Zika Virus Infection and Stillbirths: A Case of Hydrops Fetalis, Hydranencephaly and Fetal Demise

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 25 February 2016 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Authors: Manoel Sarno | Gielson A. Sacramento | Ricardo Khouri | Mateus S. do Rosário | Federico Costa | Gracinda Archanjo | Luciane A. Santos | Nivison Nery | Nikos Vasilakis | Albert I. Ko | Antonio R. P. de Almeida

Editors: Peter J. Hotez

Emerging high-level ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar typhi haplotype H58 in travelers returning to the Republic of Korea from India

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 2 March 2021 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Research funded by Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (4837-311-210)

Authors: Eunkyung Shin | Jungsun Park | Hyun Ju Jeong | Ae Kyung Park | Kyoungin Na | Hyerim Lee | Jeong-hoon Chun | Kyu Jam Hwang | Chul-Joong Kim | Junyoung Kim

Editors: Susan M Bueno

Spatial-temporal and phylogenetic analyses of epidemiologic data to help understand the modes of transmission of endemic typhoid fever in Samoa

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 17 October 2022 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Research funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1194582 / INV-000049) | Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (F30AI156973) | Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U19AI110820) | NIDDK (T32DK067872) | Government of Samoa (non-financial support)

Authors: Michael J. Sikorski | Jianguo Ma | Tracy H. Hazen | Sachin N. Desai | Siaosi Tupua | Susana Nimarota-Brown | Michelle Sialeipata | Savitra Rambocus | Susan A. Ballard | Mary Valcanis | Robert E. Thomsen | Roy M. Robins-Browne | Benjamin P. Howden | Take K. Naseri | Myron M. Levine | David A. Rasko

Editors: Mariangela Bonizzoni

Quality of life and associated factors among HIV positive patients after completion of treatment for Cryptococcal meningitis

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 3 March 2021 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Authors: Jonathan Kitonsa | Julius Kiwanuka | Zacchaeus Anywaine | Sheila Kansiime | Kenneth Katumba | Namirembe Aeron | Justin Beardsley | Freddie Kibengo | Alastair Gray | Pontiano Kaleebu | Jeremy Day

Editors: Nelesh Premapragasan Govender

The Role of Nurses and Community Health Workers in Confronting Neglected Tropical Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 15 September 2016 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Authors: Andrew G. Corley | Clifton P. Thornton | Nancy E. Glass

Editors: Jakob Zinsstag

Evidence for Co-evolution of West Nile Virus and House Sparrows in North America

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 30 October 2014 in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Authors: Nisha K. Duggal | Angela Bosco-Lauth | Richard A. Bowen | Sarah S. Wheeler | William K. Reisen | Todd A. Felix | Brian R. Mann | Hannah Romo | Daniele M. Swetnam | Alan D. T. Barrett | Aaron C. Brault

Editors: Robert B. Tesh

Evaluation of the Human IgG Antibody Response to Aedes albopictus Saliva as a New Specific Biomarker of Exposure to Vector Bites

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 21 February 2012 in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Authors: Souleymane Doucoure | François Mouchet | Sylvie Cornelie | Jean Sébastien DeHecq | Abdul Hamid Rutee | Yelin Roca | Annie Walter | Jean Pierre Hervé | Dorothée Misse | François Favier | Philippe Gasque | Franck Remoue

Editors: Michael J. Turell

Human IgG Antibody Response to Aedes Nterm-34kDa Salivary Peptide, an Epidemiological Tool to Assess Vector Control in Chikungunya and Dengue Transmission Area

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 1 December 2016 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Research funded by Direction Générale de la Santé (DGS - Convention 2010) | ANSES (2013/1/089)

Authors: Emmanuel Elanga Ndille | Souleymane Doucoure | Anne Poinsignon | François Mouchet | Sylvie Cornelie | Eric D’Ortenzio | Jean Sébastien DeHecq | Franck Remoue

Editors: Roberto Barrera

Micro-CT visualization of a promastigote secretory gel (PSG) and parasite plug in the digestive tract of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis infected with Leishmania mexicana

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 27 August 2021 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Research funded by Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/R005362/1)

Authors: Martin J. R. Hall | Debashis Ghosh | Daniel Martín-Vega | Brett Clark | Innes Clatworthy | Robert A. Cheke | Matthew E. Rogers

Editors: Guy Caljon

Impact of Trichiasis Surgery on Quality of Life: A Longitudinal Study in Ethiopia

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 14 April 2016 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Authors: Esmael Habtamu | Tariku Wondie | Sintayehu Aweke | Zerihun Tadesse | Mulat Zerihun | Aderajew Mohammed | Zebideru Zewudie | Kelly Callahan | Paul M. Emerson | Robin L. Bailey | David C. W. Mabey | Saul N. Rajak | Hannah Kuper | Sarah Polack | Helen A. Weiss | Matthew J. Burton

Editors: Joseph M. Vinetz

Optimal Timing of Insecticide Fogging to Minimize Dengue Cases: Modeling Dengue Transmission among Various Seasonalities and Transmission Intensities

