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Volume 11, issue 12, 2017

Cost-effectiveness analysis of diarrhoea management approaches in Nigeria: A decision analytical model pp. 1-14

Charles E Okafor and Obinna I Ekwunife

The physicochemical fingerprint of Necator americanus pp. 1-19

Veeren M Chauhan, David J Scurr, Thomas Christie, Gary Telford, Jonathan W Aylott and David I Pritchard

Quantifying the burden of vampire bat rabies in Peruvian livestock pp. 1-17

Julio A Benavides, Elizabeth Rojas Paniagua, Katie Hampson, William Valderrama and Daniel G Streicker

Ten failings in global neglected tropical diseases control pp. 1-4

Peter J Hotez

Tracking the career development of scientists in low- and middle-income countries trained through TDR’s research capacity strengthening programmes: Learning from monitoring and impact evaluation pp. 1-15

Béatrice Halpaap, Mahnaz Vahedi, Edith Certain, Tini Alvarado, Caroline Saint Martin, Corinne Merle, Michael Mihut and Pascal Launois

Review of the factors influencing the motivation of community drug distributors towards the control and elimination of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) pp. 1-23

Alison Krentel, Margaret Gyapong, Shruti Mallya, Nana Yaa Boadu, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, Mariana Stephens and Deborah A McFarland

Volume 11, issue 11, 2017

Programmatic factors associated with the limited impact of Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin to control Onchocerciasis in three drainage basins of South West Cameroon pp. 1-18

Christian Tetteh Duamor, Fabrice Roberto Datchoua-Poutcheu, Winston Patrick Chounna Ndongmo, Aldof Tah Yoah, Ernest Njukang, Emmanuel Kah, Mary Sheena Maingeh, Jonas Arnaud Kengne-Ouaffo, Dizzle Bita Tayong, Peter A Enyong and Samuel Wanji

The "F" in SAFE: Reliability of assessing clean faces for trachoma control in the field pp. 1-9

Sheila K West, Derick Ansah, Beatriz Munoz, Nicodemus Funga and Harran Mkocha

Liposomal amphotericin B in travelers with cutaneous and muco-cutaneous leishmaniasis: Not a panacea pp. 1-12

Romain Guery, Benoit Henry, Guillaume Martin-Blondel, Claire Rouzaud, Florence Cordoliani, Gundel Harms, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Françoise Foulet, Emmanuelle Bourrat, Michel Baccard, Gloria Morizot, Paul-Henri Consigny, Antoine Berry, Johannes Blum, Olivier Lortholary, Pierre Buffet and the French Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Study group & the LeishMan network

Safety and efficacy of a freeze-dried trivalent antivenom for snakebites in the Brazilian Amazon: An open randomized controlled phase IIb clinical trial pp. 1-21

Iran Mendonça-da-Silva, Antônio Magela Tavares, Jacqueline Sachett, José Felipe Sardinha, Lilian Zaparolli, Maria Fátima Gomes Santos, Marcus Lacerda and Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro

Internet-based biosurveillance methods for vector-borne diseases: Are they novel public health tools or just novelties? pp. 1-13

Simon Pollett, Benjamin M Althouse, Brett Forshey, George W Rutherford and Richard G Jarman

US Gulf Coast states: The rise of neglected tropical diseases in "flyover nation" pp. 1-4

Peter J Hotez and Sheila Jackson Lee

Health seeking behavior following snakebites in Sri Lanka: Results of an island wide community based survey pp. 1-11

Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Nipul Kithsiri Gunawardena, Shaluka Francis Jayamanne, David Griffith Lalloo and Hithanadura Janaka de Silva

Evidence of increased exposure to Toxoplasma gondii in individuals with recent onset psychosis but not with established schizophrenia pp. 1-10

Robert Yolken, E Fuller Torrey and Faith Dickerson

The importance of thinking beyond the water-supply in cholera epidemics: A historical urban case-study pp. 1-15

Matthew D Phelps, Andrew S Azman, Joseph A Lewnard, Marina Antillón, Lone Simonsen, Viggo Andreasen, Peter K M Jensen and Virginia E Pitzer

After the epidemic: Zika virus projections for Latin America and the Caribbean pp. 1-19

Felipe J Colón-González, Carlos A Peres, Christine Steiner São Bernardo, Paul R Hunter and Iain R Lake

Turning poop into profit: Cost-effectiveness and soil transmitted helminth infection risk associated with human excreta reuse in Vietnam pp. 1-16

Ngan Tran-Thi, Rachel J Lowe, Janna M Schurer, Tu Vu- Van, Lauren E MacDonald and Phuc Pham-Duc

Poverty and health among CDC plantation labourers in Cameroon: Perceptions, challenges and coping strategies pp. 1-16

Valerie Makoge, Lenneke Vaandrager, Harro Maat and Maria Koelen

Volume 11, issue 10, 2017

Developing a dengue forecast model using machine learning: A case study in China pp. 1-22

Pi Guo, Tao Liu, Qin Zhang, Li Wang, Jianpeng Xiao, Qingying Zhang, Ganfeng Luo, Zhihao Li, Jianfeng He, Yonghui Zhang and Wenjun Ma

The rationale and cost-effectiveness of a confirmatory mapping tool for lymphatic filariasis: Examples from Ethiopia and Tanzania pp. 1-14

