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PLOS NTDs Top 10%

Published September 11, 2020 Curated Collections

PLOS NTDs is home to leading research on the world’s most neglected tropical diseases. Each year, we celebrate the impact our authors have had in these fields and share out the body of work that has earned the top 10% of citations. We hope you enjoy exploring this Collection.

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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003405

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Long-term Survival and Virulence of Mycobacterium leprae in Amoebal Cysts
December 18, 2014 William H. Wheat, Amy L. Casali, Vincent Thomas, John S. Spencer, Ramanuj Lahiri, Diana L. Williams, Gerald E. McDonnell, Mercedes Gonzalez-Juarrero, Patrick J. Brennan, Mary Jackson
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003338

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Influence of Household Rat Infestation on Leptospira Transmission in the Urban Slum Environment
December 4, 2014 Federico Costa, Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Ridalva D. M. Felzemburgh, Norlan Santos, Renato Barbosa Reis, Andreia C. Santos, Deborah Bittencourt Mothe Fraga, Wildo N. Araujo, Carlos Santana, James E. Childs, Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003319

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Progress and Impact of 13 Years of the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis on Reducing the Burden of Filarial Disease
November 20, 2014 K. D. Ramaiah, Eric A. Ottesen
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003296

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Relationship between Water, Sanitation and Schistosomiasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
December 4, 2014 Jack E. T. Grimes, David Croll, Wendy E. Harrison, Jürg Utzinger, Matthew C. Freeman, Michael R. Templeton
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003281

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Comprehensive Assessment of Lymphatic Filariasis in Sri Lanka Six Years after Cessation of Mass Drug Administration
November 13, 2014 Ramakrishna U. Rao, Kumara C. Nagodavithana, Sandhya D. Samarasekera, Asha D. Wijegunawardana, Welmillage D. Y. Premakumara, Samudrika N. Perera, Sunil Settinayake, J. Phillip Miller, Gary J. Weil
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003204

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Assessment of Anthelmintic Efficacy of Mebendazole in School Children in Six Countries Where Soil-Transmitted Helminths Are Endemic
October 9, 2014 Bruno Levecke, Antonio Montresor, Marco Albonico, Shaali M. Ame, Jerzy M. Behnke, Jeffrey M. Bethony, Calvine D. Noumedem, Dirk Engels, Bertrand Guillard, Andrew C. Kotze, Alejandro J. Krolewiecki, James S. McCarthy, Zeleke Mekonnen, Maria V. Periago, Hem Sopheak, Louis-Albert Tchuem-Tchuenté, Tran Thanh Duong, Nguyen Thu Huong, Ahmed Zeynudin, Jozef Vercruysse
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003094

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Sporotrichosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Sporothrix brasiliensis Is Associated with Atypical Clinical Presentations
September 18, 2014 Rodrigo Almeida-Paes, Manoel Marques Evangelista de Oliveira, Dayvison Francis Saraiva Freitas, Antônio Carlos Francesconi do Valle, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira, Maria Clara Gutierrez-Galhardo
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003076

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Circulating Mucosal Associated Invariant T Cells Are Activated in Vibrio cholerae O1 Infection and Associated with Lipopolysaccharide Antibody Responses
August 21, 2014 Daniel T. Leung, Taufiqur R. Bhuiyan, Naoshin S. Nishat, Mohammad Rubel Hoq, Amena Aktar, M. Arifur Rahman, Taher Uddin, Ashraful I. Khan, Fahima Chowdhury, Richelle C. Charles, Jason B. Harris, Stephen B. Calderwood, Firdausi Qadri, Edward T. Ryan
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002927

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Prospective Study of Leptospirosis Transmission in an Urban Slum Community: Role of Poor Environment in Repeated Exposures to the Leptospira Agent
May 29, 2014 Ridalva D. M. Felzemburgh, Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Federico Costa, Renato B. Reis, José E. Hagan, Astrid X. T. O. Melendez, Deborah Fraga, Francisco S. Santana, Sharif Mohr, Balbino L. dos Santos, Adriano Q. Silva, Andréia C. Santos, Romy R. Ravines, Wagner S. Tassinari, Marília S. Carvalho, Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002773

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases T-Cell Regulation in Lepromatous Leprosy
April 10, 2014 Kidist Bobosha, Louis Wilson, Krista E. van Meijgaarden, Yonas Bekele, Martha Zewdie, Jolien J. van der Ploeg- van Schip, Markos Abebe, Jemal Hussein, Saraswoti Khadge, Kapil D. Neupane, Deanna A. Hagge, Ekaterina S. Jordanova, Abraham Aseffa, Tom H. M. Ottenhoff, Annemieke Geluk
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002705

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Estimating Diarrheal Illness and Deaths Attributable to Shigellae and Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli among Older Children, Adolescents, and Adults in South Asia and Africa
February 13, 2014 Laura M. Lamberti, A. Louis Bourgeois, Christa L. Fischer Walker, Robert E. Black, David Sack
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002640

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Diagnostic Accuracy of Five Serologic Tests for Strongyloides stercoralis Infection
January 9, 2014 Zeno Bisoffi, Dora Buonfrate, Marco Sequi, Rojelio Mejia, Ruben O. Cimino, Alejandro J. Krolewiecki, Marco Albonico, Maria Gobbo, Stefania Bonafini, Andrea Angheben, Ana Requena-Mendez, José Muñoz, Thomas B. Nutman
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002701

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Parasite-Derived MicroRNAs in Host Serum As Novel Biomarkers of Helminth Infection
February 20, 2014 Anna M. Hoy, Rachel J. Lundie, Alasdair Ivens, Juan F. Quintana, Norman Nausch, Thorsten Forster, Frances Jones, Narcis B. Kabatereine, David W. Dunne, Francisca Mutapi, Andrew S. MacDonald, Amy H. Buck
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003102

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Mycetoma: Experience of 482 Cases in a Single Center in Mexico
August 21, 2014 Alexandro Bonifaz, Andrés Tirado-Sánchez, Luz Calderón, Amado Saúl, Javier Araiza, Marco Hernández, Gloria M. González, Rosa María Ponce
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002617

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Phytol, a Diterpene Alcohol from Chlorophyll, as a Drug against Neglected Tropical Disease Schistosomiasis Mansoni
January 2, 2014 Josué de Moraes, Rosimeire N. de Oliveira, Jéssica P. Costa, Antonio L. G. Junior, Damião P. de Sousa, Rivelilson M. Freitas, Silmara M. Allegretti, Pedro L. S. Pinto
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002610

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Orally Active Antischistosomal Early Leads Identified from the Open Access Malaria Box
January 9, 2014 Katrin Ingram-Sieber, Noemi Cowan, Godana Panic, Mireille Vargas, Nuha Mansour, Quentin Bickle, Timothy Wells, Thomas Spangenberg, Jennifer Keiser
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002971

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Detection of Circulating Parasite-Derived MicroRNAs in Filarial Infections
July 17, 2014 Lucienne Tritten, Erica Burkman, Andrew Moorhead, Mohammed Satti, James Geary, Charles Mackenzie, Timothy Geary
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002953

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Randomized, Single-Ascending-Dose, Ivermectin-Controlled, Double-Blind Study of Moxidectin in Onchocerca volvulus Infection
June 26, 2014 Kwablah Awadzi, Nicholas O. Opoku, Simon K. Attah, Janis Lazdins-Helds, Annette C. Kuesel
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003116

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Toxocariasis in North America: A Systematic Review
August 28, 2014 Rachel Lee, Laura Moore, Peter Hotez, Maria Elena Bottazzi
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003310

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) about Rabies Prevention and Control: A Community Survey in Tanzania
December 4, 2014 Maganga Sambo, Tiziana Lembo, Sarah Cleaveland, Heather M. Ferguson, Lwitiko Sikana, Cleophas Simon, Honorati Urassa, Katie Hampson
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003241

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Epidemiological Trends of Dengue Disease in Thailand (2000–2011): A Systematic Literature Review
November 6, 2014 Kriengsak Limkittikul, Jeremy Brett, Maïna L'Azou
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002681

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Zika Virus in Gabon (Central Africa) – 2007: A New Threat from Aedes albopictus?
February 6, 2014 Gilda Grard, Mélanie Caron, Illich Manfred Mombo, Dieudonné Nkoghe, Statiana Mboui Ondo, Davy Jiolle, Didier Fontenille, Christophe Paupy, Eric Maurice Leroy
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003230

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Dengue Virus Neutralizing Antibody Levels Associated with Protection from Infection in Thai Cluster Studies
October 16, 2014 Darunee Buddhari, Jared Aldstadt, Timothy P. Endy, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, Chonticha Klungthong, Ananda Nisalak, Benjawan Khuntirat, Richard G. Jarman, Stefan Fernandez, Stephen J. Thomas, Thomas W. Scott, Alan L. Rothman, In-Kyu Yoon
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003312

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Trypanocide Treatment of Women Infected with Trypanosoma cruzi and Its Effect on Preventing Congenital Chagas
November 20, 2014 Diana L. Fabbro, Emmaria Danesi, Veronica Olivera, Maria Olenka Codebó, Susana Denner, Cecilia Heredia, Mirtha Streiger, Sergio Sosa-Estani
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003306

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Approaches to Refining Estimates of Global Burden and Economics of Dengue
November 20, 2014 Donald S. Shepard, Eduardo A. Undurraga, Miguel Betancourt-Cravioto, María G. Guzmán, Scott B. Halstead, Eva Harris, Rose Nani Mudin, Kristy O. Murray, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Duane J. Gubler
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003301

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Urbanization Increases Aedes albopictus Larval Habitats and Accelerates Mosquito Development and Survivorship
November 13, 2014 Yiji Li, Fatmata Kamara, Guofa Zhou, Santhosh Puthiyakunnon, Chunyuan Li, Yanxia Liu, Yanhe Zhou, Lijie Yao, Guiyun Yan, Xiao-Guang Chen
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003085

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Single Crossing-Over Event in Voltage-Sensitive Na⁺ Channel Genes May Cause Critical Failure of Dengue Mosquito Control by Insecticides
August 28, 2014 Koichi Hirata, Osamu Komagata, Kentaro Itokawa, Atsushi Yamamoto, Takashi Tomita, Shinji Kasai
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003083

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The 2012 Madeira Dengue Outbreak: Epidemiological Determinants and Future Epidemic Potential
August 21, 2014 José Lourenço, Mario Recker
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003003

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Long-Term and Seasonal Dynamics of Dengue in Iquitos, Peru
July 17, 2014 Steven T. Stoddard, Helen J. Wearing, Robert C. Reiner Jr, Amy C. Morrison, Helvio Astete, Stalin Vilcarromero, Carlos Alvarez, Cesar Ramal-Asayag, Moises Sihuincha, Claudio Rocha, Eric S. Halsey, Thomas W. Scott, Tadeusz J. Kochel, Brett M. Forshey
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003109

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Epidemiology of Disappearing Plasmodium vivax Malaria: A Case Study in Rural Amazonia
August 28, 2014 Susana Barbosa, Amanda Gozze, Nathália Lima, Camilla Batista, Melissa Bastos, Vanessa Nicolete, Pablo Fontura, Raquel Gonçalves, Susana Viana, Maria Menezes, Kézia Scopel, Carlos Cavasini, Rosely Malafronte, Mônica Silva-Nunes, Joseph Vinetz, Marcia Castro, Marcelo Ferreira
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002787

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Epidemiology of Coxiella burnetii Infection in Africa: A OneHealth Systematic Review
April 10, 2014 Sky Vanderburg, Matthew P. Rubach, Jo E. B. Halliday, Sarah Cleaveland, Elizabeth A. Reddy, John A. Crump
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002727

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Development of a Prototype Lateral Flow Immunoassay (LFI) for the Rapid Diagnosis of Melioidosis
March 20, 2014 Raymond L. Houghton, Dana E. Reed, Mark A. Hubbard, Michael J. Dillon, Hongjing Chen, Bart J. Currie, Mark Mayo, Derek S. Sarovich, Vanessa Theobald, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Gumphol Wongsuvan, Narisara Chantratita, Sharon J. Peacock, Alex R. Hoffmaster, Brea Duval, Paul J. Brett, Mary N. Burtnick, David P. AuCoin
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002583

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Heterogeneities in Leishmania infantum Infection: Using Skin Parasite Burdens to Identify Highly Infectious Dogs
January 9, 2014 Orin Courtenay, Connor Carson, Leo Calvo-Bado, Lourdes M. Garcez, Rupert J. Quinnell
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003286

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Clinical Efficacy and Tolerability of Praziquantel for Intestinal and Urinary Schistosomiasis—A Meta-analysis of Comparative and Non-comparative Clinical Trials
November 20, 2014 Julien Zwang, Piero L. Olliaro
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003139

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Sensitivity and Specificity of Multiple Kato-Katz Thick Smears and a Circulating Cathodic Antigen Test for Schistosoma mansoni Diagnosis Pre- and Post-repeated-Praziquantel Treatment
September 11, 2014 Poppy H. L. Lamberton, Narcis B. Kabatereine, David W. Oguttu, Alan Fenwick, Joanne P. Webster
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002713

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Evaluation of Internet-Based Dengue Query Data: Google Dengue Trends
February 27, 2014 Rebecca Tave Gluskin, Michael A. Johansson, Mauricio Santillana, John S. Brownstein
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Next Generation Sequencing Reveals Regulation of Distinct Aedes microRNAs during Chikungunya Virus Development
January 9, 2014 Jatin Shrinet, Shanu Jain, Jaspreet Jain, Raj K. Bhatnagar, Sujatha Sunil
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003335

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Dengue and Chikungunya Fever among Viral Diseases in Outpatient Febrile Children in Kilosa District Hospital, Tanzania
November 20, 2014 Beatrice Chipwaza, Joseph P. Mugasa, Majige Selemani, Mbaraka Amuri, Fausta Mosha, Steve D. Ngatunga, Paul S. Gwakisa
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002994

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Characterization of Aedes aegypti Innate-Immune Pathways that Limit Chikungunya Virus Replication
July 24, 2014 Melanie McFarlane, Camilo Arias-Goeta, Estelle Martin, Zoe O'Hara, Aleksei Lulla, Laurence Mousson, Stephanie M. Rainey, Suzana Misbah, Esther Schnettler, Claire L. Donald, Andres Merits, Alain Kohl, Anna-Bella Failloux
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003213

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Randomised, Double-Blind, Controlled Efficacy Trial of the LiESP/QA-21 Vaccine in Naïve Dogs Exposed to Two Leishmania infantum Transmission Seasons
October 9, 2014 Gaetano Oliva, Javier Nieto, Valentina Foglia Manzillo, Silvia Cappiello, Eleonora Fiorentino, Trentina Di Muccio, Aldo Scalone, Javier Moreno, Carmen Chicharro, Eugenia Carrillo, Therese Butaud, Laurie Guegand, Virginie Martin, Anne-Marie Cuisinier, Sylvie Gueguen, Carmen Cañavate, Luigi Gradoni, David McGahie
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002880

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Helminth Colonization Is Associated with Increased Diversity of the Gut Microbiota
May 22, 2014 Soo Ching Lee, Mei San Tang, Yvonne A. L. Lim, Seow Huey Choy, Zachary D. Kurtz, Laura M. Cox, Uma Mahesh Gundra, Ilseung Cho, Richard Bonneau, Martin J. Blaser, Kek Heng Chua, P'ng Loke
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002613

