1.Evidence-Based Policies o­n Migration and Global Health are Essential to Maintain the Health of Those Inside and Outside the United States
Philip J. Rosenthal, Daniel G. Bausch, Stephen Higgs, N. Regina Rabinovich, David R. Hill, Christopher V. Plowe, Karen A. Goraleski and Patricia F. Walker
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:5-6 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.961ed OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

2.Undergraduate Global Health Degrees: The Time is Right
Timothy F. Brewer
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:7-8 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0835 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Sulfadoxine?Pyrimethamine: More Than Just an Antimalarial?
Julie Gutman and Laurence Slutsker
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:9-10 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0888 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Diagnosis and Treatment of Leishmaniasis: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)
Naomi Aronson, Barbara L. Herwaldt, Michael Libman, Richard Pearson, Rogelio Lopez-Velez, Peter Weina, Edgar Carvalho, Moshe Ephros, Selma Jeronimo and Alan Magill
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:24-45 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-84256 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

The Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher: A Game-Changer for Tropical Disease Products
Jonathan Berman and Tanya Radhakrishna
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:11-13 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0099 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Priorities for the Priority Review Voucher
David B. Ridley
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:14-15 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0600 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

The Emergence of Undergraduate Majors in Global Health: Systematic Review of Programs and Recommendations for Future Directions
Paul K. Drain, Charles Mock, David Toole, Anne Rosenwald, Megan Jehn, Thomas Csordas, Laura Ferguson, Caryl Waggett, Chinekwu Obidoa and Judith N. Wasserheit
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:16-23 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0687

Atypical Presentation of Majocchi's Granuloma in an Immunocompetent Host
Nisha V. Parmar, G. Johny Asir, and Shivaprakash M. Rudramurthy
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:1-2 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0493 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

New Diagnostics for Yaws
Christian Kositz, Robert Butcher, and Michael Marks
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:3-4 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0639 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

The Jarisch?Herxheimer Reaction After Antibiotic Treatment of Spirochetal Infections: A Review of Recent Cases and Our Understanding of Pathogenesis
Thomas Butler
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:46-52 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0434

Flea-Borne Rickettsioses and Rickettsiae
Lucas S. Blanton and David H. Walker
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:53-56 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0537 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

?Padon pa geri maleng? (?Sorry doesn't heal the scars?)
Claire Panosian Dunavan
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:258-259 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0859 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Detection of the Leprosy Agent Mycobacterium lepromatosis in South America and Europe
Xiang Y. Han
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:260 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0713 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Decomposing Educational Inequalities in Child Mortality: A Temporal Trend Analysis of Access to Water and Sanitation in Peru
Tasneem Bohra, Tarik Benmarhnia, Britt McKinnon, and Jay S. Kaufman
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:57-64 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.15-0745

Is Using a Latrine ?A Strange Thing To Do?? A Mixed-Methods Study of Sanitation Preference and Behaviors in Rural Ethiopia
Kristen Aiemjoy, Nicole E. Stoller, Sintayehu Gebresillasie, Ayalew Shiferaw, Zerihun Tadesse, Tegene Sewent, Bezuayehu Ayele, Melsew Chanyalew, Solomon Aragie, Kelly Callahan, Aisha Stewart, Paul M. Emerson, Thomas M. Lietman, Jeremy D. Keenan and Catherine E. Oldenburg
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:65-73 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0541

Nonnative Cattle Ownership, Diet, and Child Height-for-Age: Evidence from the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey
Jamie L. Fierstein, Misha Eliasziw, Beatrice Lorge Rogers, and Janet E. Forrester
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:74-82 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0646

Colonization Factors in EnterotoxigenicEscherichia coliStrains in Travelers to Mexico, Guatemala, and India Compared with Children in Houston, Texas
Vineetkumar B. Kharat, Makhdum Ahmed, Zhi-Dong Jiang, Mark S. Riddle and Herbert L. DuPont
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:83-87 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0405

Seroepidemiology of Human Brucellosis Among Blood Donors in Southern Ethiopia: Calling Attention to a Neglected Zoonotic Disease
Bereket Workalemahu, Tsegaye Sewunet, and Ayalew Astatkie
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:88-92 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.15-0702

Tetanus in Southern Vietnam: Current Situation
Duong Bich Thuy, James I. Campbell, Tran Tan Thanh, Cao Thu Thuy, Huynh Thi Loan, Nguyen Van Hao, Yen Lam Minh, Le Van Tan, Maciej F. Boni and C. Louise Thwaites
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:93-96 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0470 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Case Report: Severe Pleuropulmonary Paragonimiasis Caused byParagonimus mexicanusTreated as Tuberculosis in Ecuador
Manuel Calvopina, Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Rubén Macias and Hiromu Sugiyama
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:97-99 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0351

