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BMC Infectious Diseases

Ausgabe 1/2022

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Safety and clinical outcomes of remdesivir in hospitalised COVID-19 patients: a retrospective analysis of active surveillance database

Vaishali Gupte, Rashmi Hegde, Sandesh Sawant, Kabil Kalathingal, Sonali Jadhav, Rohit Malabade, Jaideep Gogtay

Meet–Test–Treat for HCV management: patients’ and clinicians’ preferences in hospital and drug addiction services in Italy

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Massimo Andreoni, Nicola Coppola, Antonio Craxì, Stefano Fagiuoli, Ivan Gardini, Alessandra Mangia, Felice Alfonso Nava, Patrizio Pasqualetti

Stroke among highly active antiretroviral therapy-naive people living with the human immunodeficiency virus in China: a retrospective study of the characteristics, risk factors, and prognosis

  • Open Access
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Ling Zhang, Yu Wang, Qiuhua Xu, Wei Zhang, Hongyuan Liang, Liang Wu, Liang Ni, Guiju Gao, Di Yang, Hongxin Zhao, Jiang Xiao

Clinical outcomes of dengue virus infection in pregnant and non-pregnant women of reproductive age: a retrospective cohort study from 2016 to 2019 in Paraná, Brazil

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Beatris Mario Martin, Allan Arnold Evans, Denise Siqueira de Carvalho, Silvia Emiko Shimakura

Immunisation status of children and adolescents with a new diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease

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Timothy Ford, Margie Danchin, Alissa McMinn, Kirsten Perrett, George Alex, Nigel W. Crawford

Prevalence and associated factors of sexually transmitted infections among methamphetamine users in Eastern China: a cross-sectional study

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Xing Ye, Fu-Rong Li, Qing Pan, Zhen Li, Gong-Qi Yu, Hong Liu, Jian Liu, Peng-Cheng Huai, Fu-Ren Zhang

Diagnostic and prognostic value of presepsin and procalcitonin in non-infectious organ failure, sepsis, and septic shock: a prospective observational study according to the Sepsis-3 definitions

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Sukyo Lee, Juhyun Song, Dae Won Park, Hyeri Seok, Sejoong Ahn, Jooyeong Kim, Jonghak Park, Han-jin Cho, Sungwoo Moon

Intramedullary parasite eggs, latent for three decades, mimicking acute transverse myelitis

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Hyo-jeong Kim, Se-Hoon Kim, Hoi-seon Jeong, Bum-Joon Kim

Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies of patients in the local affected area during Wuhan lockdown

Yueting Tang, Jiayu Sun, Yumeng Yuan, Fen Yao, Bokun Zheng, Gui Yang, Wen Xie, Guangming Ye, Zhen Li, Xiaoyang Jiao, Yirong Li

Similar severity of influenza primary and re-infections in pre-school children requiring outpatient treatment due to febrile acute respiratory illness: prospective, multicentre surveillance study (2013–2015)

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Andrea Streng, Christiane Prifert, Benedikt Weissbrich, Andreas Sauerbrei, Andi Krumbholz, Ruprecht Schmidt-Ott, Johannes G. Liese

Gram stain to the rescue: a case report of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis by Cladophialophora bantiana in an immunocompetent 24-year-old

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  • Case report

Perceus Mody, Paul Wada, Karen C. Bloch, Michail S. Lionakis, Katie D. White, Alexander S. Maris, Tonya Snyder, Jennifer Steinhauer, Romney Humphries

Source attribution of salmonellosis by time and geography in New South Wales, Australia

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Angus McLure, Craig Shadbolt, Patricia M. Desmarchelier, Martyn D. Kirk, Kathryn Glass

Nasopharyngeal colonisation dynamics of bacterial pathogens in patients with fever in rural Burkina Faso: an observational study

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Liesbeth Martens, Bérenger Kaboré, Annelies Post, Christa E. van der Gaast-de Jongh, Jeroen D. Langereis, Halidou Tinto, Jan Jacobs, André J. van der Ven, Quirijn de Mast, Marien I. de Jonge

Dolutegravir plus lamivudine versus efavirenz plus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and lamivudine in antiretroviral-naive adults with HIV-1 infection

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Lisi Deng, Chunna Li, Ping Chen, Xiaoqing Luo, Xinchun Zheng, Lanlan Zhou, Yi Zhou, Jinyu Xia, Zhongsi Hong

Streptococcus agalactiae infective endocarditis in Canada: a multicenter retrospective nested case control analysis

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Torrance Oravec, S. Annie Oravec, Jennifer Leigh, Liam Matthews, Bahareh Ghadaki, Dominik Mertz, Peter Daley, Anjali Shroff

Sero-molecular survey on Toxoplasma gondii infection among drug addicted and non-addicted individuals: a case–control study

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Majid Sharifzadeh, Hassan Rezanezhad, Kavous Solhjoo, Zahra Kargar Jahromi, Enayatollah Shadmand, Saeed Shahabi, Ali Taghipour

Application of quantile mixed-effects model in modeling CD4 count from HIV-infected patients in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa

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Ashenafi A. Yirga, Sileshi F. Melesse, Henry G. Mwambi, Dawit G. Ayele

SARS-CoV2 infection in symptomatic patients: interest of serological tests and predictors of mortality: experience of DR Congo

Jean-Robert Makulo, Madone Ndona Mandina, Placide Kingebeni Mbala, Roger Dimosi Wumba, Pierre Zalagile Akilimali, Yannick Mayamba Nlandu, Jerome Ossam Odio, Ben Izizag Bepouka, Murielle Mashi Longokolo, Eric Kasongo Mukenge, Guyguy Kamwiziku, Jonathan Mutombo Muamba, Augustin Luzayadio Longo, Crispin Muanza Lufu, Hervé Letin Keke, Marcel Mambimbi Mbula, Hippolyte Nanituma Situakibanza, Ernest Kiswaya Sumaili, Jean-Marie Ntuma Kayembe

Exploration of a new hepatitis a surveillance system in Beijing, China: based on molecular epidemiology

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Huai Wang, Weixin Chen, Wenting Zhou, Feng Qiu, Wenjiao Yin, Jingyuan Cao, Pei Gao, Qianli Yuan, Min Lv, Shuang Bai, Jiang Wu

Evaluation of the current guidelines for antibacterial therapy strategies in patients with cirrhosis or liver failure

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Yuzhu Dong, Dan Sun, Yan Wang, Qian Du, Ying Zhang, Ruiying Han, Mengmeng Teng, Tao Zhang, Lei Shi, Gezhi Zheng, Yalin Dong, Taotao Wang

Risk factors and prediction model of severe pertussis in infants < 12 months of age in Tianjin, China

