PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Volume 10, issue 12, 2016

Mapping Soil Transmitted Helminths and Schistosomiasis under Uncertainty: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal of Evidence pp. 1-28

Andrea L Araujo Navas, Nicholas A S Hamm, Ricardo J Soares Magalhães and Alfred Stein

Paying for Worms pp. 1-4

Peter J Hotez, Ashish Damania and Mohsen Naghavi

The Economics of a Successful Raccoon Rabies Elimination Program on Long Island, New York pp. 1-11

Julie L Elser, Laura L Bigler, Aaron M Anderson, Joanne L Maki, Donald H Lein and Stephanie A Shwiff

Oral Cholera Vaccination Delivery Cost in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An Analysis Based on Systematic Review pp. 1-15

Vittal Mogasale, Enusa Ramani, Hyeseung Wee and Jerome H Kim

Using Community-Level Prevalence of Loa loa Infection to Predict the Proportion of Highly-Infected Individuals: Statistical Modelling to Support Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis Elimination Programs pp. 1-15

Daniela K Schlüter, Martial L Ndeffo-Mbah, Innocent Takougang, Tony Ukety, Samuel Wanji, Alison P Galvani and Peter J Diggle

Uncovering the Pathogenic Landscape of Helminth ( Opisthorchis viverrini ) Infections: A Cross-Sectional Study on Contributions of Physical and Social Environment and Healthcare Interventions pp. 1-21

Xueyuan Ong, Yi-Chen Wang, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Jutamas Namsanor, David Taylor and Luxana Laithavewat

Benchmarking the Cost per Person of Mass Treatment for Selected Neglected Tropical Diseases: An Approach Based on Literature Review and Meta-regression with Web-Based Software Application pp. 1-18

Christopher Fitzpatrick, Fiona M Fleming, Matthew Madin-Warburton, Timm Schneider, Filip Meheus, Kingsley Asiedu, Anthony W Solomon, Antonio Montresor and Gautam Biswas

Quantitative Laser Biospeckle Method for the Evaluation of the Activity of Trypanosoma cruzi Using VDRL Plates and Digital Analysis pp. 1-26

Hilda Cristina Grassi, Lisbette C García, María Lorena Lobo-Sulbarán, Ana Velásquez, Francisco A Andrades-Grassi, Humberto Cabrera, Jesús E Andrades-Grassi and Efrén D J Andrades

Volume 10, issue 11, 2016

The Art of Writing and Implementing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Laboratories in Low-Resource Settings: Review of Guidelines and Best Practices pp. 1-12

Barbara Barbé, Kristien Verdonck, Deby Mukendi, Veerle Lejon, Jean-Roger Lilo Kalo, Emilie Alirol, Philippe Gillet, Ninon Horié, Raffaella Ravinetto, Emmanuel Bottieau, Cedric Yansouni, Andrea S Winkler, Harry van Loen, Marleen Boelaert, Pascal Lutumba and Jan Jacobs

Potential Risk Factors Associated with Human Cystic Echinococcosis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis pp. 1-15

Alessia Possenti, Raúl Manzano-Román, Carlos Sánchez-Ovejero, Belgees Boufana, Giuseppe La Torre, Mar Siles-Lucas and Adriano Casulli

Use of the Health Belief Model for the Assessment of Public Knowledge and Household Preventive Practices in Karachi, Pakistan, a Dengue-Endemic City pp. 1-15

Taranum Ruba Siddiqui, Saima Ghazal, Safia Bibi, Waquaruddin Ahmed and Shaimuna Fareeha Sajjad

Novel Financing Model for Neglected Tropical Diseases: Development Impact Bonds Applied to Sleeping Sickness and Rabies Control pp. 1-5

Susan Christina Welburn, Kevin Louis Bardosh and Paul Gerard Coleman

Clinical Research in Neglected Tropical Diseases: The Challenge of Implementing Good Clinical (Laboratory) Practices pp. 1-6

