Ausgabe 1/2010
Inhalt (364 Artikel)
Bacteremia causes hippocampal apoptosis in experimental pneumococcal meningitis
Christian Østergaard, Stephen L Leib, Ian Rowland, Christian T Brandt
Variable viral clearance despite adequate ganciclovir plasma levels during valganciclovir treatment for cytomegalovirus disease in D+/R- transplant recipients
Nancy Perrottet, Oriol Manuel, Frédéric Lamoth, Jean-Pierre Venetz, Roland Sahli, Laurent A Decosterd, Thierry Buclin, Manuel Pascual, Pascal Meylan
Influenza virus infection among pediatric patients reporting diarrhea and influenza-like illness
Charisma Dilantika, Endang R Sedyaningsih, Matthew R Kasper, Magdarina Agtini, Erlin Listiyaningsih, Timothy M Uyeki, Timothy H Burgess, Patrick J Blair, Shannon D Putnam
Seroepidemiology of human Toxoplasma gondii infection in China
Yue Xiao, Jigang Yin, Ning Jiang, Mei Xiang, Lili Hao, Huijun Lu, Hong Sang, Xianying Liu, Huiji Xu, Johan Ankarklev, Johan Lindh, Qijun Chen
Does Glycosylation as a modifier of Original Antigenic Sin explain the case age distribution and unusual toxicity in pandemic novel H1N1 influenza?
Tom Reichert, Gerardo Chowell, Hiroshi Nishiura, Ronald A Christensen, Jonathan A McCullers
Modelling imperfect adherence to HIV induction therapy
Rachelle E Miron, Robert J Smith
Evidence for a "Founder Effect" among HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs) in Pakistan
Mohammad A Rai, Vivek R Nerurkar, Suhail Khoja, Saeed Khan, Richard Yanagihara, Arish Rehman, Shahana U Kazmi, Syed H Ali
Seasonal influenza risk in hospital healthcare workers is more strongly associated with household than occupational exposures: results from a prospective cohort study in Berlin, Germany, 2006/07
Chris J Williams, Brunhilde Schweiger, Genia Diner, Frank Gerlach, Frank Haaman, Gérard Krause, Albert Nienhaus, Udo Buchholz
Lasting immune memory against hepatitis B in children after primary immunization with 4 doses of DTPa-HBV-IPV/Hib in the first and 2nd year of life
Michael Steiner, Gunasekaran Ramakrishnan, Britta Gartner, Olivier Van Der Meeren, Jeanne-Marie Jacquet, Volker Schuster
Modulation of hepatic PPAR expression during Ft LVS LPS-induced protection from Francisella tularensis LVS infection
Saroj K Mohapatra, Leah E Cole, Clive Evans, Bruno W Sobral, Josep Bassaganya-Riera, Raquel Hontecillas, Stefanie N Vogel, Oswald R Crasta
Immunogenicity of antigens from the TbD1 region present in M. africanum and missing from "modern" M. tuberculosis: a cross- sectional study
Bouke C de Jong, Abdulrahman Hammond, Jacob K Otu, Martin Antonio, Richard A Adegbola, Martin O Ota
Effect of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination on invasive pneumococcal disease in preterm born infants
Simon Rückinger, Mark van der Linden, Rüdiger von Kries
Population dynamics of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Shanghai, China: a comparative study
Loubna Tazi, Marcos Pérez-Losada, Weiming Gu, Yang Yang, Lin Xue, Keith A Crandall, Raphael P Viscidi
Public health and economic impact of vaccination with 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV7) in the context of the annual influenza epidemic and a severe influenza pandemic
Jaime L Rubin, Lisa J McGarry, Keith P Klugman, David R Strutton, Kristen E Gilmore, Milton C Weinstein
Duration of shedding of respiratory syncytial virus in a community study of Kenyan children
Emelda A Okiro, Lisa J White, Mwanajuma Ngama, Patricia A Cane, Graham F Medley, D James Nokes
Black race, sex, and extrapulmonary tuberculosis risk: an observational study
Christina T Fiske, Marie R Griffin, Holt Erin, Jon Warkentin, Kaltenbach Lisa, Patrick G Arbogast, Timothy R Sterling
Prognostic factors in left-sided endocarditis: results from the andalusian multicenter cohort
Juan Gálvez-Acebal, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Francisco J Martínez-Marcos, Jose M Reguera, Antonio Plata, Josefa Ruiz, Manuel Marquez, Jose M Lomas, Javier de la Torre-Lima, Carmen Hidalgo-Tenorio, Arístides de Alarcón
Association of HIV infection with distribution and viral load of HPV types in Kenya: a survey with 820 female sex workers
Stanley MF Luchters, Davy Vanden Broeck, Matthew F Chersich, Annalene Nel, Wim Delva, Kishor Mandaliya, Christophe E Depuydt, Patricia Claeys, John-Paul Bogers, Marleen Temmerman
Occupational injury history and universal precautions awareness: a survey in Kabul hospital staff
Ahmad Shah Salehi, Paul Garner
Mapping of hormones and cortisol responses in patients after Lyme neuroborreliosis
Ivar Tjernberg, Martin Carlsson, Jan Ernerudh, Ingvar Eliasson, Pia Forsberg
Bayesian mapping of pulmonary tuberculosis in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Rindra V Randremanana, Vincent Richard, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Philippe Sabatier, Dominique J Bicout
African meningitis belt pneumococcal disease epidemiology indicates a need for an effective serotype 1 containing vaccine, including for older children and adults
Bradford D Gessner, Judith E Mueller, Seydou Yaro
The tuberculosis challenge in a rural South African HIV programme
Catherine F Houlihan, Portia C Mutevedzi, Richard J Lessells, Graham S Cooke, Frank C Tanser, Marie-Louise Newell
Pp65 antigenemia, plasma real-time PCR and DBS test in symptomatic and asymptomatic cytomegalovirus congenitally infected newborns
Sandro Binda, Antonella Mammoliti, Valeria Primache, Patrizia Didò, Carlo Corbetta, Fabio Mosca, Lorenza Pugni, Anna Bossi, Cristian Ricci, Maria Barbi
Contingency planning for a deliberate release of smallpox in Great Britain - the role of geographical scale and contact structure
Thomas House, Ian Hall, Leon Danon, Matt J Keeling
Survey of HBsAg-positive pregnant women and their infants regarding measures to prevent maternal-infantile transmission
Yan Guo, Jianqiong Liu, Liping Meng, Hu Meina, Yukai Du
Prevalence of HPV infection among Greek women attending a gynecological outpatient clinic
Petroula Stamataki, Athanasia Papazafiropoulou, Ioannis Elefsiniotis, Margarita Giannakopoulou, Hero Brokalaki, Eleni Apostolopoulou, Pavlos Sarafis, George Saroglou
High-mobility group box-1 protein, lipopolysaccharide-binding protein, interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein in children with community acquired infections and bacteraemia: a prospective study
Jana Pavare, Ilze Grope, Imants Kalnins, Dace Gardovska
Assessing the role of undetected colonization and isolation precautions in reducing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureustransmission in intensive care units
Theodore Kypraios, Philip D O'Neill, Susan S Huang, Sheryl L Rifas-Shiman, Ben S Cooper
Food-borne norovirus-outbreak at a military base, Germany, 2009
Maria Wadl, Kathrin Scherer, Stine Nielsen, Sabine Diedrich, Lüppo Ellerbroek, Christina Frank, Renate Gatzer, Marina Hoehne, Reimar Johne, Günter Klein, Judith Koch, Jörg Schulenburg, Uta Thielbein, Klaus Stark, Helen Bernard
Chronic pain associated with the Chikungunya Fever: long lasting burden of an acute illness
Daniel Ciampi de Andrade, Sylvain Jean, Pierre Clavelou, Radhouane Dallel, Didier Bouhassira
An optimal control theory approach to non-pharmaceutical interventions
Feng Lin, Kumar Muthuraman, Mark Lawley
A case of pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as diffuse alveolar haemorrhage: is there a role for anticardiolipin antibodies?
