BMC Infectious Diseases

Effects of undernutrition on mortality and morbidity among adults living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Animut Alebel, Daniel Demant, Pammla Petrucka, David Sibbritt

Variation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure in Iran: a systemic review and meta-analysis

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Shima Hadifar, Abolfazl Fateh, Vahid Pourbarkhordar, Seyed Davar Siadat, Shayan Mostafaei, Farzam Vaziri

Epidemiologic characteristics of orthopedic surgical site infections and under-reporting estimation of registries using capture-recapture analysis

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Niloufar Taherpour, Yadollah Mehrabi, Arash Seifi, Babak Eshrati, Seyed Saeed Hashemi Nazari

Use of T-SPOT.TB for the diagnosis of unconventional pleural tuberculosis is superior to ADA in high prevalence areas: a prospective analysis of 601 cases

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Xinting Yang, Jing Zhang, Qingtao Liang, Liping Pan, Hongfei Duan, Yang Yang, Hua Li, Chao Guo, Qi Sun, Hongyan Jia, Boping Du, Rongrong Wei, Aiying Xing, Zongde Zhang, Xiaoyou Chen

ODYSSEY clinical trial design: a randomised global study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive children, with nested pharmacokinetic sub-studies to evaluate pragmatic WHO-weight-band based dolutegravir dosing

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Cecilia L. Moore, Anna Turkova, Hilda Mujuru, Adeodata Kekitiinwa, Abbas Lugemwa, Cissy M. Kityo, Linda N. Barlow-Mosha, Tim R. Cressey, Avy Violari, Ebrahim Variava, Mark F. Cotton, Moherndran Archary, Alexandra Compagnucci, Thanyawee Puthanakit, Osee Behuhuma, Yacine Saϊdi, James Hakim, Pauline Amuge, Lorna Atwine, Victor Musiime, David M. Burger, Clare Shakeshaft, Carlo Giaquinto, Pablo Rojo, Diana M. Gibb, Deborah Ford, Shabinah Ali, Abdel Babiker, Chiara Borg, Anne-Marie Borges Da Silva, Joanna Calvert, Deborah Ford, Joshua Gasa, Diana M. Gibb, Nasir Jamil, Sarah Lensen, Emma Little, Fatima Mohamed, Samuel Montero, Cecilia L. Moore, Rachel Oguntimehin, Anna Parker, Reena Patel, Tasmin Phillips, Tatiana Sarfati, Karen Scott, Clare Shakeshaft, Moira Spyer, Margaret Thomason, Anna Turkova, Rebecca Turner, Nadine Van Looy, Ellen White, Kaya Widuch, Helen Wilkes, Ben Wynne, Carlo Giaquinto, Tiziana Grossele, Daniel Gomez-Pena, Davide Bilardi, Giulio Vecchia, Alexandra Compagnucci, Yacine Saidi, Yoann Riault, Alexandra Coelho, Laura Picault, Christelle Kouakam, Tim R. Cressey, Suwalai Chalermpantmetagul, Dujrudee Chinwong, Gonzague Jourdain, Rukchanok Peongjakta, Pra-ornsuda Sukrakanchana, Wasna Sirirungsi, Janet Seeley, Sarah Bernays, Magda Conway, Nigel Klein, Eleni Nastouli, Anita De Rossi, Maria Angeles Munoz Fernandez, David Burger, Pauline Bollen, Angela Colbers, Hylke Waalewijn, Cissy M. Kityo, Victor Musiime, Elizabeth Kaudha, Annet Nanduudu, Emmanuel Mujyambere, Paul Ocitti Labeja, Charity Nankunda, Juliet Ategeka, Peter Erim, Collin Makanga, Esther Nambi, Abbas Lugemwa, Lorna Atwine, Edridah Keminyeto, Deogratiuos Tukwasibwe, Shafic Makumbi, Emily Ninsiima, Mercy Tukamushaba, Rogers Ankunda, Ian Natuhurira, Miriam Kasozi, Baker Rubinga, Adeodata R. Kekitiinwa, Pauline Amuge, Dickson Bbuye, Justine Nalubwama, Winnie Akobye, Muzamil Nsibuka Kisekka, Anthony Kirabira, Gloria Ninsiima, Sylvia Namanda, Gerald Agaba, Immaculate Nagawa, Annet Nalugo, Florence Namuli, Rose Kadhuba, Rachael Namuddu, Lameck Kiyimba, Angella Baita, Eunice Atim, Olivia Kobusingye, Clementine Namajja, Africanus Byaruhanga, Rogers Besigye, Herbert Murungi, Geoffrey Onen, Philippa Musoke, Linda Barlow-Mosha, Grace Ahimbisibwe, Rose Namwanje, Monica Etima, Mark Ssenyonga, Robert Serunjogi, Hajira Kataike, Richard Isabirye, David Balamusani, Monica Nolan, Mark F. Cotton, Anita Janese van Rensburg, Marlize Smuts, Catherine Andrea, Sumaya Dadan Sonja Pieterse, Vinesh Jaeven, Candice Makola, George Fourie, Kurt Smith, Els Dobbels, Peter Zuidewind, Hesti Van Huyssteen, Mornay Isaacs, Georgina Nentsa, Thabis Ncgaba, Candice MacDonald, Mandisa Mtshagi, Maria Bester, Wilma Orange, Ronelle Arendze, Mark Mulder, George Fourie, Avy Violari, Nastassja Ramsagar, Afaaf Liberty, Ruth Mathiba, Lindiwe Maseko, Nakata Kekane, Busi Khumlo, Mirriam Khunene, Noshalaza Sbisi, Jackie Brown, Ryphina Madonsela, Nokuthula Mbadaliga, Zaakirah Essack, Reshma Lakha, Aasia Vadee, Derusha Frank, Nazim Akoojee, Maletsatsi Monametsi, Gladness Machache, Yolandie Fourie, Anusha Nanan-kanjee, Juan Erasmus, Angelous Mamiane, Tseleng Daniel, Fatima Mayat, Nomfundo Maduna, Patsy Baliram, Chaiwat Ngampiyasakul, Pisut Greetanukroh, Wanna Chamjamrat, Praechadaporn Khannak, Pornchai Techakunakorn, Thitiwat Thapwai, Patcharee Puangmalai, Ampai Maneekaew, Pradthana Ounchanum, Yupawan Thaweesombat, Areerat Kongponoi, Jutarat Thewsoongnoen, Suparat Kanjanavanit, Pacharaporn Yingyong, Thida Namwong, Rangwit Junkaew, Ussanee Srirompotong, Patamawadee Sudsaard, Siripun Nuanbuddee, Sookpanee Wimonklang, Sathaporn Na-Rajsima, Suchart Thongpaen, Pattira Runarassamee, Watchara Meethaisong, Arttasid Udomvised, Ebrahim Variava, Modiehi Rakgokong, Dihedile Scheppers, Tumelo Moloantoa, Abdul Hamid Kaka, Tshepiso Masienyane, Akshmi Ori, Kgosimang Mmolawa, Pattamukkil Abraham, Moherndran Archary, Rejoice Mosia, Sajeeda Mawlana, Rosie Mngqibisa, Rashina Nundlal, Elishka Singh, Penelope Madlala, Allemah Naidoo, Sphiwee Cebekhulu, Petronelle Casey, Collin Pillay, Subashinie Sidhoo, Minenhle Chikowore, Lungile Nyantsa, Melisha Nunkoo, Terence Nair, Enbavani Pillay, Sheleika Singh, Sheroma Rajkumar, Osee Behuhuma, Olivier Koole, Kristien Bird, Nomzamo Buthelezi, Mumsy Mthethwa, James Hakim, Hilda Mujuru, Kusum Nathoo, Mutsa Bwakura-Dangarembizi, Ennie Chidziva, Shepherd Mudzingwa, Themelihle Bafana, Colin Warambwa, Godfrey Musoro, Gloria Tinago, Shirley Mutsai, Columbus Moyo, Ruth Nhema, Misheck Nkalo Phiri, Stuart Chitongo, Joshua Choga, Joyline Bhiri, Wilber Ishemunyoro, Makhosonke Ndlovu, Thanyawee Puthanakit, Naruporn Kasipong, Sararut Chanthaburanun, Kesdao Nanthapisal, Thidarat Jupimai, Thornthun Noppakaorattanamanee, Torsak Bunupuradah, Wipaporn Natalie Songtaweesin, Chutima Saisaengjan, Stephan Schultze-Straber, Christoph Konigs, Robin Kobbe, Felicia Mantkowski, Steve Welch, Jacqui Daglish, Laura Thrasyvoulou, Delane Singadia, Sophie Foxall, Judith Acero, Gosia Pasko-Szcech, Jacquie Flynn, Gareth Tudor-Williams, Farhana Abdulla, Srini Bandi, Jin Li, Sean O’Riordan, Dominique Barker, Richard Vowden, Colin Ball Eniola Nsirim, Kathleen McClughlin, India Garcia, Pablo Rojo Conejo, Cristina Epalza, Luis Prieto Tato, Maite Fernandez, Luis Escosa Garcia, Maria José Mellado Peña, Talia Sainz Costa, Claudia Fortuny Guasch, Antoni Noguera Julian, Carolina Estepa, Elena Bruno, Alba Murciano Cabeza, Maria Angeles Muñoz Fernandez, Paula Palau, Laura Marques, Carla Teixeira, Alexandre Fernandes, Rosita Nunes, Helena Nascimento, Andreia Padrao, Joana Tuna, Helena Ramos, Ana Constança Mendes, Helena Pinheiro, Ana Cristina Matos, Flavia Kyomuhendo, Sarah Nakalanzi, Cynthia Mukisa Williams, Ntombenhle Ngcobo, Deborah Pako, Jacky Crisp, Benedictor Dube, Precious Chandiwana, Winnie Gozhora, Ian Weller, Elaine Abrams, Tsitsi Apollo, Polly Clayden, Valériane Leroy, Anton Pozniak, Jane Crawley, Rodolphe Thiébaut, Helen McIlleron, Alasdair Bamford, Hermione Lyall, Andrew Prendergast, Felicity Fitzgerald, Anna Goodman

Etiology of diarrhea by multiplex polymerase chain reaction among young children in the United Arab Emirates: a case-control study

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Ahmed R. Alsuwaidi, Klaithem Al Dhaheri, Sania Al Hamad, Junu George, Judy Ibrahim, Ghassan Ghatasheh, Mohammed Issa, Suleiman Al-Hammadi, Hassib Narchi

Pulmonary nocardiosis in a patient with pemphigus foliaceus: case report and literature review

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Ning Luo, Shifan Tan, Xiaocai Li, Si Liu, Shivank Singh, Mafeng Chen, Weiye Yang, Yanhong He, Chunna Chen, Min Liang

Enteric pathogen infection and consequences for child growth in young Aboriginal Australian children: a cross-sectional study

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Sarah Hanieh, Siddhartha Mahanty, George Gurruwiwi, Therese Kearns, Roslyn Dhurrkay, Veronica Gondarra, Jenny Shield, Norbert Ryan, Francesca Azzato, Susan A. Ballard, Nicole Orlando, Sullen Nicholson, Katherine Gibney, Julie Brimblecombe, Wendy Page, Leonard C. Harrison, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Yalurr Dhamarandji, David Djilimara, Elizabeth Bungawara, Lloyd Dhamarandji, Janice Djiliri, Jess Gatti, Jannie Kraayenhof, Noella Goveas

Campylobacter-associated hospitalisations in an Australian provincial setting

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Cameron R. M. Moffatt, Karina J. Kennedy, Linda Selvey, Martyn D. Kirk

Acceptance of universal varicella vaccination among Swiss pediatricians and general practitioners who treat pediatric patients

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Florian Lienert, Olivia Weiss, Kathrin Schmitt, Ulrich Heininger, Patrik Guggisberg

Public health impact and cost effectiveness of routine and catch-up vaccination of girls and women with a nine-valent HPV vaccine in Japan: a model-based study

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Palmer Cody, Keisuke Tobe, Machiko Abe, Elamin H. Elbasha

Clinical significance of D-dimer levels in refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

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Xia Huang, Dan Li, Feng Liu, Deyu Zhao, Yifan Zhu, Heng Tang

Klebsiella pneumoniae-related invasive liver abscess syndrome complicated by purulent meningitis: a review of the literature and description of three cases

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Ruixue Sun, Hui Zhang, Yingchun Xu, Huadong Zhu, Xuezhong Yu, Jun Xu

Enterobacter cloacae infection of the shoulder in a 52-year-old woman without apparent predisposing risk factor: a case report and literature review

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Jingjie Huang, Qiliang Xu, Fuyifei Liu, Hao Xiong, Junxing Yang

High prevalence of multidrug resistant ESBL- and plasmid mediated AmpC-producing clinical isolates of Escherichia coli at Maputo Central Hospital, Mozambique

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Calvina E. L. Estaleva, Tomas F. Zimba, John Osei Sekyere, Usha Govinden, Hafizah Y. Chenia, Gunnar S. Simonsen, Bjørg Haldorsen, Sabiha Y. Essack, Arnfinn Sundsfjord

Hydroa Vacciniforme-like Lymphoproliferative disorder in an adult invades the liver and bone marrow with clear pathological evidence: a case report and literature review

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Xiankun Wang, Peng Wang, Aibin Wang, Yanli Xu, Lin Wang, Zhihai Chen

Rotavirus A infection in children under five years old with a double health problem: undernutrition and diarrhoea – a cross-sectional study in four provinces of Mozambique

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Assucênio Chissaque, Marta Cassocera, Carolina Gasparinho, Jéronimo Souzinho Langa, Adilson Fernando Loforte Bauhofer, Jorfélia José Chilaúle, Eva Dora João, Benilde António Munlela, Júlia Assiat Monteiro Sambo, Simone Salvador Boene, Marlene Bernardo Djedje, Elda Muianga Anapakala, Esperança Lourenço Guimarães, Diocreciano Matias Bero, Lena Vânia Manhique-Coutinho, Idalécia Cossa-Moiane, Timothy A. Kellogg, Luzia Augusta Pires Gonçalves, Nilsa de Deus

Toxic shock syndrome with a cytokine storm caused by Staphylococcus simulans: a case report

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Ken Goda, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Masahiko Hoshijima, Akihiro Yachie, Hozuka Akita

Association of urogenital and intestinal parasitic infections with type 2 diabetes individuals: a comparative study

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Babiker Saad Almugadam, Mihad Khaleil Ibrahim, Yinhui Liu, Shen-min Chen, Chun-hao Wang, Chen-yi Shao, Bao-wei Ren, Li Tang

Direct detection of Corynebacterium striatum, Corynebacterium propinquum, and Corynebacterium simulans in sputum samples by high-resolution melt curve analysis

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Shuai Xu, Xiaotong Qiu, Xuexin Hou, Haijian Zhou, Dongke Chen, Xuebing Wang, Lichao Han, Dan Li, Lina Sun, Xingzhao Ji, Minghui Li, Jingshan Zhang, Mengtong Li, Zhenjun Li

Antimicrobial resistance awareness and antibiotic prescribing behavior among healthcare workers in Nigeria: a national survey

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Emelda E. Chukwu, David A. Oladele, Christian A. Enwuru, Peter L. Gogwan, Dennis Abuh, Rosemary A. Audu, Folasade T. Ogunsola

Prognostic value of pro-adrenomedullin and copeptin in acute infective endocarditis

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Rosa Zampino, Domenico Iossa, Maria Paola Ursi, Lorenzo Bertolino, Roberto Andini, Rosa Molaro, Oriana Fabrazzo, Silvia Leonardi, Luigi Atripaldi, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni

Serological diagnosis and prevalence of HIV-1 infection in Russian metropolitan areas

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D. E. Kireev, V. P. Chulanov, G. A. Shipulin, A. V. Semenov, E. V. Tivanova, N. M. Kolyasnikova, E. B. Zueva, V. V. Pokrovskiy, C. Galli

A case of SFTS coinfected with E. coli bacteremia

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Hyungdon Lee, Woo Young Choi, Choon Mee Kim, Na-Ra Yun, Dong-Min Kim, Sang-Hyun Pyun, Byung Jun Yu, You Mi Lee

Risk factors of recurrent erysipelas in adult Chinese patients: a prospective cohort study

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Ang Li, Ni Wang, Lingzhi Ge, Hongyan Xin, Wenfei Li

Cryptococcal fungemia and Mycobacterium haemophilum cellulitis in a patient receiving ruxolitinib: a case report and literature review

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Naruemit Sayabovorn, Piriyaporn Chongtrakool, Methee Chayakulkeeree

Increased mRNA expression of key cytokines among suspected cases of Pneumocystis jirovecii infection

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Mohammad Y. Alshahrani, Mohammed Alfaifi, Mesfer Al Shahrani, Abdulaziz S. Alshahrani, Ali G. Alkhathami, Ayed A. Dera, Irfan Ahmad, Shadma Wahab, Mirza M. A. Beg, Ali Hakamy, Mohamed E. Hamid

Continuous elevation of procalcitonin in cirrhosis combined with hepatic carcinoma: a case report

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Juan Lu, Chun-lei Chen, Jian-di Jin, Jun Chen, Cheng-bo Yu

Prevalence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi infection, its associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among febrile patients at Adare general hospital, Hawassa, southern Ethiopia

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Roza Nasir Awol, Dawit Yihdego Reda, Deresse Daka Gidebo

Performance of case definitions and clinical predictors for influenza surveillance among patients followed in a rural cohort in Senegal

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Mamadou Aliou Barry, Florent Arinal, Cheikh Talla, Boris Gildas Hedible, Fatoumata Diene Sarr, Ibrahim Oumar Ba, Boly Diop, Ndongo Dia, Muriel Vray

Legionnaire’s disease presenting as bilateral central scotomata: a case report

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Sho Yamada, Takamasa Kitajima, Satoshi Marumo, Motonari Fukui

Syphilis-associated septic cardiomyopathy: case report and review of the literature

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Shiqi Guo, Qiang Guo

Prevalence, distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of bacterial isolates from a tertiary Hospital in Malawi

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Pizga Kumwenda, Emmanuel C. Adukwu, Ebot S. Tabe, Victor. C. Ujor, Pocha S. Kamudumuli, Maono Ngwira, Joseph Tsung Shu Wu, Master R. O. Chisale

Knowledge, attitude and perceptions about Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) among occupationally high-risk healthcare professionals of Pakistan

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Ali Ahmed, Muhammad Saqlain, Maria Tanveer, Azhar Hussain Tahir, Fakhar Ud-Din, Maryum Ibrar Shinwari, Gul Majid Khan, Naveed Anwer

Septic shock due to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection in an adult immunocompetent patient: a case report and literature review

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Takehiro Hashimoto, Ryuichi Takenaka, Haruka Fukuda, Kazuhiko Hashinaga, Shin-ichi Nureki, Hideki Hayashidani, Teruo Sakamoto, Osamu Shigemitsu

Non-surgical treatment of tetanus infection associated with breast cancer skin ulcer: a case report and literature review

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Kazuhito Nomura, Eiji Sakawaki, Sonoko Sakawaki, Ayumu Yamaoka, Wakiko Aisaka, Hiroyuki Okamoto, Yoshihiro Takeyama, Shuji Uemura, Eichi Narimatsu

Chronic Candida infection, bronchiectasis, immunoglobulin abnormalities, and stunting: a case report of a natural mutation of STAT1 (c.986C>G) in an adolescent male

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Yali Yu, Fei Xu, Hui Shen, Jiang Wu

First wave of COVID-19 hospital admissions in Denmark: a Nationwide population-based cohort study

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Jon Gitz Holler, Robert Eriksson, Tomas Østergaard Jensen, Maarten van Wijhe, Thea Kølsen Fischer, Ole Schmeltz Søgaard, Simone Bastrup Israelsen, Rajesh Mohey, Thilde Fabricius, Frederik Jøhnk, Lothar Wiese, Stine Johnsen, Christian Søborg, Henrik Nielsen, Ole Kirk, Birgitte Lindegaard Madsen, Zitta Barrella Harboe

Relationship of socio-demographics, comorbidities, symptoms and healthcare access with early COVID-19 presentation and disease severity

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Laura Vaughan, Darlene Veruttipong, Jonathan G. Shaw, Noemie Levy, Lauren Edwards, Marcy Winget

Pre-transplant donor HBV DNA+ and male recipient are independent risk factors for treatment failure in HBsAg+ donors to HBsAg- kidney transplant recipients

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Xian-ding Wang, Shi-jian Feng, Jin-peng Liu, Tu-run Song, Zhong-li Huang, Yu Fan, Yun-ying Shi, Li-yu Chen, Yuan-hang Lv, Zi-lin Xu, Xiao-hong Li, Li Wang, Tao Lin

Trend and treatment outcomes of latent tuberculosis infection among migrant persons in Japan: retrospective analysis of Japan tuberculosis surveillance data

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Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Akihiro Ohkado

Epidemiology of viral respiratory infections in a pediatric reference hospital in Central Panama

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Virginia Núñez-Samudio, Iván Landires

Increased investment in gametocytes in asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infections in the wet season

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Colins O. Oduma, Sidney Ogolla, Harrysone Atieli, Bartholomew N. Ondigo, Ming-Chieh Lee, Andrew K. Githeko, Arlene E. Dent, James W. Kazura, Guiyun Yan, Cristian Koepfli

Application of the screening and indirect cohort methods to evaluate the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination program in adults 75 years and older in Taiwan

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Wei-Ju Su, Pei-Hung Chuang, Luan-Yin Chang, Hsiu-Yun Lo, Chuen-Sheue Chiang, Ez-Tzu Wang, Chin-Hui Yang

Varicella zoster immune globulin (human) (VARIZIG) in immunocompromised patients: a subgroup analysis for safety and outcomes from a large, expanded-access program

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Hayley Gans, Roy F. Chemaly

JAK-inhibitor and type I interferon ability to produce favorable clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Lucas Walz, Avi J. Cohen, Andre P. Rebaza, James Vanchieri, Martin D. Slade, Charles S. Dela Cruz, Lokesh Sharma

Missed opportunities for HIV testing in patients newly diagnosed with HIV in Morocco

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Latifa Marih, Victoire Sawras, Juliette Pavie, Mustapha Sodqi, Mourad Malmoussi, Noura Tassi, Rajaa Bensghir, Samira Nani, Ahd Oulad Lahsen, Didier Laureillard, Kamal Marhoum El Filali, Karen Champenois, Laurence Weiss

The transition to Xpert MTB/RIF ultra: diagnostic accuracy for pulmonary tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda

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A. Andama, D. Jaganath, R. Crowder, L. Asege, M. Nakaye, D. Katumba, J. Mukwatamundu, S. Mwebe, C. F. Semitala, W. Worodria, M. Joloba, S. Mohanty, A. Somoskovi, A. Cattamanchi

Comparison of two electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems in promoting hand hygiene of healthcare workers in the intensive care unit

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Xiao Zhong, Dong-Li Wang, Li-Hua Xiao, Lan-Fang Mo, Qing-Fei Wu, Yan-Wei Chen, Xiao-Feng Luo

HIV infection and multidrug resistant tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Farhana Ul Hoque, Joseph Beyene, Md. Akhlak-Ul-Islam, Md Hasinur Rahman Khan, Shakil Ahmed, Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Ahmed Hossain

Monitoring sick leave data for early detection of influenza outbreaks

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Tom Duchemin, Jonathan Bastard, Pearl Anne Ante-Testard, Rania Assab, Oumou Salama Daouda, Audrey Duval, Jérôme-Philippe Garsi, Radowan Lounissi, Narimane Nekkab, Helene Neynaud, David R. M. Smith, William Dab, Kevin Jean, Laura Temime, Mounia N. Hocine

A case of recurrent sterile abscesses following tetanus-diphtheria vaccination treated with corticosteroids

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Abdurrahman Kaya, Sibel Yıldız Kaya

An acute gastroenteritis outbreak associated with breakfast contaminated with norovirus by asymptotic food handler at a kindergarten in Shenzhen, China

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Yuan Li, Xiangbo Fan, Guangqing Yu, Peinan Wei, Yong Wang, Hongxiong Guo

Foodborne botulism presenting as small bowel obstruction: a case report

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Alberto Friziero, Cosimo Sperti, Gianfranco Da Dalt, Nicola Baldan, Gianpietro Zanchettin, Pasquale Auricchio, Laura Gavagna, Andrea Grego, Giulia Capelli, Stefano Merigliano

Amygdalin promotes the activity of T cells to suppress the progression of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma via the JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway

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Ruoyu Wang, Dong Zhang, Kewei Sun, Jianping Peng, Wenfang Zhu, Sihan Yin, Dan Tang, Yunan Wu

Clinical characteristics and predictive value of lower CD4+T cell level in patients with moderate and severe COVID-19: a multicenter retrospective study

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Xue-song Wen, Dan Jiang, Lei Gao, Jian-zhong Zhou, Jun Xiao, Xiao-cheng Cheng, Bin He, Yue Chen, Peng Lei, Xiao-wei Tan, Shu Qin, Dong-ying Zhang

A network-based model to explore the role of testing in the epidemiological control of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Yapeng Cui, Shunjiang Ni, Shifei Shen

Trends and correlates of sexually transmitted infections among sexually active Ugandan female youths: evidence from three demographic and health surveys, 2006–2016

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Veronicah Masanja, Solomon Tsebeni Wafula, Tonny Ssekamatte, John Bosco Isunju, Richard K. Mugambe, Guido Van Hal

The HIV care cascade for adolescents initiated on antiretroviral therapy in a health district of South Africa: a retrospective cohort study

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Roxanna Haghighat, Elona Toska, Nontuthuzelo Bungane, Lucie Cluver

Socio-demographic associations of HIV among women attending antenatal care in selected rural primary care facilities in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province

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Sikhumbuzo A. Mabunda, Khuthala Sigovana, Wezile Chitha, Teke Apalata, Sibusiso Nomatshila

The diagnostic value of metagenomic next⁃generation sequencing in infectious diseases

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Hongxia Duan, Xuan Li, Aihong Mei, Ping Li, Yang Liu, Xiaofeng Li, Weiwei Li, Changhui Wang, Shuanshuan Xie

Chest X-ray interpretation does not complement Xpert MTB/RIF in diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis among TB-HIV co-infected adults in a resource-limited setting

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Lydia Nakiyingi, John Mark Bwanika, Willy Ssengooba, Frank Mubiru, Damalie Nakanjako, Moses L. Joloba, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Yukari C. Manabe

Congenital syphilis in East Baton Rouge parish, Louisiana: providers’ and women’s perspectives

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Emily W. Harville, Gloria P. Giarratano, Pierre Buekens, Eurydice Lang, Jennifer Wagman

Identifying risks for severity of neurological symptoms in Hungarian West Nile virus patients

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Márton Koch, Éva Pozsgai, Viktor Soós, Anna Nagy, János Girán, Norbert Nyisztor, Tibor Martyin, Zsófia Müller, Melánia Fehér, Edit Hajdú, Csaba Varga

Clinical physiological parameters for the prediction of gram-negative bacterial infection in the emergency department

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Chan-Peng Hsu, Hsin-Yu Chen, Wei-Lung Chen, Jiann-Hwa Chen, Chien-Cheng Huang, Po-Han Wu, Jui-Yuan Chung

Prediction of risk factors of bronchial mucus plugs in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

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Jiahui Zhang, Ting Wang, Rongrong Li, Wei Ji, Yongdong Yan, Zhichao Sun, Jiahong Tan, Jinfeng Wu, Li Huang, Zhengrong Chen

Co-infection of COVID-19 and influenza A in a hemodialysis patient: a case report

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Ran Jing, Rama Rao Vunnam, Elizabeth Schnaubelt, Chad Vokoun, Allison Cushman-Vokoun, David Goldner, Srinivas Rao Vunnam

Follow-up investigation of antibody titers and diagnostic antibody cutoff values in patients with scrub typhus in South Korea

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Choon-Mee Kim, Dong-Min Kim, Na Ra Yun

Evaluation of undetected cases during the COVID-19 epidemic in Austria

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C. Rippinger, M. Bicher, C. Urach, D. Brunmeir, N. Weibrecht, G. Zauner, G. Sroczynski, B. Jahn, N. Mühlberger, U. Siebert, N. Popper

Demographic features of identified PLWHA infected through commercial and nonmarital noncommercial heterosexual contact in China from 2015 to 2018: a retrospective cross-sectional study

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Zhilong Dong, Liying Ma, Chang Cai, George Fu Gao, Fan Lyu

Hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of outpatients with mildly symptomatic COVID-19: a multi-center observational study

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Fernando J. Bobadilla, Marina G. Novosak, Iliana J. Cortese, Osvaldo D. Delgado, Margarita E. Laczeski

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A predictive nomogram for mortality of cancer patients with invasive candidiasis: a 10-year study in a cancer center of North China

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Combination of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) could predict the severity and prognosis of candidemia more accurately than the Acute Physiology, Age, Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score

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Nobuhiro Asai, Wataru Ohashi, Daisuke Sakanashi, Hiroyuki Suematsu, Hideo Kato, Mao Hagihara, Hiroki Watanabe, Arufumi Shiota, Yusuke Koizumi, Yuka Yamagishi, Hiroshige Mikamo

Higher comorbidities and early death in hospitalized African-American patients with Covid-19

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Raavi Gupta, Raag Agrawal, Zaheer Bukhari, Absia Jabbar, Donghai Wang, John Diks, Mohamed Alshal, Dokpe Yvonne Emechebe, F. Charles Brunicardi, Jason M. Lazar, Robert Chamberlain, Aaliya Burza, M. A. Haseeb

Dynamic changes in lymphocyte subsets and parallel cytokine levels in patients with severe and critical COVID-19

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Yangli Liu, Weiping Tan, Haihong Chen, Ying Zhu, Li Wan, Ke Jiang, Yubiao Guo, Kejing Tang, Canmao Xie, Hui Yi, Yukun Kuang, Yifeng Luo

Predictive value of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio for disease deterioration and serious adverse outcomes in patients with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study

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Zhi-Yong Zeng, Shao-Dan Feng, Gong-Ping Chen, Jiang-Nan Wu

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Rosario Cultrera, Riccardo Torelli, Caterina Sarnicola, Daniela Segala, Andrea Mengoli, Giuseppina Chiaretto, Paolo Perri, Maurizio Sanguinetti

Molecular characteristics of HBV infection among blood donors tested HBsAg reactive in a single ELISA test in southern China

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Critically ill patients with diabetes and Middle East respiratory syndrome: a multi-center observational study

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Guanghui Zheng, Yanfei Cao, Chunhong Liu, Lingye Qian, Yumeng Cai, Miaomiao Cui, Huiting Sun, Lv Hong, Jun Yuan, Lina Zhang, Guojun Zhang

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Zeeba Zahra Sultana, Farhana Ul Hoque, Joseph Beyene, Md. Akhlak-Ul-Islam, Md Hasinur Rahman Khan, Shakil Ahmed, Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Ahmed Hossain

The different manifestations of COVID-19 in adults and children: a cohort study in an intensive care unit

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Mònica Girona-Alarcon, Sara Bobillo-Perez, Anna Sole-Ribalta, Lluisa Hernandez, Carmina Guitart, Ricardo Suarez, Mònica Balaguer, Francisco-Jose Cambra, Iolanda Jordan

Clinical characteristics of 14 COVID-19 deaths in Tianmen, China: a single-center retrospective study

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Jijia Hu, Yingang Zhang, Wei Wang, Zhihe Tao, Juan Tian, Ning Shao, Nian Liu, Hui Wei, Hao Huang

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Vincent Tchana-Sato, Arnaud Ancion, Julien Tridetti, Natzi Sakalihasan, Marie Pierre Hayette, Olivier Detry, Philippe Delvenne, Philippe Amabili, Marc Senard, Olivier Hougrand, Delphine Szecel, Jean-Paul Lavigne, Elie Minga Lowampa, Charlotte Ponte, Isabelle Maquoi, Philippe Morimont, Melissa Van Den Bulck, Marie Helene Delbouille, Jean Olivier Defraigne, Patrizio Lancellotti

An open label, randomised controlled trial of rifapentine versus rifampicin based short course regimens for the treatment of latent tuberculosis in England: the HALT LTBI pilot study

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J. Surey, H. R. Stagg, T. A. Yates, M. Lipman, P. J. White, A. Charlett, L. Muñoz, L. Gosce, M. X. Rangaka, M. Francis, V. Hack, H. Kunst, I. Abubakar

Past eight-year malaria data in Gedeo zone, southern Ethiopia: trend, reporting-quality, spatiotemporal distribution, and association with socio-demographic and meteorological variables

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Eshetu Molla, Sinknesh Wolde Behaksra, Fitsum G. Tadesse, Sisay Dugassa, Endalamaw Gadisa, Hassen Mamo

An appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for the appropriate use of echocardiography for adult infective endocarditis—the timing and mode of assessment (TTE or TEE)

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Peihan Xie, Xiaodong Zhuang, Menghui Liu, Shaozhao Zhang, Jia Liu, Donghong Liu, Xinxue Liao

