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March 2025

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Schistosoma mansoni-like eggs shed by the urine of migrant patients residing in Spain.De Elías-Escribano and Bargues et al. 2025

Image Credit: A. De Elías-Escribano and M.D. Bargues

Research Articles

Wastewater surveillance for Salmonella Typhi and its association with seroincidence of enteric fever in Vellore, India

Dilip Abraham, Lalithambigai Kathiresan, Midhun Sasikumar, Kristen Aiemjoy, Richelle C. Charles, Dilesh Kumar, Rajan Srinivasan, Catherine Troman, Elizabeth Gray, Christopher B. Uzzell, Jacob John, Balaji Veeraraghavan, Nicholas C. Grassly, Venkata Raghava Mohan

Major basic protein and eosinophil peroxidase support microfilariae motility inhibition by eosinophil ETosis

Pia Philippa Schumacher, Jesuthas Ajendra, Benjamin Lenz, Frederic Risch, Alexandra Ehrens, Celia Nieto-Pérez, Marianne Koschel, Tilman Aden, Achim Hoerauf, Marc P. Hübner

Status of human onchocerciasis transmission in the Adamaoua region of Cameroon after 20 years of ivermectin mass distribution

Philippe Bienvenu Nwane, Hugues Clotaire Nana-Djeunga, Narcisse Nzune Toche, André Domché, Fesuh Nono Bertrand, Yannick Emalio Niamsi, Guy Roger Njitchuang, Martine Augusta Flore Tsasse, Jean Bopda, Steve Mbickmen, Aubin Balog, Alexis Nkwelle, Patrice Nkwelle, Clarisse Ebene, Honoré Obama, Paul Messi, Benjamin Biholong, Serge Billong, Georges Nko’o Ayissi, Joseph Kamgno

Insights into Haemophilus macrolide resistance: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis

Irfan Ahmad, Aziz Kubaev, Ahmed Hussein Zwamel, Roopashree R., Lalji Baldaniya, Jaswinder kaur, Bindu Rani, Masoumeh Beig

Into the spotlight: A spatial study of potentially underreported leptospirosis among dengue-negative patients in São Paulo city, Brazil

Stephanie Bergmann Esteves, Luciano Marcondes de Oliveira, Aline Gil Alves Guilloux, Adriana Cortez, Eduardo de Masi, Isabelle Martins Ribeiro Ferreira, Evelyn Moura de Lima, Gabriele Yumi Ramalho, Priscila de Castilho Luna, Jose Soares Ferreira Neto, Marcos Bryan Heinemann, Bruno Alonso Miotto

Genomic characterization of a dog-mediated rabies outbreak in El Pedregal, Arequipa, Peru

Renzo Salazar, Kirstyn Brunker, Elvis W. Díaz, Edith Zegarra, Ynes Monroy, Gorky N. Baldarrago, Katty Borrini-Mayorí, Micaela De la Puente-León, Natasha Palmalux, Jenna Nichols, Sandeep Kasaragod, Michael Z. Levy, Katie Hampson, Ricardo Castillo-Neyra

Guillain-Barré syndrome after the Zika epidemic in Colombia: A multicenter, matched case-control study

Lyda Osorio, Beatriz Parra, Martha Moyano, Reydmar Lopez-Gonzalez, Jorge A. Jimenez-Arango, José Vargas-Manotas, Jairo Lizarazo, Gustavo E. Ramos-Burbano, Mario Daniel Llanos, Fernando Rosso, Jonathan Urrego, Juan P. Rojas, Christian A. Rojas, Julie Benavides-Melo, Viviana A. Martinez-Villota, Karina A. Luque-Burgos, Adriana M. Ruiz, Liliana Soto, Laura Quintero-Corzo, Jaime A. Quintero, Daniela Zuluaga-Lotero, David Acero-Garces, Susana C. Dominguez-Peñuela, Susan Halstead, Hugh J. Willison, Carlos A. Pardo, On behalf of the Neuroinfections Emerging in the Americas Study (NEAS)

Exploring the potential of tick transcriptomes for virus screening: A data reuse approach for tick-borne virus surveillance

