Optimization of a Membrane Feeding Assay for Plasmodium vivax Infection in Anopheles albimanus.

abstract：:This paper reports the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections measured in Zimbabwe before and after a control intervention based on annual deworming of school-age children (SAC) conducted from 2012 to 2018. In 2010, epidemiological data were collected from 13 195 SAC in 255 randomly sel...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Midzi N,Montresor A,Mutsaka-Makuvaza MJ,Fronterre C,Manangazira P,Phiri I,Johnson O,Mhlanga G,Diggle PJ

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The global burden of diarrhea is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In montane areas of South-East Asia such as northern Laos, recent changes in land use have induced increased runoff, soil erosion and in-stream suspended sediment loads, and potential pathogen dissemination. To our knowled...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Boithias L,Choisy M,Souliyaseng N,Jourdren M,Quet F,Buisson Y,Thammahacksa C,Silvera N,Latsachack K,Sengtaheuanghoung O,Pierret A,Rochelle-Newall E,Becerra S,Ribolzi O

更新日期：2016-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006797.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Gomez SA,Chapman LAC,Dilger E,Courtenay O,Picado A

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue is a growing problem both in its geographical spread and in its intensity, and yet current global distribution remains highly uncertain. Challenges in diagnosis and diagnostic methods as well as highly variable national health systems mean no single data source can reliably estimate the distribution o...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Brady OJ,Gething PW,Bhatt S,Messina JP,Brownstein JS,Hoen AG,Moyes CL,Farlow AW,Scott TW,Hay SI

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004470.]. ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Decuypere S,Meehan CJ,Van Puyvelde S,De Block T,Maltha J,Palpouguini L,Tahita M,Tinto H,Jacobs J,Deborggraeve S

更新日期：2017-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:MPT64 rapid speciation tests are increasingly being used in diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). Mycobacterium africanum West Africa 2 (Maf 2) remains an important cause of TB in West Africa and causes one third of disease in The Gambia. Since the introduction of MPT64 antigen tests, a higher than expected rate o...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Ofori-Anyinam B,Kanuteh F,Agbla SC,Adetifa I,Okoi C,Dolganov G,Schoolnik G,Secka O,Antonio M,de Jong BC,Gehre F

更新日期：2016-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis affects approximately 240 million people in the world. Schistosoma mansoni eggs in the liver induce periportal fibrosis and hepatic failure driven by monocyte recruitment and macrophage activation, resulting in robust Th2 response. Here, we suggested a possible involvement of Galectin-3 (Gal-3), histon...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： de Oliveira FL,Carneiro K,Brito JM,Cabanel M,Pereira JX,Paiva LA,Syn W,Henderson NC,El-Cheikh MC

更新日期：2017-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) continues to challenge Asia with pandemic potential. In Vietnam, there have been two major outbreaks occurring during 2011-2012 (>200,000 hospitalizations and >200 deaths) and more recently in 2018 (>130,000 hospitalizations and 17 deaths). Given the high burden and the complex epid...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Nhan LNT,Khanh TH,Hong NTT,Van HMT,Nhu LNT,Ny NTH,Nguyet LA,Thanh TT,Anh NT,Hang VTT,Qui PT,Viet HL,Tung TH,Ha DQ,Tuan HM,Thwaites G,Chau NVV,Thwaites L,Hung NT,van Doorn HR,Tan LV

更新日期：2020-08-17 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：:Dengue appears to be endemic in Africa with a number of reported outbreaks. In February 2013, several individuals with dengue-like illnesses and negative malaria blood smears were identified in Mombasa, Kenya. Dengue was laboratory confirmed and an investigation was conducted to estimate the magnitude of local transmi...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Ellis EM,Neatherlin JC,Delorey M,Ochieng M,Mohamed AH,Mogeni DO,Hunsperger E,Patta S,Gikunju S,Waiboic L,Fields B,Ofula V,Konongoi SL,Torres-Velasquez B,Marano N,Sang R,Margolis HS,Montgomery JM,Tomashek KM

