Better surveillance and improved sampling tactics of wild animal populations could impact public health

By Joslyn Neiderer What do Ebola, rabies and bovine tuberculosis have in common? The answer is that they are all zoonotic diseases, which are diseases that originate in one species and then spillover into another. The Centers for Disease Control … Continue reading »

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9-2-15 PLOS Science Wednesday AMA Preview: River blindness programs improve health outcomes: Evidence for increased prioritization of NTDs in post-2015 global health agenda

By Sara Kassabian River blindness (onchocerciasis) is an onerous neglected tropical disease (NTD) and the second-leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Onchocerciasis is transmitted by a bite from the black fly, which creates an inflammatory response that leads to blindness … Continue reading »

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LAMP Diagnostics: The key to malaria elimination?

By Patrick McCreesh Malaria elimination is possible within a generation. But controlling malaria and eliminating malaria are different, and each pose certain challenges. Overcoming the unique challenges of malaria elimination is essential to meeting this goal, and the barriers presented … Continue reading »

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@PLOSNTDs Dispatches from #TropMed14 Day 2: The Face of Chagas

Continuing PLOS NTDs community coverage of the annual ASTMH meeting. Here, from Day 2. [View the story "@PLOSNTDs Dispatches from #TropMed14: #FaceofChagas & more on Ebola" on Storify]

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@PLOSNTDs Dispatches from #TropMed14: Bill Gates & Ebola Travel Ban

Continuing coverage from the PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) community attending this week’s ASTMH meeting in New Orleans.   [View the story "@PLOSNTDs Dispatches from #TropMed14: Bill Gates & Ebola Travel Ban" on Storify]

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Dispatches from #TropMed14: @PLOSNTDs Community Coverage

Your Invitation to Tweet and Blog from New Orleans with PLOS NTDs.      With the start of 63rd annual ASTMH meeting just around the corner, PLOS NTDs is asking for your social media participation! We are looking for a … Continue reading »

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