Increase in HIV-1-transmitted drug resistance among ART-naïve youths at the China-Myanmar border during 2009 ~ 2017

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Yibo Ding, Min Chen, Jibao Wang, Yuecheng Yang, Yi Feng, Lijie Wang, Song Duan, Qianru Lin, Hui Xing, Yanling Ma, Mengjie Han, Liying Ma

Prevalence and genotype distribution of group A rotavirus circulating in Shanxi Province, China during 2015–2019

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Lifeng Zhao, Xiaohong Shi, Dequan Meng, Jiane Guo, Yiping Li, Lirong Liang, Xiaofang Guo, Ran Tao, Xiaohua Zhang, Ruihong Gao, Li Gao, Jitao Wang

Prevalence of urogenital, anal, and pharyngeal infections with Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Mycoplasma genitalium: a cross-sectional study in Reunion island

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Ying-Hsuan Lee, Yu-Chia Hsieh, Chih-Jung Chen, Tzou-Yien Lin, Yhu-Chering Huang

Point-prevalence survey of outpatient antibiotic prescription at a tertiary medical center in Sri Lanka: opportunities to improve prescribing practices for respiratory illnesses

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Helen L. Zhang, Champica Bodinayake, Gaya B. Wijayaratne, Pasangi Jayatissa, D. L. Bhagya Piyasiri, Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, Tianchen Sheng, Ajith Nagahawatte, Christopher Woods, L. Gayani Tillekeratne

Using Baidu search values to monitor and predict the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in China: – evidence from Baidu index

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Diagnostic accuracy of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay in small hair samples for rifampin-resistant tuberculosis drug concentrations in a routine care setting

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Association between echinococcosis-specific health literacy and behavioural intention to prevent echinococcosis among herdsmen on the Tibet Plateau in China: a cross-sectional study

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Polymorphism rs368234815 of interferon lambda 4 gene and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus in haemodialysis patients: a case-control study

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Scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy by Rickettsia slovaca after Dermacentor marginatus tick bite case report: multidisciplinary approach to a tick-borne disease

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Giulia Barlozzari, Federico Romiti, Maurizio Zini, Adele Magliano, Claudio De Liberato, Franco Corrias, Guglielmo Capponi, Luisa Galli, Manuela Scarpulla, Carlotta Montagnani

Epidemiological survey and screening strategy for dengue virus in blood donors from Yunnan Province

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Ling Li, Ying Li, Shaofang Lu, Jing Dong, Haixia Xu, Qian Zhang, Rong Weng, Yundi Yin, Rui He, Peng Fang, Hua Shi, Yinghan Yu, Ji Wu, Zhong Liu, John R. Hess

Incidence, healthcare-seeking behaviours, antibiotic use and natural history of common infection syndromes in England: results from the Bug Watch community cohort study

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Comparing tuberculosis gene signatures in malnourished individuals using the TBSignatureProfiler

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W. Evan Johnson, Aubrey Odom, Chelsie Cintron, Mutharaj Muthaiah, Selby Knudsen, Noyal Joseph, Senbagavalli Babu, Subitha Lakshminarayanan, David F. Jenkins, Yue Zhao, Ethel Nankya, C. Robert Horsburgh, Gautam Roy, Jerrold Ellner, Sonali Sarkar, Padmini Salgame, Natasha S. Hochberg

Genetic characterization of G12P[6] and G12P[8] rotavirus strains collected in six African countries between 2010 and 2014

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Kebareng G. Rakau, Martin M. Nyaga, Maemu P. Gededzha, Jason M. Mwenda, M. Jeffrey Mphahlele, L. Mapaseka Seheri, A. Duncan Steele

High prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni CC21 and CC257 clonal complexes in children with gastroenteritis in Tehran, Iran

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Mahnaz Sarhangi, Bita Bakhshi, Shahin Najar Peeraeyeh

Multiple drug resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Shigella isolated from diarrhoeic children at Kapsabet County referral hospital, Kenya

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Ongwae H. Zachariah, Mwamburi A. Lizzy, Kakai Rose, Mutuku M. Angela

A rare case of adult herpes simplex encephalitis complicated with rhabdomyolysis

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Qinwei Yu, Chao Han, Lei Pei, Jinsha Huang, Yan Xu, Tao Wang

Restricted TcR β chain CDR3 clonotype is associated with resolved acute hepatitis B subjects

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Pharmacodynamics of efavirenz 400 mg in treatment-naïve Chinese HIV-infected patients in a prospective cohort study

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Ling Xu, Wenxiu Peng, Xiaojing Song, Yanling Li, Yang Han, Ting Zhu, Qiang Fu, Xiaoli Du, Wei Cao, Taisheng Li

Identification of risk factors for in-hospital death of COVID - 19 pneumonia -- lessions from the early outbreak

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Zhigang Wang, Zhiqiang Wang

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may be safe for COVID-19 patients

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Acute cardiovascular events in patients with community acquired pneumonia: results from the observational prospective FADOI-ICECAP study

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Filippo Pieralli, Vieri Vannucchi, Carlo Nozzoli, Giuseppe Augello, Francesco Dentali, Giulia De Marzi, Generoso Uomo, Filippo Risaliti, Laura Morbidoni, Antonino Mazzone, Claudio Santini, Daniela Tirotta, Francesco Corradi, Riccardo Gerloni, Paola Gnerre, Gualberto Gussoni, Antonella Valerio, Mauro Campanini, Dario Manfellotto, Andrea Fontanella, T. Attardo, G. Augello, F. Dentali, L. Tavecchia, V. Gessi, F. Pieralli, G. De Marzi, A. Torrigiani, L. Corbo, G. Uomo, F. Gallucci, C. Mastrobuoni, F. Risaliti, A. Giani, L. Morbidoni, Consalvo Teodora, A. Mazzone, E. Ricchiuti, C. Santini, A. Rosato, D. Tirotta, L. Giampaolo, F. Corradi, A. Torrigiani, S. Di Gregorio, R. Gerloni, L. Parodi, P. Gnerre, V. Vannucchi, F. Pallini, G. Landini, P. Giuri, G. Prampolini, D. Arioli, M. C. Leone, C. Canale, F. Condemi, R. Lupica, F. Manzola, R. Mascianà, G. Agnelli, C. Becattini, E. D’Agostini, M. G. Mosconi, G. Bogliari, A. Rossi, M. Campanini, G. Iannantuoni, L. Bartolino, A. Montagnani, V. Verdiani, M. Gambacorta, S. Lenti, S. Francioni, M. Giorgi-Pierfranceschi, C. Cattabiani, F. Orlandini, L. Scuotri, M. La Regina, F. Corsini, L. Anastasio, N. Mumoli, V. Mazzi, A. Camaiti, G. Balbi, F. Ragazzo, M. Pengo

Immunogenicity and safety of a live herpes zoster vaccine in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients

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June Young Chun, Kichun Kim, Min Kyeong Lee, Chang Kyung Kang, Youngil Koh, Dong-Yeop Shin, Junshik Hong, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Nam Joong Kim, Sung-Soo Yoon, Wan Beom Park, Inho Kim, Myoung-don Oh

Point-of-care p24 antigen detection for early infant diagnosis of HIV infection: cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in Zambia

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Catherine G. Sutcliffe, Jane Mutanga, Nkumbula Moyo, Abhishek K. Agarwal, Jessica L. Schue, Mutinta Hamahuwa, Kara M. Palamountain, Mark J. Fisher, Robert Elghanian, Philip E. Thuma, William J. Moss

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Jijia Hu, Yingang Zhang, Wei Wang, Zhihe Tao, Juan Tian, Ning Shao, Nian Liu, Hui Wei, Hao Huang

Examining Australian public perceptions and behaviors towards a future COVID-19 vaccine

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Holly Seale, Anita E. Heywood, Julie Leask, Meru Sheel, David N. Durrheim, Katarzyna Bolsewicz, Rajneesh Kaur

Severe Candida glabrata pancolitis and fatal Aspergillus fumigatus pulmonary infection in the setting of bone marrow aplasia after CD19-directed CAR T-cell therapy – a case report

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Kai Rejeski, Wolfgang G. Kunz, Martina Rudelius, Veit Bücklein, Viktoria Blumenberg, Christian Schmidt, Philipp Karschnia, Florian Schöberl, Konstantin Dimitriadis, Louisa von Baumgarten, Joachim Stemmler, Oliver Weigert, Martin Dreyling, Michael von Bergwelt-Baildon, Marion Subklewe

Pure SARS-CoV-2 related AVDS (Acute Vascular Distress Syndrome)

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Vincent Jounieaux, Damien Basille, Osama Abou-Arab, Marie-Pierre Guillaumont, Claire Andrejak, Yazine Mahjoub, Daniel Oscar Rodenstein

Integrating Xpert MTB/RIF for TB diagnosis in the private sector: evidence from large-scale pilots in Patna and Mumbai, India

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Sarang Deo, Pankaj Jindal, Sirisha Papineni

Continuous hypergammaglobulinemia and proteinuria after the recovery of the visceral Leishmaniasis: a case report

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Linfeng Zou, Gang Chen, Yangzhong Zhou, Wei Ye, Yubin Wen, Limeng Chen, Xuemei Li

Analysis of virulence factors and antibiotic resistance genes in group B streptococcus from clinical samples

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Clinical characteristics of refractory mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children treated with glucocorticoid pulse therapy

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Atypical presentations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from onset to readmission

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Zhiqi Yang, Xiaofeng Chen, Ruibin Huang, Shengkai Li, Daiying Lin, Zhijian Yang, Hongfu Sun, Guorui Liu, Jinming Qiu, Yanyan Tang, Jianning Xiao, Yuting Liao, Xianheng Wu, Renhua Wu, Xiangguang Chen, Zhuozhi Dai

Population-based HIV prevalence, stigma and HIV risk among trans women in Nepal

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Erin C. Wilson, Manisha Dhakal, Sanjay Sharma, Anuj Rai, Rajesh Lama, Sirish Chettri, Caitlin M. Turner, Hui Xie, Sean Arayasirikul, Jess Lin, Swagata Banik

Self-rated health among people living with HIV in Spain in 2019: a cross-sectional study

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Marta Ruiz-Algueró, Victoria Hernando, Henar Marcos, Gonzalo Gutiérrez, Maria Jesus Pérez-Elías, Juan Carlos López-Bernaldo de Quirós, Federico Pulido, Miguel Górgolas, Jesus Sanz, Ines Suarez-García, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Juan Emilio Losa, Jose Luis Pérez, Maria Oliva Ladrero, Miguel Ángel Prieto, Gustavo González, Ana Izquierdo, Luis Javier Viloria, Irene López, Eva Martínez, Daniel Castrillejo, Rosa Aranguren, Maria Antonia Belmonte, I V Aranda-García, Antonio Arraiza, Asuncion Diaz, M. Egido, S. Letona, M. C. Royo, V. Asensi, E. García, J. Lobo, M. A. Meana, M. de Zárraga, P. Abad, M. Alvarez, R. Suárez del Villar, M. G. Jaume Amengual, A. Rey, A. Payeras, M. Riera, L. Vilaplana, E. Rodríguez de Castro, R. Canet, E. Colino, M. A. Cárdenas, J. L. Gómez, J. Gómez, J. F. Lluch, M. C. Fariñas, E. Martinez, M. I. García, H. Portillo, J. R. Barbera, C. Pereda, G. López, M. P. Geijo, F. Cuadra, M. Torralba, J. M. Yzusqui, M. A. Garcinuño, M. Sánchez, P. Cancelo, J. Locutura, J. A. Carro, A. Bahamonde, Y. Morán, J. Sánchez, A. Iglesias, E. M. Ferreira, M. del Valle, C. Hinojosa, P. Bachiller, A. Chocarro, D. Navarro, L. Mitjans, J. Portilla, M. J. Esteban, M. Masiá, A. Belso, J. Llenas, F. Pasquau, J. Uro, V. Chabrera, M. García, M. J. Galindo, M. Salavert, J. M. Querol, T. Labrador, C. Belenguer, J. Argente, M. J. Garcia, M. Fernández, M. N. Nogales, M. Galán, M. Medina, S. Trejo, C. Martín, C. García, I. Montes, J. A. Oteo, F. Pulido, M. Górgolas, A. Cabello, J. C. López Bernaldo de Quirós, J. Sanz, M. J. Pérez, I. Suárez-García, M. T. Fernández, J. L. Pérez, J. E. Losa, A. Fernández, C. Galera, H. Albendín, G. Alonso, D. Piñar, O. J. Martínez, A. Cano, J. Bravo, A. Arrillaga, J. A. Iribarren, J. J. Portu

Knowledge among the rural parents about the vaccinations and vaccination coverage of children in the first year of life in Papua New Guinea – analysis of data provided by Christian health services

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Seroprevalence of hepatitis c virus infection among blood donors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Eyasu Alem Lake, Robera Olana Fite, Lielt Gebreselassie Gebrekirstos, Meron Hadis Gebremedhin, Mohammed Suleiman Obsa, Kelemu Abebe Gelaw

Determinants of self-reported correct knowledge about tuberculosis transmission among men and women in Malawi: evidence from a nationwide household survey

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Peter A. M. Ntenda, Razak Mussa, Steve Gowelo, Alick Sixpence, Andy Bauleni, Atusayi Simbeye, Alfred Matengeni, Ernest Matola, Godfrey Banda, Christopher C. Stanley, Susan Banda, Owen Nkoka

A case series of children and young people admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Germany with COVID-19

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Jonathan Remppis, Tina Ganzenmueller, Malte Kohns Vasconcelos, Oliver Heinzel, Rupert Handgretinger, Hanna Renk

Clinical characteristics, management and health related quality of life in young to middle age adults with COVID-19

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Chiara Temperoni, Stefania Grieco, Zeno Pasquini, Benedetta Canovari, Antonio Polenta, Umberto Gnudi, Roberto Montalti, Francesco Barchiesi

Etiology, clinical characteristics and coinfection status of bronchiolitis in Suzhou

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Jiahong Tan, Jinfeng Wu, Wujun Jiang, Li Huang, Wei Ji, Yongdong Yan, Meijuan Wang, Xuejun Shao

Is age and not antiretroviral therapy the strongest risk factor for chronic pain in HIV-infected population?

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Marcin Kowalski, Andrzej Horban, Bartosz Slomka, Karen Shahnazaryan, Witold Rongies

The use of eculizumab in Capnocytophaga canimorsus associated thrombotic microangiopathy: a case report

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Magnus Holter Bjørkto, Andreas Barratt-Due, Ingvild Nordøy, Christina Dörje, Eivind Galteland, Andreas Lind, Abdulkarim Hilli, Pål Aukrust, Geir Mjøen

A health worker knowledge, attitudes and practices survey of SARS-CoV-2 infection prevention and control in South Africa

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Saiendhra Vasudevan Moodley, Muzimkhulu Zungu, Molebogeng Malotle, Kuku Voyi, Nico Claassen, Jonathan Ramodike, Nkululeko Thunzi, Nosimilo Mlangeni

Tuberculosis (TB) in the refugee camps in Ethiopia: trends of case notification, profile, and treatment outcomes, 2014 to 2017

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Tsegay Legesse, Goitom Admenur, Selemawit Gebregzabher, Eyob Woldegebriel, Bexabeh Fantahun, Yemane Tsegay, Abeyot Bayssa, Berihu Darge, Yidnekachew Denbu, Hayelom Michalel, Kibebew Abera, Abraham Alemayeh, Dejene Kebede, Desta Kasa

Characteristics and prognostic factors of COVID-19 among infected cases: a nationwide Tunisian analysis

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Chahida Harizi, Ines Cherif, Nourhene Najar, Molka Osman, Rym Mallekh, Oumaima Ben Ayed, Yosr Ayedi, Sonia Dhaouadi, Aicha Hchaichi, Mouna Safer, Hejer Letaief, Ilhem Bouaziz, Sondes Derouiche, Donia Gharbi, Leila Bouabid, Souha Bougatef, Hamida Ben Salah, Radhouane Fakhfakh, Salma Abid, Ilhem Boutiba Ben Boubaker, Mohamed Kouni Chahed, Nissaf Bouafif Ben-Alaya

Clinical characteristics of hospitalized mild/moderate COVID-19 patients with a prolonged negative conversion time of SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid detection

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Ya Yang, Xiaogang Hu, Lirong Xiong, Peishu Fu, Wei Feng, Wei Li, Liwen Zhang, Fengjun Sun

Genomic and clinical characterisation of multidrug-resistant carbapenemase-producing ST231 and ST16 Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates colonising patients at Siriraj hospital, Bangkok, Thailand from 2015 to 2017

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HIV drug resistance and HIV transmission risk factors among newly diagnosed individuals in Southwest China

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Renin-angiotensin system modulators and other risk factors in COVID-19 patients with hypertension: a Korean perspective

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Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 complicated with pleural effusion

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Can the Xpert MRSA/SA BC assay be used as an antimicrobial stewardship tool? A prospective assay validation and descriptive impact assessment study in a South African setting

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Endemic chikungunya fever in Kenyan children: a prospective cohort study

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Stringent thresholds in SARS-CoV-2 IgG assays lead to under-detection of mild infections

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David W. Eyre, Sheila F. Lumley, Denise O’Donnell, Nicole E. Stoesser, Philippa C. Matthews, Alison Howarth, Stephanie B. Hatch, Brian D. Marsden, Stuart Cox, Tim James, Richard J. Cornall, David I. Stuart, Gavin Screaton, Daniel Ebner, Derrick W. Crook, Christopher P. Conlon, Katie Jeffery, Timothy M. Walker, Timothy E. A. Peto

Latent Toxoplasma gondii infections are associated with elevated biomarkers of inflammation and vascular injury

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Clinical manifestations, laboratory markers, and renal ultrasonographic examinations in 1-month to 12-year-old Iranian children with pyelonephritis: a six-year cross-sectional retrospective study

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Axel Ursenbach, Frédéric Schramm, François Séverac, Yves Hansmann, Nicolas Lefebvre, Yvon Ruch, Xavier Argemi

Spatial clustering of livestock Anthrax events associated with agro-ecological zones in Kenya, 1957–2017

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Correlation between lung infection severity and clinical laboratory indicators in patients with COVID-19: a cross-sectional study based on machine learning

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An outbreak investigation of scrub typhus in Nepal: confirmation of local transmission

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Assessing the efficacy of two dual-active ingredients long-lasting insecticidal nets for the control of malaria transmitted by pyrethroid-resistant vectors in Benin: study protocol for a three-arm, single-blinded, parallel, cluster-randomized controlled trial

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High impact of COVID-19 outbreak in a nursing home in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France, March to April 2020

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A. Bernadou, S. Bouges, M. Catroux, J. C. Rigaux, C. Laland, N. Levêque, U. Noury, S. Larrieu, S. Acef, D. Habold, F. Cazenave-Roblot, L. Filleul

Community-acquired bacteraemia in COVID-19 in comparison to influenza A and influenza B: a retrospective cohort study

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Prevalence of comorbidity in Chinese patients with COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors

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Intestinal protozoa in hospitalized under-five children with diarrhoea in Nampula – a cross-sectional analysis in a low-income setting in northern Mozambique

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Quality of life of HIV-infected individuals: insights from a study of patients in Kermanshah, Iran

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Description of two fatal cases of melioidosis in Mexican children with acute pneumonia: case report

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Gerardo Alvarez-Hernandez, Denica Cruz-Loustaunau, J. Antonio Ibarra, Adela Rascon-Alcantar, Jesús Contreras-Soto, Georgina Meza-Radilla, Alfredo G. Torres, Paulina Estrada-de los Santos

Drug susceptibility patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from adults with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and implications for a household contact preventive therapy trial

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Differences in the clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients in the epicenter and peripheral areas of the pandemic from China: a retrospective, large-sample, comparative analysis

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Gang Wang, Feng Ming Luo, Dan Liu, Jia Sheng Liu, Ye Wang, Hong Chen, Pan Wen Tian, Tao Fan, Li Tang, He Yu, Lan Wang, Mei Feng, Zhong Ni, Bo Wang, Zhi Fang Song, Xiao Ling Wu, Hong Jun Wang, Xiang Tong, Miao Xue, Xian Ying Lei, Bo Long, Chao Jia, Jun Xiao, Juan Shang, Nian Xiong, Jian Fei Luo, Zong An Liang, Wei Min Li

Clinical characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in patients out of Wuhan from China: a case control study

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Hua Zhang, Feng Du, Xiao-jun Cao, Xia-long Feng, He-ping Zhang, Zheng-xia Wu, Bao-Feng Wang, Hong-juan Zhang, Rui Liu, Jian-jun Yang, Bo Ning, Kai Chen, Zhen-peng Huang

The fluid management and hemodynamic characteristics of PiCCO employed on young children with severe hand, foot, and mouth disease—a retrospective study

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Accuracy of urine flow cytometry and urine test strip in predicting relevant bacteriuria in different patient populations

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The relationship between seasonality, latitude and tuberculosis notifications in Pakistan

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Mohsin F. Butt, Sidra Younis, Zhenqiang Wu, Syed H. Hadi, Abdullah Latif, Adrian R. Martineau

A two-component intervention to improve hand hygiene practices and promote alcohol-based hand rub use among people who inject drugs: a mixed-methods evaluation

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Salim Mezaache, Laélia Briand-Madrid, Linda Rahni, Julien Poireau, Fiona Branchu, Khafil Moudachirou, Yourine Wendzinski, Patrizia Carrieri, Perrine Roux

Partnership among hospitals to reduce healthcare associated infections: a quasi-experimental study in Brazilian ICUs

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Adenovirus viremia may predict adenovirus pneumonia severity in immunocompetent children

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Increased acquired protease inhibitor drug resistance mutations in minor HIV-1 quasispecies from infected patients suspected of failing on national second-line therapy in South Africa

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Adetayo Emmanuel Obasa, Anoop T. Ambikan, Soham Gupta, Ujjwal Neogi, Graeme Brendon Jacobs

Monitoring HIV testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis information seeking by combining digital and traditional data

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Pulmonary tuberculosis screening in anti-retroviral treated adults living with HIV in Kenya

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Low Annexin A1 level in HTLV-1 infected patients is a potential biomarker for the clinical progression and diagnosis of HAM/TSP

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Bárbara Brasil Santana, Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz, Rodrigo Arcoverde Cerveira, Claudia Mendonça Rodrigues, Ednelza da Silva Graça Amoras, Carlos Araújo da Costa, Maisa Silva de Sousa, Ricardo Ishak, Luiz Ricardo Goulart, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto

Initiation of hepatitis C treatment in two rural Rwandan districts: a mobile clinic approach

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Innocent Kamali, Dale A. Barnhart, Françoise Nyirahabihirwe, Jean de la Paix Gakuru, Mariam Uwase, Esdras Nizeyumuremyi, Stephen Walker, Christian Mazimpaka, Jean de Dieu Gatete, Jean Damascene Makuza, Janvier Serumondo, Fredrick Kateera, Jean d’Amour Ndahimana

Distorted chemosensory perception and female sex associate with persistent smell and/or taste loss in people with SARS-CoV-2 antibodies: a community based cohort study investigating clinical course and resolution of acute smell and/or taste loss in people with and without SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in London, UK

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Janine Makaronidis, Chloe Firman, Cormac G. Magee, Jessica Mok, Nyaladzi Balogun, Matt Lechner, Alisia Carnemolla, Rachel L. Batterham

Comparative efficacy, safety and durability of dolutegravir relative to common core agents in treatment-naïve patients infected with HIV-1: an update on a systematic review and network meta-analysis

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Katharina Nickel, Nicholas J. A. Halfpenny, Sonya J. Snedecor, Yogesh Suresh Punekar

Hepatitis C viraemic and seroprevalence and risk factors for positivity in Northwest Cambodia: a household cross-sectional serosurvey

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Emily Lynch, Gregoire Falq, Chhorvy Sun, Pharm D Tek Bunchhoeung, Helena Huerga, Anne Loarec, Jean-Phillipe Dousset, Tonia Marquardt, Mickael Le Paih, David Maman

The clinical profiles and outcomes of HIV-negative cryptococcal meningitis patients in type II diabetes mellitus

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Hang Li, Xiaojing Li, Lei Zhang, Wenjie Fang, Keming Zhang, Amir Arastehfar, Macit Ilkit, Dongying Hu, Xianzhen Chen, Huiwei Wang, Liyan Ling, Jianjun Lin, Bin Xu, Wanqing Liao, Weihua Pan, Qilong Zhang

Neonatal sepsis in a tertiary unit in South Africa

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Dharshni Pillay, Lerusha Naidoo, Khine Swe Swe-Han, Yesholata Mahabeer

The lab-confirmed interval of COVID-19 clusters and its application in the strength evaluation of prevention and control measures

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Lihong Huang, Liangmin Wei, Yue Jiang, Lijuan Lin

A multicenter analysis of the clinical microbiology and antimicrobial usage in hospitalized patients in the US with or without COVID-19

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Laura Puzniak, Lyn Finelli, Kalvin C. Yu, Karri A. Bauer, Pamela Moise, Carisa De Anda, Latha Vankeepuram, Aryana Sepassi, Vikas Gupta

Effect of oxidative stress and calcium deregulation on FAM26F (CALHM6) expression during hepatitis B virus infection

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Kehkshan Jabeen, Uzma Malik, Sajid Mansoor, Shaheen Shahzad, Saadia Zahid, Aneela Javed

The role of smart monitoring digital health care system based on smartphone application and personal health record platform for patients diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019

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Jong Hun Kim, Won Suk Choi, Joon Young Song, Young Kyung Yoon, Min Ja Kim, Jang Wook Sohn

The clinical application of Filmarray respiratory panel in children especially with severe respiratory tract infections

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Fen Pan, Bingjie Wang, Hong Zhang, Yingying Shi, Qi Xu

Bilateral acute renal cortical necrosis after a dog bite: case report

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Simon A. Amacher, Kirstine K. Søgaard, Coralie Nkoulou, Raoul Sutter, Maja Weisser, Sandra S. Zingg, Adrian Egli, Alexa Hollinger, Martin Siegemund

Sudden neck swelling with rash as late manifestation of COVID-19: a case report

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Caterina Giannitto, Cristiana Bonifacio, Susanna Esposito, Angela Ammirabile, Giuseppe Mercante, Armando De Virgilio, Giuseppe Spriano, Enrico Heffler, Ludovica Lofino, Letterio Salvatore Politi, Luca Balzarini

Hepatitis B virus infection and its associated factors among medical waste collectors at public health facilities in eastern Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study

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Degu Abate Mengiste, Abebe Tolera Dirbsa, Behailu Hawulte Ayele, Tewodros Tesfa Hailegiyorgis

Nationwide multicenter questionnaire surveys on countermeasures against antimicrobial resistance and infections in hospitals

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Jung-ho Shin, Seiko Mizuno, Takuya Okuno, Hisashi Itoshima, Noriko Sasaki, Susumu Kunisawa, Mitsuo Kaku, Makiko Yoshida, Yoshiaki Gu, Daiichi Morii, Keigo Shibayama, Norio Ohmagari, Yuichi Imanaka

Molecular investigation of an outbreak associated with total parenteral nutrition contaminated with NDM-producing Leclercia adecarboxylata

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Elvira Garza-González, Paola Bocanegra-Ibarias, Eduardo Rodríguez-Noriega, Esteban González-Díaz, Jesús Silva-Sanchez, Ulises Garza-Ramos, Iván Fernando Contreras-Coronado-Tovar, José Ecil Santos-Hernández, David Gutiérrez-Bañuelos, Juan Pablo Mena-Ramirez, Saúl Ramírez-De-los-Santos, Adrián Camacho-Ortiz, Rayo Morfín-Otero

Patients with infective endocarditis and history of injection drug use in a Swedish referral hospital during 10 years

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Anna Damlin, Katarina Westling

Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards Zika virus among healthcare workers in St. Kitts

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Donya L. Francis, Utoomporn Wongsin, Shuo-Chen Chien, Yi-Hsin ( Elsa) Hsu, Franziska Michaela Lohmeyer, Wen-Shan Jian, Li-Fong Lin, Usman Iqbal

Sputum smear grading and associated factors among bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary drug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia

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Getahun Molla Kassa, Mehari Woldemariam Merid, Atalay Goshu Muluneh, Dawit Tefera Fentie

Exploring and understanding HCV patient journeys- HEPCARE Europe project

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Shannon Glaspy, Gordana Avramovic, Tina McHugh, Cristiana Oprea, Julian Surey, Irina Ianache, Juan Macías, Alistair Story, Walter Cullen, John S. Lambert

Clinical utility of cerebrospinal fluid vitamin D-binding protein as a novel biomarker for the diagnosis of viral and bacterial CNS infections

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Young Jin Kim, Hương Giang Lê, Byoung-Kuk Na, Bo Gyu Kim, Youn-Kwan Jung, Mutbyul Kim, Heeyoung Kang, Min-Chul Cho

Tocilizumab improves survival in severe COVID-19 pneumonia with persistent hypoxia: a retrospective cohort study with follow-up from Mumbai, India

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Yojana Gokhale, Rakshita Mehta, Uday Kulkarni, Nitin Karnik, Sushant Gokhale, Uma Sundar, Swati Chavan, Akshay Kor, Sonal Thakur, Trupti Trivedi, Naveen Kumar, Sujata Baveja, Aniket Wadal, Shaonak Kolte, Aukshan Deolankar, Sangeeta Pednekar, Lalana Kalekar, Rupal Padiyar, Charulata Londhe, Pramod Darole, Sujata Pol, Seema Bansode Gokhe, Namita Padwal, Dharmendra Pandey, Dhirendra Yadav, Anagha Joshi, Harshal Badgujar, Mayuri Trivedi, Priyanshu Shah, Prerna Bhavsar

Spatiotemporal heterogeneity and its determinants of COVID-19 transmission in typical labor export provinces of China

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Li Wang, Chengdong Xu, Jinfeng Wang, Jiajun Qiao, Mingtao Yan, Qiankun Zhu

Sniffer dogs as a screening/diagnostic tool for COVID-19: a proof of concept study

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Esmaeil Eskandari, Milad Ahmadi Marzaleh, Hassan Roudgari, Ramin Hamidi Farahani, Amir Nezami-Asl, Reza Laripour, Helen Aliyazdi, Arasb Dabbagh Moghaddam, Ramin Zibaseresht, Hossein Akbarialiabad, Mojtaba Yousefi Zoshk, Hamidreza Shiri, Mahdi Shiri

Antibiotic resistance in Pakistan: a systematic review of past decade

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Hazrat Bilal, Muhammad Nadeem Khan, Tayyab Rehman, Muhammad Fazal Hameed, Xingyuan Yang

Evaluating the effectiveness of measures to control the novel coronavirus disease 2019 in Jilin Province, China

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Qinglong Zhao, Yao Wang, Meng Yang, Meina Li, Zeyu Zhao, Xinrong Lu, Bo Shen, Bo Luan, Yifei Zhao, Bonan Cao, Laishun Yao, Benhua Zhao, Yanhua Su, Tianmu Chen

microRNA-125b-5p is a promising novel plasma biomarker for alveolar echinococcosis in patients from the southern province of Qinghai

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Cao Deping, Jiang Bofan, Zhang Yaogang, Pang Mingquan

Clinical outcomes and healthcare costs of inpatients with tetanus in Korea, 2011–2019

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Sohyun Bae, Minsik Go, Yoonjung Kim, Soyoon Hwang, Shin-Woo Kim, Ki Tae Kwon, Sook-In Jung, Hyun-Ha Chang

Development of a recombinase-aided amplification assay for rapid detection of human norovirus GII.4

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Zhiwei Qin, Liang Xue, Weicheng Cai, Junshan Gao, Yueting Jiang, Jiale Yang, Yanhui Liang, Linping Wang, Jumei Zhang, Yongdan Hu, Qingping Wu

The prevalence and clinical significance of Presymptomatic COVID-19 patients: how we can be one step ahead in mitigating a deadly pandemic

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Juen Kiem Tan, Dalleen Leong, Hemalatha Munusamy, Nor Hazwani Zenol Ariffin, Najma Kori, Rozita Hod, Petrick Periyasamy

Risk factors for recurrent wheezing after bronchiolitis in infants: 2-year follow up in China

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Isolation of Mycobacterium talmoniae from a patient with diffuse panbronchiolitis: a case report

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Tomoko Suzuki, Miwako Saitou, Yuriko Igarashi, Satoshi Mitarai, Katsunao Niitsuma

Refractory pharyngeal ulceration due to cytomegalovirus in a patient with HIV infection: a case report and literature review

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Morichika Osa, Akihiro Sato, Maki Sakagami, Masaki Machida, Takao Sato, Ayaka Tsukimori, Shinji Fukushima, Itaru Nakamura, Ryo Akai, Kiyoaki Tsukahara, Hidehiro Watanabe

Chronic maternal hepatitis B virus infection and pregnancy outcome- a single center study in Kunming, China