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Cui Zhang, Yanmei Zong, Zhe Wang, Li Wang, Ying Li, Yuejie Yang

Herpes simplex virus-infected squamous cell carcinoma: a case report

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Sarah H. Brown, Vanessa A. R. States, Abaseen K. Afghan, Gowri Satyanarayana

Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of monocyte distribution width and procalcitonin in sepsis cases in the emergency department: a prospective cohort study

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Chih-Huang Li, Chen-June Seak, Chung-Hsien Chaou, Tse‐Hsuan Su, Shi-Ying Gao, Cheng-Yu Chien, Chip-Jin Ng

Monocyte distribution width as a novel sepsis indicator in COVID-19 patients

Laila Alsuwaidi, Saba Al Heialy, Nahid Shaikh, Firas Al Najjar, Rania Seliem, Aaron Han, Mahmood Hachim

Modelling trends of CD4 counts for patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART): a comprehensive health care clinic in Nairobi, Kenya

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Caroline W. Mugo, Ziv Shkedy, Samuel Mwalili, Tadesse Awoke, Roel Braekers, Dolphine Wandede, Christina Mwachari

Poliovirus immunity among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional serosurvey

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Vivian H. Alfonso, Arie Voorman, Nicole A. Hoff, William C. Weldon, Sue Gerber, Adva Gadoth, Megan Halbrook, Amelia Goldsmith, Patrick Mukadi, Reena H. Doshi, Guillaume Ngoie-Mwamba, Trevon L. Fuller, Emile Okitolonda-Wemakoy, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, Anne W. Rimoin

Correction to: 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

AmpC hyperproduction in a Cedecea davisae implant-associated bone infection during treatment: a case report and therapeutic implications

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Julia Notter, Salome N. Seiffert, Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva, Anja Bösch, Robert Wenger, Carol Strahm, Manuel Frischknecht, David M. Livermore, Baharak Babouee Flury

Association of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes with the risk and mortality of sepsis among Chinese children

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Danni He, Ning Li, Xiuxiu Lu, Wei Li, Yuanmei Chen, Zhongyuan Sun, Lipeng Zhang, Linying Guo, Xiaodai Cui, Guowei Song, Wenquan Niu, Qi Zhang

Burden of illness in carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections in US hospitals between 2014 and 2019

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Jason M. Pogue, Yun Zhou, Hemanth Kanakamedala, Bin Cai

Causes of death and associated factors over a decade of follow-up in a cohort of people living with HIV in rural Tanzania

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Getrud Joseph Mollel, Lilian Moshi, Hoda Hazem, Anna Eichenberger, Olivia Kitau, Herry Mapesi, Tracy R. Glass, Daniel Henry Paris, Maja Weisser, Fiona Vanobberghen

Sentinel surveillance for influenza A viruses in Lahore District Pakistan in flu season 2015–2016

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Saima Hasan, Richard J. Webby, Muhammad Iqbal, Hamad Bin Rashid, Mansur-ud-Din Ahmad, Jawad Nazir, Jennifer DeBeauchamp, Shakera Sadiq, Mamoona Chaudhry

Clinical sign and biomarker-based algorithm to identify bacterial pneumonia among outpatients with lower respiratory tract infection in Tanzania

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Sarika K. L. Hogendoorn, Loïc Lhopitallier, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, Estelle Tenisch, Zainab Mbarack, Josephine Samaka, Tarsis Mlaganile, Aline Mamin, Blaise Genton, Laurent Kaiser, Valérie D’Acremont, Kevin C. Kain, Noémie Boillat-Blanco

Optimal encephalitis/meningitis roadmap via precise diagnosis and treatment (IMPROVE): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Yi Zhang, Haocheng Zhang, Bo Deng, Ke Lin, Lei Jin, Xiaoni Liu, Yanlin Zhang, Xiaohua Chen, Yanliang Zhang, Shengjia Lu, Heqing Huang, Qiujing Wang, Tingting Feng, Weifeng Zhao, Qun Xue, Renfang Chen, Jingbo Zhang, Xiaoyan Qian, Lanlan Chen, Jingwen Ai, Xiangjun Chen, Wenhong Zhang

Prevalence of SARS-Cov-2 antibodies and living conditions: the French national random population-based EPICOV cohort

Josiane Warszawski, Anne-Lise Beaumont, Rémonie Seng, Xavier de Lamballerie, Delphine Rahib, Nathalie Lydié, Rémy Slama, Sylvain Durrleman, Philippe Raynaud, Patrick Sillard, François Beck, Laurence Meyer, Nathalie Bajos, Josiane Warszawski, Nathalie Bajos, Muriel Barlet, François Beck, Emilie Counil, Florence Jusot, Aude Leduc, Nathalie Lydié, Claude Martin, Laurence Meyer, Philippe Raynaud, Alexandra Rouquette, Ariane Pailhé, Nicolas Paliod, Delphine Rahib, Patrick Sillard, Alexis Spire

SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in Lebanon: findings from the first nationwide serosurvey

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Abbas Hoballah, Rana El Haidari, Ghina Siblany, Fadi Abdel Sater, Samir Mansour, Hamad Hassan, Linda Abou-Abbas

Seroprevalence of mucosal and cutaneous human papillomavirus (HPV) types among children and adolescents in the general population in Germany

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Anna Loenenbach, Michael Pawlita, Tim Waterboer, Thomas Harder, Christina Poethko-Müller, Michael Thamm, Raskit Lachmann, Yvonne Deleré, Ole Wichmann, Miriam Wiese-Posselt

A retrospective study assessing the clinical outcomes and costs of acute hepatitis A in Cape Town, South Africa

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Jenna Patterson, Susan Cleary, Sheetal P. Silal, Gregory D. Hussey, Annabel Enoch, Stephen Korsman, Elizabeth Goddard, Mashiko Setshedi, Wendy C. Spearman, Benjamin M. Kagina, Rudzani Muloiwa

Diphtheria resurgence in Sada'a-Yemen, 2017–2020

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Ahmed Abdallah Al-Dar, Mutahar Al-Qassimi, Faten Hamid Ezzadeen, Mohammed Qassime, Ahmed Mohamed Al murtadha, Yasser Ghaleb

A systematic review on papers that study on Single Nucleotide Polymorphism that affects coronavirus 2019 severity

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Siyeon Suh, Sol Lee, Ho Gym, Sanghyuk Yoon, Seunghwan Park, Jihi Cha, Do-Hyung Kwon, YunSu Yang, Sun Ha Jee

A machine learning-based system for detecting leishmaniasis in microscopic images

