Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on July 24, 2014
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Blue Marble Health Redux: Neglected Tropical Diseases and Human Development in the Group of 20 (G20) Nations and Nigeria. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 1.73
Helminth elimination in the pursuit of sustainable development goals: a "worm index" for human development. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 1.53
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Association between footwear use and neglected tropical diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 1.08
Economic and disease burden of dengue in Mexico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 1.07
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Historical Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Human Chagas Disease in Texas and Recommendations for Enhanced Understanding of Clinical Chagas Disease in the Southern United States. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 1.00
The burden of mental health in lymphatic filariasis. Infect Dis Poverty (2015) 0.99
Concerted Efforts to Control or Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases: How Much Health Will Be Gained? PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.93
Global Assessment of Schistosomiasis Control Over the Past Century Shows Targeting the Snail Intermediate Host Works Best. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.91
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Snakebite is Under Appreciated: Appraisal of Burden from West Africa. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 0.86
New approaches to measuring anthelminthic drug efficacy: parasitological responses of childhood schistosome infections to treatment with praziquantel. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.86
Parasite Glycobiology: A Bittersweet Symphony. PLoS Pathog (2015) 0.85
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Combining Attractants and Larvicides in Biodegradable Matrices for Sustainable Mosquito Vector Control. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.83
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Screening of the 'Pathogen Box' identifies an approved pesticide with major anthelmintic activity against the barber's pole worm. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist (2016) 0.81
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Sustaining the Control of Schistosoma mansoni in Western Côte d'Ivoire: Baseline Findings Before the Implementation of a Randomized Trial. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2015) 0.80
Can human schistosomiasis mansoni control be sustained in high-risk transmission foci in Egypt? Parasit Vectors (2015) 0.80
WIPO Re:Search: Accelerating anthelmintic development through cross-sector partnerships. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist (2014) 0.80
Targeting Ergosterol biosynthesis in Leishmania donovani: essentiality of sterol 14 alpha-demethylase. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 0.80
Primary Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri infection induces myeloid-derived suppressor cells that suppress CD4(+) Th2 responses and promote chronic infection. Mucosal Immunol (2016) 0.80
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Linking the Microbiota, Chronic Disease, and the Immune System. Trends Endocrinol Metab (2016) 0.79
The Hygiene Hypothesis and Its Inconvenient Truths about Helminth Infections. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.78
Exploring molecular variation in Schistosoma japonicum in China. Sci Rep (2015) 0.78
African Program for Onchocerciasis Control 1995-2010: Impact of Annual Ivermectin Mass Treatment on Off-Target Infectious Diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 0.78
Stage-Specific Transcriptome and Proteome Analyses of the Filarial Parasite Onchocerca volvulus and Its Wolbachia Endosymbiont. MBio (2016) 0.78
Between-Country Inequalities in the Neglected Tropical Disease Burden in 1990 and 2010, with Projections for 2020. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.78
Fascioliasis: An Ongoing Zoonotic Trematode Infection. Biomed Res Int (2015) 0.78
Comparison of individual and pooled urine samples for estimating the presence and intensity of Schistosoma haematobium infections at the population level. Parasit Vectors (2015) 0.77
A binding hotspot in Trypanosoma cruzi histidyl-tRNA synthetase revealed by fragment-based crystallographic cocktail screens. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr (2015) 0.77
Expression, purification, and characterization of the Necator americanus aspartic protease-1 (Na-APR-1 (M74)) antigen, a component of the bivalent human hookworm vaccine. Hum Vaccin Immunother (2015) 0.77
Amazonian Triatomine Biodiversity and the Transmission of Chagas Disease in French Guiana: In Medio Stat Sanitas. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.77
The C-terminal region of Trypanosoma cruzi MASPs is antigenic and secreted via exovesicles. Sci Rep (2016) 0.77
Validation of a Point-of-Care Circulating Cathodic Antigen Urine Cassette Test for Schistosoma mansoni Diagnosis in the Sahel, and Potential Cross-Reaction in Pregnancy. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2015) 0.77
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Comprehensive Transcriptome Analysis of Sex-Biased Expressed Genes Reveals Discrete Biological and Physiological Features of Male and Female Schistosoma japonicum. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.76
Prospects for Moxidectin as a New Oral Treatment for Human Scabies. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.76
Lessons from the genomes and transcriptomes of filarial nematodes. Mol Biochem Parasitol (2017) 0.76
Multiple Exposures to Ascaris suum Induce Tissue Injury and Mixed Th2/Th17 Immune Response in Mice. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.76
Diversity in the structures and ligand-binding sites of nematode fatty acid and retinol-binding proteins revealed by Na-FAR-1 from Necator americanus. Biochem J (2015) 0.76
The human hookworm vaccine: recent updates and prospects for success. J Helminthol (2015) 0.76
Identifying gaps in research prioritization: The global burden of neglected tropical diseases as reflected in the Cochrane database of systematic reviews. J Family Med Prim Care (2016) 0.75
High prevalence of Strongyloides stercoralis in school-aged children in a rural highland of north-western Ethiopia: the role of intensive diagnostic work-up. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.75
Sm-p80-Based Schistosomiasis Vaccine: Preparation for Human Clinical Trials. Trends Parasitol (2016) 0.75
New Approaches to Overcome Transport Related Drug Resistance in Trypanosomatid Parasites. Front Pharmacol (2016) 0.75
A next-generation microarray further reveals stage-enriched gene expression pattern in the blood fluke Schistosoma japonicum. Parasit Vectors (2017) 0.75
Intestinal parasites, growth and physical fitness of schoolchildren in poor neighbourhoods of Port Elizabeth, South Africa: a cross-sectional survey. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.75
