Public Library of Sciences (PLoS)
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• World’s first peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to the
NTDs, launched October 2007
• Started with a grant from Gates Foundation
• Research on clinical aspects, pathology, epidemiology, treatment,
control, prevention and social issues
• Magazine section devoted to policy, advocacy, and expert
commentaries
• International editorial board—40% of the
Associate Editors are from endemic countries
• Coverage in Science, Nature, New Scientist, National Geographic,
The New York Times, Economist, London Times, Wall Street Journal,
Forbes, Wired, and others
Neglected Tropical Diseases
• The NTDs are a group of povertypromoting chronic infectious diseases,
which primarily occur in rural areas and
poor urban areas of low-income and
middle-income countries.
• PLoS NTDs is devoted to the pathology,
epidemiology, prevention, treatment and
control of the NTDs, as well as public
policy relevant to this group of diseases.
PLoS NTDs Scope
• Protozoan infections (Amebiasis, Balantidiasis, Chagas Disease,
Giardiasis, Human African Trypanosomiasis, Leishmaniasis)
• Helminth Infections [Taeniasis-Cysticercosis, Dracunculiasis,
Echninococcosis, Food-borne Trematodiases, Loiasis, Lymphatic
Filariasis, Onchocerciasis, Schistosomiasis, Soil-transmitted
Helminthiases (Ascariasis, Hookworm Diseases, Trichuriasis,
Strongyloidiasis), Toxocariasis and other Larva Migrans]
• Viral Infections (Dengue, Japanese encephalitis, Jungle yellow
fever, other Arboviral infections, Rabies, Rift Valley fever, Viral
hemorrhagic fevers)
• Bacterial Infections [Bartonella, Bovine Tuberculosis in Humans,
Buruli Ulcer, Cholera, Enteric pathogens (Shigella, Salmonella, E.
coli), Leprosy, Leptospirosis, Relapsing Fever, Trachoma,
Treponematoses (Bejel, Pinta, Syphillis, Yaws)]
• Fungal Infections (Mycetoma, Paracoccidiomycosis)
• Ectoparasitic Infections (Scabies, Myiasis)
All aspects of the NTDs will be
considered
•Pathogenesis
•Clinical features
•Pharmacology and treatment
•Diagnosis
•Epidemiology
•Vector biology
•Vaccinology and prevention
•Demographic, ecological, and social determinants
•Public-health and policy aspects
Editorial Board:
•Editors-in-Chief Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy
•Deputy Editors Jeff Bethony, Paul Brindley, Simon Brooker, Charles King, Albert Ko, A. Desiree La
Beaud, Mike Lehane, Sara Lustigman, Photini Sinnis, Pamela Small, Juerg Utzinger
•Associate Editors Oladele B. Akogun, Judith Allen, Roberto Barrera, Maria-Gloria Basáñez, Paul Bates, Daniel
G. Bausch, Zvi Bentwich, Alok Bhattacharya, David Blair, Marleen Boelaert, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Pierre Buffet, Philippe
Büscher, Alejandro Buschiazzo, Laurence U. Buxbaum, Michael Cappello, Hélène Carabin, Jane Carlton, Edgar Carvalho,
Marilia Sá Carvalho, Cheng-Chen Chen, Rita Colwell, Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira, John P. Dalton, Stephen J. Davies, David
Diemert, Rhoel R. Dinglasan, Daniel Eichinger, Dirk Engels, Christian Engwerda, Ana Flisser, Carlos Franco-Paredes,
Amadou Garba, Hector H. Garcia, Ricardo T. Gazzinelli, Timothy Geary, Thomas Geisbert, Elodie Ghedin, Duane Gubler,
Ricardo E. Gurtler, Maria Guzman, John Gyapong, Theresa Gyorkos, Scott Halstead, Eva Harris, Kenji Hirayama, Jorge
Huete-Pérez, Akira Ito, Charles Jaffe, Anthony James, Malcolm K. Jones, Narcis Kabatereine, Shaden Kamhawi,
Gagandeep Kang, Jennifer Keiser, Ben L. Kelly, Rebekah Kent, Kiyoshi Kita, Pattamaporn Kittayapong, Matty Knight,
David Lalloo, Patrick Lammie, Diane Lockwood, Anuradha Lohia, Benedito A. Lopes da Fonseca, Hechmi Louzir, Sheila
Lukehart, Kirsten E. Lyke, Andrew MacDonald, Charles Mackenzie, Elizabeth A. L. Martins, Daniel Masiga, Greg
Matlashewski, James McCarthy, James H. McKerrow, Diane McMahon-Pratt, Genevieve Milon, Jorge Motta, Dunstan
Mukoko, Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu, Joseph Ndung'u, Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Jeremia Ngondi, Sergio Costa Oliveira, Kenneth
Olson, Scott O'Neill, Mehmet Ali Özcel, Sharon J. Peacock, Richard Phillips, Mathieu Picardeau, Ann Powers, Roger
Prichard, Didier Raoult, Jayne Raper, Giovanna Raso, Rebeca Rico-Hesse, Ana Rodriguez, Alan Rothman, Craig Roy,
Edward Ryan, Rosemary C. Sang, Helton da Costa Santiago, José Ignacio Santos, Julius Schachter, Edmund Seto,
Nilanthi de Silva, Gary Simon, Sunit K. Singh, Philippe Solano, Banchob Sripa, Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté, Robert
Tesh, Yara M. Traub-Csekö, Christian Tschudi, Mike Turell, Jesus Valenzuela, Joseph M. Vinetz, David H. Walker, Judd
Walson, Joanne Webster, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Jakob Zinsstag
•Editorial Advisors
Uche Amazigo, Daniel G. Colley, Pierre Druilhe, Richard Feachem, Alan Fenwick, Paul Fine,
Victoria Hale, Paul Hunt, Alex Loukas, Santiago Mas-Coma, Don McManus, David Molyneux, Carlos Morel, James
Mwanzia, G. Richard Olds, Eric A. Ottesen, Frank Richards, Jr., Lee W. Riley, Laura C. Rodrigues, Jeffrey D. Sachs,
Nancy Gore Saravia, Lorenzo Savioli, Terrence Spithill, Ken Stuart, Marcel Tanner, Thomas R. Unnasch, Gary Weil
Examples of Highly Downloaded Content:
Wolbachia Infection Reduces Blood-Feeding Success in the Dengue Fever
Mosquito, Aedes aegypti Turley AP, Moreira LA, O’Neill SL, McGraw EA
http://www.plosntds.org/doi/pntd.0000516
A Schistosome cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Catalytic Subunit Is
Essential for Parasite Viability Swierczewski BE, Davies SJ
http://www.plosntds.org/doi/pntd.0000505
Co-authorship Network Analysis: A Powerful Tool for Strategic Planning of
Research, Development and Capacity Building Programs on Neglected
Diseases Morel CM, Serruya SJ, Penna GO, Guimarães R
http://www.plosntds.org/doi/pntd.0000501
Dynamics of Socioeconomic Risk Factors for Neglected Tropical Diseases
and Malaria in an Armed Conflict Fürst T, Raso G, Acka CA, Tschannen AB,
N'Goran EK, et al. http://www.plosntds.org/doi/pntd.0000513
Profile of Central and Effector Memory T Cells in the Progression of Chronic
Human Chagas Disease Fiuza JA, Fujiwara RT, Gomes JAS, Rocha MOdC,
Chaves AT, et al. http://www.plosntds.org/doi/pntd.0000512
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