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Mojtaba Zare, Hossein Akbarialiabad, Hossein Parsaei, Qasem Asgari, Ali Alinejad, Mohammad Saleh Bahreini, Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Mohsen Ghofrani-Jahromi, Reza Shahriarirad, Yalda Amirmoezzi, Sepehr Shahriarirad, Ali Zeighami, Gholamreza Abdollahifard

Improving screening and management of latent tuberculosis infection: development and evaluation of latent tuberculosis infection primary care model

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Marina Kunin, Mark Timlin, Chris Lemoh, David A. Sheffield, Alana Russo, Shegofa Hazara, Jacqueline McBride

A clinical prediction tool for extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae urinary tract infection

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Hui Liu, Suishan Qiu, Minghao Chen, Jun Lyu, Guangchao Yu, Lianfang Xue

Effect of maternal vitamin D supplementation on nasal pneumococcal acquisition, carriage dynamics and carriage density in infants in Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Mahgol Taghivand, Lisa G. Pell, Mohammed Z. Rahman, Abdullah A. Mahmud, Eric O. Ohuma, Eleanor M. Pullangyeum, Tahmeed Ahmed, Davidson H. Hamer, Stanley H. Zlotkin, Jonathan B. Gubbay, Shaun K. Morris, Daniel E. Roth

Assessment of socio-behavioural correlates and risk perceptions regarding anthrax disease in tribal communities of Odisha, Eastern India

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Matrujyoti Pattnaik, Jaya Singh Kshatri, Hari Ram Choudhary, Debaprasad Parai, Jyoti Shandilya, Asit Mansingh, Arun Kumar Padhi, Sanghamitra Pati, Debdutta Bhattacharya

A patient with granulomatous amoebic encephalitis caused by Balamuthia mandrillaris survived with two excisions and medication

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Limei Peng, Quan Zhou, Yu Wu, Xiaoli Cao, Zili Lv, Minghua Su, Yachun Yu, Wen Huang

Off-label use of combined antiretroviral therapy, analysis of data collected by the Italian Register for HIV-1 infection in paediatrics in a large cohort of children

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Elena Chiappini, Catiuscia Lisi, Vania Giacomet, Paola Erba, Stefania Bernardi, Paola Zangari, Antonio Di Biagio, Lucia Taramasso, Carlo Giaquinto, Osvalda Rampon, Clara Gabiano, Silvia Garazzino, Claudia Tagliabue, Susanna Esposito, Eugenia Bruzzese, Raffaele Badolato, Domenico Zanaboni, Monica Cellini, Maurizio Dedoni, Antonio Mazza, Andrea Pession, Anna Maria Giannini, Filippo Salvini, Icilio Dodi, Ines Carloni, Salvatore Cazzato, Pier Angelo Tovo, Maurizio de Martino, Luisa Galli, Sara Parigi, Francesca Orlandi, Alessandra de Martino, Raffaella Pinzani, Luisa Abbagnato, Maurizio Ruggeri, Francesco Baldi, Giacomo Faldella, Piergiorgio Chiriacò, Carlo Dessì, Maria Grazia Pantò, Elisa Anastasio, Maria Rita Govoni, Maurizio Bigi, Elisabetta Bondi, Riccardo Borea, Giovanni Cenderello, Donato Tommasi, Ernesto Renato Dalle Nogare, Marcello Saitta, Leonardo Felici, Rita Consolini, Angelo Antonellini, Gianfranco Anzidei, Orazio Genovese, Salvatore Catania, Fabio Natale, Paolina Olmeo, Letizia Cristiano, Vincenzo Portelli, Marco Rabusin, Giada Maria Di Pietro, Leone Fabrizio

Secondary hypogonadism following hand, foot, and mouth disease in an adult: a case report and review of literature

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Zhaoying Chen, Chen Jiang, Xiaoyu Cheng, Lidan Ma, Ying Xin, Tian Liu, Ruixia Sun

Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among staff at primary healthcare institutions in Prishtina

Rrezart Halili, Jeta Bunjaku, Bujar Gashi, Teuta Hoxha, Agron Kamberi, Nexhmedin Hoti, Riaz Agahi, Vlora Basha, Visar Berisha, Ilir Hoxha

A mathematical model by route of transmission and fibrosis progression to estimate undiagnosed individuals with HCV in different Italian regions

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Loreta A. Kondili, Massimo Andreoni, Alfredo Alberti, Salvatore Lobello, Sergio Babudieri, Antonella De Michina, Rocco Merolla, Walter Marrocco, Antonio Craxì

The characteristics of overseas imported COVID-19 cases and the effectiveness of screening strategies in Beijing, China

Li Li, Cheng-Jie Ma, Yu-Fei Chang, Si-Yuan Yang, Yun-Xia Tang, Ling-Hang Wang

Etiologies of fever of unknown origin in HIV/AIDS patients, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Thu Kim Nguyen, Yen Hai Nguyen, Hao Thi Nguyen, Quang Minh Khong, Ngoc Kim Tran

Acute hepatitis E virus superinfection increases mortality in patients with cirrhosis

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Jung Woo Choi, Ho Jin Son, Sang Soo Lee, Hankyu Jeon, Jin-Kyu Cho, Hee Jin Kim, Ra Ri Cha, Jae Min Lee, Hyun Jin Kim, Woon Tae Jung, Ok-Jae Lee

Mortality among Italians and immigrants with COVID-19 hospitalised in Milan, Italy: data from the Luigi Sacco Hospital registry

Andrea Giacomelli, Anna Lisa Ridolfo, Cecilia Bonazzetti, Letizia Oreni, Federico Conti, Laura Pezzati, Matteo Siano, Cinzia Bassoli, Giacomo Casalini, Marco Schiuma, Alice Covizzi, Matteo Passerini, Marco Piscaglia, Fabio Borgonovo, Claudia Galbiati, Riccardo Colombo, Emanuele Catena, Giuliano Rizzardini, Laura Milazzo, Massimo Galli, Antonio Brucato, Spinello Antinori

The prevalence of diabetes among tuberculosis patients in Denmark

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Franziska Grundtvig Huber, Kristina Langholz Kristensen, Inge Kristine Holden, Peter Henrik Andersen, Banoo Bakir, Anja Jørgensen, Hans Johan Niklas Lorentsson, Karen Bjorn-Mortensen, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Pernille Ravn

Revealing potential diagnostic gene biomarkers of septic shock based on machine learning analysis

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Yonghua Fan, Qiufeng Han, Jinfeng Li, Gaige Ye, Xianjing Zhang, Tengxiao Xu, Huaqing Li

Analysis of risk factors for early-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia in a neurosurgical intensive care unit

