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Volume 15, issue 12, 2021

Prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections, schistosomiasis, and lymphatic filariasis before and after preventive chemotherapy initiation in the Philippines: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-20

John Paul Caesar Robles delos Trinos, Luh Putu Lila Wulandari, Naomi Clarke, Vicente Belizario, John Kaldor and Susana Vaz Nery

Epidemiology of Schistosoma mansoni infection in Ituri Province, north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo pp. 1-26

Maurice M Nigo, Peter Odermatt, Georgette B Salieb–Beugelaar, Oleksii Morozov, Manuel Battegay and Patrick R Hunziker

Roadblocks in Chagas disease care in endemic and nonendemic countries: Argentina, Colombia, Spain, and the United States. The NET-Heart project pp. 1-12

Andrés F Miranda-Arboleda, Ezequiel José Zaidel, Rachel Marcus, María Jesús Pinazo, Luis Eduardo Echeverría, Clara Saldarriaga, Álvaro Sosa Liprandi, Adrián Baranchuk and on behalf of the Neglected Tropical Diseases and other Infectious Diseases affecting the Heart (NET-Heart) project

Leprosy and cutaneous leishmaniasis affecting the same individuals: A retrospective cohort analysis in a hyperendemic area in Brazil pp. 1-15

Amanda Gabriela de Carvalho, Anuj Tiwari, João Gabriel Guimarães Luz, Daan Nieboer, Peter Steinmann, Jan Hendrik Richardus and Eliane Ignotti

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the potential non-human animal reservoirs and arthropod vectors of the Mayaro virus pp. 1-34

Michael Celone, Bernard Okech, Barbara A Han, Brett M Forshey, Assaf Anyamba, James Dunford, George Rutherford, Neida Karen Mita-Mendoza, Elizabet Lilia Estallo, Ricardo Khouri, Isadora Cristina de Siqueira and Simon Pollett

Validation of the Early Warning and Response System (EWARS) for dengue outbreaks: Evidence from the national vector control program in Mexico pp. 1-18

David Benitez-Valladares, Axel Kroeger, Gustavo Sánchez Tejeda and Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb

Prevention and control of dengue and chikungunya in Colombia: A cost-effectiveness analysis pp. 1-19

Anneke L Claypool, Margaret L Brandeau and Jeremy D Goldhaber-Fiebert

Impact of the introduction of chikungunya and zika viruses on the incidence of dengue in endemic zones of Mexico pp. 1-16

Larissa Fernandes-Matano, Irma Eloisa Monroy-Muñoz, Hector Daniel Pardavé-Alejandre, Luis Antonio Uribe-Noguez, María de los Angeles Hernández-Cueto, Teresita Rojas-Mendoza, Clara Esperanza Santacruz-Tinoco, Concepción Grajales-Muñiz and José Esteban Muñoz-Medina

Volume 15, issue 11, 2021

Inequality of gender, age and disabilities due to leprosy and trends in a hyperendemic metropolis: Evidence from an eleven-year time series study in Central-West Brazil pp. 1-16

José Francisco Martoreli Júnior, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Josilene Dalia Alves, Juliane de Almeida Crispim, Luana Seles Alves, Thaís Zamboni Berra, Tatiana Pestana Barbosa, Fernanda Bruzadelli Paulino da Costa, Yan Mathias Alves, Márcio Souza dos Santos, Dulce Gomes, Mellina Yamamura, Ione Carvalho Pinto, Miguel Angel Fuentealba-Torres, Carla Nunes, Flavia Meneguetti Pieri, Marcos Augusto Moraes Arcoverde, Felipe Lima dos Santos and Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

The prevalence of soil transmitted helminth infections in minority indigenous populations of South-East Asia and the Western Pacific Region: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-30

Beth Gilmour, Kefyalew Addis Alene and Archie C A Clements

Evaluation of GeneXpert vanA/vanB in the early diagnosis of vancomycin-resistant enterococci infection pp. 1-12

Zhuo-Lei Li, Qi-Bing Luo, Shan-Shan Xiao, Ze-Hong Lin, Ye-Ling Liu, Meng-Yi Han, Jing-Hua Zhong, Tian-Xing Ji and Xu-Guang Guo

An accurate mathematical model predicting number of dengue cases in tropics pp. 1-15

Chathurangi Edussuriya, Sampath Deegalla and Indika Gawarammana

Minimally invasive sampling to identify leprosy patients with a high bacterial burden in the Union of the Comoros pp. 1-15

Sofie Marijke Braet, Anouk van Hooij, Epco Hasker, Erik Fransen, Abdou Wirdane, Abdallah Baco, Saverio Grillone, Nimer Ortuno-Gutierrez, Younoussa Assoumani, Aboubacar Mzembaba, Paul Corstjens, Leen Rigouts, Annemieke Geluk and Bouke Catherine de Jong

Gender-related differences in prevalence, intensity and associated risk factors of Schistosoma infections in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-21

Diepreye Victoria Ayabina, Jessica Clark, Helena Bayley, Poppy H L Lamberton, Jaspreet Toor and T Deirdre Hollingsworth

Assessing the effects of disease-specific programs on health systems: An analysis of the Bangladesh Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination Program’s impacts on health service coverage and catastrophic health expenditure pp. 1-21

