Serap Aksoy

Serap Aksoy is Co-Editor in Chief of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases and Professor, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases at the Yale School of Public Health.

Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis in Cameroon

Posted June 29, 2017 by Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy in Filariasis, Neglected Diseases, WHO

PLOS NTDs Editors-in-Chief Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy discuss new research and the global effort towards eliminating lymphatic filariasis. One of the most significant, yet often unheralded, accomplishments from the 2000-2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Yellow Fever Global Whack-a-Mole

Posted February 2, 2017 by Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy in General

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 a global rise in vector borne diseases. While many in the community

UN World Toilet Day 2016

Posted November 18, 2016 by Peter Hotez, Serap Aksoy, PLOS Collections, Thomas McBride and Larry Peiperl in Collections, Global Health, WASH

PLOS Medicine and PLOS NTDs reflect on 15 years of World Toilet Day and announce the WASH Collection. UN World Toilet Day highlights the urgent need to address a global sanitation crisis by providing toilets

Culex Mosquitoes and Zika Virus Infection? Nah.

Posted September 6, 2016 by Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy in Neglected Diseases, Zika

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 Zika infects large numbers of immunologically naïve populations in the Americas, significant concern

Spotlight on Outreach: PLOS NTDs Cohosts International Writing Workshop in Shanghai, China

Posted July 14, 2016 by Marian Weidner and Serap Aksoy in General

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 part of the journal’s outreach work, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Editorial Board has

What’s with these Vector-borne Neglected Tropical Diseases?

Posted July 6, 2016 by Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy in Dengue, Global Health, Neglected Diseases, Policy, Vectors, Zika

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 In 2013 both chikungunya and Zika virus infection are believed to have first

Mycetoma: The PLOS NTDs Collection

Posted January 21, 2016 by Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy in General

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 a serious and debilitating condition that meets all of the criteria we ordinarily

Will Zika become the 2016 NTD of the Year?

Posted January 7, 2016 by Peter Hotez and Serap Aksoy in General, Zika

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 Americas and call for zika virus researchers to submit their research to PLOS NTDs

PLOS NTDs co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy and Associate Editor Dan Masiga conduct a Manuscript Writing Workshop at University of Nairobi, Kenya.

Posted September 2, 2015 by Serap Aksoy and PLOS Guest Blogger in Global Health, Neglected Diseases, Open Access, Peer review

By Serap Aksoy and Joel Ochieng An important goal for PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (PLOS NTDs) is to develop global capacity in publication practices in low- and middle-income countries, given that NTDs disproportionately affect people

Training the Next Generation of Scientists from Disease Endemic Countries Should be a High Priority in Disease Elimination Efforts

Posted April 9, 2015 by Serap Aksoy in Global Health, Neglected Diseases

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 a lot of excitement in the NTD community around the “E” words. After

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