Hope amidst neglect: Mycetoma Research Center, University of Khartoum. A holistic management approach to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

Ahmed Hassan Fahal, Iman Siddig Ahmed, Ali Awadallah Saaed, Dallas J. Smith, Fabiana Alves, Borna Nyaoke, Kingsley Asiedu, Roderick Hay

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 5, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012420

Development and deployment of a solid oral amphotericin B dosage form to treat visceral leishmaniasis within a pediatric population

Kishor M. Wasan

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012500

From neglect to equity in snakebite envenoming; what the ICMR-Collaborative Centre of Excellence (CCoE) targets

Jaideep C. Menon, Bipin Nair, Sanghamitra Pati, Vijay V. Pillay, Amarendra Mahapatra, T. P. Sreekrishnan, Muralidharan Vanuopadath, Denny John, Sabarish B. Nair, Prakash K. Sahoo, Aravind M. S., Aswathy Sreedevi, Chandrasekhar Jankiram, Joseph K. Joseph

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 12, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012425

All that glitters is not gold: An interpretive framework for diagnostic test evaluation using Ascaris lumbricoides as a conceptual example

Matthew Denwood, Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Abbey Olsen, Hayley E. Jones, Luc E. Coffeng, Gustavo Landfried, Martin K. Nielsen, Bruno Levecke, Stig Milan Thamsborg, Paolo Eusebi, Eleftherios Meletis, Polychronis Kostoulas, Sonja Hartnack, Berra Erkosar, Nils Toft

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012481

Impact of vaccination against Japanese encephalitis in endemic countries

G. William Letson, Anthony A. Marfin, Jessica Mooney, Huong Vu Minh, Susan L. Hills, the JE Vaccine Global Impact Assessment Team

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012390

A novel antigen biomarker for detection of high-level of Loa loa microfilaremia

Sarah E. Greene, Yuefang Huang, Kerstin Fischer, Bruce A. Rosa, John Martin, Makedonka Mitreva, Devyn Yates, Samuel Wanji, Joseph Kamgno, Philip J. Budge, Gary J. Weil, Peter U. Fischer

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012461

Paracoccidioides lutzii Infects Galleria mellonella Employing Formamidase as a Virulence Factor

Elisa Dias Pereira, Thalison Rodrigues Moreira, Vanessa Rafaela Milhomem Cruz-Leite, Mariana Vieira Tomazett, Lana O’Hara Souza Silva, Daniel Graziani, Juliana Assis Martins, André Corrêa Amaral, Simone Schneider Weber, Juliana Alves Parente-Rocha, Célia Maria de Almeida Soares, Clayton Luiz Borges

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012452

Genomic analysis of Strongyloides stercoralis and Strongyloides fuelleborni in Bangladesh

Veroni de Ree, Tilak Chandra Nath, Priyanka Barua, Dorothee Harbecke, Dongmin Lee, Christian Rödelsperger, Adrian Streit

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012440

Changing seroprevalence of schistosomiasis japonica in China from 1982 to 2020: A systematic review and spatial analysis

Yu Zhou, Mao Zheng, Yanfeng Gong, Junhui Huang, Jiamin Wang, Ning Xu, Yixin Tong, Yue Chen, Qingwu Jiang, Yu Cai, Yibiao Zhou

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012466

The impact of modified incision height and surgical procedure on trichiasis surgery outcomes: Results of the maximizing trichiasis surgery success (MTSS) randomized trial

Emily W. Gower, Alemayehu Sisay, Belay Bayissasse, Dawit Seyum, Jerusha Weaver, Beatriz Munoz, Alexander P. Keil, Andrea Bankoski, Kristin M. Sullivan, Hashiya Kana, Fisseha Admassu, Demissie Tadesse, Shannath L. Merbs

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012034

Analysis of Cholera Risk in India: Insights from 2017–18 Serosurvey Data Integrated with Epidemiologic data and Societal Determinants from 2015–2019

