Saturday, May 25, 2013

NTD's in the news this week (19 May - 25 May 2013)

Star of Mysore - May 25, 2013
District Health Officer Dr. S.M. Malegowda has sought cooperation from the citizens to prevent the spread of epidemics like dengue, malaria, brain fever, elephantiasis etc., and assured that the district administration too will take up several measures to prevent the diseases.

The Hindu - ‎May 25, 2013‎
In the aftermath of four suspected dengue deaths in Mysore district, Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha has set a five-day deadline for officials, including tahsildars, executive officers of urban local bodies (ULBs), and gram panchayat authorities, to take ...

The Hindu - ‎May 25, 2013‎
Along with intermittent rain, dengue cases have been showing a steep increase in the district in the past few days. Twenty-four confirmed cases were reported on Friday.

The Hindu - ‎May 25, 2013‎
The death of four children owing to suspected dengue in the span of 10 days in Mysore district has kept the health authorities on their toes.

Deccan Herald - ‎May 25, 2013‎
Victims are from fever hit D Salundi, surrou-nding villages. Panic grips D Salundi village on Mysore - Manandavadi road, as four children have already died due to Dengue fever and the number of suspected dengue cases are still on the rise. 

Times of India - ‎May 25, 2013‎
NAGPUR: If the blood platelet count of a person suffering from dengue were to dip below 45,000 along with bleeding, the cardiac functioning of the person is compromised, too.

Bellevision - May 25, 2013
The VBDs are a group of communicable diseases like Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunya, Japanese Encephalitis (JE), Kala-azar and Lymphatic filariasis transmitted by mosquitoes and other vectors. 

The Times of Israel - May 25, 2013
IDF soldier in serious condition after viper snake bite. Young man, suffering from blood clotting complications, transferred by military helicopter to Jerusalem hospital for further treatment.

Doctors Without Borders - May 24, 2013
The area is a global hotspot for sleeping sickness, a disease transmitted by the tsetse fly that is fatal if it's not treated. Some 85 percent of all sleeping sickness cases are found in DRC, in fact. But the region is so difficult to reach that the ...

Telegraph.co.uk - May 24, 2013
While there he noticed many children were without shoes leaving them vulnerable to disease - particularly the soil-transmitted podoconiosis - and preventing them from getting to school or obtaining medical care. 

AllAfrica.com - May 24, 2013
Professor Mamman, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at a national conference on Trypanosomiasis and Onchocerciasis research, said the country will not be able to feed itself because diseases caused by tsetse and black flies are now threatening farmers and ...

Pattaya Mail - May 24, 2013
Public-health volunteer Nattanant Rojnapanitkul, 57, brought her husband Nattawat to meet the media May 17 in a bid for donations of cash and medical treatment. The 57-year-old Nattawat has suffered from elephantiasis since 2006 and has a 32cm mass in ...

The News International - May 24, 2013
PUNJAB Environment Secretary Sher Alam Mehsood has stressed the need for creating awareness among the people to root out the virus of dengue and measles. He said that every institution associated with public health would have to play due role in this ...

The News International - May 24, 2013
According to Provincial Focal Person for Dengue Surveillance Cell Sindh, total 141 dengue fever cases have been reported in Sindh province, out of them 133 in Karachi, while eight cases in rest of Sindh this year so for. 

Tempo - May 24, 2013
DUMAGUETE CITY - The Department of Health (DoH) 7 revealed yesterday an alarming figure that showed dengue cases in the entire Central Visayas have increased 99.5% in the first five months of this year. From January to May this year, the Regional ...

Campanha Nacional de Hanseníase em Sergipe é prorrogada (National Leprosy Campaign in Sergipe is extended)
Fax Aju - May 24, 2013
As Geohelmintíases, por sua vez, são grupos de doenças parasitárias causadas principalmente pelo Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuristrichiuria e Ancilostomídeos, verminoses adquiridas por água mal tratada, falta de saneamento básico, solo, etc. 