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Safety and Efficacy of Single Dose versus Multiple Doses of AmBisome® for Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Eastern Africa: A Randomised Trial
January 16, 2014 Eltahir A. G. Khalil, Teklu Weldegebreal, Brima M. Younis, Raymond Omollo, Ahmed M. Musa, Workagegnehu Hailu, Abuzaid A. Abuzaid, Thomas P. C. Dorlo, Zewdu Hurissa, Sisay Yifru, William Haleke, Peter G. Smith, Sally Ellis, Manica Balasegaram, Ahmed M. EL-Hassan, Gerard J. Schoone, Monique Wasunna, Robert Kimutai, Tansy Edwards, Asrat Hailu
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002902

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Epidemiology of Leptospira Transmitted by Rodents in Southeast Asia
June 5, 2014 Jean-François Cosson, Mathilde Mielcarek, Caroline Tatard, Yannick Chaval, Yupin Suputtamongkol, Philippe Buchy, Sathaporn Jittapalapong, Vincent Herbreteau, Serge Morand, Mathieu Picardeau
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003158

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Epidemiological Trends of Dengue Disease in Mexico (2000–2011): A Systematic Literature Search and Analysis
November 6, 2014 Héctor Gómez Dantés, José Arturo Farfán-Ale, Elsa Sarti
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002804

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Evaluation of Antiviral Efficacy of Ribavirin, Arbidol, and T-705 (Favipiravir) in a Mouse Model for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever
May 1, 2014 Lisa Oestereich, Toni Rieger, Melanie Neumann, Christian Bernreuther, Maria Lehmann, Susanne Krasemann, Stephanie Wurr, Petra Emmerich, Xavier de Lamballerie, Stephan Ölschläger, Stephan Günther
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002730

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Rapid Molecular Assays for the Detection of Yellow Fever Virus in Low-Resource Settings
March 6, 2014 Camille Escadafal, Oumar Faye, Amadou Alpha Sall, Ousmane Faye, Manfred Weidmann, Oliver Strohmeier, Felix von Stetten, Josef Drexler, Michael Eberhard, Matthias Niedrig, Pranav Patel
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002831

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Distribution and Clinical Manifestations of Cryptosporidium Species and Subtypes in HIV/AIDS Patients in Ethiopia
April 17, 2014 Haileeyesus Adamu, Beyene Petros, Guoqing Zhang, Hailu Kassa, Said Amer, Jianbin Ye, Yaoyu Feng, Lihua Xiao
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002594

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases An Insight into the Transcriptome of the Digestive Tract of the Bloodsucking Bug, Rhodnius prolixus
January 9, 2014 José M. C. Ribeiro, Fernando A. Genta, Marcos H. F. Sorgine, Raquel Logullo, Rafael D. Mesquita, Gabriela O. Paiva-Silva, David Majerowicz, Marcelo Medeiros, Leonardo Koerich, Walter R. Terra, Clélia Ferreira, André C. Pimentel, Paulo M. Bisch, Daniel C. Leite, Michelle M. P. Diniz, João Lídio da S. G. V. Junior, Manuela L. Da Silva, Ricardo N. Araujo, Ana Caroline P. Gandara, Sébastien Brosson, Didier Salmon, Sabrina Bousbata, Natalia González-Caballero, Ariel Mariano Silber, Michele Alves-Bezerra, Katia C. Gondim, Mário Alberto C. Silva-Neto, Georgia C. Atella, Helena Araujo, Felipe A. Dias, Carla Polycarpo, Raquel J. Vionette-Amaral, Patrícia Fampa, Ana Claudia A. Melo, Aparecida S. Tanaka, Carsten Balczun, José Henrique M. Oliveira, Renata L. S. Gonçalves, Cristiano Lazoski, Rolando Rivera-Pomar, Luis Diambra, Günter A. Schaub, Elói S. Garcia, Patrícia Azambuja, Glória R. C. Braz, Pedro L. Oliveira
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002748

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Lassa Fever in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone
March 20, 2014 Jeffrey G. Shaffer, Donald S. Grant, John S. Schieffelin, Matt L. Boisen, Augustine Goba, Jessica N. Hartnett, Danielle C. Levy, Rachael E. Yenni, Lina M. Moses, Mohammed Fullah, Mambo Momoh, Mbalu Fonnie, Richard Fonnie, Lansana Kanneh, Veronica J. Koroma, Kandeh Kargbo, Darin Ottomassathien, Ivana J. Muncy, Abigail B. Jones, Megan M. Illick, Peter C. Kulakosky, Allyson M. Haislip, Christopher M. Bishop, Deborah H. Elliot, Bethany L. Brown, Hu Zhu, Kathryn M. Hastie, Kristian G. Andersen, Stephen K. Gire, Shervin Tabrizi, Ridhi Tariyal, Mathew Stremlau, Alex Matschiner, Darryl B. Sampey, Jennifer S. Spence, Robert W. Cross, Joan B. Geisbert, Onikepe A. Folarin, Christian T. Happi, Kelly R. Pitts, F. Jon Geske, Thomas W. Geisbert, Erica Ollmann Saphire, James E. Robinson, Russell B. Wilson, Pardis C. Sabeti, Lee A. Henderson, S. Humarr Khan, Daniel G. Bausch, Luis M. Branco, Robert F. Garry, the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003354

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Multiple Immune Factors Are Involved in Controlling Acute and Chronic Chikungunya Virus Infection
December 4, 2014 Yee Suan Poo, Penny A. Rudd, Joy Gardner, Jane A. C. Wilson, Thibaut Larcher, Marie-Anne Colle, Thuy T. Le, Helder I. Nakaya, David Warrilow, Richard Allcock, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Wayne A. Schroder, Alexander A. Khromykh, José A. Lopez, Andreas Suhrbier
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002996

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Neurocognitive Outcome of Children Exposed to Perinatal Mother-to-Child Chikungunya Virus Infection: The CHIMERE Cohort Study on Reunion Island
July 17, 2014 Patrick Gérardin, Sylvain Sampériz, Duksha Ramful, Brahim Boumahni, Marc Bintner, Jean-Luc Alessandri, Magali Carbonnier, Isabelle Tiran-Rajaoefera, Gilles Beullier, Irénée Boya, Tahir Noormahomed, Jocelyn Okoï, Olivier Rollot, Liliane Cotte, Marie-Christine Jaffar-Bandjee, Alain Michault, François Favier, Monique Kaminski, Alain Fourmaintraux, Xavier Fritel
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002688

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Limited Dengue Virus Replication in Field-Collected Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Infected with Wolbachia
February 20, 2014 Francesca D. Frentiu, Tasnim Zakir, Thomas Walker, Jean Popovici, Alyssa T. Pyke, Andrew van den Hurk, Elizabeth A. McGraw, Scott L. O'Neill
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003071

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Is Plasmodium vivax Malaria a Severe Malaria?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
August 14, 2014 Cho Naing, Maxine A Whittaker, Victor Nyunt Wai, Joon Wah Mak
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002844

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Benznidazole Biotransformation and Multiple Targets in Trypanosoma cruzi Revealed by Metabolomics
May 22, 2014 Andrea Trochine, Darren J. Creek, Paula Faral-Tello, Michael P. Barrett, Carlos Robello
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002780

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Defining the Geographical Range of the Plasmodium knowlesi Reservoir
March 27, 2014 Catherine Moyes, Andrew Henry, Nick Golding, Zhi Huang, Balbir Singh, J. Baird, Paul Newton, Michael Huffman, Kirsten Duda, Chris Drakeley, Nicholas Anstey, Iqbal Elyazar, Quijun Chen, Zinta Zommers, Samir Bhatt, Peter Gething, Simon Hay
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003278

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases International Dispersal of Dengue through Air Travel: Importation Risk for Europe
December 4, 2014 Jan Semenza, Bertrand Sudre, Jennifer Miniota, Massimiliano Rossi, Wei Hu, David Kossowsky, Jonathan Suk, Wim Van Bortel, Kamran Khan
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003188

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Aedes hensilli as a Potential Vector of Chikungunya and Zika Viruses
October 9, 2014 Jeremy P. Ledermann, Laurent Guillaumot, Lawrence Yug, Steven C. Saweyog, Mary Tided, Paul Machieng, Moses Pretrick, Maria Marfel, Anne Griggs, Martin Bel, Mark R. Duffy, W. Thane Hancock, Tai Ho-Chen, Ann M. Powers
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003171

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Evaluation of Commercially Available Diagnostic Tests for the Detection of Dengue Virus NS1 Antigen and Anti-Dengue Virus IgM Antibody
October 16, 2014 Elizabeth A. Hunsperger, Sutee Yoksan, Philippe Buchy, Vinh Chau Nguyen, Shamala Devi Sekaran, Delia A. Enria, Susana Vazquez, Elizabeth Cartozian, Jose L. Pelegrino, Harvey Artsob, Maria G. Guzman, Piero Olliaro, Julien Zwang, Martine Guillerm, Susie Kliks, Scott Halstead, Rosanna W. Peeling, Harold S. Margolis
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003159

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Epidemiology of Dengue Disease in Malaysia (2000–2012): A Systematic Literature Review
November 6, 2014 Abdul Hamid Mohd-Zaki, Jeremy Brett, Ellyana Ismail, Maïna L'Azou
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003115

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Stability of the wMel Wolbachia Infection following Invasion into Aedes aegypti Populations
September 11, 2014 Ary A. Hoffmann, Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Ashley G. Callahan, Ben L. Phillips, Katrina Billington, Jason K. Axford, Brian Montgomery, Andrew P. Turley, Scott L. O'Neill
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003037

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Comparative Host Feeding Patterns of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus, in Urban and Suburban Northeastern USA and Implications for Disease Transmission
August 7, 2014 Ary Faraji, Andrea Egizi, Dina M. Fonseca, Isik Unlu, Taryn Crepeau, Sean P. Healy, Randy Gaugler
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0003027

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Epidemiology of Dengue Disease in the Philippines (2000–2011): A Systematic Literature Review
November 6, 2014 Lulu Bravo, Vito G. Roque, Jeremy Brett, Ruby Dizon, Maïna L'Azou
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002965

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Wolbachia Enhances West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection in the Mosquito Culex tarsalis
July 10, 2014 Brittany L. Dodson, Grant L. Hughes, Oluwatobi Paul, Amy C. Matacchiero, Laura D. Kramer, Jason L. Rasgon
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002948

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Mechanisms of Pyrethroid Resistance in the Dengue Mosquito Vector, Aedes aegypti: Target Site Insensitivity, Penetration, and Metabolism
June 19, 2014 Shinji Kasai, Osamu Komagata, Kentaro Itokawa, Toshio Shono, Lee Ching Ng, Mutsuo Kobayashi, Takashi Tomita
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10.1371/journal.pntd.0002946

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Identification and Characterization of Seminal Fluid Proteins in the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus
June 19, 2014 Kathryn E. Boes, José M. C. Ribeiro, Alex Wong, Laura C. Harrington, Mariana F. Wolfner, Laura K. Sirot
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Assessing the Relationship between Vector Indices and Dengue Transmission: A Systematic Review of the Evidence
May 8, 2014 Leigh R. Bowman, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger, P. J. McCall
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Dicer-2-Dependent Activation of Culex Vago Occurs via the TRAF-Rel2 Signaling Pathway
April 24, 2014 Prasad N. Paradkar, Jean-Bernard Duchemin, Rhonda Voysey, Peter J. Walker
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Deliberate Attenuation of Chikungunya Virus by Adaptation to Heparan Sulfate-Dependent Infectivity: A Model for Rational Arboviral Vaccine Design
February 20, 2014 Christina L. Gardner, Jozef Hritz, Chengqun Sun, Dana L. Vanlandingham, Timothy Y. Song, Elodie Ghedin, Stephen Higgs, William B. Klimstra, Kate D. Ryman
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Molecular Evolution of Zika Virus during Its Emergence in the 20^th Century
January 9, 2014 Oumar Faye, Caio C. M. Freire, Atila Iamarino, Ousmane Faye, Juliana Velasco C. de Oliveira, Mawlouth Diallo, Paolo M. A. Zanotto, Amadou Alpha Sall
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Air Travel Is Associated with Intracontinental Spread of Dengue Virus Serotypes 1–3 in Brazil
April 17, 2014 Marcio R. T. Nunes, Gustavo Palacios, Nuno Rodrigues Faria, Edivaldo Costa Sousa Jr, Jamilla A. Pantoja, Sueli G. Rodrigues, Valéria L. Carvalho, Daniele B. A. Medeiros, Nazir Savji, Guy Baele, Marc A. Suchard, Philippe Lemey, Pedro F. C. Vasconcelos, W. Ian Lipkin
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Strong Association between Serological Status and Probability of Progression to Clinical Visceral Leishmaniasis in Prospective Cohort Studies in India and Nepal
January 23, 2014 Epco Hasker, Paritosh Malaviya, Kamlesh Gidwani, Albert Picado, Bart Ostyn, Sangeeta Kansal, Rudra Pratap Singh, Om Prakash Singh, Ankita Chourasia, Abhishek Kumar Singh, Ravi Shankar, Mary E. Wilson, Basudha Khanal, Suman Rijal, Marleen Boelaert, Shyam Sundar

