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- 1From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedControl of tsetse flies using insecticide-treated targets is often hampered by vegetation re-growth and encroachment which obscures a target and renders it less effective. Potentially this is of particular concern for...
- 2From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed
Risk of Buruli ulcer and detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in mosquitoes in southeastern Australia
Background: Buruli ulcer (BU) is a destructive skin condition caused by infection with the environmental bacterium, Mycobacterium ulcerans. The mode of transmission of M. ulcerans is not completely understood, but... - 3From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedThe neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are the most common infections of the world's poorest people living in developing countries [1-7]. They are mostly comprised of chronic parasitic and related infections, with the...
- 4From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedSand flies are recognised vectors of parasites in the genus Leishmania and a number of arthropod-borne viruses, in particular viruses within the genus Phlebovirus, family Bunyaviridae. In southern France, Toscana...
- 5From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedHuman African trypanosomiasis (HAT), or sleeping sickness, results from infection with the protozoan parasites Trypanosoma brucei (T.b.) gambiense or T.b.rhodesiense and is invariably fatal if untreated. There are 60...
- 6From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Praziquantel remains the drug of choice for the worldwide treatment and control of schistosomiasis. The drug is synthesized and administered as a racemate. Use of the pure active enantiomer would be...
- 7From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Plague was introduced to Madagascar in 1898 and continues to be a significant human health problem. It exists mainly in the central highlands, but in the 1990s was reintroduced to the port city of Mahajanga,...
- 8From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Skin invasion is the initial step in infection of the human host by schistosome blood flukes. Schistosome larvae have the remarkable ability to overcome the physical and biochemical barriers present in skin...
- 9From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Antimony and arsenic are elements that have a long history of use as poisons, therapeutic agents, or cosmetics. For over a century, compounds containing pentavalent antimony (antimonials) have formed the...
- 10From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Leprosy is a disease of the skin and peripheral nervous system caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. The clinical presentations of leprosy are spectral, with the severity of...
- 11From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: The three sub-species of Trypanosoma brucei are important pathogens of sub-Saharan Africa. T. b. brucei is unable to infect humans due to sensitivity to trypanosome lytic factors (TLF) 1 and 2 found in human...
- 12From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Acute renal failure is one of the most serious complications of envenoming resulting from Crotalus durissus terrificus bites. This study evaluated the relevance of hyperuricemia and oxidative stress and the...
- 13From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Tsetse flies of the Palpalis group are the main vectors of sleeping sickness in Africa. Insecticide impregnated targets are one of the most effective tools for control. However, the cost of these devices...
- 14From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Visceral leishmaniasis is the world' second largest vector-borne parasitic killer and a neglected tropical disease, prevalent in poor communities. Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LNs) are a low cost proven...
- 15From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: The main criterion for treatment effectiveness in Chagas Disease has been the seronegative conversion, achieved many years post-treatment. One of the main limitations in evaluating treatment for chronic...
- 16From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Controversy persists about the optimal approach to drug-based control of schistosomiasis in high-risk communities. In a systematic review of published studies, we examined evidence for incremental benefits...
- 17From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Factor H binding protein (fHbp) is an important antigen for vaccines against meningococcal serogroup B disease. The protein binds human factor H (fH), which enables the bacteria to resist serum bactericidal...
- 18From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Leishmaniasis remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the tropics. Available therapies are problematic due to toxicity, treatment duration and emerging drug resistance. Mouse models of...
- 19From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedHere we engineered transgenic Leishmania infantum that express luciferase, the objectives being to more easily monitor in real time their establishment either in BALB/c mice--the liver and spleen being mainly...
- 20From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedBackground: There is an urgent need to develop rapid and accurate point-of-care (POC) technologies for acute scrub typhus diagnosis in low-resource, primary health care settings to guide clinical therapy....