Deccan Herald - ‎May 24, 2013‎
More than 20 children have been admitted to various hospitals. Two children died of dengue in D Saalundi village of Mysore taluk, sparking fears of outbreak of the dreaded fever.

Pattaya Mail - ‎May 24, 2013‎
Re: Thailand's dengue patients reach 26,000; 33 deaths recorded this year (PM Sunday, 05 May 2013) - I just learned my wife is in the hospital with dengue fever. She lives just outside Pattaya in Pong. 

pharmabiz.com - ‎May 24, 2013‎
Establishment of dengue laboratory network programme with defined gene amplifications for understanding the genotypes, serotypes, strengthening regional laboratories for rapid and confirmatory diagnosis of suspected dengue cases, development of ...

PakistanToday.com.pk - ‎May 24, 2013‎
Dengue Surveillance Cell In-charge Dr Aamir Shakeel Mullick said on Friday that details of the dengue fever cases reported in the current year put the metropolis on top with 133 dengue fever positive cases, while eight cases were reported from other ...

MyrtleBeachOnline.com - May 23, 2013
MYRTLE BEACH — An Horry County man was bitten by a fox that tested positive for rabies, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control. Post-exposure treatments are being administered to the man, a press release stated.
Pakistan Daily Times - ‎May 23, 2013
Jinnah Hospital terminates junior dengue staff. * 15 junior technicians fired without being given 15 months' salary. 

Pakistan Daily Times - ‎May 23, 2013
Five more dengue cases reported in Karachi. KARACHI: Sindh Dengue Surveillance Cell on Wednesday said five more dengue viral fever cases were detected in Karachi from May 20 to 22, taking the number of cases to 135 this year. 

Pakistan Observer - ‎May 23, 2013
Speaking at a meeting of Dengue Response Committee presided over by Chief Secretary Javed Iqbal, he said, however, three confirmed patients of dengue were reported in the province during the last five months out of which two belonged to Faisalabad ...

Deccan Herald - ‎May 23, 2013
The high risk area in the district mainly comprises of migratory labourers among whom the malaria and dengue cases are high.

Philippine Information Agency - ‎May 23, 2013
With the increase of dengue cases, Sibal said that they are intensifying their surveillance and information drive on dengue prevention and control, especially the elimination of potential mosquito breeding sites in schools and in places of human ...

ABC Online - May 23, 2013
Kalaupapa used to be a leprosy settlement, after King Kamehameha V signed an act in 1865 to prevent the spread of the disease across Hawaii, authorising the forced isolation of those who showed symptoms. In January of the following year 12 men and ...

Sacramento Bee - May 23, 2013
These worms are needed to screen drugs to help eliminate onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Africa. Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) funds individuals worldwide to explore ideas that can break the mold in how we solve persistent global health and ...

Nigerian Tribune - May 23, 2013
Onchocerciasis, also referred to as river blindness, infects millions of individuals who live near fast-moving streams as well as rivers of sub-Saharan area of Africa. Believed to be the fourth leading cause of preventable blindness, 99 per cent of all ...

AME Info (press release) - May 22, 2013
Among health-related projects, The Leo Messi Foundation, founded by Messi in 2007, has helped fight Chagas disease, rehabilitate hospitals, and offer scholarships for training doctors. Working with Ooredoo will enable the Foundation to extend its work ...

Leadership Newspapers - May 22, 2013
The Gombe State Office of the Leprosy and Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme, said on Wednesday it has detected five new leprosy cases among children in the state. Dr Mustapha Musa, the Programme Manager said in an interview with the News Agency ...

Times of India - ‎May 22, 2013‎
KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to intensify its anti-dengue drive and awareness campaign after 16 cases of dengue have been reported so far from the city. On Wednesday, chief minister Mamata Banerjee held another ...

