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June 2012, Volume 6, Issue 6

1-8 Early Prediction of Treatment Efficacy in Second-Stage Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis
by Gerardo Priotto & François Chappuis & Mathieu Bastard & Laurence Flevaud & Jean-François Etard

May 2012, Volume 6, Issue 5

1-5 Use of Oxfendazole to Control Porcine Cysticercosis in a High-Endemic Area of Mozambique
by Alberto Pondja & Luís Neves & James Mlangwa & Sónia Afonso & José Fafetine & Arve Lee Willingham III & Stig Milan Thamsborg & Maria Vang Johansen
1-6 Dengue Infection and Miscarriage: A Prospective Case Control Study
by Peng Chiong Tan & May Zaw Soe & Khaing Si Lay & Seok Mui Wang & Shamala Devi Sekaran & Siti Zawiah Omar
1-9 Surveillance of Dengue Fever Virus: A Review of Epidemiological Models and Early Warning Systems
by Vanessa Racloz & Rebecca Ramsey & Shilu Tong & Wenbiao Hu
1-9 Optimizing the Colour and Fabric of Targets for the Control of the Tsetse Fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes
by Jenny M Lindh & Parikshit Goswami & Richard S Blackburn & Sarah E J Arnold & Glyn A Vale & Mike J Lehane & Steve J Torr
1-11 Soil-Transmitted Helminth Reinfection after Drug Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
by Tie-Wu Jia & Sara Melville & Jürg Utzinger & Charles H King & Xiao-Nong Zhou

April 2012, Volume 6, Issue 4

1-10 A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Towards Control and Elimination
by Boakye A Boatin & María-Gloria Basáñez & Roger K Prichard & Kwablah Awadzi & Rashida M Barakat & Héctor H García & Andrea Gazzinelli & Warwick N Grant & James S McCarthy & Eliézer K N'Goran & Mike Y Osei-Atweneboana & Banchob Sripa & Guo-Jing Yang & Sara Lustigman
1-11 A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Modelling for Control and Elimination
by María-Gloria Basáñez & James S McCarthy & Michael D French & Guo-Jing Yang & Martin Walker & Manoj Gambhir & Roger K Prichard & Thomas S Churcher
1-11 A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Social Ecology, Environmental Determinants, and Health Systems
by Andrea Gazzinelli & Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira & Guo-Jing Yang & Boakye A Boatin & Helmut Kloos
1-12 A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: Health Research and Capacity Building in Disease-Endemic Countries for Helminthiases Control
by Mike Y Osei-Atweneboana & Sara Lustigman & Roger K Prichard & Boakye A Boatin & María-Gloria Basáñez
1-13 A Research Agenda for Helminth Diseases of Humans: The Problem of Helminthiases
by Sara Lustigman & Roger K Prichard & Andrea Gazzinelli & Warwick N Grant & Boakye A Boatin & James S McCarthy & María-Gloria Basáñez

March 2012, Volume 6, Issue 3

1-6 Texas and Mexico: Sharing a Legacy of Poverty and Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Peter J Hotez & Maria Elena Bottazzi & Eric Dumonteil & Jesus G Valenzuela & Shaden Kamhawi & Jaime Ortega & Samuel Ponce de Leon Rosales & Miguel Betancourt Cravioto & Roberto Tapia-Conyer
1-6 Assessing the Potential of a Candidate Dengue Vaccine with Mathematical Modeling
by WHO-VMI Dengue Vaccine Modeling Group
1-9 Early Clinical Features of Dengue Virus Infection in Nicaraguan Children: A Longitudinal Analysis
by Hope H Biswas & Oscar Ortega & Aubree Gordon & Katherine Standish & Angel Balmaseda & Guillermina Kuan & Eva Harris
1-13 Density-Dependent Mortality of the Human Host in Onchocerciasis: Relationships between Microfilarial Load and Excess Mortality
by Martin Walker & Mark P Little & Karen S Wagner & Edoh W Soumbey-Alley & Boakye A Boatin & María-Gloria Basáñez

February 2012, Volume 6, Issue 2

1-3 Improving Access to Medicines for Neglected Tropical Diseases in Developing Countries: Lessons from Three Emerging Economies
by Francesca Holt & Stephen J Gillam & Jeremiah M Ngondi
1-7 Predictive Models for the Diagnostic of Human Visceral Leishmaniasis in Brazil
by Tália S Machado de Assis & Ana Rabello & Guilherme L Werneck
1-10 Estimating the Non-Monetary Burden of Neurocysticercosis in Mexico
by Rachana Bhattarai & Christine M Budke & Hélène Carabin & Jefferson V Proaño & Jose Flores-Rivera & Teresa Corona & Renata Ivanek & Karen F Snowden & Ana Flisser
1-19 Climate-Based Models for Understanding and Forecasting Dengue Epidemics
by Elodie Descloux & Morgan Mangeas & Christophe Eugène Menkes & Matthieu Lengaigne & Anne Leroy & Temaui Tehei & Laurent Guillaumot & Magali Teurlai & Ann-Claire Gourinat & Justus Benzler & Anne Pfannstiel & Jean-Paul Grangeon & Nicolas Degallier & Xavier De Lamballerie