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Guojie Teng, Ning Wang, Xiuhong Nie, Lin Zhang, Hongjun Liu

Spatiotemporal prediction of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus colonisation

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

Predictors of treatment outcomes among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Vietnam: a retrospective cohort study

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Ian Wrohan, Thu Anh Nguyen, Viet Nhung Nguyen, Binh Hoa Nguyen, Thi Thanh Thuy Hoang, Phuong Chi Nguyen, Kavindhran Velen, Guy Barrington Marks, Greg James Fox

Overlapping infection of Nocardia farcinica and Aspergillus fumigatus in a child with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease: a case report

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  • Case report

Xiyan Tian, Qingmiao Shi, Peng Liu, Lulu Pang, Peisheng Jia, Lei Xie, Xiaoxu Ma, Ang Li, Zujiang Yu, Huaili Wang

Protocol for SARS-CoV-2 post-vaccine surveillance study in Australian adults and children with cancer: an observational study of safety and serological and immunological response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination (SerOzNET)

Amy Body, Elizabeth Ahern, Luxi Lal, Karen Gillett, Hesham Abdulla, Stephen Opat, Tracey O’Brien, Peter Downie, Stuart Turville, C. Mee Ling Munier, Corey Smith, C. Raina MacIntyre, Eva Segelov

Association between oral antimalarial medication administration and mortality among patients with Ebola virus disease: a multisite cohort study

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Logan Abel, Shiromi M. Perera, Derrick Yam, Stephanie Garbern, Stephen B. Kennedy, Moses Massaquoi, Foday Sahr, Dayan Woldemichael, Tao Liu, Adam C. Levine, Adam R. Aluisio

A case of brucellosis-induced Guillain–Barre syndrome

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Qian Li, Jianfeng Liu, Wenhui Jiang, Lisheng Jiang, Mengzhi Lu, Linping Xiao, Yukun Li, Yinghua Lan, Yongguo Li

Characteristics associated with HIV and hepatitis C seroprevalence among sexual and injecting partners of HIV positive persons who inject drugs in Nairobi and coastal Kenya

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Betsy C. Sambai, Hanley Kingston, Aliza Monroe-Wise, Loice Mbogo, Emily Juma, Natasha Ludwig-Barron, Brandon L. Guthrie, David Bukusi, Bhavna H. Chohan, John Scott, Rose Bosire, Matthew Dunbar, Paul Macharia, Sarah Masyuko, William Sinkele, Joshua T. Herbeck, Carey Farquhar

Illness perception about hepatitis C virus infection: a cross-sectional study from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

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Shahan Ullah, Salamat Ali, Muhammad Daud, Vibhu Paudyal, Kawsar Hayat, Syed Muhammad Hamid, Tofeeq Ur-rehman

The 6-minute walk test predicts mortality in a pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria-predominant bronchiectasis cohort

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Rebekah A. Blakney, Emily E. Ricotta, Dean Follmann, Jessica Drew, Kelly A. Carey, Lisa N. Glass, Chevalia Robinson, Sandra MacDonald, Pamela J. McShane, Kenneth N. Olivier, Kevin Fennelly, D. Rebecca Prevots

Self-reported olfactory and gustatory dysfunctions in COVID-19 patients: a 1-year follow-up study in Foggia district, Italy

Francesca Fortunato, Domenico Martinelli, Giuseppina Iannelli, Marica Milazzo, Umberto Farina, Gabriella Di Matteo, Rosella De Nittis, Leonardo Ascatigno, Michele Cassano, Pier Luigi Lopalco, Rosa Prato

Low incidence of COVID-19 case severity and mortality in Africa; Could malaria co-infection provide the missing link?

Silas Acheampong Osei, Robert Peter Biney, Alberta Serwah Anning, Lydia Nkuah Nortey, George Ghartey-Kwansah

Prevalence and genotype distribution of hepatitis C virus within hemodialysis units in Thailand: role of HCV core antigen in the assessment of viremia

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Natthaya Chuaypen, Apichaya Khlaiphuengsin, Thaninee Prasoppokakorn, Paweena Susantitaphong, Wisit Prasithsirikul, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Pisit Tangkijvanich, Kearkiat Praditpornsilpa

Longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 seroepidemiological investigation among healthcare workers at a tertiary care hospital in Germany

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Sara Tomczyk, Alexander Hönning, Julia Hermes, Marica Grossegesse, Natalie Hofmann, Janine Michel, Markus Neumann, Andreas Nitsche, Berthold Hoppe, Tim Eckmanns, Hajo Schmidt-Traub, Kristina Zappel

A time series analysis of detection and mortality of hepatitis C in Brazil, 2008–2018

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Rodrigo José Videres Cordeiro de Brito, Leonardo Feitosa da Silva, Márcio Bezerra Santos, Patrícia Muniz Mendes Freire de Moura, Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo

Estimating tuberculosis drug resistance amplification rates in high-burden settings

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Malancha Karmakar, Romain Ragonnet, David B. Ascher, James M. Trauer, Justin T. Denholm

Impact of pre-event testing and quarantine on reducing the risk of COVID-19 epidemic rebound: a modelling study

Ngai Sze Wong, Shui Shan Lee, Kate M. Mitchell, Eng-kiong Yeoh, Cheng Wang

Bronchiolitis, epidemiological changes during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

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Carmina Guitart, Sara Bobillo-Perez, Carme Alejandre, Georgina Armero, Cristian Launes, Francisco Jose Cambra, Monica Balaguer, Iolanda Jordan, Andrés Antón Pagarolas, Jorgina Vila, Ermengol Coma, Iolanda Jordan, Valentí Pineda, Ester Castellarnau, Mª José Centelles-Serrano, Nuria López, Ingrid Badia Vilaró

Correction to: Molecular identification and antifungal susceptibility profile of yeast from vulvovaginal candidiasis

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Yu Shi, Yuxia Zhu, Shangrong Fan, Xiaoping Liu, Yiheng Liang, Yingying Shan

Controlled human malaria infection (CHMI) outcomes in Kenyan adults is associated with prior history of malaria exposure and anti-schizont antibody response

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Melissa C. Kapulu, Domtila Kimani, Patricia Njuguna, Mainga Hamaluba, Edward Otieno, Rinter Kimathi, James Tuju, B. Kim Lee Sim, Abdirahman I. Abdi, Yonas Abebe, Philip Bejon, Peter F. Billingsley, Peter C. Bull, Zaydah de Laurent, Stephen L. Hoffman, Eric R. James, Silvia Kariuki, Sam Kinyanjui, Cheryl Kivisi, Johnstone Makale, Kevin Marsh, Khadija Said Mohammed, Moses Mosobo, Janet Musembi, Jennifer Musyoki, Michelle Muthui, Jedidah Mwacharo, Kennedy Mwai, Joyce M. Ngoi, Omar Ngoto, Irene Nkumama, Francis Ndungu, Dennis Odera, Bernhards Ogutu, Fredrick Olewe, Donwilliams Omuoyo, John Ong’echa, Faith Osier, Thomas L. Richie, Jimmy Shangala, Juliana Wambua, Thomas N. Williams