Radio Australia - ‎May 22, 2013‎
MCKEMEY: So we're a bio-tech company based in the UK and we've developed a system whereby we've genetically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitos, now these are mosquitos which transmit dengue. We've genetically modified them so that we can rear ...

Sun.Star - ‎May 22, 2013
DEPARTMENT of Health (DOH) officials warned Baguio City residents on the possible increase of dengue cases on rainy season.

PakistanToday.com.pk - ‎May 22, 2013
The health services director said that in lieu of the lessons learnt in 2011 and 2012, the health directorate had aligned its strategy with the latest requirements and practices which call for eradicating Dengue larva and eggs. Moreover, spraying and ...

GMA News - ‎May 22, 2013
At least six people in Iloilo have succumbed to dengue so far this year, provincial health authorities said. The Iloilo Provincial Health Office's Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit also noted a whopping 178-percent rise in cases from Jan. 1 to May 11 ...

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 22, 2013
[Daily Observer]The Directorate of Health Promotion and Education in collaboration with the National Eye Health Care Programme of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare over the weekend launched the Trachoma Prevention Campaign in the villages of Njofen and Sintet in the Lower River Region and West Coast Region respectively.

News-Medical.net - May 22, 2013
An accompanying editorial by Maria Rebollo, MD, and Moses Bockarie, PhD, at the Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases in the United Kingdom says the new diagnostic test "represents a major breakthrough for rapid diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis in ...

Times of India - May 21, 2013
BOKARO: Last Saturday, an otherwise uneventful day, over 400 residents of the 40-year-old Ashadan Leprosy Colony, situated on the outskirts of a town near Bokaro railway station, had surprise visitors. District administration officials, including ...

The Guardian Nigeria - May 21, 2013
He said that the theme of the conference: “Focusing Research and Development Strategies Towards a Nigeria free of Trypanosomaisis (sleeping sickness, sammore) and Onchocerciasis (river blindness)” is in line with the core objectives of the new National ...

Pakistan Daily Times - ‎May 21, 2013‎
No confirmed case of dengue virus in Punjab at present. LAHORE: There is no confirmed case of dengue virus in Punjab at present, claimed Health Secretary Punjab Arif Nadeem during a meeting of DengueResponse Committee presided over by Chief ...

Straits Times - ‎May 21, 2013‎
With some families planning to spend the June holidays overseas, the North West Community Development Council (CDC) is stepping up its preventive measures against dengue. 

Sun.Star - ‎May 21, 2013‎
Tan said the total cases of dengue from January 1 to May 15 this year had increased –- 726 cases compared to 68 last year covering the same period.

Ceylon Daily News - May 21, 2013
Thirty seven dengue cases were reported from the Dambulla and Galewela health divisions during the first four months of this year. This was revealed at the Divisional Co-ordination Committee meeting held at the Galewela Divisional Secretariat. A dengue ...

The New Indian Express - ‎May 21, 2013‎
The number of dengue fever cases are on a rise at Tripunithura, said Tripunithura Government Taluk Hospital Authorities.

SciDev.Net - May 21, 2013
As well as malaria and dengue fever, the chip detects Chagas disease; sleeping sickness; typhoid fever; yellow fever; West Nile fever; Rift Valley fever; leptospirosis; melioidosis; chikungunya fever; hand, foot and mouth disease; Japanese encephalitis ...

La Razón (Bolivia) - May 21, 2013
Según un estudio la escherichia coli, salmonella, ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura, giardia lamblia y entamoeba histolytica, producen afecciones gastrointestinales.

Healio - May 21, 2013
LA JOLLA, Calif. — The World Health Organization has recommended the SAFE strategy to help eliminate blinding trachoma by 2020, according to a physician here. “We are very excited that trachoma is on the radar screen, and we have hopes for 2020,” 

The Guardian - May 20, 2013
For example, the Carter Centre has encouraged women suffering from the advanced blinding stages of trachoma to seek treatment and has integrated three community-directed treatments for lymphatic filariasis, schistosomiasis, and river blindness.