January 2012, Volume 6, Issue 1

1-8 Comparative Study of rK39 Leishmania Antigen for Serodiagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis: Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
by Zuinara Maia & Monique Lírio & Sóstenes Mistro & Carlos Maurício Cardeal Mendes & Sanjay R Mehta & Roberto Badaro
1-8 WormAssay: A Novel Computer Application for Whole-Plate Motion-based Screening of Macroscopic Parasites
by Chris Marcellino & Jiri Gut & K C Lim & Rahul Singh & James McKerrow & Judy Sakanari
1-9 Diagnostic Accuracy of Molecular Amplification Tests for Human African Trypanosomiasis—Systematic Review
by Claire M Mugasa & Emily R Adams & Kimberly R Boer & Heleen C Dyserinck & Philippe Büscher & Henk D H F Schallig & Mariska M G Leeflang
1-9 Should I Get Screened for Sleeping Sickness? A Qualitative Study in Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
by Alain Mpanya & David Hendrickx & Mimy Vuna & Albert Kanyinda & Crispin Lumbala & Valéry Tshilombo & Patrick Mitashi & Oscar Luboya & Victor Kande & Marleen Boelaert & Pierre Lefèvre & Pascal Lutumba

December 2011, Volume 5, Issue 12

1-2 An Interfaith Dialogue on the Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Peter J Hotez & Serap Aksoy
1-8 The Emerging Story of Disability Associated with Lymphatic Filariasis: A Critical Review
by Lynne Michelle Zeldenryk & Marion Gray & Richard Speare & Susan Gordon & Wayne Melrose
1-9 Economic Impact of Dengue Illness and the Cost-Effectiveness of Future Vaccination Programs in Singapore
by Luis R Carrasco & Linda K Lee & Vernon J Lee & Eng Eong Ooi & Donald S Shepard & Tun L Thein & Victor Gan & Alex R Cook & David Lye & Lee Ching Ng & Yee Sin Leo
1-9 Novel Insights in the Fecal Egg Count Reduction Test for Monitoring Drug Efficacy against Soil-Transmitted Helminths in Large-Scale Treatment Programs
by Bruno Levecke & Niko Speybroeck & Robert J Dobson & Jozef Vercruysse & Johannes Charlier

November 2011, Volume 5, Issue 11

1-8 Evaluation of the Traditional and Revised WHO Classifications of Dengue Disease Severity
by Federico Narvaez & Gamaliel Gutierrez & Maria Angeles Pérez & Douglas Elizondo & Andrea Nuñez & Angel Balmaseda & Eva Harris

October 2011, Volume 5, Issue 10

1-6 The Cost of Antibiotic Mass Drug Administration for Trachoma Control in a Remote Area of South Sudan
by Jan H Kolaczinski & Emily Robinson & Timothy P Finn
1-7 Impact of Health Research Capacity Strengthening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Case of WHO/TDR Programmes
by Happiness Minja & Christian Nsanzabana & Christine Maure & Axel Hoffmann & Susan Rumisha & Olumide Ogundahunsi & Fabio Zicker & Marcel Tanner & Pascal Launois
1-11 Schistosomiais and Soil-Transmitted Helminth Control in Niger: Cost Effectiveness of School Based and Community Distributed Mass Drug Administration
by Jacqueline Leslie & Amadou Garba & Elisa Bosque Oliva & Arouna Barkire & Amadou Aboubacar Tinni & Ali Djibo & Idrissa Mounkaila & Alan Fenwick

September 2011, Volume 5, Issue 9

1-8 Towards an Optimal Design of Target for Tsetse Control: Comparisons of Novel Targets for the Control of Palpalis Group Tsetse in West Africa
by Jean Baptiste Rayaisse & Johan Esterhuizen & Inaki Tirados & Dramane Kaba & Ernest Salou & Abdoulaye Diarrassouba & Glyn A Vale & Michael J Lehane & Stephen J Torr & Philippe Solano
1-10 Serum Metabolomics Reveals Higher Levels of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Lepromatous Leprosy: Potential Markers for Susceptibility and Pathogenesis
by Reem Al-Mubarak & Jason Vander Heiden & Corey D Broeckling & Marivic Balagon & Patrick J Brennan & Varalakshmi D Vissa
1-15 Utility of Repeated Praziquantel Dosing in the Treatment of Schistosomiasis in High-Risk Communities in Africa: A Systematic Review
by Charles H King & Stephanie K Olbrych & Margaret Soon & Mendel E Singer & Jen Carter & Daniel G Colley

