| | Editorial The CNCDs and the NTDs: Blurring the Lines Dividing Noncommunicable and Communicable Chronic Diseases Peter J. Hotez and Abdallah S. Daar PMCID: PMC2568818 Viewpoint Leishmaniases' Burden of Disease: Ways Forward for Getting from Speculation to Reality Richard Reithinger PMCID: PMC2570250 Symposium Marring Leishmaniasis: The Stigmatization and the Impact of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Pakistan and Afghanistan Masoom Kassi, Mahwash Kassi, Abaseen Khan Afghan, Rabeea Rehman, and Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi PMCID: PMC2569210 Review Complexities of Assessing the Disease Burden Attributable to Leishmaniasis Caryn Bern, James H. Maguire, and Jorge Alvar PMCID: PMC2569207 Research Articles The Potential Impact of Density Dependent Fecundity on the Use of the Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test for Detecting Drug Resistance in Human Hookworms Andrew C. Kotze and Steven R. Kopp PMCID: PMC2553282 Protective and Enhancing HLA Alleles, HLA-DRB1*0901 and HLA-A*24, for Severe Forms of Dengue Virus Infection, Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and Dengue Shock Syndrome Nguyen Thi Phuong Lan, Mihoko Kikuchi, Vu Thi Que Huong, Do Quang Ha, Tran Thi Thuy, Vo Dinh Tham, Ha Manh Tuan, Vo Van Tuong, Cao Thi Phi Nga, Tran Van Dat, Toshifumi Oyama, Kouichi Morita, Michio Yasunami, and Kenji Hirayama PMCID: PMC2553281 Schistosoma mansoni Tegument Protein Sm29 Is Able to Induce a Th1-Type of Immune Response and Protection against Parasite Infection Fernanda C. Cardoso, Gilson C. Macedo, Elisandra Gava, Gregory T. Kitten, Vitor L. Mati, Alan L. de Melo, Marcelo V. Caliari, Giulliana T. Almeida, Thiago M. Venancio, Sergio Verjovski-Almeida, and Sergio C. Oliveira PMCID: PMC2553283 Dermal-Type Macrophages Expressing CD209/DC-SIGN Show Inherent Resistance to Dengue Virus Growth Wing-Hong Kwan, Erika Navarro-Sanchez, Hélène Dumortier, Marion Decossas, Hortense Vachon, Flavia Barreto dos Santos, Hervé W. Fridman, Félix A. Rey, Eva Harris, Philippe Despres, and Christopher G. Mueller PMCID: PMC2553280 Web-Based Virtual Microscopy for Parasitology: A Novel Tool for Education and Quality Assurance Ewert Linder, Mikael Lundin, Cecilia Thors, Marianne Lebbad, Jadwiga Winiecka-Krusnell, Heikki Helin, Byron Leiva, Jorma Isola, and Johan Lundin PMCID: PMC2565642 High Throughput Selection of Effective Serodiagnostics for Trypanosoma cruzi infection Gretchen Cooley, R. Drew Etheridge, Courtney Boehlke, Becky Bundy, D. Brent Weatherly, Todd Minning, Matthew Haney, Miriam Postan, Susana Laucella, and Rick L. Tarleton PMCID: PMC2556098 The Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis: Health Impact after 8 Years Eric A. Ottesen, Pamela J. Hooper, Mark Bradley, and Gautam Biswas PMCID: PMC2556399 Effects of Bothrops asper Snake Venom on Lymphatic Vessels: Insights into a Hidden Aspect of Envenomation Javier Mora, Rodrigo Mora, Bruno Lomonte, and José María Gutiérrez PMCID: PMC2563035 “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 Koen Peeters Grietens, Alphonse Um Boock, Hans Peeters, Susanna Hausmann-Muela, Elizabeth Toomer, and Joan Muela Ribera PMCID: PMC2562517 Tribendimidine and Albendazole for Treating Soil-Transmitted Helminths, Strongyloides stercoralis and Taenia spp.: Open-Label Randomized Trial Peter Steinmann, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Zun-Wei Du, Jin-Yong Jiang, Shu-Hua Xiao, Zhong-Xing Wu, Hui Zhou, and Jürg Utzinger PMCID: PMC2561005 Use of Genomic DNA as an Indirect Reference for Identifying Gender-Associated Transcripts in Morphologically Identical, but Chromosomally Distinct, Schistosoma mansoni Cercariae Jennifer M. Fitzpatrick, Anna V. Protasio, Andrew J. McArdle, Gary A. Williams, David A. Johnston, and Karl F. Hoffmann PMCID: PMC2565838 Controlling Tungiasis in an Impoverished Community: An Intervention Study Daniel Pilger, Stefan Schwalfenberg, Jörg Heukelbach, Lars Witt, Norbert Mencke, Adak Khakban, and Hermann Feldmeier PMCID: PMC2565488 Mycolactone Diffuses from Mycobacterium ulcerans–Infected Tissues and Targets Mononuclear Cells in Peripheral Blood and Lymphoid Organs Hui Hong, Emmanuelle Coutanceau, Marion Leclerc, Laxmee Caleechurn, Peter F. Leadlay, and Caroline Demangel PMCID: PMC2565835 Stage- and Gender-Specific Proteomic Analysis of Brugia malayi Excretory-Secretory Products Yovany Moreno and Timothy G. Geary PMCID: PMC2569413 A Simple Scoring System to Differentiate between Relapse and Re-Infection in Patients with Recurrent Melioidosis Direk Limmathurotsakul, Wipada Chaowagul, Narisara Chantratita, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Mayurachat Biaklang, Sarinna Tumapa, Nicholas J. White, Nicholas P. J. Day, and Sharon J. Peacock PMCID: PMC2570249 Corrections Correction: “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 Koen Peeters Grietens, Alphonse Um Boock, Hans Peeters, Susanna Hausmann-Muela, Elizabeth Toomer, and Joan Muela Ribera PMCID: PMC2572783 Corrects: Koen Peeters Grietens, et al. “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. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 October; 2(10): e321. Correction: Web-Based Virtual Microscopy for Parasitology: A Novel Tool for Education and Quality Assurance Ewert Linder, Mikael Lundin, Cecilia Thors, Marianne Lebbad, Jadwiga Winiecka-Krusnell, Heikki Helin, Byron Leiva, Jorma Isola, and Johan Lundin PMCID: PMC2583279 Corrects: Ewert Linder, et al. Web-Based Virtual Microscopy for Parasitology: A Novel Tool for Education and Quality Assurance. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 October; 2(10): e315. |
