November 2, 2021

Raquel Soares Maia Godoy and colleagues show that the mosquito responses against dengue and Zika viruses are distinct and that mosquitoes from separate populations of the same city have different abilities to deal with the viruses in both cases.

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06/17/2021

Editorial

To broaden the coverage of a variety of conditions that share the features of currently recognized neglected tropical diseases, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases will accept manuscripts dealing with snakebite envenoming, scorpion sting envenoming, and envenomings by other animals if the studies deal with epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic, social science, and/or public policy aspects.

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Current Issue October 2021

10/14/2021

Symposium

José Luiz Coelho Júnior and colleagues present the cases of three patients with clinical history, laboratory test, and kidney biopsy results compatible with thrombotic microangiopathy, 2 of whom have a serological diagnosis of dengue fever and 1 of chikungunya.

Image credit: Coelho et al., pntd.0009790

10/08/2021

Viewpoints

Xinting Lu and colleagues argue that with medical resources and personnel being directed to battle COVID-19 globally, the pandemic may have grave repercussions in the resurgence of other infectious diseases such as dengue fever, especially in resource-limited countries with both endemic dengue and intense COVID-19 transmission.

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11/04/2021

Research Article

Qi Shi and colleagues find that parasite culturing and qPCR detection of bone marrow samples facilitate the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, but prompt treatment with anti-Leishmania and immunosuppressive chemotherapy can reduce mortality.

Image credit: Shi et al, pntd.0009944

11/04/2021

Research Article

Ana C. Vicente Santos and colleagues demonstrate that the yellow fever vaccine elicits an immune response that protects against cerebral infection by zika virus. Their findings suggest the possibility of using an available and inexpensive vaccine for large-scale immunization in the event of a ZIKV outbreak.

Image credit: Vicente Santos et al, pntd.0009907

10/28/2021

Research Article

Hadian Iman Sasmita and colleagues conclude that the ovitrap surveillance system is a sensitive tool for monitoring the population dynamics of Aedes vectors, predicting dengue outbreaks, and potentially improving community-based conventional larval surveillance.

Image credit: Sasmita et al, pntd.0009896

10/26/2021

Research Article

By Chen Xi Hu and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.

Image credit: Hu et al, pntd.0009865

10/29/2021

Research Article

ByGregório Guilherme Almeida and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.

Image credit: Almeida et al, pntd.0009077

10/27/2021

Research Article

By John Mattick and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.

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10/27/2021

Research Article

By Ian W. Pray and colleagues. Read the Author Summary.

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By Chechia do Couto, Louise Bach Kmetiuk, and colleagues

By Alessandra P. Lamarca and colleagues

By Polrat Wilairatana and colleagues

By Fatoumata Sakho and colleagues

By Johannes Benecke, Cornelius Benecke, and colleagues

By Haina Sun and colleagues

By Lola Marqué and colleagues

By Caian L. Vinhaes, Thomas A. Carmo, and colleagues

By Evgeny G. Chulkov, Emery Smith, and colleagues