Prevalence of measles antibodies among migrant workers in Singapore: a serological study to identify susceptible population subgroups

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Li Wei Ang, Qi Gao, Lin Cui, Aysha Farwin, Matthias Paul Han Sim Toh, Irving Charles Boudville, Mark I-Cheng Chen, Angela Chow, Raymond Tzer-Pin Lin, Vernon Jian Ming Lee, Yee Sin Leo

Utility of blood as the clinical specimen for the diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis using uracil DNA glycosylase-supplemented loop-mediated isothermal amplification and real-time polymerase chain reaction assays based on REP-529 sequence and B1 gene

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Bahman Rahimi Esboei, Shirzad Fallahi, Mohammad Zarei, Bahram Kazemi, Mehdi Mohebali, Saeedeh Shojaee, Parisa Mousavi, Aref Teimouri, Raziyeh Mahmoudzadeh, Mirataollah Salabati, Hossein Keshavarz Valian

The impact of ethnic minority status on tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment delays in Hunan Province, China

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Beth Gilmour, Zuhui Xu, Liqiong Bai, Kefyalew Addis Alene, Archie C. A. Clements

The poor accuracy of D-dimer for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection but its potential usefulness in early postoperative infections following revision arthroplasty for aseptic loosening

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M. Fernandez-Sampedro, I. Sanlés-González, C. García-Ibarbia, N. Fañanás-Rodríquez, M. Fakkas-Fernández, M. C. Fariñas

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated suppression measures on the burden of tuberculosis in India

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Matthew Arentz, Jianing Ma, Peng Zheng, Theo Vos, Christopher J. L. Murray, Hmwe H. Kyu

Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome in patients after 12 months from COVID-19 infection in Korea

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Yoonjung Kim, Bitna-Ha, Shin-Woo Kim, Hyun-Ha Chang, Ki Tae Kwon, Sohyun Bae, Soyoon Hwang

Clinical outcomes after treatment with direct antiviral agents: beyond the virological response in patients with previous HCV-related decompensated cirrhosis

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Georges-Philippe Pageaux, Clovis Lusivika Nzinga, Nathalie Ganne, Didier Samuel, Céline Dorival, Fabien Zoulim, Carole Cagnot, Thomas Decaens, Dominique Thabut, Tarik Asselah, Philippe Mathurin, François Habersetzer, Jean-Pierre Bronowicki, Dominique Guyader, Isabelle Rosa, Vincent Leroy, Olivier Chazouilleres, Victor de Ledinghen, Marc Bourliere, Xavier Causse, Paul Cales, Sophie Metivier, Véronique Loustaud-Ratti, Ghassan Riachi, Laurent Alric, Moana Gelu-Simeon, Anne Minello, Jérôme Gournay, Claire Geist, Albert Tran, Armand Abergel, Isabelle Portal, Louis d’Alteroche, François Raffi, Hélène Fontaine, Fabrice Carrat, Stanislas Pol, Delphine Bonnet, Virginie Payssan-Sicart, Chloe Pomes, François Bailly, Marjolaine Beaudoin, Dominique Giboz, Kerstin Hartig-Lavie, Marianne Maynard, Eric Billaud, David Boutoille, Morane Cavellec, Caroline Chevalier, Isabelle Hubert, Pierre Goepfert, Adrien Lannes, Françoise Lunel, Jérôme Boursier, Nathalie Boyer, Nathalie Giuily, Corinne Castelnau, Giovanna Scoazec, Aziza Chibah, Sylvie Keser, Karim Bonardi, Anaïs Vallet-Pichard, Philippe Sogni, Juliette Foucher, Jean-Baptiste Hiriart, Amandine Legendre, Faiza Chermak, Marie Irlès-Depé, Si Nafa Si Ahmed, Christelle Ansaldi, Nisserine Ben Amara, Valérie Oules, Jacqueline Dunette, Rodolphe Anty, Eve Gelsi, Régine Truchi, Elena Luckina, Nadia Messaoudi, Joseph Moussali, Barbara De Dieuleveult, Héloïse Goin, Damien Labarrière, Pascal Potier, Si Nafa Si Ahmed, Véronique Grando-Lemaire, Pierre Nahon, Séverine Brulé, Rym Monard, Caroline Jezequel, Audrey Brener, Anne Laligant, Aline Rabot, Isabelle Renard, Thomas F. Baumert, Michel Dofföel, Catherine Mutter, Pauline Simo-Noumbissie, Esma Razi, Hélène Barraud, Mouni Bensenane, Abdelbasset Nani, Sarah Hassani-Nani, Marie-Albertine Bernard, Georges-Philippe Pageaux, Michael Bismuth, Ludovic Caillo, Stéphanie Faure, Marie Pierre Ripault, Christophe Bureau, Sarah Launay, Jean Marie Peron, Marie Angèle Robic, Léa Tarallo, Marine Faure, Bruno Froissart, Marie-Noelle Hilleret, Jean-Pierre Zarski, Odile Goria, Victorien Grard, Hélène Montialoux, Muriel François, Christian Ouedraogo, Christelle Pauleau, Anne Varault, Tony Andreani, Bénédicte Angoulevant, Azeline Chevance, Lawrence Serfaty, Teresa Antonini, Audrey Coilly, Jean-Charles Duclos Vallée, Mariagrazia Tateo, Corinne Bonny, Chanteranne Brigitte, Géraldine Lamblin, Léon Muti, Abdenour Babouri, Virginie Filipe, Camille Barrault, Laurent Costes, Hervé Hagège, Soraya Merbah, Paul Carrier, Maryline Debette-Gratien, Jérémie Jacques, Guillaume Lassailly, Florent Artu, Valérie Canva, Sébastien Dharancy, Alexandre Louvet, Marianne Latournerie, Marc Bardou, Thomas Mouillot, Yannick Bacq, Didier Barbereau, Charlotte Nicolas, Caroline Chevalier, Isabelle Archambeaud, Sarah Habes, Nisserine Ben Amara, Danièle Botta-Fridlund, Eric Saillard, Marie-Josée Lafrance, Carole Cagnot, Alpha Diallo, Lena Wadouachi, Ventzi Petrov-Sanchez, Douae Ammour, Loubna Ayour, Jaouad Benhida, Fabrice Carrat, Frederic Chau, Céline Dorival, Audrey Gilibert, Isabelle Goderel, Warda Hadi, Clovis Luzivika Nzinga, Grégory Pannetier, François Pinot, Odile Stahl, François Téloulé

