Collection Type: Curated Collections

Ten years ago, on June 24th 2005, the inaugural issue of PLOS Computational Biology was published, making June 2015 the 10th Anniversary. To mark the occasion, this new collection exhibits the best…

2015 marks the tenth anniversary of PLOS Genetics and brings with it a host of celebrations to mark this momentous occasion. This collection exhibits some of the best research PLOS Genetics has had…

To commemorate the Fifth Anniversary of the launch of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, we are releasing a collection of the most-viewed research articles from each of the five years that the journal…

When global policymakers address the health and economic impact of the soil-transmitted helminth infections, they generally refer to the "unholy trinity" of ascariasis, hookworm infection…

In the February 2011 issue of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (PLOS NTDs), Simarro and colleagues report in "The Human African Trypanosomiasis Control and Surveillance Programme of the World…

In several recent PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases papers on rabies — marking the third anniversary of World Rabies Day — scientists describe the situation of canine rabies control in…

To commemorate the Fifth Anniversary of the launch of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, we have begun collecting a number of "Historical Profiles and Perspectives" articles which will be…

More than half of the world's population is at risk of helminthiases, and millions of people are currently infected with one or more helminth species. Consequences of infection include suffering…

This collection focuses on a rapidly evolving field in which the study of both species-specific and ubiquitous aging mechanisms informs the biological process of aging. Yet the field is not without…

Between October 2009 and February 2010 PLOS Medicine published a seven part series of articles proposing "packages of care" for mental, neurological, and substance-use disorders in low- and…