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 20, 2013
[ASTMH]Researchers report onchocerciasis (river blindness) could make a comeback in Northwestern Uganda if annual drug distributions to fight the disease are stopped. The study, conducted in the endemic region of Nyagak-Bondo, showed that while there was a significant reduction in infection after 18 years of community-based treatment with the deworming medication ivermectin, transmission has not been interrupted.

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 20, 2013
[ASTMH]New research provides the first evidence in East Africa that long-term community-based drug treatment alone can interrupt transmission of onchocerciasis, a parasitic disease commonly known as river blindness. The study finds that after eight years (beginning in 1998) of treating residents annually with the anti-worming medicine ivermectin, followed by six years of semi-annual treatment with the drug, 

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 20, 2013
[ASTMH]Deerfield, Il -A new diagnostic test strip to rapidly detect lymphatic filariasis - also known as elephantiasis - in human blood has significant advantages over the standard card test that has been used for more than a decade to map, monitor and assess the success of the massive global campaign to eliminate the disease.

BioNews Texas - May 20, 2013
In Dr. Peter Hotez' article, he reveals that although the common notion about NTDs is that they occur solely in largely underdeveloped countries and remote regions, his recent analysis shows that most NTDs can now be found in the poor populations of ...

Himalayan Times - May 20, 2013
PARSA: A priest died due to snakebite at Subarnapur in Parsa district Sunday night. Laxmi Lama, a priest at Krishna Pranami Temple of the same VDC, died after a snake bit him, said locals. The snake bit Lama while he was going to Temple from Subarnapur ...

Science Codex - May 20, 2013
The new test found evidence of the infection – lymphatic filariasis – in many more people that the standard test had missed. The study, the first to independently evaluate the new test, was led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...

Solar News - May 20, 2013
Dr Manuel Mapue, DOH-NCR's epidemiologist, says that, despite the steady drop in the number of cases, the public is reminded to consistently apply repellant lotions, as the incidence of dengue fever may increase during the rainy season, when impounded ...

Pakistan Observer - May 20, 2013
Monday, May 20, 2013 - Karachi—Sindh dengue surveillance cell report has revealed that as many as 114 people have been declared as denguepatients in the year so far only in Karachi. Dr Shakil Malik told media that the mosquito causing the dengue ...

New Straits Times - May 20, 2013
He said the programme, which had strengthened and mobilised the public to fight dengue, had helped reduce dengue cases from 9,562 cases with 20 deaths from January to May 9 last year to 9,266 cases with 17 deaths during the same period this year.

DigitalJournal.com - ‎May 20, 2013‎
Dengue is a viral infection that is transmitted between humans by mosquitoes. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles.

Bernama - May 20, 2013
BANGKOK, May 20 (Bernama) -- Hospitals across Thailand are on alert for dengue fever, which has already affected more than 2,000 people, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported. Deputy permanent secretary for public health, Dr Sophon Mekthon, said that 36 ...

The Express Tribune - ‎May 20, 2013‎
The Capital Development Authority's (CDA) Directorate of Health Services has now completed two phases of its high-risk campaign to destroy dengue breeding sites in the federal capital, said a press release issued on Monday. 

The Nation - ‎May 20, 2013‎
He said those areas have been marked significantly that are known to produce conductive environment for dengue mosquito breeding.

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 20, 2013
[ANGOP]Luanda -One person died, out of 301 cases of dengue recorded in Angola until May 17 this year since the outbreak was announced on 12 March, Angop learned Monday in Luanda.

PR Newswire (press release) - ‎May 20, 2013‎
In this trial Moscamed achieved a 96% suppression of the dengue mosquito in the village of Mandacaru, Bahia state, Brazil. Scientists from Oxitec together with Moscamed and the University of Sao Paulo, Oxitec's partners in Brazil, are collaborating to ...