Almerico Marruchella, Angela Corpolongo, Chiara Tommasi, Francesco N Lauria, Pasquale Narciso
Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) relating to avian influenza in urban and rural areas of China
Nijuan Xiang, Ying Shi, Jiabing Wu, Shunxiang Zhang, Min Ye, Zhibin Peng, Lei Zhou, Hang Zhou, Qiaohong Liao, Yang Huai, Leilei Li, Zhangda Yu, Xiaowen Cheng, Weike Su, Xiaomin Wu, Hanwu Ma, Jianhua Lu, Jeffrey McFarland, Hongjie Yu
Healthcare workers and health care-associated infections: knowledge, attitudes, and behavior in emergency departments in Italy
Cristiana Parmeggiani, Rossella Abbate, Paolo Marinelli, Italo F Angelillo
Genetic diversity of NS5A protein from hepatitis C virus genotype 3a and its relationship to therapy response
Cíntia Bittar, Ana Carolina G Jardim, Lilian HT Yamasaki, Artur TL de Queiróz, Claudia MA Carareto, João Renato R Pinho, Isabel Maria VG de Carvalho-Mello, Paula Rahal
Evidence for waning of latency in a cohort study of tuberculosis
Harald G Wiker, Tehmina Mustafa, Gunnar A Bjune, Morten Harboe
Dry weather induces outbreaks of human West Nile virus infections
Guiming Wang, Richard B Minnis, Jerrold L Belant, Charles L Wax
Clinical severity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae(MP) infection is associated with bacterial load in oropharyngeal secretions but not with MP genotype
Anna C Nilsson, Per Björkman, Christina Welinder-Olsson, Anders Widell, Kenneth Persson
Regional differences in rates of HIV-1 viral load monitoring in Canada: Insights and implications for antiretroviral care in high income countries
Janet M Raboud, Mona R Loutfy, DeSheng Su, Ahmed M Bayoumi, Marina B Klein, Curtis Cooper, Nima Machouf, Sean Rourke, Sharon Walmsley, Anita Rachlis, P Richard Harrigan, Marek Smieja, Christos Tsoukas, Julio SG Montaner, Robert S Hogg
Rapid screening of MDR-TB using molecular Line Probe Assay is feasible in Uganda
Heidi Albert, Freddie Bwanga, Sheena Mukkada, Barnabas Nyesiga, Julius Patrick Ademun, George Lukyamuzi, Melles Haile, Sven Hoffner, Moses Joloba, Richard O'Brien
Awareness, attitudes, and practices related to the swine influenza pandemic among the Saudi public
Hanan H Balkhy, Mostafa A Abolfotouh, Rawabi H Al-Hathlool, Mohammad A Al-Jumah
Extensive transmission of isoniazid resistant M. tuberculosis and its association with increased multidrug-resistant TB in two rural counties of eastern China: A molecular epidemiological study
Yi Hu, Sven Hoffner, Weili Jiang, Weibing Wang, Biao Xu
Galactomannan testing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid is useful for diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in hematology patients
Li-Yang Hsu, Ying Ding, Jason Phua, Liang-Piu Koh, Douglas S Chan, Kay-Leong Khoo, Paul A Tambyah
Searching for the elusive typhoid diagnostic
Stephen Baker, Michael Favorov, Gordon Dougan
Spatial distribution and risk factors of Brucellosis in Iberian wild ungulates
Pilar M Muñoz, Mariana Boadella, Maricruz Arnal, María J de Miguel, Miguel Revilla, David Martínez, Joaquín Vicente, Pelayo Acevedo, Álvaro Oleaga, Francisco Ruiz-Fons, Clara M Marín, José M Prieto, José de la Fuente, Marta Barral, Montserrat Barberán, Daniel Fernández de Luco, José M Blasco, Christian Gortázar
Pattern and determinants of HIV research productivity in sub-Saharan Africa: bibliometric analysis of 1981 to 2009 PubMed papers
Olalekan A Uthman
Predicting results of mycobacterial culture on sputum smear reversion after anti-tuberculous treatment: a case control study
Chin-Chung Shu, Jann-Tay Wang, Chih-Hsin Lee, Jann-Yuan Wang, Li-Na Lee, Chong-Jen Yu
Is the drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) due to human herpesvirus 6 infection or to allergy-mediated viral reactivation? Report of a case and literature review
Ivan Gentile, Maria Talamo, Guglielmo Borgia
A comparative epidemiologic analysis of SARS in Hong Kong, Beijing and Taiwan
Eric HY Lau, C Agnes Hsiung, Benjamin J Cowling, Chang-Hsun Chen, Lai-Ming Ho, Thomas Tsang, Chiu-Wen Chang, Christl A Donnelly, Gabriel M Leung
Spatial clustering in the spatio-temporal dynamics of endemic cholera
Diego Ruiz-Moreno, Mercedes Pascual, Michael Emch, Mohammad Yunus
Latent tuberculosis among pregnant mothers in a resource poor setting in Northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study
Faheem G Sheriff, Karim P Manji, Mohamed P Manji, Mohamedsuhel M Chagani, Rose M Mpembeni, Ahmed M Jusabani, Zaheerabbas R Alwani, Taha S Karimjee
Occult Hepatitis B Virus infection in ART-Naive HIV-Infected Patients seen at a Tertiary Care Centre in North India
Swati Gupta, Sarman Singh
Mortality among patients with tuberculosis requiring intensive care: a retrospective cohort study
Denise R Silva, Diego M Menegotto, Luis F Schulz, Marcelo B Gazzana, Paulo TR Dalcin
Acquisition of antibodies to merozoite surface protein 3 among residents of Korogwe, north eastern Tanzania
Method D Segeja, Bruno P Mmbando, Misago D Seth, John P Lusingu, Martha M Lemnge
Circulation of human influenza viruses and emergence of Oseltamivir-resistant A(H1N1) viruses in Cameroon, Central Africa
Richard Njouom, Serge A Sadeuh Mba, Dominique Noah Noah, Victoria Gregory, Patrick Collins, Pierre Cappy, Alan Hay, Dominique Rousset
Diagnosis and follow-up of treatment of latent tuberculosis; the utility of the QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube assay in outpatients from a tuberculosis low-endemic country
Anne M Dyrhol-Riise, Gerd Gran, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Bjørn Blomberg, Christel Gill Haanshuus, Odd Mørkve
Telling partners about chlamydia: how acceptable are the new technologies?