Kimberly M Koporc, David R Hotchkiss, Charles Stoecker, Deborah A McFarland and Thomas Carton

A novel high performing multiplex immunoassay Multi-HTLV for serological confirmation and typing of HTLV infections pp. 1-21

Lola Marqué, Peter Liehl, Jasper De Boer, Hans Pottel, Edward L Murphy, Roberta Bruhn, Mars Stone, Zhanna Kaidarova, Tzong-Hae Lee, Michael Busch and Maan Zrein

The epidemiology of soil-transmitted helminth infections in children up to 8 years of age: Findings from an Ecuadorian birth cohort pp. 1-20

Irina Chis Ster, Hamzah F Niaz, Martha E Chico, Yisela Oviedo, Maritza Vaca and Philip J Cooper

The burden of zoonoses in Paraguay: A systematic review pp. 1-27

Liz Paola Noguera Zayas, Simon Rüegg and Paul Torgerson

Volume 15, issue 10, 2021

Predictive markers for the early prognosis of dengue severity: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-25

Tran Quang Thach, Heba Gamal Eisa, AlMotsim Ben Hmeda, Hazem Faraj, Tieu Minh Thuan, Manal Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Mario Gerges Awadallah, Nam Xuan Ha, Michael Noeske, Jeza Muhamad Abdul Aziz, Nguyen Hai Nam, Mohamed El Nile, Shyam Prakash Dumre, Nguyen Tien Huy and Kenji Hirayama

Systematic review of the scrub typhus treatment landscape: Assessing the feasibility of an individual participant-level data (IPD) platform pp. 1-22

Kartika Saraswati, Brittany J Maguire, Alistair R D McLean, Sauman Singh-Phulgenda, Roland C Ngu, Paul N Newton, Nicholas P J Day and Philippe J Guérin

Prediction of minimal hepatic encephalopathy by using an radiomics nomogram in chronic hepatic schistosomiasis patients pp. 1-13

Ying Li, Shuai Ju, Xin Li, Yan Li Zhou and Jin Wei Qiang

The extent of protective footwear use among school-age rural children at high risk for podoconiosis and socio-economic correlates: A household cross-sectional survey in Southern Ethiopia pp. 1-17

Abebayehu Tora, Getnet Tadele, Gail Davey and Colleen M McBride

Ovitrap surveillance of dengue vector mosquitoes in Bandung City, West Java Province, Indonesia pp. 1-18

Hadian Iman Sasmita, Kok-Boon Neoh, Sri Yusmalinar, Tjandra Anggraeni, Niann-Tai Chang, Lee-Jin Bong, Ramadhani Eka Putra, Amelia Sebayang, Christina Natalina Silalahi, Intan Ahmad and Wu-Chun Tu

Cross-sectional association of Toxoplasma gondii exposure with BMI and diet in US adults pp. 1-19

Joel Cuffey, Christopher A Lepczyk, Shuoli Zhao and Nicholas M Fountain-Jones

Volume 15, issue 9, 2021

Increasingly expanded future risk of dengue fever in the Pearl River Delta, China pp. 1-18

Wei Wu, Hongyan Ren and Liang Lu

Long-term neurological and healthcare burden of adults with Japanese encephalitis: A nationwide study 2000-2015 pp. 1-17

Hsuan-Ying Chen, Chen-Yi Yang, Cheng-Yang Hsieh, Chun-Yin Yeh, Chang-Chun Chen, Yen-Chin Chen, Chung-Chih Lai, Rebecca Claire Harris, Huang-Tz Ou, Nai-Ying Ko and Wen-Chien Ko

A proposed framework for the development and qualitative evaluation of West Nile virus models and their application to local public health decision-making pp. 1-24

Alexander C Keyel, Morgan E Gorris, Ilia Rochlin, Johnny A Uelmen, Luis F Chaves, Gabriel L Hamer, Imelda K Moise, Marta Shocket, A Marm Kilpatrick, Nicholas B DeFelice, Justin K Davis, Eliza Little, Patrick Irwin, Andrew J Tyre, Kelly Helm Smith, Chris L Fredregill, Oliver Elison Timm, Karen M Holcomb, Michael C Wimberly, Matthew J Ward, Christopher M Barker, Charlotte G Rhodes and Rebecca L Smith

Multiphase evaluation of portable medicines quality screening devices pp. 1-6

Céline Caillet, Serena Vickers, Stephen Zambrzycki, Nantasit Luangasanatip, Vayouly Vidhamaly, Kem Boutsamay, Phonepasith Boupha, Yoel Lubell, Facundo M Fernández and Paul N Newton

Plasmodium vivax epidemiology in Ethiopia 2000-2020: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-29

Tsige Ketema, Ketema Bacha, Kefelegn Getahun, Hernando A del Portillo and Quique Bassat

Implementation of field detection devices for antimalarial quality screening in Lao PDR—A cost-effectiveness analysis pp. 1-19

Nantasit Luangasanatip, Panarasri Khonputsa, Céline Caillet, Serena Vickers, Stephen Zambrzycki, Facundo M Fernández, Paul N Newton and Yoel Lubell