A tale of two communities: intestinal polyparasitism among Orang Asli and Malay communities in rural Terengganu, Malaysia. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.75
Cost-effectiveness of meglumine antimoniate versus miltefosine caregiver DOT for the treatment of pediatric cutaneous leishmaniasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2017) 0.75
Strong Local Scientific Communities Are Essential to Reach the Millennium Development Goals. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 0.75
Assessing stool quantities generated by three specific Kato-Katz thick smear templates employed in different settings. Infect Dis Poverty (2016) 0.75
Prospects and challenges of CRISPR/Cas genome editing for the study and control of neglected vector-borne nematode diseases. FEBS J (2016) 0.75
Characterization of a Chikungunya virus strain isolated from banked patients' sera. Virol J (2016) 0.75
The role of 'omics' in the quest to eliminate human filariasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2017) 0.75
Specific humoral response of hosts with variable schistosomiasis susceptibility. Immunol Cell Biol (2015) 0.75
Multicomponent reaction-based synthesis and biological evaluation of tricyclic heterofused quinolines with multi-trypanosomatid activity. Eur J Med Chem (2015) 0.75
HIV-1 Integrates Widely throughout the Genome of the Human Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni. PLoS Pathog (2016) 0.75
The Socioeconomic Benefit to Individuals of Achieving the 2020 Targets for Five Preventive Chemotherapy Neglected Tropical Diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2017) 0.75
Challenges for Diagnosis of Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases in Elimination Settings. Biomed Res Int (2015) 0.75
Effect of anthelminthic treatment on helminth infection and related anaemia among school-age children in northwestern Ethiopia. BMC Infect Dis (2016) 0.75
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Controlling schistosomiasis with praziquantel: How much longer without a viable alternative? Infect Dis Poverty (2017) 0.75
The medical biochemistry of poverty and neglect. Mol Med (2014) 0.75
Combining Footwear with Public Health Iconography to Prevent Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2016) 0.75
Lack of Clinical Pharmacokinetic Studies to Optimize the Treatment of Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Systematic Review. Clin Pharmacokinet (2016) 0.75
Filariae-Retrovirus Co-infection in Mice is Associated with Suppressed Virus-Specific IgG Immune Response and Higher Viral Loads. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.75
Activated entomopathogenic nematode infective juveniles release lethal venom proteins. PLoS Pathog (2017) 0.75
The hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum intestinal transcriptome provides a platform for selecting drug and vaccine candidates. Parasit Vectors (2016) 0.75
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Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Lancet (2012) 26.95
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Modeling causes of death: an integrated approach using CODEm. Popul Health Metr (2012) 3.12
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Strongyloides stercoralis: Global Distribution and Risk Factors. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 2.27
NTDs V.2.0: "blue marble health"--neglected tropical disease control and elimination in a shifting health policy landscape. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 2.04
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Examining the relationship between urogenital schistosomiasis and HIV infection. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 1.68
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Case-control studies on the relationship between onchocerciasis and epilepsy: systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2013) 1.05
The CNCDs and the NTDs: blurring the lines dividing noncommunicable and communicable chronic diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2008) 1.02
Density-dependent mortality of the human host in onchocerciasis: relationships between microfilarial load and excess mortality. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.02
Neglected tropical diseases as hidden causes of cardiovascular disease. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2012) 1.01
Paradigm lost: how parasite control may alter pattern and process in human helminthiases. Trends Parasitol (2012) 0.98
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High rates of o'nyong nyong and Chikungunya virus transmission in coastal Kenya. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2015) 1.55
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World Health Organization Estimates of the Global and Regional Disease Burden of 11 Foodborne Parasitic Diseases, 2010: A Data Synthesis. PLoS Med (2015) 1.29
Mapping the global distribution of trachoma: why an updated atlas is needed. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2011) 1.20
Ten global "hotspots" for the neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 1.11
Association between footwear use and neglected tropical diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 1.08
Enhancing collaboration between China and African countries for schistosomiasis control. Lancet Infect Dis (2016) 0.94
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Assessment of global guidelines for preventive chemotherapy against schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis: a cost-effectiveness modelling study. Lancet Infect Dis (2016) 0.83
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Paying for Worms. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016) 0.80
Cost-effectiveness of community-wide treatment for helminthiasis - Authors' reply. Lancet Glob Health (2016) 0.76
Comparing cutaneous research funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases with 2010 Global Burden of Disease results. PLoS One (2014) 0.75
Helminthiases in the People's Republic of China: status and prospects. Acta Trop (2020) 0.75
The global burden of disease study 2013: What does it mean for the NTDs? PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2017) 0.75
Re-infection with Fasciola gigantica 6-month post-treatment with triclabendazole in cattle from mobile pastoralist husbandry systems at Lake Chad. Vet Parasitol (2016) 0.75
Implementing the PHMRC shortened questionnaire: Survey duration of open and closed questions in three sites. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Epidemiology and risk factors of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Papua, Indonesia: a molecular diagnostic study. Acta Trop (2020) 0.75
Screening of the 'Open Scaffolds' collection from Compounds Australia identifies a new chemical entity with anthelmintic activities against different developmental stages of the barber's pole worm and other parasitic nematodes. Int J Parasitol Drugs Drug Resist (2017) 0.75