August 2011, Volume 5, Issue 8

1-2 Freedom, Justice, and Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Carlos Franco-Paredes & Jose I Santos-Preciado
1-6 Delayed Psychological Morbidity Associated with Snakebite Envenoming
by Shehan S Williams & Chamara A Wijesinghe & Shaluka F Jayamanne & Nicholas A Buckley & Andrew H Dawson & David G Lalloo & H Janaka de Silva
1-9 The Value of Educational Messages Embedded in a Community-Based Approach to Combat Dengue Fever: A Systematic Review and Meta Regression Analysis
by Nada Al-Muhandis & Paul R Hunter
1-10 Prevalence and Factors Associated with Leishmania infantum Infection of Dogs from an Urban Area of Brazil as Identified by Molecular Methods
by Wendel Coura-Vital & Marcos José Marques & Vanja Maria Veloso & Bruno Mendes Roatt & Rodrigo Dian de Oliveira Aguiar-Soares & Levi Eduardo Soares Reis & Samuel Leôncio Braga & Maria Helena Franco Morais & Alexandre Barbosa Reis & Mariângela Carneiro
1-10 How Do Tsetse Recognise Their Hosts? The Role of Shape in the Responses of Tsetse ( Glossina fuscipes and G. palpalis ) to Artificial Hosts
by Inaki Tirados & Johan Esterhuizen & Jean Baptiste Rayaisse & Abdoulaye Diarrassouba & Dramane Kaba & Serge Mpiana & Glyn A Vale & Philippe Solano & Michael J Lehane & Stephen J Torr

July 2011, Volume 5, Issue 7

1-6 Randomized Clinical Trial on Ivermectin versus Thiabendazole for the Treatment of Strongyloidiasis
by Zeno Bisoffi & Dora Buonfrate & Andrea Angheben & Marina Boscolo & Mariella Anselmi & Stefania Marocco & Geraldo Monteiro & Maria Gobbo & Giulia Bisoffi & Federico Gobbi
1-10 Clinical and Virological Factors Influencing the Performance of a NS1 Antigen-Capture Assay and Potential Use as a Marker of Dengue Disease Severity
by Veasna Duong & Sowath Ly & Patrich Lorn Try & Anne Tuiskunen & Sivuth Ong & Norith Chroeung & Ake Lundkvist & Isabelle Leparc-Goffart & Vincent Deubel & Sirenda Vong & Philippe Buchy
1-15 Accuracy of Five Algorithms to Diagnose Gambiense Human African Trypanosomiasis
by Francesco Checchi & François Chappuis & Unni Karunakara & Gerardo Priotto & Daniel Chandramohan

June 2011, Volume 5, Issue 6

1-8 Predictors of Visceral Leishmaniasis Relapse in HIV-Infected Patients: A Systematic Review
by Gláucia F Cota & Marcos R de Sousa & Ana Rabello
1-9 Pyrethroid Resistance Reduces the Efficacy of Space Sprays for Dengue Control on the Island of Martinique (Caribbean)
by Sébastien Marcombe & Frédéric Darriet & Michel Tolosa & Philip Agnew & Stéphane Duchon & Manuel Etienne & Marie Michèle Yp Tcha & Fabrice Chandre & Vincent Corbel & André Yébakima
1-9 The Chikungunya Epidemic on La Réunion Island in 2005–2006: A Cost-of-Illness Study
by Man-Koumba Soumahoro & Pierre-Yves Boelle & Bernard-Alex Gaüzere & Kokuvi Atsou & Camille Pelat & Bruno Lambert & Guy La Ruche & Marc Gastellu-Etchegorry & Philippe Renault & Marianne Sarazin & Yazdan Yazdanpanah & Antoine Flahault & Denis Malvy & Thomas Hanslik