Koray Ergunay, Brian P. Bourke, Yvonne-Marie Linton

Chikungunya virus in Europe: A retrospective epidemiology study from 2007 to 2023

Qian Liu, Hong Shen, Li Gu, Hui Yuan, Wentao Zhu

SARS-CoV-2 Alchemy: Understanding the dynamics of age, vaccination, and geography in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in India

Mansi Patel, Uzma Shamim, Umang Umang, Rajesh Pandey, Jitendra Narayan

Leishmaniasis in deployed military populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Ngwa Niba Rawlings, Mark Bailey, Orin Courtenay

Impact of mass drug administration with ivermectin, diethylcarbamazine, and albendazole for lymphatic filariasis on hookworm and Strongyloides stercoralis infections in Papua New Guinea

Jannet A. Tobon Ramos, Tobias Maure, Lenore Carias, Daphne Lew, Charles Goss, Anna Samuel, Livingstone Tavul, Peter U. Fischer, Gary J. Weil, Moses Laman, Leanne J. Robinson, William Pomat, Christopher L. King

Prevalence of ocular Chlamydia trachomatis infection and antibodies within districts persistently endemic for trachoma, Amhara, Ethiopia

Mary K. Lynn, Zebene Ayele, Ambahun Chernet, E. Brook Goodhew, Karana Wickens, Eshetu Sata, Andrew W. Nute, Sarah Gwyn, Nishanth Parameswaran, Demelash Gessese, Mulat Zerihun, Kimberly A. Jensen, Gizachew Yismaw, Taye Zeru, Adisu Abebe Dawed, Fikre Seife, Zerihun Tadesse, E. Kelly Callahan, Diana L. Martin, Scott D. Nash

Unsupervised machine learning identifies biomarkers of disease progression in post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in Sudan

Ana Torres, Brima Musa Younis, Samuel Tesema, Jose Carlos Solana, Javier Moreno, Antonio J. Martín-Galiano, Ahmed Mudawi Musa, Fabiana Alves, Eugenia Carrillo

Assessing the global dengue burden: Incidence, mortality, and disability trends over three decades

Wei-Xian Zhang, Tian-Yu Zhao, Cun-Chen Wang, Yong He, Hong-Zheng Lu, Hai-Ting Zhang, Lin-Min Wang, Mao Zhang, Chun-Xiao Li, Sheng-Qun Deng

Micronutrient-deficient diets and possible environmental enteric dysfunction in Buruli ulcer endemic communities in Ghana: Lower dietary diversity and reduced serum zinc and vitamin C implicate micronutrient status a possible susceptibility factor

Aloysius Dzigbordi Loglo, Philemon Boasiako Antwi, Kabiru Mohammed Abass, Samuel Osei-Mireku, George Amofa, Elizabeth Ofori, Jonathan Kofi Adjei, Michael Ntiamoah Oppong, Richard Odame Phillips, Reginald Annan, Barbara Engel, Rachel E. Simmonds

Stable colonization of the kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus by Trypanosoma cruzi Y strain

Ruby E. Harrison, Kevin J. Vogel, Ronald Drew Etheridge

Genomic epidemiology of Plasmodium knowlesi reveals putative genetic drivers of adaptation in Malaysia

Jacob A. F. Westaway, Ernest Diez Benavente, Sarah Auburn, Michal Kucharski, Nicolas Aranciaga, Sourav Nayak, Timothy William, Giri S. Rajahram, Kim A. Piera, Kamil Braima, Angelica F. Tan, Danshy A. Alaza, Bridget E. Barber, Chris Drakeley, Roberto Amato, Edwin Sutanto, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Jenarun Jelip, Nicholas M. Anstey, Zbynek Bozdech, Matthew Field, Matthew J. Grigg

HL-IR mediates cinnamaldehyde repellency behavior in parthenogenetic Haemaphysalis longicornis

Ceyan Kuang, Han Shi, Jie Cao, Yongzhi Zhou, Houshuang Zhang, Yanan Wang, Jinlin Zhou

Traditional practices versus modern healthcare: Determinants of traditional medicine use after potential dog bites among dog-owning households in Nigeria