Suman Kanungo, Ranjan Kumar Nandy, Rounik Talukdar, Manoj Murhekar, Andrew S. Azman, Sonia T. Hegde, Pranab Chatterjee, Debjit Chakraborty, Madhuchhanda Das, P Kamaraj, Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar, Dengue Serosurvey Group, Shanta Dutta

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 3, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012450

AcuM and AcuK: The global regulators controlling multiple cellular metabolisms in a dimorphic fungus Talaromyces marneffei

Tanaporn Wangsanut, Artid Amsri, Thitisuda Kalawil, Panwarit Sukantamala, Juthatip Jeenkeawpieam, Alex Andrianopoulos, Monsicha Pongpom

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012145

Antibodies against medically relevant arthropod-borne viruses in the ubiquitous African rodent Mastomys natalensis

Wim De Kesel, Bram Vanden Broecke, Benny Borremans, Léa Fourchault, Elisabeth Willems, Ann Ceulemans, Christopher Sabuni, Apia Massawe, Rhodes H. Makundi, Herwig Leirs, Martine Peeters, Erik Verheyen, Sophie Gryseels, Joachim Mariën, Kevin K. Ariën

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 4, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012233

Comparative analysis of the microbiota of sand fly vectors of Leishmania major and L. tropica in a mixed focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in southeast Tunisia; ecotype shapes the bacterial community structure

Ahmed Tabbabi, Daiki Mizushima, Daisuke S. Yamamoto, Elyes Zhioua, Hirotomo Kato

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 5, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012458

Epigenetic Biomarkers and the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway in Opisthorchis viverrini-associated Cholangiocarcinoma: A Scoping Review on Therapeutic Opportunities

Alok Kafle, Sutas Suttiprapa, Mubarak Muhammad, Jan Clyden B. Tenorio, Roshan Kumar Mahato, Norhidayu Sahimin, Shih Keng Loong

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 5, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012477

Isolation and characterization of genetic variants of Orthohantavirus hantanense from clinical cases of HFRS in Jiangxi Province, China

Shiwen Liu, Zhishi Deng, Jianxiong Li, Long Zou, Xiuhui Sun, Xiaoqing Liu, Yong Shi, Shunqiang Huang, Yangbowen Wu, Jinhui Lei, Peipei Liu, Pei Zhang, Ying Xiong, Zhong-er Long

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 5, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012439

Prevention of congenital chagas disease by trypanocide treatment in women of reproductive age: A meta-analysis of observational studies

Francisco Cezar Aquino de Moraes, Maria Eduarda Cavalcanti Souza, Lucca Dal Moro, Isabelle Batista Donadon, Emanuele Rocha da Silva, Dilma do Socorro Moraes de Souza, Rommel Mario Rodríguez Burbano

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 5, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012407

Diagnosis of brucellosis: Combining tests to improve performance

Paul Loubet, Chloé Magnan, Florian Salipante, Théo Pastre, Anne Keriel, David O’Callaghan, Albert Sotto, Jean-Philippe Lavigne

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 5, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012442

Linked-evidence modelling of qualitative G6PD testing to inform low- and intermediate-dose primaquine treatment for radical cure of Plasmodium vivax

Michelle L. Gatton

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 5, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012486

Neglected tropical disease meets neglected community: Street children’s susceptibility to scabies in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Bewunetu Zewude, Getnet Tadele, Gail Davey

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 6, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012475

Soil surveillance for monitoring soil-transmitted helminths: Method development and field testing in three countries

Malathi Manuel, Heather K. Amato, Nils Pilotte, Benard Chieng, Sylvie B. Araka, Joël Edoux Eric Siko, Michael Harris, Maya L. Nadimpalli, Venkateshprabhu Janagaraj, Parfait Houngbegnon, Rajeshkumar Rajendiran, Joel Thamburaj, Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliappan, Allison R. Sirois, Gretchen Walch, William E. Oswald, Kristjana H. Asbjornsdottir, Sean R. Galagan, Judd L. Walson, Steven A. Williams, Adrian J. F. Luty, Sammy M. Njenga, Moudachirou Ibikounlé, Sitara S. R. Ajjampur, Amy J. Pickering