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Qian Sun, Terence T. Lao, Mingyu Du, Min Xie, Yonghu Sun, Bing Bai, Junnan Ma, Tianying Zhu, Shengnan Yu, Runmei Ma

Low-dose amikacin in the treatment of Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)

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Natasha F. Sabur, Mantaj S. Brar, Lisa Wu, Sarah K. Brode

Diagnostic accuracy of symptoms as a diagnostic tool for SARS-CoV 2 infection: a cross-sectional study in a cohort of 2,173 patients

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Carlos Alfonso Romero-Gameros, Tania Colin-Martínez, Salomón Waizel-Haiat, Guadalupe Vargas-Ortega, Eduardo Ferat-Osorio, José Alberto Guerrero-Paz, Marielle Intriago-Alor, Mayra Alejandra López-Moreno, Carlos Fredy Cuevas-García, Victoria Mendoza-Zubieta, Jose Luis Martínez-Ordaz, Baldomero González-Virla

Clinical and laboratory findings in COVID-19 adult hospitalized patients from Alborz province / Iran: comparison of rRT-PCR positive and negative

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Farnaz Karimi, Amir Abbas Vaezi, Mostafa Qorbani, Fatemeh Moghadasi, Saeed Hassani Gelsfid, Arman Maghoul, Neda Mahmoodi, Zahra Eskandari, Hossein Gholami, Zakiye Mokhames, Mahshid Saleh

Serial interval and incubation period of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Muluneh Alene, Leltework Yismaw, Moges Agazhe Assemie, Daniel Bekele Ketema, Wodaje Gietaneh, Tilahun Yemanu Birhan

Epidemiological risk factors and the geographical distribution of eight Mycobacterium species

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Preliminary review on the prevalence, proportion, geographical distribution, and characteristics of naturally acquired Plasmodium cynomolgi infection in mosquitoes, macaques, and humans: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Manas Kotepui, Frederick Ramirez Masangkay, Kwuntida Uthaisar Kotepui, Giovanni De Jesus Milanez

A spatiotemporal simulation study on the transmission of harmful microorganisms through connected healthcare workers in a hospital ward setting

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J. M. van Niekerk, A. Stein, M. H. E. Doting, M. Lokate, L. M. A. Braakman-Jansen, J. E. W. C. van Gemert-Pijnen

Phenotypic and genotypic drug sensitivity profiles of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and associated factors in northeastern Ethiopia

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Fikru Gashaw, Berhanu Erko, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen, Bazezew Yenew, Misikir Amare, Balako Gumi, Gobena Ameni

Renin-angiotensin system inhibitors and susceptibility to COVID-19 in patients with hypertension: a propensity score-matched cohort study in primary care

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Shamil Haroon, Anuradhaa Subramanian, Jennifer Cooper, Astha Anand, Krishna Gokhale, Nathan Byne, Samir Dhalla, Dionisio Acosta-Mena, Thomas Taverner, Kelvin Okoth, Jingya Wang, Joht Singh Chandan, Christopher Sainsbury, Dawit Tefra Zemedikun, G. Neil Thomas, Dhruv Parekh, Tom Marshall, Elizabeth Sapey, Nicola J. Adderley, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar

Genetic testing and serological screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection in a COVID-19 outbreak in a nursing facility in Japan

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Yong Chong, Naoki Tani, Hideyuki Ikematsu, Nobuto Terazawa, Hitoshi Nakashima, Nobuyuki Shimono, Koichi Akashi, Yosuke Tanaka

PCR-reverse blot hybridization assay in respiratory specimens for rapid detection and differentiation of mycobacteria in HIV-negative population

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Surveillance of the major pathogenic arboviruses of public health concern in Gabon, Central Africa: increased risk of West Nile virus and dengue virus infections

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Yuri Ushijima, Haruka Abe, Georgelin Nguema Ondo, Rodrigue Bikangui, Marguerite Massinga Loembé, Vahid R. Zadeh, Joseph G. E. Essimengane, Armel V. N. Mbouna, Emmanuel B. Bache, Selidji T. Agnandji, Bertrand Lell, Jiro Yasuda

Combination inhibition activity of chlorhexidine and antibiotics on multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in vitro

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Fei Lin, Bin Yu, Qinghui Wang, Mingyong Yuan, Baodong Ling

Acute pancreatitis associated with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: a cohort study of 346 patients

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Qinyue Guo, Jing Xu, Qindong Shi, Bin Du

Neonatal Ureaplasma parvum meningitis complicated with subdural hematoma: a case report and literature review

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Canyang Zhan, Lihua Chen, Lingling Hu

Knowledge and attitude towards cutaneous leishmaniasis among rural endemic communities in Shara’b district, Taiz, southwestern Yemen

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Talal H. Alharazi, Najoua Haouas, Hesham M. Al-Mekhlafi

Neonatal prophylaxis with antibiotic containing ointments does not reduce incidence of chlamydial conjunctivitis in newborns

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Tamar A. Smith-Norowitz, Crystal Ukaegbu, Stephan Kohlhoff, Margaret R. Hammerschlag

Characteristics of patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and seasonal influenza at time of hospital admission: a single center comparative study

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Pablo Sieber, Domenica Flury, Sabine Güsewell, Werner C. Albrich, Katia Boggian, Céline Gardiol, Matthias Schlegel, Robert Sieber, Pietro Vernazza, Philipp Kohler

Delayed diagnosis of tuberculosis in patients with diabetes mellitus co-morbidity and its associated factors in Zhejiang Province, China

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Wenhui Xiao, Dajiang Huang, Saiqiong Li, Shangcheng Zhou, Xiaolin Wei, Bin Chen, Guanyang Zou

Associations between antimicrobial susceptibility/resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in European Union/European Economic Area and patients’ gender, sexual orientation and anatomical site of infection, 2009–2016

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Susanne Jacobsson, Michelle J. Cole, Gianfranco Spiteri, Michaela Day, Magnus Unemo, Claudia Eder, Sonja Pleininger, Alexander Indra, Steliana Huhlescu, Irith De Baetselier, Wim Vanden Berghe, Blaženka Hunjak, Tatjana Nemeth Blažić, Panayiota Maikanti-Charalambous, Despo Pieridou, Hana Zákoucká, Helena Žemličková, Steen Hoffmann, Lasse Jessen Schwartz, Rita Peetso, Jevgenia Epstein, Jelena Viktorova, Ndeindo Ndeikoundam, Beatrice Bercot, Cécile Bébéar, Florence Lot, Susanne Buder, Klaus Jansen, Vivi Miriagou, Georgios Rigakos, Vasilios Raftopoulos, Eszter Balla, Mária Dudás, Lena Rós Ásmundsdóttir, Guðrún Sigmundsdóttir, Guðrún Svanborg Hauksdóttir, Thorolfur Gudnason, Aoife Colgan, Brendan Crowley, Sinéad Saab, Paola Stefanelli, Anna Carannante, Patrizia Parodi, Gatis Pakarna, Raina Nikiforova, Antra Bormane, Elina Dimina, Monique Perrin, Tamir Abdelrahman, Joël Mossong, Jean-Claude Schmit, Friedrich Mühlschlegel, Christopher Barbara, Francesca Mifsud, Alje Van Dam, Birgit Van Benthem, Maartje Visser, Ineke Linde, Hilde Kløvstad, Dominique Caugant, Beata Młynarczyk-Bonikowska, Jacinta Azevedo, Maria-José Borrego, Marina Lurdes Ramos Nascimento, Peter Pavlik, Irena Klavs, Andreja Murnik, Samo Jeverica, Sandra Kosmac, Tanja Kustec, Julio Vázquez Moreno, Asuncion Diaz, Raquel Abad, Inga Velicko, Magnus Unemo, Gwenda Hughes, Jill Shepherd, Lynsey Patterson

Close contact infection dynamics over time: insights from a second large-scale social contact survey in Flanders, Belgium, in 2010-2011

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Thang Van Hoang, Pietro Coletti, Yimer Wasihun Kifle, Kim Van Kerckhove, Sarah Vercruysse, Lander Willem, Philippe Beutels, Niel Hens

Community transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is associated with activity space overlap in Lima, Peru

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David P. Bui, Shruthi S. Chandran, Eyal Oren, Heidi E. Brown, Robin B. Harris, Gwenan M. Knight, Louis Grandjean

Correction to: Impact of 16S rDNA sequencing on clinical treatment decisions: a single center retrospective study

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Axel Ursenbach, Frédéric Schramm, François Séverac, Yves Hansmann, Nicolas Lefebvre, Yvon Ruch, Xavier Argemi

Thalamic abscess in a patient with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia successfully treated with an empiric antibiotic regime: case report and review of the literature

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Xavier A. Santander, Anwar Saab, Juan Manuel Revuelta-Barbero, Elena Múñez

Molecular characterization of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) in women in Lomé, Togo

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Akouélé P. Kuassi-Kpede, Essolakina Dolou, Théodora M. Zohoncon, Ina Marie Angèle Traore, Gnatoulma Katawa, R. Alice Ouedraogo, Esther Mah Traore, Prosper Bado, T. Clarisse Ouedraogo, Florencia Wendkuuni Djigma, Simplice Damintoti Karou, Jacques Simpore

Risk factors for measles deaths among children during a Nationwide measles outbreak – Romania, 2016–2018

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Morgane Donadel, Aurora Stanescu, Adriana Pistol, Brock Stewart, Cassandra Butu, Dragan Jankovic, Bogdan Paunescu, Laura Zimmerman

Research on the predictive effect of a combined model of ARIMA and neural networks on human brucellosis in Shanxi Province, China: a time series predictive analysis

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Mengmeng Zhai, Wenhan Li, Ping Tie, Xuchun Wang, Tao Xie, Hao Ren, Zhuang Zhang, Weimei Song, Dichen Quan, Meichen Li, Limin Chen, Lixia Qiu

The utility of point-of-care urinary lipoarabinomannan testing for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study

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Kim de Vasconcellos, Praksha Ramjathan, Dhivendra Singh

Improving treatment outcomes for leprosy in Pernambuco, Brazil: a qualitative study exploring the experiences and perceptions of retreatment patients and their carers

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Divya Khanna, Gilles de Wildt, Luiz Antonio Miranda de Souza Duarte Filho, Mitali Bajaj, Jo Freda Lai, Esme Gardiner, Andrea Maia Fernandes de Araújo Fonseca, Antje Lindenmeyer, Patrícia Sammarco Rosa

Divergences on expected pneumonia cases during the COVID-19 epidemic in Catalonia: a time-series analysis of primary care electronic health records covering about 6 million people

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Ermengol Coma, Leonardo Méndez-Boo, Núria Mora, Carolina Guiriguet, Mència Benítez, Francesc Fina, Mireia Fàbregas, Elisabet Balló, Francisa Ramos, Manuel Medina, Josep M. Argimon

Bittersweet: infective complications of drug-induced glycosuria in patients with diabetes mellitus on SGLT2-inhibitors: two case reports

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Caroline Bartolo, Victoria Hall, N. Deborah Friedman, Chloe Lanyon, Andrew Fuller, C. Orla Morrissey, Eugene Athan

Systematic review: the bioavailability of orally administered antibiotics during the initial phase of a systemic infection in non-ICU patients

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Annemieke K. van den Broek, Jan M. Prins, Caroline E. Visser, Reinier M. van Hest

Fluid requirement in adult dengue haemorrhagic fever patients during the critical phase of the illness: an observational study

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PMW Madanayake, AEU Jayawardena, S L Wijekoon, N Perera, JKP Wanigasuriya

Peripheral immune profile of children with Talaromyces marneffei infections: a retrospective analysis of 21 cases

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Qiang Zeng, Yingkang Jin, Genquan Yin, Diyuan Yang, Wenyan Li, Tingting Shi, Gen Lu, Li Huang, Huifeng Fan

Clinical false positives resulting from recent intravenous immunoglobulin therapy: case report

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Janarthanee Suresh, Barry D. Kyle

Institutional outbreak involving multiple clades of IMP-producing Enterobacter cloacae complex sequence type 78 at a cancer center in Tokyo, Japan

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Sohei Harada, Kotaro Aoki, Daisuke Ohkushi, Koh Okamoto, Kazumi Takehana, Tomomi Akatsuchi, Keito Ida, Daigo Shoji, Yoshikazu Ishii, Yohei Doi, Kyoji Moriya, Brian Hayama

Physical disabilities caused by leprosy in 100 million cohort in Brazil

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Mauro Niskier Sanchez, Joilda Silva Nery, Júlia Moreira Pescarini, André Alves Mendes, Maria Yury Ichihara, Camila Silveira Silva Teixeira, Maria Lúcia Fernandes Penna, Liam Smeeth, Laura Cunha Rodrigues, Maurício Lima Barreto, Elizabeth B. Brickley, Gerson Oliveira Penna

Influenza and other respiratory viral infections associated with absence from school among schoolchildren in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA: a cohort study

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Jonathan M. Read, Shanta Zimmer, Charles Vukotich Jr, Mary Lou Schweizer, David Galloway, Carrie Lingle, Gaby Yearwood, Patti Calderone, Eva Noble, Talia Quadelacy, Kyra Grantz, Charles Rinaldo, Hongjiang Gao, Jeanette Rainey, Amra Uzicanin, Derek A. T. Cummings

Risk factors for mortality among patients diagnosed with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Uganda- a case-control study

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Enock Kizito, Joseph Musaazi, Kenneth Mutesasira, Fred Twinomugisha, Helen Namwanje, Timothy Kiyemba, Debora B. Freitas Lopez, Nicholas Sebuliba Nicholas, Abel Nkolo, Estella Birabwa, Seyoum Dejene, Stella Zawedde-Muyanja

Relationship between neighborhood census-tract level socioeconomic status and respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations in U.S. adults, 2015–2017

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Jenna E. Holmen, Lindsay Kim, Bryanna Cikesh, Pam Daily Kirley, Shua J. Chai, Nancy M. Bennett, Christina B. Felsen, Patricia Ryan, Maya Monroe, Evan J. Anderson, Kyle P. Openo, Kathryn Como-Sabetti, Erica Bye, H. Keipp Talbot, William Schaffner, Alison Muse, Grant R. Barney, Michael Whitaker, Jennifer Ahern, Christopher Rowe, Gayle Langley, Art Reingold

Hepatic expression of cholesterol regulating genes favour increased circulating low-density lipoprotein in HIV infected patients with gallstone disease: a preliminary study

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Suman Mewa Kinoo, Anil A. Chuturgoon, Bugwan Singh, Savania Nagiah

Epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive Escherichia coli infection in neonates from 2012 to 2019 in Xiamen, China

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Jidong Lai, Yao Zhu, Lixia Tang, Xinzhu Lin

Invasive aspergillosis in solid organ transplant patients: diagnosis, prophylaxis, treatment, and assessment of response

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Dionysios Neofytos, Carolina Garcia-Vidal, Frédéric Lamoth, Christoph Lichtenstern, Alessandro Perrella, Jörg Janne Vehreschild

Efficacy and safety of Levamisole treatment in clinical presentations of non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial

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Amirreza Roostaei Firozabad, Zohreh Akhoundi Meybodi, Seyed Ruhollah Mousavinasab, Adeleh Sahebnasagh, Mohsen Gholinataj Jelodar, Iman Karimzadeh, Solomon Habtemariam, Fatemeh Saghafi

Subacute cerebellar ataxia following respiratory symptoms of COVID-19: a case report

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Jana Werner, Ina Reichen, Michael Huber, Irene A. Abela, Michael Weller, Ilijas Jelcic

Follow-up study on serum cholesterol profiles and potential sequelae in recovered COVID-19 patients

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Guiling Li, Li Du, Xiaoling Cao, Xiuqi Wei, Yao Jiang, Yuqi Lin, Vi Nguyen, Wenbin Tan, Hui Wang

Isolation and characterizations of a novel recombinant scFv antibody against exotoxin A of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Zahra Shadman, Safar Farajnia, Mohammad Pazhang, Mohammadreza Tohidkia, Leila Rahbarnia, Saeed Najavand, Sayna Toraby

Impact of acute kidney injury on survival in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a retrospective cohort study

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Hankyu Jeon, Jae Heon Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Hee Jin Kim, Ra Ri Cha, Hyun Chin Cho, Jae Min Lee, Chang Yoon Ha, Hyun Jin Kim, Tae Hyo Kim, Woon Tae Jung, Ok-Jae Lee

Population aging and trends of pulmonary tuberculosis incidence in the elderly

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Shi-jin Li, Yi-fan Li, Wan-mei Song, Qian-yun Zhang, Si-qi Liu, Ting-ting Xu, Qi-qi An, Jin-yue Liu, Huai-chen Li

Improved detection of microbiological pathogens: role of partner and non-governmental organizations

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Michael Owusu, Bernard Nkrumah, Godfred Acheampong, Ebenezer Kofi Mensah, Abass Abdul-Karim Komei, Festus Kofi Sroda, Sambian David, Shannon Emery, Lucy Maryogo Robinson, Kwame Asante, David Opare

‘Long COVID’: persistent COVID-19 symptoms in survivors managed in Lagos State, Nigeria

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Bodunrin Osikomaiya, Olufemi Erinoso, Kikelomo Ololade Wright, Aina Olufemi Odusola, Babafemi Thomas, Oluwatosin Adeyemi, Abimbola Bowale, Olusola Adejumo, Ayodeji Falana, Ismail Abdus-salam, Olusegun Ogboye, Akin Osibogun, Akin Abayomi

Measles and rubella serosusceptibity among population vaccinated with different schedules: the potential impact on measles-rubella elimination in Iran

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Hana Saffar, Maryam Khalifeloo, Mohammad-Jafar Saffar, Alireza Abdollahi, Mohammad-Reza Parsaei, Gholam-Reza Ghorbani, Samaneh Salarvand, Mohsen Aarabi

Viral etiology and epidemiology of pediatric patients hospitalized for acute respiratory tract infections in Macao: a retrospective study from 2014 to 2017

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Cheng Lei, Lisong Yang, Cheong Tat Lou, Fan Yang, Kin Ian SiTou, Hao Hu, King Io, Kun Tat Cheok, Baoquan Pan, Carolina Oi Lam Ung

Optimal empiric treatment for KPC-2-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections in critically ill patients with normal or decreased renal function using Monte Carlo simulation

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Guoan Wang, Wei Yu, Yushan Cui, Qingyi Shi, Chen Huang, Yonghong Xiao

Role of interleukin 6 as a predictive factor for a severe course of Covid-19: retrospective data analysis of patients from a long-term care facility during Covid-19 outbreak

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P. Sabaka, A. Koščálová, I. Straka, J. Hodosy, R. Lipták, B. Kmotorková, M. Kachlíková, A. Kušnírová

Excluded versus included patients in a randomized controlled trial of infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: relevance to external validity

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Vered Daitch, Mical Paul, George L. Daikos, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni, Dafna Yahav, Yehuda Carmeli, Yael Dishon Benattar, Anna Skiada, Roberto Andini, Noa Eliakim-Raz, Amir Nutman, Oren Zusman, Anastasia Antoniadou, Giusi Cavezza, Amos Adler, Yaakov Dickstein, Ioannis Pavleas, Rosa Zampino, Roni Bitterman, Hiba Zayyad, Fidi Koppel, Yael Zak-Doron, Inbar Levi, Tanya Babich, Adi Turjeman, Haim Ben-Zvi, Lena E. Friberg, Johan W. Mouton, Ursula Theuretzbacher, Leonard Leibovici

Francisella tularensis human infections in a village of northwest Iran

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Saber Esmaeili, Mahdi Rohani, Ahmad Ghasemi, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Simin Khayatzadeh, Ahmad Mahmoudi, Hossein Ahangari Cohan, Anders Johansson, Max Maurin, Ehsan Mostafavi

Systemic dengue infection associated with a new dengue virus type 2 introduction in Brazil – a case report

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Marielton dos Passos Cunha, Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto, Shahab Zaki Pour, Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar, Fernando Pereira Frassetto, Marisa Dolhnikoff, Paulo Hilario do Nascimento Saldiva, Paolo Marinho de Andrade Zanotto

C-reactive protein predicts complications in community-associated S. aureus bacteraemia: a cohort study

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Carly L. Botheras, Steven J. Bowe, Raquel Cowan, Eugene Athan

Nutritional risk screening score as an independent predictor of nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia: a cohort study of 67,280 patients

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Zhihui Chen, Hongmei Wu, Jiehong Jiang, Kun Xu, Shengchun Gao, Le Chen, Haihong Wang, Xiuyang Li

Activity of daily living upon admission is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in older patients with community-acquired pneumonia

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Yu Kang, Xiang-Yang Fang, Dong Wang, Xiao-Juan Wang

Independent predictors for 90-day readmission of emergency department patients admitted with sepsis: a prospective cohort study

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Peer Oscar Overgaard Stenholt, S. M. Osama Bin Abdullah, Rune Husås Sørensen, Finn Erland Nielsen

Early prediction of blood stream infection in a prospectively collected cohort

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David Nestor, Hanna Andersson, Pernilla Kihlberg, Sara Olson, Ingrid Ziegler, Gunlög Rasmussen, Jan Källman, Sara Cajander, Paula Mölling, Martin Sundqvist

Cytokine measurements add value to clinical variables in predicting outcomes for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

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Karen Tan, Emi Minejima, Mimi Lou, Wendy J. Mack, Paul Nieberg, Annie Wong-Beringer

Diagnostic performance of the combined nasal and throat swab in patients admitted to hospital with suspected COVID-19

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Kuan Ken Lee, Dimitrios Doudesis, Daniella A. Ross, Anda Bularga, Claire L. MacKintosh, Oliver Koch, Ingolfur Johannessen, Kate Templeton, Sara Jenks, Andrew R. Chapman, Anoop S. V. Shah, Atul Anand, Meghan R. Perry, Nicholas L. Mills, Atul Anand, Kathy Harrison, Catherine Stables, Ally Hume, David Homan, Catriona Waugh, Jilly McKay, Chris Duncan, Ronnie Harkess, Michael Gray, Colan Mahaffey, Pamela Linksted, Anoop S. V. Shah, Rob Baxter, Peter Cairns, Nicola Rigglesford, Martin Egan, Nicholas L. Mills, Daniella A. Ross, Claire L. Mackintosh, Oliver Koch, Kate Templeton, Meghan R. Perry, Anda Bularga, Hannah M. M. Preston, Thomas J. McCormick, Arjuna A. Sivakumaran, Kathryn A. W. Knight, Rosie Callender, Anna K. Jamieson, Jonathan Wubetu, John P. Kelly, Zaina Sharif, Ha Bao Trung Le, Jason Yang, Arun Parajuli, Ed Whittaker, Oscar C. N. Maltby, Sarah H. Goodwin, Louisa R. Cary, Emma K. Watson, Thomas H. Clouston, Julia Guerrero Enriquez, Xin Yi Ng, Kuan Ken Lee, Andrew R. Chapman, Yvonne K. McFarlane, Kate H. Regan, Richard P. Biggers, Anoop S. V. Shah, Alistair Stewart, Alastair Thomson, Daniella Ene, Hazel Neilson, Juergen Caris, Maria McMenemy, Nazir Lone, Paul Schofield, Sophie McCall, Stephen Young, Tracey McKinley, Tracey Rapson

Response to a sexual risk reduction intervention provided in combination with hepatitis C treatment by HIV/HCV co-infected men who have sex with men: a reflexive thematic analysis

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Patrizia Künzler-Heule, Katharina Fierz, Axel Jeremias Schmidt, Manuela Rasi, Jasmina Bogdanovic, Agnes Kocher, Sandra Engberg, Manuel Battegay, Christiana Nöstlinger, Andreas Lehner, Roger Kouyos, Patrick Schmid, Dominique Laurent Braun, Jan Fehr, Dunja Nicca

Respiratory microbes detected in hospitalized adults with acute respiratory infections: associations between influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus and intensive care unit admission or fatal outcome in Vietnam (2015–2017)

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Phuong Thai Truong, Shinji Saito, Ikuyo Takayama, Hiroyuki Furuya, Binh Gia Nguyen, Thanh Van Do, Phuong Thu Phan, Cuong Duy Do, Co Xuan Dao, Thach The Pham, Tuan Quoc Dang, Chau Quy Ngo, Ngan Thi Le, Vuong Minh Bui, Dung Trung Le, Van Thi Tuong Vu, Thuy Thi Phuong Pham, Takeshi Arashiro, Tsutomu Kageyama, Noriko Nakajima

Differences in antibiotic and antiviral use in people with confirmed influenza: a retrospective comparison of rapid influenza PCR and multiplex respiratory virus PCR tests

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Victor Au Yeung, Kiran Thapa, William Rawlinson, Andrew Georgiou, Jeffrey J. Post, Kristen Overton

Chorea as the presenting feature of acute rheumatic fever in childhood; case reports from a low-prevalence European setting

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Marta Illán Ramos, Belén Sagastizabal Cardelús, Adrián García Ron, Sara Guillén Martín, Arantxa Berzosa Sánchez, José Tomás Ramos Amador

Clinical features of parainfluenza infections among young children hospitalized for acute respiratory illness in Amman, Jordan

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Leigh M. Howard, Danielle A. Rankin, Andrew J. Spieker, Wenying Gu, Zaid Haddadin, Varvara Probst, Herdi Rahman, Rendie McHenry, Claudia Guevara Pulido, John V. Williams, Samir Faouri, Asem Shehabi, Najwa Khuri-Bulos, Natasha B. Halasa

Assessing the determinants of Ebola virus disease transmission in Baka Community of the Tropical Rainforest of Cameroon

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Frankline Sevidzem Wirsiy, Alphonse Um Boock, Jane-Francis Tatah Kihla Akoachere

IgG and IgM antibody formation to spike and nucleocapsid proteins in COVID-19 characterized by multiplex immunoblot assays

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Jyotsna Shah, Song Liu, Hari-Hara Potula, Prerna Bhargava, Iris Cruz, Denise Force, Ammar Bazerbashi, Ranjan Ramasamy

Efficacy and safety of artemisinin-based combination therapies for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in pediatrics: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Workineh Shibeshi, Getachew Alemkere, Assefa Mulu, Ephrem Engidawork

The associations of serum S100A9 with the severity and prognosis in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a prospective cohort study

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Hong-Yan Liu, Hui-Xian Xiang, Ying Xiang, Zheng Xu, Chun-Mei Feng, Jun Fei, Lin Fu, Hui Zhao

Prevalence and genotype distribution of HPV infection among 214,715 women from Southern China, 2012–2018: baseline measures prior to mass HPV vaccination

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Li-pei Luo, Ping He, Qiao-tu Liu, Yang-hua Jiang, Yang-nan Zhang, Qing-zhao Li, Qiu Li, Sheng-tao Li, Fan Yang, Hua Ling, Xin-gui Dai, Zhong-yu Li, Hong-liang Chen

Haematological abnormalities in children with sickle cell disease and non-severe malaria infection in western Kenya

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Paul Kosiyo, Walter Otieno, Jesse Gitaka, Elly O. Munde, Collins Ouma

Molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis against levofloxacin, moxifloxacin, bedaquiline, linezolid, clofazimine, and delamanid in southwest of China

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Huiwen Zheng, Wencong He, Weiwei Jiao, Hui Xia, Lin Sun, Shengfen Wang, Jing Xiao, Xichao Ou, Yanlin Zhao, Adong Shen

Co-infection of HIV in patients with Buruli ulcer disease in Central Ghana

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Yaw Ampem Amoako, Aloysius Dzigbordi Loglo, Michael Frimpong, Bernadette Agbavor, Mohammed Kabiru Abass, George Amofa, Elizabeth Ofori, Edwin Ampadu, Kingsley Asiedu, Ymkje Stienstra, Mark Wansbrough-Jones, Tjip van der Werf, Richard Odame Phillips

Effect of hookworm infection and anthelmintic treatment on naturally acquired antibody responses against the GMZ2 malaria vaccine candidate and constituent antigens

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Benjamin Amoani, Ben Gyan, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Emmanuel Kwasi Abu, Samuel Victor Nuvor, Precious Barnes, Tracy Sarkodie-Addo, Benjamin Ahenkorah, Christian Sewor, Duah Dwomoh, Michael Theisen, Michael Cappello, Michael D. Wilson, Bright Adu

Clinical and CT features of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 cases after two sequential negative nucleic acid testing results: a retrospective analysis

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Yan Rong, Fei Wang, Jinfei Tian, Xinhua Liang, Jing Wang, Xiaoli Li, Dandan Zhang, Jing Liu, Huadong Zeng, Yang Zhou, Yi Shi

HIV voluntary counseling and testing uptake and associated factors among Ethiopian youths: evidence from the 2016 EDHS using multilevel modeling

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Mamo Nigatu, Teshome Kabeta, Abonesh Taye, Merga Belina

Effects of weather-related social distancing on city-scale transmission of respiratory viruses: a retrospective cohort study

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Michael L. Jackson, Gregory R. Hart, Denise J. McCulloch, Amanda Adler, Elisabeth Brandstetter, Kairsten Fay, Peter Han, Kirsten Lacombe, Jover Lee, Thomas R. Sibley, Deborah A. Nickerson, Mark J. Rieder, Lea Starita, Janet A. Englund, Trevor Bedford, Helen Chu, Michael Famulare, Helen Y. Chu, Michael Boeckh, Janet A. Englund, Michael Famulare, Barry R. Lutz, Deborah A. Nickerson, Mark J. Rieder, Lea M. Starita, Matthew Thompson, Jay Shendure, Trevor Bedford, Amanda Adler, Elisabeth Brandstetter, Jeris Bosua, Shari Cho, Chris D. Frazar, Peter D. Han, James Hadfield, Shichu Huang, Michael L. Jackson, Anahita Kiavand, Louise E. Kimball, Kirsten Lacombe, Jennifer Logue, Victoria Lyon, Kira L. Newman, Matthew Richardson, Thomas R. Sibley, Monica L. Zigman Suchsland, Caitlin Wolf

MPT64 assays for the rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Xun-Jie Cao, Ya-Ping Li, Jia-Ying Wang, Jie Zhou, Xu-Guang Guo

Methylprednisolone or dexamethasone, which one is superior corticosteroid in the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a triple-blinded randomized controlled trial

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Keivan Ranjbar, Mohsen Moghadami, Alireza Mirahmadizadeh, Mohammad Javad Fallahi, Vahid Khaloo, Reza Shahriarirad, Amirhossein Erfani, Zohre Khodamoradi, Mohammad Hasan Gholampoor Saadi

Predictors of willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S

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Bridget J. Kelly, Brian G. Southwell, Lauren A. McCormack, Carla M. Bann, Pia D. M. MacDonald, Alicia M. Frasier, Christine A. Bevc, Noel T. Brewer, Linda B. Squiers

Antibiotic prescriptions for children younger than 5 years with acute upper respiratory infections in China: a retrospective nationwide claims database study

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Fengxia Xue, Baoping Xu, Adong Shen, Kunling Shen

Correction to: Comparative efficacy, safety and durability of dolutegravir relative to common core agents in treatment-naïve patients infected with HIV-1: an update on a systematic review and network meta-analysis

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Katharina Nickel, Nicholas J. A. Halfpenny, Sonya J. Snedecor, Yogesh Suresh Punekar

Clinical characteristics and outcome of influenza virus infection among adults hospitalized with severe COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study from Wuhan, China

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Xunliang Tong, Xiaomao Xu, Guoyue Lv, He Wang, Anqi Cheng, Dingyi Wang, Guohui Fan, Yue Zhang, Yanming Li

Informing the public health response to COVID-19: a systematic review of risk factors for disease, severity, and mortality

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M. Flook, C. Jackson, E. Vasileiou, C. R. Simpson, M. D. Muckian, U. Agrawal, C. McCowan, Y. Jia, J. L. K. Murray, L. D. Ritchie, C. Robertson, S. J. Stock, X. Wang, M. E. J. Woolhouse, A. Sheikh, H. R. Stagg

Impact of COVID-19 infection on life expectancy, premature mortality, and DALY in Maharashtra, India

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Guru Vasishtha, Sanjay K. Mohanty, Udaya S. Mishra, Manisha Dubey, Umakanta Sahoo

An Eschar-like souvenir from a journey to Colombia: Ecthyma gangrenosum as a differential diagnosis of tropical diseases in immunocompromised patients – a case report

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Gabriela M. Wiedemann, Jochen Schneider, Mareike Verbeek, Björn Konukiewitz, Christoph D. Spinner, Henrik Einwächter, Roland M. Schmid, Kathrin Rothe

European data sources for computing burden of (potential) vaccine-preventable diseases in ageing adults

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Estelle Méroc, Janeri Fröberg, Timea Almasi, Brita Askeland Winje, Alejandro Orrico-Sánchez, Anneke Steens, Scott A. McDonald, Kaatje Bollaerts, Mirjam J. Knol

Is deployement of diagnostic test alone enough? Comprehensive package of interventions to strengthen TB laboratory network: three years of experience in Burkina Faso