Mobile microscopy and telemedicine platform assisted by deep learning for the quantification of Trichuris trichiura infection pp. 1-14

Elena Dacal, David Bermejo-Peláez, Lin Lin, Elisa Álamo, Daniel Cuadrado, Álvaro Martínez, Adriana Mousa, María Postigo, Alicia Soto, Endre Sukosd, Alexander Vladimirov, Charles Mwandawiro, Paul Gichuki, Nana Aba Williams, José Muñoz, Stella Kepha and Miguel Luengo-Oroz

Blocking HTLV-1/2 silent transmission in Brazil: Current public health policies and proposal for additional strategies pp. 1-14

Carolina Rosadas, Maria Luiza B Menezes, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Tatiane Assone, Angélica E Miranda, Mayra G Aragón, Adele Caterino- de-Araujo, Graham P Taylor and Ricardo Ishak

Implementing trachoma control programmes in marginalised populations in Tanzania: A qualitative study exploring the experiences and perspectives of key stakeholders pp. 1-20

Kaki Tsang, Gilles de Wildt, Upendo Mwingira and Tara B Mtuy

The impact of access to water supply and sanitation on the prevalence of active trachoma in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-13

Thomas Ayalew Abebe and Gudina Terefe Tucho

A framework for scabies control pp. 1-9

Daniel Engelman, Michael Marks, Andrew C Steer, Abate Beshah, Gautam Biswas, Olivier Chosidow, Luc E Coffeng, Belen Lardizabal Dofitas, Wendemagegn Enbiale, Mosoka Fallah, Elkhan Gasimov, Adrian Hopkins, Julie Jacobson, John M Kaldor, Fatimata Ly, Charles D Mackenzie, Jodie McVernon, Matthew Parnaby, Merelesita Rainima-Qaniuci, Oliver Sokana, Dieudonne Sankara, Rie Yotsu, Aya Yajima and Paul T Cantey

Early warning systems (EWSs) for chikungunya, dengue, malaria, yellow fever, and Zika outbreaks: What is the evidence? A scoping review pp. 1-25

Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Tatiana Rivera Ramírez, Axel Kroeger, Ernesto Gozzer and Silvia Runge-Ranzinger

Snakebites in “Invisible Populations”: A cross-sectional survey in riverine populations in the remote western Brazilian Amazon pp. 1-25

Guilherme Kemeron Maciel Salazar, Joseir Saturnino Cristino, Alexandre Vilhena Silva-Neto, Altair Seabra Farias, João Arthur Alcântara, Vinícius Azevedo Machado, Felipe Murta, Vanderson Souza Sampaio, Fernando Val, André Sachett, Paulo Sérgio Bernarde, Marcus Lacerda, Fan Hui Wen, Wuelton Monteiro and Jacqueline Sachett

Volume 15, issue 8, 2021

Spatiotemporal distribution and sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors associated with primary and secondary syphilis in Guangdong, China, 2005–2017 pp. 1-14

Shangqing Tang, Lishuo Shi, Wen Chen, Peizhen Zhao, Heping Zheng, Bin Yang, Cheng Wang and Li Ling

Availability, affordability and stock-outs of commodities for the treatment of snakebite in Kenya pp. 1-20

Gaby Isabelle Ooms, Janneke van Oirschot, Dorothy Okemo, Benjamin Waldmann, Eugene Erulu, Aukje K Mantel-Teeuwisse, Hendrika A van den Ham and Tim Reed

Modelling the ability of mass drug administration to interrupt soil-transmitted helminth transmission: Community-based deworming in Kenya as a case study pp. 1-23

Nyuk Sian Chong, Stacey R Smith?, Marleen Werkman and Roy M Anderson

Control of snakebite envenoming: A mathematical modeling study pp. 1-23

Shuaibu Ahijo Abdullahi, Abdulrazaq Garba Habib and Nafiu Hussaini

Towards a shared understanding of sustainability for neglected tropical disease programs pp. 1-12

Jeffrey Glenn, Aparna Barua Adams, Girija Sankar, Carolyn Henry, Karen Palacio, Wangeci Thuo and Katherine Williams

Estimating underreporting of leprosy in Brazil using a Bayesian approach pp. 1-13

Guilherme L de Oliveira, Juliane F Oliveira, Júlia M Pescarini, Roberto F S Andrade, Joilda S Nery, Maria Y Ichihara, Liam Smeeth, Elizabeth B Brickley, Maurício L Barreto, Gerson O Penna, Maria L F Penna and Mauro N Sanchez

Cost-effectiveness and budget impact analyses of dengue vaccination in Indonesia pp. 1-16

Auliya Abdurrohim Suwantika, Woro Supadmi, Mohammad Ali and Rizky Abdulah

Coagulation abnormalities in Dengue fever infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-16

Tiruneh Adane and Solomon Getawa

Individual and community factors determining delayed leprosy case detection: A systematic review pp. 1-17

Yudhy Dharmawan, Ahmad Fuady, Ida Korfage and Jan Hendrik Richardus

Elimination of schistosomiasis in China: Current status and future prospects pp. 1-10

Wei Wang, Robert Bergquist, Charles H King and Kun Yang

Evaluation of proposed cranial and maxillary bone alteration parameters in persons affected by Hansen’s disease pp. 1-6