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 25 October 2011 in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Authors: Mika Oki | Toshihiko Sunahara | Masahiro Hashizume | Taro Yamamoto

Editors: Roberto Barrera

Assessing dengue fever risk in Costa Rica by using climate variables and machine learning techniques

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 13 January 2023 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Authors: Luis A. Barboza | Shu-Wei Chou-Chen | Paola Vásquez | Yury E. García | Juan G. Calvo | Hugo G. Hidalgo | Fabio Sanchez

Editors: Mary H. Hayden

Defining Seropositivity Thresholds for Use in Trachoma Elimination Studies

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 18 January 2017 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Research funded by Wellcome Trust (098521/B/12/Z) | Medical Research Council (GB) (MR/K012126/1) | Wellcome Trust (GB) (105609/Z/14/Z) | United States Agency for International Development (OAA-A-10-00051) | United States Agency for International Development (US) (OAA-A-10-00051) | Wellcome Trust (GB) (WT098051) | Wellcome Trust (GR079246MA) | Wellcome Trust (WT093368MA)

Authors: Stephanie J. Migchelsen | Diana L. Martin | Khamphoua Southisombath | Patrick Turyaguma | Anne Heggen | Peter Paul Rubangakene | Hassan Joof | Pateh Makalo | Gretchen Cooley | Sarah Gwyn | Anthony W. Solomon | Martin J. Holland | Paul Courtright | Rebecca Willis | Neal D. E. Alexander | David C. W. Mabey | Chrissy h. Roberts

Editors: Christian Johnson

Last Generation Triazoles for Imported Eumycetoma in Eleven Consecutive Adults

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 9 October 2014 in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Authors: Yoann Crabol | Sylvain Poiree | Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux | Christophe Maunoury | Stéphane Barete | Valérie Zeller | Cédric Arvieux | Samuel Pineau | Karima Amazzough | Marc Lecuit | Fanny Lanternier | Olivier Lortholary | the French Mycosis Study Group

Editors: Bodo Wanke

High levels of infectiousness of asymptomatic Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infections in wild rodents highlights their importance in the epidemiology of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis in Brazil

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 30 January 2023 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Research funded by FACEPE (0024.4.00/13) | CAPES (23038.005276/2011-3) | CNPq (400331/2012-8)

Authors: José Ferreira Marinho-Júnior | Juliana F. C. L. S. Monteiro | Ana Waléria Sales de Carvalho | Francisco Gomes de Carvalho | Milena de Paiva Cavalcanti | Jeffrey Shaw | Orin Courtenay | Sinval Pinto Brandão-Filho

Editors: Tiago Donatelli Serafim

Geographical distribution of soil transmitted helminths and the effects of community type in South Asia and South East Asia – A systematic review

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 18 January 2018 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Research funded by Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance (Early Career Fellowship (Grant number: IA/E/12/1/500750))

Authors: Zachary A. Silver | Saravanakumar P. Kaliappan | Prasanna Samuel | Srinivasan Venugopal | Gagandeep Kang | Rajiv Sarkar | Sitara S. R. Ajjampur

Editors: Nilanthi de Silva

Dose of antivenom for the treatment of snakebite with neurotoxic envenoming: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Nepal

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 16 May 2017 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Research funded by Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (IZ70Z0_131223)

Authors: Emilie Alirol | Sanjib Kumar Sharma | Anup Ghimire | Antoine Poncet | Christophe Combescure | Chabilal Thapa | Vijaya Prasad Paudel | Kalidas Adhikary | Walter Robert Taylor | David Warrell | Ulrich Kuch | François Chappuis

Editors: David G. Lalloo

Comparison of genovars and Chlamydia trachomatis infection loads in ocular samples from children in two distinct cohorts in Sudan and Morocco

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 9 August 2021 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Research funded by Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft (822768)

Authors: Ehsan Ghasemian | Aleksandra Inic-Kanada | Astrid Collingro | Lamiss Mejdoubi | Hadeel Alchalabi | Darja Keše | Balgesa Elkheir Elshafie | Jaouad Hammou | Talin Barisani-Asenbauer

Editors: María-Gloria Basáñez

The impact of semen testing for Ebola virus RNA on sexual behavior of male Ebola survivors in Liberia

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 14 September 2020 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Research funded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI123535-01A1) | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI123535-01A1) | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (K23AI121516)

Authors: Kathleen Tompkins | Jerry Brown | Sam Tozay | Edwina Reeves | Korto Pewu | Harrietta Johnson | Gerald Williams | Tonia Conneh | Joseph Diggs | Jean DeMarco | Katherine King | Darrius McMillian | Carson Merenbloom | William Fischer | David Alain Wohl

Editors: Michael R Holbrook

Transcriptional Changes in the Hookworm, Ancylostoma caninum, during the Transition from a Free-Living to a Parasitic Larva

JOURNAL ARTICLE published 9 January 2008 in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Authors: Bennett J. D. Datu | Robin B. Gasser | Shivashankar H. Nagaraj | Eng K. Ong | Peter O'Donoghue | Russell McInnes | Shoba Ranganathan | Alex Loukas

Editors: John Dalton