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Riccardo Alagna, Adjima Combary, Elisa Tagliani, Léon Tinnoga Sawadogo, Tandaogo Saouadogo, Souba Diandé, Francis Ouedraogo, Daniela Maria Cirillo

Leprosy detection rate in patients under immunosuppression for the treatment of dermatological, rheumatological, and gastroenterological diseases: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis

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Daniel Holanda Barroso, Jurema Guerrieri Brandão, Elaine Silva Nascimento Andrade, Ana Clara Banhatto Correia, Danielle Costa Aquino, Ana Carolina Rios Chen, Sebastian Vernal, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo, Lícia Maria Henrique da Mota, Raimunda Nonata Ribeiro Sampaio, Patrícia Shu Kurizky, Ciro Martins Gomes

Molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in African children from rural and urban communities with atopic dermatitis

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Gillian O. N. Ndhlovu, Regina E. Abotsi, Adebayo O. Shittu, Shima M. Abdulgader, Dorota Jamrozy, Christopher L. Dupont, Avumile Mankahla, Mark P. Nicol, Carol Hlela, Michael E. Levin, Nonhlanhla Lunjani, Felix S. Dube

Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis among children with diarrhoea under five years admitted to Kosti teaching hospital, Kosti City, Sudan

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Abdelhakam G. Tamomh, AbdElhadi M. Agena, Elham Elamin, Mohammed A. Suliman, Mohammed Elmadani, Asmaa B. Omara, Sahar A. Musa

Estimating asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections in a geographic area of low disease incidence

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Valeria Caturano, Barbara Manti, Fortunata Carbone, Vito Alessandro Lasorsa, Roberta Colicchio, Mario Capasso, Antonio Leonardi, Giuseppe Matarese, Tommaso Russo, Paola Salvatore

Clinical characteristics, risk factors and outcome of severe Norovirus infection in kidney transplant patients: a case-control study

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Julien Gras, Moustafa Abdel-Nabey, Axelle Dupont, Jérôme Le Goff, Jean-Michel Molina, Marie Noëlle Peraldi

Clinical metagenomics assessments improve diagnosis and outcomes in community-acquired pneumonia

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Fei Xie, Zhimei Duan, Weiqi Zeng, Shumei Xie, Mingzhou Xie, Han Fu, Qing Ye, Teng Xu, Lixin Xie

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid characteristics and outcomes of invasively mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 pneumonia in Genoa, Italy

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Chiara Dentone, Antonio Vena, Maurizio Loconte, Federica Grillo, Iole Brunetti, Emanuela Barisione, Elisabetta Tedone, Sara Mora, Antonio Di Biagio, Andrea Orsi, Andrea De Maria, Laura Nicolini, Lorenzo Ball, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Laura Magnasco, Emanuele Delfino, Luca Mastracci, Rosa Mangerini, Lucia Taramasso, Chiara Sepulcri, Rachele Pincino, Martina Bavastro, Matteo Cerchiaro, Malgorzata Mikulska, Bianca Bruzzone, Giancarlo Icardi, Paolo Frisoni, Angelo Gratarola, Nicolò Patroniti, Paolo Pelosi, Matteo Bassetti

Carbon dioxide increases with face masks but remains below short-term NIOSH limits

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Michelle S. M. Rhee, Carin D. Lindquist, Matthew T. Silvestrini, Amanda C. Chan, Jonathan J. Y. Ong, Vijay K. Sharma

Nationwide cross-sectional study of antimicrobial stewardship and antifungal stewardship programs in inpatient settings in Japan

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Yuki Moriyama , Masahiro Ishikane, Yoshiki Kusama, Nobuaki Matsunaga, Taichi Tajima, Kayoko Hayakawa, Norio Ohmagari

Development and validation of a simple-to-use nomogram to predict the deterioration and survival of patients with COVID-19

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Zhiyong Zeng, Chaohui Wu, Zhenlv Lin, Yong Ye, Shaodan Feng, Yingying Fang, Yanmei Huang, Minhua Li, Debing Du, Gongping Chen, Dezhi Kang

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Methylene blue photochemical treatment as a reliable SARS-CoV-2 plasma virus inactivation method for blood safety and convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19

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Changzhong Jin, Bin Yu, Jie Zhang, Hao Wu, Xipeng Zhou, Hangping Yao, Fumin Liu, Xiangyun Lu, Linfang Cheng, Miao Jiang, Nanping Wu

Online respondent-driven detection for enhanced contact tracing of close-contact infectious diseases: benefits and barriers for public health practice

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Yannick B. Helms, Nora Hamdiui, Renske Eilers, Christian Hoebe, Nicole Dukers-Muijrers, Hans van den Kerkhof, Aura Timen, Mart L. Stein

High frequency of Taenia solium antigen positivity in patients admitted for neurological disorders in the Rural Hospital of Mosango, Democratic Republic of Congo

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Deby Mukendi, Jean-Roger Lilo Kalo, Pascal Lutumba, Barbara Barbé, Jan Jacobs, Cedric P. Yansouni, Sarah Gabriël, Pierre Dorny, François Chappuis, Marleen Boelaert, Andrea S. Winkler, Kristien Verdonck, Emmanuel Bottieau

Evaluation of pooling of samples for testing SARS-CoV- 2 for mass screening of COVID-19

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Sally A. Mahmoud, Esra Ibrahim, Bhagyashree Thakre, Juliet G. Teddy, Preety Raheja, Subhashini Ganesan, Walid A. Zaher

Virulence genes and phylogenetic groups of uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates from patients with urinary tract infection and uninfected control subjects: a case-control study

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Seyedeh Elham Rezatofighi, Mahsa Mirzarazi, Mansour Salehi

Viral load and high prevalence of HR-HPV52 and 58 types in black women from rural communities

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Lays Paula Bondi Volpini, Jerusa Araújo Dias, Luciana Bueno de Freitas, Maria Carmen Lopes Ferreira Silva, Angélica Espinosa Miranda, Liliana Cruz Spano

Association between the frequency of surgeries for video-assisted thoracic surgery and the incidence of consequent surgical site infections: a retrospective observational study based on national surveillance data

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Toshiki Kajihara, Koji Yahara, Aki Hirabayashi, Hitomi Kurosu, Motoyuki Sugai, Keigo Shibayama

Severe pneumonia caused by Parvimonas micra: a case report

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Qing Yu, Lingling Sun, Zuqing Xu, Lumei Fan, Yunbo Du

Comparison of clinical features on admission between coronavirus disease 2019 and influenza a among children: a retrospective study in China

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Feng Liang, Xianfeng Wang, Jianbo Shao, Jun Chen, Lei Liu, Hui Li, Yi Xu, Liya He, Huiying Liang, Kuanrong Li, Sitang Gong, Huimin Xia

Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia in patients with rheumatic autoimmune diseases: clinical characteristics, antimicrobial resistance and factors associated with extended-spectrum β-lactamase production

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Yang Liu, Yecheng Liu, Jiayuan Dai, Anlei Liu, Yi Li, Jun Xu, Xuezhong Yu, Jihai Liu, Huadong Zhu

COVID-19 in Northeast Bosnia and Herzegovina and patient’s length of hospitalization

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Alma Trnacevic, Amer Mujkanovic, Noura Al-Salloum, Amra Sakusic, Emir Trnacevic, Emir Jusufovic, Fatima Hukic, Rahima Jahic, Richard Stratton

A 10-year cross-sectional retrospective study on Kawasaki disease in Iranian children: incidence, clinical manifestations, complications, and treatment patterns

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Payman Sadeghi, Anahita Izadi, Sayed Yousef Mojtahedi, Leila Khedmat, Mohsen Jafari, Azadeh Afshin, Pourya Yarahmadi, Effat Hosseinali Beigi

High levels of anti-Leishmania IgG3 and low CD4+ T cells count were associated with relapses in visceral leishmaniasis

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Renata Caetano Kuschnir, Leonardo Soares Pereira, Maria Rita Teixeira Dutra, Ludmila de Paula, Maria Luciana Silva-Freitas, Gabriela Corrêa-Castro, Simone da Costa Cruz Silva, Glaucia Cota, Joanna Reis Santos-Oliveira, Alda Maria Da-Cruz

The causal relationship between O2:K7:H6 extra-intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) and native valve endocarditis: a case report

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Marie-Françoise Leonard, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Nadia Boisen, Flemming Scheutz, Pierre-François Laterre, Philippe Hantson

The characteristics of laboratory tests at admission and the risk factors for adverse clinical outcomes of severe and critical COVID-19 patients

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Liulin Wang, Xiaobin Cheng, Qiufen Dong, Chenliang Zhou, Yeming Wang, Bin Song, Weinan Li, Min Wang, Rui Qin, Qi Long, Juan Liu, Jing Li, Dan Li, Gang Li, Yuanming Ba

Clonal diversity and genomic characterization of Panton-valentine Leukocidin (PVL)-positive Staphylococcus aureus in Tehran, Iran

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Zahra Najafi olya, Shahin Najar-Peerayeh, Abbas Yadegar, Bita Bakhshi

HPV infection and bacterial microbiota in the semen from healthy men

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Heidi Tuominen, Jaana Rautava, Katja Kero, Stina Syrjänen, Maria Carmen Collado, Samuli Rautava

Antibiotic stewardship program in Pakistan: a multicenter qualitative study exploring medical doctors’ knowledge, perception and practices

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Muhammad Atif, Beenish Ihsan, Iram Malik, Nafees Ahmad, Zikria Saleem, Azka Sehar, Zaheer-ud-Din Babar

Ambulatory induction phase treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in HIV integrated primary care clinics, Yangon, Myanmar

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Clare E. Warrell, Catriona Macrae, Alistair R. D. McLean, Edmund Wilkins, Elizabeth A. Ashley, Frank Smithuis, Ni Ni Tun

Gastrointestinal manifestations of Talaromyces marneffei infection in an HIV-infected patient rapidly verified by metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report

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Ying Zhou, Yongfeng Liu, Ying Wen

Changes in health-related quality of life and the associated factors among Myanmar migrants with tuberculosis: a cohort study

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Myo Minn Oo, Naris Boonathapat, Htet Ko Ko Aung, Petchawan Pungrassami, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul

Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among cervical cancer suspected women at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, North-west Ethiopia

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Milkias Abebe, Setegn Eshetie, Belay Tessema

Interaction analysis of statistically enriched mutations identified in Cameroon recombinant subtype CRF02_AG that can influence the development of Dolutegravir drug resistance mutations

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Sello Given Mikasi, Darren Isaacs, Rumbidzai Chitongo, George Mondide Ikomey, Graeme Brendon Jacobs, Ruben Cloete

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura with brain abscess caused by Nocardia farcinica diagnosed using metagenomics next-generation sequencing of the cerebrospinal fluid: a case report

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Chaojun Zhou, Kai Wang, Hanrong Li, Xiaobo Zhang

Isolation of non-tuberculous mycobacteria among tuberculosis patients, a study from a tertiary care hospital in Lahore, Pakistan

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Asifa Karamat, Atiqa Ambreen, Aamira Ishtiaq, Sabira Tahseen, Muhammad Aqeelur Rahman, Tehmina Mustafa

Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and treatment outcomes of patients with COVID-19 at Thailand’s university-based referral hospital

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Rujipas Sirijatuphat, Yupin Suputtamongkol, Nasikarn Angkasekwinai, Navin Horthongkham, Methee Chayakulkeeree, Pinyo Rattanaumpawan, Pornpan Koomanachai, Susan Assanasen, Yong Rongrungruang, Nitipatana Chierakul, Ranistha Ratanarat, Anupop Jitmuang, Walaiporn Wangchinda, Wannee Kantakamalakul

Correction to: Predictors of willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S

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Bridget J. Kelly, Brian G. Southwell, Lauren A. McCormack, Carla M. Bann, Pia D. M. MacDonald, Alicia M. Frasier, Christine A. Bevc, Noel T. Brewer, Linda B. Squiers

Diagnostic value of neutrophil CD64, procalcitonin, and interleukin-6 in sepsis: a meta-analysis

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Shan Cong, Tiangang Ma, Xin Di, Chang Tian, Min Zhao, Ke Wang

Antibiotic resistance among the Lahu hill tribe people, northern Thailand: a cross-sectional study

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Sophaphan Intahphuak, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Patita Kuipiaphum

The frequency of cytomegalovirus non-ELR UL146 genotypes in neonates with congenital CMV disease is comparable to strains in the background population

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Christian Berg, Mette M. Rosenkilde, Thomas Benfield, Lene Nielsen, Thomas Sundelin, Hans R. Lüttichau

Resistance-associated substitutions and response to treatment in a chronic hepatitis C virus infected-patient: an unusual virological response case report

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Fabián Aldunate, Natalia Echeverría, Daniela Chiodi, Pablo López, Adriana Sánchez-Cicerón, Martín Soñora, Juan Cristina, Gonzalo Moratorio, Nelia Hernández, Pilar Moreno

Asymptomatic urinary tract infections and associated risk factors in Pakistani Muslim type 2 diabetic patients

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Azizul Hasan Aamir, Umar Yousuf Raja, Ali Asghar, Saeed Ahmed Mahar, Tahir Ghaffar, Ibrar Ahmed, Faisal Masood Qureshi, Jamal Zafar, Mohammad Imtiaz Hasan, Amna Riaz, Syed Abbas Raza, Irshad Ahmed Khosa, Jahanzeb Khan, Mahwish Raza, Jaffer Bin Baqar

Successful treatment by on-demand glecaprevir and pibrentasvir for hepatitis C flare during R-CHOP in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a case report

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Machiko Umemura, Goki Suda, Shihori Tsukamoto, Ko Ebata, Shinjiro Takahash, Takashi Sasaki, Sae Nakajima, Koji Hirata, Mariko Ozasa, Masatoshi Takano, Masaki Katagiri, Naoya Sakamoto

Identifying risk factors for late HIV diagnosis and survival analysis of people living with HIV/AIDS in Iran (1987–2016)

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Younes Mohammadi, Mohammad Mirzaei, Nasrin Shirmohammadi-Khorram, Maryam Farhadian

Projecting COVID-19 disease severity in cancer patients using purposefully-designed machine learning

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Saket Navlakha, Sejal Morjaria, Rocio Perez-Johnston, Allen Zhang, Ying Taur

Developing and validating a risk algorithm to diagnose Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis in symptomatic Rwandan women

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Kristin M. Wall, Julien Nyombayire, Rachel Parker, Rosine Ingabire, Jean Bizimana, Jeannine Mukamuyango, Amelia Mazzei, Matt A. Price, Marie Aimee Unyuzimana, Amanda Tichacek, Susan Allen, Etienne Karita

Timeliness of contact tracing among flight passengers during the COVID-19 epidemic in Vietnam

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Thai Quang Pham, Ngoc-Anh Hoang, Ha-Linh Quach, Khanh Cong Nguyen, Samantha Colquhoun, Stephen Lambert, Luong Huy Duong, Quang Dai Tran, Duc Anh Ha, Dinh Cong Phung, Nghia Duy Ngu, Tu Anh Tran, Quang Ngoc La, Tai Trong Nguyen, Quynh Mai Thi Le, Duong Nhu Tran, Florian Vogt, Duc-Anh Dang

Five-year microevolution of a multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain within a patient with inadequate compliance to treatment

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Darío A. Fernandez Do Porto, Johana Monteserin, Josefina Campos, Ezequiel J. Sosa, Mario Matteo, Federico Serral, Noemí Yokobori, Andrés Fernández Benevento, Tomás Poklepovich, Agustín Pardo, Ingrid Wainmayer, Norberto Simboli, Florencia Castello, Roxana Paul, Marcelo Martí, Beatriz López, Adrián Turjanski, Viviana Ritacco

Causes of hospitalisation among a cohort of people with HIV from a London centre followed from 2011 to 2018

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Sophia M. Rein, Fiona C. Lampe, Clinton Chaloner, Adam Stafford, Alison J. Rodger, Margaret A. Johnson, Jeffrey McDonnell, Fiona Burns, Sara Madge, Alec Miners, Lorraine Sherr, Simon Collins, Andrew Speakman, Andrew N. Phillips, Colette J. Smith

The Selvester QRS score as an estimative of myocardial injury in acute chagasic patients from the Brazilian Amazon

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Katia do Nascimento Couceiro, Jessica Vanina Ortiz, Michael do Nascimento Correia, Mônica Regina Hosannah da Silva e Silva, Alba Regina Brandão, Paula Rita Leite da Silva, Susan Smith Doria, Reinaldo Bulgarelli Bestetti, Débora Raysa Teixeira de Sousa, Rubens Celso Andrade da Silva Junior, Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra, João Marcos Bemfica Barbosa Ferreira, Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra

Recovery of new-onset kidney disease in COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital

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Nan-Hui Zhang, Yi-Chun Cheng, Ran Luo, Chun-Xiu Zhang, Shu-Wang Ge, Gang Xu

Risk factors for secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in severe coronavirus disease 2019 adult patients

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Mei Meng, Limin Chen, Sheng Zhang, Xuan Dong, Wenzhe Li, Ranran Li, Yunxin Deng, Tao Wang, Yan Xu, Jiao Liu, Yanxia Huang, Yizhu Chen, Sisi Huang, Zhenliang Wen, Lidi Zhang, Hangxiang Du, Yongan Liu, Djillali Annane, Jieming Qu, Dechang Chen

Change in hepatitis C virus positivity among needle-stick injury source patients: a 10-year experience in a Japanese tertiary hospital

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Kazuya Okushin, Rie Suzuki, Takeya Tsutsumi, Koh Okamoto, Kazuhiko Ikeuchi, Akira Kado, Chihiro Minatsuki, Yuka Minami-Kobayashi, Nobuhiko Satoh, Mahoko Ikeda, Sohei Harada, Kenichiro Enooku, Hidetaka Fujinaga, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Kazuhiko Koike, Kyoji Moriya

Triaging HPV-positive, cytology-negative cervical cancer screening results with extended HPV genotyping and p16INK4a immunostaining in China

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Fangbin Song, Peisha Yan, Xia Huang, Chun Wang, Xinfeng Qu, Hui Du, Ruifang Wu

Management of prosthetic joint infections in France: a national audit to identify key situations requiring innovation and homogenization

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Marion Le Maréchal, Zoé Cavalli, Cécile Batailler, Jean-François Gonzalez, André Ferreira, Sébastien Lustig, Tristan Ferry, Johan Courjon

The association between extreme temperature and pulmonary tuberculosis in Shandong Province, China, 2005–2016: a mixed method evaluation

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Dongzhen Chen, Hua Lu, Shengyang Zhang, Jia Yin, Xuena Liu, Yixin Zhang, Bingqin Dai, Xiaomei Li, Guoyong Ding

Carnobacterium inhibens isolated in blood culture of an immunocompromised, metastatic cancer patient: a case report and literature review

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Carson Ka-Lok Lo, Prameet M. Sheth

The healthcare costs of antimicrobial resistance in Lebanon: a multi-centre prospective cohort study from the payer perspective

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Katia Iskandar, Christine Roques, Souheil Hallit, Rola Husni-Samaha, Natalia Dirani, Rana Rizk, Rachel Abdo, Yasmina Yared, Matta Matta, Inas Mostafa, Roula Matta, Pascale Salameh, Laurent Molinier

Analysis of enterovirus genotypes in the cerebrospinal fluid of children associated with aseptic meningitis in Liaocheng, China, from 2018 to 2019

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Jing Wang, Min Meng, Huan Xu, Ting Wang, Ying Liu, Han Yan, Peiman Liu, Daogang Qin, Qiaozhi Yang

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of imported cases of COVID-19: a multicenter study

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Jinjun Zhang, Shixiong Yang, Yi Xu, Xinyan Qin, Jialiang Liu, Jinjun Guo, Sijia Tian, Shaoping Wang, Kai Liao, Ying Zhang, Yu Ma, Yuguo Chen

Infant rhesus macaques as a non-human primate model of Bordetella pertussis infection

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Wenwen Jiang, Chen Wei, Dachao Mou, Weilun Zuo, Jiangli Liang, Xiao Ma, Lichan Wang, Na Gao, Qin Gu, Peng Luo, Yan Ma, Jingyan Li, Shuyuan Liu, Li Shi, Mingbo Sun

Group B streptococcal colonization in elderly women

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Rossella Baldan, Sara Droz, Carlo Casanova, Laura Knabben, Dorothy J. Huang, Christine Brülisauer, André B. Kind, Elke Krause, Stefanie Mauerer, Barbara Spellerberg, Parham Sendi

A 17 year experience of attrition from care among HIV infected children in Nnewi South-East Nigeria

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Chinyere Ukamaka Onubogu, Ebelechuku Francesca Ugochukwu

Salivary testing of COVID-19: evaluation of serological testing following positive salivary results

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Lisa Caulley, Julie Shaw, Martin Corsten, Nadia Hua, Jonathan B. Angel, Guillaume Poliquin, Jonathan Whelan, Kym Antonation, Stephanie Johnson-Obaseki

Evaluation of the effectiveness and safety of adding ivermectin to treatment in severe COVID-19 patients

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Nurullah Okumuş, Neşe Demirtürk, Rıza Aytaç Çetinkaya, Rahmet Güner, İsmail Yaşar Avcı, Semiha Orhan, Petek Konya, Bengü Şaylan, Ayşegül Karalezli, Levent Yamanel, Bircan Kayaaslan, Gülden Yılmaz, Ümit Savaşçı, Fatma Eser, Gürhan Taşkın

Comparative study of hospitalized children with acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus

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Xinghua Liu, Wei Li, Bo Zhang, Yan Guo, Zhao Hu, Cao Peng, Xiao Lei, Qunying Luo, Qiong Zhang, Wei Deng, Juanjuan Wang, Jianqiao Tang, Yunqiao Li, Jianying Chen

Liver function following hepatitis C virus eradication by direct acting antivirals in patients with liver cirrhosis: data from the PITER cohort

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Maria Giovanna Quaranta, Luigina Ferrigno, Xhimi Tata, Franca D’Angelo, Carmine Coppola, Alessia Ciancio, Serena Rita Bruno, Martina Loi, Alessia Giorgini, Marzia Margotti, Valentina Cossiga, Giuseppina Brancaccio, Marcello Dallio, Martina De Siena, Marco Cannizzaro, Luisa Cavalletto, Marco Massari, Maria Mazzitelli, Pasqualina De Leo, Diletta Laccabue, Leonardo Baiocchi, Loreta A. Kondili

Impact of antiviral treatment on long-term prognosis in non-immunocompromised patients with CMV reactivation

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Ga Eun Park, Hyun Kyun Ki, Jae-Hoon Ko

A case report of atypical Kawasaki disease presented with severe elevated transaminases and literature review

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Yifan Ren, Chuanxin Zhang, Xiaoqin Xu, Yu Yin

A spacer infection by Candida albicans secondary to a Staphylococcus capitis prosthetic joint infection: a case report

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Marta Bottagisio, Alessandro Bidossi, Nicola Logoluso, Antonio Pellegrini, Elena De Vecchi

SARS-CoV-2 transmission in educational settings during an early summer epidemic wave in Luxembourg, 2020

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Joël Mossong, Laurent Mombaerts, Lisa Veiber, Jessica Pastore, Gwenaëlle Le Coroller, Michael Schnell, Silvana Masi, Laetitia Huiart, Paul Wilmes

COVID-19: first long-term care facility outbreak in the Netherlands following cross-border introduction from Germany, March 2020

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Mitch van Hensbergen, Casper D. J. den Heijer, Petra Wolffs, Volker Hackert, Henriëtte L. G. ter Waarbeek, Bas B. Oude Munnink, Reina S. Sikkema, Edou R. Heddema, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe

HLA-G polymorphism impacts the outcome of oral HPV infections in women

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Anna Jaakola, Michel Roger, Marie-Claude Faucher, Kari Syrjänen, Seija Grénman, Stina Syrjänen, Karolina Louvanto

Healthcare professionals’ experiences of being observed regarding hygiene routines: the Hawthorne effect in vascular surgery

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Francis Rezk, Margaretha Stenmarker, Stefan Acosta, Karoline Johansson, Malin Bengnér, Håkan Åstrand, Ann-Christine Andersson

Molecular characterization and epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 8 in Denmark

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Camilla Bülow Hansen, Kurt Fuursted, Palle Valentiner-Branth, Tine Dalby, Charlotte Sværke Jørgensen, H-C Slotved

Human papillomavirus and Chlamydia trachomatis in oral and genital mucosa of women with normal and abnormal cervical cytology

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J. P. Mosmann, S. Zayas, A. X. Kiguen, R. F. Venezuela, O. Rosato, C. G. Cuffini

The feasibility of modified HIV and antiretroviral drug testing using self-collected dried blood spots from men who have sex with men

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Wei Luo, Vickie Sullivan, Pollyanna R. Chavez, Sarah E. Wiatrek, Maria Zlotorzynska, Amy Martin, Rebecca Rossetti, Travis Sanchez, Patrick Sullivan, Robin J. MacGowan, S. Michele Owen, Silvina Masciotra

Estimating effects of intervention measures on COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan taking account of improving diagnostic capabilities using a modelling approach

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Jingbo Liang, Hsiang-Yu Yuan, Lindsey Wu, Dirk Udo Pfeiffer

Evaluating the measures taken to contain a Candida auris outbreak in a tertiary care hospital in South India: an outbreak investigational study

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Dipu Thareparambil Sathyapalan, Remya Antony, Vrinda Nampoothiri, Anil Kumar, Nandita Shashindran, Jini James, Jisha Thomas, Preetha Prasanna, Akkulath Sangita Sudhir, Jeslyn Mary Philip, Fabia Edathadathil, Binny Prabhu, Sanjeev Singh, Merlin Moni

Rotavirus gastroenteritis in Pakistan, 2018: updated disease burden

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Nosheen Basharat, Asma Sadiq, Muhammad Dawood, Shahid Ali, Alam Khan, Rooh Ullah, Hayat Khan, Aamir Aziz, Hamid Ali, Aamer Ali Shah, Ijaz Ali, Jadoon Khan

Impact of high dose of baricitinib in severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a prospective cohort study in Bangladesh

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Md. Jahidul Hasan, Raihan Rabbani, Ahmad Mursel Anam, Shihan Mahmud Redwanul Huq, Mohammad Mufizul Islam Polash, Shahzadi Sayeeda Tun Nessa, Sitesh C. Bachar

The effect of sociodemographic factors on COVID-19 incidence of 342 cities in China: a geographically weighted regression model analysis

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Huihui Zhang, Yini Liu, Fangyao Chen, Baibing Mi, Lingxia Zeng, Leilei Pei

Prevalence of cystic echinococcosis in slaughtered livestock in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Aliakbar Vaisi-Raygani, Masoud Mohammadi, Rostam Jalali, Nader Salari, Melika Hosseinian-Far

A spatial analysis of the epidemiology of HIV-infected students in Zhejiang province, China

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Wanjun Chen, Jiezhe Yang, Jun Jiang, Lin He, Yun Xu, Jinlei Zheng, Jianmin Jiang, Xiaohong Pan

Self-management interventions for adolescents living with HIV: a systematic review

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Talitha Crowley, Anke Rohwer

Characterizing all-cause excess mortality patterns during COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico

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Sushma Dahal, Juan M. Banda, Ana I. Bento, Kenji Mizumoto, Gerardo Chowell

A case of endobronchial actinomycosis as a challenging cause of lung atelectasis

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Nicoletta Golfi, Roberta Mastriforti, Luca Guidelli, Raffaele Scala

Intestinal schistosomiasis masquerading as intestinal polyps

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Xiu Li Zhu, Ji Zhong Song, Wen Yong Yu, Li Qun Hua, Ming Li Zhang

Epidemiological characteristics of the COVID-19 spring outbreak in Quebec, Canada: a population-based study

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Rodolphe Jantzen, Nolwenn Noisel, Sophie Camilleri-Broët, Catherine Labbé, Thibault de Malliard, Yves Payette, Philippe Broët

Correction to: Methylprednisolone or dexamethasone, which one is superior corticosteroid in the treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a triple-blinded randomized controlled trial

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Keivan Ranjbar, Mohsen Moghadami, Alireza Mirahmadizadeh, Mohammad Javad Fallahi, Vahid Khaloo, Reza Shahriarirad, Amirhossein Erfani, Zohre Khodamoradi, Mohammad Hasan Gholampoor Saadi

Teicoplanin versus β-lactam for febrile patients with Staphylococcus-like bacteremia: focus on methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

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Ching-Yen Tsai, Chen-Hsiang Lee, I-Ling Chen

Malaria intermittent preventive treatment in Nigeria: a qualitative study to explore barriers

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Fatima Mahmud Muhammad, Saharnaz Nedjat, Haniye Sadat Sajadi, Mahboubeh Parsaeian, Abraham Assan, Reza Majdzadeh

Population structure and diversity of Plasmodium falciparum in children with asymptomatic malaria living in different ecological zones of Ghana

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Linda Eva Amoah, Zakaria Abukari, Maame Esi Dawson-Amoah, Cheikh Cambel Dieng, Eugenia Lo, Yaw Asare Afrane

Bacterial profile and drug susceptibility among adult patients with community acquired lower respiratory tract infection at tertiary hospital, Southern Ethiopia

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Alemitu Beyene Gebre, Tsegaye Alemayehu Begashaw, Moges Desta Ormago

Lymphocyte subset analysis to evaluate the prognosis of HIV-negative patients with pneumocystis pneumonia

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Fan Jin, Jing Xie, Huan-ling Wang

The period from prodromal fever onset to rash onset in laboratory-confirmed rubella cases: a cross-sectional study

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Tsuyoshi Ogata, Maki Murooka, Makoto Akashi, Akemi Ishitsuka, Akari Miyazaki, Shuuichi Osawa, Kanako Ishikawa, Keiko Tanaka-Taya, Ritei Uehara

Dynamics of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies post-COVID-19 in a Brazilian Amazon population

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Carlos David Araújo Bichara, Ednelza da Silva Graça Amoras, Gergiane Lopes Vaz, Maria Karoliny da Silva Torres, Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz, Isabella Pinheiro Costa do Amaral, Izaura Maria Vieira Cayres Vallinoto, Cléa Nazaré Carneiro Bichara, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto

Trends and correlation between antibacterial consumption and carbapenem resistance in gram-negative bacteria in a tertiary hospital in China from 2012 to 2019

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Chunhong Liang, Xueyan Zhang, Lijuan Zhou, Guangyi Meng, Liqiu Zhong, Pingzhi Peng

Predictive value of pentraxin-3 on disease severity and mortality risk in patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

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Hong Du, Haifeng Hu, Pingzhong Wang, Xiaoyan Wang, Ying Zhang, Hong Jiang, Jing Li, Xuefan Bai, Jianqi Lian

Genetic diversity of Coxsackievirus A21 associated with sporadic cases of acute respiratory infections in Malaysia

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Nur Izzati Supian, Kim Tien Ng, Jack Bee Chook, Yutaka Takebe, Kok Gan Chan, Kok Keng Tee

Successful treatment of aortic valve endocarditis caused by Enterococcus casseliflavus: a case report

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Nobumasa Okumura, Takashi Watanabe, Satoshi Teranishi, Daisuke Suzuki, Takahiko Hashimoto, Kosuke Takahashi, Toru Hara

Predictive factors of viral load high-risk events for virological failure in HIV/AIDS patients receiving long-term antiviral therapy

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Shanfang Qin, Jingzhen Lai, Hong Zhang, Di Wei, Qing Lv, Xue Pan, Lihua Huang, Ke Lan, Zhihao Meng, Hao Liang, Chuanyi Ning

Acceptability, feasibility, and impact of a pilot tuberculosis literacy and treatment counselling intervention: a mixed methods study

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Stephanie Law, Boitumelo Seepamore, Olivia Oxlade, Nondumiso Sikhakhane, Halima Dawood, Sheldon Chetty, Nesri Padayatchi, Dick Menzies, Amrita Daftary

Lack of association between vitamin D insufficiency and clinical outcomes of patients with COVID-19 infection

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Alireza Davoudi, Narges Najafi, Mohsen Aarabi, Atefeh Tayebi, Roja Nikaeen, Hamideh Izadyar, Zahra Salar, Leila Delavarian, Narges Vaseghi, Zahra Daftarian, Fatemeh Ahangarkani

Two-stage prediction model for in-hospital mortality of patients with influenza infection

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Chan-Wa Cheong, Chien-Lin Chen, Chih-Huang Li, Chen-June Seak, Hsiao-Jung Tseng, Kuang-Hung Hsu, Chip-Jin Ng, Cheng-Yu Chien

Association between fatality rate of COVID-19 and selenium deficiency in China

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Hai-Yang Zhang, An-Ran Zhang, Qing-Bin Lu, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Zhi-Jie Zhang, Xiu-Gang Guan, Tian-Le Che, Yang Yang, Hao Li, Wei Liu, Li-Qun Fang

Identification of transmission chains and clusters associated with COVID-19 in Tunisia