Rachel Bertolani do Espírito Santo, Dâmaris Versiani Caldeira Gonçalves, Rachel Azevedo Serafim, Rafael Maffei Loureiro, Daniel Vaccaro Sumi, Ricardo Andrade Fernandes de Mello, Simon M Collin and Patrícia Deps

Volume 15, issue 7, 2021

Cost-effectiveness of dengue vaccination in Puerto Rico pp. 1-15

Guido España, Andrew J Leidner, Stephen H Waterman and T Alex Perkins

Social determinants associated with Zika virus infection in pregnant women pp. 1-12

Nivison Nery, Juan P Aguilar Ticona, Claudia Gambrah, Simon Doss-Gollin, Adeolu Aromolaran, Valmir Rastely-Júnior, Millani Lessa, Gielson A Sacramento, Jaqueline S Cruz, Daiana de Oliveira, Laiara Lopes dos Santos, Crislaine G da Silva, Viviane F Botosso, Camila P Soares, Danielle Bastos Araujo, Danielle B Oliveira, Rubens Prince dos Santos Alves, Robert Andreata-Santos, Edison L Durigon, Luís Carlos de Souza Ferreira, Elsio A Wunder, Ricardo Khouri, Jamary Oliveira-Filho, Isadora C de Siqueira, Antônio R P Almeida, Mitermayer G Reis, Albert I Ko and Federico Costa

Inequalities of visceral leishmaniasis case-fatality in Brazil: A multilevel modeling considering space, time, individual and contextual factors pp. 1-23

Gláucia Cota, Astrid Christine Erber, Eva Schernhammer and Taynãna Cesar Simões

Rate-of-Kill (RoK) assays to triage large compound sets for Chagas disease drug discovery: Application to GSK Chagas Box pp. 1-21

Juan Cantizani, Pablo Gamallo, Ignacio Cotillo, Raquel Alvarez-Velilla and Julio Martin

Arboviral diseases and poverty in Alabama, 2007–2017 pp. 1-13

Donal Bisanzio, Elisa Martello, Katherine Izenour, Kelly Stevens, Ramandeep Kaur, Benjamin A McKenzie, Moritz Kraemer, Richard Reithinger and Sarah Zohdy

Prevalence of neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in acute infection and convalescence: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-17

Helen R Savage, Victor S Santos, Thomas Edwards, Emanuele Giorgi, Sanjeev Krishna, Timothy D Planche, Henry M Staines, Joseph R A Fitchett, Daniela E Kirwan, Ana I Cubas Atienzar, David J Clark, Emily R Adams and Luis E Cuevas

Active case detection methods for crusted scabies and leprosy: A systematic review pp. 1-17

Miriam Glennie, Karen Gardner, Michelle Dowden and Bart J Currie

Volume 15, issue 6, 2021

Undernutrition, food insecurity, and leprosy in North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia: A case-control study to identify infection risk factors associated with poverty pp. 1-11

Puneet Anantharam, Lisa E Emerson, Kassahun D Bilcha, Jessica K Fairley and Annisa B Tesfaye

Evaluation of improved coloured targets to control riverine tsetse in East Africa: A Bayesian approach pp. 1-22

Roger D Santer, Michael N Okal, Johan Esterhuizen and Steve J Torr

Cost of illness for severe and non-severe diarrhea borne by households in a low-income urban community of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study pp. 1-16

Rebeca Sultana, Stephen P Luby, Emily S Gurley, Nadia Ali Rimi, Sayeda Tasnuva Swarna, Jahangir A M Khan, Nazmun Nahar, Probir Kumar Ghosh, Sushil Ranjan Howlader, Humayun Kabir, Shifat Khan and Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen

Economic and disease burden of Japanese encephalitis in Zhejiang Province, 2013–2018 pp. 1-16

Xuan Deng, Rui Yan, Zi-qiao Li, Xue-wen Tang, Yang Zhou and Hanqing He

Health and economic burden estimates of snakebite management upon health facilities in three regions of southern Burkina Faso pp. 1-17

Sayem Ahmed, Guibehi B Koudou, Maïwenn Bagot, François Drabo, Windtaré R Bougma, Caisey Pulford, Moses Bockarie and Robert A Harrison

Whole-exome sequencing reveals insights into genetic susceptibility to Congenital Zika Syndrome pp. 1-17

Victor Borda, Ronaldo da Silva Francisco Junior, Joseane B Carvalho, Guilherme L Morais, Átila Duque Rossi, Paula Pezzuto, Girlene S Azevedo, Bruno L Schamber-Reis, Elyzabeth A Portari, Adriana Melo, Maria Elisabeth L Moreira, Letícia C Guida, Daniela P Cunha, Leonardo Gomes, Zilton F M Vasconcelos, Fabio R Faucz, Amilcar Tanuri, Constantine A Stratakis, Renato S Aguiar, Cynthia Chester Cardoso and Ana Tereza Ribeiro de Vasconcelos

Eliminating onchocerciasis within the Meme River Basin of Cameroon: A social-ecological approach to understanding everyday realities and health systems pp. 1-23

Theobald Mue Nji, Helen Piotrowski, Nnamdi Dum-Buo, Ebua Gallus Fung, Laura Dean, Sally Theobald, Rachael Thomson, Samuel Wanji and Kim Ozano

