Isothermal microcalorimetry, a new tool to monitor drug action against Trypanosoma brucei and Plasmodium falciparum.

abstract：:Our knowledge and control of the pathogenesis induced by the filariae remain limited due to experimental obstacles presented by parasitic nematode biology and the lack of selective prophylactic or curative drugs. Here we thought to investigate the role of neutrophils in the host innate immune response to the infection...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Pionnier N,Brotin E,Karadjian G,Hemon P,Gaudin-Nomé F,Vallarino-Lhermitte N,Nieguitsila A,Fercoq F,Aknin ML,Marin-Esteban V,Chollet-Martin S,Schlecht-Louf G,Bachelerie F,Martin C

更新日期：2016-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Latin America, there are 13 geographically isolated endemic foci distributed among Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil and Ecuador. The communities of the three endemic foci found within Mexico have been receiving ivermectin treatment since 1989. In this study, we predicted the trend of occurre...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Lara-Ramírez EE,Rodríguez-Pérez MA,Pérez-Rodríguez MA,Adeleke MA,Orozco-Algarra ME,Arrendondo-Jiménez JI,Guo X

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Loiasis is a filarial infection endemic in the rainforest zone of west and central Africa particularly in Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Repeated treatments with ivermectin have been delivered using the annual community directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) appr...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Wanji S,Chounna Ndongmo WP,Fombad FF,Kengne-Ouafo JA,Njouendou AJ,Longang Tchounkeu YF,Koudou B,Bockarie M,Fobi G,Roungou JB,Enyong PA

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue diagnosis is complex and until recently only specialized laboratories were able to definitively confirm dengue infection. Rapid tests are now available commercially making biological diagnosis possible in the field. The aim of this study was to evaluate a combined dengue rapid test for the detection o...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Andries AC,Duong V,Ngan C,Ong S,Huy R,Sroin KK,Te V,Y B,Try PL,Buchy P

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trachoma is a major cause of blindness in Southern Sudan. Its distribution has only been partially established and many communities in need of intervention have therefore not been identified or targeted. The present study aimed to develop a tool to improve targeting of survey and control activities. METHODS...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Clements AC,Kur LW,Gatpan G,Ngondi JM,Emerson PM,Lado M,Sabasio A,Kolaczinski JH

更新日期：2010-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolbachia bacteria are now being introduced into Aedes aegypti mosquito populations for dengue control. When Wolbachia infections are at a high frequency, they influence the local transmission of dengue by direct virus blocking as well as deleterious effects on vector mosquito populations. However, the effectiveness o...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Ross PA,Ritchie SA,Axford JK,Hoffmann AA

更新日期：2019-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus was reported in the rainforest city of Iquitos, Peru in 2016. The potential associations between Zika and fetal neurological disorders were reported extensively in the media regarding neighboring Brazil, and led to great concern about the impact Zika could have on people's health in Iquitos when it arrived....

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Weldon CT,Riley-Powell AR,Aguerre IM,Celis Nacimento RA,Morrison AC,Oberhelman RA,Paz-Soldan VA

更新日期：2018-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Konzo is a distinct neurological entity with selective upper motor neuron damage, characterized by an abrupt onset of an irreversible, non-progressive, and symmetrical spastic para/tetraparesis. Despite its severity, konzo remains a neglected disease. The disease is associated with high dietary cyanogen consumption fr...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Nzwalo H,Cliff J

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We conducted a systematic literature review with indirect comparison of studies evaluating therapeutic efficacy and toxicity associated to visceral leishmaniasis (VL) therapy among HIV infected individuals. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS:The outcomes of interest were clinical and parasitological cure, mortality, ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Cota GF,de Sousa MR,Fereguetti TO,Rabello A

更新日期：2013-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Canine rabies causes many thousands of human deaths every year in Africa, and continues to increase throughout much of the continent. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:This paper identifies four common reasons given for the lack of effective canine rabies control in Africa: (a) a low priority given for disease...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Lembo T,Hampson K,Kaare MT,Ernest E,Knobel D,Kazwala RR,Haydon DT,Cleaveland S