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Mouna Safer, Hejer Letaief, Aicha Hechaichi, Chahida Harizi, Sonia Dhaouadi, Leila Bouabid, Sondes Darouiche, Donia Gharbi, Nawel Elmili, Hamida Ben Salah, Mongi Hammami, Khouloud Talmoudi, Rim Moussa, Nejib Charaa, Hasna Termiz, Fethi Ltaief, Habib Tounekti, Mohamed Makhlouf, Asma Belguith Sriha, Manel Ben Fredj, Sonia Khalfallah, Houcine Jabrane, Selma Mchirgui, Chedli Amich, Radhia Dabghi, Zid Anez, Latifa Abdelkader, Moncef Mhamdi, Nabil Ouerfeli, Salah Zoghlami, Souha Bougatef, Mohamed Kouni Chahed, Nissaf Bouafif Ben Alaya

Healthcare workers’ compliance and its potential determinants to prevent COVID-19 in public hospitals in Western Ethiopia

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Werku Etafa, Gosa Gadisa, Shibiru Jabessa, Tagay Takele

Species diversity and spatial distribution of CL/VL vectors: assessing bioclimatic effect on expression plasticity of genes possessing vaccine properties isolated from wild-collected sand flies in endemic areas of Iran

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Ali Bordbar, Parviz Parvizi

Burden of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) - a systematic review of the epidemiology of primary and recurrent CDI

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Elaine Finn, Fredrik L. Andersson, Matthew Madin-Warburton

Lessons learned from the investigation of a COVID-19 cluster in Creil, France: effectiveness of targeting symptomatic cases and conducting contact tracing around them

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Franck de Laval, Anaïs Grosset-Janin, François Delon, Alexandre Allonneau, Christelle Tong, Flavie Letois, Anne Couderc, Marc-Antoine Sanchez, César Destanque, Fabrice Biot, Françoise Raynaud, Christine Bigaillon, Olivier Ferraris, Etienne Simon-Loriere, Vincent Enouf, Dinaherisoa Andriamanantena, Vincent Pommier de Santi, Emilie Javelle, Audrey Mérens

SARS-CoV-2 PCR-positive and PCR-negative cases of pneumonia admitted to the hospital during the peak of COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of in-hospital and post-hospital mortality

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Abduzhappar Gaipov, Arnur Gusmanov, Anara Abbay, Yesbolat Sakko, Alpamys Issanov, Kainar Kadyrzhanuly, Zhanar Yermakhanova, Lazzat Aliyeva, Ardak Kashkynbayev, Iklas Moldaliyev, Byron Crape, Antonio Sarria-Santamera

The health-related quality of life in Iranian patients with COVID-19

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Cyrus Alinia, Safura Yaghmaei, Farman Zahir Abdullah, Asad Ahmadi, Nasrin Samadi, Sima Pourteimour, Hossein Safari, Hassan Mahmoodi, Ghobad Moradi, Bakhtiar Piroozi

A case report of endocarditis and spondylitis caused by Brucella melitensis biovar 3

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Huan Zhang, Songsong Xie, Yueli Wang, Xiaoli Zhao, Jihai Yi, Zhen Wang, Qi Liu, Xiaoyu Deng, Bingjie Li, Buyun Cui, Yuanzhi Wang, Chuangfu Chen

Mean platelet volume (MPV): new diagnostic indices for co-morbidity of tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus

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Feifan Xu, Shengyan Qu, Lin Wang, Yongwei Qin

First case of periprosthetic joint infection due to Clostridioides difficile in China

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Yang Song, Hong Yi Shao, Xiang Cheng, Yu Guo

An emm-type specific qPCR to track bacterial load during experimental human Streptococcus pyogenes pharyngitis

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Loraine V. Fabri, Kristy I. Azzopardi, Joshua Osowicki, Hannah R. Frost, Pierre R. Smeesters, Andrew C. Steer

Genetic diversity analysis of Chinese Leishmania isolates and development of L. donovani complex-specific markers by RAPD

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Dongmei Yuan, Hanxiao Qin, Dali Chen, Jianping Chen

Symptomatic sinus bradycardia due to electrolyte imbalances in syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) related covid-19: a case report

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Muzakkir Amir, Andi Renata, Levina Tri Ratana

Comparing rates of mycobacterial clearance in sputum smear-negative and smear-positive adults living with HIV

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Edith E. Machowski, Matebogo Letutu, Limakatso Lebina, Ziyaad Waja, Reginah Msandiwa, Minja Milovanovic, Bhavna G. Gordhan, Kennedy Otwombe, Sven O. Friedrich, Richard Chaisson, Andreas H. Diacon, Bavesh Kana, Neil Martinson

Interferon-gamma release assay levels and risk of progression to active tuberculosis: a systematic review and dose-response meta-regression analysis

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Jorge R. Ledesma, Jianing Ma, Peng Zheng, Jennifer M. Ross, Theo Vos, Hmwe H. Kyu

Management of insecticides for use in disease vector control: a global survey

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Henk van den Berg, Haroldo Sergio da Silva Bezerra, Emmanuel Chanda, Samira Al-Eryani, Bhupender N. Nagpal, Elkhan Gasimov, Raman Velayudhan, Rajpal S. Yadav

AIDS fighter health defense: protocol for a randomized controlled trial to test a game-based intervention to improve adolescents’ AIDS prevention ability

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Jian Tang, Yanhua Chen, Xingli Yu, Jianlan Ren, Mei Li, Yue Luo, Hong Xie, Jing Wen

Development of a bedside score to predict dengue severity

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Ingrid Marois, Carole Forfait, Catherine Inizan, Elise Klement-Frutos, Anabelle Valiame, Daina Aubert, Ann-Claire Gourinat, Sylvie Laumond, Emilie Barsac, Jean-Paul Grangeon, Cécile Cazorla, Audrey Merlet, Arnaud Tarantola, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol, Elodie Descloux

Silent existence of eosinopenia in sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Yao Lin, Jiabing Rong, Zhaocai Zhang

A qualitative assessment in acceptability and barriers to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among men who have sex with men: implications for service delivery in Vietnam

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Long Hoang Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Bach Xuan Tran, Mattias Larsson, Luis E. C. Rocha, Anna Thorson, Susanne Strömdahl

Factors associated with negative pleural adenosine deaminase results in the diagnosis of childhood pleural tuberculosis

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Xing-Fen Han, Chao Han, Feng Jin, Jun-Li Wang, Mao-Shui Wang

Sociodemographic determinants and clinical risk factors associated with COVID-19 severity: a cross-sectional analysis of over 200,000 patients in Tehran, Iran

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Mohammad-Reza Sohrabi, Rozhin Amin, Ali Maher, Ayad Bahadorimonfared, Shahriar Janbazi, Khatereh Hannani, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Ali-Reza Zali

Long -term persistence of antibodies against varicella in fully immunized healthcare workers: an Italian retrospective cohort study

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Francesco Paolo Bianchi, Silvio Tafuri, Angela Maria Vittoria Larocca, Cinzia Annatea Germinario, Pasquale Stefanizzi

Estimating asymptomatic, undetected and total cases for the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan: a mathematical modeling study

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Xi Huo, Jing Chen, Shigui Ruan

Confounding influences of malnutrition and Plasmodium falciparum and Schistosoma haematobium infections on haematological parameters in school children in Muyuka, Cameroon

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Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele, Ofon Vitalis Otia, Lorraine Francis, Orelien Sylvain Mtopi Bopda, Calvin Bisong Ebai, Teh Rene Ning, Helen Kuo Kuo Kimbi, Theresa Nkuo-Akenji

Longitudinal assessment of SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroconversionamong front-line healthcare workers during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic at a tertiary-care hospital in Chile

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Mirentxu Iruretagoyena, Macarena R. Vial, Maria Spencer-Sandino, Pablo Gaete, Anne Peters, Iris Delgado, Inia Perez, Claudia Calderon, Lorena Porte, Paulette Legarraga, Alicia Anderson, Ximena Aguilera, Pablo Vial, Thomas Weitzel, Jose M. Munita

Rat bite fever with osteomyelitis and discitis: case report and literature review

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Steven H. Adams, Rahul Mahapatra

Association of serum antibodies against the Mycobacterium avium complex and hemoptysis: a cross-sectional study

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Hiroaki Ogata, Atsushi Moriwaki, Taisuke Nakagawa, Soichiro Sakoda, Akiko Ishimatsu, Kazuhito Taguchi, Hiroshi Aso, Hiroko Nogami, Masako Kadowaki, Yuko Tateshi, Makoto Yoshida

The differential demographic pattern of coronavirus disease 2019 fatality outside Hubei and from six hospitals in Hubei, China: a descriptive analysis

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Qing-Bin Lu, Hai-Yang Zhang, Tian-Le Che, Han Zhao, Xi Chen, Rui Li, Wan-Li Jiang, Hao-Long Zeng, Xiao-Ai Zhang, Hui Long, Qiang Wang, Ming-Qing Wu, Michael P. Ward, Yue Chen, Zhi-Jie Zhang, Yang Yang, Li-Qun Fang, Wei Liu

Prevalence and risk factors of Mycoplasma genitalium infection in patients attending a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Reunion Island: a cross-sectional study (2017–2018)

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Roxane Begnis, Nicolas Bouscaren, Loic Raffray, Cécile Saint Pastou Terrier, Fanny Andry, Malik Boukerrou, Yatrika Koumar, Marie-Pierre Moiton, Patrick Gerardin, Antoine Bertolotti

Effectiveness of sepsis bundle application and outcomes predictors to cirrhotic patients with septic shock

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Yong-Ye Yang, Yin-Chou Hsu

Successful treatment of a patient with recurrent infection of Chromobacterium violaceum

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Lijuan Lang, Menglei Wang, Xiaowen Huang, Hao Zhou, Zaigao Zhou, Liang Huang, Huanxin Zheng, Kang Zeng, Li Li

Transmission dynamics and control of two epidemic waves of SARS-CoV-2 in South Korea

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Sukhyun Ryu, Sheikh Taslim Ali, Eunbi Noh, Dasom Kim, Eric H. Y. Lau, Benjamin J. Cowling

Knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding tuberculosis amongst healthcare workers in Moyen-Ogooué Province, Gabon

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Anja Vigenschow, Jean Ronald Edoa, Bayode Romeo Adegbite, Pacome Achimi Agbo, Ayola A. Adegnika, Abraham Alabi, Marguerite Massinga-Loembe, Martin P. Grobusch

Diagnostic performance evaluation of hepatitis B e antigen rapid diagnostic tests in Malawi

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Alexander J. Stockdale, Niza M. Silungwe, Isaac Thom Shawa, Benno Kreuels, Melita A. Gordon, Anna Maria Geretti

Aseptic meningitis as the initial presentation of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Tarassovi: two case reports and a literature review

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A. G. N. M. K. Bandara, G. Kalaivarny, Nilanka Perera, J. Indrakumar

Favipiravir for the treatment of patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Toshie Manabe, Dan Kambayashi, Hiroyasu Akatsu, Koichiro Kudo

COVID – 19 related knowledge and preventive practices early in the outbreak among health care workers in selected public health facilities of Illu aba Bor and Buno Bedelle zones, Southwest Ethiopia

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Dereje Tsegaye, Muluneh Shuremu, Dereje Oljira, Sileshi Dubale, Getachew Befekadu, Kebebe Bidira

Social network distribution of syphilis self-testing among men who have sex with men in China: study protocol for a cluster randomized control trial

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Yajie Wang, Wei Zhang, Dongping Bao, Jason J. Ong, Joseph D. Tucker, Rouxuan Ye, Heping Zheng, Bin Yang, Cheng Wang

Prevalence of group B streptococcus colonization in pregnant women in Jiangsu, East China

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Yanmei Ge, Fei Pan, Rui Bai, Yuan Mao, Wenli Ji, Fenfang Wang, Huacheng Tong

First case report of acute cholangitis secondary to Cronobacter sakazakii

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Syeda Sahra, Abdullah Jahangir, Neville Mobarakai, Allison Glaser, Ahmad Jahangir, Muhammad Ans Sharif

Shedding of infectious SARS-CoV-2 by hospitalized COVID-19 patients in relation to serum antibody responses

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Hedvig Glans, Sara Gredmark-Russ, Mikaela Olausson, Sara Falck-Jones, Renata Varnaite, Wanda Christ, Kimia T. Maleki, Maria Lind Karlberg, Sandra Broddesson, Ryan Falck-Jones, Max Bell, Niclas Johansson, Anna Färnert, Anna Smed-Sörensen, Jonas Klingström, Andreas Bråve

Motivating healthcare professionals (nurses, nurse assistants, physicians) to integrate new practices for preventing healthcare-associated infections into the care continuum: turning Positive Deviance into positive norms

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Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Ricky Cohen, Adva Mir Halavi, Mina Zemach

Modes of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and evidence for preventive behavioral interventions

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Lucas Zhou, Samuel K. Ayeh, Vignesh Chidambaram, Petros C. Karakousis

Knowledge, attitudes and practices on African tick bite fever of rural livestock communities living in a livestock-wildlife interface area in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

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Tandiwe Katswara, Samson Mukaratirwa

Application value of tissue tuberculosis antigen combined with Xpert MTB/RIF detection in differential diagnoses of intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn’s disease

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Baoying Fei, Lin Zhou, Yu Zhang, Linhe Luo, Yuanyuan Chen

Primary meningococcal arthritis in a COVID-19 18-year-old man: a case report and review of the literature

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Norman Ducatez, Marine Chancel, Youcef Douadi, Charles Dayen, Rémi Suguenot, Emmanuelle Lecuyer, Benoit Brihaye, Houcine Bentayeb

A preliminary study on the characteristics of Th1/Th2 immune response in cerebrospinal fluid of AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis

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Aixin Li, Wenjiao Zhu, Jiming Yin, Xiaojie Huang, Lijun Sun, Wei Hua, Wen Wang, Tong Zhang, Lili Dai, Hao Wu

Ticking on Pandora’s box: a prospective case-control study into ‘other’ tick-borne diseases

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D. Hoornstra, M. G. Harms, S. A. Gauw, A. Wagemakers, T. Azagi, K. Kremer, H. Sprong, C. C. van den Wijngaard, J. W. Hovius

Disseminated nontuberculous mycobacteriosis and fungemia after second delivery in a patient with MonoMAC syndrome/GATA2 mutation: a case report

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Mizuki Haraguchi, Norihiro Harada, Junko Watanabe, Hitomi Yoshikawa, Yukina Shirai, Moegi Komura, Mika Koyama, Jun Ito, Yutaka Tsukune, Yoshiya Horimoto, Takuo Hayashi, Tetsutaro Nagaoka, Toshimasa Uekusa, Kazuhisa Takahashi

A data-driven metapopulation model for the Belgian COVID-19 epidemic: assessing the impact of lockdown and exit strategies

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Pietro Coletti, Pieter Libin, Oana Petrof, Lander Willem, Steven Abrams, Sereina A. Herzog, Christel Faes, Elise Kuylen, James Wambua, Philippe Beutels, Niel Hens

Self-collected versus clinician-collected cervical samples for the detection of HPV infections by 14-type DNA and 7-type mRNA tests

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C. E. Aranda Flores, G. Gomez Gutierrez, J. M. Ortiz Leon, D. Cruz Rodriguez, S. W. Sørbye

A designathon to co-create community-driven HIV self-testing services for Nigerian youth: findings from a participatory event

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Kadija M. Tahlil, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Titi Gbajabiamila, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, David Oladele, Adesola Z. Musa, Ifeoma Idigbe, Jane Okwuzu, Agatha N. David, Tajudeen A. Bamidele, Collins O. Airhihenbuwa, Nora E. Rosenberg, Weiming Tang, Jason J. Ong, Donaldson F. Conserve, Juliet Iwelunmor, Oliver Ezechi, Joseph D. Tucker

Effects of early corticosteroid use in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019

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Jong Hoon Hyun, Moo Hyun Kim, Yujin Sohn, Yunsuk Cho, Yae Jee Baek, Jung Ho Kim, Jin Young Ahn, Jun Yong Choi, Joon Sup Yeom, Mi Young Ahn, Eun Jin Kim, Ji-Hyeon Baek, Young Keun Kim, Heun Choi, Su Jin Jeong

Hematological indices and abnormalities among patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Kosti city of the White Nile state, Sudan: a comparative study

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Ahmed M. E. Elkhalifa, Rashad Abdul-Ghani, Abdelhakam G. Tamomh, Nur Eldin Eltaher, Nada Y. Ali, Moataz M. Ali, Elsharif A. Bazie, Aboagla KhirAlla, Fatin A. DfaAlla, Omnia A. M. Alhasan

Changing trends in seroprevalence rates of transfusion-transmitted diseases among blood donors in Jordan

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Lina Souan, Mahmoud Siag, Hala Al-Salahat, Tareq Al-Atrash, Maher A. Sughayer

Assessment of nasopharyngeal Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization does not permit discrimination between Canadian children with viral and bacterial respiratory infection: a matched-cohort cross-sectional study

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Jeffrey M. Pernica, Kristin Inch, Haifa Alfaraidi, Ania Van Meer, Redjana Carciumaru, Kathy Luinstra, Marek Smieja

Prevalence of latent tuberculosis in patients with hematological neoplasms in a cancer referral hospital in Mexico City

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Erick Antonio Osorio-López, Diana Vilar-Compte, Jaquelyn García-Tirado, Alexandra Martin-Onraet

Discontinuation of tuberculosis treatment among children in the Kampala Capital City Authority health facilities: a mixed-methods study

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Leonard Kibirige, Jonathan Izudi, Stephen Okoboi

Factors associated with latent tuberculosis among international migrants in Brazil: a cross-sectional study (2020)

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Sonia Vivian de Jezus, Thiago Nascimento do Prado, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, Keila Cristina Mascarello, Carolina Maia Martins Sales, Maysa Mabel Fauth, Nahari de Faria Marcos Terena, Raphael Florindo Amorim, Vania Maria Silva Araujo, Miguel Angel López Aragón, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel

Baseline Xpert MTB/RIF ct values predict sputum conversion during the intensive phase of anti-TB treatment in HIV infected patients in Kampala, Uganda: a retrospective study

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Juliet Namugenyi, Joseph Musaazi, Achilles Katamba, Joan Kalyango, Emmanuel Sendaula, Andrew Kambugu, Jan Fehr, Barbara Castelnouvo, Yukari C. Manabe, Willy Ssengooba, Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire

Clinical characteristics and risk factors for poor prognosis among HIV patients with Talaromyces marneffei bloodstream infection

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Jianjun Sun, Weiwei Sun, Yang Tang, Renfang Zhang, Li Liu, Yinzhong Shen, Jiangrong Wang, Jun Chen, Tangkai Qi, Zhenyan Wang, Wei Song, Yixiao Lin, Shuibao Xu, Hongzhou Lu

Central and peripheral nervous system involvement by COVID-19: a systematic review of the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, neuropathology, neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and cerebrospinal fluid findings

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Juan I. Guerrero, Luis A. Barragán, Juan D. Martínez, Juan P. Montoya, Alejandra Peña, Fidel E. Sobrino, Zulma Tovar-Spinoza, Kemel A. Ghotme

Reducing the use of empiric antibiotic therapy in COVID-19 on hospital admission

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Natasha N. Pettit, Cynthia T. Nguyen, Alison K. Lew, Palak H. Bhagat, Allison Nelson, Gregory Olson, Jessica P. Ridgway, Mai T. Pho, Jade Pagkas-Bather

A case of infective colitis due to Yersinia enterocolitica complicated by microliver abscesses mimicking multiple liver occult metastases: a case report

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Rosario Luca Norrito, Chiara Pintus, Marco Cataldi, Alessandro Del Cuore, Mario Daidone, Valerio Vassallo, Maria Grazia Puleo, Tiziana Di Chiara, Salvatore Miceli, Giuseppina Maria Pizzo, Giuseppe Brancatelli, Antonino Tuttolomondo, Antonio Pinto

Lactobacillus gasseri liver abscess and bacteremia: a case report

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David Ramos-Coria, Jorge Canto-Losa, Daniel Carrillo-Vázquez, Leonardo Carbajal-Morelos, Rodrigo Estrada-León, Eduardo Corona-Rodarte

Promoting HIV indicator condition-guided testing in hospital settings (PROTEST 2.0): study protocol for a multicentre interventional study

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Saskia J. Bogers, Maarten F. Schim van der Loeff, Udi Davidovich, Anders Boyd, Marc van der Valk, Kees Brinkman, Godelieve J. de Bree, Peter Reiss, Jan E. A. M. van Bergen, Suzanne E. Geerlings, J. E. A. M. van Bergen, P. Brokx, F. Deug, M. Heidenrijk, M. Prins, P. Reiss, M. van der Valk, G. J. de Bree, P. Brokx, U. Davidovich, S. E. Geerlings, E. Hoornenborg, A. Oomen, A. van Sighem, W. Zuilhof, N. Schat, R. C. A. Achterbergh, M. van Agtmael, J. Ananworanich, D. Van de Beek, G. E. L. van den Berk, D. Bezemer, A. van Bijnen, W. L. Blok, S. Bogers, M. Bomers, C. A. B. Boucher, W. Brokking, D. Burger, K. Brinkman, N. Brinkman, M. de Bruin, S. Bruisten, L. Coyer, R. van Crevel, C. G. Daans, L. Dellemann, M. Dijkstra, Y. T. van Duijnhoven, A. van Eeden, L. Elsenburg, M. A. M. van den Elshout, C. Ester, E. Ersan, P. E. V. Felipa, P. H. J. Frissen, T. B. H. Geijtenbeek, M. H. Godfried, J. van Gool, A. Goorhuis, M. Groot, C. A. Hankins, A. Heijnen, M. M. J. Hillebregt, A. Hogewoning, M. Hommenga, J. W. Hovius, Y. Janssen, K. de Jong, V. Jongen, N. A. Kootstra, R. A. Koup, F. P. Kroon, T. J. W. van de Laar, F. Lauw, M. M. van Leeuwen, K. Lettinga, I. Linde, D. S. E. Loomans, J. T. van der Meer, T. Mouhebati, B. J. Mulder, J. Mulder, F. J. Nellen, A. Nijsters, H. Nobel, P. Oostvogel, E. L. M. Op de Coul, E. Peters, I. S. Peters, T. van der Poll, O. Ratmann, C. Rokx, M. S. van Rooijen, M. F. Schim van der  Loeff, W. E. M. Schouten, G. J. Sonder, J. Veenstra, A. Verbon, F. Verdult, J. de Vocht, H. J. de Vries, S. Vrouenraets, M. van Vugt, W. J. Wiersinga, F. W. Wit, L. R. Woittiez, S. Zaheri, P. Zantkuijl, M. C. van Zelm, A. Żakowicz, H. M. L. Zimmermann

Antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates and gonorrhoea treatment in the Republic of Belarus, Eastern Europe, 2009–2019

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Aliaksandra Aniskevich, Iryna Shimanskaya, Iryna Boiko, Tatyana Golubovskaya, Daniel Golparian, Iryna Stanislavova, Susanne Jacobsson, Aliaksandr Adaskevich, Magnus Unemo

Unusual clinical manifestation and challenging serological interpretation of syphilis: insights from a case report

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F. Magri, M. G. Donà, C. Panetta, M. Pontone, F. Pimpinelli, N. Cameli, A. Cristaudo, M. Zaccarelli, A. Latini

A rare case of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a patient with severe leptospirosis complicated with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury; a case report

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Jayawardane Pathiranage Roneesha Lakmali, Kanapathipillei Thirumavalavan, Danapala Dissanayake

Prevalence, species distribution and antifungal susceptibility of Candida albicans causing vaginal discharge among symptomatic non-pregnant women of reproductive age at a tertiary care hospital, Vietnam

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Do Ngoc Anh, Dao Nguyen Hung, Tran Viet Tien, Vu Nhat Dinh, Vu Tung Son, Nguyen Viet Luong, Nguyen Thi Van, Nguyen Thi Nhu Quynh, Nguyen Van Tuan, Le Quoc Tuan, Nguyen Duy Bac, Nguyen Khac Luc, Le Tran Anh, Do Minh Trung

A severe case of human coronavirus 229E pneumonia in an elderly man with diabetes mellitus: a case report

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Wen Sun, Ji-Ping Liao, Kun-Yao Yu, Jian-Xing Qiu, Chen-Li Que, Guang-Fa Wang, Jing Ma

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: an overview of systematic reviews

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Israel Júnior Borges do Nascimento, Dónal P. O’Mathúna, Thilo Caspar von Groote, Hebatullah Mohamed Abdulazeem, Ishanka Weerasekara, Ana Marusic, Livia Puljak, Vinicius Tassoni Civile, Irena Zakarija-Grkovic, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Alvaro Nagib Atallah, Santino Filoso, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Milena Soriano Marcolino

Klebsiella spp. cause severe and fatal disease in Mozambican children: antimicrobial resistance profile and molecular characterization

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Arsénia J. Massinga, Marcelino Garrine, Augusto Messa Jr, Nélio A. Nobela, Nadia Boisen, Sergio Massora, Anélsio Cossa, Rosauro Varo, António Sitoe, Juan Carlos Hurtado, Jaume Ordi, Hélio Mucavele, Tacilta Nhampossa, Robert F. Breiman, Cynthia G. Whitney, Dianna M. Blau, Quique Bassat, Inácio Mandomando

Comparison of renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors with other antihypertensives in association with coronavirus disease-19 clinical outcomes

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Yihienew M. Bezabih, Alemayehu Bezabih, Endalkachew Alamneh, Gregory M. Peterson, Woldesellassie Bezabhe

Unusual erythematous plaque with white scales, a case of acquired syphilis in a child and literature review

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Wen-Jia Yang, Hong-Hao Hu, Yang Yang, Jiu-Hong Li, Hao Guo

Geographical distribution of risk factors for invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella at the subnational boundary level in sub-Saharan Africa

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Jung-Seok Lee, Vittal Mogasale, Florian Marks, Jerome Kim

Multiple thrombosis associated with Cytomegalovirus enterocolitis in an immunocompetent patient: a case report

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Kaisei Kamatani, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Ryu Sugimoto, Ayako Kumabe, Akihito Kitao, Hozuka Akita

Pediatric sepsis cases diagnosed with group B streptococcal meningitis using next-generation sequencing: a report of two cases

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Kazuhiro Horiba, Michio Suzuki, Nobuyuki Tetsuka, Yoshihiko Kawano, Makoto Yamaguchi, Toshihiko Okumura, Takako Suzuki, Yuka Torii, Jun-ichi Kawada, Makoto Morita, Shinya Hara, Tomoo Ogi, Yoshinori Ito

Legionnaires’ disease arising with hirsutism: case report of an extremely confusing event

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Gabriella Serio, Francesco Fortarezza, Federica Pezzuto, Luigi Santacroce, Pietro Nazzaro, Emilio Bellitti, Domenica Cavone, Andrea Marzullo, Luigi Vimercati

A comparison of five epidemiological models for transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in India

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Soumik Purkayastha, Rupam Bhattacharyya, Ritwik Bhaduri, Ritoban Kundu, Xuelin Gu, Maxwell Salvatore, Debashree Ray, Swapnil Mishra, Bhramar Mukherjee

Infection related catheter complications in patients undergoing prone positioning for acute respiratory distress syndrome: an exposed/unexposed study

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Guillaume Louis, Thibaut Belveyre, Audrey Jacquot, Hélène Hochard, Nejla Aissa, Antoine Kimmoun, Christophe Goetz, Bruno Levy, Emmanuel Novy

Web-based, rapid and contactless management of ambulatory patients for SARS-CoV-2-testing

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Jannik Stemler, Oliver A. Cornely, Torsten Noack-Schönborn, Corinna Fohrholz, Sofie Schumacher, Leonard Poluschkin, Bernd Binder, Clara Lehmann, Georg Langebartels

Pathogenesis-based preexposure prophylaxis associated with a low risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers at a designated COVID-19 hospital: a pilot study

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Michael V. Dubina, Veronika V. Gomonova, Anastasia E. Taraskina, Natalia V. Vasilyeva, Sergey A. Sayganov

An unexpected intracerebral lesion – case report of a superinfected aspergillosis mimicking a brain metastasis

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Basil Erwin Grüter, Anna Maria Reuss, Elisabeth Jane Rushing, Athina Pangalu, Markus Florian Oertel

Correction to: The health-related quality of life in Iranian patients with COVID-19

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Cyrus Alinia, Safura Yaghmaei, Farman Zahir Abdullah, Asad Ahmadi, Nasrin Samadi, Sima Pourteimour, Hossein Safari, Hassan Mahmoodi, Ghobad Moradi, Bakhtiar Piroozi

The African Network for Improved Diagnostics, Epidemiology and Management of common infectious Agents

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Grit Schubert, Vincent Achi, Steve Ahuka, Essia Belarbi, Ouattara Bourhaima, Tim Eckmanns, Siobhan Johnstone, Firmin Kabore, Ouffoue Kra, Adriano Mendes, Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo, Armel Poda, Arsène Satouro Some, Sara Tomczyk, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Jean-Marie Kayembe, Nicolas Meda, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Soumeya Ouangraoua, Nicola Page, Marietjie Venter, Fabian H. Leendertz, Chantal Akoua-Koffi, Vincent Assé Kouadio, Aude Aka-Tano, Adoulaye Diarrassouba, Etilé Anoh, Adjaratou Traoré, Fidèle Touré Sounan, Safiatou Karidioula, Gabriel Mbunsu Kizito, Benilde Bepouka Izizag, Nicole Mpwekela, Benoit Kabengele, Nicole Alama, Olivier Tshiani, Eddy Kinganda Lusamaki, Baby Muyembe, Naomie Mitongo, John Manienga, Franck Lionzo, Alliance Mbandu, Sheila Makiala, Muna Abu Sin, Karin Gröschner, Susanne Köhler, Sandra Niendorf, Kathrin Nowak, Paul Pitzinger, Andreas Sachse, Ann Christin Vietor, Juno Thomas, Sibongile Walaza, Linda de Gouvea, Claire von Mollendorf, Vanessa Quan, Karen Keddy, Anthony Smith, Ntsieni Ramalwa, Theunis Avenant, Nicolette du Plessis, Kgothatso Menu, Marthi Pretorius, Caitlyn McIntyre, Elise Bonnet, Rebecca Jeal

Challenging diagnosis of leprosy in a psychotic homeless patient with atypical clinical manifestations: an interesting case report

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Hendra Gunawan, Reyshiani Johan, Pati Aji Achdiat, Oki Suwarsa

Bacterial and fungal bloodstream infections in pediatric liver and kidney transplant recipients

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Dina Leth Møller, Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Neval Ete Wareham, Omid Rezahosseini, Andreas Dehlbæk Knudsen, Jenny Dahl Knudsen, Allan Rasmussen, Susanne Dam Nielsen

Increased risk factors associated with lower BMD in antiretroviral-therapy–naïve HIV-infected adult male

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Patricia Atencio, Alfonso Cabello, Francisco M. Conesa-Buendía, Ramón Pérez-Tanoira, Laura Prieto-Pérez, Irene Carrillo, Beatriz Álvarez, Rosa Arboiro-Pinel, Manuel Díaz-Curiel, Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont, Aránzazu Mediero, Miguel Górgolas

Two-dose varicella vaccine effectiveness in China: a meta-analysis and evidence quality assessment

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Zhujiazi Zhang, Luodan Suo, Jingbin Pan, Dan Zhao, Li Lu

Prospective Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Seroconversion (PASS) study: an observational cohort study of SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in healthcare workers

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Belinda M. Jackson-Thompson, Emilie Goguet, Eric D. Laing, Cara H. Olsen, Simon Pollett, K. Monique Hollis-Perry, Santina E. Maiolatesi, Luca Illinik, Kathleen F. Ramsey, Anatalio E. Reyes, Yolanda Alcorta, Mimi A. Wong, Julian Davies, Orlando Ortega, Edward Parmelee, Alyssa R. Lindrose, Matthew Moser, Elizabeth Graydon, Andrew G. Letizia, Christopher A. Duplessis, Anuradha Ganesan, Kathleen P. Pratt, Allison M. Malloy, David W. Scott, Stephen K. Anderson, Andrew L. Snow, Clifton L. Dalgard, John H. Powers III, David Tribble, Timothy H. Burgess, Christopher C. Broder, Edward Mitre

The role of combination therapy in the treatment of severe infections caused by carbapenem resistant gram-negatives: a systematic review of clinical studies

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Alessia Savoldi, Elena Carrara, Laura J. V. Piddock, Francois Franceschi, Sally Ellis, Margherita Chiamenti, Damiano Bragantini, Elda Righi, Evelina Tacconelli

Risk factors for the development of neonatal sepsis in a neonatal intensive care unit of a tertiary care hospital of Nepal

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Sulochana Manandhar, Puja Amatya, Imran Ansari, Niva Joshi, Nhukesh Maharjan, Sabina Dongol, Buddha Basnyat, Sameer M. Dixit, Stephen Baker, Abhilasha Karkey

Prevalence and risk factors associated with multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) carriage among pediatric patients at the time of admission in a tertiary care hospital of a developing country. A cross-sectional study

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Sonia Qureshi, Noshi Maria, Mohammad Zeeshan, Seema Irfan, Farah Naz Qamar

Containing pandemics through targeted testing of households

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André Voigt, Nikolay Martyushenko, Emil Karlsen, Martina Hall, Kristen Nyhamar, Stig William Omholt, Eivind Almaas

Associated risk factors with disease severity and antiviral drug therapy in patients with COVID-19

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Xiaowei Gong, Shiwei Kang, Xianfeng Guo, Yan Li, Haixiang Gao, Yadong Yuan

What is the burden of osteomyelitis in Germany? An analysis of inpatient data from 2008 through 2018

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Nike Walter, Susanne Baertl, Volker Alt, Markus Rupp

Risk factors for measles outbreak in Ataq and Habban districts, Shabwah governorate, Yemen, February to May 2018

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Abdulkareem Ali Hussein Nassar, Mohammed Abdullah Al Amad, Mohammed Qasim, Fekri Dureab

Clinical application of cell-free next-generation sequencing for infectious diseases at a tertiary children’s hospital

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Julianne Wilke, Nanda Ramchandar, Christopher Cannavino, Alice Pong, Adriana Tremoulet, Leidy Tovar Padua, Helen Harvey, Jennifer Foley, Lauge Farnaes, Nicole G. Coufal

Inequities in childhood immunisation coverage associated with socioeconomic, geographic, maternal, child, and place of birth characteristics in Kenya

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Simon Allan, Ifedayo M. O. Adetifa, Kaja Abbas

Human papillomavirus genotypes and the risk factors associated with multicentric intraepithelial lesions of the lower genital tract: a retrospective study

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Jing Zhang, Guangcong Liu, Xiaoli Cui, Huihui Yu, Danbo Wang

COVID-19 and gastrointestinal symptoms in Mexico, a systematic review: does location matter?