Caregiver burden in Buruli ulcer disease: Evidence from Ghana pp. 1-14

Yaw Ampem Amoako, Nancy Ackam, John-Paul Omuojine, Michael Ntiamoah Oppong, Abena Gyawu Owusu-Ansah, Mohammed Kabiru Abass, George Amofa, Elizabeth Ofori, Michael Frimpong, Freddie Bailey, David Hurst Molyneux and Richard Odame Phillips

Melioidosis–a disease of socioeconomic disadvantage pp. 1-14

Josh Hanson, Simon Smith, James Stewart, Peter Horne and Nicole Ramsamy

Environmental characteristics around the household and their association with hookworm infection in rural communities from Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia pp. 1-20

Melaku Anegagrie, Sofía Lanfri, Aranzazu Amor Aramendia, Carlos Matías Scavuzzo, Zaida Herrador, Agustín Benito and Maria Victoria Periago

Relative transmissibility of shigellosis among different age groups: A modeling study in Hubei Province, China pp. 1-20

Zeyu Zhao, Qi Chen, Yao Wang, Meijie Chu, Qingqing Hu, Mikah Ngwanguong Hannah, Jia Rui, Xingchun Liu, Yunhan Yu, Fuwei Zhao, Zhengyun Ren, Shanshan Yu, Ran An, Lili Pan, Yi-Chen Chiang, Benhua Zhao, Yanhua Su, Bin Zhao and Tianmu Chen

Prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in dairy cattle in China during 2010–2019: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-20

Qing-Long Gong, Yu Chen, Tian Tian, Xiaobo Wen, Dong Li, Yu-Hao Song, Qi Wang, Rui Du and Xiao-Xuan Zhang

Covid-19 in end-stage renal disease patients with renal replacement therapies: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-19

Tanawin Nopsopon, Jathurong Kittrakulrat, Kullaya Takkavatakarn, Thanee Eiamsitrakoon, Talerngsak Kanjanabuch and Krit Pongpirul

Spatio-temporal modelling of the first Chikungunya epidemic in an intra-urban setting: The role of socioeconomic status, environment and temperature pp. 1-21

Laís Picinini Freitas, Alexandra M Schmidt, William Cossich, Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz and Marilia Sá Carvalho

Stunting in pre-school and school-age children in the Peruvian highlands and its association with Fasciola infection and demographic factors pp. 1-12

Camille M Webb, Maria Luisa Morales, Martha Lopez, Benicia Baca-Turpo, Eulogia Arque, A Clinton White and Miguel M Cabada

Volume 15, issue 5, 2021

Using heterogeneous data to identify signatures of dengue outbreaks at fine spatio-temporal scales across Brazil pp. 1-24

Lauren A Castro, Nicholas Generous, Wei Luo, Ana Pastore y Piontti, Kaitlyn Martinez, Marcelo F C Gomes, Dave Osthus, Geoffrey Fairchild, Amanda Ziemann, Alessandro Vespignani, Mauricio Santillana, Carrie A Manore and Sara Y Del Valle

Mathematical modelling and phylodynamics for the study of dog rabies dynamics and control: A scoping review pp. 1-24

Maylis Layan, Simon Dellicour, Guy Baele, Simon Cauchemez and Hervé Bourhy

Global patterns of aegyptism without arbovirus pp. 1-12

Mark F Olson, Jose G Juarez, Moritz U G Kraemer, Jane P Messina and Gabriel L Hamer

Equity in clinical trials for HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: A systematic review of global representation and inclusion of patients and researchers pp. 1-19

David S Lawrence, Tshepo Leeme, Mosepele Mosepele, Thomas S Harrison, Janet Seeley and Joseph N Jarvis

Endocystectomy as a conservative surgical treatment for hepatic cystic echinococcosis: A systematic review with single-arm meta-analysis pp. 1-21

Mohammad Al-Saeedi, Ali Ramouz, Elias Khajeh, Ahmad El Rafidi, Omid Ghamarnejad, Saeed Shafiei, Sadeq Ali-Hasan-Al-Saegh, Pascal Probst, Marija Stojkovic, Tim Frederik Weber, Katrin Hoffmann and Arianeb Mehrabi

Volume 15, issue 4, 2021

Combining natural language processing and metabarcoding to reveal pathogen-environment associations pp. 1-21

David C Molik, DeAndre Tomlinson, Shane Davitt, Eric L Morgan, Matthew Sisk, Benjamin Roche, Natalie Meyers and Michael E Pfrender

Diagnostic accuracy of the WHO clinical definitions for dengue and implications for surveillance: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-21

Nader Raafat, Shanghavie Loganathan, Mavuto Mukaka, Stuart D Blacksell and Richard James Maude

Worldwide epidemiology of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in humans, ticks and other animal species, a systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-19

