Rift valley fever viral load correlates with the human inflammatory response and coagulation pathway abnormalities in humans with hemorrhagic manifestations.

abstract：:Trypanosoma brucei are unicellular parasites endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa that cause fatal disease in humans and animals. Infection with these parasites is caused by the bite of the tsetse fly vector, and parasites living extracellularly in the blood of infected animals evade the host immune system through antigenic ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Walsh ME,Naudzius EM,Diaz SJ,Wismar TW,Martchenko Shilman M,Schulz D

更新日期：2020-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In South Asia, hundreds of millions of people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, and Trichuris trichiura). However, high-resolution risk profiles and the estimated number of people infected have yet to be determined. In turn, such information will assist control pro...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Lai YS,Biedermann P,Shrestha A,Chammartin F,À Porta N,Montresor A,Mistry NF,Utzinger J,Vounatsou P

更新日期：2019-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In most low-resource settings, microscopy still is the standard method for diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis, despite its limited sensitivity. In Ethiopia, the more sensitive molecular methods are not yet routinely used. This study compared five PCR methods with microscopy on two sample types collected from patient...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Merdekios B,Pareyn M,Tadesse D,Eligo N,Kassa M,Jacobs BKM,Leirs H,Van Geertruyden JP,van Griensven J,Caljon G,Cnops L

更新日期：2021-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:During the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa several international mobile laboratories were deployed to the mainly affected countries Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia to provide ebolavirus diagnostic capacity. Additionally, imported cases and small outbreaks in other countries required global preparedness for Ebola...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Ellerbrok H,Jacobsen S,Patel P,Rieger T,Eickmann M,Becker S,Günther S,Naidoo D,Schrick L,Keeren K,Targosz A,Teichmann A,Formenty P,Niedrig M

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since leprosy is both treated and controlled by multidrug therapy (MDT) it is important to monitor recurrent cases for drug resistance and to distinguish between relapse and reinfection as a means of assessing therapeutic efficacy. All three objectives can be reached with single nucleotide resolution using n...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Stefani MMA,Avanzi C,Bührer-Sékula S,Benjak A,Loiseau C,Singh P,Pontes MAA,Gonçalves HS,Hungria EM,Busso P,Piton J,Silveira MIS,Cruz R,Schetinni A,Costa MB,Virmond MCL,Diorio SM,Dias-Baptista IMF,Rosa PS,Matsuoka M

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In view of the current widespread use of and reliance on a single schistosomicide, praziquantel, there is a pressing need to discover and develop alternative drugs for schistosomiasis. One approach to this is to develop High Throughput in vitro whole organism screens (HTS) to identify hits amongst large comp...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Mansour NR,Bickle QD

更新日期：2010-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Digestive and cardiodigestive forms of Chagas' disease are observed in 2% to 27% of the patients, depending on their geographic location, Trypanosoma cruzi strain and immunopathological responses. The aim of this work was to evaluate the role of NOD2 innate immune receptor in the pathogenesis of the digestive system i...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Pereira NS,Queiroga TBD,da Silva DD,Nascimento MSL,Andrade CM,Souto JT,Ricci MF,Arantes RME,Zamboni DS,Chiari E,Câmara ACJD,Galvão LMDC,Guedes PMM

更新日期：2020-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) is a group of serious pathogens in cystic fibrosis patients and causes life threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. Species within the Bcc are widely distributed within the environment, can survive in the presence of disinfectants and antiseptics, and are inhe...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Farzana R,Jones LS,Rahman MA,Sands K,Portal E,Boostrom I,Kalam MA,Hasan B,Khan A,Walsh TR

更新日期：2020-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is endemic to many regions of the world and affects approximately 200 million people. Conventional adaptive T cell responses are considered to be the primary contributors to the pathogenesis of Schistosoma japonicum infection, leading to liver granuloma and fibrosis. However, the functional polarizatio...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Gong W,Huang F,Sun L,Yu A,Zhang X,Xu Y,Shen Y,Cao J