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Antonio Pizuorno, Nora A. Fierro, Edgar D. Copado-Villagrana, María E. Herrera-Solís, Gholamreza Oskrochi, Hassan Brim, Hassan Ashktorab

Bacteraemia variation during the COVID-19 pandemic; a multi-centre UK secondary care ecological analysis

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Sarah Denny, Timothy M. Rawson, Peter Hart, Giovanni Satta, Ahmed Abdulaal, Stephen Hughes, Mark Gilchrist, Nabeela Mughal, Luke S. P. Moore

Inflammation and microbial translocation measured prior to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) and long-term probability of clinical progression in people living with HIV

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Esther Merlini, Alessandro Cozzi-lepri, Antonella Castagna, Andrea Costantini, Sergio Lo Caputo, Stefania Carrara, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Maria A. Ursitti, Andrea Antinori, Antonella D’Arminio Monforte, Giulia Marchetti

Comparison between RT-qPCR for SARS-CoV-2 and expanded triage in sputum of symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 subjects in Ecuador

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Ariel Torres, Martha Fors, Tamaris Rivero, Karina Pantoja, Santiago Ballaz

Antimicrobial resistance and molecular epidemiological typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia, 2012 and 2017

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Saliya Karymbaeva, Iryna Boiko, Susanne Jacobsson, Galina Mamaeva, Ainagul Ibraeva, Dilara Usupova, Daniel Golparian, Magnus Unemo

Clinical, laboratory, and chest CT features of severe versus non-severe pediatric patients with COVID-19 infection among different age groups

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Meisam Hoseinyazdi, Saeid Esmaeilian, Reza Jahankhah, Arash Teimouri, Farzaneh Ghazi Sherbaf, Faranak Rafiee, Reza Jalli, Sedighe Hooshmandi

Immunological and virological discordance among people living with HIV on highly active antiretroviral therapy in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

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Genet Gebrehiwet Hailu, Araya Gebreyesus Wasihun

Import and transmission of Mycobacterium orygis and Mycobacterium africanum, Norway

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Vegard Eldholm, Janne O. Rønning, Anne Torunn Mengshoel, Trude Arnesen

Prevalence and associated factors of psychological distress in tuberculosis patients in Northeast China: a cross-sectional study

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Xu Chen, Ruiheng Wu, Jia Xu, Jiawei Wang, Mingcheng Gao, Yunting Chen, Yuanping Pan, Haoqiang Ji, Yuxin Duan, Meng Sun, Liang Du, Ling Zhou

Isolation and characterization of Listeria monocytogenes among women attending Jimma University medical center, Southwest Ethiopia

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Lencho Girma, Alene Geteneh, Demisew Amenu, Tesfaye Kassa

A case of peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis caused by Rhodococcus kroppenstedtii

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Yi Kang, Yuxin Chen, Zhifeng Zhang, Han Shen, Wanqing Zhou, Chao Wu

Vitamin D and COVID-19 severity and related mortality: a prospective study in Italy

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Irene Campi, Luigi Gennari, Daniela Merlotti, Christian Mingiano, Alessandro Frosali, Luca Giovanelli, Camilla Torlasco, Martino F. Pengo, Francesca Heilbron, Davide Soranna, Antonella Zambon, Marta Di Stefano, Carmen Aresta, Marco Bonomi, Biagio Cangiano, Vittoria Favero, Letizia Fatti, Giovanni Battista Perego, Iacopo Chiodini, Gianfranco Parati, Luca Persani

Short-term and long-term safety and efficacy of tenofovir alafenamide, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and entecavir treatment of acute-on-chronic liver failure associated with hepatitis B

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Juan Li, Chunhua Hu, Yi Chen, Rou Zhang, Shan Fu, Mimi Zhou, Zhijie Gao, Mengjun Fu, Taotao Yan, Yuan Yang, Jianzhou Li, Jinfeng Liu, Tianyan Chen, Yingren Zhao, Yingli He

Diagnostic tools for neurosyphilis: a systematic review

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Gustavo Henrique Pereira Boog, João Vitor Ziroldo Lopes, João Vitor Mahler, Marina Solti, Lucas Tokio Kawahara, Andre Kakinoki Teng, João Victor Taba Munhoz, Anna S. Levin

Evaluation of Geenius HIV-1/2 Confirmatory Assay for the confirmatory and differential diagnosis of HIV-1/HIV-2 in Japan and reliability of the Geenius Reader in the diagnosis of HIV-2

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Shigeru Kusagawa, Ai Kawana-Tachikawa, Keiji Matsubayashi, Yuji Hoshi, Ken Ishimaru, Isao Hamaguchi

Three transmission events of Vibrio cholerae O1 into Lusaka, Zambia

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John Mwaba, Amanda K. Debes, Kelsey N. Murt, Patrick Shea, Michelo Simuyandi, Natasha Laban, Katayi Kazimbaya, Caroline Chisenga, Shan Li, Mathieu Almeida, Jacquelyn S. Meisel, Aaron Shibemba, Timothy Kantenga, Victor Mukonka, Geoffrey Kwenda, David A. Sack, Roma Chilengi, O. Colin Stine

Antibiotic prescriptions and risk factors for antimicrobial resistance in patients hospitalized with urinary tract infection: a matched case-control study using the French health insurance database (SNDS)

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Marion Opatowski, Christian Brun-Buisson, Mehdi Touat, Jérôme Salomon, Didier Guillemot, Philippe Tuppin, Laurence Watier

Burden of illness in US hospitals due to carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative urinary tract infections in patients with or without bacteraemia

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Ryan K. Shields, Yun Zhou, Hemanth Kanakamedala, Bin Cai

Correlation between white blood cell count at admission and mortality in COVID-19 patients: a retrospective study

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Bin Zhu, Xiaokai Feng, Chunguo Jiang, Song Mi, Liya Yang, Zhigang Zhao, Yong Zhang, Liming Zhang

Clinical and experimental phenotype of azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus with a HapE splice site mutation: a case report

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Yuya Ito, Takahiro Takazono, Satoru Koga, Yuichiro Nakano, Nobuyuki Ashizawa, Tatsuro Hirayama, Masato Tashiro, Tomomi Saijo, Kazuko Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Imamura, Taiga Miyazaki, Katsunori Yanagihara, Koichi Izumikawa, Hiroshi Mukae

Adenosine deaminase negative pleural tuberculosis: a case report

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Zachary H. Boggs, Scott Heysell, Joshua Eby, Christopher Arnold

Comparison of capillary, venous and buffy coat blood samples in detecting Plasmodium species among malaria suspected patients attending at Hamusite health center. A cross-sectional study

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Getu Abeje, Woyneshet Gelaye, Getaneh Alemu

Protective population behavior change in outbreaks of emerging infectious disease

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Evans K. Lodge, Annakate M. Schatz, John M. Drake

Colonization with selected antibiotic resistant bacteria among a cohort of Sri Lankan university students

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Thilini Munasinghe, Gihani Vidanapathirana, Shahlina Kuthubdeen, Asela Ekanayake, Sacheera Angulmaduwa, Kunchana De Silva, Susan Subhasinghe, Ruwani Kalupahana, Veranja Liyanapathirana, Margaret Ip

Case report: first symptomatic Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis infection in Slovenia

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Mitja Lenart, Miha Simoniti, Katja Strašek-Smrdel, Vesna Cvitković Špik, Tanja Selič-Kurinčič, Tatjana Avšič-Županc

Evaluation of serological lateral flow assays for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2

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Bianca A. Trombetta, Savannah E. Kandigian, Robert R. Kitchen, Korneel Grauwet, Pia Kivisäkk Webb, Glenn A. Miller, Charles G. Jennings, Sejal Jain, Samara Miller, Yikai Kuo, Thadryan Sweeney, Tal Gilboa, Maia Norman, Daimon P. Simmons, Christopher E. Ramirez, Melissa Bedard, Catherine Fink, Jina Ko, Esmarline J. De León Peralta, Gerald Watts, Emma Gomez-Rivas, Vannessa Davis, Rocky M. Barilla, Jianing Wang, Pierre Cunin, Samuel Bates, Chevaun Morrison-Smith, Benjamin Nicholson, Edmond Wong, Leena El-Mufti, Michael Kann, Anna Bolling, Brooke Fortin, Hayden Ventresca, Wen Zhou, Santiago Pardo, Megan Kwock, Aditi Hazra, Leo Cheng, Q. Rushdy Ahmad, James A. Toombs, Rebecca Larson, Haley Pleskow, Nell Meosky Luo, Christina Samaha, Unnati M. Pandya, Pushpamali De Silva, Sally Zhou, Zakary Ganhadeiro, Sara Yohannes, Rakiesha Gay, Jacqueline Slavik, Shibani S. Mukerji, Petr Jarolim, David R. Walt, Becky C. Carlyle, Lauren L. Ritterhouse, Sara Suliman

Seroprevalence of diphtheria toxoid IgG antibodies in the Malaysian population

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Ahmad Faudzi Yusoff, Zatil Zahidah Mohd Sharani, Kee Chee Cheong, Nuur Hafizah Md Iderus, Ahmed Syahmi Syafiq Md Zamri, Tharmarajah Nagalingam, Mohd Safrin Mohamad Bashaabidin, Wan Abdul Hannan Wan Ibadullah, Sumarni Mohd Ghazali, Ainur Yusniza Yusof, Yee Ming Ching, Nurhanani Mohamed Nor, Balqis Kamarudin, Norazah Ahmad, Masita Arip

Vaccine completion and infectious diseases screening in a cohort of adult refugees following resettlement in the U.S.: 2013–2015

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Amir M. Mohareb, Bryan Brown, Kevin S. Ikuta, Emily P. Hyle, Aniyizhai Annamalai

Therapeutic potential of an intestinotrophic hormone, glucagon-like peptide 2, for treatment of type 2 short bowel syndrome rats with intestinal bacterial and fungal dysbiosis

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Xiuting Hu, Wei Cheng, Shengxian Fan, Yuhua Huang, Xi Chen, Zhiwei Jiang, Jian Wang

Viral hepatitis in correctional facilities in the Northern Territory of Australia 2003–2017

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Richard P. Sullivan, Rob Baird, Kevin Freeman, Hugh Heggie, Joshua S. Davis, Catherine S. Marshall, Jane Davies

Seroprevalence of human coronaviruses among patients visiting hospital-based sentinel sites in Uganda

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Elijah Nicholas Mulabbi, Robert Tweyongyere, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Edison Mworozi, Jeff Koehlerb, Hannah Kibuuka, Monica Millard, Bernard Erima, Titus Tugume, Ukuli Qouilazoni Aquino, Denis K. Byarugaba

Hospital-based prospective study of pertussis in infants and close contacts in Tehran, Iran

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Gaelle Noel, Masoumeh Nakhost Lotfi, Sajedeh Mirshahvalad, Sedaghatpour Mahdi, David Tavel, Seyed M. Zahraei, Roxana Mansour Ghanaie, Tahereh Heidary, Aliahmad Goudarzi, Azardokht Kazemi, Abdollah Karimi, Alireza Nateghian, Mohand Ait-Ahmed, Nicole Guiso, Fereshteh Shahcheraghi, Fabien Taieb

Clinical findings of Talaromyces marneffei infection among patients with anti-interferon-γ immunodeficiency: a prospective cohort study

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Zhao-Ming Chen, Zheng-Tu Li, Shao-Qiang Li, Wei-Jie Guan, Ye Qiu, Zi-Ying Lei, Yang-Qing Zhan, Hua Zhou, Sheng Lin, Xinni Wang, Zhun Li, Feng Yang, Wen Zeng, Ye Lin, Jing Liu, Jian-Quan Zhang, Feng Ye

Evaluation of expression of VDR-associated lncRNAs in COVID-19 patients

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Mohammad Taheri, Lina Moallemi Rad, Bashdar Mahmud Hussen, Fwad Nicknafs, Arezou Sayad, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

Genomic epidemiology of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from bloodstream infections

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Joshua T. Smith, Elissa M. Eckhardt, Nicole B. Hansel, Tahmineh Rahmani Eliato, Isabella W. Martin, Cheryl P. Andam

Genetic association of TOLLIP gene polymorphisms and HIV infection: a case-control study

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Ming-Gui Wang, Jing Wang, Jian-Qing He

Correction to: Factors associated with latent tuberculosis among international migrants in Brazil: a cross-sectional study (2020)

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Sonia Vivian de Jezus, Thiago Nascimento do Prado, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, Keila Cristina Mascarello, Carolina Maia Martins Sales, Maysa Mabel Fauth, Nahari de Faria Marcos Terena, Raphael Florindo Amorim, Vania Maria Silva Araujo, Miguel Angel López Aragón, Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel

Therapeutic prediction of HIV-1 DNA decay: a multicenter longitudinal cohort study

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Yongsong Yue, Yijia Li, Yizhi Cui, Nidan Wang, Yunda Huang, Wei Cao, Yang Han, Ting Zhu, Wei Lyu, Jing Xie, Xiaojing Song, Yanling Li, Tong Wang, Tuofu Zhu, Taisheng Li

The effects of intimate relationship characteristics on unprotected anal intercourse among same-sex male couples in China: a dyadic analysis using the actor-partner interdependence model

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Sha Chen, Qingling Yang, Juan He, Xiongzhi Fan, Zhongqi Liu, Jialing Qiu, Zhiwei Zheng, Jing Gu, Weibin Cheng, Yuantao Hao, Jinghua Li, Chun Hao

Ultraviolet C lamps for disinfection of surfaces potentially contaminated with SARS-CoV-2 in critical hospital settings: examples of their use and some practical advice

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Manuela Lualdi, Adalberto Cavalleri, Andrea Bianco, Mara Biasin, Claudia Cavatorta, Mario Clerici, Paola Galli, Giovanni Pareschi, Emanuele Pignoli

Impact of switching to TAF/FTC/RPV, TAF/FTC/EVG/cobi and ABC/3TC/DTG on cardiovascular risk and lipid profile in people living with HIV: a retrospective cohort study

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Andrea Giacomelli, Federico Conti, Laura Pezzati, Letizia Oreni, Anna Lisa Ridolfo, Valentina Morena, Cecilia Bonazzetti, Gabriele Pagani, Tiziana Formenti, Massimo Galli, Stefano Rusconi

Measles outbreak in Western Uganda: a case-control study

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Abel Wilson Walekhwa, Moses Ntaro, Peter Chris Kawungezi, Chiara Achangwa, Rabbison Muhindo, Emmanuel Baguma, Michael Matte, Richard Migisha, Raquel Reyes, Peyton Thompson, Ross M. Boyce, Edgar M. Mulogo

Clinical features and development of Sepsis in Klebsiella pneumoniae infected liver abscess patients: a retrospective analysis of 135 cases

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Shixiao Li, Sufei Yu, Minfei Peng, Jiajia Qin, Chunyan Xu, Jiao Qian, Minmin He, Peng Zhou

Evaluation of different DNA extraction methods and loop-mediated isothermal amplification primers for the detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical specimens

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Anthony Ablordey, Evans Ahotor, Charles A. Narh, Sandra A. King, Isra Cruz, Joseph M. Ndung’u, Dziedzom K. de Souza

Predictors of aetiology and outcomes of acute gastrointestinal illness in returning travellers: a retrospective cohort analysis

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Robert A. Lever, Louis Tapper, Sophie Skarbek, Peter L. Chiodini, Margaret Armstrong, Robin L. Bailey

In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical respiratory isolates to ceftazidime-avibactam and comparators (2016–2018)

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D. Piérard, G. G. Stone

Archiving time series sewage samples as biological records of built environments

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David S. Thaler, Thomas P. Sakmar

Risk factors for mortality in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a multicenter retrospective case-control study

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Jinghua Gao, Li Zhong, Ming Wu, Jingjing Ji, Zheying Liu, Conglin Wang, Qifeng Xie, Zhifeng Liu

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Esther Merlini, Alessandro Cozzi-lepri, Antonella Castagna, Andrea Costantini, Sergio Lo Caputo, Stefania Carrara, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Maria A. Ursitti, Andrea Antinori, Antonella D’Arminio Monforte, Giulia Marchetti

Correction to: The prevalence of cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) and benefits of pre-emptive antifungal treatment among HIV-infected persons with CD4+ T-cell counts < 200 cells/μL: evidence based on a meta-analysis

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Yao Li, Xiaojie Huang, Hui Chen, Yuanyuan Qin, Jianhua Hou, Aixin Li, Hao Wu, Xiaofeng Yan, Yaokai Chen

Phenotypic and molecular characterization of pyrazinamide resistance among multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Ningbo, China

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Yang Che, Dingyi Bo, Xiang Lin, Tong Chen, Tianfeng He, Yi Lin

Mortality in Escherichia coli bloodstream infections: a multinational population-based cohort study

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Melissa C. MacKinnon, Scott A. McEwen, David L. Pearl, Outi Lyytikäinen, Gunnar Jacobsson, Peter Collignon, Daniel B. Gregson, Louis Valiquette, Kevin B. Laupland

Operational characteristics of an antibody detecting point of care test for Taenia solium infections in a community and hospital setting

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Chishimba Mubanga, Kabemba E. Mwape, Isaac K. Phiri, Chiara Trevisan, Mwemezi Kabululu, Gideon Zulu, Inge Van Damme, Veronika Schmidt, Pierre Dorny, Sarah Gabriël

A novel CT-based radiomics in the distinction of severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia

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Zongyu Xie, Haitao Sun, Jian Wang, He Xu, Shuhua Li, Cancan Zhao, Yuqing Gao, Xiaolei Wang, Tongtong Zhao, Shaofeng Duan, Chunhong Hu, Weiqun Ao

Values and preferences for hepatitis C self-testing among people who inject drugs in Kyrgyzstan

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Guillermo Z. Martínez-Pérez, Danil S. Nikitin, Alla Bessonova, Emmanuel Fajardo, Sergei Bessonov, Sonjelle Shilton

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) viral load, liver and renal function in adults treated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) vs. untreated: a retrospective longitudinal UK cohort study

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Tingyan Wang, David A. Smith, Cori Campbell, Jolynne Mokaya, Oliver Freeman, Hizni Salih, Anna L. McNaughton, Sarah Cripps, Kinga A. Várnai, Theresa Noble, Kerrie Woods, Jane Collier, Katie Jeffery, Jim Davies, Eleanor Barnes, Philippa C. Matthews

Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae complex in a tertiary Hospital in Northeast China, 2010–2019

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Jingjing Chen, Sufei Tian, Hua Nian, Ruixuan Wang, Fushun Li, Ning Jiang, Yunzhuo Chu

Presence of gustatory and olfactory dysfunction in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Alexander Kusnik, Christel Weiss, Melanie Neubauer, Bianca Huber, Marlis Gerigk, Thomas Miethke, Nicole Hunter, Nicole Rotter, Sonja Ludwig, Angela Schell, Matthias P. Ebert, Andreas Teufel

Frosted branch angiitis due to cytomegalovirus-associated unmasking immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: a case report and literature review

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Shi Tang, Ning Zhao, Li Yang Wang, Ying Wen

Detection of diarrhoea associated rotavirus and co-infection with diarrhoeagenic pathogens in the Littoral region of Cameroon using ELISA, RT-PCR and Luminex xTAG GPP assays

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Rahinatou N. Ghapoutsa, Maurice Boda, Rashi Gautam, Valantine Ngum Ndze, Akongnwi E. Mugyia, Francois-Xavier Etoa, Michael D. Bowen, Mathew D. Esona

Correction to: Antibiotic prescriptions and risk factors for antimicrobial resistance in patients hospitalized with urinary tract infection: a matched case-control study using the French health insurance database (SNDS)

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Marion Opatowski, Christian Brun-Buisson, Mehdi Touat, Jérôme Salomon, Didier Guillemot, Philippe Tuppin, Laurence Watier

Effect of Vitamin C on mortality of critically ill patients with severe pneumonia in intensive care unit: a preliminary study

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Ata Mahmoodpoor, Kamran Shadvar, Sarvin Sanaie, Mir Reza Hadipoor, Mohammad Ata Pourmoghaddam, Seied Hadi Saghaleini

Evaluating an app-guided self-test for influenza: lessons learned for improving the feasibility of study designs to evaluate self-tests for respiratory viruses

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Monica L. Zigman Suchsland, Ivan Rahmatullah, Barry Lutz, Victoria Lyon, Shichu Huang, Enos Kline, Chelsey Graham, Shawna Cooper, Philip Su, Sam Smedinghoff, Helen Y. Chu, Kara Sewalk, John S. Brownstein, Matthew J. Thompson

Nutritional risk and nutritional status in hospitalized older adults living with HIV in Shenzhen, China: a cross-sectional study

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Xiaoning Liu, Jing Cao, Zheng Zhu, Xia Zhao, Jing Zhou, Qiuxia Deng, Liyuan Zhang, Hui Wang

Symptomatic treatment (using NSAIDS) versus antibiotics in uncomplicated lower urinary tract infection: a meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials

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Albert Macaire C. Ong Lopez, Charles Jeffrey L. Tan, Antonio S. Yabon II, Armin N. Masbang

Risk factors and biofilm formation analyses of hospital-acquired infection of Candida pelliculosa in a neonatal intensive care unit

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Zhijie Zhang, Yu Cao, Yanjian Li, Xufang Chen, Chen Ding, Yong Liu

A case of chlamydia psittaci caused severe pneumonia and meningitis diagnosed by metagenome next-generation sequencing and clinical analysis: a case report and literature review

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Yunfeng Shi, Junxian Chen, Xiaohan Shi, Jiajia Hu, Hongtao Li, Xiaojie Li, Yanhong Wang, Benquan Wu

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Pakistan: a neglected disease needing one health strategy

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Behzad Kayani, Shakera Sadiq, Hamad Bin Rashid, Naseer Ahmed, Altaf Mahmood, Muhammad Shakeel Khaliq, Rubab Maqsood, Haroon Rashid, Saima Hasan, Muhammad Hassan Mushtaq, Ubaid-ur-Rehman Zia, Mamoona Chaudhry

Comparative evaluation of the Thermo fisher TaqPath™ COVID-19 combo kit with the Cepheid Xpert® Xpress SARS-CoV-2 assay for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in nasopharyngeal specimens

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Paul A. Granato, Simon R. Kimball, Brenda R. Alkins, Deirdre C. Cross, Melissa M. Unz

Repeat exit site infection in peritoneal dialysis patient with polycythemia vera – a case report

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Edyta Gołembiewska, Kazimierz Ciechanowski

First case of an invasive Bacteroides dorei infection detected in a patient with a mycotic aortic aneurysm—raising a rebellion of major indigenous bacteria in humans: a case report and review

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Takayuki Matsuoka, Takuya Shimizu, Tadanori Minagawa, Wakiko Hiranuma, Miki Takeda, Risako Kakuta, Shunsuke Kawamoto

Quantitative assessment of the effectiveness of joint measures led by Fangcang shelter hospitals in response to COVID-19 epidemic in Wuhan, China

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Hui Jiang, Pengfei Song, Siyi Wang, Shuangshuang Yin, Jinfeng Yin, Chendi Zhu, Chao Cai, Wangli Xu, Weimin Li

Antibiotic susceptibility of human-associated Staphylococcus aureus and its relation to agr typing, virulence genes, and biofilm formation

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Safoura Derakhshan, Masoumeh Navidinia, Fakhri Haghi

Correction to: Evaluation of serological lateral flow assays for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2

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Bianca A. Trombetta, Savannah E. Kandigian, Robert R. Kitchen, Korneel Grauwet, Pia Kivisäkk Webb, Glenn A. Miller, Charles G. Jennings, Sejal Jain, Samara Miller, Yikai Kuo, Thadryan Sweeney, Tal Gilboa, Maia Norman, Daimon P. Simmons, Christopher E. Ramirez, Melissa Bedard, Catherine Fink, Jina Ko, Esmarline J. De León Peralta, Gerald Watts, Emma Gomez-Rivas, Vannessa Davis, Rocky M. Barilla, Jianing Wang, Pierre Cunin, Samuel Bates, Chevaun Morrison-Smith, Benjamin Nicholson, Edmond Wong, Leena El-Mufti, Michael Kann, Anna Bolling, Brooke Fortin, Hayden Ventresca, Wen Zhou, Santiago Pardo, Megan Kwock, Aditi Hazra, Leo Cheng, Q. Rushdy Ahmad, James A. Toombs, Rebecca Larson, Haley Pleskow, Nell Meosky Luo, Christina Samaha, Unnati M. Pandya, Pushpamali De Silva, Sally Zhou, Zakary Ganhadeiro, Sara Yohannes, Rakiesha Gay, Jacqueline Slavik, Shibani S. Mukerji, Petr Jarolim, David R. Walt, Becky C. Carlyle, Lauren L. Ritterhouse, Sara Suliman

The first report of co-existence of pulmonary tuberculosis and lung malignancy in a kidney transplant recipient: a case report and literature review

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Gang Fang, Ning-Chang Cheng, Li-Li Huang, Wei-Ping Xie, Chun-Mei Hu, Wei Chen

Hyperimmune plasma in three immuno-deficient patients affected by non-severe, prolonged COVID-19: a single-center experience

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Maria Grazia Cusi, Edoardo Conticini, Claudia Gandolfo, Gabriele Anichini, Gianni Gori Savellini, Serafina Valente, Federico Franchi, Sabino Scolletta, Elena Percivalle, Bruno Frediani

Lymphocyte subset alterations with disease severity, imaging manifestation, and delayed hospitalization in COVID-19 patients

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Daxian Wu, Xiaoping Wu, Jiansheng Huang, Qunfang Rao, Qi Zhang, Wenfeng Zhang

Characterization of Salmonella serotypes prevalent in asymptomatic people and patients

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Haiyan Xu, Weibing Zhang, Kai Zhang, Yue Zhang, Zhenyu Wang, Wei Zhang, Yang Li, Qiuchun Li

Campylobacter insulaenigrae bacteremia with meningitis: a case report

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Moe Kyotani, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Hozuka Akita, Soichi Arakawa

Significant decline of HPV 6 infection and genital warts despite low HPV vaccination coverage in young women in Germany: a long-term prospective, cohort data analysis

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Agnieszka Denecke, Thomas Iftner, Angelika Iftner, Sebastian Riedle, Marion Ocak, Alexander Luyten, Isak Üye, Kübra Tunc, Karl Ulrich Petry

Ivermectin to prevent hospitalizations in patients with COVID-19 (IVERCOR-COVID19) a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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Julio Vallejos, Rodrigo Zoni, María Bangher, Silvina Villamandos, Angelina Bobadilla, Fabian Plano, Claudia Campias, Evangelina Chaparro Campias, Maria Fernanda Medina, Fernando Achinelli, Hector Andres Guglielmone, Jorge Ojeda, Diego Farizano Salazar, Gerardo Andino, Pablo Kawerin, Silvana Dellamea, Antonia Cristina Aquino, Victor Flores, Carolina N. Martemucci, Silvina Maria Martinez, Juan Emanuel Segovia, Paola Itati Reynoso, Noelia Carolina Sosa, Mariana Elizabeth Robledo, Joaquina Maria Guarrochena, Maria Mercedes Vernengo, Natalia Ruiz Diaz, Elba Meza, María Gabriela Aguirre

Bloodstream infections in adult patients with malignancy, epidemiology, microbiology, and risk factors associated with mortality and multi-drug resistance

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Ali Amanati, Sarvin Sajedianfard, Somayeh Khajeh, Shabnam Ghasempour, Salma Mehrangiz, Samane Nematolahi, Zahra Shahhosein

Urinary tract infection by a rare pathogen Cedecea neteri in a pregnant female with Polyhydramnios: rare case report from UAE

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Hafiz Ahmad, Talat Masroor, Satyam A. Parmar, Debadatta Panigrahi

Bacterial characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) colonized strains and their correlation with subsequent infection

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Qun Lin, Yue Wang, Jing Yu, Shusheng Li, Yicheng Zhang, Hui Wang, Xiaoquan Lai, Dong Liu, Liyan Mao, Ying Luo, Guoxing Tang, Zhongju Chen, Ziyong Sun

Comparative cytokine profiling identifies common and unique serum cytokine responses in acute chikungunya and dengue virus infection

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Rama Dhenni, Benediktus Yohan, Bachti Alisjahbana, Anton Lucanus, Silvita Fitri Riswari, Dewi Megawati, Sotianingsih Haryanto, Dekrit Gampamole, Rahma F. Hayati, Kartika Sari, Ni Putu Diah Witari, Khin Saw Aye Myint, R. Tedjo Sasmono

Estimating regional prevalence of chronic hepatitis C with a capture-recapture analysis

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Patricia A. M. Kracht, Joop E. Arends, Andy I. M. Hoepelman, Mirjam E. E. Kretzschmar

Community drivers of tuberculosis diagnostic delay in Kampala, Uganda: a retrospective cohort study

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Rachel Mercaldo, Christopher Whalen, Robert Kakaire, Damalie Nakkonde, Andreas Handel, Juliet N. Sekandi

Efficacy of two-week therapy with doxycycline-based quadruple regimen versus levofloxacin concomitant regimen for helicobacter pylori infection: a prospective single-center randomized controlled trial

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Marouf Alhalabi, Mohammed Waleed Alassi, Kamal Alaa Eddin, Khaled Cheha

Management of enterococcal central line-associated bloodstream infections in patients with cancer

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Hesham Awadh, Anne-Marie Chaftari, Melissa Khalil, Johny Fares, Ying Jiang, Rita Deeba, Shahnoor Ali, Ray Hachem, Issam I. Raad

Influenza in Malaysian adult patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia, acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma: a multicenter, active surveillance study

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Yong Kek Pang, Ahmad Izuanuddin Ismail, Yoke Fun Chan, Adelina Cheong, Yoong Min Chong, Paras Doshi, Joanne Zhi Han Lau, Jean Khor, Lilian Phei Lian Wang, Chee Loon Leong, Aisya Natasya Musa, Kee Sing Ng, Mau Ern Poh, I-Ching Sam, Jiunn Liang Tan, Mohd Arif Mohd Zim, Anne-Frieda Taurel

Epidemiology of SARS-CoV2 in Qatar’s primary care population aged 10 years and above

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Mohamed Ahmed Syed, Ahmed Sameer Al Nuaimi, Hamda Abdulla A/Qotba, Gheyath K. Nasrallah, Asmaa A. Althani, Hadi M. Yassine, Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel, Hanan Khudadad, Tamara Marji, Shajitha Thekke Veettil, Hadeel T. Al-Jighefee, Salma Younes, Farah Shurrab, Duaa W. Al-Sadeq, Al Anoud Saleh AlFehaidi, Ameena Ibrahim Yfakhroo, Meshal Abdulla AlMesaifri, Hanan Al Mujalli, Samya Ahmad Al Abdulla, Mohamed Ghaith Al Kuwari, Faruk Mohammed Azad, Badria Ali Mohamed Al Malki, Mariam Ali Abdulmalik

Immune cell profiling and antibody responses in patients with COVID-19

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Mitra Rezaei, Shima Mahmoudi, Esmaeil Mortaz, Majid Marjani