Carol A Hopkins, Meredith J Temple-Smith, Christopher K Fairley, Natasha L Pavlin, Jane E Tomnay, Rhian M Parker, Frank J Bowden, Darren B Russell, Jane S Hocking, Marcus Y Chen
Population-based seroprevalence of HSV-2 and syphilis in Andhra Pradesh state of India
John A Schneider, Vemu Lakshmi, Rakhi Dandona, G Anil Kumar, Talasila Sudha, Lalit Dandona
The effect of age on the response to the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine
Hyunju Lee, Moon H Nahm, Kyung-Hyo Kim
The prevalence of common skin infections in four districts in Timor-Leste: a cross sectional survey
Milena ML dos Santos, Salvador Amaral, Sonia P Harmen, Hayley M Joseph, Jose L Fernandes, Megan L Counahan
Description of two measles outbreaks in the Lazio Region, Italy (2006-2007). Importance of pockets of low vaccine coverage in sustaining the infection
Filippo Curtale, Fabrizio Perrelli, Jessica Mantovani, Marta Ciofi degli Atti, Antonietta Filia, Loredana Nicoletti, Fabio Magurano, Piero Borgia, Domenico Di Lallo
Population-based type-specific prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus infection in Estonia
Anneli Uusküla, Mart Kals, Liina Kosenkranius, Louise-Anne McNutt, Jack DeHovitz J
Kikuchi Fujimoto disease associated with cryptogenic organizing pneumonia: case report and literature review
Feng Hua, Lei Zhu
Role of Culex and Anopheles mosquito species as potential vectors of rift valley fever virus in Sudan outbreak, 2007
AlaaEddeen M Seufi, Fatma H Galal
The burden and characteristics of tuberculosis/human immunodeficiency virus (TB/HIV) in South Korea: a study from a population database and a survey
Chang-Hoon Lee, Ji-young Hwang, Dae-Kyu Oh, Mee-Kyung Kee, Eunjung Oh, Jung-wook An, Jinhyun Kim, Heonsook Do, Hee-Jin Kim, Sung Soon Kim, Hwahyun Kim, Jeong-Gu Nam
Adult meningitis in a setting of high HIV and TB prevalence: findings from 4961 suspected cases
Joseph N Jarvis, Graeme Meintjes, Anthony Williams, Yolande Brown, Tom Crede, Thomas S Harrison
Production of icaADBC-encoded polysaccharide intercellular adhesin and therapeutic failure in pediatric patients with staphylococcal device-related infections
Bernardo Diemond-Hernández, Fortino Solórzano-Santos, Blanca Leaños-Miranda, Leoncio Peregrino-Bejarano, Guadalupe Miranda-Novales
The use of a geographic information system to identify a dairy goat farm as the most likely source of an urban Q-fever outbreak
Barbara Schimmer, Ronald ter Schegget, Marjolijn Wegdam, Lothar Züchner, Arnout de Bruin, Peter M Schneeberger, Thijs Veenstra, Piet Vellema, Wim van der Hoek
Current crisis or artifact of surveillance: insights into rebound chlamydia rates from dynamic modelling
David M Vickers, Nathaniel D Osgood
Safety, efficacy, and immunogenicity of an inactivated influenza vaccine in healthy adults: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial over two influenza seasons
Lisa A Jackson, Manjusha J Gaglani, Harry L Keyserling, John Balser, Nancy Bouveret, Louis Fries, John J Treanor
Comparative in vitro activity of Meropenem, Imipenem and Piperacillin/tazobactam against 1071 clinical isolates using 2 different methods: a French multicentre study
Marie-Laure Joly-Guillou, Marie Kempf, Jean-Didier Cavallo, Monique Chomarat, Luc Dubreuil, Jeanne Maugein, Claudette Muller-Serieys, Micheline Roussel-Delvallez
Effectiveness of the 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine against invasive pneumococcal disease in people 60 years or older
Angel Vila-Corcoles, Olga Ochoa-Gondar, Jorge A Guzmán, Teresa Rodriguez-Blanco, Elisabet Salsench, Cruz M Fuentes
Clients of sex workers in Switzerland: it makes sense to counsel and propose rapid test for HIV on the street, a preliminary report
Esther-Amélie Diserens, Patrick Bodenmann, Chantal N'Garambe, Anne Ansermet-Pagot, Marco Vannotti, Eric Masserey, Matthias Cavassini
Role of interferon-gamma release assays in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with advanced HIV infection
Adithya Cattamanchi, Isaac Ssewenyana, J Lucian Davis, Laurence Huang, William Worodria, Saskia den Boon, Samuel Yoo, Alfred Andama, Philip C Hopewell, Huyen Cao
Seroepidemiology of viral hepatitis, HIV and herpes simplex type 2 in the household population aged 21-64 years in Puerto Rico
Cynthia M Pérez, Edmir Marrero, Marytere Meléndez, Sandra Adrovet, Héctor Colón, Ana P Ortiz, Marievelisse Soto-Salgado, Carmen Albizu, Esther A Torres, Erick Suárez
Does treatment of intestinal helminth infections influence malaria? Background and methodology of a longitudinal study of clinical, parasitological and immunological parameters in Nangapanda, Flores, Indonesia (ImmunoSPIN Study)
Aprilianto E Wiria, Margaretta A Prasetyani, Firdaus Hamid, Linda J Wammes, Bertrand Lell, Iwan Ariawan, Hae Won Uh, Heri Wibowo, Yenny Djuardi, Sitti Wahyuni, Inge Sutanto, Linda May, Adrian JF Luty, Jaco J Verweij, Erliyani Sartono, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Taniawati Supali
Efficacy of ethanol-based hand foams using clinically relevant amounts: a cross-over controlled study among healthy volunteers
Günter Kampf, Sigunde Marschall, Sven Eggerstedt, Christiane Ostermeyer
Erratum to: Transmission of Specific Genotype Streptomycin Resistant Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosisin the Tokyo Metropolitan Area in Japan
Akihiro Ohkado, Yoshiro Murase, Masaaki Mori, Naoki Hasegawa, Goro Otsuka, Michiko Nagamine, Hideo Maeda, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Masako Ohmori, Norio Yamada, Shinji Maeda, Seiya Kato, Toru Mori, Nobukatsu Ishikawa
Distinct genotypic profiles of the two major clades of Mycobacterium africanum
Sidra E Gonçalves Vasconcellos, Richard C Huard, Stefan Niemann, Kristin Kremer, Adalberto R Santos, Philip N Suffys, John L Ho
The epidemiology of bacterial vaginosis in relation to sexual behaviour
Hans Verstraelen, Rita Verhelst, Mario Vaneechoutte, Marleen Temmerman
Entry screening to delay local transmission of 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1)
Benjamin J Cowling, Lincoln LH Lau, Peng Wu, Helen WC Wong, Vicky J Fang, Steven Riley, Hiroshi Nishiura
Clinical deterioration during antituberculosis treatment in Africa: Incidence, causes and risk factors
Dominique J Pepper, Suzaan Marais, Robert J Wilkinson, Feriyl Bhaijee, Gary Maartens, Helen McIlleron, Virginia De Azevedo, Helen Cox, Cheryl McDermid, Simiso Sokhela, Janisha Patel, Graeme Meintjes
Adjuvant glycerol is not beneficial in experimental pneumococcal meningitis
Cornelia Blaser, Matthias Klein, Denis Grandgirard, Matthias Wittwer, Heikki Peltola, Michael Weigand, Uwe Koedel, Stephen L Leib
Decreased Streptococcus pneumoniae susceptibility to oral antibiotics among children in rural Vietnam: a community study
Nguyen Quynh Hoa, Nguyen V Trung, Mattias Larsson, Bo Eriksson, Ho D Phuc, Nguyen TK Chuc, Cecilia Stalsby Lundborg
Changes of tau profiles in brains of the hamsters infected with scrapie strains 263 K or 139 A possibly associated with the alteration of phosphate kinases
Gui-Rong Wang, Song Shi, Chen Gao, Bao-Yun Zhang, Chan Tian, Chen-Fang Dong, Rui-Min Zhou, Xiao-Li Li, Cao Chen, Jun Han, Xiao-Ping Dong
Plasmodium falciparum malaria and Parvovirus B19; a case of acute co-infection
F Ingrassia, A Gadaleta, P Maggi, G Pastore
Parvovirus B19 infection and severe anaemia in Kenyan children: a retrospective case control study
James Wildig, Yvonne Cossart, Norbert Peshu, Nimmo Gicheru, James Tuju, Thomas N Williams, Charles R Newton
Evaluation design of a systematic, selective, internet-based, Chlamydiascreening implementation in the Netherlands, 2008-2010: implications of first results for the analysis
Ingrid VF van den Broek, Christian JPA Hoebe, Jan EAM van Bergen, Elfi EHG Brouwers, Eva M de Feijter, Johannes SA Fennema, Hannelore M Götz, Rik H Koekenbier, Sander M van Ravesteijn, Eline LM Op de Coul
Dynamic models of pneumococcal carriage and the impact of the Heptavalent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease
Alessia Melegaro, Yoon Hong Choi, Robert George, W John Edmunds, Elizabeth Miller, Nigel J Gay
Outbreak of leptospirosis among triathlon participants in Germany, 2006
Stefan Brockmann, Isolde Piechotowski, Oswinde Bock-Hensley, Christian Winter, Rainer Oehme, Stefan Zimmermann, Katrin Hartelt, Enno Luge, Karsten Nöckler, Thomas Schneider, Klaus Stark, Andreas Jansen
Effect of negative air ions on the potential for bacterial contamination of plastic medical equipment
Simon J Shepherd, Clive B Beggs, Caroline F Smith, Kevin G Kerr, Catherine J Noakes, P Andrew Sleigh
The realistic performance achievable with mycobacterial automated culture systems in high and low prevalence settings
Sanne C van Kampen, Richard M Anthony, Paul R Klatser
Dosage effect on uropathogenic Escherichia coli anti-adhesion activity in urine following consumption of cranberry powder standardized for proanthocyanidin content: a multicentric randomized double blind study