更新日期：2015-04-29 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：:Vector control is still our primary intervention for both prevention and mitigation of epidemics of many vector-borne diseases. Efficiently targeting control measures is important since control can involve substantial economic costs. Targeting is not always straightforward, as transmission of vector-borne diseases is ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Stone CM,Schwab SR,Fonseca DM,Fefferman NH

更新日期：2019-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leprosy Type 1 (T1R) reactions are immune-mediated events leading to nerve damage and preventable disability affecting hands, feet and eyes. Type 1 Reactions are treated with oral corticosteroids. There is little evidence on alternative treatments for patients who do not respond to steroids or experience ste...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Lambert SM,Alembo DT,Nigusse SD,Yamuah LK,Walker SL,Lockwood DN

更新日期：2016-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a major global health concern that often causes bloodstream infections in areas of the world affected by malnutrition and comorbidities such as HIV and malaria. Developing a strategy to control the emergence and spread of highly invasive and antimicrobial resistant NTS isolates requir...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Kubicek-Sutherland JZ,Xie G,Shakya M,Dighe PK,Jacobs LL,Daligault H,Davenport K,Stromberg LR,Stromberg ZR,Cheng Q,Kempaiah P,Ong'echa JM,Otieno V,Raballah E,Anyona S,Ouma C,Chain PSG,Perkins DJ,Mukundan H,McMahon BH

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhinoscleroma is a chronic granulomatous infection of the upper airways caused by the bacterium Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. rhinoscleromatis. The disease is endemic in tropical and subtropical areas, but its diagnosis remains difficult. As a consequence, and despite available antibiotherapy, some patients evolve adva...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Fevre C,Passet V,Deletoile A,Barbe V,Frangeul L,Almeida AS,Sansonetti P,Tournebize R,Brisse S

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The World Health Organization identified Uganda as one of the 10 highly endemic countries for schistosomiasis. Annual mass drug administration (MDA) with praziquantel has led to a decline in intensity of Schistosoma mansoni infections in several areas. However, as hotspots with high (re)infection rates remai...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Trienekens SCM,Faust CL,Meginnis K,Pickering L,Ericsson O,Nankasi A,Moses A,Tukahebwa EM,Lamberton PHL

更新日期：2020-05-13 00:00:00

abstract：:ELISA-based methods of detecting Fasciola cathepsins in feces are powerful techniques for diagnosing infections by F. hepatica and F. gigantica. In the last decade, the in-house MM3-COPRO ELISA and its commercial version BIO K 201 (BIO X Diagnostics, Belgium) have been recognized as useful tools for detecting early in...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Martínez-Sernández V,Orbegozo-Medina RA,González-Warleta M,Mezo M,Ubeira FM

更新日期：2016-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The options for treating the fatal disease human African trypanosomiasis are limited to a few drugs that are toxic or facing increasing resistance. New drugs that kill the causative agents, subspecies of Trypanosoma brucei, are therefore urgently needed. Little is known about the cellular mechanisms that lea...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Worthen C,Jensen BC,Parsons M

更新日期：2010-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In India, dengue disease is emerging as the most important vector borne public health problem due to rapid and unplanned urbanization, high human density and week management of the disease. Clinical cases are grossly underreported and not much information is available on prevalence and incidence of the disea...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Mishra AC,Arankalle VA,Gadhave SA,Mahadik PH,Shrivastava S,Bhutkar M,Vaidya VM

