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 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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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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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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General Spotlight on Outreach: PLOS NTDs Cohosts International Writing Workshop in Shanghai, ChinaRead more
Serap Aksoy, co-Editor in Chief of PLOS NTDs and Marian Weidner, Senior Publications Assistant, give an overview of the recent International Writing Workshop 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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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…
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General Will Zika become the 2016 NTD of the Year?Read more
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (PLOS NTDs) co-Editors-in-Chief Peter J Hotez and Serap Aksoy discuss the threat of zika virus spread throughout the…
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Global Health PLOS NTDs co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy and Associate Editor Dan Masiga conduct a Manuscript Writing Workshop at University of Nairobi, Kenya.Read more
By Serap Aksoy and Joel Ochieng An important goal for PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (PLOS NTDs) is to develop global capacity in…
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Global Health Training the Next Generation of Scientists from Disease Endemic Countries Should be a High Priority in Disease Elimination EffortsRead more
Serap Aksoy, co-Editor in Chief of PLOS NTDs, comments on the importance of training young scientists in the Tropical Infectious Disease community. There is…
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General Reflections on feces and its synonymsRead more
As medical parasitologists we tend not to be too squeamish when discussing human feces. They represent one of the “five F’s” of…
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