更新日期：2010-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Antibody-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) against rK39 are available to aid in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Although these rK39 RDTs have been developed, validated and approved for use with serum, they are universally performed using whole blood. It was therefore necessary to determin...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Matlashewski G,Das VN,Pandey K,Singh D,Das S,Ghosh AK,Pandey RN,Das P

更新日期：2013-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Visceral Leishmaniasis in humans presents with fever, anemia, and splenomegaly and can be lethal if not treated. Nevertheless, the majority of Leishmania infantum-infected individuals does not manifest symptoms and remain so provided they are not immunosuppressed. In this work, the performance of different t...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Porcino GN,Carvalho KSS,Braz DC,Costa Silva V,Costa CHN,de Miranda Santos IKF

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on Oeosophagostomum sp., and more especially on O. bifurcum, as a parasite that can be lethal to humans and is widespread among humans and monkeys in endemic regions, but has not yet been documented in apes. Its epidemiology and the role played by non-human primates in its transmission are still poo...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Krief S,Vermeulen B,Lafosse S,Kasenene JM,Nieguitsila A,Berthelemy M,L'hostis M,Bain O,Guillot J

更新日期：2010-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi has been subdivided into seven Discrete Typing Units (DTUs), TcI-TcVI and Tcbat. Two major evolutionary models have been proposed to explain the origin of hybrid lineages, but while it is widely accepted that TcV and TcVI are the result of genetic exchange between TcII and TcIII strains, the origin o...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Ramírez JC,Torres C,Curto MLA,Schijman AG

更新日期：2017-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is hypoendemic in the Mediterranean region, where it is caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum. An effective vaccine for humans is not yet available and the severe side-effects of the drugs in clinical use, linked to the parenteral administration route of most of them, are si...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Calvo-Álvarez E,Stamatakis K,Punzón C,Álvarez-Velilla R,Tejería A,Escudero-Martínez JM,Pérez-Pertejo Y,Fresno M,Balaña-Fouce R,Reguera RM

更新日期：2015-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel strategies are required to control mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit. One attractive approach involves maternally inherited endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria. After artificial infection with Wolbachia, many mosquitoes become refractory to infection and transmission of diverse pathogens. We evaluated the ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Dodson BL,Hughes GL,Paul O,Matacchiero AC,Kramer LD,Rasgon JL

更新日期：2014-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) are a major cause of morbidity in tropical developing countries with a global infection prevalence of more than one billion people and disease burden of around 3.4 million disability adjusted life years. Infection prevalence directly correlates to inadequate sanitation, impoverished co...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Stracke K,Clarke N,Awburn CV,Vaz Nery S,Khieu V,Traub RJ,Jex AR

更新日期：2019-06-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Onchocerciasis in Yemen is one of the most neglected diseases, where baseline estimates of onchocerciasis and monitoring of the impact of ivermectin regularly administered to the affected individuals on its transmission are lacking. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the anti-Ov16 IgG4 seroprevalence a...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Mahdy MAK,Abdul-Ghani R,Abdulrahman TAA,Al-Eryani SMA,Al-Mekhlafi AM,Alhaidari SAA,Azazy AA

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Person-to-person transmission is a key feature of human Nipah virus outbreaks in Bangladesh. In contrast, in an outbreak of Nipah virus in Malaysia, people acquired infections from pigs. It is not known whether this important epidemiological difference is driven primarily by differences between NiV Bangladesh (NiV-BD)...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Clayton BA,Middleton D,Arkinstall R,Frazer L,Wang LF,Marsh GA

更新日期：2016-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While considerable genomic and transcriptomic data are available for Schistosoma mansoni, many of its genes lack significant annotation. A transcriptomic study of individual tissues and organs of schistosomes could play an important role in functional annotation of the unknown genes, particularly by providin...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Nawaratna SS,McManus DP,Moertel L,Gobert GN,Jones MK

更新日期：2011-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Control and prevention of Chagas disease rely mostly on residual spraying of insecticides. In Argentina, vector control shifted from a vertical to a fully horizontal strategy based on community participation between 1992 and 2004. The effects of such strategy on Triatoma infestans, the main domestic vector, ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Vazquez-Prokopec GM,Spillmann C,Zaidenberg M,Kitron U,Gürtler RE