May 2011, Volume 5, Issue 5

1-2 Research and Capacity Building for Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases: The Need for a Different Approach
by Thomas Kariuki & Richard Phillips & Sammy Njenga & Ole F Olesen & Paul R Klatser & Riccardo Porro & Sarah Lock & Maria Hermínia Cabral & Martina Gliber & Detlef Hanne
1-6 Economic Impact of Cystic Echinococcosis in Peru
by Pedro L Moro & Christine M Budke & Peter M Schantz & Julio Vasquez & Saul J Santivañez & Jaime Villavicencio
1-7 Recent Food Shortage Is Associated with Leprosy Disease in Bangladesh: A Case-Control Study
by Sabiena G Feenstra & Quamrun Nahar & David Pahan & Linda Oskam & Jan Hendrik Richardus
1-9 Interruption and Defaulting of Multidrug Therapy against Leprosy: Population-Based Study in Brazil's Savannah Region
by Jorg Heukelbach & Olga André Chichava & Alexcian Rodrigues de Oliveira & Kathrin Häfner & Friederike Walther & Carlos Henrique Morais de Alencar & Alberto Novaes Ramos Jr. & Adriana Cavalcante Ferreira & Liana Ariza
1-13 Meeting Cholera's Challenge to Haiti and the World: A Joint Statement on Cholera Prevention and Care
by Paul Farmer & Charles Patrick Almazor & Emily T Bahnsen & Donna Barry & Junior Bazile & Barry R Bloom & Niranjan Bose & Thomas Brewer & Stephen B Calderwood & John D Clemens & Alejandro Cravioto & Eddy Eustache & Gregory Jérôme & Neha Gupta & Jason B Harris & Howard H Hiatt & Cassia Holstein & Peter J Hotez & Louise C Ivers & Vanessa B Kerry & Serena P Koenig & Regina C LaRocque & Fernet Léandre & Wesler Lambert & Evan Lyon & John J Mekalanos & Joia S Mukherjee & Cate Oswald & Jean-William Pape & Anany Gretchko Prosper & Regina Rabinovich & Maxi Raymonville & Jean-Renold Réjouit & Laurence J Ronan & Mark L Rosenberg & Edward T Ryan & Jeffrey D Sachs & David A Sack & Claude Surena & Arjun A Suri & Ralph Ternier & Matthew K Waldor & David Walton & Jonathan L Weigel

April 2011, Volume 5, Issue 4

1-9 Triatoma dimidiata Infestation in Chagas Disease Endemic Regions of Guatemala: Comparison of Random and Targeted Cross-Sectional Surveys
by Raymond J King & Celia Cordon-Rosales & Jonathan Cox & Clive R Davies & Uriel D Kitron
1-10 Individual Predisposition, Household Clustering and Risk Factors for Human Infection with Ascaris lumbricoides: New Epidemiological Insights
by Martin Walker & Andrew Hall & María-Gloria Basáñez

March 2011, Volume 5, Issue 3

1-3 America’s Most Distressed Areas and Their Neglected Infections: The United States Gulf Coast and the District of Columbia
by Peter J Hotez
1-7 Prevalence and Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasitism in Rural and Remote West Malaysia
by Romano Ngui & Saidon Ishak & Chow Sek Chuen & Rohela Mahmud & Yvonne A L Lim
1-11 Evaluation of Cost-Effective Strategies for Rabies Post-Exposure Vaccination in Low-Income Countries
by Katie Hampson & Sarah Cleaveland & Deborah Briggs

February 2011, Volume 5, Issue 2

1-11 Spatial Modelling of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections in Kenya: A Disease Control Planning Tool
by Rachel L Pullan & Peter W Gething & Jennifer L Smith & Charles S Mwandawiro & Hugh J W Sturrock & Caroline W Gitonga & Simon I Hay & Simon Brooker
1-13 Population Vulnerability and Disability in Kenya's Tsetse Fly Habitats
by Sue C Grady & Joseph P Messina & Paul F McCord

December 2010, Volume 4, Issue 12

1-5 Neurocysticercosis May No Longer Be a Public Health Problem in Mexico
by Ana Flisser & Dolores Correa
1-10 Bayesian Geostatistical Analysis and Prediction of Rhodesian Human African Trypanosomiasis
by Nicola A Wardrop & Peter M Atkinson & Peter W Gething & Eric M Fèvre & Kim Picozzi & Abbas S L Kakembo & Susan C Welburn

November 2010, Volume 4, Issue 11

1-6 Cost-Effectiveness of a Chemoprophylactic Intervention with Single Dose Rifampicin in Contacts of New Leprosy Patients
by Willemijn J Idema & Istvan M Majer & David Pahan & Linda Oskam & Suzanne Polinder & Jan Hendrik Richardus
1-9 Mapping Snakebite Epidemiology in Nicaragua – Pitfalls and Possible Solutions
by Erik Hansson & Steven Cuadra & Anna Oudin & Kim de Jong & Emilie Stroh & Kjell Torén & Maria Albin
1-10 Health Seeking Behaviour and Utilization of Health Facilities for Schistosomiasis-Related Symptoms in Ghana
by Anthony Danso-Appiah & Wilma A Stolk & Kwabena M Bosompem & Joseph Otchere & Caspar W N Looman & J Dik F Habbema & Sake J de Vlas
1-10 Targeting Antibiotics to Households for Trachoma Control
by Isobel M Blake & Matthew J Burton & Anthony W Solomon & Sheila K West & María-Gloria Basáñez & Manoj Gambhir & Robin L Bailey & David C W Mabey & Nicholas C Grassly

