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Volume 1(1);  October 2007
Editorials
A Turning Point in the History of Humanity's Oldest Diseases: Guest Commentary by WHO Director-General Margaret Chan
Margaret Chan
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e65. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000065.
PMCID: PMC2041820
Research Ethics and Reporting Standards at PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Gavin Yamey
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e69. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000069.
PMCID: PMC2041811
A New Voice for the Poor
Peter Hotez
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e77. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000077.
PMCID: PMC2041819
Expert Commentary
Ivermectin Resistance in Onchocerca volvulus: Toward a Genetic Basis
Sara Lustigman and James P. McCarter
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e76. Published online 2007 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000076.
PMCID: PMC2041823
Policy Platform
The Future of Onchocerciasis Control in Africa
Catherine Hodgkin, David H. Molyneux, Adenike Abiose, Bernhard Philippon, Michael R. Reich, J. Hans Remme, Bjorn Thylefors, Mamadou Traore, and Karen Grepin
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e74. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000074.
PMCID: PMC2041822
Research Articles
Perturbation of the Dimer Interface of Triosephosphate Isomerase and its Effect on Trypanosoma cruzi
Vanesa Olivares-Illana, Adela Rodríguez-Romero, Ingeborg Becker, Miriam Berzunza, Juventino García, Ruy Pérez-Montfort, Nallely Cabrera, Francisco López-Calahorra, Marieta Tuena de Gómez-Puyou, and Armando Gómez-Puyou
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e1. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000001.
PMCID: PMC2041813
Development of Highly Organized Lymphoid Structures in Buruli Ulcer Lesions after Treatment with Rifampicin and Streptomycin
Daniela Schütte, Alphonse Um-Boock, Ernestina Mensah-Quainoo, Peter Itin, Peter Schmid, and Gerd Pluschke
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e2. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000002.
PMCID: PMC2041817
Comparing Models for Early Warning Systems of Neglected Tropical Diseases
Luis Fernando Chaves and Mercedes Pascual
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e33. Published online 2007 October 22. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000033.
PMCID: PMC2041810
The bandit, a New DNA Transposon from a Hookworm—Possible Horizontal Genetic Transfer between Host and Parasite
Thewarach Laha, Alex Loukas, Supatra Wattanasatitarpa, Jenjira Somprakhon, Nonglack Kewgrai, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Sasithorn Kaewkes, Makedonka Mitreva, and Paul J. Brindley
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e35. Published online 2007 September 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000035.
PMCID: PMC2041818
A Dominant Clone of Leptospira interrogans Associated with an Outbreak of Human Leptospirosis in Thailand
Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Wirongrong Chierakul, Lee D. Smythe, Wimol Petkanchanapong, Roongrueng Limpaiboon, Apichat Apiwatanaporn, Andrew T. Slack, Yupin Suputtamongkol, Nicholas J. White, Edward J. Feil, Nicholas P. J. Day, and Sharon J. Peacock
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e56. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000056.
PMCID: PMC2041815
National Mass Drug Administration Costs for Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination
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, and Anne C. Haddix
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e67. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000067.
PMCID: PMC2041814
Genetic Selection of Low Fertile Onchocerca volvulus by Ivermectin Treatment
Catherine Bourguinat, Sébastien D. S. Pion, Joseph Kamgno, Jacques Gardon, Brian O. L. Duke, Michel Boussinesq, and Roger K. Prichard
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e72. Published online 2007 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000072.
PMCID: PMC2041821
Occurrence of Strongyloides stercoralis in Yunnan Province, China, and Comparison of Diagnostic Methods
Peter Steinmann, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Zun-Wei Du, Jin-Yong Jiang, Li-Bo Wang, Xue-Zhong Wang, Lan-Hua Li, Hanspeter Marti, and Jürg Utzinger
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e75. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000075.
PMCID: PMC2041812
Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis Treated by an MSF Clinic in Bakool Region, Somalia, 2004–2006
Marie-Eve Raguenaud, Anna Jansson, Veerle Vanlerberghe, Geert Van der Auwera, Stijn Deborggraeve, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Giannos Orfanos, Tony Reid, and Marleen Boelaert
PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e85. Published online 2007 October 31. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000085.
PMCID: PMC2041816
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