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 6, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012416

Prevalence of onchocerciasis and epilepsy in a Tanzanian region after a prolonged community-directed treatment with ivermectin

Vivian P. Mushi, Dan Bhwana, Isolide S. Massawe, Williams Makunde, Hillary Sebukoto, Willison Ngasa, Joel Sengerema, Athanas Mhina, Paul M. Hayuma, Henrika Kimambo, Winifrida Kidima, William Matuja, Josemir W. Sander, Helen Cross, Arjune Sen, Robert Colebunders, Charles R. Newton, Bruno P. Mmbando, EPInA Study Group

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 6, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012470

Effects of Schistosoma haematobium infection and treatment on the systemic and mucosal immune phenotype, gene expression and microbiome: A systematic review

Anna M. Mertelsmann, Sheridan F. Bowers, Drew Wright, Jane K. Maganga, Humphrey D. Mazigo, Lishomwa C. Ndhlovu, John M. Changalucha, Jennifer A. Downs

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 9, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012456

Increased levels of anti-Encephalitozoon intestinalis antibodies in patients with colorectal cancer

Céline Nourrisson, Maxime Moniot, Leslie Vercruysse, Virginie Bonnin, Bruno Pereira, Nicolas Barnich, Mathilde Bonnet, Marine Jary, Denis Pezet, Johan Gagnière, Philippe Poirier

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 9, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012459

Prevalence of human schistosomiasis in various regions of Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar: A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies conducted for the past ten years (2013–2023)

Nicolaus Omari Mbugi, Hudson Laizer, Musa Chacha, Ernest Mbega

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 9, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012462

Development of new real-time PCR assays for detection and species differentiation of Plasmodium ovale

Wenqiao He, Rachel Sendor, Varun R. Potlapalli, Melchior M. Kashamuka, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Fernandine Phanzu, Albert Kalonji, Billy Ngasala, Kyaw Lay Thwai, Jonathan J. Juliano, Jessica T. Lin, Jonathan B. Parr

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011759

Abundance and Leishmania infection patterns of the sand fly Psathyromyia cratifer in Southern Mexico

Ana Celia Montes de Oca-Aguilar, Edith A. Fernández-Figueroa, Karina B. López-Ávila, Mariela Isabel Pavón-Méndez, Erika I. Sosa-Bibiano, Eduardo A. Rebollar-Téllez, Jorge A. Palacio-Vargas, Brenda García-López, Claudia Rangel-Escareño, Elsy Nalleli Loría-Cervera

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012426

Larval crowding enhances dengue virus loads in Aedes aegypti, a relationship that might increase transmission in urban environments

Heverton L. C. Dutra, Dustin J. Marshall, Belinda Comerford, Brianna P. McNulty, Anastacia M. Diaz, Matthew J. Jones, Austin J. Mejia, Ottar N. Bjornstad, Elizabeth A. McGraw

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 10, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012482

A regional One Health approach to the risk of invasion by Anopheles stephensi in Mauritius

Diana P. Iyaloo, Sarah Zohdy, Ryan M. Carney, Varina Ramdonee Mosawa, Khouaildi B. Elahee, Nabiihah Munglee, Nilesh Latchooman, Surendra Puryag, Ambicadutt Bheecarry, Hemant Bhoobun, Harena Rasamoelina-Andriamanivo, Saïd Ahmed Bedja, Joseph Spear, Thierry Baldet, Tamar E. Carter

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 11, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011827

Self-healing in leprosy: A systematic review

Sophie C. W. Stuetzle, Ann-Kristin Bonkass, Wim H. van Brakel, Anne Schoenmakers, Anil Fastenau

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 12, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012434

The discovery of novel variants reveals the genetic diversity and potential origin of Seoul orthohantavirus

Guopeng Kuang, Jing Wang, Yun Feng, Weichen Wu, Xi Han, Genyang Xin, Weihong Yang, Hong Pan, Lifen Yang, Juan Wang, Mang Shi, Zihou Gao

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 12, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012478