October 2010, Volume 4, Issue 10

1-4 Unforeseen Costs of Cutting Mosquito Surveillance Budgets
by Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec & Luis F Chaves & Scott A Ritchie & Joe Davis & Uriel Kitron
1-6 Modeling Transmission Dynamics and Control of Vector-Borne Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Paula M Luz & Claudio J Struchiner & Alison P Galvani
1-9 Metabolomics-Based Discovery of Diagnostic Biomarkers for Onchocerciasis
by Judith R Denery & Ashlee A K Nunes & Mark S Hixon & Tobin J Dickerson & Kim D Janda

September 2010, Volume 4, Issue 9

1-2 A New Clinical Section in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Carlos Franco-Paredes & Albert I Ko & Serap Aksoy & Peter J Hotez
1-7 Impact of Increased Economic Burden Due to Human Echinococcosis in an Underdeveloped Rural Community of the People's Republic of China
by Yu Rong Yang & Gail M Williams & Philip S Craig & Donald P McManus
1-9 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Combination Therapies for Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian Subcontinent
by Filip Meheus & Manica Balasegaram & Piero Olliaro & Shyam Sundar & Suman Rijal & Md Abul Faiz & Marleen Boelaert

August 2010, Volume 4, Issue 8

1-3 Neurocysticercosis, a Persisting Health Problem in Mexico
by Agnès Fleury & Jael Moreno García & Paulina Valdez Aguerrebere & María de Sayve Durán & Paola Becerril Rodríguez & Carlos Larralde & Edda Sciutto
1-7 Interactions between Global Health Initiatives and Country Health Systems: The Case of a Neglected Tropical Diseases Control Program in Mali
by Anna Cavalli & Sory I Bamba & Mamadou N Traore & Marleen Boelaert & Youssouf Coulibaly & Katja Polman & Marjan Pirard & Monique Van Dormael
1-9 Targeting Trachoma Control through Risk Mapping: The Example of Southern Sudan
by Archie C A Clements & Lucia W Kur & Gideon Gatpan & Jeremiah M Ngondi & Paul M Emerson & Mounir Lado & Anthony Sabasio & Jan H Kolaczinski
1-11 Characterization of the Dispersal of Non-Domiciliated Triatoma dimidiata through the Selection of Spatially Explicit Models
by Corentin Barbu & Eric Dumonteil & Sébastien Gourbière

July 2010, Volume 4, Issue 7

1-8 Integrated Surveys of Neglected Tropical Diseases in Southern Sudan: How Much Do They Cost and Can They Be Refined?
by Jan H Kolaczinski & Kara Hanson & Emily Robinson & Diana Picon & Anthony Sabasio & Martin Mpakateni & Mounir Lado & Stephen Moore & Nora Petty & Simon Brooker

December 2009, Volume 3, Issue 12

1-6 Snake Envenoming: A Disease of Poverty
by Robert A Harrison & Adam Hargreaves & Simon C Wagstaff & Brian Faragher & David G Lalloo
1-11 Spatial Predictions of Rhodesian Human African Trypanosomiasis (Sleeping Sickness) Prevalence in Kaberamaido and Dokolo, Two Newly Affected Districts of Uganda
by Nicola A Batchelor & Peter M Atkinson & Peter W Gething & Kim Picozzi & Eric M Fèvre & Abbas S L Kakembo & Susan C Welburn

November 2009, Volume 3, Issue 11

1-19 Anti-schistosomal Intervention Targets Identified by Lifecycle Transcriptomic Analyses
by Jennifer M Fitzpatrick & Emily Peak & Samirah Perally & Iain W Chalmers & John Barrett & Timothy P Yoshino & Alasdair C Ivens & Karl F Hoffmann

October 2009, Volume 3, Issue 10

1-1 Has Culling Been Properly Assessed as a Valid and Justified Control Intervention Measure for Zoonotic Diseases?
by Maria Vang Johansen & Mary-Lou Penrith
1-4 The Neglected Tropical Diseases and Their Devastating Health and Economic Impact on the Member Nations of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference
by Peter J Hotez
1-4 A Word of Caution against the Stigma Trend in Neglected Tropical Disease Research and Control
by Joan Muela Ribera & Koen Peeters Grietens & Elizabeth Toomer & Susanna Hausmann-Muela
1-7 The Global Burden of Trachoma: A Review
by Matthew J Burton & David C W Mabey

