Selected LCNTDR member publications 1 August 2022 – 31 September 2022

Chagas Disease

• Nitroimidazopyrazinones with Oral Activity against Tuberculosis and Chagas Disease in Mouse Models of Infection – Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 16 September 2022

Dengue and Chikungunya

• Chikungunya (Togaviridae) and dengue 2 (Flaviviridae) viruses detected from Aedes aegyptimosquitoes in Burkina Faso by qRT-PCR technique: Preliminary results and perspective for molecular characterization of arbovirus circulation in vector populations – Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 14 September 2022

Human African trypanosomiasis

• Invariant surface glycoprotein 65 of Trypanosoma brucei is a complement C3 receptor – Nature, 29 August 2022

Leprosy

• Genome-wide association study of leprosy in Malawi and Mali – PLOS Pathogens, 19 September 2022

Lymphatic filariasis

• Effectiveness of community-based burden estimation to achieve elimination of lymphatic filariasis: A comparative cross-sectional investigation in Côte d’Ivoire – PLOS Global Health, 31 August 2022

Onchocerciasis

• The prevalence of onchocerciasis in Africa and Yemen, 2000–2018: a geospatial analysis – BMC Medicine, 7 September 2022

Schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths

• Safety and effectiveness of delivering mass drug administration for helminths through the seasonal malaria chemoprevention platform among Senegalese children: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial – Trials, 3 August 2022
• Genomic evidence of contemporary hybridization between Schistosoma species – PLOS Pathogens, 8 August 2022
• Caregivers’ perception of risk for malaria, helminth infection and malaria-helminth co-infection among children living in urban and rural settings of Senegal: A qualitative study – PLOS Global Public Health, 12 August 2022
• Sensitivity and specificity of human point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) test in African livestock for rapid diagnosis of schistosomiasis: a Bayesian latent class analysis – BioRxiv, 17 August 2022
• A review of the genetic determinants of praziquantel resistance in Schistosoma mansoni: Is praziquantel and intestinal schistosomiasis a perfect match? – Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 22 August 2022
• A prevalence-based transmission model for the study of the epidemiology and control of soil-transmitted helminthiasis – PLOS ONE, 25 August 2022
• A coordinated response to the needs of the learner: How deworming and school meals together will contribute to the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic – Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 5 September 2022
• Modelling livestock test-and-treat: A novel One Health strategy to control schistosomiasis and mitigate drug resistance – Frontiers in Tropical Diseases, 7 September 2022
• Longitudinal monitoring of prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections as part of community-wide mass drug administration within the Geshiyaro project in the Bolosso Sore district, Wolaita, Ethiopia – PLOS NTDs, 19 September 2022
• Schistosomiasis Control in Ethiopia: The Role of Snail Mapping in Endemic Communities – Tropical Medicine Infectious Diseases, 28 September 2022
• Prevalence and distribution pattern of malaria and soil-transmitted helminth co-endemicity in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2018: A geospatial analysis – PLOS NTDs, 30 September 2022

Other

• Records of Human Deaths from Echinococcosis in Brazil, 1995–2016 – Veterinary Sciences, 16 August 2022
• Global variation in force-of-infection trends for human Taenia soliumtaeniasis/cysticercosis – Epidemiology and Global Health, 19 August 2022
• Research priorities to support the development of integrated national strategies to control skin-neglected tropical diseases - Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 21 September 2022
• Geostatistical modelling of the distribution, risk and burden of podoconiosis in Kenya - Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 21 September 2022