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Impact of Chemical-Based Mollusciciding for Control of Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium Transmission
December 28, 2015 Charles H. King, Laura J. Sutherland, David Bertsch
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Seasonal and Spatial Dynamics of the Primary Vector of Plasmodium knowlesi within a Major Transmission Focus in Sabah, Malaysia
October 8, 2015 Meng L. Wong, Tock H. Chua, Cherng S. Leong, Loke T. Khaw, Kimberly Fornace, Wan-Yusoff Wan-Sulaiman, Timothy William, Chris Drakeley, Heather M. Ferguson, Indra Vythilingam
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Global Burden of Leptospirosis: Estimated in Terms of Disability Adjusted Life Years
October 2, 2015 Paul R. Torgerson, José E. Hagan, Federico Costa, Juan Calcagno, Michael Kane, Martha S. Martinez-Silveira, Marga G. A. Goris, Claudia Stein, Albert I. Ko, Bernadette Abela-Ridder
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Comparison between Transcriptome Sequencing and 16S Metagenomics for Detection of Bacterial Pathogens in Wildlife
August 18, 2015 Maria Razzauti, Maxime Galan, Maria Bernard, Sarah Maman, Christophe Klopp, Nathalie Charbonnel, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Marc Eloit, Jean-François Cosson
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Taenia solium Human Cysticercosis: A Systematic Review of Sero-epidemiological Data from Endemic Zones around the World
July 6, 2015 Marco Coral-Almeida, Sarah Gabriël, Emmanuel Nji Abatih, Nicolas Praet, Washington Benitez, Pierre Dorny
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Global Morbidity and Mortality of Leptospirosis: A Systematic Review
September 17, 2015 Federico Costa, José E. Hagan, Juan Calcagno, Michael Kane, Paul Torgerson, Martha S. Martinez-Silveira, Claudia Stein, Bernadette Abela-Ridder, Albert I. Ko
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Plasmodium vivax Diversity and Population Structure across Four Continents
June 30, 2015 Cristian Koepfli, Priscila T. Rodrigues, Tiago Antao, Pamela Orjuela-Sánchez, Peter Van den Eede, Dionicia Gamboa, Nguyen van Hong, Jorge Bendezu, Annette Erhart, Céline Barnadas, Arsène Ratsimbasoa, Didier Menard, Carlo Severini, Michela Menegon, Bakri Y. M. Nour, Nadira Karunaweera, Ivo Mueller, Marcelo U. Ferreira, Ingrid Felger
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Systematic Review of the Mortality from Untreated Leptospirosis
June 25, 2015 Andrew J. Taylor, Daniel H. Paris, Paul N. Newton
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Genotypic Diversity Is Associated with Clinical Outcome and Phenotype in Cryptococcal Meningitis across Southern Africa
June 25, 2015 Mathew A. Beale, Wilber Sabiiti, Emma J. Robertson, Karen M. Fuentes-Cabrejo, Simon J. O’Hanlon, Joseph N. Jarvis, Angela Loyse, Graeme Meintjes, Thomas S. Harrison, Robin C. May, Matthew C. Fisher, Tihana Bicanic
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Environmental and Behavioural Determinants of Leptospirosis Transmission: A Systematic Review
September 17, 2015 Mwanajaa Abdalla Mwachui, Lisa Crump, Rudy Hartskeerl, Jakob Zinsstag, Jan Hattendorf
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Patterns in Leptospira Shedding in Norway Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Brazilian Slum Communities at High Risk of Disease Transmission
June 5, 2015 Federico Costa, Elsio A. Wunder Jr., Daiana De Oliveira, Vimla Bisht, Gorete Rodrigues, Mitermayer G. Reis, Albert I. Ko, Mike Begon, James E. Childs
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Mycetoma in the Sudan: An Update from the Mycetoma Research Centre, University of Khartoum, Sudan
March 27, 2015 Ahmed Fahal, EL Sheikh Mahgoub, Ahmed M. EL Hassan, Manar Elsheikh Abdel-Rahman
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Intravenous Therapy Duration and Outcomes in Melioidosis: A New Treatment Paradigm
March 26, 2015 Matthew C. Pitman, Tara Luck, Catherine S. Marshall, Nicholas M. Anstey, Linda Ward, Bart J. Currie
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Why Latrines Are Not Used: Communities’ Perceptions and Practices Regarding Latrines in a Taenia solium Endemic Rural Area in Eastern Zambia
March 4, 2015 Séverine Thys, Kabemba E. Mwape, Pierre Lefèvre, Pierre Dorny, Tanguy Marcotty, Andrew M. Phiri, Isaak K. Phiri, Sarah Gabriël
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Bartonella spp. in Fruit Bats and Blood-Feeding Ectoparasites in Madagascar
February 23, 2015 Cara E. Brook, Ying Bai, Andrew P. Dobson, Lynn M. Osikowicz, Hafaliana C. Ranaivoson, Qiyun Zhu, Michael Y. Kosoy, Katharina Dittmar
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Release of Small RNA-containing Exosome-like Vesicles from the Human Filarial Parasite Brugia malayi
September 24, 2015 Mostafa Zamanian, Lisa M Fraser, Prince N Agbedanu, Hiruni Harischandra, Andrew R Moorhead, Tim A Day, Lyric C Bartholomay, Michael J Kimber
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Serology for Trachoma Surveillance after Cessation of Mass Drug Administration
February 25, 2015 Diana L. Martin, Rhiannon Bid, Frank Sandi, E. Brook Goodhew, Patrick A. Massae, Augustin Lasway, Heiko Philippin, William Makupa, Sandra Molina, Martin J. Holland, David C. W. Mabey, Chris Drakeley, Patrick J. Lammie, Anthony W. Solomon
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Repurposing Auranofin as a Lead Candidate for Treatment of Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis
February 20, 2015 Christina A. Bulman, Chelsea M. Bidlow, Sara Lustigman, Fidelis Cho-Ngwa, David Williams, Alberto A. Rascón, Jr, Nancy Tricoche, Moses Samje, Aaron Bell, Brian Suzuki, K. C. Lim, Nonglak Supakorndej, Prasit Supakorndej, Alan R. Wolfe, Giselle M. Knudsen, Steven Chen, Chris Wilson, Kean-Hooi Ang, Michelle Arkin, Jiri Gut, Chris Franklin, Chris Marcellino, James H. McKerrow, Anjan Debnath, Judy A. Sakanari
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Combining Public Health Education and Disease Ecology Research: Using Citizen Science to Assess Chagas Disease Entomological Risk in Texas
December 10, 2015 Rachel Curtis-Robles, Edward J. Wozniak, Lisa D. Auckland, Gabriel L. Hamer, Sarah A. Hamer
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Accuracy of Five Serologic Tests for the Follow up of Strongyloides stercoralis Infection
February 10, 2015 Dora Buonfrate, Marco Sequi, Rojelio Mejia, Ruben O. Cimino, Alejandro J. Krolewiecki, Marco Albonico, Monica Degani, Stefano Tais, Andrea Angheben, Ana Requena-Mendez, José Muñoz, Thomas B. Nutman, Zeno Bisoffi
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Review on Dog Rabies Vaccination Coverage in Africa: A Question of Dog Accessibility or Cost Recovery?
February 3, 2015 Tariku Jibat, Henk Hogeveen, Monique C. M. Mourits
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Control, Elimination, and Eradication of River Blindness: Scenarios, Timelines, and Ivermectin Treatment Needs in Africa
April 10, 2015 Young Eun Kim, Jan H. F. Remme, Peter Steinmann, Wilma A. Stolk, Jean-Baptiste Roungou, Fabrizio Tediosi
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases What Makes Community Engagement Effective?: Lessons from the Eliminate Dengue Program in Queensland Australia
April 13, 2015 Pamela Kolopack, Janet Parsons, James Lavery
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Predicting Unprecedented Dengue Outbreak Using Imported Cases and Climatic Factors in Guangzhou, 2014
May 28, 2015 Shaowei Sang, Shaohua Gu, Peng Bi, Weizhong Yang, Zhicong Yang, Lei Xu, Jun Yang, Xiaobo Liu, Tong Jiang, Haixia Wu, Cordia Chu, Qiyong Liu
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Estimating Dengue Transmission Intensity from Sero-Prevalence Surveys in Multiple Countries
April 16, 2015 Natsuko Imai, Ilaria Dorigatti, Simon Cauchemez, Neil M. Ferguson
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Surveillance of Aedes aegypti: Comparison of House Index with Four Alternative Traps
February 10, 2015 Claudia T. Codeço, Arthur W. S. Lima, Simone C. Araújo, José Bento P. Lima, Rafael Maciel-de-Freitas, Nildimar A. Honório, Allan K. R. Galardo, Ima A. Braga, Giovanini E. Coelho, Denise Valle
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Prevalence of Chagas Disease in Latin-American Migrants Living in Europe: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
February 13, 2015 Ana Requena-Méndez, Edelweiss Aldasoro, Elisa de Lazzari, Elisa Sicuri, Michael Brown, David Moore, Joaquim Gascon, Jose Muñoz
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Toxoplasmosis and Epilepsy — Systematic Review and Meta Analysis
February 19, 2015 Edgard B. Ngoungou, Devender Bhalla, Amandine Nzoghe, Marie-Laure Dardé, Pierre-Marie Preux
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Evaluation of the Loop Mediated Isothermal DNA Amplification (LAMP) Kit for Malaria Diagnosis in P. vivax Endemic Settings of Colombia
January 8, 2015 Andres Vallejo, Nora Martínez, Iveth González, Myriam Arévalo-Herrera, Socrates Herrera
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Systematic Review of Sub-microscopic P. vivax Infections: Prevalence and Determining Factors
January 8, 2015 Qin Cheng, Jane Cunningham, Michelle Gatton
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Signatures of Adaptation in Human Invasive Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 Populations from Sub-Saharan Africa
March 24, 2015 Chinyere K. Okoro, Lars Barquist, Thomas R. Connor, Simon R. Harris, Simon Clare, Mark P. Stevens, Mark J. Arends, Christine Hale, Leanne Kane, Derek J. Pickard, Jennifer Hill, Katherine Harcourt, Julian Parkhill, Gordon Dougan, Robert A. Kingsley
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Cross-Sectional Study of ‘Yaws’ in Districts of Ghana Which Have Previously Undertaken Azithromycin Mass Drug Administration for Trachoma Control
January 29, 2015 Rosanna Ghinai, Philip El-Duah, Kai-Hua Chi, Allan Pillay, Anthony W. Solomon, Robin L. Bailey, Nsiire Agana, David C. W. Mabey, Cheng-Yen Chen, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Michael Marks
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Estimating the Global Burden of Endemic Canine Rabies
April 16, 2015 Katie Hampson, Laurent Coudeville, Tiziana Lembo, Maganga Sambo, Alexia Kieffer, Michaël Attlan, Jacques Barrat, Jesse D. Blanton, Deborah J. Briggs, Sarah Cleaveland, Peter Costa, Conrad M. Freuling, Elly Hiby, Lea Knopf, Fernando Leanes, François-Xavier Meslin, Artem Metlin, Mary Elizabeth Miranda, Thomas Müller, Louis H. Nel, Sergio Recuenco, Charles E. Rupprecht, Carolin Schumacher, Louise Taylor, Marco Antonio Natal Vigilato, Jakob Zinsstag, Jonathan Dushoff, on behalf of the Global Alliance for Rabies Control Partners for Rabies Prevention
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Effect of Meteorological Variables on the Transmission of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Four Major Cities of Shanxi Province, China: A Time Series Data Analysis (2009-2013)
March 5, 2015 Junni Wei, Alana Hansen, Qiyong Liu, Yehuan Sun, Phil Weinstein, Peng Bi
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Economic and Disease Burden of Dengue in Mexico
March 18, 2015 Eduardo Undurraga, Miguel Betancourt-Cravioto, José Ramos-Castañeda, Ruth Martínez-Vega, Jorge Méndez-Galván, Duane Gubler, María Guzmán, Scott Halstead, Eva Harris, Pablo Kuri-Morales, Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Donald Shepard
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases High Rates of Asymptomatic, Sub-microscopic Plasmodium vivax Infection and Disappearing Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in an Area of Low Transmission in Solomon Islands
May 21, 2015 Andreea Waltmann, Andrew W. Darcy, Ivor Harris, Cristian Koepfli, John Lodo, Ventis Vahi, David Piziki, G. Dennis Shanks, Alyssa E. Barry, Maxine Whittaker, James W. Kazura, Ivo Mueller
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Rapid Emergence of Multidrug Resistant, H58-Lineage Salmonella Typhi in Blantyre, Malawi
April 24, 2015 Nicholas A. Feasey, Katherine Gaskell, Vanessa Wong, Chisomo Msefula, George Selemani, Save Kumwenda, Theresa J. Allain, Jane Mallewa, Neil Kennedy, Aisleen Bennett, Joram O. Nyirongo, Patience A. Nyondo, Madalitso D. Zulu, Julian Parkhill, Gordon Dougan, Melita A. Gordon, Robert S. Heyderman
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Reducing Human-Tsetse Contact Significantly Enhances the Efficacy of Sleeping Sickness Active Screening Campaigns: A Promising Result in the Context of Elimination
August 12, 2015 Fabrice Courtin, Mamadou Camara, Jean-Baptiste Rayaisse, Moise Kagbadouno, Emilie Dama, Oumou Camara, Ibrahima S. Traoré, Jérémi Rouamba, Moana Peylhard, Martin B. Somda, Mamadou Leno, Mike J. Lehane, Steve J. Torr, Philippe Solano, Vincent Jamonneau, Bruno Bucheton
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Wolbachia Reduces the Transmission Potential of Dengue-Infected Aedes aegypti
June 26, 2015 Yixin H. Ye, Alison M. Carrasco, Francesca D. Frentiu, Stephen F. Chenoweth, Nigel W. Beebe, Andrew F. van den Hurk, Cameron P. Simmons, Scott L. O’Neill, Elizabeth A. McGraw
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Scabies and Impetigo Prevalence and Risk Factors in Fiji: A National Survey