September 2009, Volume 3, Issue 9

1-10 Dynamics of Socioeconomic Risk Factors for Neglected Tropical Diseases and Malaria in an Armed Conflict
by Thomas Fürst & Giovanna Raso & Cinthia A Acka & Andres B Tschannen & Eliézer K N'Goran & Jürg Utzinger
1-18 Skeeter Buster: A Stochastic, Spatially Explicit Modeling Tool for Studying Aedes aegypti Population Replacement and Population Suppression Strategies
by Krisztian Magori & Mathieu Legros & Molly E Puente & Dana A Focks & Thomas W Scott & Alun L Lloyd & Fred Gould

August 2009, Volume 3, Issue 8

1-2 A Constitutional Amendment for Deworming
by Peter J Hotez
1-3 Assessing the Impact of a Missed Mass Drug Administration in Haiti
by Kimberly Y Won & Madsen Beau de Rochars & Dominique Kyelem & Thomas G Streit & Patrick J Lammie
1-5 Importance of Coverage and Endemicity on the Return of Infectious Trachoma after a Single Mass Antibiotic Distribution
by Takele Lakew & Wondu Alemayehu & Muluken Melese & Elizabeth Yi & Jenafir I House & Kevin C Hong & Zhaoxia Zhou & Kathryn J Ray & Travis C Porco & Bruce D Gaynor & Thomas M Lietman & Jeremy D Keenan

July 2009, Volume 3, Issue 7

1-7 Improving the Cost-Effectiveness of Artificial Visual Baits for Controlling the Tsetse Fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes
by Jenny M Lindh & Steve J Torr & Glyn A Vale & Mike J Lehane
1-11 Spatial Re-Establishment Dynamics of Local Populations of Vectors of Chagas Disease
by Heinrich zu Dohna & María C Cecere & Ricardo E Gürtler & Uriel Kitron & Joel E Cohen

June 2009, Volume 3, Issue 6

1-10 When Can Antibiotic Treatments for Trachoma Be Discontinued? Graduating Communities in Three African Countries
by Kathryn J Ray & Thomas M Lietman & Travis C Porco & Jeremy D Keenan & Robin L Bailey & Anthony W Solomon & Matthew J Burton & Emma Harding-Esch & Martin J Holland & David Mabey

May 2009, Volume 3, Issue 5

1-4 An Innovative Database for Epidemiological Field Studies of Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Darren J Gray & Simon J Forsyth & Robert S Li & Donald P McManus & YueSheng Li & Honggen Chen & Feng Zheng & Gail M Williams

April 2009, Volume 3, Issue 4

1-3 One World Health: Neglected Tropical Diseases in a Flat World
by Peter J Hotez
1-7 Marriage, Sex, and Hydrocele: An Ethnographic Study on the Effect of Filarial Hydrocele on Conjugal Life and Marriageability from Orissa, India
by Bontha V Babu & Suchismita Mishra & Abhaya N Nayak

March 2009, Volume 3, Issue 3

1-3 Challenges in Retaining Research Scientists beyond the Doctoral Level in Kenya
by Lynette Isabella Ochola & Evelyn Gitau
1-4 Toxocariasis: America's Most Common Neglected Infection of Poverty and a Helminthiasis of Global Importance?
by Peter J Hotez & Patricia P Wilkins
1-8 A Rationale for Schistosomiasis Control in Elementary Schools of the Rainforest Zone of Pernambuco, Brazil
by Tereza C Favre & Ana P B Pereira & Aline F Galvão & Luciana C Zani & Constança S Barbosa & Otávio S Pieri
1-8 The Disease Burden of Taenia solium Cysticercosis in Cameroon
by Nicolas Praet & Niko Speybroeck & Rafael Manzanedo & Dirk Berkvens & Denis Nsame Nforninwe & André Zoli & Fabrice Quet & Pierre-Marie Preux & Hélène Carabin & Stanny Geerts

February 2009, Volume 3, Issue 2

1-2 The Evolving Scope of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Peter J Hotez & Gavin Yamey
1-6 Social Research on Neglected Diseases of Poverty: Continuing and Emerging Themes
by Lenore Manderson & Jens Aagaard-Hansen & Pascale Allotey & Margaret Gyapong & Johannes Sommerfeld
1-10 Is Paromomycin an Effective and Safe Treatment against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis? A Meta-Analysis of 14 Randomized Controlled Trials
by Dae Hyun Kim & Hye Jin Chung & Joachim Bleys & Reza F Ghohestani