Katherine M Gass, Heven Sime, Upendo J Mwingira, Andreas Nshala, Maria Chikawe, Sonia Pelletreau, Kira A Barbre, Michael S Deming and Maria P Rebollo

How familiar are our doctors towards Rabies prophylaxis- A study from coastal south India pp. 1-8

Ramesh Holla, Bhagawan Darshan, Astha Guliani, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Rekha Thapar, Prasanna Mithra, Nithin Kumar, Vaman Kulkarni, Avinash Kumar and Salman Anwar

A clinical severity scoring system for visceral leishmaniasis in immunocompetent patients in South Sudan pp. 1-15

Suzette S Kämink, Simon M Collin, Tim Harrison, Francis Gatluak, Abdul Wasay Mullahzada and Koert Ritmeijer

Prevalence, intensity and risk factors of tungiasis in Kilifi County, Kenya: I. Results from a community-based study pp. 1-19

Susanne Wiese, Lynne Elson, Felix Reichert, Barbara Mambo and Hermann Feldmeier

Health-related impact on quality of life and coping strategies for chikungunya: A qualitative study in Curaçao pp. 1-19

Jelte Elsinga, Martin P Grobusch, Adriana Tami, Izzy Gerstenbluth and Ajay Bailey

The cost of mapping trachoma: Data from the Global Trachoma Mapping Project pp. 1-19

Guillaume Trotignon, Ellen Jones, Thomas Engels, Elena Schmidt, Deborah A McFarland, Colin K Macleod, Khaled Amer, Amadou A Bio, Ana Bakhtiari, Sarah Bovill, Amy H Doherty, Asad Aslam Khan, Mariamo Mbofana, Siobhain McCullagh, Tom Millar, Consity Mwale, Lisa A Rotondo, Angela Weaver, Rebecca Willis and Anthony W Solomon

Systematic review of community-based, school-based, and combined delivery modes for reaching school-aged children in mass drug administration programs for schistosomiasis pp. 1-16

Michael Burnim, Julianne A Ivy and Charles H King

New paths for PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: Continuing a tradition of innovation and commitment to the poor pp. 1-2

Peter J Hotez

Analysing published global Ebola Virus Disease research using social network analysis pp. 1-24

Christiane Hagel, Felix Weidemann, Stephan Gauch, Suzanne Edwards and Peter Tinnemann

Cost-effectiveness of adding indoor residual spraying to case management in Afghan refugee settlements in Northwest Pakistan during a prolonged malaria epidemic pp. 1-18

Natasha Howard, Lorna Guinness, Mark Rowland, Naeem Durrani and Kristian S Hansen

Effectiveness of 32 versus 20 weeks of prednisolone in leprosy patients with recent nerve function impairment: A randomized controlled trial pp. 1-18

Inge Wagenaar, Erik Post, Wim Brandsma, Bob Bowers, Khorshed Alam, Vanaja Shetty, Vivek Pai, Sajid Husain, Cita Rosita Sigit Prakoeswa, Linda Astari, Deanna Hagge, Mahesh Shah, Kapil Neupane, Krishna Bahadur Tamang, The TENLEP study Group, Peter Nicholls and Jan Hendrik Richardus

The cost and cost-effectiveness of rapid testing strategies for yaws diagnosis and surveillance pp. 1-18

Christopher Fitzpatrick, Kingsley Asiedu, Anita Sands, Tita Gonzalez Pena, Michael Marks, Oriol Mitja, Filip Meheus and Patrick Van der Stuyft

Ecological niche modeling and distribution of Ornithodoros hermsi associated with tick-borne relapsing fever in western North America pp. 1-18

Kylie M Sage, Tammi L Johnson, Michael B Teglas, Nathan C Nieto and Tom G Schwan

Genome-wide SNPs reveal the drivers of gene flow in an urban population of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus pp. 1-20

Thomas L Schmidt, Gordana Rašić, Dongjing Zhang, Xiaoying Zheng, Zhiyong Xi and Ary A Hoffmann

The cost-effectiveness of an eradication programme in the end game: Evidence from guinea worm disease pp. 1-21

Christopher Fitzpatrick, Dieudonné P Sankara, Junerlyn Farah Agua, Lakshmi Jonnalagedda, Filippo Rumi, Adam Weiss, Matthew Braden, Ernesto Ruiz-Tiben, Nicole Kruse, Kate Braband and Gautam Biswas

The socio-economic burden of human African trypanosomiasis and the coping strategies of households in the South Western Kenya foci pp. 1-21

Salome A Bukachi, Simiyu Wandibba and Isaac K Nyamongo

Schistosoma japonicum transmission risk maps at present and under climate change in mainland China pp. 1-17

Gengping Zhu, Jingyu Fan and A Townsend Peterson

A multi-country study of the economic burden of dengue fever: Vietnam, Thailand, and Colombia pp. 1-17

Jung-Seok Lee, Vittal Mogasale, Jacqueline K Lim, Mabel Carabali, Kang-Sung Lee, Chukiat Sirivichayakul, Duc Anh Dang, Diana Cristina Palencia-Florez, Thi Hien Anh Nguyen, Arthorn Riewpaiboon, Pornthep Chanthavanich, Luis Villar, Brian A Maskery and Andrew Farlow

Volume 11, issue 9, 2017

Immune status alters the probability of apparent illness due to dengue virus infection: Evidence from a pooled analysis across multiple cohort and cluster studies pp. 1-12