Philip P. Mshelbwala, Kinley Wangdi, Jibrin Idris, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan, Andrew M. Adamu, Charles E. Rupprecht, Nicholas J. Clark

Development of a virulent O’nyong’nyong challenge model to determine heterologous protection mediated by a hydrogen peroxide-inactivated chikungunya virus vaccine

Whitney C. Weber, Zachary J. Streblow, Takeshi F. Andoh, Michael Denton, Hans-Peter Raué, Ian J. Amanna, Dawn K. Slifka, Craig N. Kreklywich, Irene Arduino, Gauthami Sulgey, Magdalene M. Streblow, Mark T. Heise, Mark K. Slifka, Daniel N. Streblow

Prevalence of leptospirosis among soldiers: A systematic review

Pavlo Petakh, Valentyn Oksenych, Oleksandr Kamyshnyi

T-cell activation and senescence in asymptomatic HIV/Leishmania infantum co-infection

Carolina de Oliveira Mendes-Aguiar, Manoella do Monte Alves, Amanda de Albuquerque Lopes Machado, Glória Regina de Góis Monteiro, Iara Marques Medeiros, Jose Wilton Queiroz, Iraci Duarte Lima, Eliardo G. Costa, Richard D. Pearson, Mary E. Wilson, Marshall J. Glesby, Eliana Lúcia Tomaz do Nascimento, Selma Maria Bezerra Jerônimo

Cas10 based 7SL-sRNA diagnostic for the detection of active trypanosomosis

Sabine Grüschow, Pieter C. Steketee, Edith Paxton, Keith R. Matthews, Liam J. Morrison, Malcolm F. White, Finn Grey

Unraveling the dynamics of dengue in Metahara town, East Shewa, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2023

Bikila Negesa Gobena, Teshome Kabeta Dadi, Gemechu Chemeda Feyisa, Birhanu Kenate, Gemechu Shumi, Fantahun Workie, Haimanot Workie, Ebise Djirata, Dabesa Gobena

Exploring the genomic landscape of the GP63 family in Trypanosoma cruzi: Evolutionary dynamics and functional peculiarities

Luisa Berná, María Laura Chiribao, Sebastián Pita, Fernando Alvarez-Valin, Adriana Parodi-Talice

Establishment of an RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a combined diagnostic system for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia

Yun Wu, Yuhan Shao, Wei Li, Ying Yu, Xia Rao, Jingyi Li, Nicholas R. Waterfield, Guowei Yang

Comprehensive analysis of intervention and control studies for the computational identification of dengue biomarker genes

Jibon Kumar Paul, Mahir Azmal, Tasnim Alam, Omar Faruk Talukder, Ajit Ghosh

Comparative gene expression pattern of immune-related genes using dual-color RT-MLPA in the lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. major and L. tropica

Nasrin Masoudzadeh, Mouad Ait Kbaich, Suzanne van Veen, Björn Andersson, Marielle C. Haks, Josefine Persson, Vahid Mashayekhi Goyonlo, Shima Hadifar, Reza Erfanian Salim, Idris Mhaidi, Myriam Riyad, Khadija Akarid, Ali M. Harandi, Tom HM Ottenhoff, Meryem Lemrani, Sima Rafati

Patient-centric analysis of Orientia tsutsugamushi spatial diversity patterns across Hainan Island, China

Chuanning Tang, Yi Huang, Gaoyu Wang, Liying Xue, Xiaoyuan Hu, Ruoyan Peng, Jiang Du, Jinyan Yang, Yi Niu, Wanxin Deng, Yibo Jia, Yijia Guo, Siqi Chen, Nan Ge, Liyuan Zhang, Fahui Wang, Yongguo Du, Yueping Wang, Long Sun, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Biao Wu, Feifei Yin

Effects of temperature and environmental covariates on the dynamic transmission of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Zhejiang, China

Wanqi Wen, Ziping Miao, Dashan Zheng, Feng Ling, Zhengmin (Min) Qian, Benjamin de Foy, Steven W. Howard, Jimin Sun, Hualiang Lin