March 4, 2015 Lucia Romani, Josefa Koroivueta, Andrew C. Steer, Mike Kama, John M. Kaldor, Handan Wand, Mohammed Hamid, Margot J. Whitfeld
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Emergence of Resistance to the Benzimidazole Anthlemintics in Parasitic Nematodes of Livestock Is Characterised by Multiple Independent Hard and Soft Selective Sweeps
February 6, 2015 Elizabeth Redman, Fiona Whitelaw, Andrew Tait, Charlotte Burgess, Yvonne Bartley, Philip John Skuce, Frank Jackson, John Stuart Gilleard
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Epidemiology of Leptospirosis in Africa: A Systematic Review of a Neglected Zoonosis and a Paradigm for ‘One Health’ in Africa
September 14, 2015 Kathryn J. Allan, Holly M. Biggs, Jo E. B. Halliday, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Venance P. Maro, Sarah Cleaveland, John A. Crump
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Plasmodium vivax Transmission in Africa
November 20, 2015 Rosalind E. Howes, Robert C. Reiner Jr., Katherine E. Battle, Joshua Longbottom, Bonnie Mappin, Dariya Ordanovich, Andrew J. Tatem, Chris Drakeley, Peter W. Gething, Peter A. Zimmerman, David L. Smith, Simon I. Hay
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Contrasting Transmission Dynamics of Co-endemic Plasmodium vivax and P. falciparum: Implications for Malaria Control and Elimination
May 7, 2015 Rintis Noviyanti, Farah Coutrier, Retno A. S. Utami, Hidayat Trimarsanto, Yusrifar K. Tirta, Leily Trianty, Andreas Kusuma, Inge Sutanto, Ayleen Kosasih, Rita Kusriastuti, William A. Hawley, Ferdinand Laihad, Neil Lobo, Jutta Marfurt, Taane G. Clark, Ric N. Price, Sarah Auburn
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Updated Global Burden of Cholera in Endemic Countries
June 4, 2015 Mohammad Ali, Allyson R. Nelson, Anna Lena Lopez, David A. Sack
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Monitoring the Progress towards the Elimination of Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis
June 9, 2015 Pere P. Simarro, Giuliano Cecchi, Massimo Paone, Abdoulaye Diarra, Gerardo Priotto, Raffaele C. Mattioli, Jean G. Jannin, José R. Franco
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Systematic Review of Mortality from Untreated Scrub Typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi)
August 14, 2015 Andrew J. Taylor, Daniel H. Paris, Paul N. Newton
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Bartonella spp. Bacteremia in Blood Donors from Campinas, Brazil
January 15, 2015 Luiza Helena Urso Pitassi, Pedro Paulo Vissotto de Paiva Diniz, Diana Gerardi Scorpio, Marina Rovani Drummond, Bruno Grosselli Lania, Maria Lourdes Barjas-Castro, Rovilson Gilioli, Silvia Colombo, Stanley Sowy, Edward B. Breitschwerdt, William L. Nicholson, Paulo Eduardo Neves Ferreira Velho
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Effects of Socioeconomic and Environmental Factors on the Incidence of Dengue Fever in the Pearl River Delta, China, 2013
October 27, 2015 Xiaopeng Qi, Yong Wang, Yue Li, Yujie Meng, Qianqian Chen, Jiaqi Ma, George F. Gao
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Recombinant Vesicular Stomatitis Virus-Based Lassa Fever Vaccine Protects Guinea Pigs and Macaques against Challenge with Geographically and Genetically Distinct Lassa Viruses
April 17, 2015 David Safronetz, Chad Mire, Kyle Rosenke, Friederike Feldmann, Elaine Haddock, Thomas Geisbert, Heinz Feldmann
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Community-Centered Responses to Ebola in Urban Liberia: The View from Below
April 9, 2015 Sharon Alane Abramowitz, Kristen E. McLean, Sarah Lindley McKune, Kevin Louis Bardosh, Mosoka Fallah, Josephine Monger, Kodjo Tehoungue, Patricia A. Omidian
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Genome and Phylogenetic Analyses of Trypanosoma evansi Reveal Extensive Similarity to T. brucei and Multiple Independent Origins for Dyskinetoplasty
January 8, 2015 Jason Carnes, Atashi Anupama, Oliver Balmer, Andrew Jackson, Michael Lewis, Rob Brown, Igor Cestari, Marc Desquesnes, Claire Gendrin, Christiane Hertz-Fowler, Hideo Imamura, Alasdair Ivens, Luděk Kořený, De-Hua Lai, Annette MacLeod, Suzanne M. McDermott, Chris Merritt, Severine Monnerat, Wonjong Moon, Peter Myler, Isabelle Phan, Gowthaman Ramasamy, Dhileep Sivam, Zhao-Rong Lun, Julius Lukeš, Achim Schnaufer, Ken Stuart
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Sensitivity and Specificity of a Urine Circulating Anodic Antigen Test for the Diagnosis of Schistosoma haematobium in Low Endemic Settings
May 14, 2015 Stefanie Knopp, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens, Artemis Koukounari, Colin I. Cercamondi, Shaali M. Ame, Said M. Ali, Claudia J. de Dood, Khalfan A. Mohammed, Jürg Utzinger, David Rollinson, Govert J. van Dam
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Coevolution of the Ile1,016 and Cys1,534 Mutations in the Voltage Gated Sodium Channel Gene of Aedes aegypti in Mexico
December 11, 2015 Farah Z. Vera-Maloof, Karla Saavedra-Rodriguez, Armando E. Elizondo-Quiroga, Saul Lozano-Fuentes, William C. Black IV
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Deltamethrin Resistance Mechanisms in Aedes aegypti Populations from Three French Overseas Territories Worldwide
November 20, 2015 Isabelle Dusfour, Pilar Zorrilla, Amandine Guidez, Jean Issaly, Romain Girod, Laurent Guillaumot, Carlos Robello, Clare Strode
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Hidden Burden of Dengue and Chikungunya in Chennai, India
July 16, 2015 Isabel Rodríguez-Barraquer, Sunil S. Solomon, Periaswamy Kuganantham, Aylur Kailasom Srikrishnan, Canjeevaram K. Vasudevan, Syed H. Iqbal, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Suniti Solomon, Shruti H. Mehta, Derek A. T. Cummings
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases High Rate of Subclinical Chikungunya Virus Infection and Association of Neutralizing Antibody with Protection in a Prospective Cohort in The Philippines
May 7, 2015 In-Kyu Yoon, Maria Theresa Alera, Catherine B. Lago, Ilya A. Tac-An, Daisy Villa, Stefan Fernandez, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, Chonticha Klungthong, Jens W. Levy, John Mark Velasco, Vito G. Roque Jr., Henrik Salje, Louis R. Macareo, Laura L. Hermann, Ananda Nisalak, Anon Srikiatkhachorn
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Specific Management of Post-Chikungunya Rheumatic Disorders: A Retrospective Study of 159 Cases in Reunion Island from 2006-2012
March 11, 2015 Emilie Javelle, Anne Ribera, Isabelle Degasne, Bernard-Alex Gaüzère, Catherine Marimoutou, Fabrice Simon
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Social Pathways for Ebola Virus Disease in Rural Sierra Leone, and Some Implications for Containment
April 17, 2015 Paul Richards, Joseph Amara, Mariane C Ferme, Prince Kamara, Esther Mokuwa, Amara Idara Sheriff, Roland Suluku, Maarten Voors
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Risk Factors for the Presence of Chikungunya and Dengue Vectors (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus), Their Altitudinal Distribution and Climatic Determinants of Their Abundance in Central Nepal
March 16, 2015 Meghnath Dhimal, Ishan Gautam, Hari Datt Joshi, Robert B. O’Hara, Bodo Ahrens, Ulrich Kuch
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Using Modelling to Disentangle the Relative Contributions of Zoonotic and Anthroponotic Transmission: The Case of Lassa Fever
January 8, 2015 Giovanni Lo Iacono, Andrew A. Cunningham, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Robert F. Garry, Donald S. Grant, Sheik Humarr Khan, Melissa Leach, Lina M. Moses, John S. Schieffelin, Jeffrey G. Shaffer, Colleen T. Webb, James L. N. Wood
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Further Evidence of an Association between the Presence of Leishmania RNA Virus 1 and the Mucosal Manifestations in Tegumentary Leishmaniasis Patients
September 15, 2015 Lilian Motta Cantanhêde, Cipriano Ferreira da Silva Júnior, Marcos Massayuki Ito, Kátia Paula Felipin, Roberto Nicolete, Juan Miguel Villalobos Salcedo, Renato Porrozzi, Elisa Cupolillo, Ricardo de Godoi Mattos Ferreira
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Plasmodium vivax Populations Are More Genetically Diverse and Less Structured than Sympatric Plasmodium falciparum Populations
April 15, 2015 Charlie Jennison, Alicia Arnott, Natacha Tessier, Livingstone Tavul, Cristian Koepfli, Ingrid Felger, Peter Siba, John Reeder, Melanie Bahlo, Ivo Mueller, Alyssa Barry
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Tissue Localization and Extracellular Matrix Degradation by PI, PII and PIII Snake Venom Metalloproteinases: Clues on the Mechanisms of Venom-Induced Hemorrhage
April 24, 2015 Cristina Herrera, Teresa Escalante, Mathieu-Benoit Voisin, Alexandra Rucavado, Diego Morazán, Jéssica Kele A. Macêdo, Juan J. Calvete, Libia Sanz, Sussan Nourshargh, José María Gutiérrez, Jay W. Fox
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Tracking Dengue Virus Intra-host Genetic Diversity during Human-to-Mosquito Transmission
September 1, 2015 Shuzhen Sim, Pauline P. K. Aw, Andreas Wilm, Garrett Teoh, Kien Duong Thi Hue, Nguyet Minh Nguyen, Niranjan Nagarajan, Cameron P. Simmons, Martin L. Hibberd
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Application of wMelPop Wolbachia Strain to Crash Local Populations of Aedes aegypti
July 23, 2015 Scott A. Ritchie, Michael Townsend, Chris J. Paton, Ashley G. Callahan, Ary A. Hoffmann
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Suppression of a Field Population of Aedes aegypti in Brazil by Sustained Release of Transgenic Male Mosquitoes
July 2, 2015 Danilo O. Carvalho, Andrew R. McKemey, Luiza Garziera, Renaud Lacroix, Christl A. Donnelly, Luke Alphey, Aldo Malavasi, Margareth L. Capurro
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Autochthonous Chikungunya Transmission and Extreme Climate Events in Southern France
June 16, 2015 David Roiz, Philippe Boussès, Frédéric Simard, Christophe Paupy, Didier Fontenille
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Chikungunya Virus Transmission Potential by Local Aedes Mosquitoes in the Americas and Europe
May 20, 2015 Anubis Vega-Rúa, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Laurence Mousson, Marie Vazeille, Sappho Fuchs, André Yébakima, Joel Gustave, Romain Girod, Isabelle Dusfour, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Dana L. Vanlandingham, Yan-Jang S. Huang, L. Philip Lounibos, Souand Mohamed Ali, Antoine Nougairede, Xavier de Lamballerie, Anna-Bella Failloux
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases From Lab to Field: The Influence of Urban Landscapes on the Invasive Potential of Wolbachia in Brazilian Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
April 23, 2015 Heverton Dutra, Lilha Santos, Eric Caragata, Jéssica Silva, Daniel Villela, Rafael Maciel-de-Freitas, Luciano Moreira
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Epidemiological Trends of Dengue Disease in Colombia (2000-2011): A Systematic Review
March 19, 2015 Luis Angel Villar, Diana Patricia Rojas, Sandra Besada-Lombana, Elsa Sarti
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Pyrethroid-Resistance and Presence of Two Knockdown Resistance (kdr) Mutations, F1534C and a Novel Mutation T1520I, in Indian Aedes aegypti
January 8, 2015 Raja Babu S. Kushwah, Cherry L. Dykes, Neera Kapoor, Tridibes Adak, Om P. Singh
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Development of a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Barcode to Genotype Plasmodium vivax Infections
March 17, 2015 Mary Lynn Baniecki, Aubrey Faust, Stephen Schaffner, Daniel Park, Kevin Galinsky, Rachel Daniels, Elizabeth Hamilton, Marcelo Ferreira, Nadira Karunaweera, David Serre, Peter Zimmerman, Thomas Wellems, Juliana Sá, Lise Musset, Eric Legrand, Alexandre Melnikov, Daniel Neafsey, Sarah Volkman, Dyann Wirth, Pardis Sabeti
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay Using TaqMan Probes for the Identification of Trypanosoma cruzi DTUs in Biological and Clinical Samples
May 19, 2015 Carolina I. Cura, Tomas Duffy, Raúl H. Lucero, Margarita Bisio, Julie Péneau, Matilde Jimenez-Coello, Eva Calabuig, María J. Gimenez, Edward Valencia Ayala, Sonia A. Kjos, José Santalla, Susan M. Mahaney, Nelly M. Cayo, Claudia Nagel, Laura Barcán, Edith S. Málaga Machaca, Karla Y. Acosta Viana, Laurent Brutus, Susana B. Ocampo, Christine Aznar, Cesar A. Cuba Cuba, Ricardo E. Gürtler, Janine M. Ramsey, Isabela Ribeiro, John L. VandeBerg, Zaida E. Yadon, Antonio Osuna, Alejandro G. Schijman
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Infrared Fluorescent Imaging as a Potent Tool for In Vitro, Ex Vivo and In Vivo Models of Visceral Leishmaniasis
March 31, 2015 Estefanía Calvo-Álvarez, Kostantinos Stamatakis, Carmen Punzón, Raquel Álvarez-Velilla, Ana Tejería, José Miguel Escudero-Martínez, Yolanda Pérez-Pertejo, Manuel Fresno, Rafael Balaña-Fouce, Rosa M. Reguera
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Direct Blood Dry LAMP: A Rapid, Stable, and Easy Diagnostic Tool for Human African Trypanosomiasis
March 13, 2015 Kyoko Hayashida, Lottie Hachaambwa, Boniface Namangala, Chihiro Sugimoto, Kiichi Kajino