Hannah E Clapham, Derek A T Cummings and Michael A Johansson

How much will it cost to eradicate lymphatic filariasis? An analysis of the financial and economic costs of intensified efforts against lymphatic filariasis pp. 1-20

Randee J Kastner, Elisa Sicuri, Christopher M Stone, Gabriel Matwale, Ambrose Onapa and Fabrizio Tediosi

Household costs of hospitalized dengue illness in semi-rural Thailand pp. 1-13

Yesim Tozan, Pitcha Ratanawong, Maquines Odhiambo Sewe, Annelies Wilder-Smith and Pattamaporn Kittayapong

Host outdoor exposure variability affects the transmission and spread of Zika virus: Insights for epidemic control pp. 1-15

Marco Ajelli, Imelda K Moise, Tricia Caroline S G Hutchings, Scott C Brown, Naresh Kumar, Neil F Johnson and John C Beier

Effectiveness and economic assessment of routine larviciding for prevention of chikungunya and dengue in temperate urban settings in Europe pp. 1-15

Giorgio Guzzetta, Filippo Trentini, Piero Poletti, Frederic Alexandre Baldacchino, Fabrizio Montarsi, Gioia Capelli, Annapaola Rizzoli, Roberto Rosà, Stefano Merler and Alessia Melegaro

The single cyclic nucleotide-specific phosphodiesterase of the intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia represents a potential drug target pp. 1-23

Stefan Kunz, Vreni Balmer, Geert Jan Sterk, Michael P Pollastri, Rob Leurs, Norbert Müller, Andrew Hemphill and Cornelia Spycher

Global health policy and neglected tropical diseases: Then, now, and in the years to come pp. 1-5

Thomas Fürst, Paola Salari, Laura Monzón Llamas, Peter Steinmann, Christopher Fitzpatrick and Fabrizio Tediosi

Access to benznidazole for Chagas disease in the United States—Cautious optimism? pp. 1-5

Jonathan D Alpern, Rogelio Lopez-Velez and William M Stauffer

"We need people to collaborate together against this disease": A qualitative exploration of perceptions of dengue fever control in caregivers' of children under 5 years, in the Peruvian Amazon pp. 1-19

Amy L Frank, Emily R Beales, Gilles de Wildt, Graciela Meza Sanchez and Laura L Jones

Systematic review of clinical trials assessing the therapeutic efficacy of visceral leishmaniasis treatments: A first step to assess the feasibility of establishing an individual patient data sharing platform pp. 1-16

Jacob T Bush, Monique Wasunna, Fabiana Alves, Jorge Alvar, Piero L Olliaro, Michael Otieno, Carol Hopkins Sibley, Nathalie Strub Wourgaft and Philippe J Guerin

Cost-effectiveness of a national enterovirus 71 vaccination program in China pp. 1-16

Wenjun Wang, Jianwen Song, Jingjing Wang, Yaping Li, Huiling Deng, Mei Li, Ning Gao, Song Zhai, Shuangsuo Dang, Xin Zhang and Xiaoli Jia

Advocacy for identifying certain animal diseases as “neglected” pp. 1-4

François Louis Roger, Philippe Solano, Jérémy Bouyer, Vincent Porphyre, David Berthier, Marisa Peyre and Pascal Bonnet

Estimating the burden of scrub typhus: A systematic review pp. 1-17

Ana Bonell, Yoel Lubell, Paul N Newton, John A Crump and Daniel H Paris

Volume 11, issue 8, 2017

Modeling zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence in central Tunisia from 2009-2015: Forecasting models using climate variables as predictors pp. 1-18

Khouloud Talmoudi, Hedia Bellali, Nissaf Ben-Alaya, Marc Saez, Dhafer Malouche and Mohamed Kouni Chahed

A dynamic model for estimating adult female mortality from ovarian dissection data for the tsetse fly Glossina pallidipes Austen sampled in Zimbabwe pp. 1-20

Sarah F Ackley and John W Hargrove

Community effectiveness of indoor spraying as a dengue vector control method: A systematic review pp. 1-13

Moody Samuel, Dorit Maoz, Pablo Manrique, Tara Ward, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger, Joao Toledo, Ross Boyce and Olaf Horstick

Adherence to ivermectin is more associated with perceptions of community directed treatment with ivermectin organization than with onchocerciasis beliefs pp. 1-17

Fanny Nadia Dissak-Delon, Guy-Roger Kamga, Perrine Claire Humblet, Annie Robert, Jacob Souopgui, Joseph Kamgno, Marie José Essi, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu and Isabelle Godin

"We are survivors and not a virus:" Content analysis of media reporting on Ebola survivors in Liberia pp. 1-19

Elisabeth Anne-Sophie Mayrhuber, Thomas Niederkrotenthaler and Ruth Kutalek

An economic evaluation of vector control in the age of a dengue vaccine pp. 1-27

Christopher Fitzpatrick, Alexander Haines, Mathieu Bangert, Andrew Farlow, Janet Hemingway and Raman Velayudhan

Volume 11, issue 7, 2017

Community effectiveness of pyriproxyfen as a dengue vector control method: A systematic review pp. 1-20

Dorit Maoz, Tara Ward, Moody Samuel, Pie Müller, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger, Joao Toledo, Ross Boyce, Raman Velayudhan and Olaf Horstick