Jean Thierry Ebogo Belobo, Sebastien Kenmoe, Cyprien Kengne-Nde, Cynthia Paola Demeni Emoh, Arnol Bowo-Ngandji, Serges Tchatchouang, Jocelyne Noel Sowe Wobessi, Chris Andre Mbongue Mikangue, Hervé Raoul Tazokong, Sandrine Rachel Kingue Bebey, Efietngab Atembeh Noura, Aude Christelle Ka’e, Raïssa Estelle Guiamdjo Simo, Abdou Fatawou Modiyinji, Dimitri Tchami Ngongang, Emmanuel Che, Sorel Kenfack, Nathalie Diane Nzukui, Nathalie Amvongo Adjia, Isabelle Tatiana Babassagana, Gadji Mahamat, Donatien Serge Mbaga, Wilfred Fon Mbacham, Serge Alain Sadeuh-Mbah and Richard Njouom

Management of insecticides for use in disease vector control: Lessons from six countries in Asia and the Middle East pp. 1-18

Henk van den Berg, Raman Velayudhan and Rajpal S Yadav

Development of an integrated, holistic care package for people with lymphoedema for use at the level of the Primary Health Care Unit in Ethiopia pp. 1-13

Abraham Tesfaye, Maya Semrau, Oumer Ali, Mersha Kinfe, Mossie Tamiru, Abebaw Fekadu and Gail Davey

Serology for the diagnosis of human hepatic cystic echinococcosis and its relation with cyst staging: A systematic review of the literature with meta-analysis pp. 1-13

Francesca Tamarozzi, Ronaldo Silva, Veronica Andrea Fittipaldo, Dora Buonfrate, Bruno Gottstein and Mar Siles-Lucas

Meta-analysis of the prevalence of Echinococcus in dogs in China from 2010 to 2019 pp. 1-17

Qing-Long Gong, Gui-Yang Ge, Qi Wang, Tian Tian, Fei Liu, Nai-Chao Diao, Lan-Bi Nie, Ying Zong, Jian-Ming Li, Kun Shi, Xue Leng and Rui Du

Estimating true prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni from population summary measures based on the Kato-Katz diagnostic technique pp. 1-17

Oliver Bärenbold, Amadou Garba, Daniel G Colley, Fiona M Fleming, Rufin K Assaré, Edridah M Tukahebwa, Biruck Kebede, Jean T Coulibaly, Eliézer K N’Goran, Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté, Pauline Mwinzi, Jürg Utzinger and Penelope Vounatsou

The worldwide seroprevalence of DENV, CHIKV and ZIKV infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-17

Zhihui Li, Jin Wang, Xiaomin Cheng, Huan Hu, Cheng Guo, Jingyi Huang, Zeliang Chen and Jiahai Lu

Spatiotemporal distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sri Lanka and future case burden estimates pp. 1-16

Nadira D Karunaweera, Sanath Senanayake, Samitha Ginige, Hermali Silva, Nuwani Manamperi, Nilakshi Samaranayake, Rajika Dewasurendra, Panduka Karunanayake, Deepa Gamage, Nissanka de Silva, Upul Senarath and Guofa Zhou

Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection and its associated factors among primary school students in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-16

Moges Agazhe Assemie, Daniel Shitu Getahun, Yidersail Hune, Pammla Petrucka, Ayele Mamo Abebe, Animut Takele Telayneh, Mekdes Marew Ambaw, Daniel Bekele Ketema, Temesgen Getaneh, Belayneh Mengist, Muluneh Alene and Samuel Derbie Habtegiorgis

Volume 15, issue 3, 2021

Community-directed distributors—The “foot soldiers” in the fight to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases pp. 1-28

Uche V Amazigo, Stephen G A Leak, Honorat G M Zoure, Chukwu Okoronkwo, Maimouna Diop Ly, Sunday Isiyaku, Andy Crump, Joseph C Okeibunor and Boakye Boatin

Towards the elimination of leprosy in Yunnan, China: A time-series analysis of surveillance data pp. 1-13

Tie-Jun Shui, Heng Long, Li Xiong, Xiao-hong Zhang, Jun He and Xiaohua Chen

Use-case scenarios for an anti-Cryptosporidium therapeutic pp. 1-20

Paul G Ashigbie, Susan Shepherd, Kevin L Steiner, Beatrice Amadi, Natasha Aziz, Ujjini H Manjunatha, Jonathan M Spector, Thierry T Diagana and Paul Kelly

Measurement of multiple cytokines for discrimination and risk stratification in patients with Chagas’ disease and idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy pp. 1-14

Yong Wang, Niels Wessel, Franziska Kohse, Adnan Khan, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Maria da Consolaҫão V Moreira and Thomas Walther

Quality of life and associated factors among HIV positive patients after completion of treatment for Cryptococcal meningitis pp. 1-14

Jonathan Kitonsa, Julius Kiwanuka, Zacchaeus Anywaine, Sheila Kansiime, Kenneth Katumba, Namirembe Aeron, Justin Beardsley, Freddie Kibengo, Alastair Gray, Pontiano Kaleebu and Jeremy Day

Revised estimates of leprosy disability weights for assessing the global burden of disease: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis pp. 1-14

Shri Lak Nanjan Chandran, Anuj Tiwari, Anselmo Alves Lustosa, Betul Demir, Bob Bowers, Rachel Gimenes Rodrigues Albuquerque, Renata Bilion Ruiz Prado, Saba Lambert, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Juanita Haagsma and Jan Hendrik Richardus