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Impact of the Newly Licensed Dengue Vaccine in Endemic Countries
December 21, 2016 Maíra Aguiar, Nico Stollenwerk, Scott B. Halstead
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Relationship between Active Trachoma and Ocular Chlamydia trachomatis Infection before and after Mass Antibiotic Treatment
October 26, 2016 Athumani M. Ramadhani, Tamsyn Derrick, David Macleod, Martin J. Holland, Matthew J. Burton
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Prevalence of Scabies and Impetigo in the Solomon Islands: A Population-Based Survey
June 27, 2016 Daniel S. Mason, Michael Marks, Oliver Sokana, Anthony W. Solomon, David C. Mabey, Lucia Romani, John Kaldor, Andrew C. Steer, Daniel Engelman
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Global Assessment of Schistosomiasis Control Over the Past Century Shows Targeting the Snail Intermediate Host Works Best
July 21, 2016 Susanne H. Sokolow, Chelsea L. Wood, Isabel J. Jones, Scott J. Swartz, Melina Lopez, Michael H. Hsieh, Kevin D. Lafferty, Armand M. Kuris, Chloe Rickards, Giulio A. De Leo
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Worldwide Phylogenetic Distributions and Population Dynamics of the Genus Histoplasma
June 1, 2016 Marcus de M. Teixeira, José S. L. Patané, Maria L. Taylor, Beatriz L. Gómez, Raquel C. Theodoro, Sybren de Hoog, David M. Engelthaler, Rosely M. Zancopé-Oliveira, Maria S. S. Felipe, Bridget M. Barker
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Improved PCR-Based Detection of Soil Transmitted Helminth Infections Using a Next-Generation Sequencing Approach to Assay Design
March 30, 2016 Nils Pilotte, Marina Papaiakovou, Jessica R. Grant, Lou Ann Bierwert, Stacey Llewellyn, James S. McCarthy, Steven A. Williams
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Co-infection of Ticks: The Rule Rather Than the Exception
March 17, 2016 Sara Moutailler, Claire Valiente Moro, Elise Vaumourin, Lorraine Michelet, Florence Hélène Tran, Elodie Devillers, Jean-François Cosson, Patrick Gasqui, Van Tran Van, Patrick Mavingui, Gwenaël Vourc’h, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Zika Virus Infection and Stillbirths: A Case of Hydrops Fetalis, Hydranencephaly and Fetal Demise
February 25, 2016 Manoel Sarno, Gielson Sacramento, Ricardo Khouri, Mateus do Rosário, Federico Costa, Gracinda Archanjo, Luciane Santos, Nivison Nery, Jr., Nikos Vasilakis, Albert Ko, Antonio de Almeida
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases What Makes a Bacterial Species Pathogenic?:Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Genus Leptospira
February 18, 2016 Derrick E. Fouts, Michael A. Matthias, Haritha Adhikarla, Ben Adler, Luciane Amorim-Santos, Douglas E. Berg, Dieter Bulach, Alejandro Buschiazzo, Yung-Fu Chang, Renee L. Galloway, David A. Haake, Daniel H. Haft, Rudy Hartskeerl, Albert I. Ko, Paul N. Levett, James Matsunaga, Ariel E. Mechaly, Jonathan M. Monk, Ana L. T. Nascimento, Karen E. Nelson, Bernhard Palsson, Sharon J. Peacock, Mathieu Picardeau, Jessica N. Ricaldi, Janjira Thaipandungpanit, Elsio A. Wunder Jr., X. Frank Yang, Jun-Jie Zhang, Joseph M. Vinetz
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Application of a Multiplex Quantitative PCR to Assess Prevalence and Intensity Of Intestinal Parasite Infections in a Controlled Clinical Trial
January 28, 2016 Stacey Llewellyn, Tawin Inpankaew, Susana Vaz Nery, Darren J. Gray, Jaco J. Verweij, Archie C. A. Clements, Santina J. Gomes, Rebecca Traub, James S. McCarthy
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Endomicroscopic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Impaired Barrier Function and Malabsorption in Environmental Enteropathy
April 6, 2016 Paul Kelly, Ellen Besa, Kanekwa Zyambo, John Louis-Auguste, James Lees, Themba Banda, Rose Soko, Rosemary Banda, Beatrice Amadi, Alastair Watson
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Incomplete Protection against Dengue Virus Type 2 Re-infection in Peru
February 5, 2016 Brett M. Forshey, Robert C. Reiner, Sandra Olkowski, Amy C. Morrison, Angelica Espinoza, Kanya C. Long, Stalin Vilcarromero, Wilma Casanova, Helen J. Wearing, Eric S. Halsey, Tadeusz J. Kochel, Thomas W. Scott, Steven T. Stoddard
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Estimating Geographical Variation in the Risk of Zoonotic Plasmodium knowlesi Infection in Countries Eliminating Malaria
August 5, 2016 Freya M. Shearer, Zhi Huang, Daniel J. Weiss, Antoinette Wiebe, Harry S. Gibson, Katherine E. Battle, David M. Pigott, Oliver J. Brady, Chaturong Putaporntip, Somchai Jongwutiwes, Yee Ling Lau, Magnus Manske, Roberto Amato, Iqbal R. F. Elyazar, Indra Vythilingam, Samir Bhatt, Peter W. Gething, Balbir Singh, Nick Golding, Simon I. Hay, Catherine L. Moyes
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Concerted Efforts to Control or Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases: How Much Health Will Be Gained?
February 18, 2016 Sake J. de Vlas, Wilma A. Stolk, Epke A. le Rutte, Jan A. C. Hontelez, Roel Bakker, David J. Blok, Rui Cai, Tanja A. J. Houweling, Margarete C. Kulik, Edeltraud J. Lenk, Marianne Luyendijk, Suzette M. Matthijsse, William K. Redekop, Inge Wagenaar, Julie Jacobson, Nico J. D. Nagelkerke, Jan H. Richardus
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Zika Virus Outbreak in Haiti in 2014: Molecular and Clinical Data
April 25, 2016 John Lednicky, Valerie Beau de Rochars, Maha El Badry, Julia Loeb, Taina Telisma, Sonese Chavannes, Gina Anilis, Eleonora Cella, Massimo Ciccozzi, Mohammed Rashid, Bernard Okech, Marco Salemi, J. Glenn Morris Jr.
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Susceptible Mouse Model for Zika Virus Infection
May 5, 2016 Stuart Dowall, Victoria Graham, Emma Rayner, Barry Atkinson, Graham Hall, Robert Watson, Andrew Bosworth, Laura Bonney, Samantha Kitchen, Roger Hewson
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Culex quinquefasciatus from Rio de Janeiro Is Not Competent to Transmit the Local Zika Virus
September 6, 2016 Rosilainy Fernandes, Stéphanie Campos, Anielly Brito, Rafaella Miranda, Keli Barbosa da Silva, Marcia Castro, Lidiane Raphael, Patrícia Brasil, Anna-Bella Failloux, Myrna Bonaldo, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Iminosugars Inhibit Dengue Virus Production via Inhibition of ER Alpha-Glucosidases—Not Glycolipid Processing Enzymes
March 14, 2016 Andrew C. Sayce, Dominic S. Alonzi, Sarah S. Killingbeck, Beatrice E. Tyrrell, Michelle L. Hill, Alessandro T. Caputo, Ren Iwaki, Kyoko Kinami, Daisuke Ide, J. L. Kiappes, P. Robert Beatty, Atsushi Kato, Eva Harris, Raymond A. Dwek, Joanna L. Miller, Nicole Zitzmann
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Phase 1/2a Trial of Plasmodium vivax Malaria Vaccine Candidate VMP001/AS01_B in Malaria-Naive Adults: Safety, Immunogenicity, and Efficacy
February 26, 2016 Jason W. Bennett, Donna Tosh, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Jack Komisar, Lisa A. Ware, William F. McCarthy, Jessica J. Cowden, Jason Regules, Michele D. Spring, Kristopher Paolino, Joshua D. Hartzell, James F. Cummings, Thomas L. Richie, Joanne Lumsden, Edwin Kamau, Jittawadee Murphy, Cynthia Lee, Falgunee Parekh, Ashley Birkett, Joe Cohen, W. Ripley Ballou, Mark E. Polhemus, Yannick F. Vanloubbeeck, Johan Vekemans, Christian F. Ockenhouse, Anjali Yadava
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Global Economic and Health Burden of Human Hookworm Infection
September 8, 2016 Sarah M. Bartsch, Peter J. Hotez, Lindsey Asti, Kristina M. Zapf, Maria Elena Bottazzi, David J. Diemert, Bruce Y. Lee
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Differential Susceptibilities of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus from the Americas to Zika Virus
March 3, 2016 Thais Chouin-Carneiro, Anubis Vega-Rua, Marie Vazeille, André Yebakima, Romain Girod, Daniella Goindin, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Anna-Bella Failloux
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Comparative Analysis of Dengue and Zika Outbreaks Reveals Differences by Setting and Virus
December 7, 2016 Sebastian Funk, Adam J. Kucharski, Anton Camacho, Rosalind M. Eggo, Laith Yakob, Lawrence M. Murray, W. John Edmunds
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases An Ecological Assessment of the Pandemic Threat of Zika Virus
August 26, 2016 Colin J. Carlson, Eric R. Dougherty, Wayne Getz
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The wMel Strain of Wolbachia Reduces Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Aedes aegypti
April 28, 2016 Matthew T. Aliota, Emma C. Walker, Alexander Uribe Yepes, Ivan Dario Velez, Bruce M. Christensen, Jorge E. Osorio
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Climate and the Timing of Imported Cases as Determinants of the Dengue Outbreak in Guangzhou, 2014: Evidence from a Mathematical Model
February 10, 2016 Qu Cheng, Qinlong Jing, Robert C. Spear, John M. Marshall, Zhicong Yang, Peng Gong
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Immune Response to Dengue Virus Infection in Pediatric Patients in New Delhi, India—Association of Viremia, Inflammatory Mediators and Monocytes with Disease Severity
March 16, 2016 Mohit Singla, Meenakshi Kar, Tavpritesh Sethi, Sushil K. Kabra, Rakesh Lodha, Anmol Chandele, Guruprasad R. Medigeshi
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Burden of Typhoid and Paratyphoid in India: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
April 15, 2016 Jacob John, Carola J. C. Van Aart, Nicholas C. Grassly
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Human Leptospirosis Infection in Fiji: An Eco-epidemiological Approach to Identifying Risk Factors and Environmental Drivers for Transmission
January 28, 2016 Colleen L. Lau, Conall H. Watson, John H. Lowry, Michael C. David, Scott B. Craig, Sarah J. Wynwood, Mike Kama, Eric J. Nilles
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Incidence of Dengue Virus Infection in Adults and Children in a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort in the Philippines
February 4, 2016 Maria Theresa Alera, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, John Mark Velasco, Ilya A. Tac-An, Catherine B. Lago, Hannah E. Clapham, Stefan Fernandez, Jens W. Levy, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, Chonticha Klungthong, Louis R. Macareo, Ananda Nisalak, Laura Hermann, Daisy Villa, In-Kyu Yoon
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Burden of Cryptosporidium Diarrheal Disease among Children < 24 Months of Age in Moderate/High Mortality Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, Utilizing Data from the Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS)
May 24, 2016 Samba O. Sow, Khitam Muhsen, Dilruba Nasrin, William C. Blackwelder, Yukun Wu, Tamer H. Farag, Sandra Panchalingam, Dipika Sur, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Abu S. G. Faruque, Debasish Saha, Richard Adegbola, Pedro L. Alonso, Robert F. Breiman, Quique Bassat, Boubou Tamboura, Doh Sanogo, Uma Onwuchekwa, Byomkesh Manna, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Suman Kanungo, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Shahida Qureshi, Farheen Quadri, Anowar Hossain, Sumon K. Das, Martin Antonio, M. Jahangir Hossain, Inacio Mandomando, Tacilta Nhampossa, Sozinho Acácio, Richard Omore, Joseph O. Oundo, John B. Ochieng, Eric D. Mintz, Ciara E. O’Reilly, Lynette Y. Berkeley, Sofie Livio, Sharon M. Tennant, Halvor Sommerfelt, James P. Nataro, Tomer Ziv-Baran, Roy M. Robins-Browne, Vladimir Mishcherkin, Jixian Zhang, Jie Liu, Eric R. Houpt, Karen L. Kotloff, Myron M. Levine
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Ecological Dynamics of Fecal Contamination and Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A in Municipal Kathmandu Drinking Water
January 6, 2016 Abhilasha Karkey, Thibaut Jombart, Alan W. Walker, Corinne N. Thompson, Andres Torres, Sabina Dongol, Nga Tran Vu Thieu, Duy Pham Thanh, Dung Tran Thi Ngoc, Phat Voong Vinh, Andrew C. Singer, Julian Parkhill, Guy Thwaites, Buddha Basnyat, Neil Ferguson, Stephen Baker
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Molecular Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Humans with Tick Bites and Erythema Migrans, in the Netherlands
October 5, 2016 Setareh Jahfari, Agnetha Hofhuis, Manoj Fonville, Joke van der Giessen, Wilfrid van Pelt, Hein Sprong
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Seasonal Dynamics of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species Proven Vectors of Mediterranean Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum
February 22, 2016 Bulent Alten, Carla Maia, Maria Odete Afonso, Lenea Campino, Maribel Jiménez, Estela González, Ricardo Molina, Anne Laure Bañuls, Jorian Prudhomme, Baptiste Vergnes, Celine Toty, Cécile Cassan, Nil Rahola, Magali Thierry, Denis Sereno, Gioia Bongiorno, Riccardo Bianchi, Cristina Khoury, Nikolaos Tsirigotakis, Emmanouil Dokianakis, Maria Antoniou, Vasiliki Christodoulou, Apostolos Mazeris, Mehmet Karakus, Yusuf Ozbel, Suha K. Arserim, Ozge Erisoz Kasap, Filiz Gunay, Gizem Oguz, Sinan Kaynas, Nikoloz Tsertsvadze, Lamzira Tskhvaradze, Ekaterina Giorgobiani, Marina Gramiccia, Petr Volf, Luigi Gradoni
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Fulminant Amebic Colitis after Corticosteroid Therapy: A Systematic Review
July 28, 2016 Debbie-Ann Shirley, Shannon Moonah
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Plasmodium vivax Reticulocyte Binding Proteins Are Key Targets of Naturally Acquired Immunity in Young Papua New Guinean Children
September 27, 2016 Camila T. França, Wen-Qiang He, Jakub Gruszczyk, Nicholas T. Y. Lim, Enmoore Lin, Benson Kiniboro, Peter M. Siba, Wai-Hong Tham, Ivo Mueller
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Natural History of Cryptosporidiosis in a Longitudinal Study of Slum-Dwelling Bangladeshi Children: Association with Severe Malnutrition
May 4, 2016 Poonum S. Korpe, Rashidul Haque, Carol Gilchrist, Cristian Valencia, Feiyang Niu, Miao Lu, Jennie Z. Ma, Sarah E. Petri, Daniel Reichman, Mamun Kabir, Priya Duggal, William A. Petri Jr.
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Can We Use Antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis as a Surveillance Tool for National Trachoma Control Programs? Results from a District Survey
January 15, 2016 Sheila K. West, Beatriz Munoz, Jerusha Weaver, Zakayo Mrango, Laura Dize, Charlotte Gaydos, Thomas C. Quinn, Diana L. Martin
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Spatiotemporal Determinants of Urban Leptospirosis Transmission: Four-Year Prospective Cohort Study of Slum Residents in Brazil
January 15, 2016 José E. Hagan, Paula Moraga, Federico Costa, Nicolas Capian, Guilherme S. Ribeiro, Elsio A. Wunder Jr., Ridalva D. M. Felzemburgh, Renato B. Reis, Nivison Nery, Francisco S. Santana, Deborah Fraga, Balbino L. dos Santos, Andréia C. Santos, Adriano Queiroz, Wagner Tassinari, Marilia S. Carvalho, Mitermayer G. Reis, Peter J. Diggle, Albert I. Ko
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Heterologous Protection against Asian Zika Virus Challenge in Rhesus Macaques
December 2, 2016 Matthew T. Aliota, Dawn M. Dudley, Christina M. Newman, Emma L. Mohr, Dane D. Gellerup, Meghan E. Breitbach, Connor R. Buechler, Mustafa N. Rasheed, Mariel S. Mohns, Andrea M. Weiler, Gabrielle L. Barry, Kim L. Weisgrau, Josh A. Eudailey, Eva G. Rakasz, Logan J. Vosler, Jennifer Post, Saverio Capuano III, Thaddeus G. Golos, Sallie R. Permar, Jorge E. Osorio, Thomas C. Friedrich, Shelby L. O’Connor, David H. O’Connor