Arutz Sheva - May 19, 2013
The Foreign Ministry issued an alert about dengue fever, Sunday, to travellers in Thailand. The disease, which is transmitted by mosquitos, can be fatal, and there is no vaccine or medicine to prevent it. 

The Global Dispatch - May 19, 2013
Following recent reports of the first dengue fever outbreak on the west African coastal province of Luanda, Angola, health officials are now reporting another outbreak on the other side of the continent in Mombasa, Kenya, according to a recent report

CHANNELS - May 19, 2013
This call was made by the national coordinator of the Nigeria Guinea Worm Eradication Programme, (NIGEP), Mrs Ifeoma Anagbogu in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital at a sensitization programme on the disease. 

Ynetnews - May 19, 2013
This blood-sucking bug was first detected 100 years ago by Brazilian doctor Carlos Chagas. It crawls on your lips, while you sleep, injecting a potentially lethal parasite, causing Chagas Disease. 

The National Law Review - May 19, 2013
Schistosomiasis, Hanseniase, Leishmaniasis, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Buruli ulcer, Neurocysticercosis, Echinocccosis, Yaws, Fascioliasis, Paragonimiasis, Filariasis, Rabies, Helminthiasis or manifestations that result from poisonous or venomous ...

Channel News Asia - May 19, 2013
SINGAPORE: Second Minister for Environment and Water Resources Grace Fu said Singapore needs to continue to push on in its fight against dengue, as the number of infections continues to climb. 

Times of India - May 19, 2013
Stanzin's colleagues found her lifeless after a while. They rushed her to a makeshift clinic in the dense jungle where doctors said she had died of snakebite.


RECENT BLOGS
End the Neglect - May 23, 2013
By Dr. Neeraj Mistry
Dr. Neeraj Mistry, managing director of the Global Network, wrote this blog post on the close relationship between neglected tropical diseases and HIV/AIDS for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. We’re reposting it here with their permission. By Dr. Neeraj Mistry Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about global health funding and how [...]

End the Neglect - May 22, 2013
By Anupama Tantri 
Earlier this year, we shared good news from Timor-Leste. During a workshop in February, Timor-Leste renewed its commitment to control and eliminate NTDs.  With the support of all levels of government, from the Ministry of Health to the Prime Minister’s office, and with partners such as AusAID, the University of Sydney, [...]

End the Neglect - May 20, 2013
By Mawish Raza
At the recent “Uniting to Combat NTDs: Translating the London Declaration into Action,” we had a chance to catch up with David Addiss, the director of Children Without Worms (CWW). CWW is a partnership between Johnson & Johnson, GlaxoSmithKline, and the Task Force for Global Health to support the treatment and prevention of infection [...]


RECENT JOURNAL ARTICLES
Tun A, Myat SM, Gabrielli AF, Montresor A.
Trop Med Int Health. 2013 May 24. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12130. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23701018 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2013 May 24;62(20):405-8.
PMID: 23698606 [PubMed - in process] Free Article

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases at Public Library of Science - PLoS Medicine - May 23, 2013
*This Week in PLOS Pathogens:* Wild plants interact with many other living entities such as animals, insects, other plants, as well as their physical environment. They are also often colonized by many microbes, including fungi, bacteria and viruses. In this …

Jaap J. van Hellemond et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Jaap J. van Hellemond, Alieke G. Vonk, Corné de Vogel, Rob Koelewijn, Norbert Vaessen, Ahmed H. Fahal, Alex van Belkum, Wendy W. J. van de Sande Eumycetoma is a morbid chronic granulomatous subcutaneous fungal disease. Despite high environmental exposure to this fungus in certain regions of the world, only few develop eumycetoma for yet unknown reasons. Animal studies suggest that co-infections skewing the immune system to a Th2-type response enhance eumycetoma susceptibility. Since chronic schistosomiasis results in a strong Th2-type response and since endemic areas for eumycet... more »