Sex-based clinical and immunological differences in COVID-19

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Bin Huang, Yun Cai, Ning Li, Kening Li, Zhihua Wang, Lu Li, Lingxiang Wu, Mengyan Zhu, Jie Li, Ziyu Wang, Min Wu, Wanlin Li, Wei Wu, Lishen Zhang, Xinyi Xia, Shukui Wang, Hongshan Chen, Qianghu Wang

Comparison of saliva with healthcare workers- and patient-collected swabs in the diagnosis of COVID-19 in a large cohort

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Mitnala Sasikala, Yelamanchili Sadhana, Ketavarapu Vijayasarathy, Anand Gupta, Sarala Kumari Daram, Naveen Chander Reddy Podduturi, Duvvur Nageshwar Reddy

Prevalence and correlates of Mycoplasma genitalium infection among patients attending a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Guangdong, China: a cross-sectional study

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Xiao-Hui Zhang, Pei-Zhen Zhao, Wu-Jian Ke, Liu-Yuan Wang, Lai Sze Tso, Zheng-Yu Chen, Yu-Ying Liao, Chun-Mei Liang, Hui-Ru Chen, Xu-Qi Ren, Jin-Mei Huang, Jason J. Ong, Fan Yang, Li-Gang Yang

The burden of hand, foot, and mouth disease among children under different vaccination scenarios in China: a dynamic modelling study

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Zhixi Liu, Jie Tian, Yue Wang, Yixuan Li, Jing Liu-Helmersson, Sharmistha Mishra, Abram L. Wagner, Yihan Lu, Weibing Wang

Utility of interferon gamma/tumor necrosis factor alpha FluoroSpot assay in differentiation between active tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection: a pilot study

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Lifan Zhang, Shijun Wan, Ziyue Zhou, Yueqiu Zhang, Xiaoqing Liu

Palmo-plantar hyperkeratosis associated with HTLV-1 infection: a case report

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Elías Quintero-Muñoz, Daniel Martin Arsanios, María Fernanda Estupiñán Beltrán, Juan David Vera, Catalina Palacio Giraldo, Omar Velandia, Carlos Mauricio Calderon

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André Voigt, Nikolay Martyushenko, Emil Karlsen, Martina Hall, Kristen Nyhamar, Stig William Omholt, Eivind Almaas

Hepatitis B virus infection among men who have sex with men and transgender women living with or at risk for HIV: a cross sectional study in Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria

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Olusegun A. Adeyemi, Andrew Mitchell, Ashley Shutt, Trevor A. Crowell, Nicaise Ndembi, Afoke Kokogho, Habib O. Ramadhani, Merlin L. Robb, Stefan D. Baral, Julie A. Ake, Manhattan E. Charurat, Sheila Peel, Rebecca G. Nowak, Manhattan Charurat, Julie Ake, Aka Abayomi, Sylvia Adebajo, Stefan Baral, Trevor Crowell, George Eluwa, Charlotte Gaydos, Afoke Kokogho, Jennifer Malia, Olumide Makanjuela, Nelson Michael, Nicaise Ndembi, Rebecca Nowak, Oluwasolape Olawore, Zahra Parker, Sheila Peel, Habib Ramadhani, Merlin Robb, Cristina Rodriguez-Hart, Eric Sanders-Buell, Sodsai Tovanabutra, Sandhya Vasan

Identification of novel genes involved in apoptosis of HIV-infected macrophages using unbiased genome-wide screening

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Simon X. M. Dong, Frederick S. Vizeacoumar, Kalpana K. Bhanumathy, Nezeka Alli, Cristina Gonzalez-Lopez, Niranjala Gajanayaka, Ramon Caballero, Hamza Ali, Andrew Freywald, Edana Cassol, Jonathan B. Angel, Franco J. Vizeacoumar, Ashok Kumar

Demographic and clinical characteristics of severe Covid-19 infections: a cross-sectional study from Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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Ladan Goshayeshi, Mina Akbari Rad, Robert Bergquist, Abolghasem Allahyari, Kamila Hashemzadeh, Nasrin Milani, Mahdi Gholian-Aval, Fariba Rezaeitalab, Mohammad Jafar Sadeghi Quchani, Zahra Nahbandani, Mandana Khodashahi, Zahra Javid, Mahnaz Mozdourian, Mohammad Ali Yaghoubi, Zahra Mozaheb, Mohsen Seddigh-Shamsi, Mohammad Moeini Nodeh, Shima Nabavi, Hooman Mosannen Mozaffari, Mohammadreza Farzanehfar, Zahra Lotfi, Alireza Shariati, Shekoofe Bonakdaran, Zahra Rezaieyazdi, Zahra Mirfeizi, Maryam Miri, Reza Bassiri, Sajjad Ataei Azimi, Benyamin Hoseini

The 12-month period prevalence and cardiac manifestations of HIV in patients with acute coronary syndrome at a tertiary hospital in Cape Town, South Africa: a retrospective cross-sectional study

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Camilla Pennefather, Tonya Esterhuizen, Anton Doubell, Eric H. Decloedt

Estimation of the reproduction number of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in South Korea using heterogeneous models

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Yunjeong Lee, Dong Han Lee, Hee-Dae Kwon, Changsoo Kim, Jeehyun Lee

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of immunocompromised patients infected with Pneumocystis jirovecii in a twelve-year retrospective study from Norway

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Stine Grønseth, Tormod Rogne, Raisa Hannula, Bjørn Olav Åsvold, Jan Egil Afset, Jan Kristian Damås

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Sukhyun Ryu, Sheikh Taslim Ali, Eunbi Noh, Dasom Kim, Eric H. Y. Lau, Benjamin J. Cowling

Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among healthy children in Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana

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Deborah K. Narwortey, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Hans-Christian Slotved, Eric S. Donkor, Patrick O. Ansah, Paul Welaga, Godfred Agongo, Abraham R. Oduro

Lung abscess secondary to lung cancer with a coinfection of Granulicatellaadiacens and other bacteria: a case report

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Shuo Yang, Liangliang Wu, Lili Xu, Xiang Huang, Xiaofeng Sun, Lan Yang, Ling Xu

Predictors of mortality in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Changcheng Shi, Limin Wang, Jian Ye, Zhichun Gu, Shuying Wang, Junbo Xia, Yaping Xie, Qingyu Li, Renjie Xu, Nengming Lin

Safety and efficacy evaluation of low-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for prophylaxis of Pneumocystis pneumonia in HIV uninfected patients undergoing hemodialysis: a retrospective observational study

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Kanae Yamashita, Yoshimitsu Shimomura, Hiroaki Ikesue, Nobuyuki Muroi, Akihiro Yoshimoto, Tohru Hashida

Pooled sputum to optimise the efficiency and utility of rapid, point-of-care molecular SARS-CoV-2 testing

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Alison Burdett, Christofer Toumazou, Rashmita Sahoo, Adam Mujan, Tsz-Kin Hon, Judith Bedzo-Nutakor, Nicola Casali, Maria Karvela, Mohammadreza Sohbati, Graham S. Cooke, Gary W. Davies, Luke S. P. Moore

Clinical features and predictors for patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia at the start of the pandemic: a retrospective multicenter cohort study

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Chao Cao, Li He, Jingping Ma, Meiping Chen, Yiting Li, Qingwen Jiang, Shiyu Wu, Lili Yu, Weina Huang, Guoqing Qian, Chuanbing Zhu, Jinguo Chu, Xiaomin Chen

Hepatitis C virus infection and risk of liver-related and non-liver-related deaths: a population-based cohort study in Naples, southern Italy

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Pierluca Piselli, Diego Serraino, Mario Fusco, Enrico Girardi, Angelo Pirozzi, Federica Toffolutti, Claudia Cimaglia, Martina Taborelli, Mariarosaria Capobianchi, Fabrizio Carletti, Anna R. Garbuglia, Giuseppe Ippolito, Paola Scognamiglio, Pietro Di Cicco, Letizia Gigli, Silvana Russospena, Raffaele Palombino, Chiara Panato, Veronica Mattioli, Luigino Dal Maso

Transmitted drug resistance to Tenofovir/Emtricitabine among persons with newly diagnosed HIV infection in Shenyang city, Northeast China from 2016 to 2018

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Zhen Wang, Bin Zhao, Minghui An, Wei Song, Xue Dong, Xin Li, Lu Wang, Lin Wang, Wen Tian, Haibo Ding, Xiaoxu Han

Knowledge, perceptions and effects of Ebola virus disease outbreak on the pig value chain in the agro-pastoralist district of Luwero, Central Uganda

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Doreen Birungi, Gabriel Tumwine, Charles Drago Kato, Tonny Ssekamatte, Michael Ocaido, Samuel Majalija

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) for aortic vascular graft infection; a five-year retrospective evaluation

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Niamh Allen, Mohamed Adam, Grace O’Regan, Aoife Seery, Cora McNally, Samuel McConkey, Aisling Brown, Eoghan de Barra

The impact of infectious diseases consultation on the management and outcomes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia in adults: a retrospective cohort study

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Fabian Chiong, Mohammed S. Wasef, Kwee Chin Liew, Raquel Cowan, Danny Tsai, Yin Peng Lee, Larry Croft, Owen Harris, Stella May Gwini, Eugene Athan

Retraction Note to: Methylene blue photochemical treatment as a reliable SARS-CoV-2 plasma virus inactivation method for blood safety and convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19

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Changzhong Jin, Bin Yu, Jie Zhang, Hao Wu, Xipeng Zhou, Hangping Yao, Fumin Liu, Xiangyun Lu, Linfang Cheng, Miao Jiang, Nanping Wu

Continuous Blood purification on Influenza-Associated Neurological Disease in children: a retrospective cohort study

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Jingwen Ni, Kenan Fang, Zhe Zhao, Zhiyuan Wang, Qian Huang, Lele Li, Guiying Yang, Huizi Guo, Xiaoyang Hong, Shujun Li

History of anemia and long-term mortality due to infection: a cohort study with 12 years follow-up in South Korea

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Tak Kyu Oh, Kyung-Ho Song, In-Ae Song

Prevalence of oral human papillomavirus infection among Indian HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study

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Alexandra L. Hernandez, Rajiv Karthik, Murugesan Sivasubramanian, Anantharam Raghavendran, Shelly Lensing, Jeannette Y. Lee, Priya Abraham, Dilip Mathai, Joel M. Palefsky

Does ganciclovir exert retinal toxicity after multiple continuous intravitreal injections?

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Feng Hu, Ya Ma, Xiaoyan Peng

A longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 biorepository for COVID-19 survivors with and without post-acute sequelae

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Stephanie M. LaVergne, Sophia Stromberg, Bridget A. Baxter, Tracy L. Webb, Taru S. Dutt, Kailey Berry, Madison Tipton, Jared Haberman, Benjamin R. Massey, Kim McFann, Omar Alnachoukati, Linda Zier, Thomas Heacock, Gregory D. Ebel, Marcela Henao-Tamayo, Julie Dunn, Elizabeth P. Ryan

Mortality of a postpartum woman presented with massive vulvar edema in association with Covid-19: a case report with clinical and radiological findings

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Somayeh Alirezaei, Atiye Vatanchi, Leila Pourali, Behzad Aminzadeh, Robab Latifnejad Roudsari

Predicting Oral Beta-lactam susceptibilities against Streptococcus pneumoniae

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Mark E. Murphy, Eleanor Powell, Joshua Courter, Joel E. Mortensen

Campylobacter fetus bacteremia and meningitis in an acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient undergoing maintenance therapy: a case report

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Ryo Nakatani, Koki Shimizu, Takahiro Matsuo, Ryosuke Koyamada, Nobuyoshi Mori, Takuya Yamashita, Shinichiro Mori

Prevalence of bacterial contamination of touchscreens and posterior surfaces of smartphones owned by healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study

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Akira Kuriyama, Hiroyuki Fujii, Aki Hotta, Rina Asanuma, Hiromasa Irie

Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of norovirus among hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis in Tianjin, China, 2018–2020

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Yulian Fang, Zhaoying Dong, Yan Liu, Wei Wang, Mengzhu Hou, Jinying Wu, Lu Wang, Yu Zhao

Genomic surveillance of antimicrobial resistant bacterial colonisation and infection in intensive care patients

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Kelly L. Wyres, Jane Hawkey, Mirianne Mirčeta, Louise M. Judd, Ryan R. Wick, Claire L. Gorrie, Nigel F. Pratt, Jill S. Garlick, Kerrie M. Watson, David V. Pilcher, Steve A. McGloughlin, Iain J. Abbott, Nenad Macesic, Denis W. Spelman, Adam W. J. Jenney, Kathryn E. Holt

The effect of ventilator-associated pneumonia on the prognosis of intensive care unit patients within 90 days and 180 days

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Wenjuan Luo, Rui Xing, Canmin Wang

High risk groups for severe COVID-19 in a whole of population cohort in Australia

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Bette Liu, Paula Spokes, Wenqiang He, John Kaldor

Time-varying associations between COVID-19 case incidence and community-level sociodemographic, occupational, environmental, and mobility risk factors in Massachusetts

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Koen F. Tieskens, Prasad Patil, Jonathan I. Levy, Paige Brochu, Kevin J. Lane, M. Patricia Fabian, Fei Carnes, Beth M. Haley, Keith R. Spangler, Jessica H. Leibler

Factors associated with death in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Rio de Janeiro

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Marcella Cini Oliveira, Tatiana de Araujo Eleuterio, Allan Bruno de Andrade Corrêa, Lucas Dalsenter Romano da Silva, Renata Coelho Rodrigues, Bruna Andrade de Oliveira, Marlos Melo Martins, Carlos Eduardo Raymundo, Roberto de Andrade Medronho

COVID-19 viral load not associated with disease severity: findings from a retrospective cohort study

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Abdulkarim Abdulrahman, Saad I. Mallah, Manaf Alqahtani

Proposal for the use of echocardiography in bloodstream infections due to different streptococcal species

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Sandra Chamat-Hedemand, Niels Eske Bruun, Lauge Østergaard, Magnus Arpi, Emil Fosbøl, Jonas Boel, Louise Bruun Oestergaard, Trine K. Lauridsen, Gunnar Gislason, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Anders Dahl

Association between cervical dysplasia and female genital schistosomiasis diagnosed by genital PCR in Zambian women

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H. Rafferty, A. S. Sturt, C. R. Phiri, E. L. Webb, M. Mudenda, J. Mapani, P. L. A. M. Corstjens, G. J. van Dam, A. Schaap, H. Ayles, R. J. Hayes, L. van Lieshout, I. Hansingo, A. L. Bustinduy

Correction to: SARS-CoV-2 PCR-positive and PCR-negative cases of pneumonia admitted to the hospital during the peak of COVID-19 pandemic: analysis of in-hospital and posthospital mortality

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Abduzhappar Gaipov, Arnur Gusmanov, Anara Abbay, Yesbolat Sakko, Alpamys Issanov, Kainar Kadyrzhanuly, Zhanar Yermakhanova, Lazzat Aliyeva, Ardak Kashkynbayev, Iklas Moldaliyev, Byron Crape, Antonio Sarria-Santamera

Changes in prevalence of nosocomial infection pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic from a tertiary Hospital in China

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Chunmei Su, Zhiqin Zhang, Xu Zhao, Hanlin Peng, Yi Hong, Lili Huang, Jie Huang, Xiangming Yan, Shuiyan Wu, Zhenjiang Bai

Assessing the impact of HIV support groups on antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression in the African cohort study

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Prudence Mbah, Michael Iroezindu, Allahna L. Esber, Nicole Dear, Domonique Reed, Yakubu Adamu, Abdulwasiu Bolaji Tiamiyu, Samirah Sani Mohammed, Hannah Kibuuka, Jonah Maswai, John Owuoth, Emmanuel Bahemana, Julie A. Ake, Christina S. Polyak, Trevor A. Crowell, Danielle Bartolanzo, Alexus Reynolds, Katherine Song, Mark Milazzo, Leilani Francisco, Steven Schech, Badryah Omar, Tsedal Mebrahtu, Elizabeth Lee, Kimberly Bohince, Ajay Parikh, Jaclyn Hern, Emma Duff, Kara Lombardi, Michelle Imbach, Leigh Anne Elle, Michael Semwogerere, Prossy Naluyima, Godfrey Zziwa, Allan Tindikahwa, Claire Nakazzi Bagenda, Hilda Mutebe, Cate Kafeero, Enos Baghendaghe, William Lwebuge, Freddie Ssentogo, Hellen Birungi, Josephine Tegamanyi, Paul Wangiri, Christine Nabanoba, Phiona Namulondo, Richard Tumusiime, Ezra Musingye, Christina Nanteza, Joseph Wandege, Michael Waiswa, Evelyn Najjuma, Olive Maggaga, Isaac Kato Kenoly, Barbara Mukanza, Monica Millard, Rither Langat, Aaron Ngeno, Lucy Korir, Raphael Langat, Francis Opiyo, Alex Kasembeli, Christopher Ochieng, Japhet Towett, Jane Kimetto, Brighton Omondi, Mary Leelgo, Michael Obonyo, Linner Rotich, Enock Tonui, Ella Chelangat, Joan Kapkiai, Salome Wangare, Zeddy Bett Kesi, Janet Ngeno, Edwin Langat, Kennedy Labosso, Joshua Rotich, Leonard Cheruiyot, Enock Changwony, Mike Bii, Ezekiel Chumba, Susan Ontango, Danson Gitonga, Samuel Kiprotich, Bornes Ngtech, Grace Engoke, Irene Metet, Alice Airo, Ignatius Kiptoo, Valentine Sing’oei, Winnie Rehema, Solomon Otieno, Celine Ogari, Elkanah Modi, Oscar Adimo, Charles Okwaro, Christine Lando, Margaret Onyango, Iddah Aoko, Kennedy Obambo, Joseph Meyo, George Suja, Laura Chittenden, Nnamdi Azuakola, Mfreke Asuquo, Afoke Kokogho, Samirah Sani Mohammed, Ifeanyi Okoye, Sunday Odeyemi, Aminu Suleiman, Lawrence C. Umeji, Onome Enas, Miriam Ayogu, Ijeoma Chigbu-Ukaegbu, Wilson Adai, Felicia Anayochukwu Odo, Rabi Abdu, Roseline Akiga, Helen Nwandu, Chisara Sylvestina Okolo, Ogundele Taiwo, Otene Oche Ben, Nicholas Innocent Eigege, Tony Ibrahim Musa, Juliet Chibuzor Joseph, Ndubuisi C. Okeke, Zahra Parker, Nkechinyere Elizabeth Harrison, Uzoamaka Concilia Agbaim, Olutunde Ademola Adegbite, Ugochukwu Linus Asogwa, Adewale Adelakun, Chioma Ekeocha, Victoria Idi, Rachel Eluwa, Jumoke Titilayo Nwalozie, Igiri Faith, Blessing Irekpitan Wilson, Jacinta Elemere, Nkiru Nnadi, Francis Falaju Idowu, Ndubuisi Rosemary, Amaka Natalie Uzoegwu, Theresa Owanza Obende, Ifeoma Lauretta Obilor, Doris Emekaili, Edward Akinwale, Inalegwu Ochai, Lucas Maganga, Samoel Khamadi, John Njegite, Connie Lueer, Abisai Kisinda, Jaquiline Mwamwaja, Faraja Mbwayu, Gloria David, Mtasi Mwaipopo, Reginald Gervas, Dorothy Mkondoo, Nancy Somi, Paschal Kiliba, Ephrasia Mwalongo, Gwamaka Mwaisanga, Johnisius Msigwa, Hawa Mfumbulwa, Peter Edwin, Willyhelmina Olomi

First Chinese case report of Helcococcus kunzii in a patient with diabetic foot

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Ruiying Li, Lei Xiang, Jinghui Lu, Linzhen Chen, Xiangsheng Cai

The effectiveness of syndromic surveillance for the early detection of waterborne outbreaks: a systematic review

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Susanne Hyllestad, Ettore Amato, Karin Nygård, Line Vold, Preben Aavitsland

First report of Kingella kingae diagnosed in pediatric bone and joint infections in Morocco

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Kaoutar Moutaouakkil, Bouchra Oumokhtar, Hicham Abdellaoui, Samira El Fakir, Btissam Arhoune, Mustapha Mahmoud, Karima Atarraf, Moulay Abderrahmane Afifi

Factors affecting in-hospital mortality of non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease

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Goh Tanaka, Taisuke Jo, Hiroyuki Tamiya, Yukiyo Sakamoto, Wakae Hasegawa, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideo Yasunaga, Takahide Nagase

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection, anti-HCV antibodies and HIV and knowledge among people who use drugs attending methadone therapy clinic in Tanzania; a cross-sectional study

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Semvua B. Kilonzo, Daniel W. Gunda, David C. Majinge, Hyasinta Jaka, Paulina M. Manyiri, Fredrick Kalokola, Grahame Mtui, Elichilia R. Shao, Fatma A. Bakshi, Alex Stephano

Hospital length of stay for COVID-19 patients: Data-driven methods for forward planning

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Bindu Vekaria, Christopher Overton, Arkadiusz Wiśniowski, Shazaad Ahmad, Andrea Aparicio-Castro, Jacob Curran-Sebastian, Jane Eddleston, Neil A Hanley, Thomas House, Jihye Kim, Wendy Olsen, Maria Pampaka, Lorenzo Pellis, Diego Perez Ruiz, John Schofield, Nick Shryane, Mark J. Elliot

Determination of nasal carriage and skin colonization, antimicrobial susceptibility and genetic relatedness of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with atopic dermatitis in Szczecin, Poland

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Helena Masiuk, Aleksandra Wcisłek, Joanna Jursa-Kulesza

Quantitative evaluation of range and metabolic activity of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis lesion microenvironment using PET/CT and multi-site sampling method

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Abudusalamu Aini, Maiweilidan Yimingjiang, Aimaiti Yasen, Bo Ran, Tiemin Jiang, Xiaohong Li, Jian Wang, Abuduaini Abulizi, Zhide Li, Yingmei Shao, Tuerganaili Aji, Hao Wen

A prospective observational study of community acquired pneumonia in Kenya: the role of viral pathogens

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Jamila Nambafu, Mary Achakolong, Fridah Mwendwa, Jumaa Bwika, Felix Riunga, Samuel Gitau, Hanika Patel, Rodney D. Adam

Serological and molecular epidemiology of the Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya viruses in a risk area in Brazil

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Magaly Lima Mota, Robson dos Santos Souza Marinho, Rodrigo Lopes Sanz Duro, James Hunter, Irwin Rose Alencar de Menezes, João Marcos Ferreira de Lima Silva, Glaubervânio Leite Tavares Pereira, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Anete Grumach, Ricardo Sobhie Diaz, Maria do Socorro Lucena, Shirley Vasconcelos Komninakis

Evaluation of a standardised protocol to measure the disease burden of respiratory syncytial virus infection in young children in primary care

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J. J. G. T. van Summeren, C. Rizzo, M. Hooiveld, J. C. Korevaar, J. M. T. Hendriksen, M. L. A. Dückers, D. Loconsole, M. Chironna, M. Bangert, C. Demont, A. Meijer, S. Caini, E. Pandolfi, J. Paget

Lower urinary tract signs and symptoms in patients with COVID-19

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Aida Javan Balegh Marand, Christian Bach, Dick Janssen, John Heesakkers, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Thomas Alexander Vögeli, Hanieh Salehi-Pourmehr, Hadi Mostafae, Sakineh Hajebrahimi, Mohammad Sajjad Rahnama’i

Scent dog identification of SARS-CoV-2 infections in different body fluids

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Paula Jendrny, Friederike Twele, Sebastian Meller, Claudia Schulz, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Albertus Dominicus Marcellinus Eras Osterhaus, Hans Ebbers, Janek Ebbers, Veronika Pilchová, Isabell Pink, Tobias Welte, Michael Peter Manns, Anahita Fathi, Marylyn Martina Addo, Christiane Ernst, Wencke Schäfer, Michael Engels, Anja Petrov, Katharina Marquart, Ulrich Schotte, Esther Schalke, Holger Andreas Volk

A multicentre interventional study to assess blood-borne viral infections in Belgian prisons

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Dana Busschots, Cécile Kremer, Rob Bielen, Özgür M. Koc, Leen Heyens, Christian Brixko, Pierre Laukens, Hans Orlent, Pascal Bilaey, Francis De Smet, Geert Hellemans, Gaetan Muyldermans, Luk Van Baelen, Niel Hens, Hans Van Vlierberghe, Geert Robaeys

COVID-19 false dichotomies and a comprehensive review of the evidence regarding public health, COVID-19 symptomatology, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, mask wearing, and reinfection

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Kevin Escandón, Angela L. Rasmussen, Isaac I. Bogoch, Eleanor J. Murray, Karina Escandón, Saskia V. Popescu, Jason Kindrachuk

Evaluating the performance characteristics of different antimicrobial susceptibility testing methodologies for testing susceptibility of gram-negative bacteria to tigecycline

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Sima Babaei, Mehri Haeili

Heme oxygenase-1 and neopterin plasma/serum levels and their role in diagnosing active and latent TB among HIV/TB co-infected patients: a cross sectional study

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Esther Uwimaana, Bernard S. Bagaya, Barbara Castelnuovo, David P. Kateete, Anguzu Godwin, Noah Kiwanuka, Christopher C. Whalen, Moses L. Joloba

Assessing the filtration efficiency and regulatory status of N95s and nontraditional filtering face-piece respirators available during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Deborah Plana, Enze Tian, Avilash K. Cramer, Helen Yang, Mary M. Carmack, Michael S. Sinha, Florence T. Bourgeois, Sherry H. Yu, Peter Masse, Jon Boyer, Minjune Kim, Jinhan Mo, Nicole R. LeBoeuf, Ju Li, Peter K. Sorger

Molecular and epidemiological characterization of human adenovirus and classic human astrovirus in children with acute diarrhea in Shanghai, 2017–2018

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Lijuan Lu, Huaqing Zhong, Menghua Xu, Liyun Su, Lingfeng Cao, Ran Jia, Jin Xu

Characteristic of HBV nucleic acid amplification testing yields from blood donors in China

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Danxiao Wu, Xiaojuan Wang, Fangjun Feng, Dairong Wang, Yiqin Hu, Yang Yu, Jihong Huang, Min Wang, Jie Dong, Yaling Wu, Hong Zhu, Faming Zhu

Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) seroprevalence in France: impact of vaccination schedules

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Eva Hong, Aude Terrade, Mélanie Denizon, Myriam Aouiti-Trabelsi, Michaël Falguières, Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Ala-Eddine Deghmane

Risk of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus after fetal blood sampling: a report of six cases

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Zhenyan Han, Yuan Zhang, Jin Zhou, Qingqing Wang, Yonghua Huang, Hongying Hou

Obesity, chronic disease, age, and in-hospital mortality in patients with covid-19: analysis of ISARIC clinical characterisation protocol UK cohort

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Thomas Yates, Francesco Zaccardi, Nazrul Islam, Cameron Razieh, Clare L. Gillies, Claire A. Lawson, Yogini Chudasama, Alex Rowlands, Melanie J. Davies, Annemarie B. Docherty, Peter J. M. Openshaw, J. Kenneth Baillie, Malcolm G. Semple, Kamlesh Khunti

Characterisation of tuberculosis mortality in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: analysis of data between 2002 and 2016

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Judy Gichuki, Donnie Mategula

COVID-19 and its effects on endothelium in HIV-positive patients in sub-Saharan Africa: Cardiometabolic risk, thrombosis and vascular function (ENDOCOVID STUDY)

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Nandu Goswami, Per Morten Fredriksen, Knut E. A. Lundin, Chidozie Agu, Simiat Olanike Elias, Keolebogile Shirley Motaung, Bianca Brix, Gerhard Cvirn, Harald Sourij, Evelyn Stelzl, Harald H. Kessler, Adam Saloň, Benedicta Nkeh-Chungag

Subarachnoid hemorrhage secondary to Brucella-induced cerebral aneurysm: a case report

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Yanyan Guan, Nannan Xu, Yongyuan Yao, Feng Zheng, Fengzhe Chen, Wei Wang, Xiaomeng Dong, Gang Wang

Mucosal eosinophilic infiltration may be a characteristic of human intestinal spirochetosis

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Sho Ogata, Ken Shimizu, Susumu Tominaga, Susumu Matsukuma

A clinical scoring system for pediatric hand-foot-mouth disease

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Hui Huang, Li Deng, Liping Jia, Runan Zhu

Fatal hemorrhagic pneumonia in patients with hematologic diseases and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteremia: a retrospective study

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Lixia Zhu, Lulu Wang, Yuping Zhang, Rongrong Chen, Xueying Li, Jianai Sun, De Zhou, Mingyu Zhu, Xiaolong Zheng, Li Li, Jingjing Zhu, Mixue Xie, Xiudi Yang, Wenjuan Yu, Hongyan Tong, Honghu Zhu, Wanzhuo Xie, Jie Jin, Xiujin Ye

Neurological deterioration in a patient with HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis initially improving on antifungal treatment: a case report of coincidental racemose neurocysticercosis

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Newton Kalata, Jayne Ellis, Laura Benjamin, Samuel Kampondeni, Peter Chiodini, Thomas Harrison, David G. Lalloo, Robert S. Heyderman

Adherence to TB treatment remains low during continuation phase among adult patients in Northwest Ethiopia

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Kassahun Dessie Gashu, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye, Binyam Tilahun

Low socioeconomic status is associated with self-reported HIV positive status among young MSM in Brazil and Peru

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Thiago S. Torres, Lara E. Coelho, Kelika A. Konda, E. Hamid Vega-Ramirez, Oliver A. Elorreaga, Dulce Diaz-Sosa, Brenda Hoagland, Cristina Pimenta, Marcos Benedetti, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Carlos F. Caceres, Valdilea G. Veloso

SARS-CoV-2/DENV co-infection: a series of cases from the Federal District, Midwestern Brazil

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Heidi Luise Schulte, José Diego Brito-Sousa, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães Lacerda, Luciana Ansaneli Naves, Eliana Teles de Gois, Mariana Sirimarco Fernandes, Valéria Paes Lima, Carlos Henrique Reis Esselin Rassi, Clara Correia de Siracusa, Lizandra Moura Paravidine Sasaki, Selma Regina Penha Silva Cerqueira, Cleandro Pires de Albuquerque, Ana Paula Monteiro Gomides Reis, Ciro Martins Gomes, Patricia Shu Kurizky, Licia Maria Henrique da Mota, Laila Salmen Espindola

Correction to: Factors associated with death in confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Rio de Janeiro

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Marcella Cini Oliveira, Tatiana de Araujo Eleuterio, Allan Bruno de Andrade Corrêa, Lucas Dalsenter Romano da Silva, Renata Coelho Rodrigues, Bruna Andrade de Oliveira, Marlos Melo Martins, Carlos Eduardo Raymundo, Roberto de Andrade Medronho

Clinical features and outcomes of COVID-19 and dengue co-infection: a systematic review

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Tsheten Tsheten, Archie C. A. Clements, Darren J. Gray, Ripon K. Adhikary, Kinley Wangdi

Economic and disease burden of RSV-associated hospitalizations in young children in France, from 2010 through 2018

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C. Demont, N. Petrica, I. Bardoulat, S. Duret, L. Watier, A. Chosidow, M. Lorrot, A. Kieffer, M. Lemaitre

HIV virological non-suppression and its associated factors in children on antiretroviral therapy at a major treatment centre in Southern Ghana: a cross-sectional study

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Adwoa K. A. Afrane, Bamenla Q. Goka, Lorna Renner, Alfred E. Yawson, Yakubu Alhassan, Seth N. Owiafe, Seth Agyeman, Kwamena W. C. Sagoe, Awewura Kwara

Comparison of the clinical features and outcome of children with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) secondary to visceral leishmaniasis and primary HLH: a single-center study

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Hadi Mottaghipisheh, Kurosh Kalantar, Ali Amanati, Mansoureh Shokripour, Mahdi Shahriari, Omid Reza Zekavat, Soheila Zareifar, Mehran Karimi, Sezaneh Haghpanah, Mohammadreza Bordbar

Regional variation in the potentially inappropriate first-line use of fluoroquinolones in Canada as a key to antibiotic stewardship? A drug utilization review study

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Audray St-Jean, Dan Chateau, Matthew Dahl, Pierre Ernst, Nick Daneman, Ingrid S. Sketris, Jianguo Zhang, Fawziah Marra, Jacqueline Quail, Shawn Bugden

Decreased human respiratory syncytial virus activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: an ecological time-series analysis

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Keita Wagatsuma, Iain S. Koolhof, Yugo Shobugawa, Reiko Saito

Dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic in Ireland under mitigation

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Bernard Cazelles, Benjamin Nguyen-Van-Yen, Clara Champagne, Catherine Comiskey

Fatal septic shock due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteremia masquerading as COVID-19 pneumonia - a case report

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Eva Christina Meyer, Sabine Alt-Epping, Onnen Moerer, Benedikt Büttner

Serum surfactant protein D in COVID-19 is elevated and correlated with disease severity