更新日期：2018-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) encoding heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) alone or with heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) cause moderate-to-severe diarrhea (MSD) in developing country children. The Global Enteric Multicenter Study (GEMS) identified ETEC encoding ST among the top four enteropathogens. Since th...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Vidal RM,Muhsen K,Tennant SM,Svennerholm AM,Sow SO,Sur D,Zaidi AKM,Faruque ASG,Saha D,Adegbola R,Hossain MJ,Alonso PL,Breiman RF,Bassat Q,Tamboura B,Sanogo D,Onwuchekwa U,Manna B,Ramamurthy T,Kanungo S,Ahmed S,Q

更新日期：2019-01-04 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：BACKGROUND:Morocco has achieved the goal of leprosy elimination as a public health problem several years ago (less than 1 case/ 10 000 habitant). The aim of this study was to analyze trends of leprosy detection during the last 17 years taking into consideration the implementation of single dose rifampicin chemoprophyla...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Khoudri I,Elyoussfi Z,Mourchid Y,Youbi M,Bennani Mechita N,Abouqal R,Maaroufi A

更新日期：2018-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The progression and variation of pathology during infections can be due to components from both host or pathogen, and/or the interaction between them. The influence of host genetic variation on disease pathology during infections with trypanosomes has been well studied in recent years, but the role of parasite genetic...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Morrison LJ,Tait A,McLellan S,Sweeney L,Turner CM,MacLeod A

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between prior Anisakis infections and upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), and its interaction with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) intake. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:We conducted a hospital-based case-control study covering 215 UGIB ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Ubeira FM,Anadón AM,Salgado A,Carvajal A,Ortega S,Aguirre C,López-Goikoetxea MJ,Ibanez L,Figueiras A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leishmaniasis is a serious multifactorial parasitic disease with limited treatment options. Current chemotherapy is mainly consisted of drugs with serious drawbacks such as toxicity, variable efficacy and resistance. Alternative bioactive phytocompounds may provide a promising source for discovering new anti...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Karampetsou K,Koutsoni OS,Gogou G,Angelis A,Skaltsounis LA,Dotsika E

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chlamydia trachomatis is the etiological agent of trachoma the world's leading cause of infectious blindness. Here, we investigate whether protracted clearance of a primary infection in nonhuman primates is attributable to antigenic variation or related to the maturation of the anti-chlamydial humoral immune...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Kari L,Bakios LE,Goheen MM,Bess LN,Watkins HS,Southern TR,Song L,Whitmire WM,Olivares-Zavaleta N,Caldwell HD

更新日期：2013-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:On the Zanzibar islands, United Republic of Tanzania, elimination of urogenital schistosomiasis is strived for in the coming years. This qualitative study aimed to better understand community knowledge, perceptions, and practices associated with schistosomiasis among school-aged children on Unguja and Pemba ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Person B,Ali SM,A'Kadir FM,Ali JN,Mohammed UA,Mohammed KA,Rollinson D,Knopp S

更新日期：2016-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Plasmodium spp. and helminths are co-endemic in many parts of the tropics; hence, co-infection is a common phenomenon. Interactions between Plasmodium and helminth infections may alter the host's immune response and susceptibility and thus impact on morbidity. There is little information on the direction a...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Hürlimann E,Houngbedji CA,Yapi RB,N'Dri PB,Silué KD,Ouattara M,Utzinger J,N'Goran EK,Raso G

更新日期：2019-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemotherapy of lymphatic filariasis relies upon drugs such as diethylcarbamazine and ivermectin that largely target the microfilarial stages of the parasite, necessitating continued treatment over the long reproductive life span of the adult worm. The identification of compounds that target adult worms has been a...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Taldone T,Gillan V,Sun W,Rodina A,Patel P,Maitland K,O'Neill K,Chiosis G,Devaney E

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The agents of paracoccidioidomycosis, historically identified as Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, are in fact different phylogenetic species. This study aims to evaluate associations between Paracoccidioides phylogenetic species and corresponding clinical data. METHODS:Paracoccidioides strains from INI/Fioc...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： de Macedo PM,Teixeira MM,Barker BM,Zancopé-Oliveira RM,Almeida-Paes R,Francesconi do Valle AC