Multi-criteria decision analysis approach for strategy scale-up with application to Chagas disease management in Bolivia pp. 1-14

Maria-Jesus Pinazo, Ainize Cidoncha, Gurram Gopal, Silvia Moriana, Ruth Saravia, Faustino Torrico and Joaquim Gascon

Added-value of mosquito vector breeding sites from street view images in the risk mapping of dengue incidence in Thailand pp. 1-26

Myat Su Yin, Dominique J Bicout, Peter Haddawy, Johannes Schöning, Yongjua Laosiritaworn and Patiwat Sa-angchai

The effectiveness of anti-inflammatory and anti-seizure medication for individuals with single enhancing lesion neurocysticercosis: A meta-analysis and expert group-based consensus recommendations pp. 1-26

Annette Abraham, Javier A Bustos, Hélène Carabin, Robert de Meijere, Priyadarshi S Sahu, Vedantam Rajshekhar, Gagandeep Singh, A Clinton White, Peter L Chiodini, Sarah Gabriël, Mamoun Homeida, Theodore Nash, Bernard Ngowi, Xiao Nong Zhou, Christina Coyle, Hector H Garcia and Andrea S Winkler

Formal Comment; Tracing the source of infection of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, neglected parasitic infections with long latency: The shaky road of “evidence” gathering pp. 1-3

Paul R Torgerson and Lucy J Robertson

The role of livestock movements in the spread of Rift Valley fever virus in animals and humans in Mayotte, 2018–19 pp. 1-19

Younjung Kim, Raphaëlle Métras, Laure Dommergues, Chouanibou Youssouffi, Soihibou Combo, Gilles Le Godais, Dirk U Pfeiffer, Catherine Cêtre-Sossah, Eric Cardinale, Laurent Filleul, Hassani Youssouf, Marion Subiros and Guillaume Fournié

Derivation of the first clinical diagnostic models for dehydration severity in patients over five years with acute diarrhea pp. 1-19

Adam C Levine, Meagan A Barry, Monique Gainey, Sabiha Nasrin, Kexin Qu, Christopher H Schmid, Eric J Nelson, Stephanie C Garbern, Mahmuda Monjory, Rochelle Rosen and Nur H Alam

Optimising predictive modelling of Ross River virus using meteorological variables pp. 1-21

Iain S Koolhof, Simon M Firestone, Silvana Bettiol, Michael Charleston, Katherine B Gibney, Peter J Neville, Andrew Jardine and Scott Carver

Serious adverse events following treatment of visceral leishmaniasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-21

Sauman Singh-Phulgenda, Prabin Dahal, Roland Ngu, Brittany J Maguire, Alice Hawryszkiewycz, Sumayyah Rashan, Matthew Brack, Christine M Halleux, Fabiana Alves, Kasia Stepniewska, Piero L Olliaro and Philippe J Guerin

Climatic and socio-economic factors supporting the co-circulation of dengue, Zika and chikungunya in three different ecosystems in Colombia pp. 1-29

Jasmine Morgan, Clare Strode and J Enrique Salcedo-Sora

Negative density-dependent dispersal in tsetse (Glossina spp): An artefact of inappropriate analysis pp. 1-17

John W Hargrove, John Van Sickle, Glyn A Vale and Eric R Lucas

Cost-effectiveness of the national dog rabies prevention and control program in Mexico, 1990–2015 pp. 1-17

Jesús Felipe González-Roldán, Eduardo A Undurraga, Martin I Meltzer, Charisma Atkins, Fernando Vargas-Pino, Verónica Gutiérrez-Cedillo and José Ramón Hernández-Pérez

In vitro susceptibility of Trypanosoma cruzi discrete typing units (DTUs) to benznidazole: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-16

Andrea Vela, Marco Coral-Almeida, Denis Sereno, Jaime A Costales, Christian Barnabé and Simone Frédérique Brenière

Gender disparity in cases enrolled in clinical trials of visceral leishmaniasis: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-15

Prabin Dahal, Sauman Singh-Phulgenda, Piero L Olliaro and Philippe J Guerin

Poverty, sanitation, and Leptospira transmission pathways in residents from four Brazilian slums pp. 1-15

Hussein Khalil, Roberta Santana, Daiana de Oliveira, Fabiana Palma, Ricardo Lustosa, Max T Eyre, Ticiana Carvalho-Pereira, Mitermayer G Reis, Albert I Ko, Peter J Diggle, Yeimi Alzate Lopez, Mike Begon and Federico Costa

Diagnostic test accuracy for detecting Schistosoma japonicum and S. mekongi in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-18

Md Obaidur Rahman, Miho Sassa, Natasha Parvin, Md Rashedul Islam, Aya Yajima and Erika Ota

Volume 15, issue 2, 2021

Effects of steroid therapy in patients with severe fever with Thrombocytopenia syndrome: A multicenter clinical cohort study pp. 1-17

Sook In Jung, Ye Eun Kim, Na Ra Yun, Choon-Mee Kim, Dong-Min Kim, Mi Ah Han, Uh Jin Kim, Seong Eun Kim, Jieun Kim, Seong Yeol Ryu, Hyun ah Kim, Jian Hur, Young Keun Kim, Hye Won Jeong, Jung Yeon Heo, Dong Sik Jung, Hyungdon Lee, Kyungmin Huh, Yee Gyung Kwak, Sujin Lee, Seungjin Lim, Sun Hee Lee, Sun Hee Park, Joon-Sup Yeom, Shin-Woo Kim, In-Gyu Bae, Juhyung Lee, Eu Suk Kim and Jun-Won Seo