Mapping the potential suitable habitats for Hyalomma rufipes (Acari: Ixodidae) in Africa and Western Eurasia

Ruobing Zhou, Hein Sprong, Qiyong Liu, Thomas Krafft, Agustin Estrada-Peña

Population genetic diversity of Schistosoma japonicum arises from the host switching in the life cycle

Juan Long, Zhen-Yu Xu, Lang Ma, Hongying Zong, Jiali Wu, Zhipeng Zhou, Peijun Qian, Wenya Wang, Limeng Feng, Hao Yan, Shuying Xiao, Yi Yuan, Yuwan Hao, Zelin Zhu, Shizhu Li, Qin-Ping Zhao

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare workers towards noma in Zambezia, Mozambique

Marta Ribes, Fizaa Halani, Abdala Atumane, Milagre Andurage, Eldo Elobolobo, Gemma Moncunill, Romina Rios-Blanco, Tairo Sumine, Luis Transval, Fernando Padama, Carlos Chaccour

Incidence, risk factors, and control of Rabies in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Belay Tafa Regassa, Wagi Tosisa, Daniel Eshetu, Andargachew Mulu, Gadissa Bedada Hundie

Prevalence, common helminthes, and factors associated with helminthes among pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at a tertiary hospital in Uganda

Fowsia Ali Said, Emmanuel Okurut, Naima Bashir Mohamed, Simon Byonanuwe, Richard Mulumba, Isaac Kusolo

Performance of quantitative point-of-care tests to measure G6PD activity: An individual participant data meta-analysis

Arkasha Sadhewa, Ari Winasti Satyagraha, Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Wondimagegn Adissu, Anup Anvikar, Germana Bancone, Praveen K. Bharti, Vinod K. Bhutani, Santasabuj Das, Muzamil Mahdi Abdel Hamid, Mohammad Sharif Hossain, Nitika Nitika, Bernard A. Okech, Lydia Visita Panggalo, Arunansu Talukdar, Michael E. von Fricken, Ronald J. Wong, Daniel Yilma, Ric N. Price, Kamala Thriemer, Benedikt Ley

Using iDNA to determine impacts of Amazonian deforestation on Leishmania hosts, vectors, and their interactions

Aimee L. Massey, David José Ferreira da Silva, Carla Julia da Silva Pessoa Vieira, Jennifer M. Allen, Gustavo Rodrigues Canale, Christine Steiner São Bernardo, Roberta Vieira de Morais Bronzoni, Carlos A. Peres, Taal Levi

Park entrances, commonly contaminated with infective Toxocara canis eggs, present a risk of zoonotic infection and an opportunity for focused intervention

Jason D. Keegan, Paul M. Airs, Claire Brown, Anya Rishi Dingley, Conor Courtney, Eric R. Morgan, Celia V. Holland

Itraconazole resistance in Madurella fahalii linked to a distinct homolog of the gene encoding cytochrome P450 14-α sterol demethylase (CYP51)

Isato Yoshioka, Ahmed Hassan Fahal, Satoshi Kaneko, Wei Cao, Takashi Yaguchi

Evaluation of a rapid lateral flow assay for the detection of taeniosis and cysticercosis at district hospital level in Tanzania: A prospective multicentre diagnostic accuracy study

Inge Van Damme, Chiara Trevisan, Mwemezi Kabululu, Dominik Stelzle, Charles E. Makasi, Veronika Schmidt-Urbaneja, Kabemba E. Mwape, Chishimba Mubanga, Gideon Zulu, Karen Shou Møller, Famke Jansen, Dries Reynders, John Noh, Sukwan Handali, Emmanuel Bottieau, Andrea S. Winkler, Pierre Dorny, Pascal Magnussen, Sarah Gabriël, Bernard Ngowi

Model-Based Geostatistical Mapping of the Prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in Cameroon between 1971 and 2020

Yannick Niamsi-Emalio, Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, Claudio Fronterrè, Himal Shrestha, Georges B. Nko’Ayissi, Théophile M. Mpaba Minkat, Joseph Kamgno, María-Gloria Basáñez