Genetic diversity in L1 ORF of human papillomavirus in women with cervical cancer with and without human immunodeficiency virus in Botswana and Kenya

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Leabaneng Tawe, Wonderful T. Choga, Giacomo M. Paganotti, Ontlametse T. Bareng, Tlhalefo D. Ntereke, Pleasure Ramatlho, Doreen Ditshwanelo, Simani Gaseitsiwe, Ishmael Kasvosve, Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Omenge E. Orang’o, Erle Robertson, Nicola Zetola, Sikhulile Moyo, Surbhi Grover, Aaron C. Ermel

Comparison of cytokines levels among COVID-19 patients living at sea level and high altitude

Juana del Valle-Mendoza, Yordi Tarazona-Castro, Alfredo Merino-Luna, Hugo Carrillo-Ng, Sungmin Kym, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Luis J. del Valle, Ronald Aquino-Ortega, Johanna Martins-Luna, Isaac Peña-Tuesta, Wilmer Silva-Caso

Clinical characteristics of healthcare workers with SARS-CoV-2 infection after vaccination with BNT162b2 vaccine

Andrea Lombardi, Giulia Renisi, Dario Consonni, Massimo Oggioni, Patrizia Bono, Sara Uceda Renteria, Alessandra Piatti, Angela Cecilia Pesatori, Silvana Castaldi, Antonio Muscatello, Luciano Riboldi, Ferruccio Ceriotti, Andrea Gori, Alessandra Bandera

Talaromyces marneffei and Mycobacterium tuberculosis co-infection in a patient with high titer anti-interferon-γ autoantibodies: a case report

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Ye Qiu, Mianluan Pan, Zhenming Yang, Wen Zeng, Hui Zhang, Zhengtu Li, Jianquan Zhang

Seroprevalence, spatial distribution, and social determinants of SARS-CoV-2 in three urban centers of Chile

Pablo Vial, Claudia González, Gloria Icaza, Muriel Ramirez-Santana, Rubén Quezada-Gaete, Loreto Núñez-Franz, Mauricio Apablaza, Cecilia Vial, Paola Rubilar, Juan Correa, Claudia Pérez, Andrei Florea, Eugenio Guzmán, María-Estela Lavín, Paula Concha, Manuel Nájera, Ximena Aguilera

Association of cellular HIV-1 DNA and virological success of antiretroviral treatment in HIV-infected sub-Saharan African adults

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Desmorys Raoul Moh, Jean-Baptiste Ntakpé, Delphine Gabillard, Arlette Ahoubet Yayo-Emieme, Anani Badjé, Gérard M. Kouame, Toni Thomas d’Aquin, Christine Danel, Xavier Anglaret, Serge P. Eholié

Sensitivity of contact-tracing for COVID-19 in Thailand: a capture-recapture application

R. Lerdsuwansri, P. Sangnawakij, D. Böhning, C. Sansilapin, W. Chaifoo, Jonathan A. Polonsky, Victor J. Del Rio Vilas

Using the hybrid EMD-BPNN model to predict the incidence of HIV in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, 2004–2018

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Qingyu An, Jun Wu, Jun Meng, Zhijie Zhao, Jin Jian Bai, Xiaofeng Li

Impact of intra-partum azithromycin on carriage of group A streptococcus in the Gambia: a posthoc analysis of a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial

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Isatou Jagne, Alexander J. Keeley, Abdoulie Bojang, Bully Camara, Edrissa Jallow, Elina Senghore, Claire Oluwalana, Saikou Y. Bah, Claire E. Turner, Abdul Karim Sesay, Umberto D’Alessandro, Christian Bottomley, Thushan I. de Silva, Anna Roca

Description of antibiotic treatment in adults tested for Clostridioides difficile infection: a single-center case–control study

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Min Hyung Kim, Yong Chan Kim, Jung Lim Kim, Yoon Soo Park, Heejung Kim

Preventing COVID-19 outbreaks through surveillance testing in healthcare facilities: a modelling study

Tim Litwin, Jens Timmer, Mathias Berger, Andreas Wahl-Kordon, Matthias J. Müller, Clemens Kreutz

COVID-19 related perception among some community members and frontline healthcare providers for NTD control in Ghana

Collins S. Ahorlu, Daniel Okyere, Sellasie Pi-Bansa, Joseph Otchere, Benjamin Marfo, Kofi Asemanyi-Mensah, Joseph L. Opare, Elizabeth F. Long, Dziedzom K. de Souza

Efficacy of antiviral therapies for COVID-19: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Charan Thej Reddy Vegivinti, Kirk W. Evanson, Hannah Lyons, Izzet Akosman, Averi Barrett, Nicole Hardy, Bernadette Kane, Praneeth Reddy Keesari, Yashwitha Sai Pulakurthi, Erin Sheffels, Prasanth Balasubramanian, Richa Chibbar, Spandana Chittajallu, Kathryn Cowie, J. Karon, Lauren Siegel, Ranita Tarchand, Caleb Zinn, Nitin Gupta, Kevin M. Kallmes, Kavitha Saravu, Jillienne Touchette

Bacterial co-infections in community-acquired pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2, influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus

Pontus Hedberg, Niclas Johansson, Anders Ternhag, Lina Abdel-Halim, Jonas Hedlund, Pontus Nauclér

Tuberculosis burden caused by migrant population in Eastern China: evidence from notification records in Zhejiang Province during 2013–2017

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Kui Liu, Songhua Chen, Yu Zhang, Tao Li, Bo Xie, Wei Wang, Fei Wang, Ying Peng, Liyun Ai, Bin Chen, Xiaomeng Wang, Jianmin Jiang

Development of a new serotyping ELISA for Toxoplasma gondii type II, type III and Africa 1 lineages using in silico peptide discovery methods, well categorized feline and human outbreak serum samples

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Hüseyin Can, Ayşegül Aksoy Gökmen, Mert Döşkaya, Sedef Erkunt Alak, Aysu Değirmenci Döşkaya, Muhammet Karakavuk, Ahmet Efe Köseoğlu, Tuğba Karakavuk, Ceren Gül, Mervenur Güvendi, Aytül Gül, Adnan Yüksel Gürüz, Selçuk Kaya, Aurélien Mercier, Cemal Ün

Relationship between the appropriateness of antibiotic treatment and clinical outcomes/medical costs of patients with community-acquired acute pyelonephritis: a multicenter prospective cohort study