Wolbachia and mosquitoes: Exploring transmission modes and coevolutionary dynamics in Shandong Province, China

Chuanhui Zang, Xuejun Wang, Yan Liu, Haifang Wang, Qintong Sun, Peng Cheng, Ye Zhang, Maoqing Gong, Hongmei Liu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 12, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011944

Computer-aided discovery of novel SmDHODH inhibitors for schistosomiasis therapy: Ligand-based drug design, molecular docking, molecular dynamic simulations, drug-likeness, and ADMET studies

Saudatu Chinade Ja’afaru, Adamu Uzairu, Sharika Hossain, Mohammad Hamid Ullah, Muhammed Sani Sallau, George Iloegbulam Ndukwe, Muhammad Tukur Ibrahim, Imren Bayil, Abu Tayab Moin

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 12, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012453

Development of a Lipid-encapsulated TGFβRI-siRNA Drug for Liver Fibrosis Induced by Schistosoma mansoni

Ying-Chou Chen, Yueh-Lun Lee, Ching-An Lee, Tzu-Yuan Lin, Edwin En-Te Hwu, Po-Ching Cheng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 12, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012502

Effects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation and seasonal weather conditions on Aedes aegypti infestation in the State of São Paulo (Brazil): A Bayesian spatio-temporal study

Monica Pirani, Camila Lorenz, Thiago Salomão de Azevedo, Gerson Laurindo Barbosa, Marta Blangiardo, Francisco Chiaravalloti-Neto

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 12, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012397

Exposure patterns and the risk factors of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus amongst humans, livestock and selected wild animals at the human/livestock/wildlife interface in Isiolo County, upper eastern Kenya

Eugine Mukhaye, James M. Akoko, Richard Nyamota, Athman Mwatondo, Mathew Muturi, Daniel Nthiwa, Lynn J. Kirwa, Joel L. Bargul, Hussein M. Abkallo, Bernard Bett

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012083

Repelling Aedes aegypti mosquitoes with electric fields using insulated conductor wires

Ndey Bassin Jobe, Michael Erickson, Sarah E. Rydberg, Silvie Huijben, Krijn P. Paaijmans

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012493

Dissimilar Trypanosoma cruzi genotype-specific serological profile assessed by Chagas-Flow ATE IgG1 upon benznidazole etiological treatment of chronic Chagas disease

Glaucia Diniz Alessio, Carolina Malheiros Araújo Silvestrini, Silvana Maria Elói-Santos, Eliane Dias Gontijo, Policarpo Ademar Sales Júnior, Danielle Marchetti Vitelli-Avelar, Renato Sathler-Avelar, Ana Paula Barbosa Wendling, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Marta de Lana, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 13, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012487

Improving health behaviours and attitudes around podoconiosis in Northern Western Ethiopia: Implementation and intervention effectiveness

Kibur Engdawork, Getnet Tadele, Vasso Anagnostopoulou, Papreen Nahar, Gail Davey, Shahaduz Zaman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012507

Temperature dependence of mosquitoes: Comparing mechanistic and machine learning approaches

Tejas S. Athni, Marissa L. Childs, Caroline K. Glidden, Erin A. Mordecai

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012488

Susceptibility of BS90 Biomphalaria glabrata snails to infection by SmLE Schistosoma mansoni segregates as a dominant allele in a cluster of polymorphic genes for single-pass transmembrane proteins

Michael S. Blouin, Stephanie R. Bollmann, Winka Le Clec’h, Frédéric D. Chevalier, Timothy J. C. Anderson, Jacob A. Tennessen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 16, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012474

Challenges in rescuing snakes to protect human lives and promote snake conservation in Tamil Nadu, India

Anika Salim, Jarred Williams, Jose R. Almeida, Gnaneswar Chandrasekharuni, Harry F. Williams, Rajendran Vaiyapuri, Mohanraj Vaiyapuri, Rajan Viswanath, Thanigaivel Annamalai, Ketan Patel, Ponniah Thirumalaikolundusubramanian, Subaramanian Senthilkumaran, Romulus Whitaker, Sakthivel Vaiyapuri