Raffaella Ravinetto, Emilie Alirol, Yodi Mahendradhata, Suman Rijal, Pascal Lutumba, Moussa Sacko, Sayda El-Safi, Kruy Lim, Harry van Loen, Jan Jacobs, Rosanna W Peeling, Francois Chappuis and Marleen Boelaert

Migrant Workers in Malaysia: Current Implications of Sociodemographic and Environmental Characteristics in the Transmission of Intestinal Parasitic Infections pp. 1-17

Norhidayu Sahimin, Yvonne A L Lim, Farnaza Ariffin, Jerzy M Behnke, John W Lewis and Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain

Volume 10, issue 10, 2016

Factors Associated with the Time of Admission among Notified Dengue Fever Cases in Region VIII Philippines from 2008 to 2014 pp. 1-13

Jason Echavez Abello, Julita Gil Cuesta, Boyd Roderick Cerro and Debarati Guha-Sapir

Predictors of Post-operative Mycetoma Recurrence Using Machine-Learning Algorithms: The Mycetoma Research Center Experience pp. 1-11

Ali Wadal, Tusneem Ahmed Elhassan, Hajer Ahmed Zein, Manar Elsheikh Abdel-Rahman and Ahmed Hassan Fahal

Volume 10, issue 9, 2016

The Global Economic and Health Burden of Human Hookworm Infection pp. 1-17

Sarah M Bartsch, Peter J Hotez, Lindsey Asti, Kristina M Zapf, Maria Elena Bottazzi, David J Diemert and Bruce Y Lee

Meta-transcriptome Profiling of the Human-Leishmania braziliensis Cutaneous Lesion pp. 1-17

Stephen M Christensen, Laura A L Dillon, Lucas P Carvalho, Sara Passos, Fernanda O Novais, V Keith Hughitt, Daniel P Beiting, Edgar M Carvalho, Phillip Scott, Najib M El-Sayed and David M Mosser

Somalia: A Nation at the Crossroads of Extreme Poverty, Conflict, and Neglected Tropical Diseases pp. 1-6

Annum Jaffer and Peter J Hotez

Volume 10, issue 8, 2016

Serum Procalcitonin and Peripheral Venous Lactate for Predicting Dengue Shock and/or Organ Failure: A Prospective Observational Study pp. 1-19

Vipa Thanachartwet, Varunee Desakorn, Duangjai Sahassananda, Akanitt Jittmittraphap, Nittha Oer-areemitr, Sathaporn Osothsomboon, Manoon Surabotsophon and Anan Wattanathum

Tourniquet Test for Dengue Diagnosis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy pp. 1-23

Antonio Jose Grande, Hamish Reid, Emma Thomas, Charlie Foster and Thomas C Darton

A Cost-Effectiveness Tool to Guide the Prioritization of Interventions for Rheumatic Fever and Rheumatic Heart Disease Control in African Nations pp. 1-15

David Watkins, Solomon J Lubinga, Bongani Mayosi and Joseph B Babigumira

Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Scrub Typhus Transmission in Mainland China, 2006-2014 pp. 1-15

Yi-Cheng Wu, Quan Qian, Ricardo J Soares Magalhaes, Zhi-Hai Han, Wen-Biao Hu, Ubydul Haque, Thomas A Weppelmann, Yong Wang, Yun-Xi Liu, Xin-Lou Li, Hai-Long Sun, Yan-Song Sun, Archie C A Clements, Shen-Long Li and Wen-Yi Zhang

Calculation of the Average Cost per Case of Dengue Fever in Mexico Using a Micro-Costing Approach pp. 1-14

Adriana Zubieta-Zavala, Guillermo Salinas-Escudero, Adrian Ramírez-Chávez, Luis García-Valladares, Malaquias López-Cervantes, Juan Guillermo López Yescas and Luis Durán-Arenas

Proposing a Compartmental Model for Leprosy and Parameterizing Using Regional Incidence in Brazil pp. 1-14

