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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General Reflections on feces and its synonymsRead more
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General Introducing a New Look for the Journal HomepagesRead more
Today sees the launch of our re-vamped homepages for PLOS Medicine, PLOS Pathogens and PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. They’ve been designed to…
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Conference news Visit PLOS at IUMS 2014 in MontréalRead more
We are pleased to announce that PLOS Pathogens will be exhibiting at the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), July 27th – August…
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General World Hepatitis Day 2014 – Think AgainRead more
A former hepatitis virus researcher reminisces on the progress made and challenges remaining in the fight to eradicate chronic viral hepatitis. July…
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General Millennium Development Goal 6: Measuring ProgressRead more
One of the most dramatic international responses to the Millennium Development Goals launched by then United Nations Secretary Kofi Annan in 2000 has…
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Cholera Evidently it’s Cholera SeasonRead more
Just when the oppressive summer heat and humidity in South Asia seem no longer tolerable, especially to this Northern expatriate new to…
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General PLOS launches Clinical Immunology CollectionRead more
Nathaniel Gore, Editorial Project Manager of PLOS Collections, on the launch of a new Clinical Immunology Collection Today PLOS launches a new…
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General From One to One Million Article Views: Q&A with Author John IoannidisRead more
PLOS’s Erica Kritsberg interviews John Ioannidis about the success of his article “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False”, which reached one…
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Book Review Book Review: The Adventure of the Cure That Wasn’tRead more
Marzieh Ghiasi and Madhukar Pai from McGill University & McGill International TB Centre, Montreal, review “The Remedy” by Thomas Goetz No image…
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General EH!WOZA: Leaving the Lab and Addressing TB Stigmas and TaboosRead more
Anastasia Koch, a molecular biology PhD student in South Africa talks about engaging the community with biomedical research. As a molecular biology…
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General I’m a Scientist with Learning Disabilities and That’s Okay!Read more
Post doc Collin Diedrich discusses his experiences as a learning disabled scientist. About a month ago, I was playing with my 3yr…
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General Everything You Always Wanted to See about Sex in LeishmaniaRead more
Geneviève Lanotte (retired), Jean-Antoine Rioux (retired), and Jérémy Bouyer from CIRAD recount that cellular fusion in Leishmania was filmed in the 80s…