January 2009, Volume 3, Issue 1

1-1 Evidence-Based Policy on Deworming
by Dirk Engels & Lorenzo Savioli
1-3 Does Deworming Improve Growth and School Performance in Children?
by David Taylor-Robinson & Ashley Jones & Paul Garner
1-3 Deworming and Development: Asking the Right Questions, Asking the Questions Right
by Donald A P Bundy & Michael Kremer & Hoyt Bleakley & Matthew C H Jukes & Edward Miguel
1-4 Waging Peace through Neglected Tropical Disease Control: A US Foreign Policy for the Bottom Billion
by Peter J Hotez & Tommy G Thompson
1-8 Landscape Changes Influence the Occurrence of the Melioidosis Bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei in Soil in Northern Australia
by Mirjam Kaestli & Mark Mayo & Glenda Harrington & Linda Ward & Felicity Watt & Jason V Hill & Allen C Cheng & Bart J Currie
1-11 Cost-Effectiveness of Chagas Disease Vector Control Strategies in Northwestern Argentina
by Gonzalo M Vazquez-Prokopec & Cynthia Spillmann & Mario Zaidenberg & Uriel Kitron & Ricardo E Gürtler

December 2008, Volume 2, Issue 12

1-9 The Natural History of Trachoma Infection and Disease in a Gambian Cohort with Frequent Follow-Up
by Nicholas C Grassly & Michael E Ward & Shirley Ferris & David C Mabey & Robin L Bailey

November 2008, Volume 2, Issue 11

1-2 The Future of TDR: It Will Share the R&D Landscape with Other National and Multilateral Agencies
by Anthony Mbewu
1-2 Tropical Diseases Research: Thirty Years and Counting
by Peter J Hotez
1-6 Two Years after the Fourth External Review: TDR Moves Forward with a New Vision and Strategy
by Robert G Ridley & Peter Ndumbe & Rolf Korte
1-11 The Costs of Preventing and Treating Chagas Disease in Colombia
by Marianela Castillo-Riquelme & Felipe Guhl & Brenda Turriago & Nestor Pinto & Fernando Rosas & Mónica Flórez Martínez & Julia Fox-Rushby & Clive Davies & Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum

October 2008, Volume 2, Issue 10

1-3 Marring Leishmaniasis: The Stigmatization and the Impact of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Pakistan and Afghanistan
by Masoom Kassi & Mahwash Kassi & Abaseen Khan Afghan & Rabeea Rehman & Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi
1-7 “It Is Me Who Endures but My Family That Suffers”: Social Isolation as a Consequence of the Household Cost Burden of Buruli Ulcer Free of Charge Hospital Treatment
by Koen Peeters Grietens & Alphonse Um Boock & Hans Peeters & Susanna Hausmann-Muela & Elizabeth Toomer & Joan Muela Ribera

September 2008, Volume 2, Issue 9

1-2 Toward Comprehensive Interventions to Improve the Health of Women of Reproductive Age
by Jennifer F Friedman & Luz P Acosta

August 2008, Volume 2, Issue 8

1-12 State–Space Forecasting of Schistosoma haematobium Time-Series in Niono, Mali
by Daniel C Medina & Sally E Findley & Seydou Doumbia

July 2008, Volume 2, Issue 7

1-2 Engaging the Community: An Interview with Uche Amazigo
by Hannah Brown

June 2008, Volume 2, Issue 6

1-2 Why Arboviruses Can Be Neglected Tropical Diseases
by A Desiree LaBeaud
1-9 Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Schistosoma japonicum Prevalence Data in the Absence of a Diagnostic ‘Gold’ Standard
by Xian-Hong Wang & Xiao-Nong Zhou & Penelope Vounatsou & Zhao Chen & Jürg Utzinger & Kun Yang & Peter Steinmann & Xiao-Hua Wu
1-11 Neglected Infections of Poverty in the United States of America
by Peter J Hotez

May 2008, Volume 2, Issue 5

1-2 Holidays in the Sun and the Caribbean’s Forgotten Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Peter J Hotez
1-5 Neglected Diseases in the News: A Content Analysis of Recent International Media Coverage Focussing on Leishmaniasis and Trypanosomiasis
by Mangai Balasegaram & Sooria Balasegaram & Denis Malvy & Pascal Millet
1-10 The Effect of Azithromycin on Ivermectin Pharmacokinetics—A Population Pharmacokinetic Model Analysis
by Ahmed El-Tahtawy & Paul Glue & Emma N Andrews & Jack Mardekian & Guy W Amsden & Charles A Knirsch