Amy B Howell, Henry Botto, Christophe Combescure, Anne-Béatrice Blanc-Potard, Lluis Gausa, Tetsuro Matsumoto, Peter Tenke, Albert Sotto, Jean-Philippe Lavigne
Salmonella enterica bacteraemia: a multi-national population-based cohort study
Kevin B Laupland, Henrik C Schønheyder, Karina J Kennedy, Outi Lyytikäinen, Louis Valiquette, John Galbraith, Peter Collignon
Tuberculosis burden in an urban population: a cross sectional tuberculosis survey from Guinea Bissau
Morten Bjerregaard-Andersen, Zacarias J da Silva, Pernille Ravn, Morten Ruhwald, Paul L Andersen, Morten Sodemann, Per Gustafson, Peter Aaby, Christian Wejse
Hepatic and extra-hepatic sequelae, and prevalence of viral hepatitis C infection estimated from routine data in at-risk groups
Annunziata Faustini, Paola Colais, Emanuele Fabrizi, Anna Maria Bargagli, Marina Davoli, Domenico Di Lallo, Anteo Di Napoli, Patrizio Pezzotti, Chiara Sorge, Rita Grillo, Carla Maresca, Olga Recchia, Carlo A Perucci
Highly variable use of diagnostic methods for sexually transmitted infections-results of a nationwide survey, Germany 2005
Andreas Gilsdorf, Alexandra Hofmann, Osamah Hamouda, Viviane Bremer
Why do I need it? I am not at risk! Public perceptions towards the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 vaccine
Holly Seale, Anita E Heywood, Mary-Louise McLaws, Kirsten F Ward, Chris P Lowbridge, Debbie Van, C Raina MacIntyre
Comparison of commercial DNA preparation kits for the detection of Brucellae in tissue using quantitative real-time PCR
Herbert Tomaso, Mireille Kattar, Meike Eickhoff, Ulrich Wernery, Sascha Al Dahouk, Eberhard Straube, Heinrich Neubauer, Holger C Scholz
Increase in isolation of extended spectrum beta lactamase producing multidrug resistant non typhoidal Salmonellae in Pakistan
Kauser Jabeen, Afia Zafar, Seema Irfan, Erum Khan, Vikram Mehraj, Rumina Hasan
Kocuria varians infection associated with brain abscess: A case report
Cheng-Yu Tsai, Shou-hsin Su, Yu-Hsin Cheng, Yu-lin Chou, Tai-Hsin Tsai, Ann-Shung Lieu
Cellular immunity in children with successful immunoprophylactic treatment for mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus
Haruki Komatsu, Ayano Inui, Tsuyoshi Sogo, Eitaro Hiejima, Akihiko Tateno, Paul Klenerman, Tomoo Fujisawa
The development of a 16S rRNA gene based PCR for the identification of Streptococcus pneumoniaeand comparison with four other species specific PCR assays
Nabil Abdullah El Aila, Stefan Emler, Tarja Kaijalainen, Thierry De Baere, Bart Saerens, Elife Alkan, Pieter Deschaght, Rita Verhelst, Mario Vaneechoutte
Syphilis epidemiology in Norway, 1992-2008: resurgence among men who have sex with men
Irena Jakopanec, Andrej M Grjibovski, Øivind Nilsen, Preben Aavitsland
Age groups and spread of influenza: implications for vaccination strategy
Ying-Hen Hsieh
Risk of latent TB infection in individuals employed in the healthcare sector in Germany: a multicentre prevalence study
Anja Schablon, Melanie Harling, Roland Diel, Albert Nienhaus
Clinical and laboratory findings associated with severe scrub typhus
Dong-Min Kim, Seok Won Kim, Seong-Hyung Choi, Na Ra Yun
Lives saved by Global Fund-supported HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programs: estimation approach and results between 2003 and end-2007
Ryuichi Komatsu, Eline L Korenromp, Daniel Low-Beer, Catherine Watt, Christopher Dye, Richard W Steketee, Bernard L Nahlen, Rob Lyerla, Jesus M Garcia-Calleja, John Cutler, Bernhard Schwartländer
Large screening of CA-MRSA among Staphylococcus aureus colonizing healthy young children living in two areas (urban and rural) of Portugal
Débora A Tavares, Raquel Sá-Leão, Maria Miragaia, Hermínia de Lencastre
Seroprevalence of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis infections among blood donors at Gondar University Teaching Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: declining trends over a period of five years
Belay Tessema, Gizachew Yismaw, Afework Kassu, Anteneh Amsalu, Andargachew Mulu, Frank Emmrich, Ulrich Sack
T cells, adhesion molecules and modulation of apoptosis in visceral leishmaniasis glomerulonephritis
Francisco AL Costa, Maria G Prianti, Teresa C Silva, Silvana MMS Silva, José L Guerra, Hiro Goto
Rapid semi-automated quantitative multiplex tandem PCR (MT-PCR) assays for the differential diagnosis of influenza-like illness
Elektra Szewczuk, Kiran Thapa, Terry Anninos, Kenneth McPhie, Geoff Higgins, Dominic E Dwyer, Keith K Stanley, Jonathan R Iredell
Monitoring of risk perceptions and correlates of precautionary behaviour related to human avian influenza during 2006 - 2007 in the Netherlands: results of seven consecutive surveys
Onno de Zwart, Irene K Veldhuijzen, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Johannes Brug
Primary gamma-herpesviral infection in Zambian children
Veenu Minhas, Brad P Brayfield, Kay L Crabtree, Chipepo Kankasa, Charles D Mitchell, Charles Wood
Prevalence and risk factors for significant liver fibrosis among HIV-monoinfected patients
Michelle DallaPiazza, Valerianna K Amorosa, Russell Localio, Jay R Kostman, Vincent Lo Re III
Incidence and effects of Varicella Zoster Virus infection on academic activities of medical undergraduates - a five-year follow-up study from Sri Lanka
Suneth B Agampodi, Samath D Dharmaratne, Vasanthi Thevanesam, Sameera Dassanayake, Prabhashini Kumarihamy, Ashani Ratnayake
Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates in Bangladesh by a species distinguishable multiplex PCR
Chie Nakajima, Zeaur Rahim, Yukari Fukushima, Isamu Sugawara, Adri GM van der Zanden, Aki Tamaru, Yasuhiko Suzuki
Bionomics of Anopheline species and malaria transmission dynamics along an altitudinal transect in Western Cameroon
Timoléon Tchuinkam, Frédéric Simard, Espérance Lélé-Defo, Billy Téné-Fossog, Aimé Tateng-Ngouateu, Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio, Mbida Mpoame, Jean-Claude Toto, Thomas Njiné, Didier Fontenille, Herman-Parfait Awono-Ambéné
Cervicovaginal fluid and semen block the microbicidal activity of hydrogen peroxide produced by vaginal lactobacilli
Deirdre E O'Hanlon, Blair R Lanier, Thomas R Moench, Richard A Cone
Seroprevalence of Bartonella in Eastern China and analysis of risk factors
Jimin Sun, Guiming Fu, Junfen Lin, Xiuping Song, Liang Lu, Qiyong Liu
Symptoms and sources of Yersinia enterocolitica-infection: a case-control study
Elisa Huovinen, Leila M Sihvonen, Mikko J Virtanen, Kaisa Haukka, Anja Siitonen, Markku Kuusi
Validation of the GenoType® MTBDRplus assay for detection of MDR-TB in a public health laboratory in Thailand
Rapeepun Anek-vorapong, Chalinthorn Sinthuwattanawibool, Laura Jean Podewils, Kimberly McCarthy, Keerataya Ngamlert, Busakorn Promsarin, Jay K Varma
Clinical features and predictors of mortality in admitted patients with community- and hospital-acquired legionellosis: A Danish historical cohort study
Sanne Jespersen, Ole S Søgaard, Henrik C Schønheyder, Michael J Fine, Lars Østergaard
The sensitivity of real-time PCR amplification targeting invasive Salmonellaserovars in biological specimens
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Central European Vaccination Advisory Group (CEVAG) guidance statement on recommendations for influenza vaccination in children
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A prospective descriptive study of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV uninfected patients in Vietnam - high prevalence of Cryptococcus neoformans var grubii in the absence of underlying disease
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IgG-index predicts neurological morbidity in patients with infectious central nervous system diseases
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Cross-sectional study of availability and pharmaceutical quality of antibiotics requested with or without prescription (Over The Counter) in Surabaya, Indonesia
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Ribavirin for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: systematic review and meta-analysis
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Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis B and C virus infections in an impoverished urban community in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Resistance of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis to nitric oxide: correlation with antimony therapy and TNF-α production
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Smear microscopy and culture conversion rates among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients by HIV status in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Oseltamivir for treatment and prevention of pandemic influenza A/H1N1 virus infection in households, Milwaukee, 2009
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Retreatment of hepatitis C patients with pegylated interferon combined with ribavirin in non-responders to interferon plus ribavirin. Is it different in real life?