Rebecca Lee Smith

Volume 10, issue 7, 2016

What Is Next for NTDs in the Era of the Sustainable Development Goals? pp. 1-7

James Smith and Emma Michelle Taylor

Volume 10, issue 6, 2016

Challenges in Real-Time Prediction of Infectious Disease: A Case Study of Dengue in Thailand pp. 1-17

Nicholas G Reich, Stephen A Lauer, Krzysztof Sakrejda, Sopon Iamsirithaworn, Soawapak Hinjoy, Paphanij Suangtho, Suthanun Suthachana, Hannah E Clapham, Henrik Salje, Derek A T Cummings and Justin Lessler

The Schistosomiasis Clinical Trials Landscape: A Systematic Review of Antischistosomal Treatment Efficacy Studies and a Case for Sharing Individual Participant-Level Data (IPD) pp. 1-17

Amélie M Julé, Michel Vaillant, Trudie A Lang, Philippe J Guérin and Piero L Olliaro

Volume 10, issue 5, 2016

Multivariable Regression Analysis in Schistosoma mansoni-Infected Individuals in the Sudan Reveals Unique Immunoepidemiological Profiles in Uninfected, egg+ and Non-egg+ Infected Individuals pp. 1-23

Tayseer Elamin Mohamed Elfaki, Kathrin Arndts, Anna Wiszniewsky, Manuel Ritter, Ibtisam A Goreish, Misk El Yemen A Atti El Mekki, Sandra Arriens, Kenneth Pfarr, Rolf Fimmers, Mike Doenhoff, Achim Hoerauf and Laura E Layland

Potential Impact of Sexual Transmission on Ebola Virus Epidemiology: Sierra Leone as a Case Study pp. 1-15

Jessica L Abbate, Carmen Lia Murall, Heinz Richner and Christian L Althaus

Genomic African and Native American Ancestry and Chagas Disease: The Bambui (Brazil) Epigen Cohort Study of Aging pp. 1-14

M Fernanda Lima-Costa, James Macinko, Juliana Vaz de Mello Mambrini, Sérgio Viana Peixoto, Alexandre Costa Pereira, Eduardo Tarazona-Santos and Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro

A Cost-Effectiveness Tool for Informing Policies on Zika Virus Control pp. 1-14

Jorge A Alfaro-Murillo, Alyssa S Parpia, Meagan C Fitzpatrick, Jules A Tamagnan, Jan Medlock, Martial L Ndeffo-Mbah, Durland Fish, María L Ávila-Agüero, Rodrigo Marín, Albert I Ko and Alison P Galvani

Extent of Integration of Priority Interventions into General Health Systems: A Case Study of Neglected Tropical Diseases Programme in the Western Region of Ghana pp. 1-16

Ernest O Mensah, Moses K Aikins, Margaret Gyapong, Francis Anto, Moses J Bockarie and John O Gyapong

Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Refugee Crises in the Middle East and North Africa pp. 1-11

Rebecca Du, Peter J Hotez, Waleed S Al-Salem and Alvaro Acosta-Serrano

Anti-PGL-1 Positivity as a Risk Marker for the Development of Leprosy among Contacts of Leprosy Cases: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis pp. 1-11

Maria Lucia F Penna, Gerson O Penna, Paula C Iglesias, Sonia Natal and Laura C Rodrigues

Between-Country Inequalities in the Neglected Tropical Disease Burden in 1990 and 2010, with Projections for 2020 pp. 1-13

Wilma A Stolk, Margarete C Kulik, Epke A le Rutte, Julie Jacobson, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Sake J de Vlas and Tanja A J Houweling

Research Capacity Strengthening in Low and Middle Income Countries – An Evaluation of the WHO/TDR Career Development Fellowship Programme pp. 1-13

Michael Käser, Christine Maure, Beatrice M M Halpaap, Mahnaz Vahedi, Sara Yamaka, Pascal Launois and Núria Casamitjana

Socioeconomic Inequalities in Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Systematic Review pp. 1-28