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most treatments of leishmaniasis require hospitalization and present side effects or parasite resistance; innovations in drug formulation/reposition can overcome these barriers and must be pursued to increase therapeutic alternatives. Therefore, we tested polymyxin B (polB) potential to kill Leishmania amazonensis, ad...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Souza Ribeiro Costa J,Medeiros M,Yamashiro-Kanashiro EH,Rocha MC,Cotrim PC,Stephano MA,Lancellotti M,Tavares GD,Oliveira-Nascimento L

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected parasitic zoonosis with considerable socioeconomic impact on affected pastoral communities. CE is endemic throughout the Mediterranean, including Morocco, where the Mid Atlas is the most prevalent area for both human and animal infection. The highest hospital annual ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Chebli H,Laamrani El Idrissi A,Benazzouz M,Lmimouni BE,Nhammi H,Elabandouni M,Youbi M,Afifi R,Tahiri S,Essayd El Feydi A,Settaf A,Tinelli C,De Silvestri A,Bouhout S,Abela-Ridder B,Magnino S,Brunetti E,Filice C,Tamaroz

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito-borne Zika virus (ZIKV) typically causes a mild and self-limiting illness known as Zika fever. Since its recent emergence in 2014 in the American continent, ZIKV infection during pregnancy has been closely associated with a wide range of congenital abnormalities. To date, no vaccines or antivirals are publicl...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Salvo MA,Kingstad-Bakke B,Salas-Quinchucua C,Camacho E,Osorio JE

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV) and Hazara virus (HAZV) belong to the same viral serotype and family. HAZV has lately been used as a model system and surrogate to CCHFV. However, virus-host cell interaction and level of pathogenicity for these viruses are not well investigated nor compared. In this study...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Monteil V,Salata C,Appelberg S,Mirazimi A

更新日期：2020-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:New strategies for collecting post-mortem tissue are necessary, particularly in areas with emerging infections. Minimally invasive autopsy (MIA) has been proposed as an alternative to conventional autopsy (CA), with promising results. Previous studies using MIA addressed the cause of death in adults and chil...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Duarte-Neto AN,Monteiro RAA,Johnsson J,Cunha MDP,Pour SZ,Saraiva AC,Ho YL,da Silva LFF,Mauad T,Zanotto PMA,Saldiva PHN,de Oliveira IRS,Dolhnikoff M

更新日期：2019-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amebic colitis, caused by intestinal infection with the parasite, Entamoeba histolytica, is a common cause of diarrhea worldwide. Fulminant amebic colitis is the most devastating complication of this infection, associated with both high mortality and morbidity. We conducted a review of the English literature...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Shirley DA,Moonah S

更新日期：2016-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This year, Brazil will host about 600,000 foreign visitors during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The concern of possible dengue transmission during this event has been raised given the high transmission rates reported in the past by this country. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:We used dengue incidence rates repor...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： van Panhuis WG,Hyun S,Blaney K,Marques ET Jr,Coelho GE,Siqueira JB Jr,Tibshirani R,da Silva JB Jr,Rosenfeld R

更新日期：2014-07-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Venom recurrence or persistence in the circulation after antivenom treatment has been documented many times in viper envenoming. However, it has not been associated with clinical recurrence for many snakes, including Russell's viper (Daboia spp.). We compare the recovery of coagulopathy to the recurrence or ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Maduwage K,O'Leary MA,Scorgie FE,Shahmy S,Mohamed F,Abeysinghe C,Karunathilake H,Lincz LF,Gnanathasan CA,Isbister GK

更新日期：2014-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:P. vivax and P. falciparum parasites display different tropism for host cells and induce very different clinical symptoms and pathology, suggesting that the immune responses required for protection may differ between these two species. However, no study has qualitatively compared the immune responses to P. falciparum ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Burel JG,Apte SH,McCarthy JS,Doolan DL

更新日期：2016-12-08 00:00:00