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Prevalence of Hepatitis B, C, HIV and syphilis markers among refugees in Bari, Italy
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Prevalence of HPV high and low risk types in cervical samples from the Italian general population: a population based study
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High prevalence of antibodies against polyomavirus WU, polyomavirus KI, and human bocavirus in German blood donors
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Pneumococcal and influenza immunization in asplenic persons: a retrospective population-based cohort study 1990-2002
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Perceptions and behaviors related to hand hygiene for the prevention of H1N1 influenza transmission among Korean university students during the peak pandemic period
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Prevalence, concordance and determinants of human papillomavirus infection among heterosexual partners in a rural region in central Mexico
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Prevalence, estimated HIV-1 incidence and viral diversity among people seeking voluntary counseling and testing services in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Staphylococcus aureus bacteriuria as a prognosticator for outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a case-control study
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The prevalence of hepatitis B virus markers in a cohort of students in Bangui, Central African Republic
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The impact of single versus mixed schistosome species infections on liver, spleen and bladder morbidity within Malian children pre- and post-praziquantel treatment
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Epidemiology and economic burden of herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia in Italy: A retrospective, population-based study
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Diarrhoea in a large prospective cohort of European travellers to resource-limited destinations
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Ferret badger rabies origin and its revisited importance as potential source of rabies transmission in Southeast China
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Nosocomial Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in pediatric patients: a multi-center prospective cohort study
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Multi-agent modeling of the South Korean avian influenza epidemic
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Clinic-epidemiological evaluation of ulcers in patients with leprosy sequelae and the effect of low level laser therapy on wound healing: a randomized clinical trial
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Endotoxin tolerance and cross-tolerance in mast cells involves TLR4, TLR2 and FcεR1 interactions and SOCS expression: perspectives on immunomodulation in infectious and allergic diseases
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The Microfloral Analysis of Secondary Caries Biofilm around Class I and Class II Composite and Amalgam Fillings
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Assessing the relationship between HIV infection and cervical cancer in Côte d'Ivoire: A case-control study
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In vivo expression of innate immunity markers in patients with mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Pantelis Constantoulakis, Eftihia Filiou, Nikoletta Rovina, George Chras, Aggeliki Hamhougia, Simona Karabela, Adamandia Sotiriou, Charis Roussos, Nikolaos Poulakis
Can serum hyaluronic acid replace simple non-invasive indexes to predict liver fibrosis in HIV/Hepatitis C coinfected patients?
Salvador Resino, José M Bellón, Cristina Asensio, Dariela Micheloud, Pilar Miralles, Ana Vargas, Pilar Catalán, Juan C López, Emilio Álvarez, Jaime Cosin, Raquel Lorente, María A Muñoz-Fernández, Juan Berenguer
Prospective study of urinary tract infection surveillance after kidney transplantation
Roberto Rivera-Sanchez, Dolores Delgado-Ochoa, Rocio R Flores-Paz, Elvia E García-Jiménez, Ramon Espinosa-Hernández, Andres A Bazan-Borges, Myriam Arriaga-Alba
Chronic hepatitis caused by persistent parvovirus B19 infection
Trine H Mogensen, Jens Magnus B Jensen, Stephen Hamilton-Dutoit, Carsten S Larsen
Potential for airborne transmission of infection in the waiting areas of healthcare premises: stochastic analysis using a Monte Carlo model
Clive B Beggs, Simon J Shepherd, Kevin G Kerr
Treating cofactors can reverse the expansion of a primary disease epidemic
Lee R Gibson, Bingtuan Li, Susanna K Remold
Persistence survey of Toxic Shock Syndrome toxin-1 producing Staphylococcus aureusand serum antibodies to this superantigen in five groups of menstruating women
Jeffrey Parsonnet, Melanie A Hansmann, Jon L Seymour, Mary L Delaney, Andrea M DuBois, Paul A Modern, Michaelle B Jones, John E Wild, Andrew B Onderdonk
Effectiveness of alcohol-based hand disinfectants in a public administration: Impact on health and work performance related to acute respiratory symptoms and diarrhoea
Nils-Olaf Hübner, Claudia Hübner, Michael Wodny, Günter Kampf, Axel Kramer
Identification of the risk for liver fibrosis on CHB patients using an artificial neural network based on routine and serum markers
Danan Wang, Qinghui Wang, Fengping Shan, Beixing Liu, Changlong Lu
Multiplex PCR technique could be an alternative approach for early detection of leprosy among close contacts - a pilot study from India
Surajita Banerjee, Kamalesh Sarkar, Soma Gupta, Prasanta Sinha Mahapatra, Siddhartha Gupta, Samudra Guha, Debasis Bandhopadhayay, Chaitry Ghosal, Suman Kalyan Paine, Rathindra Nath Dutta, Nibir Biswas, Basudev Bhattacharya
Probiotics in the treatment of acute rotavirus diarrhoea. A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial using two different probiotic preparations in Bolivian children
Giuseppe Grandy, Marcos Medina, Richard Soria, Carlos G Terán, Magdalena Araya
Antibiotic control of antibiotic resistance in hospitals: a simulation study
Michael Haber, Bruce R Levin, Piotr Kramarz
Seroepidemiology of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus infections in Pune, India
Babasaheb V Tandale, Shailesh D Pawar, Yogesh K Gurav, Mandeep S Chadha, Santosh S Koratkar, Vijay N Shelke, Akhilesh C Mishra
Hospitalized adult patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) in Beijing, China: risk factors for hospital mortality
Xiuming Xi, Yuan Xu, Li Jiang, Ang Li, Jie Duan, Bin Du
Molecular epidemiology of a hepatitis C virus epidemic in a haemodialysis unit: outbreak investigation and infection outcome
Simone Lanini, Isabella Abbate, Vincenzo Puro, Fabrizio Soscia, Franceso Albertoni, Walter Battisti, Amilacare Ruta, Maria R Capobianchi, Giuseppe Ippolito
Factors associated with mortality in patients with tuberculosis
David J Horne, Rebecca Hubbard, Masahiro Narita, Alexia Exarchos, David R Park, Christopher H Goss
Simulated effect of pneumococcal vaccination in the Netherlands on existing rules constructed in a non-vaccinated cohort predicting sequelae after bacterial meningitis
Arno E Commandeur, Rogier CJ de Jonge, Irene Koomen, Lodewijk Spanjaard, A Marceline van Furth, Caroline B Terwee
Economic evaluation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in The Gambia
Sun-Young Kim, Gene Lee, Sue J Goldie
Self-reported sexually transmitted infections and their correlates among men who have sex with men in Norway: an Internet-based cross-sectional survey
Irena Jakopanec, Barbara Schimmer, Andrej M Grjibovski, Elise Klouman, Preben Aavitsland
Epidemiological study of phylogenetic transmission clusters in a local HIV-1 epidemic reveals distinct differences between subtype B and non-B infections
