期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (8)
Dengue fever virus (DENV) is a global health threat that is becoming increasingly critical. However, the pathogenesis of dengue has not yet been fully......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (3)
Background Scrub typhus, caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, an obligate intracellular gram-negative bacterium, along with hemorrhagic fever with renal ......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (4)
BackgroundAedes albopictus is one of the most invasive species in the world as well as the important vector for mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (5)
The development of efficient vaccines against COVID-19 is an emergent need for global public health. The spike protein of severe acute respiratory syn......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (8)
Objectives Trichinella spiralis is a zoonotic parasite with a complex parasitic life cycle and exposed to animals or humans by infectious meat. To con......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (4)
Author summary Trichomonas vaginalis is a common sexually transmitted parasite that colonized the urogenital mucosa and causes trichomoniasis, a negle......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (6)
The global spread of Zika virus (ZIKV), which caused a pandemic associated with Congenital Zika Syndrome and neuropathology in newborns and adults, pr......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (4)
Since late 2019, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has rapidly evolved to become a global pandemic. Each country......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (6)
Dengue virus (DENV) is a flavivirus that causes marked human morbidity and mortality worldwide, and is transmitted to humans by Aedes aegypti mosquito......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (8)
Elimination of schistosomiasis as a public health problem among all disease-endemic countries in 2030 is an ambitious goal. Recent achievements result......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (4)
Background Echinococcosis (canine Echinococcus disease) is a neglected tropical disease that causes serious public harm. Dogs, as a terminal host of E......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (7)
Author summary Echinococcosis, a worldwide zoonosis caused by genus Echinococcus, is highly endemic in Tibet of China. CE and AE as two main types of ......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (3)
In 2015, China and other member states of the United Nations adopted the goal of eliminating dog-mediated rabies by 2030. China has made substantial p......
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Author summary As of 2018, it was unknown if onchocerciasis transmission occurred among approximately 2 400 implementation units (IUs; typically, seco......
期刊: PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES, 2021; 15 (8)
Background Previous studies exploring the factors associated with the incidence of syphilis have mostly focused on individual-level factors. However, ......