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Until 2008, human rabies had never been reported in French Guiana. On 28 May 2008, the French National Reference Center for Rabies (Institut Pasteur, Paris) confirmed the rabies diagnosis, based on hemi-nested polymerase chain reaction on skin biopsy and saliva specimens from a Guianan, who had never travell...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Meynard JB,Flamand C,Dupuy C,Mahamat A,Eltges F,Queuche F,Renner J,Fontanella JM,Hommel D,Dussart P,Grangier C,Djossou F,Dacheux L,Goudal M,Berger F,Ardillon V,Krieger N,Bourhy H,Spiegel A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aedes control interventions are considered the cornerstone of dengue control programmes, but there is scarce evidence on their effect on disease. We set-up a cluster randomized controlled trial in Santiago de Cuba to evaluate the entomological and epidemiological effectiveness of periodical intra- and peri-d...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Toledo ME,Vanlerberghe V,Rosales JP,Mirabal M,Cabrera P,Fonseca V,Gómez Padrón T,Pérez Menzies M,Montada D,Van der Stuyft P

更新日期：2017-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Endemic mycoses are systemic fungal infections. Histoplasmosis is endemic in all temperate areas of the world; coccidioidomycosis and paracoccidioidomycosis are only present in the American continent. These pathogens are not present in Spain, but in the last years there has been an increase of reported cases due to mi...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Molina-Morant D,Sánchez-Montalvá A,Salvador F,Sao-Avilés A,Molina I

更新日期：2018-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND: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 affected. The purpose of the study was to record and compare bacterial diversity in oral samples from ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Bolivar I,Whiteson K,Stadelmann B,Baratti-Mayer D,Gizard Y,Mombelli A,Pittet D,Schrenzel J,Geneva Study Group on Noma (GESNOMA).

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycetoma is a chronic infectious disease of the subcutaneous tissue with a high morbidity. This disease has been reported from countries between 30°N and 15°S since 1840 but the exact burden of disease is not known. It is currently unknown what the incidence, prevalence and the number of reported cases per year per co...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： van de Sande WW

更新日期：2013-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Chikungunya is an emerging public health problem in tropical and subtropical regions, due to ongoing transmission and its incapacitating acute disease phase, and chronic sequelae. The disease is responsible for a major impact on Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), which may last several years. To our k...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Elsinga J,Grobusch MP,Tami A,Gerstenbluth I,Bailey A

更新日期：2017-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pathogenesis of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) has not been well described yet. Recent studies indicate that SFTSV could replicate in endothelial cells. Here we performed a case-control study to determine whether endothelial activation/dysfunction occurred in SFTSV infection and to identi...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Li XK,Yang ZD,Du J,Xing B,Cui N,Zhang PH,Li H,Zhang XA,Lu QB,Liu W

更新日期：2017-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi is seen exclusively in the Americas where an estimated 8 million people are infected with the parasite. Significant research in southern Peru has been conducted to understand T. cruzi infection and vector control, however, much less is known about the burden of ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Alroy KA,Huang C,Gilman RH,Quispe-Machaca VR,Marks MA,Ancca-Juarez J,Hillyard M,Verastegui M,Sanchez G,Cabrera L,Vidal E,Billig EM,Cama VA,Náquira C,Bern C,Levy MZ,Working Group on Chagas Disease in Peru.

更新日期：2015-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Community drug distributors (CDDs) who are volunteers have the responsibility of awareness creation, household census, drug distribution and record-keeping and are thus key stakeholders in the campaign for Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) elimination. Taking into account their experiences and perceptions is important for a s...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Njomo DW,Kimani BW,Kibe LW,Okoyo C,Omondi WP,Sultani HM

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Miltefosine (MF) is the only oral drug available for treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL). Although the drug is effective and well tolerated in treatment of VL, the efficacy and safety of MF for longer treatment durations (>28 days) in PKDL remains unclear. ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Pijpers J,den Boer ML,Essink DR,Ritmeijer K

更新日期：2019-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Brucellosis and coxiellosis are known to be endemic in ruminant populations throughout Afghanistan, but information about their prevalence and factors that affect prevalence in householders and livestock under diverse husbandry systems and pastoral settings is sparse. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:We conducted...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Akbarian Z,Ziay G,Schauwers W,Noormal B,Saeed I,Qanee AH,Shahab Z,Dennison T,Dohoo I,Jackson R

更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00