Kristen Chalmet, Delfien Staelens, Stijn Blot, Sylvie Dinakis, Jolanda Pelgrom, Jean Plum, Dirk Vogelaers, Linos Vandekerckhove, Chris Verhofstede
Sequential introduction of single room isolation and hand hygiene campaign in the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care unit
Vincent CC Cheng, Josepha WM Tai, WM Chan, Eric HY Lau, Jasper FW Chan, Kelvin KW To, Iris WS Li, PL Ho, KY Yuen
Molecular characterization of Histoplasma capsulatum isolated from an outbreak in treasure hunters
Bertha Muñoz, María Á Martínez, Gabriel Palma, Amado Ramírez, María G Frías, María R Reyes, María L Taylor, Anjarath L Higuera, Alexander Corcho, María E Manjarrez
Survival and health status of DOTS tuberculosis patients in rural Lao PDR
Hubert Barennes, Thongdam Keophithoun, Tuan H Nguyen, Michel Strobel, Peter Odermatt
The epidemiology of infectious gastroenteritis related reactive arthritis in U.S. military personnel: a case-control study
Jennifer A Curry, Mark S Riddle, Robert P Gormley, David R Tribble, Chad K Porter
Eligibility for and outcome of treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in a cohort of HIV-infected people in Spain
Asuncion Diaz, Mercedes Diez, Maria Jose Bleda, Mikel Aldamiz, Miguel Camafort, Xabier Camino, Concepcion Cepeda, Asuncion Costa, Oscar Ferrero, Paloma Geijo, Jose Antonio Iribarren, Santiago Moreno, Maria Elena Moreno, Pablo Labarga, Javier Pinilla, Joseba Portu, Federico Pulido, Carmen Rosa, Juan Miguel Santamaría, Mauricio Telenti, Luis Trapiella, Monica Trastoy, Pompeyo Viciana
Improved eradication of Clostridium difficile spores from toilets of hospitalized patients using an accelerated hydrogen peroxide as the cleaning agent
Michelle J Alfa, Evelyn Lo, Alana Wald, Christine Dueck, Pat DeGagne, Godfrey KM Harding
Foodborne norovirus outbreak: the role of an asymptomatic food handler
Irene Barrabeig, Ariadna Rovira, Javier Buesa, Rosa Bartolomé, Rosa Pintó, Hortènsia Prellezo, Àngela Domínguez
"Practical knowledge" and perceptions of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance among drugsellers in Tanzanian private drugstores
Nina Viberg, Willbrord Kalala, Phare Mujinja, Göran Tomson, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg
Prevalent HBV point mutations and mutation combinations at BCP/preC region and their association with liver disease progression
Dake Zhang, Sufang Ma, Xin Zhang, Hanqing Zhao, Huiguo Ding, Changqing Zeng
Incidence of genital warts among the Hong Kong general adult population
Chunqing Lin, Joseph TF Lau, King-Man Ho, Man-Chun Lau, Hi-Yi Tsui, Kuen-Kong Lo
Rv1985c, a promising novel antigen for diagnosis of tuberculosis infection from BCG-vaccinated controls
Jiazhen Chen, Sen Wang, Ying Zhang, Xiaodi Su, Jing Wu, Lingyun Shao, Feifei Wang, Shu Zhang, Xinhua Weng, Honghai Wang, Wenhong Zhang
Better than nothing? Patient-delivered partner therapy and partner notification for chlamydia: the views of Australian general practitioners
Natasha L Pavlin, Rhian M Parker, Anna K Piggin, Carol A Hopkins, Meredith J Temple-Smith, Christopher K Fairley, Jane E Tomnay, Francis J Bowden, Darren B Russell, Jane S Hocking, Marian K Pitts, Marcus Y Chen
The spatial context of clinic-reported sexually transmitted infection in Hong Kong
Shui-Shan Lee, King-Man Ho, Georgiana MT Cheung
Direct microscopy versus sputum cytology analysis and bleach sedimentation for diagnosis of tuberculosis: a prospective diagnostic study
Pamela Hepple, Pascal Nguele, Jane Greig, Maryline Bonnet, Vinciane Sizaire
Impact of repeated four-monthly anthelmintic treatment on Plasmodiuminfection in preschool children: a double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial
Patrick Kirwan, Andrew L Jackson, Samuel O Asaolu, Sile F Molloy, Titilayo C Abiona, Marian C Bruce, Lisa Ranford-Cartwright, Sandra M O' Neill, Celia V Holland
Enhanced chlorhexidine skin penetration with eucalyptus oil
Tarja J Karpanen, Barbara R Conway, Tony Worthington, Anthony C Hilton, Tom SJ Elliott, Peter A Lambert
Cost-effectiveness analysis of malaria chemoprophylaxis for travellers to West-Africa
Lukas L Widmer, Patricia R Blank, Koen Van Herck, Christoph Hatz, Patricia Schlagenhauf
Characterising B cell numbers and memory B cells in HIV infected and uninfected Malawian adults
Herbert Longwe, Stephen Gordon, Rose Malamba, Neil French
Knowledge, attitudes and anxiety towards influenza A/H1N1 vaccination of healthcare workers in Turkey
Esen Savas, Derya Tanriverdi
Test of a Novel Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 6C Type Specific Polyclonal Antiserum (Factor Antiserum 6d) and Characterisation of Serotype 6C Isolates in Denmark
Lotte Lambertsen, Mette B Kerrn
A cohort study of Plasmodium falciparum infection dynamics in Western Kenya Highlands
Frederick N Baliraine, Yaw A Afrane, Dolphine A Amenya, Mariangela Bonizzoni, Anne M Vardo-Zalik, David M Menge, Andrew K Githeko, Guiyun Yan
Detection of sexually transmitted infection and human papillomavirus in negative cytology by multiplex-PCR
Hyo-Sub Shim, Songmi Noh, Ae-Ran Park, Young-Nam Lee, Jong-Kee Kim, Hyun-Jae Chung, Keum-Soon Kang, Nam Hoon Cho
Comparison of different sampling techniques and of different culture methods for detection of group B streptococcus carriage in pregnant women
Nabil A El Aila, Inge Tency, Geert Claeys, Bart Saerens, Piet Cools, Hans Verstraelen, Marleen Temmerman, Rita Verhelst, Mario Vaneechoutte
Diagnostic value of triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 and C-reactive protein for patients with lung infiltrates: an observational study
Ilias Porfyridis, Diamantis Plachouras, Vasiliki Karagianni, Anastasia Kotanidou, Spyridon A Papiris, Helen Giamarellou, Evangelos J Giamarellos-Bourboulis
Tigecycline use in serious nosocomial infections: a drug use evaluation
Matteo Bassetti, Laura Nicolini, Ernestina Repetto, Elda Righi, Valerio Del Bono, Claudio Viscoli
C-reactive protein serum levels as an early predictor of outcome in patients with pandemic H1N1 influenza A virus infection
Ofer Zimmerman, Ori Rogowski, Galit Aviram, Michal Mizrahi, David Zeltser, Dan Justo, Esther Dahan, Roy Arad, Oholi Touvia, Luba Tau, Jalal Tarabeia, Shlomo Berliner, Yael Paran
Microsatellite typing and susceptibilities of serial Cryptococcus neoformansisolates from Cuban patients with recurrent cryptococcal meningitis
María T Illnait-Zaragozí, Gerardo F Martínez-Machín, Carlos M Fernández-Andreu, Ferry Hagen, Teun Boekhout, Corné HW Klaassen, Jacques F Meis
Mapping HIV/STI behavioural surveillance in Europe
Françoise Dubois-Arber, André Jeannin, Brenda Spencer, Jean-Pierre Gervasoni, Bertrand Graz, Jonathan Elford, Vivian Hope, France Lert, Helen Ward, Mary Haour-Knipe, Nicola Low, Marita van de Laar
Erratum to: EVOTECH®endoscope cleaner and reprocessor (ECR) simulated-use and clinical-use evaluation of cleaning efficacy
Michelle J Alfa, Pat DeGagne, Nancy Olson, Iram Fatima
Levels of (1→3)-β-D-glucan, Candida mannan and Candida DNA in serum samples of pediatric cancer patients colonized with Candidaspecies
Eiman Mokaddas, Mona HA Burhamah, Zia U Khan, Suhail Ahmad
Rationale, design, and results of the first screening round of a comprehensive, register-based, Chlamydiascreening implementation programme in the Netherlands
Jan EAM van Bergen, Johannes SA Fennema, Ingrid VF van den Broek, Elfi EHG Brouwers, Eva M de Feijter, Christian JPA Hoebe, Rik H Koekenbier, Eline LM Op de Coul, Sander M van Ravesteijn, Hannelore M Götz
Paradoxical risk perception and behaviours related to Avian Flu outbreak and education campaign, Laos
Hubert Barennes, Aina N Harimanana, Somchay Lorvongseng, Somvay Ongkhammy, Cindy Chu
The impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on prevalence and incidence of cervical human papillomavirus infections in HIV-positive adolescents