Dengue prediction by the web: Tweets are a useful tool for estimating and forecasting Dengue at country and city level pp. 1-20

Cecilia de Almeida Marques-Toledo, Carolin Marlen Degener, Livia Vinhal, Giovanini Coelho, Wagner Meira, Claudia Torres Codeço and Mauro Martins Teixeira

The socio-economic burden of snakebite in Sri Lanka pp. 1-9

Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, A Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Shaluka F Jayamanne, Andrew Dawson, Geoff K Isbister, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva and David G Lalloo

Impact of mass drug administration for elimination of lymphatic filariasis in Nepal pp. 1-12

Chet Raj Ojha, Basant Joshi, Khagendra Prakash Kc, Shyam Prakash Dumre, Keshav Kumar Yogi, Bandana Bhatta, Tulasi Adhikari, Kathryn Crowley and Babu Ram Marasini

Prevalence of Toxocara species infection in the U.S.: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011-2014 pp. 1-12

Aaron Farmer, Thomas Beltran and Young Sammy Choi

The disease burden of human cystic echinococcosis based on HDRs from 2001 to 2014 in Italy pp. 1-18

Toni Piseddu, Diego Brundu, Giovanni Stegel, Federica Loi, Sandro Rolesu, Gabriella Masu, Salvatore Ledda and Giovanna Masala

Lymphatic filariasis patient identification in a large urban area of Tanzania: An application of a community-led mHealth system pp. 1-17

Upendo Mwingira, Maria Chikawe, Wilfred Lazarus Mandara, Hayley E Mableson, Cecilia Uisso, Irene Mremi, Alpha Malishee, Mwele Malecela, Charles D Mackenzie, Louise A Kelly-Hope and Michelle C Stanton

The esperanza window trap reduces the human biting rate of Simulium ochraceum s.l. in formerly onchocerciasis endemic foci in Southern Mexico pp. 1-10

Mario A Rodríguez-Pérez, Javier A Garza-Hernández, Mario C Salinas-Carmona, Ildefonso Fernández-Salas, Filiberto Reyes-Villanueva, Olga Real-Najarro, Eddie W Cupp and Thomas R Unnasch

The tradition algorithm approach underestimates the prevalence of serodiagnosis of syphilis in HIV-infected individuals pp. 1-10

Bin Chen, Xiuming Peng, Tiansheng Xie, Changzhong Jin, Fumin Liu and Nanping Wu

Predicting spatial spread of rabies in skunk populations using surveillance data reported by the public pp. 1-22

Kim M Pepin, Amy J Davis, Daniel G Streicker, Justin W Fischer, Kurt C VerCauteren and Amy T Gilbert

Adding tsetse control to medical activities contributes to decreasing transmission of sleeping sickness in the Mandoul focus (Chad) pp. 1-16

Mahamat Hissene Mahamat, Mallaye Peka, Jean-Baptiste Rayaisse, Kat S Rock, Mahamat Abdelrahim Toko, Justin Darnas, Guihini Mollo Brahim, Ali Bachar Alkatib, Wilfrid Yoni, Inaki Tirados, Fabrice Courtin, Samuel P C Brand, Cyrus Nersy, Idriss Oumar Alfaroukh, Steve J Torr, Mike J Lehane and Philippe Solano

Bayesian dynamic modeling of time series of dengue disease case counts pp. 1-19

Daniel Adyro Martínez-Bello, Antonio López-Quílez and Alexander Torres-Prieto

Temperature modulates dengue virus epidemic growth rates through its effects on reproduction numbers and generation intervals pp. 1-19

Amir S Siraj, Rachel J Oidtman, John H Huber, Moritz U G Kraemer, Oliver J Brady, Michael A Johansson and T Alex Perkins

Potential risk factors associated with human alveolar echinococcosis: Systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-15

Franz J Conraths, Carolina Probst, Alessia Possenti, Belgees Boufana, Rosella Saulle, Giuseppe La Torre, Luca Busani and Adriano Casulli

Volume 11, issue 6, 2017

Should the WHO withdraw support for mass deworming? pp. 1-3

Kevin Croke, Joan Hamory Hicks, Eric Hsu, Michael Kremer and Edward Miguel

Novel inference models for estimation of abundance, survivorship and recruitment in mosquito populations using mark-release-recapture data pp. 1-20

Daniel Antunes Maciel Villela, Gabriela de Azambuja Garcia and Rafael Maciel- de-Freitas

Prevalence of depression and associated clinical and socio-demographic factors in people living with lymphatic filariasis in Plateau State, Nigeria pp. 1-10

James Obindo, Jibril Abdulmalik, Emeka Nwefoh, Michael Agbir, Charles Nwoga, Aishatu Armiya’u, Francis Davou, Kurkat Maigida, Emmanuel Otache, Ajuma Ebiloma, Samuel Dakwak, John Umaru, Elisha Samuel, Christopher Ogoshi and Julian Eaton

First evidence of lymphatic filariasis transmission interruption in Cameroon: Progress towards elimination pp. 1-12

Hugues C Nana-Djeunga, Magellan Tchouakui, Guy R Njitchouang, Jules B Tchatchueng-Mbougua, Philippe Nwane, André Domche, Jean Bopda, Stève Mbickmen-Tchana, Julie Akame, Ann Tarini, Emilienne Epée, Benjamin D Biholong, Yaobi Zhang, Jean J Tougoue, Achille Kabore, Flobert Njiokou and Joseph Kamgno