Almendravirus: A Proposed New Genus of Rhabdoviruses Isolated from Mosquitoes in Tropical Regions of the Americas
Maria Angelica Contreras, Gillian Eastwood, Hilda Guzman, Vsevolod Popov, Chelsea Savit, Sandra Uribe, Laura D. Kramer, Thomas G. Wood, Steven G. Widen, Durland Fish, Robert B. Tesh, Nikos Vasilakis, and Peter J. Walker
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:100-109 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0403

Seasonality of Viral Encephalitis and Associated Environmental Risk Factors in Son La and Thai Binh Provinces in Vietnam from 2004 to 2013
Hu Suk Lee, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Mihye Lee, Phuc Pham Duc, and Delia Grace
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:110-117 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0471

Low Immunogenicity of Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine Derived fromHansenula polymorphain Adults Aged Over 40 Years
Karlla Antonieta Amorim Caetano, Nativa Helena Alves Del-Rios, Raquel Silva Pinheiro, Fabiana Perez Rodrigues Bergamaschi, Megmar Aparecida dos Santos Carneiro, and Sheila Araujo Teles
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:118-121 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0475

Case Report: Dengue Infection in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Positive Patient Chronically Infected with Hepatitis B Virus in Western Mexico
Iván Delgado-Enciso, Francisco Espinoza-Gómez, Rodolfo Ochoa-Jiménez, Salvador Valle-Reyes, Clemente Vásquez, and Uriel A. López-Lemus
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:122-125 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0477

Recombinant Dengue Virus 4 Envelope Glycoprotein Virus-Like Particles Derived fromPichia pastorisare Capable of Eliciting Homotypic Domain III-Directed Neutralizing Antibodies
Niyati Khetarpal, Rahul Shukla, Ravi Kant Rajpoot, Ankur Poddar, Meena Pal, Sathyamangalam Swaminathan, Upasana Arora, and Navin Khanna
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:126-134 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0503

A Tale of Two Flaviviruses: A Seroepidemiological Study of Dengue Virus and West Nile Virus Transmission in the Ouest and Sud-Est Departments of Haiti
Thomas A. Weppelmann, Alexandra Burne, Michael E. von Fricken, Maha A. Elbadry, Madsen Beau De Rochars, Jacques Boncy, and Bernard A. Okech
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:135-140 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0422

Dengue and West Nile Virus Transmission in Children and Adults in Coastal Kenya
David M. Vu, Tamara Banda, Crystal Y. Teng, Chelsea Heimbaugh, Eric M. Muchiri, Peter L. Mungai, Francis M. Mutuku, Julie Brichard, Ginny Gildengorin, Erin M. Borland, Ann M. Powers, Uriel Kitron, Charles H. King, and A. Desiree LaBeaud
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:141-143 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0562

Isolation of Coronavirus NL63 from Blood from Children in Rural Haiti: Phylogenetic Similarities with Recent Isolates from Malaysia
Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars, John Lednicky, Sarah White, Julia Loeb, Maha A. Elbadry, Taina Telisma, Sonese Chavannes, Marie Gina Anilis, Eleonora Cella, Massimo Ciccozzi, Bernard A. Okech, Marco Salemi, and J. Glenn Morris, Jr.
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:144-147 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0585

Detection of Wolbachia inAedes albopictusand Their Effects o­n Chikungunya Virus
Noor Afizah Ahmad, Indra Vythilingam, Yvonne A. L. Lim, Nur Zatil Aqmar M. Zabari, and Han Lim Lee
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:148-156 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0516 OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

How Much Does Inbreeding Reduce Heterozygosity? Empirical Results fromAedes aegypti
Jeffrey R. Powell and Benjamin R. Evans
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:157-158 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0693

Neuropsychiatric Outcomes After Mefloquine Exposure Among U.S. Military Service Members
Angelia A. Eick-Cost, Zheng Hu, Patricia Rohrbeck, and Leslie L. Clark
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:159-166 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0390

Case Report: CongenitalPlasmodium falciparumMalaria in Washington, DC
Melissa Del Castillo, Ann Marie Szymanski, Ariella Slovin, Edward C. C. Wong and Roberta L. DeBiasi
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:167-169 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.15-0630

Dosage of Sulfadoxine?Pyrimethamine and Risk of Low Birth Weight in a Cohort of Zambian Pregnant Women in a Low Malaria Prevalence Region
Marie C. D. Stoner, Bellington Vwalika, Marcela Smid, Andrew Kumwenda, Elizabeth Stringer, Benjamin H. Chi and Jeff S. A. Stringer
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:170-177 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0658

Vector Competence ofLutzomyia cruziNaturally Demonstrated forLeishmania infantumand Suspected forLeishmania amazonensis
Everton Falcão de Oliveira, Elisa Teruya Oshiro, Wagner Souza Fernandes, Alda Maria Teixeira Ferreira, Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira and Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:178-181 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0191