Prasert Saichua et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Prasert Saichua, Paiboon Sithithaworn, Amar R. Jariwala, David J. Deimert, Jiraporn Sithithaworn, Banchob Sripa, Thewarach Laha, Eimorn Mairiang, Chawalit Pairojkul, Maria Victoria Periago, Narong Khuntikeo, Jason Mulvenna, Jeffrey M. Bethony Approximately 680 million people are at risk of infection with *Opisthorchis viverrini* (OV) and *Clonorchis sinensis*, with an estimated 10 million infected with OV in Southeast Asia alone. While opisthorchiasis is associated with hepatobiliary pathologies, such as advanced periductal fibrosis (APF) and cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), animal mod... more »

Tatiana Küster et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Tatiana Küster, Corina Hermann, Andrew Hemphill, Bruno Gottstein, Markus Spiliotis Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) in humans is a parasitic disease characterized by severe damage to the liver and occasionally other organs. AE is caused by infection with the metacestode (larval) stage of the fox tapeworm *Echinococcus multilocularis*, usually infecting small rodents as natural intermediate hosts. Conventionally, human AE is chemotherapeutically treated with mebendazole or albendazole. There is, however still the need for improved chemotherapeutical options. Primary *in vivo* studies... more »

Blaise Noa Noatina et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Blaise Noa Noatina, Giles Kagmeni, Marcellin Nimpa Mengouo, Henri Claude Moungui, Ann Tarini, Yaobi Zhang, Assumpta Lucienne Françoise Bella Background Cameroon is known to be endemic with trachoma. To appreciate the burden of the disease and facilitate the national planning of trachoma control in the integrated control program for the neglected tropical diseases, an epidemiological mapping of trachoma was conducted in the Far North region in 2010–11. Methodology A cross-sectional, cluster random sampling survey was carried out. The survey focused on two target populations: c... more »

Tatiana R. de Moura et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Tatiana R. de Moura, Fabiano Oliveira, Marcia W. Carneiro, José Carlos Miranda, Jorge Clarêncio, Manoel Barral-Netto, Cláudia Brodskyn, Aldina Barral, José M. C. Ribeiro, Jesus G. Valenzuela, Camila I. de Oliveira Background *Leishmania* parasites are transmitted in the presence of sand fly saliva. Together with the parasite, the sand fly injects salivary components that change the environment at the feeding site. Mice immunized with *Phlebotomus papatasi* salivary gland (SG) homogenate are protected against *Leishmania major* infection, while immunity to *Lutzomyia intermedia*... more »

Greg Matlashewski et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Greg Matlashewski, Vidya Nand Ravi Das, Krishna Pandey, Dharmendra Singh, Sushmita Das, Ayan Kumar Ghosh, Ravindra Nath Pandey, Pradeep Das Background Antibody-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) against rK39 are available to aid in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Although these rK39 RDTs have been developed, validated and approved for use with serum, they are universally performed using whole blood. It was therefore necessary to determine whether this RDT is as sensitive on whole blood as on serum. Method and Principal Findings In this study we compared the ... more »

Cornelia A. M. van de Weg et al. at PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Articles - May 23, 2013
by Cornelia A. M. van de Weg, Cláudio S. Pannuti, Evaldo S. A. de Araújo, Henk-Jan van den Ham, Arno C. Andeweg, Lucy S. V. Boas, Alvina C. Felix, Karina I. Carvalho, Andreia M. de Matos, José E. Levi, Camila M. Romano, Cristiane C. Centrone, Celia L. de Lima Rodrigues, Expedito Luna, Eric C. M. van Gorp, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, Byron E. E. Martina, Esper G. Kallas Background Severe dengue virus (DENV) disease is associated with extensive immune activation, characterized by a cytokine storm. Previously, elevated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) levels in dengue were found to correlate ... more »

Sweeney NL, Shadrick WR, Mukherjee S, Li K, Frankowski KJ, Schoenen FJ, Frick DN.
J Biol Chem. 2013 May 23. [Epub ahead of print]
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Rey FA.
Nature. 2013 May 23;497(7450):443-4. doi: 10.1038/497443a. No abstract available.
PMID: 23698439 [PubMed - in process]

Goedee HS, Brekelmans GJ, van Asseldonk JT, Beekman R, Mess WH, Visser LH.
Eur J Neurol. 2013 May 23. doi: 10.1111/ene.12182. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23701599 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Vieira FC, de Melo Marinho PE, Brandão DC, E Silva OB.
Physiother Res Int. 2013 May 23. doi: 10.1002/pri.1550. [Epub ahead of print]
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Medeiros MF, Jardim MR, Vital RT, Costa Nery JA, Sales AM, Moraes MO, Chimelli LM, Pessolani MC, Ferreira H, Sarno EN, Antunes SL.
Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2013 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]
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Lieu KG, Brice A, Wiltzer L, Hirst B, Jans DA, Blondel D, Moseley GW.
J Virol. 2013 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23698294 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Serra-Cobo J, López-Roig M, Seguí M, Sánchez LP, Nadal J, Borrás M, Lavenir R, Bourhy H.
PLoS One. 2013 May 20;8(5):e64467. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064467. Print 2013.
PMID: 23700480 [PubMed - in process] Free Article

Yin Y, Jiang L, Fang D, Jiang L, Zhou J.
Viral Immunol. 2013 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]
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Zhang Y, Liu B, Liu G.
Mol Divers. 2013 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23695441 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Wu W, Jia F, Wang W, Huang Y, Huang Y.
Parasitol Res. 2013 May 22. [Epub ahead of print]
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Alves CF, Alves CF, Figueiredo MM, Souza CC, Machado-Coelho GL, Melo MN, Tafuri WL, Raso P, Soares RP, Tafuri WL.
PLoS One. 2013 May 21;8(5):e63343. Print 2013.
PMID: 23704900 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Barbosa MP, Rocha MO, Lombardi F, Ribeiro AL.
Europace. 2013 May 21. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 23696626 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Dencker D, Ewertsen C, Nielsen HV, Dragsted UB, Karstrup S.
Ultraschall Med. 2013 May 21. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 23696059 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Jiao W, Li H, Tao X, Song M, Shen X, Guo Z, Zhao Y, Tang Q, Liang G.
Virol Sin. 2013 May 21. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 23689982 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Zhang S, Liu Y, Hou Y, Zhao J, Zhang F, Wang Y, Hu R.
Virol Sin. 2013 May 21. [Epub ahead of print]
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Zhou M, Zhang G, Ren G, Gnanadurai CW, Li Z, Chai Q, Yang Y, Leyson CM, Wu W, Cui M, Fu ZF.
PLoS One. 2013 May 20;8(5):e63384. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063384. Print 2013.
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Weil GJ, Curtis KC, Fakoli L, Fischer K, Gankpala L, Lammie PJ, Majewski AC, Pelletreau S, Won KY, Bolay FK, Fischer PU.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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Mathieu E, Dorkenoo AM, Morgah K, Datagni M, Cantey PT, Morgah K, Harvey K, Ziperstein J, Drexler N, Chapleau G, Sodahlon Y.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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Queiroz RM, Charneau S, Motta FN, Santana JM, Roepstorff P, Ricart CA.
J Proteome Res. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23682730 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Coulibaly JT, N'gbesso YK, N'guessan NA, Winkler MS, Utzinger J, N'goran EK.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23690549 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article

Khieu V, Srey S, Schär F, Muth S, Marti H, Odermatt P.
BMC Res Notes. 2013 May 20;6(1):200. [Epub ahead of print]
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Yap P, Du ZW, Wu FW, Jiang JY, Chen R, Zhou XN, Hattendorf J, Utzinger J, Steinmann P.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23690551 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article

Katabarwa MN, Lakwo T, Habomugisha P, Agunyo S, Byamukama E, Oguttu D, Tukesiga E, Unoba D, Dramuke P, Onapa A, Tukahebwa EM, Lwamafa D, Walsh F, Unnasch TR.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23690555 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article

Higazi TB, Zarroug IM, Mohamed HA, Elmubarak WA, Deran TC, Aziz N, Katabarwa M, Hassan HK, Unnasch TR, Mackenzie CD, Richards F, Hashim K.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23690554 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Free Article

Queiroz RM, Charneau S, Motta FN, Santana JM, Roepstorff P, Ricart CA.
J Proteome Res. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23682730 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Pierantozzi M, Roura X, Paltrinieri S, Poggi M, Zatelli A.
J Am Anim Hosp Assoc. 2013 May 20. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 23690493 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Monteiro LD, Alencar CH, Barbosa JC, Braga KP, Castro MD, Heukelbach J.
Cad Saude Publica. 2013 May;29(5):909-920. Portuguese.
PMID: 23702997 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Othman AA, Ashour DS, Mohamed DA.
Exp Parasitol. 2013 May;134(1):76-81. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.02.001. Epub 2013 Feb 24.
PMID: 23462071 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Wesołowska A, Jaros S, Norbury LJ, Jaros D, Zygner W, Wędrychowicz H.
Exp Parasitol. 2013 May;134(1):33-8. doi: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.01.013. Epub 2013 Jan 29.
PMID: 23376446 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Krishnappa K, Elumalai K.
Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci. 2013 May;17(9):1273-7.
PMID: 23690200 [PubMed - in process]

Zhu PT, Pan J, Zheng XL.
Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2013 May;33(5):642-8. Chinese.
PMID: 23688980 [PubMed - in process] Free Article

Squires G, Pous J, Agirre J, Rozas-Dennis GS, Costabel MD, Marti GA, Navaza J, Bressanelli S, Guérin DM, Rey FA.
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2013 Jun;69(Pt 6):1026-37. doi: 10.1107/S0907444913004617. Epub 2013 May 14.
PMID: 23695247 [PubMed - in process]

Weant KA, Baker SN.
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2013 Jun;25(2):225-42. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2013.02.001. Epub 2013 Mar 1.
PMID: 23692940 [PubMed - in process]

Baak-Baak CM, Rodríguez-Ramírez AD, García-Rejón JE, Ríos-Delgado S, Torres-Estrada JL.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):175-181. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12024.x.
PMID: 23701623 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Richardson AJ, Williams CR.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):111-119. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12016.x.
PMID: 23701615 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Lucio PS, Degallier N, Servain J, Hannart A, Durand B, de Souza RN, Ribeiro ZM.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):20-37. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12005.x.
PMID: 23701604 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Nattero J, Rodríguez CS, Crocco L.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):127-133. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12018.x.
PMID: 23701617 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Maloney KM, Ancca-Juarez J, Salazar R, Borrini-Mayori K, Niemierko M, Yukich JO, Naquira C, Keating JA, Levy MZ.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):6-11. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12003.x.
PMID: 23701602 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Dias ES, Michalsky EM, do Nascimento JC, Ferreira ED, Lopes JV, Fortes-Dias CL.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):193-196. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12028.x. No abstract available.
PMID: 23701627 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Akhoundi M, Mirzaei A, Baghaei A, Alten B, Depaquit J.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):97-104. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12014.x.
PMID: 23701613 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Reinhold-Castro KR, Fenelon VC, Rossi RM, Brito JE, Freitas JS, Teodoro U.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):63-68. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12009.x.
PMID: 23701608 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Chargui N, Haouas N, Slama D, Gorcii M, Jaouadi K, Essabbah-Aguir N, Mezhoud H, Babba H.
J Vector Ecol. 2013 Jun;38(1):1-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12000.x.
PMID: 23701601 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


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