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 17, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012516

Oral Chagas disease outbreak by bacaba juice ingestion: A century after Carlos Chagas’ discovery, the disease is still hard to manage

Eudes Alves Simões-Neto, Daniel Wagner de Castro Lima Santos, Maria Rosa Quaresma Bomfim, Jackson Maurício Lopes Costa, Amanda Ferreira Simões, Lucas Dias Vasconcelos, Domingos Carvalho Sodré, Ana Cleide Mineu Costa, Samuel Vieira Rodrigues Dumont, Bruna de Oliveira de Melo, Conceição de Maria Pedrozo e Silva de Azevedo

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 18, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012225

Comparative evaluation of plasma biomarkers of Schistosoma haematobium infection in endemic populations from Burkina Faso

Mireille Ouedraogo, Jana Christina Hey, Stan Hilt, Veronica Rodriguez Fernandez, Doris Winter, Ravo Razafindrakoto, Pytsje T. Hoekstra, Youssouf Kabore, Marco Fornili, Laura Baglietto, Issa Nebie, Govert J. van Dam, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens, Daniela Fusco, David Modiano, Fabrizio Bruschi, Valentina D. Mangano

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 18, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012104

Metagenomic next generation sequencing of plasma RNA for diagnosis of unexplained, acute febrile illness in Uganda

Abraham J. Kandathil, Paul W. Blair, Jennifer Lu, Raghavendran Anantharam, Kenneth Kobba, Matthew L. Robinson, Sultanah Alharthi, Edgar C. Ndawula, J. Stephen Dumler, Francis Kakooza, Mohammed Lamorde, David L. Thomas, Steven L. Salzberg, Yukari C. Manabe

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 19, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012451

Clinical presentation of human leptospirosis in febrile patients: Urabá, Colombia

Pablo Uribe-Restrepo, Janeth Perez-Garcia, Margarita Arboleda, Claudia Munoz-Zanzi, Piedad Agudelo-Florez

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 19, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012449

Spatio-temporal patterns of dengue in Bangladesh during 2019 to 2023: Implications for targeted control strategies

Kamal Hossain, Sukanta Chowdhury, Ireen Sultana Shanta, Mohammad Sharif Hossain, Probir Kumar Ghosh, Mohammad Shafiul Alam

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 20, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012503

Communities’ knowledge, perceptions and preventive practices on soil-transmitted helminthes in Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia: Formative mixed study

Daba Abdissa, Yohannes Kebede, Morankar Sudhakar, Gelila Abraham, Gebeyehu Bulcha, Teshome Shiferaw, Nimona Berhanu, Firanbon Teshome, Hirpa Miecha, Zewdie Birhanu

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 20, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012483

Revisiting the impact of Schistosoma mansoni regulating mechanisms on transmission dynamics using SchiSTOP, a novel modelling framework

Veronica Malizia, Sake J. de Vlas, Kit C. B. Roes, Federica Giardina

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 20, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012464

Volatile organic compound detection of Buruli ulcer disease: Headspace analysis of Mycobacterium ulcerans and used gauzes of Buruli-compatible ulcers

Stan F. J. Chudy, Delphin M. Phanzu, Arend H. J. Kolk, Ghislain E. Sopoh, Yves T. Barogui, Oren Tzfadia, Miriam Eddyani, Krista Fissette, Bouke C. de Jong, Paul Brinkman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012514

Breaking the silence of female genital schistosomiasis in Ghana’s health system: A case of health workers within the FAST project

Margaret Gyapong, Maxwell Ayindenaba Dalaba, Mustapha Immurana, Alfred Kwesi Manyeh, Kazeem Arogundade, Julie Jacobson, Alison Krentel

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012443

Human Ascaris infection is associated with higher frequencies of IL-10 producing B cells

Josefina Zakzuk, Juan F. Lopez, Cezmi Akdis, Luis Caraballo, Mübeccel Akdis M., Willem van de Veen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012520

Enhancement of clinical signs in C3H/HeJ mice vaccinated with a highly immunogenic Leptospira methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein following challenge

