| | Editorial Reinventing Guantanamo: From Detainee Facility to Center for Research on Neglected Diseases of Poverty in the Americas Peter J. Hotez PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e201. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000201.PMCID: PMC2254199 Expert Commentary The Schistosomiasis Research Agenda—What Now? Jeffrey M. Bethony and Alex Loukas PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e207. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000207.PMCID: PMC2254202 Review Endomyocardial Fibrosis: Still a Mystery after 60 Years Gene Bukhman, John Ziegler, and Eldryd Parry PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e97. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000097.PMCID: PMC2254164 Research Articles Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Method for Rapid Detection of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Zablon Kithinji Njiru, Andrew Stanislaw John Mikosza, Tanya Armstrong, John Charles Enyaru, Joseph Mathu Ndung'u, and Andrew Richard Christopher Thompson PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e147. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000147.PMCID: PMC2238707 Helminth Infection and Eosinophilia and the Risk of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in 1- to 6-Year-Old Children in a Malaria Endemic Area Philip Bejon, Tabitha W. Mwangi, Brett Lowe, Norbert Peshu, Adrian V. S. Hill, and Kevin Marsh PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e164. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000164.PMCID: PMC2238708 Bioinformatics and Functional Analysis of an Entamoeba histolytica Mannosyltransferase Necessary for Parasite Complement Resistance and Hepatical Infection Christian Weber, Samantha Blazquez, Sabrina Marion, Christophe Ausseur, Divya Vats, Mickael Krzeminski, Marie-Christine Rigothier, Rachid C. Maroun, Alok Bhattacharya, and Nancy Guillén PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e165. Published online 2008 February 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000165.PMCID: PMC2239303 BCG Revaccination Does Not Protect Against Leprosy in the Brazilian Amazon: A Cluster Randomised Trial Sérgio S. Cunha, Neal Alexander, Mauricio L. Barreto, Emilia S. Pereira, Inês Dourado, Maria de Fátima Maroja, Yury Ichihara, Silvana Brito, Susan Pereira, and Laura C. Rodrigues PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e167. Published online 2008 February 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000167.PMCID: PMC2238709 Tonic Shock Induces Detachment of Giardia lamblia Wendy R. Hansen and Daniel A. Fletcher PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e169. Published online 2008 February 13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000169.PMCID: PMC2238710 The High Burden of Cholera in Children: Comparison of Incidence from Endemic Areas in Asia and Africa Jacqueline L. Deen, Lorenz von Seidlein, Dipika Sur, Magdarina Agtini, Marcelino E. S. Lucas, Anna Lena Lopez, Deok Ryun Kim, Mohammad Ali, and John D. Clemens PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e173. Published online 2008 February 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000173.PMCID: PMC2254203 Increased Risk for Entamoeba histolytica Infection and Invasive Amebiasis in HIV Seropositive Men Who Have Sex with Men in Taiwan Chien-Ching Hung, Dar-Der Ji, Hsin-Yun Sun, Ya-Tien Lee, Shui-Yuan Hsu, Sui-Yuan Chang, Cheng-Hsin Wu, Yun-Hsien Chan, Chin-Fu Hsiao, Wen-Chun Liu, and Robert Colebunders PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e175. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000175.PMCID: PMC2254204 Social Exclusion Modifies Climate and Deforestation Impacts on a Vector-Borne Disease Luis Fernando Chaves, Justin M. Cohen, Mercedes Pascual, and Mark L. Wilson PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e176. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000176.PMCID: PMC2238711 Genetic Diversity and Microevolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in the Environment Narisara Chantratita, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Mongkol Vesaratchavest, Aunchalee Thanwisai, Premjit Amornchai, Sarinna Tumapa, Edward J. Feil, Nicholas P. Day, and Sharon J. Peacock PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e182. Published online 2008 February 20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000182.PMCID: PMC2254201 The Prevalence of Previously Undiagnosed Leprosy in the General Population of Northwest Bangladesh Fake J. Moet, Ron P. Schuring, David Pahan, Linda Oskam, and Jan Hendrik Richardus PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e198. Published online 2008 February 27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000198.PMCID: PMC2254205 Correction Correction: 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, Gert Van der Auwera, Stijn Deborggraeve, Jean-Claude Dujardin, Giannos Orfanos, Tony Reid, and Marleen Boelaert PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008 February; 2(2): e195. Published online 2008 February 6. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000195.PMCID: PMC2238712 Corrects: Marie-Eve Raguenaud, et al. Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Patients with Visceral Leishmaniasis Treated by an MSF Clinic in Bakool Region, Somalia, 2004–2006. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 October; 1(1): e85. |