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Dengue Virus Nonstructural Protein 1 Induces Vascular Leakage through Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor and Autophagy
July 13, 2016 Hong-Ru Chen, Yung-Chun Chuang, Yee-Shin Lin, Hsiao-Sheng Liu, Ching-Chuan Liu, Guey-Chuen Perng, Trai-Ming Yeh
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Characterization of Lethal Zika Virus Infection in AG129 Mice
April 19, 2016 Matthew Aliota, Elizabeth Caine, Emma Walker, Katrina Larkin, Erwin Camacho, Jorge Osorio
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Estimating the Burden of Chagas Disease in the United States
November 7, 2016 Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Chukwuemeka A. Umeh, Susan P. Montgomery, Veronika J. Wirtz
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Aedes aegypti D7 Saliva Protein Inhibits Dengue Virus Infection
September 15, 2016 Michael J. Conway, Berlin Londono-Renteria, Andrea Troupin, Alan M. Watson, William B. Klimstra, Erol Fikrig, Tonya M. Colpitts
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Ixodes scapularis Tick Saliva Proteins Sequentially Secreted Every 24 h during Blood Feeding
January 11, 2016 Tae Kwon Kim, Lucas Tirloni, Antônio F. M. Pinto, James Moresco, John R. Yates III, Itabajara da Silva Vaz Jr., Albert Mulenga
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Efficacy and Safety of AmBisome in Combination with Sodium Stibogluconate or Miltefosine and Miltefosine Monotherapy for African Visceral Leishmaniasis: Phase II Randomized Trial
September 14, 2016 Monique Wasunna, Simon Njenga, Manica Balasegaram, Neal Alexander, Raymond Omollo, Tansy Edwards, Thomas P. C. Dorlo, Brima Musa, Mohammed Hassan Sharaf Ali, Mohammed Yasein Elamin, George Kirigi, Rashid Juma, Anke E. Kip, Gerard J. Schoone, Asrat Hailu, Joseph Olobo, Sally Ellis, Robert Kimutai, Susan Wells, Eltahir Awad Gasim Khalil, Nathalie Strub Wourgaft, Fabiana Alves, Ahmed Musa
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Severity of Visceral Leishmaniasis Correlates with Elevated Levels of Serum IL-6, IL-27 and sCD14
January 27, 2016 Priscila L. dos Santos, Fabrícia A. de Oliveira, Micheli Luize B. Santos, Luana Celina S. Cunha, Michelle T. B. Lino, Michelle F. S. de Oliveira, Manuela O. M. Bomfim, Angela Maria Silva, Tatiana R. de Moura, Amélia R. de Jesus, Malcolm S. Duthie, Steven G. Reed, Roque P. de Almeida
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Low Protective Efficacy of the Current Japanese Encephalitis Vaccine against the Emerging Genotype 5 Japanese Encephalitis Virus
May 3, 2016 Lei Cao, Shihong Fu, Xiaoyan Gao, Minghua Li, Shiheng Cui, Xiaolong Li, Yuxi Cao, Wenwen Lei, Zhi Lu, Ying He, Huanyu Wang, Jinghua Yan, George Fu Gao, Guodong Liang
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Minimally Symptomatic Infection in an Ebola ‘Hotspot’: A Cross-Sectional Serosurvey
November 15, 2016 Eugene T. Richardson, J. Daniel Kelly, Mohamed Bailor Barrie, Annelies W. Mesman, Sahr Karku, Komba Quiwa, Regan H. Marsh, Songor Koedoyoma, Fodei Daboh, Kathryn P. Barron, Michael Grady, Elizabeth Tucker, Kerry L. Dierberg, George W. Rutherford, Michele Barry, James Holland Jones, Megan B. Murray, Paul E. Farmer
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Undiscovered Bat Hosts of Filoviruses
July 14, 2016 Barbara A. Han, John Paul Schmidt, Laura W. Alexander, Sarah E. Bowden, David T. S. Hayman, John M. Drake
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Development and Evaluation of Reverse Transcription-Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) Assay Coupled with a Portable Device for Rapid Diagnosis of Ebola Virus Disease in Guinea
February 22, 2016 Yohei Kurosaki, N’Faly Magassouba, Olamide K. Oloniniyi, Mahamoud S. Cherif, Saori Sakabe, Ayato Takada, Kenji Hirayama, Jiro Yasuda
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Rapid Screening Assay Identifies Monotherapy with Interferon-ß and Combination Therapies with Nucleoside Analogs as Effective Inhibitors of Ebola Virus
January 11, 2016 Stephen D. S. McCarthy, Beata Majchrzak-Kita, Trina Racine, Hannah N. Kozlowski, Darren P. Baker, Thomas Hoenen, Gary P. Kobinger, Eleanor N. Fish, Donald R. Branch
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Sex-Biased Transcriptome of Schistosoma mansoni: Host-Parasite Interaction, Genetic Determinants and Epigenetic Regulators Are Associated with Sexual Differentiation
September 27, 2016 Marion A. L. Picard, Jérôme Boissier, David Roquis, Christoph Grunau, Jean-François Allienne, David Duval, Eve Toulza, Nathalie Arancibia, Conor R. Caffrey, Thavy Long, Sabine Nidelet, Marine Rohmer, Céline Cosseau
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Transmission Dynamics of Zika Virus in Island Populations: A Modelling Analysis of the 2013–14 French Polynesia Outbreak
May 17, 2016 Adam J. Kucharski, Sebastian Funk, Rosalind M. Eggo, Henri-Pierre Mallet, W. John Edmunds, Eric J. Nilles
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Using a Human Challenge Model of Infection to Measure Vaccine Efficacy: A Randomised, Controlled Trial Comparing the Typhoid Vaccines M01ZH09 with Placebo and Ty21a
August 17, 2016 Thomas C. Darton, Claire Jones, Christoph J. Blohmke, Claire S. Waddington, Liqing Zhou, Anna Peters, Kathryn Haworth, Rebecca Sie, Christopher A. Green, Catherine A. Jeppesen, Maria Moore, Ben A. V. Thompson, Tessa John, Robert A. Kingsley, Ly-Mee Yu, Merryn Voysey, Zoe Hindle, Stephen Lockhart, Marcelo B. Sztein, Gordon Dougan, Brian Angus, Myron M. Levine, Andrew J. Pollard
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Missense LRRK2 Variant Is a Risk Factor for Excessive Inflammatory Responses in Leprosy
February 4, 2016 Vinicius M. Fava, Jérémy Manry, Aurélie Cobat, Marianna Orlova, Nguyen Van Thuc, Nguyen Ngoc Ba, Vu Hong Thai, Laurent Abel, Alexandre Alcaïs, Canadian Lrrk2 in Inflammation Team (CLINT) , Erwin Schurr
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Reciprocity between Regulatory T Cells and Th17 Cells: Relevance to Polarized Immunity in Leprosy
January 11, 2016 Soumi Sadhu, Binod Kumar Khaitan, Beenu Joshi, Utpal Sengupta, Arvind Kumar Nautiyal, Dipendra Kumar Mitra
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Transmission Dynamics of Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian Subcontinent – A Systematic Literature Review
August 4, 2016 Siddhivinayak Hirve, Marleen Boelaert, Greg Matlashewski, Dinesh Mondal, Byron Arana, Axel Kroeger, Piero Olliaro
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Treatment Failure after Multiple Courses of Triclabendazole among Patients with Fascioliasis in Cusco, Peru: A Case Series
January 25, 2016 Miguel M. Cabada, Martha Lopez, Maria Cruz, Jennifer R. Delgado, Virginia Hill, A. Clinton White Jr
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Relevance of Non-communicable Comorbidities for the Development of the Severe Forms of Dengue: A Systematic Literature Review
January 4, 2016 Joao Toledo, Leyanna George, Eric Martinez, Adhara Lazaro, Wai Wai Han, Giovanini E. Coelho, Silvia Runge Ranzinger, Olaf Horstick
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Is Dengue Vector Control Deficient in Effectiveness or Evidence?: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
March 17, 2016 Leigh R. Bowman, Sarah Donegan, Philip J. McCall
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Nonstructural Proteins Are Preferential Positive Selection Targets in Zika Virus and Related Flaviviruses
September 2, 2016 Manuela Sironi, Diego Forni, Mario Clerici, Rachele Cagliani
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Viral Polymerase Inhibitor 7-Deaza-2’-C-Methyladenosine Is a Potent Inhibitor of In Vitro Zika Virus Replication and Delays Disease Progression in a Robust Mouse Infection Model
May 10, 2016 Joanna Zmurko, Rafael E. Marques, Dominique Schols, Erik Verbeken, Suzanne J.F. Kaptein, Johan Neyts
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Zika Virus Outbreak in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Clinical Characterization, Epidemiological and Virological Aspects
April 12, 2016 Patrícia Brasil, Guilherme Calvet, André Siqueira, Mayumi Wakimoto, Patrícia de Sequeira, Aline Nobre, Marcel Quintana, Marco Cesar Mendonça, Otilia Lupi, Rogerio de Souza, Carolina Romero, Heruza Zogbi, Clarisse Bressan, Simone Alves, Ricardo de Oliveira, Rita Nogueira, Marília Carvalho, Ana Maria de Filippis, Thomas Jaenisch
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Cyclical Patterns of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Caused by Enterovirus A71 in Malaysia
March 24, 2016 NMN NikNadia, I-Ching Sam, Sanjay Rampal, WMZ WanNorAmalina, Ghazali NurAtifah, Khebir Verasahib, Chia Ching Ong, MohdAidinniza MohdAdib, Yoke Fun Chan
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis from the Chikungunya Virus Caribbean Outbreak Reveals Novel Evolutionary Genomic Elements
January 25, 2016 Kenneth A. Stapleford, Gonzalo Moratorio, Rasmus Henningsson, Rubing Chen, Séverine Matheus, Antoine Enfissi, Daphna Weissglas-Volkov, Ofer Isakov, Hervé Blanc, Bryan C. Mounce, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Noam Shomron, Scott Weaver, Magnus Fontes, Dominique Rousset, Marco Vignuzzi
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Genetic Diversity and Phylogeny of Aedes aegypti, the Main Arbovirus Vector in the Pacific
January 22, 2016 Elodie Calvez, Laurent Guillaumot, Laurent Millet, Jérôme Marie, Hervé Bossin, Vineshwaran Rama, Akata Faamoe, Sosiasi Kilama, Magali Teurlai, Françoise Mathieu-Daudé, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Identification of Trypanocidal Activity for Known Clinical Compounds Using a New Trypanosoma cruzi Hit-Discovery Screening Cascade
April 15, 2016 Manu De Rycker, John Thomas, Jennifer Riley, Stephen J. Brough, Tim J. Miles, David W. Gray
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Potential Risk Factors Associated with Human Cystic Echinococcosis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
November 7, 2016 Alessia Possenti, Raúl Manzano-Román, Carlos Sánchez-Ovejero, Belgees Boufana, Giuseppe La Torre, Mar Siles-Lucas, Adriano Casulli
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Vector Competence of American Mosquitoes for Three Strains of Zika Virus
October 26, 2016 James Weger-Lucarelli, Claudia Rückert, Nunya Chotiwan, Chilinh Nguyen, Selene M. Garcia Luna, Joseph R. Fauver, Brian D. Foy, Rushika Perera, William C. Black, Rebekah C. Kading, Gregory D. Ebel
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Full Genome Sequence and sfRNA Interferon Antagonist Activity of Zika Virus from Recife, Brazil
October 5, 2016 Claire L. Donald, Benjamin Brennan, Stephanie L. Cumberworth, Veronica V. Rezelj, Jordan J. Clark, Marli T. Cordeiro, Rafael Freitas de Oliveira França, Lindomar J. Pena, Gavin S. Wilkie, Ana Da Silva Filipe, Christopher Davis, Joseph Hughes, Margus Varjak, Martin Selinger, Luíza Zuvanov, Ania M. Owsianka, Arvind H. Patel, John McLauchlan, Brett D. Lindenbach, Gamou Fall, Amadou A. Sall, Roman Biek, Jan Rehwinkel, Esther Schnettler, Alain Kohl
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Vector Competence of French Polynesian Aedes aegypti and Aedes polynesiensis for Zika Virus
September 21, 2016 Vaea Richard, Tuterarii Paoaafaite, Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Assessment of Local Mosquito Species Incriminates Aedes aegypti as the Potential Vector of Zika Virus in Australia
September 19, 2016 Sonja Hall-Mendelin, Alyssa T. Pyke, Peter R. Moore, Ian M. Mackay, Jamie L. McMahon, Scott A. Ritchie, Carmel T. Taylor, Frederick A.J. Moore, Andrew F. van den Hurk
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Zika Virus, a New Threat for Europe?
August 9, 2016 Henri Jupille, Gonçalo Seixas, Laurence Mousson, Carla A. Sousa, Anna-Bella Failloux
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Heat Sensitivity of wMel Wolbachia during Aedes aegypti Development
July 26, 2016 Jill N. Ulrich, John C. Beier, Gregor J. Devine, Leon E. Hugo
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The Vaccination of 35,000 Dogs in 20 Working Days Using Combined Static Point and Door-to-Door Methods in Blantyre, Malawi
July 14, 2016 Andrew D Gibson, Ian G Handel, Kate Shervell, Tarryn Roux, Dagmar Mayer, Stanford Muyila, Golden B Maruwo, Edwin M. S Nkhulungo, Rachel A Foster, Patrick Chikungwa, Bernard Chimera, Barend M.deC Bronsvoort, Richard J Mellanby, Luke Gamble
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Small RNA Profiling in Dengue Virus 2-Infected Aedes Mosquito Cells Reveals Viral piRNAs and Novel Host miRNAs
February 25, 2016 Pascal Miesen, Alasdair Ivens, Amy H. Buck, Ronald P. van Rij
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Costs of Three Wolbachia Infections on the Survival of Aedes aegypti Larvae under Starvation Conditions
January 8, 2016 Perran A. Ross, Nancy M. Endersby, Ary A. Hoffmann
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome in South Korea, 2013-2015
December 29, 2016 Seong Jin Choi, Sang-Won Park, In-Gyu Bae, Sung-Han Kim, Seong Yeol Ryu, Hyun Ah Kim, Hee-Chang Jang, Jian Hur, Jae-Bum Jun, Younghee Jung, Hyun-Ha Chang, Young Keun Kim, Jongyoun Yi, Kye-Hyung Kim, Jeong-Hwan Hwang, Yeon-Sook Kim, Hye Won Jeong, Kyoung-Ho Song, Wan Beom Park, Eu Suk Kim, for Korea SFTS Clinical Network , Myoung-don Oh
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Sensitivity and Specificity of a Prototype Rapid Diagnostic Test for the Detection of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Infection: A Multi-centric Prospective Study
April 8, 2016 Sylvie Bisser, Crispin Lumbala, Etienne Nguertoum, Victor Kande, Laurence Flevaud, Gedeao Vatunga, Marleen Boelaert, Philippe Büscher, Theophile Josenando, Paul R. Bessell, Sylvain Biéler, Joseph M. Ndung’u
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Identification of Algerian Field-Caught Phlebotomine Sand Fly Vectors by MALDI-TOF MS
January 15, 2016 Ismail Lafri, Lionel Almeras, Idir Bitam, Aurelia Caputo, Amina Yssouf, Claire-Lise Forestier, Arezki Izri, Didier Raoult, Philippe Parola
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Prevalence and Risk Factors for Intestinal Protozoan Infections with Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Blastocystis and Dientamoeba among Schoolchildren in Tripoli, Lebanon
March 14, 2016 Marwan Osman, Dima El Safadi, Amandine Cian, Sadia Benamrouz, Céline Nourrisson, Philippe Poirier, Bruno Pereira, Romy Razakandrainibe, Anthony Pinon, Céline Lambert, Ivan Wawrzyniak, Fouad Dabboussi, Frederic Delbac, Loïc Favennec, Monzer Hamze, Eric Viscogliosi, Gabriela Certad
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Isolation of Infective Zika Virus from Urine and Saliva of Patients in Brazil
June 24, 2016 Myrna C. Bonaldo, Ieda P. Ribeiro, Noemia S. Lima, Alexandre A. C. dos Santos, Lidiane S. R. Menezes, Stephanie O. D. da Cruz, Iasmim S. de Mello, Nathália D. Furtado, Elaine E. de Moura, Luana Damasceno, Kely A. B. da Silva, Marcia G. de Castro, Alexandra L. Gerber, Luiz G. P. de Almeida, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Ana Tereza R. Vasconcelos, Patrícia Brasil
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Over Six Thousand Trypanosoma cruzi Strains Classified into Discrete Typing Units (DTUs): Attempt at an Inventory
August 29, 2016 Simone Frédérique Brenière, Etienne Waleckx, Christian Barnabé
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Coordinated Changes in Gene Expression Throughout Encystation of Giardia intestinalis
March 25, 2016 Elin Einarsson, Karin Troell, Marc P. Hoeppner, Manfred Grabherr, Ulf Ribacke, Staffan G. Svärd

