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With this week's #PeerReviewWeek theme ‘Innovation and Technology in Peer Review’ we’re curious to know what kinds of innovations you think would most improve the peer review process?
20%Use of AI tools
48%Transparent peer review
27%Research on peer review
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#PeerReviewWeek is here! For an overview of this week's events from @PeerRevWeek, and quick access to PLOS peer review resources, check out our latest post on The Official PLOS Blog: plos.io/4et8UAl
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1/2 We just published @PLOSNTDs a new article showing that previous exposure to Zika virus leads to a more severe presentation of Dengue virus infection. Good work from Cassia Estofolete and all my lab and collaborators.
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Today is #OneHealthDay2023, and to commemorate, PLOS GPH joined @PLOSNTDs, @PLOSPathogens, and @PLOSMedicine in collecting a series of articles exploring #OneHealth themes. Check it out ➡️
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#papersofthemonth
@PLOSNTDs: The number of cases, #mortality and #treatments of #viral hemorrhagic #fevers: A systematic review.
@Cedric_Laouenan
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Traditional healers (THs) remain the primary contact for #snakebite management in rural communities. But what are their experiences & practices regarding 🐍bite treatment & prevention?
In our recently published paper, we explore this question in more detail @PLOSNTDs 👇
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Our trial showed combined MDA #trachoma & #filariasis is safe BUT do communities & health staff think it is practical & acceptable? Our embedded qualitative study says YES @PLOSNTDs journals.plos.org/plosntds/a… Hopefully co-admin can be a key tool towards 2030 goals @SoceFallBirima
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Read NGDI-UBC's new Blog entitled "Unconventional thinking: how soil science can join the fight against neglected tropical diseases" just posted on the prestigious PLOS Blogs-Speaking of Medicine and Health.@PLOSNTDs @PLOS @ISNTD_Press
@Can_NTDs @MSF_canada @who @CUGHnews @UBCmedicine @keithmartinmd @SoceFallBirima @jwnickerson @CombatNTDs
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Turning the Worm: Enzyme identified involved in #parasitic worm #Trichinella spiralis larvae invasion of the host gut lining – novel target for treatment of #trichinosis. Image & research by Yan Yan Song et al Zhengzhou University, China in @PLOSNTDs. On bpod.org.uk/archive/2023/9/2…
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Check out our new #publication in @PLOSNTDs, a review synthesizing key discoveries, knowledge gaps, and future research avenues regarding the relationship between growth faltering and #Shigella in #children <5. @PATHtweets
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Happy to share our paper exploring the convergent spatiotemporal trends of various arboviruses in Mexico and Central America, now out in @PLOSNTDs journals.plos.org/plosntds/a…
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📢New paper: "Jamestown Canyon #virus is transmissible by #Aedes aegypti🦟 and is only moderately blocked by #Wolbachia co-infection" by Meng-Jia Lau, @WolbDutra @DrMozzieFhal @McGrawLab et al. dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.… via @PLOSNTDs
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🐍🇲🇿 Snakebites in rural #Mozambique can cost households five times more than uncomplicated #malaria, according to a study published in @PLOSNTDs.
Read the main conclusions on our website:
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📝Just released! @PLOSNTDs ➡️ Socioeconomic & environmental factors associated w/ high lymphatic filariasis morbidity prevalence distribution in Bangladesh 🇧🇩 where there are 44K people with conditions such as lymphedema & hydrocele. #EliminateLF #beatNTDs
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🫀A new study of nearly 3,000 Latin Americans who visited @hospitalclinic over 17 years shows that 47% were infected with the parasite that causes #Chagas disease, and >10% had heart lesions.
A research led by #ISGlobal & published in @PLOSNTDs.
➡️ isglobal.org/en/-/la-enferme…
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Some background and my paper @plosntds on how climate change, urbanization and poverty are reshaping this “new Texas”. It’s written from a tropical infection perspective but there is other useful information journals.plos.org/plosntds/a… – at Houston, TX
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Excited to share our latest article published in @plosntds: journals.plos.org/plosntds/a… #plosntdsauthor
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Chagas cardiomyopathy is not a problem only for young adults. See Bruno Brito´s study just published at: doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd…. @ezsoliman1 @estercsabino @worldheartfed @CoalicionChagas @waldutra @fapemig @facmedicinaufmg @adribaran
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Sewers have become breeding hotspots for dengue-spreading mosquitoes, but these hidden areas can be tricky to monitor. Now, researchers have developed unmanned vehicles to detect and control mosquito populations in sewers 💩
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I am now humming "MOZZIE-HUNTING SEWER ROBOTS" to the tune of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a la @wiki_tmnt...
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