Cryptococcal meningitis: A neglected NTD? pp. 1-7

Síle F Molloy, Tom Chiller, Gregory S Greene, Jessica Burry, Nelesh P Govender, Cecilia Kanyama, Sayoki Mfinanga, Sokoine Lesikari, Yacouba N Mapoure, Charles Kouanfack, Victor Sini, Elvis Temfack, David R Boulware, Francoise Dromer, David W Denning, Jeremy Day, Neil R H Stone, Tihana Bicanic, Joseph N Jarvis, Olivier Lortholary, Thomas S Harrison, Shabbar Jaffar and Angela Loyse

A misdiagnosed infection mimicking “tree man disease” pp. 1-5

Jo Anne Lim, Zulrusydi Ismail, Che Noraini Ibrahim, Soon Eu Chong and Wan Noor Hasbee Wan Abdullah

Extraparenchymal neurocysticercosis: Demographic, clinicoradiological, and inflammatory features pp. 1-16

Mariana Marcin Sierra, Mariana Arroyo, May Cadena Torres, Nancy Ramírez Cruz, Fernando García Hernández, Diana Taboada, Ángeles Galicia Martínez, Tzipe Govezensky, Edda Sciutto, Andrea Toledo and Agnès Fleury

An individual-level meta-analysis assessing the impact of community-level sanitation access on child stunting, anemia, and diarrhea: Evidence from DHS and MICS surveys pp. 1-13

David A Larsen, Thomas Grisham, Erik Slawsky and Lutchmie Narine

Neighborhood-targeted and case-triggered use of a single dose of oral cholera vaccine in an urban setting: Feasibility and vaccine coverage pp. 1-13

Lucy A Parker, John Rumunu, Christine Jamet, Yona Kenyi, Richard Laku Lino, Joseph F Wamala, Allan M Mpairwe, Vincent Muller, Augusto E Llosa, Florent Uzzeni, Francisco J Luquero, Iza Ciglenecki and Andrew S Azman

Volume 11, issue 5, 2017

Detecting infection hotspots: Modeling the surveillance challenge for elimination of lymphatic filariasis pp. 1-20

Julie R Harris and Ryan E Wiegand

Measuring changes in transmission of neglected tropical diseases, malaria, and enteric pathogens from quantitative antibody levels pp. 1-20

Benjamin F Arnold, Mark J van der Laan, Alan E Hubbard, Cathy Steel, Joseph Kubofcik, Katy L Hamlin, Delynn M Moss, Thomas B Nutman, Jeffrey W Priest and Patrick J Lammie

Optimising cluster survey design for planning schistosomiasis preventive chemotherapy pp. 1-21

Sarah C L Knowles, Hugh J W Sturrock, Hugo Turner, Jane M Whitton, Charlotte M Gower, Samuel Jemu, Anna E Phillips, Aboulaye Meite, Brent Thomas, Karsor Kollie, Catherine Thomas, Maria P Rebollo, Ben Styles, Michelle Clements, Alan Fenwick, Wendy E Harrison and Fiona M Fleming

Ileus in children presenting with diarrhea and severe acute malnutrition: A chart review pp. 1-11

Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Abu SMSB Shahid, K M Shahunja, Pradip Kumar Bardhan, Abu Syeed Golam Faruque, Lubaba Shahrin, Sumon Kumar Das, Dipesh Kumar Barua, Md Iqbal Hossain and Tahmeed Ahmed

Improving drug delivery strategies for lymphatic filariasis elimination in urban areas in Ghana pp. 1-23

Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Bertha Garshong, Bright Alomatu, Dziedzom K de Souza, Margaret Gyapong and Dominique Kyelem

Dose of antivenom for the treatment of snakebite with neurotoxic envenoming: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Nepal pp. 1-15

Emilie Alirol, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Anup Ghimire, Antoine Poncet, Christophe Combescure, Chabilal Thapa, Vijaya Prasad Paudel, Kalidas Adhikary, Walter Robert Taylor, David Warrell, Ulrich Kuch and François Chappuis

Safety and efficacy of short course combination regimens with AmBisome, miltefosine and paromomycin for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Bangladesh pp. 1-15

Ridwanur Rahman, Vishal Goyal, Rashidul Haque, Kazi Jamil, Abul Faiz, Rasheda Samad, Sally Ellis, Manica Balasegaram, Margriet den Boer, Suman Rijal, Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft, Fabiana Alves, Jorge Alvar and Bhawna Sharma

“We do not bury dead livestock like human beings”: Community behaviors and risk of Rift Valley Fever virus infection in Baringo County, Kenya pp. 1-17

Edna N Mutua, Salome A Bukachi, Bernard K Bett, Benson A Estambale and Isaac K Nyamongo

NTD policy priorities: Science, values, and agenda setting pp. 1-4

Ana S Iltis and Kirstin R W Matthews

The effect of current Schistosoma mansoni infection on the immunogenicity of a candidate TB vaccine, MVA85A, in BCG-vaccinated adolescents: An open-label trial pp. 1-19

Anne Wajja, Dennison Kizito, Beatrice Nassanga, Angela Nalwoga, Joyce Kabagenyi, Simon Kimuda, Ronald Galiwango, Gertrude Mutonyi, Samantha Vermaak, Iman Satti, Jaco Verweij, Edridah Tukahebwa, Stephen Cose, Jonathan Levin, Pontiano Kaleebu, Alison M Elliott and Helen McShane