Characterization of dengue patients in Vietnam: Clinical, virological, and IL-10 profiles during 2021– 2022 outbreaks

Do Duc Anh, Lara Vugrek, Nguyen Trong The, Nourhane Hafza, Truong Nhat My, Le Thi Kieu Linh, Do Huy Loc, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Nguyen Linh Toan, Peter G. Kremsner, Le Huu Song, Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan

Revisiting the Loa loa microfilaremia thresholds above which serious adverse events may occur with ivermectin treatment

Charlotte Boullé, Sébastien D. Pion, Jacques Gardon, Nathalie Gardon-Wendel, Joel Fokom Domgue, Joseph Kamgno, Cédric B. Chesnais, Michel Boussinesq

Parasitaemia and fever in uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax malaria: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis

Emily S. Groves, Julie A. Simpson, Peta Edler, André Daher, Ayodhia P. Pasaribu, Dhelio B. Pereira, Kavitha Saravu, Lorenz von Seidlein, Megha Rajasekhar, Ric N. Price, Robert J. Commons, on behalf of the WorldWide Antimalarial Resistance Network (WWARN) P. vivax Fever Study Group

Integrated rapid risk assessment for dengue fever in settings with limited diagnostic capacity and uncertain exposure: Development of a methodological framework for Tanzania

Matthias Hans Belau, Juliane Boenecke, Jonathan Ströbele, Mirko Himmel, Daria Dretvić, Ummul-Khair Mustafa, Katharina Sophia Kreppel, Elingarami Sauli, Johanna Brinkel, Ulfia Annette Clemen, Thomas Clemen, Wolfgang Streit, Jürgen May, Amena Almes Ahmad, Ralf Reintjes, Heiko Becher

Schistosoma mansoni x S. haematobium hybrids frequently infecting sub-Saharan migrants in southeastern Europe: Egg DNA genotyping assessed by RD-PCR, sequencing and cloning

Alejandra De Elías-Escribano, Patricio Artigas, Joaquín Salas-Coronas, María Pilar Luzon-Garcia, Marta Reguera-Gomez, María Isabel Cabeza-Barrera, José Vázquez-Villegas, Jerôme Boissier, Santiago Mas-Coma, María Dolores Bargues

The genetic trail of the invasive mosquito species Aedes koreicus from the east to the west of Northern Italy

Laura Soresinetti, Giovanni Naro, Irene Arnoldi, Andrea Mosca, Katja Adam, Heung Chul Kim, Terry A. Klein, Francesco Gradoni, Fabrizio Montarsi, Claudio Bandi, Sara Epis, Paolo Gabrieli

Microplanning improves stakeholders’ perceived capacity and engagement to implement lymphatic filariasis mass drug administration

Caitlin M. Worrell, Tara A. Brant, Alain Javel, Eurica Denis, Carl Fayette, Franck Monestime, Ellen Knowles, Cudjoe Bennett, Jürg Utzinger, Peter Odermatt, Jean-Frantz Lemoine

Transcriptional and cytokine signatures of Mycobacterium abscessus complex pulmonary disease during disease progression and treatment

Ayesa Syenina, Yi Hern Tan, Danny Jian Hang Tng, Sandy Xue Qi Sim, Valerie Shyn Yun Chew, Jia Xin Yee, Eugenia Ziying Ong, Eng Eong Ooi, Jenny Guek Hong Low, Dorothy Hui Lin Ng

Prevalence, patterns and determinants of peripheral neuropathy among leprosy patients in Northeast Ethiopia: A retrospective study

Endris Seid, Soressa Abebe Geneti, Dereje Melka, Seid Mohammed

Spatial proteomics of Onchocerca volvulus with pleomorphic neoplasms shows local and systemic dysregulation of protein expression

Lucia S. Di Maggio, Kerstin Fischer, Bruce A. Rosa, Devyn Yates, Byoung-Kyu Cho, Jessica Lukowski, Antonia Zamacona Calderon, Minsoo Son, Young Ah Goo, Nicholas O. Opoku, Gary J. Weil, Makedonka Mitreva, Peter U. Fischer

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