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Choseok Yoon, Se Yoon Park, Bongyoung Kim, Ki Tae Kwon, Seong-yeol Ryu, Seong-Heon Wie, Hyun-uk Jo, Jieun Kim, Kyung-Wook Hong, Hye In Kim, Hyun ah Kim, Mi-Hee Kim, Mi-Hyun Bae, Yong-Hak Sohn, Jieun Kim, Yangsoon Lee, Hyunjoo Pai

Role of the T2Dx magnetic resonance assay in patients with suspected bloodstream infection: a single-centre real-world experience

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Angela Quirino, Vincenzo Scaglione, Nadia Marascio, Maria Mazzitelli, Eugenio Garofalo, Francesca Divenuto, Francesca Serapide, Andrea Bruni, Rosaria Lionello, Grazia Pavia, Chiara Costa, Aida Giancotti, Cinzia Peronace, Federico Longhini, Alessandro Russo, Maria Carla Liberto, Giovanni Matera, Carlo Torti, Enrico Maria Trecarichi

Cross-sectional household transmission study of Cryptosporidium shows that C. hominis infections are a key risk factor for spread

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Caoimhe McKerr, Rachel M. Chalmers, Kristin Elwin, Heather Ayres, Roberto Vivancos, Sarah J. O’Brien, Robert M. Christley

Sepsis due to kidney injury caused by a toothpick: a case report and literature review

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Qi Qi, Lingxin Chen, Guoxian Kou

Effect of chronic kidney disease on all-cause mortality in tuberculosis disease: an Australian cohort study

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Beau Z. Carr, Esther M. Briganti, Joseph Musemburi, Grant A. Jenkin, Justin T. Denholm

Immunovirological discordance among female sex workers who start antiretroviral therapy in Burkina Faso

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Wilfried Wenceslas Bazié, Diane Yirgnur Somé, Isidore Tiandiogo Traoré, Anselme Sanon, Issouf Konaté, Souleymane Tassembedo, Ajani Ousmane Taofiki, Dramane Kania, Abdoulaye Ouédraogo, Bea Vuylsteke, Caroline Gilbert, Nicolas Meda, Abdoul Salam Ouédraogo, Nicolas Nagot

Blood culture surveillance in a secondary care hospital in Benin: epidemiology of bloodstream infection pathogens and antimicrobial resistance

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Sien Ombelet, Gutemberg Kpossou, Carine Kotchare, Esenam Agbobli, Frédéric Sogbo, Faridath Massou, Katrien Lagrou, Barbara Barbé, Dissou Affolabi, Jan Jacobs

“H” is not for hydroxychloroquine—“H” is for heparin: lack of efficacy of hydroxychloroquine and the role of heparin in COVID-19—preliminary data of a prospective and interventional study from Brazil

Renata de Oliveira Costa, Joyce Santos Nascimento, Cadiele Oliana Reichert, Adriana Pedroso Augusto da Costa, Maria Aparecida Pedrosa dos Santos, Alberto Macedo Soares, Carlos Eduardo Mendonça Tomé, Ricardo Leite Hayden, Cassiano Waldanski dos Santos, Bruno Barreiro, Amer Abdul Basset El-Khatib, Luís Alberto de Pádua Covas Lage, Juliana Pereira, Mônica Mazzurana Benetti

Performance and utility of more highly sensitive malaria rapid diagnostic tests

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Hannah C. Slater, Xavier C. Ding, Sophia Knudson, Daniel J. Bridges, Hawela Moonga, Neil J. Saad, Martin De Smet, Adam Bennett, Sabine Dittrich, Laurence Slutsker, Gonzalo J. Domingo

Studying patterns and predictors of HIV viral suppression using A Big Data approach: a research protocol

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Jiajia Zhang, Bankole Olatosi, Xueying Yang, Sharon Weissman, Zhenlong Li, Jianjun Hu, Xiaoming Li

Physical activity level and associated factors among adult HIV patients in Ethiopia

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Yadessa Tegene, Selamawit Mengesha, Caroline van der Starre, Stephanie Lako, Alemayehu Toma, Mark Spigt

Schistosoma japonicum infection associated with membranous nephropathy: a case report

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Zhou-Ning Liao, Li-Jian Tao, Hong-ling Yin, Xiang-Chen Xiao, Min-Xiang Lei, Zhang-Zhe Peng

Reinfection by the SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant in blood donors in Manaus, Brazil

Carlos A. Prete Jr, Lewis F. Buss, Renata Buccheri, Claudia M. M. Abrahim, Tassila Salomon, Myuki A. E. Crispim, Marcio K. Oikawa, Eduard Grebe, Allyson G. da Costa, Nelson A. Fraiji, Maria do P. S. S. Carvalho, Charles Whittaker, Neal Alexander, Nuno R. Faria, Christopher Dye, Vítor H. Nascimento, Michael P. Busch, Ester Cerdeira Sabino

Antibiotic therapy completion for injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis at a center with routine addiction medicine consultation: a retrospective cohort study

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Muhammad Dhanani, Courtney Goodrich, Janice Weinberg, Carlos Acuna-Villaorduna, Tamar F. Barlam

Gaps in the congenital syphilis prevention cascade: qualitative findings from Kern County, California

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Eunhee Park, Julie Yip, Emily Harville, Marlene Nelson, Gloria Giarratano, Pierre Buekens, Jennifer Wagman

Comprehensive knowledge about HIV/AIDS and associated factors among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis using the most recent demographic and health survey of each country

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Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale, Yigizie Yeshaw, Adugnaw Zeleke Alem, Hiwotie Getaneh Ayalew, Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema, Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Misganaw Gebrie Worku, Tesfa Sewunet Alamneh

Determining target populations for leprosy prophylactic interventions: a hotspot analysis in Indonesia

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A. T. Taal, D. J. Blok, A. Handito, S. Wibowo, Sumarsono, A. Wardana, G. Pontororing, D. F. Sari, W. H. van Brakel, J. H. Richardus, C. R. S. Prakoeswa

Hepatitis E seroprevalence and risk factors in humans and pig in Ghana

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Husein Bagulo, Ayodele O. Majekodunmi, Susan C. Welburn, Langbong Bimi

Persistent, new-onset symptoms and mental health complaints in Long COVID in a Brazilian cohort of non-hospitalized patients

Ricardo Titze-de-Almeida, Thaylise Ramalho da Cunha, Letícia Dias dos Santos Silva, Clarisse Santos Ferreira, Caroline Pena Silva, Adriana Pinheiro Ribeiro, Agenor de Castro Moreira Santos Júnior, Pedro Renato de Paula Brandão, Andrezza Paula Brito Silva, Márcia Cristina Oliveira da Rocha, Mary-Ann Elvina Xavier, Simoneide Souza Titze-de-Almeida, Helena Eri Shimizu, Raimundo Nonato Delgado-Rodrigues