Associations between selective attention and soil-transmitted helminth infections, socioeconomic status, and physical fitness in disadvantaged children in Port Elizabeth, South Africa: An observational study pp. 1-19

Stefanie Gall, Ivan Müller, Cheryl Walter, Harald Seelig, Liana Steenkamp, Uwe Pühse, Rosa du Randt, Danielle Smith, Larissa Adams, Siphesihle Nqweniso, Peiling Yap, Sebastian Ludyga, Peter Steinmann, Jürg Utzinger and Markus Gerber

Using G6PD tests to enable the safe treatment of Plasmodium vivax infections with primaquine on the Thailand-Myanmar border: A cost-effectiveness analysis pp. 1-19

Angela Devine, Minnie Parmiter, Cindy S Chu, Germana Bancone, François Nosten, Ric N Price, Yoel Lubell and Shunmay Yeung

Strongyloides seroprevalence before and after an ivermectin mass drug administration in a remote Australian Aboriginal community pp. 1-19

Therese M Kearns, Bart J Currie, Allen C Cheng, James McCarthy, Jonathan R Carapetis, Deborah C Holt, Wendy Page, Jennifer Shield, Roslyn Gundjirryirr, Eddie Mulholland, Linda Ward and Ross M Andrews

The impact of migration and antimicrobial resistance on the transmission dynamics of typhoid fever in Kathmandu, Nepal: A mathematical modelling study pp. 1-16

Neil J Saad, Cayley C Bowles, Bryan T Grenfell, Buddha Basnyat, Amit Arjyal, Sabina Dongol, Abhilasha Karkey, Stephen Baker and Virginia E Pitzer

Global practices in regard to implementation of preventive measures for leprosy pp. 1-5

Laura Gillini, Erwin Cooreman, Tanya Wood, Venkata Rao Pemmaraju and Paul Saunderson

Volume 11, issue 4, 2017

Cost-effectiveness of meglumine antimoniate versus miltefosine caregiver DOT for the treatment of pediatric cutaneous leishmaniasis pp. 1-16

Brandon A Berger, Alexandra Cossio, Nancy Gore Saravia, Maria del Mar Castro, Sergio Prada, Allison H Bartlett and Mai T Pho

Partnering to promote research where it matters pp. 1-7

Michael Eisenstein

Application of a household-based molecular xenomonitoring strategy to evaluate the lymphatic filariasis elimination program in Tamil Nadu, India pp. 1-15

Swaminathan Subramanian, Purushothaman Jambulingam, Brian K Chu, Candasamy Sadanandane, Venkatesan Vasuki, Adinarayanan Srividya, Mohamed S Mohideen AbdulKader, Kaliannagounder Krishnamoorthy, Harikishan K Raju, Sandra J Laney, Steven A Williams and Ralph H Henderson

Seroprevalence of Q fever among human and animal in Iran; A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-15

Ashraf Mohabbati Mobarez, Fahimeh Bagheri Amiri and Saber Esmaeili

Sustained effectiveness of weekly iron-folic acid supplementation and regular deworming over 6 years in women in rural Vietnam pp. 1-14

Gerard J Casey, Ta T Tinh, Nong T Tien, Sarah Hanieh, Luca T Cavalli-Sforza, Antonio Montresor and Beverley-Ann Biggs

The PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases decade pp. 1-5

Peter Hotez and Donald A P Bundy

Mycetoma: A global medical and socio-economic dilemma pp. 1-5

Ahmed H Fahal

The first “London Declaration”: The Commonwealth and its neglected tropical diseases pp. 1-4

Peter J Hotez, Ashish Damania, Aparna Barua and Jeffrey Stanaway

The value of daily platelet counts for predicting dengue shock syndrome: Results from a prospective observational study of 2301 Vietnamese children with dengue pp. 1-20

Phung Khanh Lam, Tran Van Ngoc, Truong Thi Thu Thuy, Nguyen Thi Hong Van, Tran Thi Nhu Thuy, Dong Thi Hoai Tam, Nguyen Minh Dung, Nguyen Thi Hanh Tien, Nguyen Tan Thanh Kieu, Cameron Simmons, Bridget Wills and Marcel Wolbers

The potential economic burden of Zika in the continental United States pp. 1-20

Bruce Y Lee, Jorge A Alfaro-Murillo, Alyssa S Parpia, Lindsey Asti, Patrick T Wedlock, Peter J Hotez and Alison P Galvani

Parasite genomics—Time to think bigger pp. 1-3

Carlos Talavera-López and Björn Andersson

Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of dengue transmission in an urban setting: An ecological study in Nouméa, New Caledonia pp. 1-18

Raphaël M Zellweger, Jorge Cano, Morgan Mangeas, François Taglioni, Alizé Mercier, Marc Despinoy, Christophe E Menkès, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Birgit Nikolay and Magali Teurlai

Detecting the impact of temperature on transmission of Zika, dengue, and chikungunya using mechanistic models pp. 1-18

Erin A Mordecai, Jeremy M Cohen, Michelle V Evans, Prithvi Gudapati, Leah R Johnson, Catherine A Lippi, Kerri Miazgowicz, Courtney C Murdock, Jason R Rohr, Sadie J Ryan, Savage Van, Marta S Shocket, Anna Stewart Ibarra, Matthew B Thomas and Daniel P Weikel