Liana Nunes Barbosa, Alejandro LIanes, Swetha Madesh, Bryanna Nicole Fayne, Kalvis Brangulis, Sarah C. Linn-Peirano, Sreekumari Rajeev

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012155

Performance characteristics of STANDARD Q Filariasis Antigen test (QFAT) to detect filarial antigens of Wuchereria bancrofti in the field

Raja Jeyapal Dinesh, Kaliannagounder Krishnamoorthy, Rajendran Dhanalakshmi, Priskilla Johnson Jency, Palappurath Maliyakkal Azad, Sugeerappa Laxmanappa Hoti, Ashwani Kumar

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012538

Unveiling viral pathogens in acute respiratory disease: Insights from viral metagenomics in patients from the State of Alagoas, Brazil

Gabriel Montenegro de Campos, Hazerral de Oliveira Santos, Alex Ranieri Jerônimo Lima, Anderson Brandão Leite, Gabriela Ribeiro, Jardelina de Souza Todão Bernardino, Jean Phellipe Marques do Nascimento, Juliana Vanessa Cavalcante Souza, Loyze Paola Oliveira de Lima, Marlon Breno Zampieri Lima, Mykaella Andrade de Araújo, Marta Giovanetti, Esper Georges Kallas, Sandra Coccuzzo Sampaio, Maria Carolina Elias, Svetoslav Nanev Slavov

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 23, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012536

Persistent transmission of soil-transmitted helminths despite 16 years of uninterrupted Mebendazole- and ivermectin-based preventive chemotherapy in the Lomie Health District (East Region, Cameroon): The emergency of complementary control strategies

Arnauld Efon-Ekangouo, Virtue F. De-Gaulle, Yannick Emalio, Verner N. Orish, Linda Djune-Yemeli, Michèle L. Simo-Simo, Martine A. Tsasse, Laetitia Mbakam, Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga, Joseph Kamgno

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 25, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012508

Sand flies and Toscana virus: Intra-vector infection dynamics and impact on Phlebotomus perniciosus life-history traits

Lison Laroche, Anne-Laure Bañuls, Rémi Charrel, Albin Fontaine, Nazli Ayhan, Jorian Prudhomme

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 25, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012509

Urogenital schistosomiasis in schoolchildren in the lake zones of Kankossa and Oued Rawdha, southern Mauritania: The first parasitological and malacological survey

Lemat Nakatt, Papa Mouhamadou Gaye, Mohamed Ouldabdallahi Moukah, Binta Niang, Leonardo Basco, Stephane Ranque, Ali Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 25, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012505

ST8Sia2 polysialyltransferase protects against infection by Trypanosoma cruzi

Bruno Rafael Barboza, Janaina Macedo-da-Silva, Lays Adrianne Mendonça Trajano Silva, Vinícius de Morais Gomes, Deivid Martins Santos, Antônio Moreira Marques-Neto, Simon Ngao Mule, Claudia Blanes Angeli, Juliana Borsoi, Carolina Borsoi Moraes, Cristiane Moutinho-Melo, Martina Mühlenhoff, Walter Colli, Suely Kazue Nagashi Marie, Lygia da Veiga Pereira, Maria Julia Manso Alves, Giuseppe Palmisano

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 25, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012454

Impacts of climate change on diarrhoeal disease hospitalisations: How does the global warming targets of 1.5–2°C affect Dhaka, Bangladesh?