Tanja A J Houweling, Henrike E Karim-Kos, Margarete C Kulik, Wilma A Stolk, Juanita A Haagsma, Edeltraud J Lenk, Jan Hendrik Richardus and Sake J de Vlas

The Role of Serotype Interactions and Seasonality in Dengue Model Selection and Control: Insights from a Pattern Matching Approach pp. 1-25

Quirine A ten Bosch, Brajendra K Singh, Muhammad R A Hassan, Dave D Chadee and Edwin Michael

Volume 10, issue 4, 2016

Markov Model Predicts Changes in STH Prevalence during Control Activities Even with a Reduced Amount of Baseline Information pp. 1-15

Antonio Montresor, Arminder Deol, Natacha à Porta, Nam Lethanh and Dina Jankovic

The “Buruli Score”: Development of a Multivariable Prediction Model for Diagnosis of Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection in Individuals with Ulcerative Skin Lesions, Akonolinga, Cameroon pp. 1-12

Yolanda K Mueller, Mathieu Bastard, Patrick Nkemenang, Eric Comte, Geneviève Ehounou, Sara Eyangoh, Barbara Rusch, Earnest Njih Tabah, Laurence Toutous Trellu and Jean-Francois Etard

Co-endemicity of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Intestinal Helminth Infection in the People’s Republic of China pp. 1-23

Xin-Xu Li, Zhou-Peng Ren, Li-Xia Wang, Hui Zhang, Shi-Wen Jiang, Jia-Xu Chen, Jin-Feng Wang and Xiao-Nong Zhou

Comprehensive Transcriptome Meta-analysis to Characterize Host Immune Responses in Helminth Infections pp. 1-20

Guangyan Zhou, Mary M Stevenson, Timothy G Geary and Jianguo Xia

Neglected Tropical Diseases in the Anthropocene: The Cases of Zika, Ebola, and Other Infections pp. 1-6

Peter J Hotez

Impact of Trichiasis Surgery on Quality of Life: A Longitudinal Study in Ethiopia pp. 1-17

Esmael Habtamu, Tariku Wondie, Sintayehu Aweke, Zerihun Tadesse, Mulat Zerihun, Aderajew Mohammed, Zebideru Zewudie, Kelly Callahan, Paul M Emerson, Robin L Bailey, David C W Mabey, Saul N Rajak, Hannah Kuper, Sarah Polack, Helen A Weiss and Matthew J Burton

Volume 10, issue 3, 2016

Longitudinal Analysis of Natural Killer Cells in Dengue Virus-Infected Patients in Comparison to Chikungunya and Chikungunya/Dengue Virus-Infected Patients pp. 1-17

Caroline Petitdemange, Nadia Wauquier, Hervé Devilliers, Hans Yssel, Illich Mombo, Mélanie Caron, Dieudonné Nkoghé, Patrice Debré, Eric Leroy and Vincent Vieillard

Transforming Clinical Data into Actionable Prognosis Models: Machine-Learning Framework and Field-Deployable App to Predict Outcome of Ebola Patients pp. 1-17

Andres Colubri, Tom Silver, Terrence Fradet, Kalliroi Retzepi, Ben Fry and Pardis Sabeti

Cost-Effectiveness of Antivenoms for Snakebite Envenoming in 16 Countries in West Africa pp. 1-16

Muhammad Hamza, Maryam A Idris, Musa B Maiyaki, Mohammed Lamorde, Jean-Philippe Chippaux, David A Warrell, Andreas Kuznik and Abdulrazaq G Habib

Is Dengue Vector Control Deficient in Effectiveness or Evidence?: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis pp. 1-24

Leigh R Bowman, Sarah Donegan and Philip J McCall

Mixed Methods Survey of Zoonotic Disease Awareness and Practice among Animal and Human Healthcare Providers in Moshi, Tanzania pp. 1-18

Helen L Zhang, Kunda W Mnzava, Sarah T Mitchell, Matayo L Melubo, Tito J Kibona, Sarah Cleaveland, Rudovick R Kazwala, John A Crump, Joanne P Sharp and Jo E B Halliday