Costs and outcomes of active and passive case detection for visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) to inform elimination strategies in Bihar, India pp. 1-17

Natalie J Dial, Graham F Medley, Simon L Croft, Tanmay Mahapatra, Khushbu Priyamvada, Bikas Sinha, Lucy Palmer and Fern Terris-Prestholt

A community’s experience during and after the Ebola epidemic of 2014—2016 in Sierra Leone: A qualitative study pp. 1-22

Rianna T Murray, Laura Briggs Drew, Christina Memmott, Ya-Maila Bangura and Elisabeth F Maring

Novel transdisciplinary methodology for cross-sectional analysis of snakebite epidemiology at national scale pp. 1-19

Gabriel Alcoba, Carlos Ochoa, Sara Babo Martins, Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda, Isabelle Bolon, Franck Wanda, Eric Comte, Manish Subedi, Bhupendra Shah, Anup Ghimire, Etienne Gignoux, Francisco Luquero, Armand Seraphin Nkwescheu, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, François Chappuis and Nicolas Ray

The impact of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) on health and wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A case study of Kenya pp. 1-19

Elizabeth A Ochola, Diana M S Karanja and Susan J Elliott

Latent Class Analysis: Insights about design and analysis of schistosomiasis diagnostic studies pp. 1-23

Artemis Koukounari, Haziq Jamil, Elena Erosheva, Clive Shiff and Irini Moustaki

Weaknesses in primary health care favor the growth of acquired syphilis pp. 1-12

Marquiony Marques dos Santos, Tatyana Maria Silva de Souza Rosendo, Ana Karla Bezerra Lopes, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli and Kenio Costa de Lima

The global procurement landscape of leishmaniasis medicines pp. 1-12

Hye Lynn Choi, Saurabh Jain, José A Ruiz Postigo, Bettina Borisch and Daniel Argaw Dagne

An exploration of the protective effect of rodent species richness on the geographical expansion of Lassa fever in West Africa pp. 1-14

Kyung-Duk Min, Jusun Hwang, Maria Cristina Schneider, Yeonghwa So, Ju-Yeun Lee and Sung-il Cho

Volume 15, issue 1, 2021

Tracing the source of infection of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis, neglected parasitic infections with long latency: The shaky road of “evidence” gathering pp. 1-3

Adriano Casulli and Francesca Tamarozzi

Burden of disease and productivity impact of Streptococcus suis infection in Thailand pp. 1-14

Ajaree Rayanakorn, Zanfina Ademi, Danny Liew and Learn-Han Lee

The temporospatial epidemiology of rheumatic heart disease in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia 1997–2017; impact of socioeconomic status on disease burden, severity and access to care pp. 1-20

Katherine Kang, Ken W T Chau, Erin Howell, Mellise Anderson, Simon Smith, Tania J Davis, Greg Starmer and Josh Hanson

Space-time risk cluster of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazilian endemic region with high social vulnerability: An ecological time series study pp. 1-20

Caique J N Ribeiro, Allan D dos Santos, Shirley V M A Lima, Eliete R da Silva, Bianca V S Ribeiro, Andrezza M Duque, Marcus V S Peixoto, Priscila L dos Santos, Iris M de Oliveira, Michael W Lipscomb, Karina C G M de Araújo and Tatiana R de Moura

Overview of snakebite in Brazil: Possible drivers and a tool for risk mapping pp. 1-18

Maria Cristina Schneider, Kyung-duk Min, Patricia Nájera Hamrick, Lucia R Montebello, Tani Maria Ranieri, Lucia Mardini, Volney M Camara, Ronir Raggio Luiz, Bernhard Liese, Myriam Vuckovic, Milton Ozorio Moraes and Nísia Trindade Lima

Hospital-based evidence on cost-effectiveness of brucellosis diagnostic tests and treatment in Kenyan hospitals pp. 1-19

Lorren Alumasa, Lian F Thomas, Fredrick Amanya, Samuel M Njoroge, Ignacio Moriyón, Josiah Makhandia, Jonathan Rushton, Eric M Fèvre and Laura C Falzon

Individual adherence to mass drug administration in neglected tropical disease control: A probability model conditional on past behaviour pp. 1-15

Robert J Hardwick, James E Truscott, William E Oswald, Marleen Werkman, Katherine E Halliday, Rachel L Pullan and Roy M Anderson

Status and forecast of leprosy in the still endemic province of Formosa in northern Argentina pp. 1-13

María R Arnaiz, Mónica S Iglesias, José I Franco, Lucila Arzamendia, María S Santini and Hugo C Recalde

Pulse-Controlled Amplification–A new powerful tool for on-site diagnostics under resource limited conditions pp. 1-17

Katharina Müller, Sarah Daßen, Scott Holowachuk, Katrin Zwirglmaier, Joachim Stehr, Federico Buersgens, Lars Ullerich and Kilian Stoecker