| | Editorial Training the Next Generation of Global Health Scientists: A School of Appropriate Technology for Global Health Peter J. Hotez PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e279. Published online 2008 August 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000279.PMCID: PMC2565696 Viewpoint Strategies for Aspiring Biomedical Researchers in Resource-Limited Environments Patricia J. Garcia and Walter H. Curioso PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e274. Published online 2008 August 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000274.PMCID: PMC2565775 Historical Profiles and Perspectives Yaws: A Second (and Maybe Last?) Chance for Eradication Andrea Rinaldi PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e275. Published online 2008 August 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000275.PMCID: PMC2565700 Review Large-Scale Preventive Chemotherapy for the Control of Helminth Infection in Western Pacific Countries: Six Years Later Antonio Montresor, Dai Tran Cong, Mouth Sinuon, Reiko Tsuyuoka, Chitsavang Chanthavisouk, Hanne Strandgaard, Raman Velayudhan, Corinne M. Capuano, Tuan Le Anh, and Ah S. Tee Dató PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e278. Published online 2008 August 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000278.PMCID: PMC2565698 Research Articles Intestinal Transcriptomes of Nematodes: Comparison of the Parasites Ascaris suum and Haemonchus contortus with the Free-living Caenorhabditis elegans Yong Yin, John Martin, Sahar Abubucker, Alan L. Scott, James P. McCarter, Richard K. Wilson, Douglas P. Jasmer, and Makedonka Mitreva PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e269. Published online 2008 August 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000269.PMCID: PMC2483350 Conservation and Variability of Dengue Virus Proteins: Implications for Vaccine Design Asif M. Khan, Olivo Miotto, Eduardo J. M. Nascimento, K. N. Srinivasan, A. T. Heiny, Guang Lan Zhang, E. T. Marques, Tin Wee Tan, Vladimir Brusic, Jerome Salmon, and J. Thomas August PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e272. Published online 2008 August 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000272.PMCID: PMC2491585 The Mitochondrial Genome of Toxocara canis Aaron R. Jex, Andrea Waeschenbach, D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Min Hu, and Robin B. Gasser PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e273. Published online 2008 August 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000273.PMCID: PMC2483351 State–Space Forecasting of Schistosoma haematobium Time-Series in Niono, Mali Daniel C. Medina, Sally E. Findley, and Seydou Doumbia PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e276. Published online 2008 August 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000276.PMCID: PMC2491589 Ocular Sequelae of Congenital Toxoplasmosis in Brazil Compared with Europe Ruth E. Gilbert, Katherine Freeman, Eleonor G. Lago, Lilian M. G. Bahia-Oliveira, Hooi Kuan Tan, Martine Wallon, Wilma Buffolano, Miles R. Stanford, Eskild Petersen, and for The European Multicentre Study on Congenital Toxoplasmosis (EMSCOT) PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e277. Published online 2008 August 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000277.PMCID: PMC2493041 Evaluation of Two New Commercial Tests for the Diagnosis of Acute Dengue Virus Infection Using NS1 Antigen Detection in Human Serum Philippe Dussart, Laure Petit, Bhety Labeau, Laetitia Bremand, Alexandre Leduc, David Moua, Séverine Matheus, and Laurence Baril PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e280. Published online 2008 August 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000280.PMCID: PMC2500180 Entamoeba Shows Reversible Variation in Ploidy under Different Growth Conditions and between Life Cycle Phases Chandrama Mukherjee, C. Graham Clark, and Anuradha Lohia PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e281. Published online 2008 August 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000281.PMCID: PMC2500184 Targets of the Entamoeba histolytica Transcription Factor URE3-BP Carol A. Gilchrist, Duza J. Baba, Yan Zhang, Oswald Crasta, Clive Evans, Elisabet Caler, Bruno W. S. Sobral, Christina B. Bousquet, Megan Leo, Ameilia Hochreiter, Sarah K. Connell, Barbara J. Mann, and William A. Petri, Jr PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e282. Published online 2008 August 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000282.PMCID: PMC2565699 Preventing Nerve Function Impairment in Leprosy: Validation and Updating of a Prediction Rule Ron P. Schuring, Jan H. Richardus, Ewout W. Steyerberg, David Pahan, William R. Faber, and Linda Oskam PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 August; 2(8): e283. Published online 2008 August 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000283.PMCID: PMC2565693 |