Willingness to Pay for Dog Rabies Vaccine and Registration in Ilocos Norte, Philippines (2012) pp. 1-19

Meseret G Birhane, Mary Elizabeth G Miranda, Jessie L Dyer, Jesse D Blanton and Sergio Recuenco

Costs Associated with Malaria in Pregnancy in the Brazilian Amazon, a Low Endemic Area Where Plasmodium vivax Predominates pp. 1-19

Camila Bôtto-Menezes, Azucena Bardají, Giselane dos Santos Campos, Silke Fernandes, Kara Hanson, Flor Ernestina Martínez-Espinosa, Clara Menéndez and Elisa Sicuri

Factors Contributing to the Delay in Diagnosis and Continued Transmission of Leprosy in Brazil – An Explorative, Quantitative, Questionnaire Based Study pp. 1-12

Mary Henry, Noêmi GalAn, Katherine Teasdale, Renata Prado, Harpreet Amar, Marina S Rays, Lesley Roberts, Pedro Siqueira, Gilles de Wildt, Marcos Virmond and Pranab K Das

Volume 10, issue 2, 2016

Developing a Time Series Predictive Model for Dengue in Zhongshan, China Based on Weather and Guangzhou Dengue Surveillance Data pp. 1-17

Yingtao Zhang, Tao Wang, Kangkang Liu, Yao Xia, Yi Lu, Qinlong Jing, Zhicong Yang, Wenbiao Hu and Jiahai Lu

Productivity Loss Related to Neglected Tropical Diseases Eligible for Preventive Chemotherapy: A Systematic Literature Review pp. 1-19

Edeltraud J Lenk, William K Redekop, Marianne Luyendijk, Adriana J Rijnsburger and Johan L Severens

Albendazole and Corticosteroids for the Treatment of Solitary Cysticercus Granuloma: A Network Meta-analysis pp. 1-15

Bing-Cheng Zhao, Hong-Ye Jiang, Wei-Ying Ma, Da-Di Jin, Hao-Miao Li, Hai Lu, Hideaki Nakajima, Tong-Yi Huang, Kai-Yu Sun, Shu-Ling Chen and Ke-Bing Chen

Costs of Dengue Control Activities and Hospitalizations in the Public Health Sector during an Epidemic Year in Urban Sri Lanka pp. 1-13

Neil Thalagala, Hasitha Tissera, Paba Palihawadana, Ananda Amarasinghe, Anuradha Ambagahawita, Annelies Wilder-Smith, Donald S Shepard and Yeşim Tozan

Volume 10, issue 1, 2016

Model-Based Geostatistical Mapping of the Prevalence of Onchocerca volvulus in West Africa pp. 1-36

Simon J O’Hanlon, Hannah C Slater, Robert A Cheke, Boakye A Boatin, Luc E Coffeng, Sébastien D S Pion, Michel Boussinesq, Honorat G M Zouré, Wilma A Stolk and María-Gloria Basáñez

Structure-Bioactivity Relationship for Benzimidazole Thiophene Inhibitors of Polo-Like Kinase 1 (PLK1), a Potential Drug Target in Schistosoma mansoni pp. 1-21

Thavy Long, R Jeffrey Neitz, Rachel Beasley, Chakrapani Kalyanaraman, Brian M Suzuki, Matthew P Jacobson, Colette Dissous, James H McKerrow, David H Drewry, William J Zuercher, Rahul Singh and Conor R Caffrey

The Ecological Dynamics of Fecal Contamination and Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A in Municipal Kathmandu Drinking Water pp. 1-18

Abhilasha Karkey, Thibaut Jombart, Alan W Walker, Corinne N Thompson, Andres Torres, Sabina Dongol, Nga Tran Vu Thieu, Duy Pham Thanh, Dung Tran Thi Ngoc, Phat Voong Vinh, Andrew C Singer, Julian Parkhill, Guy Thwaites, Buddha Basnyat, Neil Ferguson and Stephen Baker