How to determine if a model is right for neglected tropical disease decision making pp. 1-6

Bruce Y Lee and Sarah M Bartsch

Volume 11, issue 3, 2017

Risk mapping of clonorchiasis in the People’s Republic of China: A systematic review and Bayesian geostatistical analysis pp. 1-16

Ying-Si Lai, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Zhi-Heng Pan, Jürg Utzinger and Penelope Vounatsou

Societal impact of dengue outbreaks: Stakeholder perceptions and related implications. A qualitative study in Brazil, 2015 pp. 1-16

Joël Ladner, Mariana Rodrigues, Ben Davis, Marie-Hélène Besson, Etienne Audureau and Joseph Saba

Epidemiology of cholera outbreaks and socio-economic characteristics of the communities in the fishing villages of Uganda: 2011-2015 pp. 1-19

Godfrey Bwire, Aline Munier, Issaka Ouedraogo, Leonard Heyerdahl, Henry Komakech, Atek Kagirita, Richard Wood, Raymond Mhlanga, Berthe Njanpop-Lafourcade, Mugagga Malimbo, Issa Makumbi, Jennifer Wandawa, Bradford D Gessner, Christopher Garimoi Orach and Martin A Mengel

Developing photoreceptor-based models of visual attraction in riverine tsetse, for use in the engineering of more-attractive polyester fabrics for control devices pp. 1-23

Roger D Santer

Fifteen years of programme implementation for the elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis in Ghana: Impact of MDA on immunoparasitological indicators pp. 1-8

Nana-Kwadwo Biritwum, Dziedzom K de Souza, Benjamin Marfo, Samuel Odoom, Bright Alomatu, Odame Asiedu, Abednego Yeboah, Tei E Hervie, Ernest O Mensah, Paul Yikpotey, Joseph B Koroma, David Molyneux, Moses J Bockarie and John O Gyapong

AZALEP a randomized controlled trial of azathioprine to treat leprosy nerve damage and Type 1 reactions in India: Main findings pp. 1-22

Diana N J Lockwood, Joydeepa Darlong, Pitchaimani Govindharaj, Royce Kurian, Pamidipani Sundarrao and Annamma S John

The relationship between entomological indicators of Aedes aegypti abundance and dengue virus infection pp. 1-22

Elizabeth A Cromwell, Steven T Stoddard, Christopher M Barker, Annelies Van Rie, William B Messer, Steven R Meshnick, Amy C Morrison and Thomas W Scott

The socio-economic drivers of bushmeat consumption during the West African Ebola crisis pp. 1-22

Isabel Ordaz-Németh, Mimi Arandjelovic, Lukas Boesch, Tsegaye Gatiso, Trokon Grimes, Hjalmar S Kuehl, Menladi Lormie, Colleen Stephens, Clement Tweh and Jessica Junker

Zika: A scourge in urban slums pp. 1-4

Robert E Snyder, Claire E Boone, Claudete A Araújo Cardoso, Fabio Aguiar-Alves, Felipe P G Neves and Lee W Riley

Systematic review and meta-analysis estimating association of cysticercosis and neurocysticercosis with epilepsy pp. 1-17

Gabrielle Debacq, Luz M Moyano, Héctor H Garcia, Farid Boumediene, Benoit Marin, Edgard B Ngoungou and Pierre-Marie Preux

Dengue Baidu Search Index data can improve the prediction of local dengue epidemic: A case study in Guangzhou, China pp. 1-13

Zhihao Li, Tao Liu, Guanghu Zhu, Hualiang Lin, Yonghui Zhang, Jianfeng He, Aiping Deng, Zhiqiang Peng, Jianpeng Xiao, Shannon Rutherford, Runsheng Xie, Weilin Zeng, Xing Li and Wenjun Ma

GOST: A generic ordinal sequential trial design for a treatment trial in an emerging pandemic pp. 1-13

John Whitehead and Peter Horby

Will a new 2017 global leadership commit to NTDs? pp. 1-3

Peter J Hotez and Serap Aksoy

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and environmental risk factors for soil-transmitted helminth intensity of infection in Timor-Leste, using real time PCR pp. 1-20

Suzy J Campbell, Susana V Nery, Rebecca Wardell, Catherine A D’Este, Darren J Gray, James S McCarthy, Rebecca J Traub, Ross M Andrews, Stacey Llewellyn, Andrew J Vallely, Gail M Williams and Archie C A Clements

Using simulation to aid trial design: Ring-vaccination trials pp. 1-12

Matt David Thomas Hitchings, Rebecca Freeman Grais and Marc Lipsitch

Volume 11, issue 2, 2017

Costs of Transmission Assessment Surveys to Provide Evidence for the Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis pp. 1-11

Molly A Brady, Rachel Stelmach, Margaret Davide-Smith, Jim Johnson, Bolivar Pou, Joseph Koroma, Kingsley Frimpong and Angela Weaver

Predicting Ebola Severity: A Clinical Prioritization Score for Ebola Virus Disease pp. 1-20

Mary-Anne Hartley, Alyssa Young, Anh-Minh Tran, Harry Henry Okoni-Williams, Mohamed Suma, Brooke Mancuso, Ahmed Al-Dikhari and Mohamed Faouzi