Effectiveness of Short-Course Meglumine Antimoniate (Glucantime^®) for Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis: A 13-Year, Multistage, Non-Inferiority Study in Iran
Abdolvahab Alborzi, Gholamreza Pouladfar, Armin Attar, Fatemeh Falahi, Zahra Jafarpour, Abdollah Karimi and Mohammad Rahim Kadivar
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:182-189 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0345

Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis Using Peripheral Blood Microscopy in Ethiopia: A Prospective Phase-III Study of the Diagnostic Performance of Different Concentration Techniques Compared to Tissue Aspiration
Ermias Diro, Cedric P. Yansouni, Yegnasew Takele, Bewketu Mengesha, Lutgarde Lynen, Asrat Hailu, Johan van Griensven, Marleen Boelaert and Philippe Büscher
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:190-196 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0362

Case Report: Sclerosing Orbital Inflammation Caused byLeishmania braziliensis
Antonio Augusto V. Cruz, Eliza V. C. Alves-Ferreira, Gherusa Milbratz-Moré, Fernando Chahud, Patricia C. Ruy, Maria Irma Seixas Duarte and Angela Kaysel Cruz
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:197-199 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0389

Mitochondrial Gene Confirms the Specific Status ofTriatoma pintodiasiJurberg, Cunha, and Rocha, 2013 (Hemiptera, Triatominae), an Endemic Species in Brazil
Kaio Cesar Chaboli Alevi, Ana Letícia Guerra, Carlos Henrique Lima Imperador, José Jurberg, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira and Maria Tercília Vilela de Azeredo Oliveira
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:200-201 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0586

Prevalence and Subtype Identification ofBlastocystissp. in Healthy Individuals in the Tunis Area, Tunisia
Imène Ben Abda, Nabil Maatoug, Rania Ben Romdhane, Nada Bouhelmi, Najet Zallegua, Karim Aoun, Eric Viscogliosi, and Aïda Bouratbine
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:202-204 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0506

Combining Footwear with Public Health Iconography to Prevent Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections
Sarah B. Paige, Sagan Friant, Lucie Clech, Carly Malavé, Catherine Kemigabo, Richard Obeti and Tony L. Goldberg
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:205-213 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.15-0910

First Molecular Identifications ofNecator americanusandAncylostoma ceylanicumInfecting Rural Communities in Lower Myanmar
Win Pa Pa Aung, Thi Thi Htoon, Htay Htay Tin, Oranuch Sanpool, Jurairat Jongthawin, Lakkhana Sadaow, Issarapong Phosuk, Rutchanee Ropai, Pewpan M. Intapan, and Wanchai Maleewong
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:214-216 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0610

Poor Validity of Noninvasive Hemoglobin Measurements by Pulse Oximetry Compared with Conventional Absorptiometry in Children in Côte d'Ivoire
Isaac I. Bogoch, Jean T. Coulibaly, Jason Rajchgot, Jason R. Andrews, Jana Kovac, Jürg Utzinger, Gordana Panic and Jennifer Keiser
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:217-220 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0505

Development of a PCR Assay for Diagnosing Trematode (Opisthorchis and Haplorchis) Infections in Human Stools
Pheophet Lamaningao, Seiji Kanda, Sakhone Laimanivong, Takaki Shimono, Andrew Waleluma Darcy, Amphay Phyaluanglath, Nobuyuki Mishima and Toshimasa Nishiyama
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:221-228 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0165

Serological Responses to Filarial Antigens in Malian Children Attending Elementary Schools
Delynn M. Moss, Anna N. Chard, Victoria Trinies, Seydou Doumbia, Matthew C. Freeman and Patrick J. Lammie
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:229-232 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0560

Survey of Obstetrician-Gynecologists in the United States About Taeniasis and Cysticercosis
Rebecca L. Hall, Britta Anderson, Jay Schulkin, Paul T. Cantey, Susan P. Montgomery and Jeffrey L. Jones
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:233-242 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0350

The Association Between Neurocysticercosis and Hippocampal Atrophy is Related to Age
Oscar H. Del Brutto, Naoum P. Issa, Perla Salgado, Victor J. Del Brutto, Mauricio Zambrano, Julio Lama and Héctor H. García
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:243-248 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.16-0689

Performance of Health Workers Using an Electronic Algorithm for the Management of Childhood Illness in Tanzania: A Pilot Implementation Study
Clotilde Rambaud-Althaus, Amani Shao, Josephine Samaka, Ndeniria Swai, Seneca Perri, Judith Kahama-Maro, Marc Mitchell, Valérie D'Acremont and Blaise Genton
Am J Trop Med Hyg 2017; 96:249-257 doi:10.4269/ajtmh.15-0395

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