Farhana Haque, Fiona C. Lampe, Shakoor Hajat, Katerina Stavrianaki, S. M. Tafsir Hasan, A. S. G. Faruque, Tahmeed Ahmed, Shamim Jubayer, Ilan Kelman

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012139

Infection patterns of scabies and tinea between inland and resettled indigenous Negrito communities in Peninsular Malaysia

Yi Xian Er, Leslie Thian Lung Than, Azdayanti Muslim, Nan Jiun Yap, Mian Zi Tee, Nurmanisha Abdull-Majid, Soo Ching Lee, Shezryna Shahrizal, Yvonne Ai Lian Lim

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012515

Reassessing the distribution of Burkholderia pseudomallei outside known endemic areas using animal serological screening combined with environmental surveys: The case of Les Saintes (Guadeloupe) and French Guiana

Mégane Gasqué, Vanina Guernier-Cambert, Gil Manuel, Rachid Aaziz, Jules Terret, Thomas Deshayes, Xavier Baudrimont, Sébastien Breurec, Emma Rochelle-Newall, Karine Laroucau

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011977

Updated annotation and meta-analysis of Brugia malayi transcriptomics data reveals consistent transcriptional profiles across time and space with some study-specific differences in adult female worm transcriptional profiles

Christopher I. Holt, Julie C. Dunning Hotopp

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012511

Ecological study measuring the association between conflict, environmental factors, and annual global cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis incidence (2005–2022)

Maia C. Tarnas, Aula Abbara, Angel N. Desai, Daniel M. Parker

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 26, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012549

Stable introduction of Wolbachia wPip into invasive Anopheles stephensi for potential malaria control

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Epidemiology of human and animal leptospirosis in Kenya: A systematic review and meta-analysis of disease occurrence, serogroup diversity and risk factors

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012527

Environmental surveillance for Salmonella Typhi in rivers and wastewater from an informal sewage network in Blantyre, Malawi

Christopher B. Uzzell, Elizabeth Gray, Jonathan Rigby, Catherine M. Troman, Yohane Diness, Charity Mkwanda, Katalina Tonthola, Oscar Kanjerwa, Chifundo Salifu, Tonney Nyirenda, Chisomo Chilupsya, Chisomo Msefula, Nicola Elviss, Nicholas C. Grassly, Nicholas A. Feasey

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012518

Molecular evidence of pathogens and endosymbionts in the black horse fly Osca lata (Diptera: Tabanidae) in Southern Chile

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 27, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012525

Artificial intelligence-based digital pathology for the detection and quantification of soil-transmitted helminths eggs

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 30, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012492

A preliminary indication that HLA-A*03:01 may be associated with visceral leishmaniasis development in people living with HIV in Ethiopia

Nicky de Vrij, Romi Vandoren, Kadrie Ramadan, Anke Van Hul, Ann Ceulemans, Mekibib Kassa, Roma Melkamu, Arega Yeshanew, Tadfe Bogale, Hailemariam Beyene, Kasaye Sisay, Aderajew Kibret, Dagnew Mersha, Wim L. Cuypers, Florian Vogt, Saskia van Henten, Koert Ritmeijer, Thao-Thy Pham, Pieter Meysman, Kris Laukens, Bart Cuypers, Ermias Diro, Rezika Mohammed, Johan van Griensven, Wim Adriaensen

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 30, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012000

Molecular detection of Rickettsia species in ectoparasites collected from two southern provinces of Cambodia

Didot Budi Prasetyo, Jodi M. Fiorenzano, Daliya Nop, Nin Noch, Boren Huot, Sokly Mom, Sitha Prum, Visal Chhe, Sokha Dul, Vireak Heang, Satharath Prom, Ju Jiang, Allen L. Richards, Christina M. Farris, Jeffrey C. Hertz

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 30, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012544

HuR (ELAVL1) regulates the CCHFV minigenome and HAZV replication by associating with viral genomic RNA

Moe Ikegawa, Norisuke Kano, Daisuke Ori, Mizuki Fukuta, Minato Hirano, Roger Hewson, Kentaro Yoshii, Taro Kawai, Takumi Kawasaki

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 30, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012553

In vivo screening of flavonoid compounds revealed quercetin as a potential drug to improve recovery of angiostrongyliasis after albendazole treatment

Ho Yin Pekkle Lam, Yu-Ting Huang, Ting-Ruei Liang, Shih-Yi Peng

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 30, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012526

Correction: Immunogenic Salivary Proteins of Triatoma infestans: Development of a Recombinant Antigen for the Detection of Low-Level Infestation of Triatomines

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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: published September 9, 2024 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012484

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