The burden of typhoid fever in low- and middle-income countries: A meta-regression approach pp. 1-21

Marina Antillón, Joshua L Warren, Forrest W Crawford, Daniel M Weinberger, Esra Kürüm, Gi Deok Pak, Florian Marks and Virginia E Pitzer

Partnering for impact: Integrated transmission assessment surveys for lymphatic filariasis, soil transmitted helminths and malaria in Haiti pp. 1-12

Alaine Kathryn Knipes, Jean Frantz Lemoine, Franck Monestime, Carl R Fayette, Abdel N Direny, Luccene Desir, Valery E Beau de Rochars, Thomas G Streit, Kristen Renneker, Brian K Chu, Michelle A Chang, Kimberly E Mace, Kimberly Y Won and Patrick J Lammie

Modelling the risk of Taenia solium exposure from pork produced in western Kenya pp. 1-16

Lian F Thomas, William A de Glanville, Elizabeth A J Cook, Barend M De C Bronsvoort, Ian Handel, Claire N Wamae, Samuel Kariuki and Eric M Fèvre

Making Transmission Models Accessible to End-Users: The Example of TRANSFIL pp. 1-5

Michael A Irvine and T Deirdre Hollingsworth

Risk analysis and prediction of visceral leishmaniasis dispersion in São Paulo State, Brazil pp. 1-17

Anaiá da Paixão Sevá, Liang Mao, Fredy Galvis-Ovallos, Joanna Marie Tucker Lima and Denis Valle

Spatial clustering and local risk of leprosy in São Paulo, Brazil pp. 1-15

Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Mellina Yamamura, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Marcela Paschoal Popolin, Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto, Pedro Fredemir Palha, Severina Alice da Costa Uchoa, Flávia Meneguetti Pieri, Ione Carvalho Pinto, Regina Célia Fiorati, Ana Angélica Rêgo de Queiroz, Aylana de Souza Belchior, Danielle Talita dos Santos, Maria Concebida da Cunha Garcia, Juliane de Almeida Crispim, Luana Seles Alves, Thaís Zamboni Berra and Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

Decline in infection-related morbidities following drug-mediated reductions in the intensity of Schistosoma infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis pp. 1-23

Gisele Andrade, David J Bertsch, Andrea Gazzinelli and Charles H King

Volume 11, issue 1, 2017

Potential Value of Triple Drug Therapy with Ivermectin, Diethylcarbamazine, and Albendazole (IDA) to Accelerate Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis in Africa pp. 1-10

Peter U Fischer, Christopher L King, Julie A Jacobson and Gary J Weil

"I Cannot Be Worried": Living with Chagas Disease in Tropical Bolivia pp. 1-14

Colin J Forsyth

Health-Seeking Behaviour towards Poverty-Related Disease (PRDs): A Qualitative Study of People Living in Camps and on Campuses in Cameroon pp. 1-18

Valerie Makoge, Harro Maat, Lenneke Vaandrager and Maria Koelen

Impact of CD4+ T Cell Responses on Clinical Outcome following Oral Administration of Wild-Type Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Humans pp. 1-18

Monica A McArthur, Wilbur H Chen, Laurence Magder, Myron M Levine and Marcelo B Sztein

A Comparison of the Quality of Informed Consent for Clinical Trials of an Experimental Hookworm Vaccine Conducted in Developed and Developing Countries pp. 1-18

David J Diemert, Lucas Lobato, Ashley Styczynski, Maria Zumer, Amanda Soares and Maria Flávia Gazzinelli

Bibliometric Indicators of the Zika Outbreak pp. 1-6

Priscila C Albuquerque, Mauro Jorge C Castro, Juliana Santos-Gandelman, Ana Claudia Oliveira, José M Peralta and Marcio L Rodrigues

The Socioeconomic Benefit to Individuals of Achieving the 2020 Targets for Five Preventive Chemotherapy Neglected Tropical Diseases pp. 1-27

William K Redekop, Edeltraud J Lenk, Marianne Luyendijk, Christopher Fitzpatrick, Louis Niessen, Wilma A Stolk, Fabrizio Tediosi, Adriana J Rijnsburger, Roel Bakker, Jan A C Hontelez, Jan H Richardus, Julie Jacobson, Sake J de Vlas and Johan L Severens

Evaluation of a Smartphone Decision-Support Tool for Diarrheal Disease Management in a Resource-Limited Setting pp. 1-19

Farhana Haque, Robyn L Ball, Selina Khatun, Mujaddeed Ahmed, Saraswati Kache, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Shafiqul Alam Sarker, Stace D Maples, Dane Pieri, Teja Vardhan Korrapati, Clea Sarnquist, Nancy Federspiel, Muhammad Waliur Rahman, Jason R Andrews, Mahmudur Rahman and Eric Jorge Nelson

Predicting the Impact of Intervention Strategies for Sleeping Sickness in Two High-Endemicity Health Zones of the Democratic Republic of Congo pp. 1-17

Kat S Rock, Steve J Torr, Crispin Lumbala and Matt J Keeling

“I Wasted 3 Years, Thinking It’s Not a Problem”: Patient and Health System Delays in Diagnosis of Leprosy in India: A Mixed-Methods Study pp. 1-15

Thirumugam Muthuvel, Srinivas Govindarajulu, Petros Isaakidis, Hemant Deepak Shewade, Vasudev Rokade, Rajbir Singh and Sanjeev Kamble