Sadeep Shrestha, Staci L Sudenga, Jennifer S Smith, Laura H Bachmann, Craig M Wilson, Mirjam C Kempf
The dynamics of risk perceptions and precautionary behavior in response to 2009 (H1N1) pandemic influenza
Yoko Ibuka, Gretchen B Chapman, Lauren A Meyers, Meng Li, Alison P Galvani
Primary and booster vaccination in Latin American children with a DTPw-HBV/Hib combination: a randomized controlled trial
Felix Espinoza, Miguel Tregnaghi, Angela Gentile, Katia Abarca, Javier Casellas, Alix Collard, Inge Lefevre, Jeanne-Marie Jacquet
The immunogenicity and safety of a reduced PRP-content DTPw-HBV/Hib vaccine when administered according to the accelerated EPI schedule
Sukanta Chatterjee, Sylvan J Rego, Fulton D'Souza, BD Bhatia, Alix Collard, Sanjoy K Datta, Jeanne-Marie Jacquet
CD36 deficiency attenuates experimental mycobacterial infection
Michael Hawkes, Xiaoming Li, Maryanne Crockett, Angelina Diassiti, Constance Finney, Gundula Min-Oo, W Conrad Liles, Jun Liu, Kevin C Kain
Serial interferon-gamma release assays during treatment of active tuberculosis in young adults
Sei Won Lee, Choon-Taek Lee, Jae-Joon Yim
Planning for the next influenza H1N1 season: a modelling study
Fabrice Carrat, Camille Pelat, Daniel Levy-Bruhl, Isabelle Bonmarin, Nathanael Lapidus
Incidence, risk factors and clinical epidemiology of melioidosis: a complex socio-ecological emerging infectious disease in the Alor Setar region of Kedah, Malaysia
Muhammad RA Hassan, Subhada P Pani, Ng P Peng, Kirtanaa Voralu, Natesan Vijayalakshmi, Ranjith Mehanderkar, Norasmidar A Aziz, Edwin Michael
The French national prospective cohort of patients co-infected with HIV and HCV (ANRS CO13 HEPAVIH): Early findings, 2006-2010
Marc-Arthur Loko, Dominique Salmon, Patrizia Carrieri, Maria Winnock, Marion Mora, Laurence Merchadou, Stéphanie Gillet, Elodie Pambrun, Jean Delaune, Marc-Antoine Valantin, Isabelle Poizot-Martin, Didier Neau, Philippe Bonnard, Eric Rosenthal, Karl Barange, Philippe Morlat, Karine Lacombe, Anne Gervais, François Rouges, Alain Bicart See, Caroline Lascoux-Combe, Daniel Vittecoq, Cécile Goujard, Claudine Duvivier, Bruno Spire, Jacques Izopet, Philippe Sogni, Lawrence Serfaty, Yves Benhamou, Firouzé Bani-Sadr, François Dabis
Epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carriage of respiratory bacterial pathogens in children and adults: cross-sectional surveys in a population with high rates of pneumococcal disease
Grant A Mackenzie, Amanda J Leach, Jonathan R Carapetis, Janelle Fisher, Peter S Morris
Altered cardiac rhythm in infants with bronchiolitis and respiratory syncytial virus infection
Susanna Esposito, Patrizia Salice, Samantha Bosis, Silvia Ghiglia, Elena Tremolati, Claudia Tagliabue, Laura Gualtieri, Paolo Barbier, Carlotta Galeone, Paola Marchisio, Nicola Principi
Association between vitamin D insufficiency and tuberculosis in a vietnamese population
Lan T Ho-Pham, Nguyen D Nguyen, Tong T Nguyen, Dung H Nguyen, Phuong K Bui, Vien N Nguyen, Tuan V Nguyen
Bacteremic community-acquired pneumonia due to Klebsiella pneumoniae: Clinical and microbiological characteristics in Taiwan, 2001-2008
Yi-Tsung Lin, Yuan-Yu Jeng, Te-Li Chen, Chang-Phone Fung
Co-infection of Influenza B and Streptococci causing severe pneumonia and septic shock in healthy women
Timothy Aebi, Maja Weisser, Evelyne Bucher, Hans H Hirsch, Stephan Marsch, Martin Siegemund
Can near real-time monitoring of emergency department diagnoses facilitate early response to sporadic meningococcal infection? - prospective and retrospective evaluations
Libby O'Toole, David J Muscatello, Wei Zheng, Tim Churches
Diffuse small bowel thickening in aids patient - a case report
Rohit Singla, Samriti Hari, Surendra K Sharma
Risk factor analysis and spatiotemporal CART model of cryptosporidiosis in Queensland, Australia
Wenbiao Hu, Kerrie Mengersen, Shilu Tong
Secular trend in candidemia and the use of fluconazole in Finland, 2004-2007
Eira Poikonen, Outi Lyytikäinen, Veli-Jukka Anttila, Irma Koivula, Jukka Lumio, Pirkko Kotilainen, Hannu Syrjälä, Petri Ruutu
Infection control and the burden of tuberculosis infection and disease in health care workers in china: a cross-sectional study
Guang Xue He, Susan van den Hof, Marieke J van der Werf, Guo Jie Wang, Shi Wen Ma, Dong Yang Zhao, Yuan Lian Hu, Shi Cheng Yu, Martien W Borgdorff
Spiral ligament fibrocyte-derived MCP-1/CCL2 contributes to inner ear inflammation secondary to nontypeable H. influenzae-induced otitis media
Jeong-Im Woo, Huiqi Pan, Sejo Oh, David J Lim, Sung K Moon
Enterobacter nimipressuralis as a cause of pseudobacteremia
Dong-Min Kim, Sook Jin Jang, Ganesh Prasad Neupane, Mi-Sun Jang, Se-Hoon Kwon, Seok Won Kim, Won Yong Kim
Willingness to accept H1N1 pandemic influenza vaccine: A cross-sectional study of Hong Kong community nurses
Samuel YS Wong, Eliza LY Wong, Josette Chor, Kenny Kung, Paul KS Chan, Carmen Wong, Sian M Griffiths
Utilization of serology for the diagnosis of suspected Lyme borreliosis in Denmark: Survey of patients seen in general practice
Ram B Dessau, Jette M Bangsborg, Tove Ejlertsen, Sigurdur Skarphedinsson, Henrik C Schønheyder
Long-term mortality in HIV patients virally suppressed for more than three years with incomplete CD4 recovery: A cohort study
Frederik N Engsig, Jan Gerstoft, Gitte Kronborg, Carsten S Larsen, Gitte Pedersen, Birgit Røge, Janne Jensen, Lars N Nielsen, Niels Obel
Systemic bacteraemia in children presenting with clinical pneumonia and the impact of non-typhoid salmonella (NTS)
Norbert G Schwarz, Nimako Sarpong, Frank Hünger, Florian Marks, Samuel EK Acquah, Alex Agyekum, Bernard Nkrumah, Wibke Loag, Ralf M Hagen, Jennifer A Evans, Denise Dekker, Julius N Fobil, Christian G Meyer, Jürgen May, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie
Evaluation of an influenza-like illness case definition in the diagnosis of influenza among patients with acute febrile illness in cambodia
Matthew R Kasper, Thomas F Wierzba, Ly Sovann, Patrick J Blair, Shannon D Putnam
Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome presenting as chylothorax in a patient with HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis coinfection: a case report
Jiun-Nong Lin, Chung-Hsu Lai, Yen-Hsu Chen, Lin-Li Chang, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Hsi-Hsun Lin
General hospital staff worries, perceived sufficiency of information and associated psychological distress during the A/H1N1 influenza pandemic
Panagiota Goulia, Christos Mantas, Danai Dimitroula, Dimitrios Mantis, Thomas Hyphantis
Predominant porB1A and porB1B genotypes and correlation of gene mutations with drug resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in Eastern China
Aihua Sun, Xingli Fan, Ye Gu, Peng Du, Renxian Tang, Yafei Mao, Xuai Lin, Jie Yan
Three-year multicenter surveillance of community-acquired listeria monocytogenes meningitis in adults
Rosario Amaya-Villar, Emilio García-Cabrera, Elena Sulleiro-Igual, Pedro Fernández-Viladrich, Dionisi Fontanals-Aymerich, Pilar Catalán-Alonso, Carlos Rodrigo-Gonzalo de Liria, Ana Coloma-Conde, Fabio Grill-Díaz, Antonio Guerrero-Espejo, Jerónimo Pachón, Guillén Prats-Pastor
"Pee-in-a-Pot": acceptability and uptake of on-site chlamydia screening in a student population in the Republic of Ireland
Deirdre Vaughan, Emer O'Connell, Martin Cormican, Ruairi Brugha, Colette Faherty, Myles Balfe, Diarmuid O'Donovan
Human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16, 18, 31, 45 DNA loads and HPV-16 integration in persistent and transient infections in young women
Agnihotram V Ramanakumar, Otelinda Goncalves, Harriet Richardson, Pierre Tellier, Alex Ferenczy, François Coutlée, Eduardo L Franco
Factors associated with Group A Streptococcus emm type diversification in a large urban setting in Brazil: a cross-sectional study