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Genome-wide analysis of ivermectin response by Onchocerca volvulus reveals that genetic drift and soft selective sweeps contribute to loss of drug sensitivity
July 26, 2017 Stephen R. Doyle, Catherine Bourguinat, Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, Jonas A. Kengne-Ouafo, Sébastien D. S. Pion, Jean Bopda, Joseph Kamgno, Samuel Wanji, Hua Che, Annette C. Kuesel, Martin Walker, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Daniel A. Boakye, Mike Y. Osei-Atweneboana, Michel Boussinesq, Roger K. Prichard, Warwick N. Grant
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Recombinant snakebite antivenoms: A cost-competitive solution to a neglected tropical disease?
February 3, 2017 Andreas H. Laustsen, Kristoffer H. Johansen, Mikael Engmark, Mikael R. Andersen
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Modelling Anti-Ov16 IgG4 Antibody Prevalence as an Indicator for Evaluation and Decision Making in Onchocerciasis Elimination Programmes
January 23, 2017 Yvonne L. Lont, Luc E. Coffeng, Sake J. de Vlas, Allison Golden, Tala de los Santos, Gonzalo J. Domingo, Wilma A. Stolk
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Comparison of Stable and Transient Wolbachia Infection Models in Aedes aegypti to Block Dengue and West Nile Viruses
January 4, 2017 Dirk Albert Joubert, Scott L. O’Neill
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Dengue in Latin America: Systematic Review of Molecular Epidemiological Trends
January 9, 2017 José Ramos-Castañeda, Flavia Barreto dos Santos, Ruth Martínez-Vega, Josélio Maria Galvão de Araujo, Graham Joint, Elsa Sarti
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases MLST-Based Population Genetic Analysis in a Global Context Reveals Clonality amongst Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii VNI Isolates from HIV Patients in Southeastern Brazil
January 18, 2017 Kennio Ferreira-Paim, Leonardo Andrade-Silva, Fernanda M. Fonseca, Thatiana B. Ferreira, Delio J. Mora, Juliana Andrade-Silva, Aziza Khan, Aiken Dao, Eduardo C. Reis, Margarete T. G. Almeida, Andre Maltos, Virmondes R. Junior, Luciana Trilles, Volker Rickerts, Ariya Chindamporn, Jane E. Sykes, Massimo Cogliati, Kirsten Nielsen, Teun Boekhout, Matthew Fisher, June Kwon-Chung, David M. Engelthaler, Marcia Lazéra, Mario L. Silva-Vergara, Wieland Meyer
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases In a randomized trial, the live attenuated tetravalent dengue vaccine TV003 is well-tolerated and highly immunogenic in subjects with flavivirus exposure prior to vaccination
May 8, 2017 Stephen S. Whitehead, Anna P. Durbin, Kristen K. Pierce, Dan Elwood, Benjamin D. McElvany, Ellen A. Fraser, Marya P. Carmolli, Cecilia M. Tibery, Noreen A. Hynes, Matthew Jo, Janece M. Lovchik, Catherine J. Larsson, Elena A. Doty, Dorothy M. Dickson, Catherine J. Luke, Kanta Subbarao, Sean A. Diehl, Beth D. Kirkpatrick
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A Systematic Review of the Incidence, Risk Factors and Case Fatality Rates of Invasive Nontyphoidal Salmonella (iNTS) Disease in Africa (1966 to 2014)
January 5, 2017 Ifeanyi Valentine Uche, Calman A. MacLennan, Allan Saul
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Multiple introductions of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti, into California
August 10, 2017 Evlyn Pless, Andrea Gloria-Soria, Benjamin R. Evans, Vicki Kramer, Bethany G. Bolling, Walter J. Tabachnick, Jeffrey R. Powell
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases In the hunt for genomic markers of metabolic resistance to pyrethroids in the mosquito Aedes aegypti: An integrated next-generation sequencing approach
April 5, 2017 Frederic Faucon, Thierry Gaude, Isabelle Dusfour, Vincent Navratil, Vincent Corbel, Waraporn Juntarajumnong, Romain Girod, Rodolphe Poupardin, Frederic Boyer, Stephane Reynaud, Jean-Philippe David
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Barriers to dog rabies vaccination during an urban rabies outbreak: Qualitative findings from Arequipa, Peru
March 17, 2017 Ricardo Castillo-Neyra, Joanna Brown, Katty Borrini, Claudia Arevalo, Michael Z. Levy, Alison Buttenheim, Gabrielle C. Hunter, Victor Becerra, Jere Behrman, Valerie A. Paz-Soldan
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Defining the Risk of Zika and Chikungunya Virus Transmission in Human Population Centers of the Eastern United States
January 17, 2017 Carrie A. Manore, Richard S. Ostfeld, Folashade B. Agusto, Holly Gaff, Shannon L. LaDeau
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Fine-scale variation in microclimate across an urban landscape shapes variation in mosquito population dynamics and the potential of Aedes albopictus to transmit arboviral disease
May 30, 2017 Courtney C. Murdock, Michelle V. Evans, Taylor D. McClanahan, Kerri L. Miazgowicz, Blanka Tesla
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Efficacy and safety of available treatments for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil: A multicenter, randomized, open label trial
June 29, 2017 Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero, Dorcas Lamounier Costa, Carlos Henrique Nery Costa, Roque Pacheco de Almeida, Enaldo Viera de Melo, Sílvio Fernando Guimarães de Carvalho, Ana Rabello, Andréa Lucchesi de Carvalho, Anastácio de Queiroz Sousa, Robério Dias Leite, Simone Soares Lima, Thais Alves Amaral, Fabiana Piovesan Alves, Joelle Rode, the Collaborative LVBrasil Group
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Dengue seroprevalence and force of primary infection in a representative population of urban dwelling Indonesian children
June 15, 2017 Ari Prayitno, Joshua Nealon, Hindra Irawan Satari, Mulya Rahma Karyanti, Rini Sekartini, Soedjatmiko Soedjatmiko, Hartono Gunardi, Bernie Endyarni Medise, R. Tedjo Sasmono, James Mark Simmerman, Alain Bouckenooghe, Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro, Anne-Frieda Taurel
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Ontogeny of the B- and T-cell response in a primary Zika virus infection of a dengue-naïve individual during the 2016 outbreak in Miami, FL
December 21, 2017 Michael J. Ricciardi, Diogo M. Magnani, Alba Grifoni, Young-Chan Kwon, Martin J. Gutman, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Karthik Gangavarapu, Mark Sharkey, Cassia G. T. Silveira, Varian K. Bailey, Núria Pedreño-Lopez, Lucas Gonzalez-Nieto, Helen S. Maxwell, Aline Domingues, Mauricio A. Martins, John Pham, Daniela Weiskopf, John Altman, Esper G. Kallas, Kristian G. Andersen, Mario Stevenson, Paola Lichtenberger, Hyeryun Choe, Stephen S. Whitehead, Alessandro Sette, David I. Watkins
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Zika virus alters the microRNA expression profile and elicits an RNAi response in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
July 17, 2017 Miguel A. Saldaña, Kayvan Etebari, Charles E. Hart, Steven G. Widen, Thomas G. Wood, Saravanan Thangamani, Sassan Asgari, Grant L. Hughes
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Lineage-dependent differences in the disease progression of Zika virus infection in type-I interferon receptor knockout (A129) mice
July 3, 2017 Stuart D. Dowall, Victoria A. Graham, Emma Rayner, Laura Hunter, Barry Atkinson, Geoff Pearson, Mike Dennis, Roger Hewson
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Catalase protects Aedes aegypti from oxidative stress and increases midgut infection prevalence of Dengue but not Zika
April 5, 2017 José Henrique M. Oliveira, Octávio A. C. Talyuli, Renata L. S. Goncalves, Gabriela Oliveira Paiva-Silva, Marcos Henrique F. Sorgine, Patricia Hessab Alvarenga, Pedro L. Oliveira
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases After the epidemic: Zika virus projections for Latin America and the Caribbean
November 1, 2017 Felipe J. Colón-González, Carlos A. Peres, Christine Steiner São Bernardo, Paul R. Hunter, Iain R. Lake
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Pathogenesis and sexual transmission of Spondweni and Zika viruses
October 6, 2017 Erin M. McDonald, Nisha K. Duggal, Aaron C. Brault
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The socio-economic drivers of bushmeat consumption during the West African Ebola crisis
March 10, 2017 Isabel Ordaz-Németh, Mimi Arandjelovic, Lukas Boesch, Tsegaye Gatiso, Trokon Grimes, Hjalmar S. Kuehl, Menladi Lormie, Colleen Stephens, Clement Tweh, Jessica Junker
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Zika virus-like particle (VLP) based vaccine
May 8, 2017 Hélène Boigard, Alexandra Alimova, George R. Martin, Al Katz, Paul Gottlieb, Jose M. Galarza
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A review of the global epidemiology of scrub typhus
November 3, 2017 Guang Xu, David H. Walker, Daniel Jupiter, Peter C. Melby, Christine M. Arcari
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The relationship between entomological indicators of Aedes aegypti abundance and dengue virus infection
March 23, 2017 Elizabeth A. Cromwell, Steven T. Stoddard, Christopher M. Barker, Annelies Van Rie, William B. Messer, Steven R. Meshnick, Amy C. Morrison, Thomas W. Scott
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A third generation vaccine for human visceral leishmaniasis and post kala azar dermal leishmaniasis: First-in-human trial of ChAd63-KH
May 12, 2017 Mohamed Osman, Anoop Mistry, Ada Keding, Rhian Gabe, Elizabeth Cook, Sarah Forrester, Rebecca Wiggins, Stefania Di Marco, Stefano Colloca, Loredana Siani, Riccardo Cortese, Deborah F. Smith, Toni Aebischer, Paul M. Kaye, Charles J. Lacey
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Increased rates of Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with Zika virus outbreak in the Salvador metropolitan area, Brazil
August 30, 2017 Ashley R. Styczynski, Juliane M. A. S. Malta, Elisabeth R. Krow-Lucal, Jadher Percio, Martha E. Nóbrega, Alexander Vargas, Tatiana M. Lanzieri, Priscila L. Leite, J. Erin Staples, Marc X. Fischer, Ann M. Powers, Gwong-Jen J. Chang, P. L. Burns, Erin M. Borland, Jeremy P. Ledermann, Eric C. Mossel, Lawrence B. Schonberger, Ermias B. Belay, Jorge L. Salinas, Roberto D. Badaro, James J. Sejvar, Giovanini E. Coelho
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The burden of typhoid fever in low- and middle-income countries: A meta-regression approach
February 27, 2017 Marina Antillón, Joshua L. Warren, Forrest W. Crawford, Daniel M. Weinberger, Esra Kürüm, Gi Deok Pak, Florian Marks, Virginia E. Pitzer
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Epidemiology of Chikungunya Virus Outbreaks in Guadeloupe and Martinique, 2014: An Observational Study in Volunteer Blood Donors
January 12, 2017 Pierre Gallian, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Pascale Richard, Françoise Maire, Olivier Flusin, Rachid Djoudi, Jacques Chiaroni, Remi Charrel, Pierre Tiberghien, Xavier de Lamballerie
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Effects of schistosomiasis on susceptibility to HIV-1 infection and HIV-1 viral load at HIV-1 seroconversion: A nested case-control study
September 25, 2017 Jennifer A. Downs, Kathryn M. Dupnik, Govert J. van Dam, Mark Urassa, Peter Lutonja, Dieuwke Kornelis, Claudia J. de Dood, Pytsje Hoekstra, Chifundo Kanjala, Raphael Isingo, Robert N. Peck, Myung Hee Lee, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens, Jim Todd, John M. Changalucha, Warren D. Johnson Jr., Daniel W. Fitzgerald
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Potential risk factors associated with human alveolar echinococcosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis
July 17, 2017 Franz J. Conraths, Carolina Probst, Alessia Possenti, Belgees Boufana, Rosella Saulle, Giuseppe La Torre, Luca Busani, Adriano Casulli
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Schistosome infectivity in the snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, is partially dependent on the expression of Grctm6, a Guadeloupe Resistance Complex protein.
February 3, 2017 Euan R. O. Allan, Jacob A. Tennessen, Stephanie R. Bollmann, Patrick C. Hanington, Christopher J. Bayne, Michael S. Blouin
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Diagnosing Polyparasitism in a High-Prevalence Setting in Beira, Mozambique: Detection of Intestinal Parasites in Fecal Samples by Microscopy and Real-Time PCR
January 23, 2017 Lynn Meurs, Anton M. Polderman, Natalie V. S. Vinkeles Melchers, Eric A. T. Brienen, Jaco J. Verweij, Bernhard Groosjohan, Felisberto Mendes, Manito Mechendura, Dagmar H. Hepp, Marijke C. C. Langenberg, Rosanne Edelenbosch, Katja Polman, Lisette van Lieshout
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Characterization of the Zika virus induced small RNA response in Aedes aegypti cells
October 17, 2017 Margus Varjak, Claire L. Donald, Timothy J. Mottram, Vattipally B. Sreenu, Andres Merits, Kevin Maringer, Esther Schnettler, Alain Kohl
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Decline in infection-related morbidities following drug-mediated reductions in the intensity of Schistosoma infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis
February 17, 2017 Gisele Andrade, David J. Bertsch, Andrea Gazzinelli, Charles H. King
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Proteogenomic analysis of the total and surface-exposed proteomes of Plasmodium vivax salivary gland sporozoites
July 31, 2017 Kristian E. Swearingen, Scott E. Lindner, Erika L. Flannery, Ashley M. Vaughan, Robert D. Morrison, Rapatbhorn Patrapuvich, Cristian Koepfli, Ivo Muller, Aaron Jex, Robert L. Moritz, Stefan H. I. Kappe, Jetsumon Sattabongkot, Sebastian A. Mikolajczak
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases LigB subunit vaccine confers sterile immunity against challenge in the hamster model of leptospirosis
March 16, 2017 Neida L. Conrad, Flávia W. Cruz McBride, Jéssica D. Souza, Marcelle M. Silveira, Samuel Félix, Karla S. Mendonça, Cleiton S. Santos, Daniel A. Athanazio, Marco A. Medeiros, Mitermayer G. Reis, Odir A. Dellagostin, Alan J. A. McBride
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Accuracy of parasitological and immunological tests for the screening of human schistosomiasis in immigrants and refugees from African countries: An approach with Latent Class Analysis
June 5, 2017 Anna Beltrame, Massimo Guerriero, Andrea Angheben, Federico Gobbi, Ana Requena-Mendez, Lorenzo Zammarchi, Fabio Formenti, Francesca Perandin, Zeno Bisoffi, Dora Buonfrate
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Preclinical antivenom-efficacy testing reveals potentially disturbing deficiencies of snakebite treatment capability in East Africa
October 18, 2017 Robert A. Harrison, George O. Oluoch, Stuart Ainsworth, Jaffer Alsolaiss, Fiona Bolton, Ana-Silvia Arias, José-María Gutiérrez, Paul Rowley, Stephen Kalya, Hastings Ozwara, Nicholas R. Casewell
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Mosquito co-infection with Zika and chikungunya virus allows simultaneous transmission without affecting vector competence of Aedes aegypti
June 1, 2017 Giel P. Göertz, Chantal B. F. Vogels, Corinne Geertsema, Constantianus J. M. Koenraadt, Gorben P. Pijlman
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Different but overlapping populations of Strongyloides stercoralis in dogs and humans—Dogs as a possible source for zoonotic strongyloidiasis
August 9, 2017 Tegegn G. Jaleta, Siyu Zhou, Felix M. Bemm, Fabian Schär, Virak Khieu, Sinuon Muth, Peter Odermatt, James B. Lok, Adrian Streit
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Isolation of Novel Trypanosomatid, Zelonia australiensis sp. nov. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) Provides Support for a Gondwanan Origin of Dixenous Parasitism in the Leishmaniinae
January 12, 2017 Joel Barratt, Alexa Kaufer, Bryce Peters, Douglas Craig, Andrea Lawrence, Tamalee Roberts, Rogan Lee, Gary McAuliffe, Damien Stark, John Ellis
