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- 1From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis are two chronic diseases mediated by parasitic filarial worms causing long term disability and massive socioeconomic problems. Filariae are transmitted by...
- 2From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAt the end of 2005, an outbreak of fever associated with joint pain occurred in La Reunion. The causal agent, chikungunya virus (CHIKV), has been known for 50 years and could thus be readily identified. This arbovirus...
- 3From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Schistosomiasis japonica is a serious debilitating and sometimes fatal disease. Accurate diagnostic tests play a key role in patient management and control of the disease. However, currently available...
- 4From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Tens of millions of dengue cases and approximately 500,000 life-threatening complications occur annually. New tools are needed to distinguish dengue from other febrile illnesses. In addition, the natural...
- 5From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe recent development of genetic markers for Bacillus anthracis has made it possible to monitor the spread and distribution of this pathogen during and between anthrax outbreaks. In Namibia, anthrax outbreaks occur...
- 6From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedEbola virus (EBOV) causes acute hemorrhagic fever in humans and non-human primates with mortality rates up to 90%. So far there are no effective treatments available. This study evaluates the protective efficacy of 8...
- 7From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground Dengue viruses are single-stranded positive-sense RNA viruses (genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae) that are the etiological agents of dengue fever (DF). More than 2 billion people live in dengue-endemic...
- 8From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Noma is a gangrenous disease that leads to severe disfigurement of the face with high morbidity and mortality, but its etiology remains unknown. Young children in developing countries are almost exclusively...
- 9From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Given that micronutrient deficiency, neglected intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) and poor socioeconomic status are closely linked, we conducted a cross-sectional study to assess the relationship between...
- 10From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSchistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, owes its continued success to freshwater snails that support production of prolific numbers of human-infective cercariae. Encounters between schistosomes and snails do not...
- 11From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe filoviruses, Marburg virus and Ebola virus, cause severe hemorrhagic fever with high mortality in humans and nonhuman primates. Among the most promising filovirus vaccines under development is a system based on...
- 12From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH) are widely distributed in Cameroon. Although mass drug administration (MDA) of mebendazole is implemented nationwide, treatment with praziquantel was...
- 13From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedRecent evidence supports the involvement of inducible, highly diverse lectin-like recognition molecules in snail hemocytemediated responses to larval Schistosoma mansoni. Because host lectins likely are involved in...
- 14From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Persistent non-participation of children in mass drug administration (MDAs) for trachoma may reduce program impact. Risk factors that identify families where participation is a problem or program...
- 15From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Hookworm infections are an important cause of (severe) anemia and iron deficiency in children in the tropics. Type of hookworm species (Ancylostoma duodenale or Necator americanus) and infection load are...
- 16From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Trichomonas vaginalis is the causative agent of human trichomoniasis, the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection world-wide. Despite its prevalence, little is known about the genetic diversity...
- 17From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground: The parasite Onchocerca volvulus has, until recently, been regarded as the cause of a chronic yet non-fatal condition. Recent analyses, however, have indicated that in addition to blindness, the parasite can...
- 18From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedDengue virus is one of the most important arboviral pathogens and the causative agent of dengue fever, dengue hemorrhagic fever, and dengue shock syndrome. It is transmitted between humans by the mosquitoes Aedes...
- 19From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Despite its great public health importance, few control initiatives addressing podoconiosis (non-filarial elephantiasis, a geochemical neglected tropical disease) exist. In June 2010, the first podoconiosis...
- 20From: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (Vol. 6, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedBackground: Meningococcal meningitis is a major health problem in the "African Meningitis Belt" where recurrent epidemics occur during the hot, dry season. In Niger, a central country belonging to the Meningitis Belt,...