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Galli A, Comparet M, Dagne DA, Baratti-Mayer D, Cao TH, et al.

2025-04-21 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

A 1-day symposium brought together over 100 individuals with lived experience of noma, expertise in neglected tropical diseases, and public health, including researchers, health ...

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Sundar S, Alves F, Ritmeijer K, den Boer M, Forsyth C, et al.

2025-02-25 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a vector-borne disease caused by Leishmania parasites and transmitted by sand fly bites, targeted for elimination in I...

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Blake A, Walder A, Hanks EM, Welo PO, Luquero F, et al.

2025-02-19 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Cholera is a bacterial water-borne diarrheal disease transmitted via the fecal-oral route that causes high morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. It is preventable with vaccination...

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Tessema SB, Hagos T, Kehasy G, Paintain L, Adera C, et al.

2024-10-15 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important public health problem, which mainly affects the poor rural dwelling communities in Low- and Middle-Income...

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de Vrij N, Vandoren R, Ramadan K, Van Hul A, Ceulemans A, et al.

2024-09-30 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection is a major challenge for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) control, particularly in Ethiopia where the incidence of both pathogens is high. V...

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Musumeci S, Kruse A, Chappuis F, Ostergaard Jensen T, Alcoba G

2024-06-21 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Febrile illnesses that persist despite initial treatment are common clinical challenges in (sub)tropical low-resource settings. Our aim is to review infectious etiologies ...

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Sundar S, Pandey K, Mondal D, Madhukar M, Kamal Topno R, et al.

2024-06-20 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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In Southeast Asia, treatment is recommended for all patients with post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL). Adherence to the first-line regimen, twelve weeks of miltefos...

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Nesbitt RC, Asilaza VK, Gignoux EM, Koyuncu A, Gitahi P, et al.

2024-01-22 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Hepatitis E (HEV) genotypes 1 and 2 are the common cause of jaundice and acute viral hepatitis that can cause large-scale outbreaks. HEV infection...

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Chippaux JP, Ntone R, Benhammou D, Madec Y, Noël G, et al.

2023-11-08 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Snakebites is a serious public health issue but remains a neglected tropical disease. Data on antivenom effectiveness are urgently needed in Africa. We assessed effectiven...

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Farley ES, Karinja MN, Lawal AM, Olaleye M, Muhammad S, et al.

2023-10-27 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Noma is a rapidly spreading infection of the oral cavity which mainly affects young children. Without early treatment, it can have a high mortality rate. Simple gingivit...

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Boodman C, van Griensven J, Gupta N, Diro EGJ, Ritmeijer KKD

2023-03-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Lynch JA, Lim JK, Asaga PEP, Wartel TA, Marti M, et al.

2023-01-05 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Gutiérrez JM, Borri J, Giles-Vernick T, Duda R, Habib AG, et al.

2022-11-17 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Mahajan R, Owen SI, Kumar S, Pandey K, Kazmi S, et al.

2022-08-30 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

People living with HIV (PLHIV) have an increased risk of developing visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and poor outcomes compared to HIV negative individuals. Here, we aim to establish the prev...

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Naylor-Leyland G, Collin SM, Gatluak F, den Boer ML, Alves F, et al.

2022-08-18 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in South Sudan, manifesting periodically in major outbreaks. Provision of treatment during endemic periods and as an emergency respo...

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Bolon I, Picek L, Durso AM, Alcoba G, Chappuis F, et al.

2022-08-15 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Snakebite envenoming is a neglected tropical disease that kills an estimated 81,000 to 138,000 people and disables another 400,000 globally every year. The World Health Or...

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Martinez-Pino I, Luquero FJ, Sakoba K, Sylla S, Haile M, et al.

2013-08-15 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

During the 2012 cholera outbreak in the Republic of Guinea, the Ministry of Health, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières - Operational Center Geneva, used the oral cholera vaccine Shanc...

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Gobbi F, Angheben A, Anselmi M, Postiglione C, Repetto EC, et al.

2014-12-11 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Chagas disease (CD) is endemic in Central and South America, Mexico and even in some areas of the United States. However, cases have been increasingly recorded also in no...

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Burza S, Mahajan R, Singh A, van Griensven J, Pandey K, et al.

2014-08-07 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL; also known as kala-azar) is an ultimately fatal disease endemic in the Indian state of Bihar, while HIV/AIDS is an emerging disease in this region. A 2011 obs...

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O'Brien DP, Ford NP, Vitoria M, Asiedu K, Calmy A, et al.

2015-11-12 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

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Defining the noma research agenda

Patient insights research exploring disease awareness, patient life experience, and current management of visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India

Impact of a multi-pronged cholera intervention in an endemic setting

The economic burden of visceral leishmaniasis and barriers to accessing healthcare in Tigray, North Ethiopia: A field based study

A preliminary indication that HLA-A*03:01 may be associated with visceral leishmaniasis development in people living with HIV in Ethiopia

Neglected etiologies of prolonged febrile illnesses in tropical and subtropical regions: A systematic review

A phase II, non-comparative randomised trial of two treatments involving liposomal amphotericin B and miltefosine for post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in India and Bangladesh

Vaccination coverage and adverse events following a reactive vaccination campaign against hepatitis E in Bentiu displaced persons camp, South Sudan

Real life condition evaluation of Inoserp PAN-AFRICA antivenom effectiveness in Cameroon

Proportion of paediatric admissions with any stage of noma at the Anka General Hospital, northwest Nigeria

Anticipating visceral leishmaniasis epidemics due to the conflict in Northern Ethiopia

Hepatitis E vaccine—Illuminating the barriers to use

Understanding and tackling snakebite envenoming with transdisciplinary research

Prevalence and determinants of asymptomatic Leishmania infection in HIV-infected individuals living within visceral leishmaniasis endemic areas of Bihar, India

The increasing incidence of visceral leishmaniasis relapse in South Sudan: A retrospective analysis of field patient data from 2001–2018

An artificial intelligence model to identify snakes from across the world: Opportunities and challenges for global health and herpetology

Use of a Cholera Rapid Diagnostic Test during a Mass Vaccination Campaign in Response to an Epidemic in Guinea, 2012

Profile of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in a tropical medicine reference center, Northern Italy

Visceral leishmaniasis and HIV co-infection in Bihar, India: long-term effectiveness and treatment outcomes with liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome)

Generating evidence to improve the response to neglected diseases: how operational research in a Médecins Sans Frontières Buruli ulcer treatment programme informed international management guidance