PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

AuthorsRedeemer Joy Duboh; Dickson Kweku Delali; Emmanuel Manu

Affiliations1. University of Health and Allied Sciences; 2. Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

AuthorsEbrahim Babaee; Arash Yousefzadeh Eshkoori; Babak Eshrati; Marzieh Nojomi; Mohammad Reza Shirzadi; Mehran Asadi-Aliabadi; Amirhesam Moosazadeh

Affiliations1. Preventive Medicine and Public Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institute, Department of Community and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 2. Vaccine Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 3. School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; 4. Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Nipissing University, North Bay, Ontario, Canada; 5. Zoonosis Control Department, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran; 6. Health Sciences Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

AuthorsAmy C. Dupper; Charles D. Mackenzie; Timothy G. Geary; Deborah L. Elder; Wided Najahi-Missaoui; Christopher A. Cleveland; Ellen K. Haynes; Michael J. Yabsley; Guilherme Gomes Verocai; Macon Overcast; John A. Bryan II; Fernando Torres-Velez; Métinou Koumétio Sidouin; Bongo Nare Richard Ngandolo; Philip Tchindebet Oaukou; Adam J. Weiss; Rebecca Garabed

Affiliations1. Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America; 2. Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada; 3. School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University-Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; 4. Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America; 5. Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Diseases Study, University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, United States of America; 6. Center for Ecology of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America; 7. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America; 8. Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biological Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America; 9. Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America; 10. Zachery Consulting LLC, Ila, Georgia, United States of America; 11. The Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America; 12. The Carter Center, N’Djamena, Chad; 13. Institut de Recherche en Élevage pour le Développement, Afrique One Aspire, N’Djamena, Chad; 14. Programme National d’Éradication du Ver de Guinée, Ministry of Health, N’Djamena, Chad

AuthorsGuanghui Xia; Rui Gao; Huanhong Pan; Jun Zong; Zhili Zeng; Zifen Li; Chenwei Li; Shiyu Liao; Tong Luo; Guai Tang; Zijing Peng; Xiaoqing Liu; Shiwen Liu; Jianxiong Li; Tianchen Zhang

Affiliations1. Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Epidemics Prevention and Control/ Medical Leading Discipline of Jiangxi Province (Epidemiology), Jiangxi Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China; 2. School of Public Health, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University/ Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Disease Prevention and Public Health, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China

AuthorsLaura Garcia; Victor Yman; Marie-Fabrice Gasasira; Françoise Donnadieu; Jason Rosado; Lucie Cappuccio; Damien Hoinard; Philippe Desprès; Stéphane Petres; Jean-Claude Manuguerra; In-Kyu Yoon; Taweewan Hunsawong; Maria Theresa P. Alera; Emily S. Gurley; Nikos Vasilakis; Scott C. Weaver; Ziaur Rahman; Ilaria Dorigatti; Chris Drakeley; Inès Vigan-Womas; Makhtar Niang; Henrik Salje; Jessica Vanhomwegen; Michael White

Affiliations1. Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Analytics Unit, Department of Global Health, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris-Cité, INSERM U1347, Paris, France; 2. Environment and Infectious Risks Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France; 3. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; 4. Department of Infectious Diseases, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden; 5. Processus Infectieux en Milieu Insulaire Tropical (PIMIT), Université de La Réunion, INSERM U1187, CNRS 9192, IRD 249, Plateforme Technologique CYROI, Sainte-Clotilde, La Réunion, France; 6. Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Production and Purification of recombinant Proteins Platform, CNRS UMR3528, Paris, France; 7. International Vaccine Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 8. Department of Virology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand; 9. Philippines-AFRIMS Virology Research Unit, Cebu City, Philippines; 10. Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America; 11. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr, b), Dhaka, Bangladesh; 12. Department of Pathology and Center for Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, University of Texas, Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America; 13. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America; 14. MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; 15. Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; 16. Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal; 17. Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

AuthorsYounjung Kim; Junjie Chen; Alex Yan; Tarek Alrefae; Sumali Bajaj; Christl A. Donnelly

Affiliations1. Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; 2. Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

AuthorsCharles J. Gerardo; Ashish Bhalla; Chitta R. Mohanty; Badal K. Sahu; Surendra Kumar; Suneil Agrawal; Manu Ayyan S; Eileen Shu; Travis Deuson; Madhu Kumar R; Norman L. Beatty; Peter D. Akpunonu; Farshad M. Shirazi; Sarah Watkins; Anne-Michelle Ruha; Shawn M. Varney; Anil K. Goel; Medhavi Gautam; Justin Arnold; Chanaveerappa Bammigatti; Samuel J. Francis; Suresh Selvam; Harish Kumar; Adiel Aizenberg; Andrew Micciche; Rylee S. Bledsoe; Ginger Boatright; Suraj C. Oomman; Stephen P. Samuel; Janet T. Wittes; Rebecca W. Carter; Matthew R. Lewin; Timothy F. Platts-Mills

Affiliations1. Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America; 2. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India; 3. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India; 4. Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India; 5. Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India; 6. Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, California, United States of America; 7. Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India; 8. Antelope Valley Medical Center, Lancaster, California, United States of America; 9. KR Hospital, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, Mysore, Karnataka, India; 10. University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America; 11. College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America; 12. Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America; 13. Texas Tech University Health Sciences, El Paso, Texas, United States of America; 14. Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America; 15. University of Texas Health-San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America; 16. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India; 17. King George University Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; 18. Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, United States of America; 19. Ophirex, Inc., Corte Madera, California, United States of America; 20. Wittes, LLC, Washington, United States of America; 21. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, United States of America

AuthorsElohor Oborevwori; Kristjana Ásbjörnsdóttir; Sean Galagan; Katherine Sharrock; Kumudha Aruldas; Saravanakumar Puthupalayam Kaliapan; Rachael Pullan; Robin Bailey; Khumbo Kalua; James Simwanza; Stefan Witek-McManus; Moudachirou Ibikounlé; Adrian J. F. Luty; Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur; Arianna Means; Judd L. Walson

Affiliations1. Department of Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America; 2. Centre of Public Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland; 3. Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America; 4. The Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory, Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India; 5. Department of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; 6. Blantyre Institute for Community Outreach, Lions Sight First Eye Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi; 7. Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; 8. School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 9. Institut de Recherche Clinique du Benin, Abomey-Calavi, Benin; 10. Centre de Recherche pour la lutte contre les Maladies Infectieuses Tropicales, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin; 11. Université Paris Cité, Institute of Research for Development, (IRD), National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), International Health of Mother and Child (MERIT), Paris, France; 12. Departments of International Health, Medicine and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

AuthorsWang-Jong Lee; Fadhila Fitriana; Jadidan Hada Syahada; Johnsy Mary Louis; Hyun-Young Sim; Ernest Mazigo; Hojong Jun; Fauzi Muh; Feng Lu; Seok Ho Cha; Se Jin Lee; Sunghun Na; Wanjoo Chun; Won Sun Park; Yee Ling Lau; Robert W. Moon; Eun-Taek Han; Jin-Hee Han

Affiliations1. Department of Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea; 2. Department of Epidemiology and Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia; 3. Department of Parasitic Diseases and Vector Control, National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; 4. Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China; 5. Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon, Republic of Korea; 6. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea; 7. Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea; 8. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea; 9. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 10. Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom; 11. Institute of Medical Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea