PLOS NTDs Editors-in-Chief Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy discuss new research and the global effort towards eliminating lymphatic filariasis. One of the…
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Filariasis Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis in CameroonRead more
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General American Zika in 2016 and 2017: The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde and Dr. JekyllRead more
As North America heads into summer, Peter Hotez, co-Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, discusses the risk for Zika outbreaks and hopes Mr…
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General Yellow Fever Global Whack-a-MoleRead more
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Editors-in-Chief Serap Aksoy and Peter Hotez consider recent outbreaks of Yellow Fever in Africa and Brazil in light of…
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General The “Why Vaccines Don’t Cause Autism” PapersRead more
PLOS NTDs co-Editor-in-Chief Peter Hotez lists the key scientific papers refuting the myth that vaccines cause autism I have a unique perspective…
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General 2017 Global Infectious Diseases Threats to the United StatesRead more
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases co-Editor-in Chief Peter Hotez predicts the major infections that will threaten the US in the coming year. By…
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Collections UN World Toilet Day 2016Read more
PLOS Medicine and PLOS NTDs reflect on 15 years of World Toilet Day and announce the WASH Collection. UN World Toilet Day…
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Global Health Vaccinations, Vaccine Science, and a New US PresidentRead more
PLOS NTDs co-Editor in Chief Peter Hotez encourages US President-Elect Donald Trump to support pro-vaccine policies to protect public health. The 2016 US Presidential debates…
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General Expanding the Blue Marble Health CollectionRead more
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases co-Editor-in-Chief Peter J Hotez , Chief Editor of PLOS Medicine Larry Peiperl and Editorial Project Manager of PLOS Collections…
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Neglected Diseases Culex Mosquitoes and Zika Virus Infection? Nah.Read more
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases co-Editors-in-Chief Peter J Hotez and Serap Aksoy discuss new research reporting that Culex mosquitos apparently cannot transmit Zika. As…
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Dengue What’s with these Vector-borne Neglected Tropical Diseases?Read more
Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy, co-Editors in Chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diaseases, contemplate the recent rises in various vector-borne NTDs around the world…
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Global Health Zika Emergency Puts Open Data Policies to the TestRead more
The Zika outbreak comes at a time of ongoing advances in data sharing policy, including a new call by the Wellcome Trust…
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General Mycetoma: The PLOS NTDs CollectionRead more
Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy, co-editors-in-chief of PLOS NTDs, announce a new collection of research on Mycetoma, an “honorary” NTD. Mycetoma is…