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate 5-kinase inhibitor apilimod blocks filoviral entry and infection
April 12, 2017 Elizabeth A. Nelson, Julie Dyall, Thomas Hoenen, Alyson B. Barnes, Huanying Zhou, Janie Y. Liang, Julia Michelotti, William H. Dewey, Lisa Evans DeWald, Richard S. Bennett, Patrick J. Morris, Rajarshi Guha, Carleen Klumpp-Thomas, Crystal McKnight, Yu-Chi Chen, Xin Xu, Amy Wang, Emma Hughes, Scott Martin, Craig Thomas, Peter B. Jahrling, Lisa E. Hensley, Gene G. Olinger Jr., Judith M. White
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Hydrocephalus and arthrogryposis in an immunocompetent mouse model of ZIKA teratogeny: A developmental study
February 23, 2017 Jose Xavier-Neto, Murilo Carvalho, Bruno dos Santos Pascoalino, Alisson Campos Cardoso, Ângela Maria Sousa Costa, Ana Helena Macedo Pereira, Luana Nunes Santos, Ângela Saito, Rafael Elias Marques, Juliana Helena Costa Smetana, Silvio Roberto Consonni, Carla Bandeira, Vivian Vasconcelos Costa, Marcio Chaim Bajgelman, Paulo Sérgio Lopes de Oliveira, Marli Tenorio Cordeiro, Laura Helena Vega Gonzales Gil, Bianca Alves Pauletti, Daniela Campos Granato, Adriana Franco Paes Leme, Lucio Freitas-Junior, Carolina Borsoi Moraes Holanda de Freitas, Mauro Martins Teixeira, Estela Bevilacqua, Kleber Franchini
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Geospatial distribution of intestinal parasitic infections in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and its association with social determinants
March 8, 2017 Clarissa Perez Faria, Graziela Maria Zanini, Gisele Silva Dias, Sidnei da Silva, Marcelo Bessa de Freitas, Ricardo Almendra, Paula Santana, Maria do Céu Sousa
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Comparative analysis of gut microbiota of mosquito communities in central Illinois
February 28, 2017 Ephantus J. Muturi, Jose L. Ramirez, Alejandro P. Rooney, Chang-Hyun Kim
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Epidemiology and Molecular Typing of Trypanosoma cruzi in Naturally-Infected Hound Dogs and Associated Triatomine Vectors in Texas, USA
January 17, 2017 Rachel Curtis-Robles, Karen F. Snowden, Brandon Dominguez, Lewis Dinges, Sandy Rodgers, Glennon Mays, Sarah A. Hamer
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Engineered Aedes aegypti JAK/STAT Pathway-Mediated Immunity to Dengue Virus
January 12, 2017 Natapong Jupatanakul, Shuzhen Sim, Yesseinia I. Angleró-Rodríguez, Jayme Souza-Neto, Suchismita Das, Kristin E. Poti, Shannan L. Rossi, Nicholas Bergren, Nikos Vasilakis, George Dimopoulos
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Safety and efficacy of short course combination regimens with AmBisome, miltefosine and paromomycin for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Bangladesh
May 30, 2017 Ridwanur Rahman, Rashidul Haque, Kazi Jamil, Abul Faiz, Rasheda Samad, Sally Ellis, Manica Balasegaram, Margriet den Boer, Suman Rijal, Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft, Fabiana Alves, Jorge Alvar, Bhawna Sharma, Vishal Goyal
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Incidence and mortality due to snakebite in the Americas
June 21, 2017 Jean-Philippe Chippaux
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A DNA vaccine for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever protects against disease and death in two lethal mouse models
September 18, 2017 Aura R. Garrison, Charles J. Shoemaker, Joseph W. Golden, Collin J. Fitzpatrick, John J. Suschak, Michelle J. Richards, Catherine V. Badger, Carolyn M. Six, Jacqueline D. Martin, Drew Hannaman, Marko Zivcec, Eric Bergeron, Jeffrey W. Koehler, Connie S. Schmaljohn
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Favipiravir pharmacokinetics in Ebola-Infected patients of the JIKI trial reveals concentrations lower than targeted
February 23, 2017 Thi Huyen Tram Nguyen, Jérémie Guedj, Xavier Anglaret, Cédric Laouénan, Vincent Madelain, Anne-Marie Taburet, Sylvain Baize, Daouda Sissoko, Boris Pastorino, Anne Rodallec, Géraldine Piorkowski, Sara Carazo, Mamoudou N. Conde, Jean-Luc Gala, Joseph Akoi Bore, Caroline Carbonnelle, Frédéric Jacquot, Hervé Raoul, Denis Malvy, Xavier de Lamballerie, on behalf of the JIKI study group , France Mentré
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A multistrain approach to studying the mechanisms underlying compatibility in the interaction between Biomphalaria glabrata and Schistosoma mansoni
March 2, 2017 Richard Galinier, Emmanuel Roger, Yves Moné, David Duval, Anaïs Portet, Silvain Pinaud, Cristian Chaparro, Christoph Grunau, Clémence Genthon, Emeric Dubois, Anne Rognon, Nathalie Arancibia, Bernard Dejean, André Théron, Benjamin Gourbal, Guillaume Mitta
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases The disease burden of human cystic echinococcosis based on HDRs from 2001 to 2014 in Italy
July 26, 2017 Toni Piseddu, Diego Brundu, Giovanni Stegel, Federica Loi, Sandro Rolesu, Gabriella Masu, Salvatore Ledda, Giovanna Masala
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Increased miltefosine tolerance in clinical isolates of Leishmania donovani is associated with reduced drug accumulation, increased infectivity and resistance to oxidative stress
June 2, 2017 Deepak Kumar Deep, Ruchi Singh, Vasundhra Bhandari, Aditya Verma, Vanila Sharma, Saima Wajid, Shyam Sundar, V. Ramesh, Jean Claude Dujardin, Poonam Salotra
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Developing a dengue forecast model using machine learning: A case study in China
October 16, 2017 Pi Guo, Tao Liu, Qin Zhang, Li Wang, Jianpeng Xiao, Qingying Zhang, Ganfeng Luo, Zhihao Li, Jianfeng He, Yonghui Zhang, Wenjun Ma
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Detecting the impact of temperature on transmission of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya using mechanistic models
April 27, 2017 Erin A. Mordecai, Jeremy M. Cohen, Michelle V. Evans, Prithvi Gudapati, Leah R. Johnson, Catherine A. Lippi, Kerri Miazgowicz, Courtney C. Murdock, Jason R. Rohr, Sadie J. Ryan, Van Savage, Marta S. Shocket, Anna Stewart Ibarra, Matthew B. Thomas, Daniel P. Weikel
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Dengue Baidu Search Index data can improve the prediction of local dengue epidemic: A case study in Guangzhou, China
March 6, 2017 Zhihao Li, Tao Liu, Guanghu Zhu, Hualiang Lin, Yonghui Zhang, Jianfeng He, Aiping Deng, Zhiqiang Peng, Jianpeng Xiao, Shannon Rutherford, Runsheng Xie, Weilin Zeng, Xing Li, Wenjun Ma
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Forecasting Zika Incidence in the 2016 Latin America Outbreak Combining Traditional Disease Surveillance with Search, Social Media, and News Report Data
January 13, 2017 Sarah F. McGough, John S. Brownstein, Jared B. Hawkins, Mauricio Santillana
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Characterization of the Giardia intestinalis secretome during interaction with human intestinal epithelial cells: The impact on host cells
December 11, 2017 Showgy Y. Ma’ayeh, Jingyi Liu, Dimitra Peirasmaki, Katarina Hörnaeus, Sara Bergström Lind, Manfred Grabherr, Jonas Bergquist, Staffan G. Svärd
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Immune status alters the probability of apparent illness due to dengue virus infection: Evidence from a pooled analysis across multiple cohort and cluster studies
September 27, 2017 Hannah E. Clapham, Derek A. T. Cummings, Michael A. Johansson
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Zika virus displacement by a chikungunya outbreak in Recife, Brazil
November 6, 2017 Tereza Magalhaes, Cynthia Braga, Marli T. Cordeiro, Andre L. S. Oliveira, Priscila M. S. Castanha, Ana Paula R. Maciel, Nathalia M. L. Amancio, Pollyanne N. Gouveia, Valter J. Peixoto-da-Silva Jr., Thaciana F. L. Peixoto, Helena Britto, Priscilla V. Lima, Andreza R. S. Lima, Kerstin D. Rosenberger, Thomas Jaenisch, Ernesto T. A. Marques
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Geographic patterns and environmental factors associated with human yellow fever presence in the Americas
September 8, 2017 Patricia Najera Hamrick, Sylvain Aldighieri, Gustavo Machado, Deise Galan Leonel, Luz Maria Vilca, Sonia Uriona, Maria Cristina Schneider
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Temperature modulates dengue virus epidemic growth rates through its effects on reproduction numbers and generation intervals
July 19, 2017 Amir S. Siraj, Rachel J. Oidtman, John H. Huber, Moritz U. G. Kraemer, Oliver J. Brady, Michael A. Johansson, T. Alex Perkins
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Therapeutic administration of a recombinant human monoclonal antibody reduces the severity of chikungunya virus disease in rhesus macaques
June 19, 2017 Rebecca Broeckel, Julie M. Fox, Nicole Haese, Craig N. Kreklywich, Soila Sukulpovi-Petty, Alfred Legasse, Patricia P. Smith, Michael Denton, Carsten Corvey, Shiv Krishnan, Lois M. A. Colgin, Rebecca M. Ducore, Anne D. Lewis, Michael K. Axthelm, Marie Mandron, Pierre Cortez, Jonathan Rothblatt, Ercole Rao, Ingo Focken, Kara Carter, Gopal Sapparapau, James E. Crowe Jr., Michael S. Diamond, Daniel N. Streblow
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Dispersal of male and female Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes using stable isotope enrichment
January 30, 2017 Matthew C. I. Medeiros, Emily C. Boothe, E. Brendan Roark, Gabriel L. Hamer
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Estimating the burden of scrub typhus: A systematic review
September 25, 2017 Ana Bonell, Yoel Lubell, Paul N. Newton, John A. Crump, Daniel H. Paris
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Increasing airline travel may facilitate co-circulation of multiple dengue virus serotypes in Asia
August 3, 2017 Huaiyu Tian, Zhe Sun, Nuno Rodrigues Faria, Jing Yang, Bernard Cazelles, Shanqian Huang, Bo Xu, Qiqi Yang, Oliver G. Pybus, Bing Xu
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Mycobacterium ulcerans low infectious dose and mechanical transmission support insect bites and puncturing injuries in the spread of Buruli ulcer
April 14, 2017 John R. Wallace, Kirstie M. Mangas, Jessica L. Porter, Renee Marcsisin, Sacha J. Pidot, Brian Howden, Till F. Omansen, Weiguang Zeng, Jason K. Axford, Paul D. R. Johnson, Timothy P. Stinear
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases First report of naturally infected Aedes aegypti with chikungunya virus genotype ECSA in the Americas
June 14, 2017 André Luis Costa-da-Silva, Rafaella Sayuri Ioshino, Vivian Petersen, Antonio Fernando Lima, Marielton dos Passos Cunha, Michael R. Wiley, Jason T. Ladner, Karla Prieto, Gustavo Palacios, Danuza Duarte Costa, Lincoln Suesdek, Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto, Margareth Lara Capurro
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Arginase activity in pathogenic and non-pathogenic species of Leishmania parasites
July 14, 2017 Alireza Badirzadeh, Tahereh Taheri, Yasaman Taslimi, Zahra Abdossamadi, Maryam Heidari-Kharaji, Elham Gholami, Baharehsadat Sedaghat, Maryam Niyyati, Sima Rafati
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Monitoring the elimination of human African trypanosomiasis: Update to 2014
May 22, 2017 José R. Franco, Giuliano Cecchi, Gerardo Priotto, Massimo Paone, Abdoulaye Diarra, Lise Grout, Raffaele C. Mattioli, Daniel Argaw
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases A high-throughput phenotypic screen identifies clofazimine as a potential treatment for cryptosporidiosis
February 3, 2017 Melissa S. Love, Federico C. Beasley, Rajiv S. Jumani, Timothy M. Wright, Arnab K. Chatterjee, Christopher D. Huston, Peter G. Schultz, Case W. McNamara
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases High prevalence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic regions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
July 14, 2017 Bethany Levick, Anne Laudisoit, Floribert Tepage, Chellafe Ensoy-Musoro, Michel Mandro, Caroline Bonareri Osoro, Patrick Suykerbuyk, Jean Marie Kashama, Michel Komba, Alliance Tagoto, Dadi Falay, Michael Begon, Robert Colebunders
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Systematic review and meta-analysis estimating association of cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis with epilepsy
March 7, 2017 Gabrielle Debacq, Luz M. Moyano, Héctor H. Garcia, Farid Boumediene, Benoit Marin, Edgard B. Ngoungou, Pierre-Marie Preux
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Transmission risk of two chikungunya lineages by invasive mosquito vectors from Florida and the Dominican Republic
July 27, 2017 Barry W. Alto, Keenan Wiggins, Bradley Eastmond, Daniel Velez, L. Philip Lounibos, Cynthia C. Lord
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Tracking the return of Aedes aegypti to Brazil, the major vector of the dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses
July 25, 2017 Panayiota Kotsakiozi, Andrea Gloria-Soria, Adalgisa Caccone, Benjamin Evans, Renata Schama, Ademir Jesus Martins, Jeffrey R. Powell
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Dissecting the human serum antibody response to secondary dengue virus infections
May 15, 2017 Bhumi Patel, Patti Longo, Michael J. Miley, Magelda Montoya, Eva Harris, Aravinda M. de Silva
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Tiger on the prowl: Invasion history and spatio-temporal genetic structure of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse 1894) in the Indo-Pacific
April 14, 2017 Andrew J. Maynard, Luke Ambrose, Robert D. Cooper, Weng K. Chow, Joseph B. Davis, Mutizwa O. Muzari, Andrew F. van den Hurk, Sonja Hall-Mendelin, Jeomhee M. Hasty, Thomas R. Burkot, Michael J. Bangs, Lisa J. Reimer, Charles Butafa, Neil F. Lobo, Din Syafruddin, Yan Naung Maung Maung, Rohani Ahmad, Nigel W. Beebe
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Transmission of Zika virus through breast milk and other breastfeeding-related bodily-fluids: A systematic review
April 10, 2017 Susannah Colt, Maria N. Garcia-Casal, Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas, Julia L. Finkelstein, Pura Rayco-Solon, Zita C. Weise Prinzo, Saurabh Mehta
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of dengue transmission in an urban setting: An ecological study in Nouméa, New Caledonia
April 3, 2017 Raphaël M. Zellweger, Jorge Cano, Morgan Mangeas, François Taglioni, Alizé Mercier, Marc Despinoy, Christophe E. Menkès, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Birgit Nikolay, Magali Teurlai
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Genetic evidence for a worldwide chaotic dispersion pattern of the arbovirus vector, Aedes albopictus
January 30, 2017 Mosè Manni, Carmela R. Guglielmino, Francesca Scolari, Anubis Vega-Rúa, Anna-Bella Failloux, Pradya Somboon, Antonella Lisa, Grazia Savini, Mariangela Bonizzoni, Ludvik M. Gomulski, Anna R. Malacrida, Giuliano Gasperi
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Neuropathogenesis of Zika Virus in a Highly Susceptible Immunocompetent Mouse Model after Antibody Blockade of Type I Interferon
January 9, 2017 Darci R. Smith, Bradley Hollidge, Sharon Daye, Xiankun Zeng, Candace Blancett, Kyle Kuszpit, Thomas Bocan, Jeff W. Koehler, Susan Coyne, Tim Minogue, Tara Kenny, Xiaoli Chi, Soojin Yim, Lynn Miller, Connie Schmaljohn, Sina Bavari, Joseph W. Golden
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Analytical sensitivity and specificity of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) kit prototype for detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in human blood samples
July 20, 2017 Susana A. Besuschio, Mónica Llano Murcia, Alejandro F. Benatar, Severine Monnerat, Israel Cruz, Albert Picado, María de los Ángeles Curto, Yutaka Kubota, Diana P. Wehrendt, Paula Pavia, Yasuyoshi Mori, Concepción Puerta, Joseph M. Ndung'u, Alejandro G. Schijman

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