Sara Y Tartof, Joice N Reis, Aurelio N Andrade, Regina T Ramos, Mitermayer G Reis, Lee W Riley
Prevalence and acquisition of MRSA amongst patients admitted to a tertiary-care hospital in brazil
Helena B Santos, Denise P Machado, Suzi A Camey, Ricardo S Kuchenbecker, Afonso L Barth, Mário B Wagner
Identification of losses to follow-up in a community-based antiretroviral therapy clinic in South Africa using a computerized pharmacy tracking system
Mweete D Nglazi, Richard Kaplan, Robin Wood, Linda-Gail Bekker, Stephen D Lawn
Travel and migration associated infectious diseases morbidity in Europe, 2008
Vanessa Field, Philippe Gautret, Patricia Schlagenhauf, Gerd-Dieter Burchard, Eric Caumes, Mogens Jensenius, Francesco Castelli, Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas, Leisa Weld, Rogelio Lopez-Velez, Peter de Vries, Frank von Sonnenburg, Louis Loutan, Philippe Parola
Microbicide excipients can greatly increase susceptibility to genital herpes transmission in the mouse
Thomas R Moench, Russell J Mumper, Timothy E Hoen, Mianmian Sun, Richard A Cone
Determinants of leptospirosis in Sri Lanka: Study Protocol
Suneth B Agampodi, Dhanaseela B Nugegoda, Vasanthi Thevanesam
IP-10 detection in urine is associated with lung diseases
Angela Cannas, Ludovica Calvo, Teresa Chiacchio, Gilda Cuzzi, Valentina Vanini, Francesco N Lauria, Luigia Pucci, Enrico Girardi, Delia Goletti
Hypoglycaemia in severe malaria, clinical associations and relationship to quinine dosage
Gilbert N Ogetii, Samuel Akech, Julie Jemutai, Mwanamvua Boga, Esther Kivaya, Greg Fegan, Kathryn Maitland
Mycoplasma hominisnecrotizing pleuropneumonia in a previously healthy adolescent
Andres Pascual, Marie-Helene Perez, Katia Jaton, Gaudenz Hafen, Stefano Di Bernardo, Jacques Cotting, Gilbert Greub, Bernard Vaudaux
Group B streptococcusserotype prevalence in reproductive-age women at a tertiary care military medical center relative to global serotype distribution
Danielle L Ippolito, Wesley A James, Deborah Tinnemore, Raywin R Huang, Mary J Dehart, Julie Williams, Mark A Wingerd, Samandra T Demons
ELISA versus PCR for diagnosis of chronic Chagas disease: systematic review and meta-analysis
Pedro EAA Brasil, Liane De Castro, Alejandro M Hasslocher-Moreno, Luiz HC Sangenis, José U Braga
A phase II, open-label, multicentre study to evaluate the immunogenicity and safety of an adjuvanted prepandemic (H5N1) influenza vaccine in healthy Japanese adults
Hideaki Nagai, Hideyuki Ikematsu, Kazuyoshi Tenjinbaru, Atsushi Maeda, Mamadou Dramé, François P Roman
Social and cultural features of cholera and shigellosis in peri-urban and rural communities of Zanzibar
Christian Schaetti, Ahmed M Khatib, Said M Ali, Raymond Hutubessy, Claire-Lise Chaignat, Mitchell G Weiss
Flocked nasal swab versus nasopharyngeal aspirate for detection of respiratory tract viruses in immunocompromised adults: a matched comparative study
Lars Öhrmalm, Michelle Wong, Maria Rotzén-Östlund, Oscar Norbeck, Kristina Broliden, Thomas Tolfvenstam
Ampicillin/Sulbactam versus Cefuroxime as antimicrobial prophylaxis for cesarean delivery: a randomized study
Eleftherios Ziogos, Sotirios Tsiodras, Ioannis Matalliotakis, Helen Giamarellou, Kyriaki Kanellakopoulou
A canine leishmaniasis pilot survey in an emerging focus of visceral leishmaniasis: Posadas (Misiones, Argentina)
Israel Cruz, Lucrecia Acosta, Mariana N Gutiérrez, Javier Nieto, Carmen Cañavate, Jorge Deschutter, Fernando J Bornay-Llinares
Two Legionnaires' disease cases associated with industrial waste water treatment plants: a case report
Jaana Kusnetsov, Liisa-Kaarina Neuvonen, Timo Korpio, Søren A Uldum, Silja Mentula, Tuula Putus, Nhu Nguyen Tran Minh, Kari-Pekka Martimo
Blood cultures for the diagnosis of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients from rural South Africa: a cross-sectional study
Scott K Heysell, Tania A Thomas, Neel R Gandhi, Anthony P Moll, François J Eksteen, Yacoob Coovadia, Lynette Roux, Palav Babaria, Umesh Lalloo, Gerald Friedland, Sarita Shah
The central region of the msp gene of Treponema denticola has sequence heterogeneity among clinical samples, obtained from patients with periodontitis
Paolo Gaibani, Maria Teresa Pellegrino, Giada Rossini, Gualtiero Alvisi, Luisa Miragliotta, Carlo Prati, Vittorio Sambri
The changing pattern of human brucellosis: clinical manifestations, epidemiology, and treatment outcomes over three decades in Georgia
Tamar Akhvlediani, Danielle V Clark, Giulen Chubabria, Otar Zenaishvili, Matthew J Hepburn
Immunity status of adults and children against poliomyelitis virus type 1 strains CHAT and Sabin (LSc-2ab) in Germany
Maren Eggers, Elena Terletskaia-Ladwig, Holger F Rabenau, Hans W Doerr, Sabine Diedrich, Gisela Enders, Martin Enders
IFN-γ response on T-cell based assays in HIV-infected patients for detection of tuberculosis infection
Irene Latorre, Xavier Martínez-Lacasa, Roser Font, Alicia Lacoma, Jordi Puig, Cristina Tural, Josep Lite, Cristina Prat, Eva Cuchi, Vicente Ausina, Jose Domínguez
Detection of multiple strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis using MIRU-VNTR in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda
Katherine R Dickman, Lydia Nabyonga, David P Kateete, Fred A Katabazi, Benon B Asiimwe, Harriet K Mayanja, Alphonse Okwera, Christopher Whalen, Moses L Joloba
Identification of an N-terminal 27 kDa fragment of Mycoplasma pneumoniae P116 protein as specific immunogen in M. pneumoniaeinfections
Irum Tabassum, Rama Chaudhry, Bishwanath Kumar Chourasia, Pawan Malhotra
Fusidic acid and clindamycin resistance in community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in children of Central Greece
George D Katopodis, Ioanna N Grivea, Angeliki J Tsantsaridou, Spyros Pournaras, Efi Petinaki, George A Syrogiannopoulos
Erythema caused by a localised skin infection with Arthrobacter mysorens
Can Imirzalioglu, Torsten Hain, Hamid Hossain, Trinad Chakraborty, Eugen Domann
Should there be a standardised approach to the diagnostic workup of suspected adult encephalitis? a case series from Australia
Clare Huppatz, Yash Gawarikar, Chris Levi, Paul M Kelly, David Williams, Craig Dalton, Peter Massey, Rodney Givney, David N Durrheim
Performance of QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube (QFTGIT) for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection in Afar Pastoralists, Ethiopia
Mengistu Legesse, Gobena Ameni, Gezahegne Mamo, Girmay Medhin, Gunnar Bjune, Fekadu Abebe
Corynebacterium mucifaciensin an immunocompetent patient with cavitary pneumonia
Félix Djossou, Marie-Christine Bézian, Daniel Moynet, Anne Le Flèche-Matéos, Denis Malvy
Acute dengue virus 2 infection in Gabonese patients is associated with an early innate immune response, including strong interferon alpha production
Pierre Becquart, Nadia Wauquier, Dieudonné Nkoghe, Angélique Ndjoyi-Mbiguino, Cindy Padilla, Marc Souris, Eric M Leroy
Five years follow-up following two or three doses of a hepatitis B vaccine in adolescents aged 11-15 years: a randomised controlled study
Pierre Van Damme, Anna Moiseeva, Igor Marichev, Anne-Diane Kervyn, Robert Booy, Sherine Kuriyakose, Andrew Brockway, Su-Peing Ng, Maarten Leyssen, Jeanne-Marie Jacquet
High levels of T lymphocyte activation in Leishmania-HIV-1 co-infected individuals despite low HIV viral load
Joanna R Santos-Oliveira, Carmem BW Giacoia-Gripp, Priscilla Alexandrino de Oliveira, Valdir S Amato, Jose Ângelo L Lindoso, Hiro Goto, Manoel P Oliveira-Neto, Marise S Mattos, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Mariza G Morgado, Alda M Da-Cruz
Herpes simplex virus type 2 seropositivity and relationship status among U.S. adults age 20 to 49: a population-based analysis
Greta R Bauer, Nooshin Khobzi, Todd A Coleman
Incidence of anogenital warts in Germany: a population-based cohort study
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