更新日期：2019-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transmission of Yersinia pestis by flea bite can occur by two mechanisms. After taking a blood meal from a bacteremic mammal, fleas have the potential to transmit the very next time they feed. This early-phase transmission resembles mechanical transmission in some respects, but the mechanism is unknown. Ther...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Hinnebusch BJ,Bland DM,Bosio CF,Jarrett CO

更新日期：2017-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sporadic Japanese encephalitis (JE) cases still have been reported in Zhejiang Province in recent years, and concerns about vaccine cross-protection and population-level immunity have been raised off and on within the public health sphere. Genotype I (GI) has replaced GIII as the dominant genotype in Asian c...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Pan JR,Yan JY,Zhou JY,Tang XW,He HQ,Xie RH,Mao HY,Zhang YJ,Xie SY

更新日期：2016-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A budget proposal to stop the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funding in surveillance and research for mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and West Nile virus has the potential to leave the country ill-prepared to handle new emerging diseases and manage existing ones. In order to demonstrate t...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Vazquez-Prokopec GM,Chaves LF,Ritchie SA,Davis J,Kitron U

更新日期：2010-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Orientia tsutsugamushi (Ots) frequently causes severe scrub typhus infections in the Asia-Pacific region. Korean investigators have demonstrated that Ots encodes five different autotransporter domain (ATD) proteins (ScaA-ScaE). ScaA functions as an adhesin and confers protective immunity in a lethal mouse model of Ots...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Koralur MC,Ramaiah A,Dasch GA

更新日期：2018-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The global burden of cholera is largely unknown because the majority of cases are not reported. The low reporting can be attributed to limited capacity of epidemiological surveillance and laboratories, as well as social, political, and economic disincentives for reporting. We previously estimated 2.8 million...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Ali M,Nelson AR,Lopez AL,Sack DA

更新日期：2015-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Syphilis is resurgent in many regions of the world. Molecular typing is a robust tool for investigating strain diversity and epidemiology. This study aimed to review original research on molecular typing of Treponema pallidum (T. pallidum) with three objectives: (1) to determine specimen types most suitable ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Peng RR,Wang AL,Li J,Tucker JD,Yin YP,Chen XS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rodents are major reservoirs of pathogens responsible for numerous zoonotic diseases in humans and livestock. Assessing their microbial diversity at both the individual and population level is crucial for monitoring endemic infections and revealing microbial association patterns within reservoirs. Recently, ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Razzauti M,Galan M,Bernard M,Maman S,Klopp C,Charbonnel N,Vayssier-Taussat M,Eloit M,Cosson JF

更新日期：2015-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:China has the highest incidence of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) worldwide. Reported cases account for 90% of the total number of global cases. By 2010, approximately 1.4 million HFRS cases had been reported in China. This study aimed to explore the effect of the rodent reservoir, and natural ...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Xiao H,Tian HY,Gao LD,Liu HN,Duan LS,Basta N,Cazelles B,Li XJ,Lin XL,Wu HW,Chen BY,Yang HS,Xu B,Grenfell B

更新日期：2014-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leptospirosis occurs worldwide, but the global incidence of human disease and its mortality are not well understood. Many patients are undiagnosed and untreated due to its non-specific symptoms and a lack of access to diagnostics. This study systematically reviews the literature to clarify the mortality from...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Taylor AJ,Paris DH,Newton PN

更新日期：2015-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Leishmaniasis is a complex disease in which clinical outcome depends on factors such as parasite species, host genetics and immunity and vector species. In Brazil, Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis is a major etiological agent of cutaneous (CL) and mucosal leishmaniasis (MCL), a disfiguring form of the disea...

journal_title：PLoS neglected tropical diseases

authors： Alves-Ferreira EV,Toledo JS,De Oliveira AH,Ferreira TR,Ruy PC,Pinzan CF,Santos RF,Boaventura V,Rojo D,López-Gonzálvez Á,Rosa JC,Barbas C,Barral-Netto M,Barral A,Cruz AK

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00