratory characteristics between severe and non-severe dengue in paediatrics

Nurul Liyana Idrus, Shamsuriani Md Jamal, Afliza Abu Bakar, Hashim Embong, Nurul Saadah Ahmad

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 19, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011839

Effects of cattle on vector-borne disease risk to humans: A systematic review

Sulagna Chakraborty, Siyu Gao, Brian. F. Allan, Rebecca Lee Smith

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 19, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011152

Prevalence and risk factors for human leptospirosis at a hospital serving a pastoralist community, Endulen, Tanzania

Michael J. Maze, Gabriel M. Shirima, Abdul-Hamid S. Lukambagire, Rebecca F. Bodenham, Matthew P. Rubach, Shama Cash-Goldwasser, Manuela Carugati, Kate M. Thomas, Philoteus Sakasaka, Nestory Mkenda, Kathryn J. Allan, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Joram J. Buza, Venance P. Maro, Renee L. Galloway, Daniel T. Haydon, John A. Crump, Jo E. B. Halliday

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 20, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011855

Epidemiological characteristics and spatio-temporal aggregation of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in Jinan City, China, 2018–2022

Shang Gao, Xingyi Geng, Qingbin Lu, Shanzheng Wu, Zhaoxia Shan, Caiyun Chang

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 22, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011807

Scabies prevalence and its associated factors among prisoners in southern Ethiopia: An institution-based analytical cross-sectional study

Efa Ambaw Bogino, Beshada Zerfu Woldegeorgis, Lantesil Wondewosen, Blen Kassahun Dessu, Mohammed Suleiman Obsa, Lolemo Kelbiso Hanfore, Teketel Ermias Galtore, Woldu Kidane, Abraham Getachew Kelbore

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 22, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011826

Design of the Global Health chemical diversity library v2 for screening against infectious diseases

Caroline Wilson, J. Mark F. Gardner, David W. Gray, Beatriz Baragana, Paul G. Wyatt, Alex Cookson, Stephen Thompson, Cesar Mendoza-Martinez, Michael J. Bodkin, Ian H. Gilbert, Gary J. Tarver

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 27, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011799

Prevalence and risk factors associated with Haemophilus ducreyi cutaneous ulcers in Cameroon

Philippe Ndzomo, Serges Tchatchouang, Earnest Njih Tabah, Theophilus Njamnshi, Mireille Victorine Noah Tsanga, Jude Alexis Bondi, Rebecca Handley, Camila González Beiras, Jules Tchatchueng, Claudia Müller, Simone Lüert, Sascha Knauf, Onana Boyomo, Emma Harding-Esch, Oriol Mitja, Tania Crucitti, Michael Marks, Sara Eyangoh

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 27, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011553

Dynamics of chikungunya virus transmission in the first year after its introduction in Brazil: A cohort study in an urban community

Rosângela O. Anjos, Moyra M. Portilho, Leile Camila Jacob-Nascimento, Caroline X. Carvalho, Patrícia S. S. Moreira, Gielson A. Sacramento, Nivison R. R. Nery Junior, Daiana de Oliveira, Jaqueline S. Cruz, Cristiane W. Cardoso, Hernan D. Argibay, Kenneth S. Plante, Jessica A. Plante, Scott C. Weaver, Uriel D. Kitron, Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko, Federico Costa, Guilherme S. Ribeiro

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 27, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011863

Non-linear associations between meteorological factors, ambient air pollutants and major mosquito-borne diseases in Thailand

Pranav Tewari, Pei Ma, Gregory Gan, A. Janhavi, Esther Li Wen Choo, Joel Ruihan Koo, Borame Lee Dickens, Jue Tao Lim

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 27, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011763

Conducting epidemiological studies on snakebite in nomadic populations: A methodological paper

George O. Oluoch, Denis Otundo, Seth Nyawacha, Derick Ongeri, Monica Smith, Vivianne Meta, Anna Trelfa, Sayem Ahmed, Robert A. Harrison, David G. Lalloo, Ymkje Stienstra, Frank-Leonel Tianyi

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published December 28, 2023 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011792

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Five-year serological and clinical evolution of chronic Chagas disease patients in Cochabamba, Bolivia

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Taenia solium excretory secretory proteins (ESPs) suppresses TLR4/AKT mediated ROS formation in human macrophages via hsa-miR-125

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