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Ming Tong, Ying Xiong, Chen Zhu, Hong Xu, Qing Zheng, Yu Jiang, Lianhong Zou, Xiaolin Xiao, Fang Chen, Xiquan Yan, Changping Hu, Yimin Zhu

Associations of immunological features with COVID-19 severity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Zhicheng Zhang, Guo Ai, Liping Chen, Shunfang Liu, Chen Gong, Xiaodong Zhu, Chunli Zhang, Hua Qin, Junhui Hu, Jinjin Huang

COVID-19 inpatients with gastrointestinal onset: sex and care needs’ differences in the district of Ferrara, Italy

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Salvatore Greco, Nicolò Fabbri, Alessandro Bella, Beatrice Bonsi, Stefano Parini, Cindy Rocchi, Sara Giaccari, Manuel Gavioli, Angelina Passaro, Carlo V. Feo

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease presenting in a patient with SARS-CoV-2: a case report

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Samuel D. Racette, Borislav A. Alexiev, Michael P. Angarone, Ajay Bhasin, Kaitlin Lima, Lawrence J. Jennings, Senthil Balasubramanian, Akihiro J. Matsuoka

Interleukin 6 as a marker of severe bacterial infection in children with sickle cell disease and fever: a case–control study

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Elena María Rincón-López, María Luisa Navarro Gómez, Teresa Hernández-Sampelayo Matos, David Aguilera-Alonso, Eva Dueñas Moreno, Jesús Saavedra-Lozano, Begoña Santiago García, María del Mar Santos Sebastián, Marina García Morín, Cristina Beléndez Bieler, Jorge Lorente Romero, Elena Cela de Julián, Alicia Hernanz Lobo, Carmen Garrido Colino, Jorge Huerta Aragonés, Cristina Mata Fernández, Eduardo Bardón Cancho, Concepción Míguez Navarro, Andrea Mora Capín, Rafael Marañón Pardillo, Arístides Rivas García, Paula Vázquez López, José Luis Jiménez Fuentes, Maria Ángeles Muñoz Fernández, Rosario Zamarro Arranz

Association between CD4+ T cell counts and gut microbiota and serum cytokines levels in HIV-infected immunological non-responders

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Danfeng Lu, Jian-Bo Zhang, Yue-Xin Wang, Shi-Tao Geng, Zunyue Zhang, Yu Xu, Shao-You Li, Kun-Hua Wang, Yi-Qun Kuang

Prolonged viral shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in two immunocompromised patients, a case report

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Melissa Niyonkuru, Rune Micha Pedersen, Kristian Assing, Thomas Emil Andersen, Marianne Nielsine Skov, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Lone Wulff Madsen

School-based surveillance of acute infectious disease in children: a systematic review

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A. L. Donaldson, J. L. Hardstaff, J. P. Harris, R. Vivancos, S. J. O’Brien

Empyema necessitans with osteomyelitis of fifth rib due to Nocardia farcinica: a case report

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Swapnil Tripathi, Durga Shankar Meena, Amit Kumar Rohila, Neetha T.R., Vidhi Jain, Deepak Kumar, Taruna Yadav, Mahendra Kumar Garg

Case report: aseptic meningitis secondary to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) without an exanthem post MMR vaccination

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Syeda Sahra, Abdullah Jahangir, Allison Glaser, Neville Mobarakai, Ahmad Jahangir

Erythema induratum of Bazin as an indicative manifestation of cavitary tuberculosis in an adolescent: a case report

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Kun Yang, Tingying Li, Xiaomei Zhu, Yun Zou, Dongxian Liu

Molecular typing of human adenoviruses among hospitalized patients with respiratory tract infections in a tertiary Hospital in Guangzhou, China between 2017 and 2019

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Xinye Wang, Dawei Wang, Sajid Umar, Sheng Qin, Qiong Ling, Gregory C. Gray, Yuntao Liu

A fatal case report of antibody-dependent enhancement of dengue virus type 1 following remote Zika virus infection

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Ashley N. Bonheur, Sarah Thomas, Sara H. Soshnick, Emily McGibbon, Alan P. Dupuis II, Rene Hull, Sally Slavinski, Paula E. Del Rosso, Don Weiss, Danielle T. Hunt, Megan E. McCabe, Amy B. Dean, Rebecca Folkerth, Anne M. Laib, Susan J. Wong

A mass in the upper abdomen derived from Talaromyces marneffei infected lymphadenopathy: a case report

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Xue Chen, Lin Jia, Yongfeng Wu, Jing Chang, Tong Zhang, Yingmin Ma, Yulin Zhang

Epidemiological characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Yunnan Province, China, 2008–2019

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Li Jiang, Hongchao Jiang, Xin Tian, Xueshan Xia, Tian Huang

Factors affecting implementation and pass rates of surgical instrument moistening

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Yongdeng Huang, Yan Huang, Yanhua Chen, Wei Pan, Juan Hu, Liangying Yi

Virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) isolated from urinary tract infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Gabriel Kambale Bunduki, Eva Heinz, Vincent Samuel Phiri, Patrick Noah, Nicholas Feasey, Janelisa Musaya

Misdiagnosed tuberculosis being corrected as Nocardia farcinica infection by metagenomic sequencing: a case report

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Lei Pan, Xiao-hong Pan, Jie-kun Xu, Xiao-qing Huang, Jun-ke Qiu, Cai-hong Wang, Xiao-bo Ji, Yang Zhou, Min-jie Mao

Prevalence of strongyloidiasis in Peru: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Sonia Ortiz-Martínez, José-Manuel Ramos-Rincón, María-Esteyner Vásquez-Chasnamote, Olga-Nohelia Gamboa-Paredes, Katty-Madeleine Arista-Flores, Luis-Alfredo Espinoza-Venegas, Eva de-Miguel-Balsa, Viviana-Vanessa Pinedo-Cancino, Miguel Górgolas-Hernández-Mora, Martín Casapía-Morales

Invasive pneumococcal disease in persons with predisposing factors is dominated by non-vaccine serotypes in Southwest Sweden

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Karin Bergman, Tor Härnqvist, Erik Backhaus, Birger Trollfors, Mats S. Dahl, Helena Kolberg, Gunilla Ockborn, Rune Andersson, Johanna Karlsson, Åsa Mellgren, Susann Skovbjerg

Model estimates of hospitalization discharge rates for norovirus gastroenteritis in Europe, 2004–2015

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Elsa Negro Calduch, Tom Cattaert, Thomas Verstraeten

Dynamic profile of SARS-CoV-2 infection among hospitalized patients in Kuwait: a descriptive study

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Nada Madi, Ebaa’ Al-Awadhi, Fajer Al-Assaf

Factors associated with development of symptomatic disease in Ethiopian COVID-19 patients: a case-control study

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Tigist W. Leulseged, Degu G. Alemahu, Ishmael S. Hassen, Endalkachew H. Maru, Wuletaw C. Zewde, Negat W. Chamiso, Kalkidan T. Yegele, Daniel S. Abebe, Firaol M. Abdi, Etsegenet Y. Minyelshewa, Tegenu G. Gerbi, Helen T. Hagos

Clinical features and death risk factors in COVID-19 patients with cancer: a retrospective study

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Yi Zhou, Qiao Yang, Jun Ye, Xiaocheng Wu, Xianhua Hou, Yimei Feng, Bangyu Luo, Jixi Li, Guangrong Yang, Lingchen Li, Xiu Yang, Bin Wang, Songtao Zhao, Li Li, Qi Li, Zhi Xu, Hao Wu, Jianguo Sun

The associations between fasting blood glucose levels and mortality of SFTS in patients

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Yin Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yuanhong Xu, Ying Huang

Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Egyptian healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study

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Rehab H. El-Sokkary, Omnia S. El Seifi, Hebatallah M. Hassan, Eman M. Mortada, Maiada K. Hashem, Mohamed Rabie Mohamed Ali Gadelrab, Rehab M. Elsaid Tash

Community-based model for the delivery of antiretroviral therapy in Cambodia: a quasi-experimental study protocol

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Sovannary Tuot, Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Kiesha Prem, Pheak Chhoun, Chamroen Pall, Mengieng Ung, Penh Sun Ly, Masamine Jimba, Siyan Yi

Increasing the HIV testing among MSM through HIV test result exchange mechanism: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

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Yuning Shi, Jialing Qiu, Qingling Yang, Tailin Chen, Yongheng Lu, Sha Chen, Xiaoru Fan, Zhiye Lin, Zhigang Han, Jie Lu, Haobing Qian, Jing Gu, Dong Roman Xu, Yuzhou Gu, Chun Hao

Cerebral epidural empyema due to Bartonella henselae: a case report

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Stéphanie Matta, Audrey Rousseau, Rachel Chenouard, Carole Lemarié, Matthieu Eveillard, Marie Kempf, Rafaël Mahieu, Hélène Pailhoriès

Increase in consumption of alcohol-based hand rub in German acute care hospitals over a 12 year period

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Tobias Siegfried Kramer, Janine Walter, Christin Schröder, Michael Behnke, Jörg Clausmeyer, Christiane Reichardt, Petra Gastmeier, Karin Bunte

Characteristics of viral pneumonia in non-HIV immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients: a retrospective cohort study

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Lijuan Li, Steven H. Hsu, Chunlei Wang, Binbin Li, Lingxiao Sun, Jinying Shi, Yali Ren, Jinxiang Wang, Xiaoqi Zhang, Jiangbo Liu

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on HIV care continuum in Jiangsu, China

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Lingen Shi, Weiming Tang, Haiyang Hu, Tao Qiu, Gifty Marley, Xiaoyan Liu, Yuheng Chen, Yunting Chen, Gengfeng Fu

Revisiting the dengue epidemic of 2011 in Paraguay: molecular epidemiology of dengue virus in the Asuncion metropolitan area

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Alejandra Rojas, Adriana Moreira Soares, Laura Patricia Mendoza, María Eugenia Acosta, Laura Aria, Malvina Páez, Lilian Herebia, María Asunción Vallejos, Yvalena de Guillén, Victor Hugo Aquino

The microbiology of diabetic foot infections: a meta-analysis

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Katherine E. Macdonald, Sophie Boeckh, Helen J. Stacey, Joshua D. Jones

Bacteriology and mortality of necrotizing fasciitis in a tertiary coastal hospital with comparing risk indicators of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio vulnificus infections: a prospective study

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Yao-Hung Tsai, Tsung-Yu Huang, Jiun-Liang Chen, Cheng-Ting Hsiao, Liang-Tseng Kuo, Kuo-Chin Huang

“OPTIONS-DC”, a feasible discharge planning conference to expand infection treatment options for people with substance use disorder

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Monica K. Sikka, Sara Gore, Taylor Vega, Luke Strnad, Jessica Gregg, Honora Englander

A study to design minimum data set of COVID-19 registry system

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Javad Zarei, Mohammad Badavi, Majid Karandish, Maryam Haddadzadeh Shoushtari, Maryam Dastoorpoor, Farid Yousefi, Hanieh Raji, Maria Cheraghi

Severity-associated markers and assessment model for predicting the severity of COVID-19: a retrospective study in Hangzhou, China

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Jianjiang Qi, Di He, Dagan Yang, Mengyan Wang, Wenjun Ma, Huaizhong Cui, Fei Ye, Fei Wang, Jinjian Xu, Zhijian Li, Chuntao Liu, Jing Wu, Kexin Qi, Rui Wu, Jinsong Huang, Shourong Liu, Yimin Zhu

Prevalence and factors associated with trichomonas vaginalis infection among female sex workers in Togo, 2017

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Martin Kouame TCHANKONI, Alexandra Marie Bitty-Anderson, Arnold Junior SADIO, Fifonsi Adjidossi GBEASOR-KOMLANVI, Valentine Marie FERRÉ, Wendpouiré Ida Carine ZIDA-COMPAORE, Ameyo Monique DORKENOO, Bayaki SAKA, Anoumou Claver DAGNRA, Charlotte CHARPENTIER, Didier Koumavi EKOUEVI

Case report: pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia exalbida in an immunocompetent patient

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Seitaro Abe, Yoshinari Tanabe, Takeshi Ota, Fumio Fujimori, Akira Youkou, Masato Makino

Clinical and virological outcomes with baloxavir compared with oseltamivir in pediatric patients aged 6 to < 12 years with influenza: an open-label, randomized, active-controlled trial protocol

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Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Ichiro Morioka, Takashi Nakano, Masashi Furukawa, Shintaro Tanaka, Masahiro Kinoshita, Atsushi Manabe

Sero-epidemiology and associated factors of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis among blood donors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Mulugeta Melku, Sintayehu Ambachew, Bamlaku Enawgaw, Molla Abebe, Zegeye Abebe, Tekalign Deressa, Debasu Damtie, Belete Biadgo, Belay Tessema, Demeke Geremew, Asemarie Kebede, Berhanu Woldu, Takele Teklu, Elias Shiferaw

Association between bacterial finding, antibiotic treatment and clinical course in patients with pharyngotonsillitis: a registry-based study in primary healthcare in Sweden

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Jon Pallon, Martin Sundqvist, Mattias Rööst, Katarina Hedin

Circulating lymphocyte subsets as promising biomarkers to identify septic patients at higher risk of unfavorable outcome

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Ennio Polilli, Jessica Elisabetta Esposito, Antonella Frattari, Francesca Trave, Federica Sozio, Giovanna Ferrandu, Giancarlo Di Iorio, Giustino Parruti

Age and sex distribution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and rifampicin resistance in Myanmar as detected by Xpert MTB/RIF

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Marva Seifert, Hlaing Thazin Aung, Nicole Besler, Victoria Harris, Tin Tin Mar, Rebecca E. Colman, Timothy C. Rodwell, Si Thu Aung

Molecular study of metallo-β-lactamases and integrons in Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from burn patients

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Mahnaz Nikibakhsh, Farzaneh Firoozeh, Farzad Badmasti, Kourosh Kabir, Mohammad Zibaei

Clinical characteristics and a decision tree model to predict death outcome in severe COVID-19 patients

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Qiao Yang, Jixi Li, Zhijia Zhang, Xiaocheng Wu, Tongquan Liao, Shiyong Yu, Zaichun You, Xianhua Hou, Jun Ye, Gang Liu, Siyuan Ma, Ganfeng Xie, Yi Zhou, Mengxia Li, Meihui Wu, Yimei Feng, Weili Wang, Lufeng Li, Dongjing Xie, Yunhui Hu, Xi Liu, Bin Wang, Songtao Zhao, Li Li, Chunmei Luo, Tang Tang, Hongmei Wu, Tianyu Hu, Guangrong Yang, Bangyu Luo, Lingchen Li, Xiu Yang, Qi Li, Zhi Xu, Hao Wu, Jianguo Sun

Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 faecal shedding in the community: a prospective household cohort study (COVID-LIV) in the UK

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Natasha Marcella Vaselli, Wega Setiabudi, Krishanthi Subramaniam, Emily R. Adams, Lance Turtle, Miren Iturriza-Gómara, Tom Solomon, Nigel A. Cunliffe, Neil French, Daniel Hungerford, Lance Turtle, Daniel Hungerford, Krishanthi Subramaniam, Roberto Vivancos, Mark Gabbay, Iain Buchan, Enitan D. Carrol, Miren Iturriza-Gómara, Tom Solomon, Nigel A. Cunliffe, Emily R. Adams, Carrol Gamble, Lynnette Crossley, Neil Joseph, Wega Setiabudi, Natasha Marcella Vaselli, Moon Wilton, Lee D. Troughton, Samantha Kilada, Katharine Abba, Victoria Simpson, John S. P. Tulloch, Lynsey Goodwin, Rachael Daws, Shiva Seyed Forootan, Susan Dobson, Rachel Press, Vida Spaine, Lesley Hands, Kate Bradfield, Carol McNally, Tracy Moitt, Silviya Balabanova, Chloe Donohue, Lynsey Finnetty, Laura Marsh, William Greenhalf, Dean J. Naisbitt, Victoria E. Shaw, Stephen Aston, Gareth Platt, Christopher Dunn, Paul J. Thomson, Monday Ogese, Sean Hammond, Kareena Adair, Liam Farrell, Joshua Gardner, Kanoot Jaruthamsophon, Serat-E Ali, Adam Lister, Laura Booth, Milton Ashworth, Katie Bullock, Benjamin W. A. Catterall, Terry Foster, Lara Lavelle-Langham, Joanna Middleton, William Reynolds, Emily Cass, Alejandra Doce Carracedo, Lianne Davies, Lisa Flaherty, Melanie Oates, Nicole Maziere, Jennifer Lloyd, Christopher Jones, Hannah Massey, Anthony Holmes, Nicola Carlucci, Vanessa Brammah, Yasmyn Ramos, Daniel Allen, Jane Armstrong, Debbie Howarth, Eve Wilcock, Jenna Lowe, Jayne Jones, Paula Wright, Iain Slack, Simone McLaughlin, Jessica Mason, Thomas Edwards, Claudia McKeown, Elysse Hendrick, Chris Williams, Rachel Byrne, Kate Buist, Gala Garrod, Sophie Owen, Ashley P. Jones, Efstathia Gkioni

Evaluation of the added value of viral genomic information for predicting severity of influenza infection

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Nina Van Goethem, Annie Robert, Nathalie Bossuyt, Laura A. E. Van Poelvoorde, Sophie Quoilin, Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Isabelle Thomas, Kevin Vanneste, Nancy H. C. Roosens, Herman Van Oyen

Establishment of a novel scoring model for mortality risk prediction in HIV-infected patients with cryptococcal meningitis

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Ting Zhao, Xiao-Lei Xu, Jing-Min Nie, Xiao-Hong Chen, Zhong-Sheng Jiang, Shui-Qing Liu, Tong-Tong Yang, Xuan Yang, Feng Sun, Yan-Qiu Lu, Vijay Harypursat, Yao-Kai Chen

Investigation of fatal human Borna disease virus 1 encephalitis outside the previously known area for human cases, Brandenburg, Germany – a case report

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Dennis Tappe, Kirsten Pörtner, Christina Frank, Hendrik Wilking, Arnt Ebinger, Christiane Herden, Christoph Schulze, Birgit Muntau, Petra Eggert, Petra Allartz, Gerlind Schuldt, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Martin Beer, Dennis Rubbenstroth

A case-control study on correlation between the single nucleotide polymorphism of CLEC4E and the susceptibility to tuberculosis among Han people in Western China

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Wenjing Zhou, Lijuan Wu, Jiajia Song, Lin Jiao, Yi Zhou, Juan Zhou, Nian Wang, Tangyuheng Liu, Zhenzhen Zhao, Hao Bai, Tao Wu, Binwu Ying

Clinic-based diabetes screening at the time of HIV testing and associations with poor clinical outcomes in South Africa: a cohort study

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Rachel W. Kubiak, Mario Kratz, Ayesha A. Motala, Sean Galagan, Sabina Govere, Elisabeth R. Brown, Mahomed-Yunus S. Moosa, Paul K. Drain

Seizure in HIV-infected patients: clinical presentation, cause and treatment outcome in Ethiopia—a retrospective study

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Amanuel Amare

Construction of an index system of core competence assessment for infectious disease specialist nurse in China: a Delphi study

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Chao Wu, Ping Wu, Pei Li, Feixia Cheng, Yanling Du, Shizhe He, Hongjuan Lang

Dynamics of hepatitis C epidemic among people living with HIV in Estonia based on Estonian HIV cohort study

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Kerstin Kase, Radko Avi, Karolin Toompere, Heli Rajasaar, Merit Pauskar, Pilleriin Soodla, Ene-Ly Jõgeda, Kai Zilmer, Irja Lutsar, Kristi Huik

Transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in a mid-size city of China

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Hongjun Zhao, Xiaoxiao Lu, Wenhui Lun, Tiegang Li, Boqi Rao, Dedong Wang, Di Wu, Fuman Qiu, Zhicong Yang, Jiachun Lu

Differences of clinical features and prognosis between Mycoplasma pneumoniae necrotizing pneumonia and non-Mycoplasma pneumoniae necrotizing pneumonia in children

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Beilei Yang, Weili Zhang, Wenjing Gu, Xinxing Zhang, Meijuan Wang, Li Huang, Canhong Zhu, Yongdong Yan, Wei Ji, Huiping Ni, Zhengrong Chen

Performance of antigen testing for diagnosis of COVID-19: a direct comparison of a lateral flow device to nucleic acid amplification based tests

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Maria Kahn, Lukas Schuierer, Christina Bartenschlager, Stephan Zellmer, Ramona Frey, Marie Freitag, Christine Dhillon, Margit Heier, Alanna Ebigbo, Christian Denzel, Selin Temizel, Helmut Messmann, Markus Wehler, Reinhard Hoffmann, Elisabeth Kling, Christoph Römmele

Impact of travel ban implementation on COVID-19 spread in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea during the early phase of the pandemic: a comparative study

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Sylvia Xiao Wei Gwee, Pearleen Ee Yong Chua, Min Xian Wang, Junxiong Pang

The role of surgical management of BCG vaccine-induced regional suppurative lymphadenitis in children: a 7 years' experience from one medical center

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Chen Liu, Minxiang Huang, Fang Liu, Xiaoliang Xu, Wenyu Feng, Guoxiu Han, Xijie Liu, Bufeng Zheng, Lei Geng, Tingliang Fu

A retrospective analysis of incident pregnancy in phase 1 and 2a HIV-1 vaccine study participants does not support concern for adverse pregnancy or birth outcomes

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Lynda Stranix-Chibanda, Chenchen Yu, Margaret Brewinski Isaacs, Mary Allen, Jessica Andriesen, Stephen R. Walsh

Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome with fulminant myocarditis: a case report

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Uh. Jin Kim, Hyukjin Park, Kye Hun Kim, Dong Min Kim, Seung Eun Kim, Seung Ji Kang, Kyung-Hwa Park, Sook In Jung

Droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) for the detection and quantification of Ureaplasma spp.

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Yanfang Huang, Huifen Pan, Xiaoqin Xu, Panpan Lv, Xinxin Wang, Zhen Zhao

Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine in patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a retrospective cohort study

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Zhe Chen, Aihua Liu, Yongjing Cheng, Xutao Wang, Xiaomao Xu, Jia Huang, Yuqing Ma, Ming Gao, Cibo Huang

Non-fermentative gram-negative bloodstream infection in northern Italy: a multicenter cohort study

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Renato Pascale, Silvia Corcione, Linda Bussini, Livia Pancaldi, Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Simone Ambretti, Tommaso Lupia, Cristina Costa, Anna Marchese, Francesco Giuseppe De Rosa, Matteo Bassetti, Claudio Viscoli, Michele Bartoletti, Maddalena Giannella, Pierluigi Viale

Mid-term follow-up results after implementing a new strategy for the diagnosis and management of periprosthetic joint infections

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Rares Mircea Birlutiu, Manuela Mihalache, Patricia Mihalache, Razvan Silviu Cismasiu, Victoria Birlutiu

The accumulation of plasma acylcarnitines are associated with poor immune recovery in HIV-infected individuals

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Shi Qian, Xi Chen, Tong Wu, Yu Sun, Xiaolin Li, Yajing Fu, Zining Zhang, Junjie Xu, Xiaoxu Han, Haibo Ding, Yongjun Jiang

A case report of COVID-19 in a patient with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

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Owrang Eilami, Max Igor Banks Ferreira Lopes, Ronaldo Cesar Borges Gryschek, Kaveh Taghipour

Use of hemagglutinin and neuraminidase amplicon-based high-throughput sequencing with variant analysis to detect co-infection and resolve identical consensus sequences of seasonal influenza in a university setting

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Temitope O. C. Faleye, Deborah Adams, Sangeet Adhikari, Helen Sandrolini, Rolf U. Halden, Arvind Varsani, Matthew Scotch

Hemophagocytic syndrome secondary to SARS-Cov-2 infection: a case report

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Marco Meazza Prina, Francesca Martini, Federico Bracchi, Daniela Di Mauro, Anna Fargnoli, Marco Motta, Cristina Giussani, Giovanni Gobbin, Monica Taverna, Andrea D’Alessio

Sociodemographic characteristics and transmission risk factors in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 before and during the lockdown in France

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Mayda Rahi, Diane Le Pluart, Alexandra Beaudet, Sophie Ismaël, Marion Parisey, Nora Poey, Hassan Tarhini, François-Xavier Lescure, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Laurène Deconinck

Comparison of yield and relative costs of different screening algorithms for tuberculosis in active case-finding: a cross-section study

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Fei Zhao, Canyou Zhang, Chongguang Yang, Yinyin Xia, Jin Xing, Guolong Zhang, Lin Xu, Xiaomeng Wang, Wei Lu, Jianwei Li, Feiying Liu, Dingwen Lin, Jianlin Wu, Xin Shen, Shuangyi Hou, Yanling Yu, Dongmei Hu, Chunyi Fu, Lixia Wang, Jun Cheng, Hui Zhang

A cluster randomized trial of interferon ß-1a for the reduction of transmission of SARS-Cov-2: protocol for the Containing Coronavirus Disease 19 trial (ConCorD-19)

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Carolina Iturriaga, Nat Eiffler, Rad Aniba, Rym Ben-Othman, Guillermo Perez-Mateluna, Jessica K. V. Meyer, Eleanor N. Fish, Tobias R. Kollmann, Nicolas Severino, Stephen Stick, Arturo Borzutzky, Cecilia Perret, José A. Castro-Rodriguez, Diego Garcia-Huidobro

Tuberculosis infection screening in children with close contact: a hospital-based study

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Lin Sun, Xue Qi, Yajie Guo, Hui Qi, Jieqiong Li, Xirong Wu, Qingqin Yin, Yan Guo, Baoping Xu, Yacui Wang, Qi Jin, Lei Gao, Adong Shen

Spatio-temporal distribution characteristics of COVID-19 in China: a city-level modeling study

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Qianqian Ma, Jinghong Gao, Wenjie Zhang, Linlin Wang, Mingyuan Li, Jinming Shi, Yunkai Zhai, Dongxu Sun, Lin Wang, Baozhan Chen, Shuai Jiang, Jie Zhao

Hepatitis B vaccination coverage in Germany: systematic review

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Gyde Steffen, Ida Sperle, Thomas Harder, Navina Sarma, Sandra Beermann, Roma Thamm, Viviane Bremer, Ruth Zimmermann, Sandra Dudareva

Dynamic changes in liver function parameters in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a multicentre, retrospective study

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Qing-Lei Zeng, Zu-Jiang Yu, Fanpu Ji, Guang-Ming Li, Guo-Fan Zhang, Jiang-Hai Xu, Wan-Bao Lin, Guo-Qiang Zhang, Guo-Tao Li, Guang-Lin Cui, Fu-Sheng Wang

Estimating case fatality risk of severe Yellow Fever cases: systematic literature review and meta-analysis

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Joseph L. Servadio, Claudia Muñoz-Zanzi, Matteo Convertino

Evaluation of China’s Hubei control strategy for COVID-19 epidemic: an observational study

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Yu Liu, Fangfang Zheng, Zhicheng Du, Jinghua Li, Jing Gu, Mei Jiang, Daisuke Yoneoka, Stuart Gilmour, Yuantao Hao

Risk factors for mortality in patients over 70 years old with COVID-19 in Wuhan at the early break: retrospective case series

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Xu Zhu, Wenzheng Yuan, Junwei Shao, Kesheng Huang, Qingbo Wang, Shuang Yao, Wei Lu, Li Liu, Tao Fu

Adoption of evidence-informed guidelines in prescribing protease inhibitors for HIV-Tuberculosis co-infected patients on rifampicin and effects on HIV treatment outcomes in Uganda

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Frank Mulindwa, Barbara Castelnuovo, Bruce Kirenga, Dennis Kalibbala, Priscilla Haguma, Martin Muddu, Fred C. Semitala

Retrospective assessment of antimicrobial stewardship initiative in outpatient use of ertapenem for uncomplicated extended spectrum beta lactamase Enterobacteriaceae urinary tract infections

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Carrie P. Wong, Thomas Delate, Elizabeth Hudson, Julia K. Nguyen, Su-Jau Yang, Mariana Abraham

Nosocomial sepsis and drug susceptibility pattern among patients admitted to adult intensive care unit of Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northern Ethiopia

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Tsega Cherkos Dawit, Reiye Esayas Mengesha, Mohamedawel Mohamedniguss Ebrahim, Mengistu Hagazi Tequare, Hiluf Ebuy Abraha

Comparative study of Amsel’s criteria and Nugent scoring for diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis in a tertiary care hospital, Nepal

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Rajshree Bhujel, Shyam Kumar Mishra, Santosh Kumar Yadav, Kesang Diki Bista, Keshab Parajuli

Epidemiology of patients with central nervous system infections, mainly neurosurgical patients: a retrospective study from 2012 to 2019 in a teaching hospital in China

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Zheng Zhang, Yan Song, Jianbang Kang, Surong Duan, Qi Li, Fuqiang Feng, Jinju Duan

Use of monitoring indicators in hospital management of antimicrobials

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Ravena Melo Ribeiro da Silva, Simonize Cunha B. de Mendonça, Ingrid Novaes Leão, Quesia Nery dos Santos, Alessandra Macedo Batista, Matheus Santos Melo, Milena da Motta Xavier, Lucindo José Quintans Júnior, Wellington Barros da Silva, Iza Maria Fraga Lobo

A systematic review of the sensitivity and specificity of lateral flow devices in the detection of SARS-CoV-2

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Dylan A. Mistry, Jenny Y. Wang, Mika-Erik Moeser, Thomas Starkey, Lennard Y. W. Lee

Mononucleosis-like illnesses due to co-infection with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus and spotted fever group rickettsia:a case report

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Bin Zhao, Haohua Hou, Ran Gao, Bing Tian, Baocheng Deng

Autoimmune neutropenia associated with influenza virus infection in childhood: a case report

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Ignacio Callejas Caballero, Marta Illán Ramos, Arantxa Berzosa Sánchez, Eduardo Anguita, José Tomás Ramos Amador

Isolation of Brucella abortus biovar 1 from human lumbar disc bulging: a case report of brucellar discitis

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Saeed Alamian, Afshar Etemadi, Mohammad Reza Samiee, Maryam Dadar

A case report of Nocardia spp. infective endocarditis in an injection drug user

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Chukwunyelu Enwezor, Courtney L. Russ-Friedman, Zachary P. Gruss, Adam Murphy, Elizabeth L. Palavecino, Niyati Jakharia

Bordetella avium-associated endophthalmitis: case report

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Rui Zhang, Liping Hu, Chong Xu, Jianhua Wu, Changzhong Xu, Chao Feng

A highly effective and inexpensive standardized treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a multicenter prospective study in China

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Wenwen Sun, Zheyuan Wu, Ying Zhou, Fan Xia, Qin Tang, Jie Wang, Jinghui Yang, Fangyou Yu, Hua Yang, Heping Xiao, Lin Fan

Prevalence and associated characteristics of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Mexico 5 months after pandemic arrival

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Cristina Díaz-Salazar, Adriana Sánchez-García, René Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Adrián Camacho-Ortiz, Donato Saldívar-Rodríguez, José Gerardo González-González

Quantitative CT for detecting COVID‑19 pneumonia in suspected cases

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Weiping Lu, Jianguo Wei, Tingting Xu, Miao Ding, Xiaoyan Li, Mengxue He, Kai Chen, Xiaodan Yang, Huiyuan She, Bingcang Huang

Bacteria and viruses in the upper respiratory tract of Congolese children with radiologically confirmed pneumonia

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Archippe M. Birindwa, Jerry K. Kasereka, Lucia Gonzales-Siles, Shadi Geravandi, Mambo Mwilo, Léonard K. Tudiakwile, Néné L. Mwinja, Balthazar Muhigirwa, Théophile Kashosi, Jeanière T. Manegabe, Elie B. Bugashane, Stay M. Saili, Clement Mungo, Rickard Nordén, Rune Andersson, Susann Skovbjerg

Canine olfactory detection and its relevance to medical detection

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Paula Jendrny, Friederike Twele, Sebastian Meller, Albertus Dominicus Marcellinus Erasmus Osterhaus, Esther Schalke, Holger Andreas Volk

Time series analysis of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome in mainland China by using an XGBoost forecasting model

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Cai-Xia Lv, Shu-Yi An, Bao-Jun Qiao, Wei Wu

A genome epidemiological study of mycobacterium tuberculosis in subpopulations with high and low incidence rate in Guangxi, South China

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Dingwen Lin, Junning Wang, Zhezhe Cui, Jing Ou, Liwen Huang, Ya Wang

Comparative analysis of carbapenemases, RND family efflux pumps and biofilm formation potential among Acinetobacter baumannii strains with different carbapenem susceptibility

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Yanpeng Zhang, Bing Fan, Yong Luo, Zhiyuan Tao, Yongbo Nie, Yongtao Wang, Fanglin Ding, Yanwu Li, Dayong Gu

Pyopneumothorax from coinfection by Trichomonas tenax and Geotrichum capitatum in a child from China: a case report

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