April 2008, Volume 2, Issue 4

1-2 Stigma: The Stealth Weapon of the NTD
by Peter J Hotez
1-9 An Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Inbreeding in Wuchereria bancrofti: Implications for the Spread and Detection of Drug Resistance
by Thomas S Churcher & Anne E Schwab & Roger K Prichard & María-Gloria Basáñez
1-10 Impact of Environment and Social Gradient on Leptospira Infection in Urban Slums
by Renato B Reis & Guilherme S Ribeiro & Ridalva D M Felzemburgh & Francisco S Santana & Sharif Mohr & Astrid X T O Melendez & Adriano Queiroz & Andréia C Santos & Romy R Ravines & Wagner S Tassinari & Marília S Carvalho & Mitermayer G Reis & Albert I Ko

March 2008, Volume 2, Issue 3

1-3 A Global Fund to Fight Neglected Tropical Diseases: Is the G8 Hokkaido Toyako 2008 Summit Ready?
by Peter J Hotez & David H Molyneux & Alan Fenwick & Lorenzo Savioli & Tsutomu Takeuchi
1-7 Albendazole versus Praziquantel in the Treatment of Neurocysticercosis: A Meta-analysis of Comparative Trials
by Dimitrios K Matthaiou & Georgios Panos & Eleni S Adamidi & Matthew E Falagas
1-9 Decision Tree Algorithms Predict the Diagnosis and Outcome of Dengue Fever in the Early Phase of Illness
by Lukas Tanner & Mark Schreiber & Jenny G H Low & Adrian Ong & Thomas Tolfvenstam & Yee Ling Lai & Lee Ching Ng & Yee Sin Leo & Le Thi Puong & Subhash G Vasudevan & Cameron P Simmons & Martin L Hibberd & Eng Eong Ooi
1-10 Asymmetries of Poverty: Why Global Burden of Disease Valuations Underestimate the Burden of Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Charles H King & Anne-Marie Bertino

February 2008, Volume 2, Issue 2

1-2 Reinventing Guantanamo: From Detainee Facility to Center for Research on Neglected Diseases of Poverty in the Americas
by Peter J Hotez

January 2008, Volume 2, Issue 1

1-3 The Giant Anteater in the Room: Brazil's Neglected Tropical Diseases Problem
by Peter J Hotez
1-3 The Stigmatization of Leprosy in India and Its Impact on Future Approaches to Elimination and Control
by Jesse T Jacob & Carlos Franco-Paredes

December 2007, Volume 1, Issue 3

1-3 Neglected Diseases and Poverty in “The Other America”: The Greatest Health Disparity in the United States?
by Peter J Hotez
1-7 A Comparative Study of Leptospirosis and Dengue in Thai Children
by Daniel H Libraty & Khin S A Myint & Clinton K Murray & Robert V Gibbons & Mammen P Mammen & Timothy P Endy & Wenjun Li & David W Vaughn & Ananda Nisalak & Siripen Kalayanarooj & Duane R Hospenthal & Sharone Green & Alan L Rothman & Francis A Ennis
1-10 Community and School-Based Health Education for Dengue Control in Rural Cambodia: A Process Evaluation
by Sokrin Khun & Lenore Manderson

November 2007, Volume 1, Issue 2

1-2 Measuring Neglect
by Peter Hotez
1-3 Neglected Tropical Diseases, Neglected Data Sources, and Neglected Issues
by Burton H Singer & Carol D Ryff
1-8 Neglected Patients with a Neglected Disease? A Qualitative Study of Lymphatic Filariasis
by Myrtle Perera & Margaret Whitehead & David Molyneux & Mirani Weerasooriya & Godfrey Gunatilleke

October 2007, Volume 1, Issue 1

1-1 A Turning Point in the History of Humanity's Oldest Diseases: Guest Commentary by WHO Director-General Margaret Chan
by Margaret Chan
1-4 The Future of Onchocerciasis Control in Africa
by Catherine Hodgkin & David H Molyneux & Adenike Abiose & Bernhard Philippon & Michael R Reich & J Hans Remme & Bjorn Thylefors & Mamadou Traore & Karen Grepin
1-6 Comparing Models for Early Warning Systems of Neglected Tropical Diseases
by Luis Fernando Chaves & Mercedes Pascual
1-10 National Mass Drug Administration Costs for Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination
by Ann S Goldman & Victoria H Guisinger & Moses Aikins & Maria Lourdes E Amarillo & Vicente Y Belizario & Bertha Garshong & John Gyapong & Conrad Kabali & Hussein A Kamal & Sanjat Kanjilal & Dominique Kyelem & Jefrey Lizardo & Mwele Malecela & Godfrey Mubyazi & P Abdoulaye Nitièma & Reda M R Ramzy & Thomas G Streit & Aaron Wallace & Molly A Brady & Richard Rheingans & Eric A Ottesen & Anne C Haddix

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