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of patients hospitalised with COVID-19: clinical outcomes in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Mariam Al Harbi, Nawal Al Kaabi, Asma Al Nuaimi, Jehad Abdalla, Tehmina Khan, Huda Gasmelseed, Asad Khan, Osama Hamdoun, Stefan Weber

Determinants of suboptimal immune recovery among a Chinese Yi ethnicity population with sustained HIV suppression

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Liyu Chen, Chang-Hai Liu, Shuang Kang, Lingyao Du, Fanghua Ma, Changmin Li, Lang Bai, Hong Li, Hong Tang

Early clinical and microbiological predictors of outcome in hospitalized patients with cryptococcal meningitis

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Lidiane de Oliveira, Marcia de Souza Carvalho Melhem, Renata Buccheri, Oscar José Chagas, José Ernesto Vidal, Fredi Alexander Diaz-Quijano

Linked nosocomial COVID-19 outbreak in three facilities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities due to SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.519 with spike mutation T478K in the Netherlands

Koen M. F. Gorgels, Jozef Dingemans, Brian M. J. W. van der Veer, Volker Hackert, Audrey Y. J. Hensels, Casper D. J. den Heijer, Lieke B. van Alphen, Paul H. M. Savelkoul, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe

Hospital acquired COVID-19 infections amongst patients before the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, a scoping review

Nobubelo K. Ngandu, Tshiamo M. Mmotsa, Reshmi Dassaye, Alice Thabetha, Willem Odendaal, Natasha Langdown, Duduzile Ndwandwe

Spontaneous intramedullary abscesses caused by Streptococcus anginosus: two case reports and review of the literature

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Christian D. Cerecedo-Lopez, Joshua D. Bernstock, Adam A. Dmytriw, Jason A. Chen, Joshua I. Chalif, Saksham Gupta, Joseph Driver, Kevin Huang, Susan E. Stanley, Jonathan Z. Li, John Chi, Yi Lu

Short time to positivity of blood culture predicts mortality and septic shock in bacteremic patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Ya-Chu Hsieh, Hsiao-Ling Chen, Shang-Yi Lin, Tun-Chieh Chen, Po-Liang Lu

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in social housing areas in Denmark

Kamille Fogh, Alexandra R. R. Eriksen, Rasmus B. Hasselbalch, Emilie Sofie Kristensen, Henning Bundgaard, Susanne D. Nielsen, Charlotte S. Jørgensen, Bibi F. S. S. Scharff, Christian Erikstrup, Susanne G. Sækmose, Dorte K. Holm, Bitten Aagaard, Jakob Norsk, Pernille Brok Nielsen, Jonas H. Kristensen, Lars Østergaard, Svend Ellermann-Eriksen, Berit Andersen, Henrik Nielsen, Isik S. Johansen, Lothar Wiese, Lone Simonsen, Thea K. Fischer, Fredrik Folke, Freddy Lippert, Sisse R. Ostrowski, Steen Ethelberg, Anders Koch, Anne-Marie Vangsted, Tyra Grove Krause, Anders Fomsgaard, Claus Nielsen, Henrik Ullum, Robert Skov, Kasper Iversen

The effect of homelessness on viral suppression in an underserved metropolitan area of middle Tennessee: potential implications for ending the HIV epidemic

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Vladimir Berthaud, Livette Johnson, Ronda Jennings, Maxine Chandler-Auguste, Abosede Osijo, Marie T. Baldwin, Patricia Matthews-Juarez, Paul Juarez, Derek Wilus, Mohammad Tabatabai

Biennial surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum anti-malarial drug resistance markers in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2017 and 2019

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Doudou M. Yobi, Nadine K. Kayiba, Dieudonné M. Mvumbi, Raphael Boreux, Pius Z. Kabututu, Pierre Z. Akilimali, Hippolyte N. T. Situakibanza, Patrick De Mol, Niko Speybroeck, Georges L. Mvumbi, Marie-Pierre Hayette

Frequency of microbial isolates and pattern of antimicrobial resistance in patients with hematological malignancies: a cross-sectional study from Palestine

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Genan Arman, Marwa Zeyad, Beesan Qindah, Adham Abu Taha, Riad Amer, Shatha Abutaha, Amer A. Koni, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

Epstein–Barr virus-associated infectious mononucleosis with acute epididymitis: a case report

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Kentaro Sako, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Ayako Kumabe

Risk of sequelae after invasive meningococcal disease

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Sidsel Skou Voss, Jens Nielsen, Palle Valentiner-Branth

RT-PCR negative COVID-19

Heta Parmar, Margaret Montovano, Padmapriya Banada, Sri Ram Pentakota, Stephanie Shiau, Zhongjie Ma, Kaheerman Saibire, Abby Chopoorian, Michael O’Shaughnessy, Mitchell Hirsch, Priyanshi Jain, Gaiane Demirdjian, Magali Karagueuzian, Thomas Robin, Michael Salvati, Bhavana Patel, David Alland, Yingda L. Xie

Machine-learning based prediction of prognostic risk factors in patients with invasive candidiasis infection and bacterial bloodstream infection: a singled centered retrospective study

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Yaling Li, Yutong Wu, Yali Gao, Xueli Niu, Jingyi Li, Mingsui Tang, Chang Fu, Ruiqun Qi, Bing Song, Hongduo Chen, Xinghua Gao, Ying Yang, Xiuhao Guan

Drug users’ awareness of and willingness to use HIV non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis (nPEP) services in China: a mixed methods study

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Kedi Jiao, Haochu Li, Dapeng Zhang, Zhenxia Jiang, Yuxi Lin, Xueyuan Liu, Hengmin Xu, Xuemei Yan, Haoqing Tang, Wei Ma

Analysing the protection from respiratory tract infections and allergic diseases early in life by human milk components: the PRIMA birth cohort

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Arthur H. van Stigt, Katrien Oude Rengerink, Kitty W. M. Bloemenkamp, Wouter de Waal, Sabine M. P. J. Prevaes, Thuy-My Le, Femke van Wijk, Maaike Nederend, Anneke H. Hellinga, Christianne S. Lammers, Gerco den Hartog, Martijn J. C. van Herwijnen, Johan Garssen, Léon M. J. Knippels, Lilly M. Verhagen, Caroline G. M. de Theije, Alejandro Lopez-Rincon, Jeanette H. W. Leusen, Belinda van’t Land, Louis Bont, André C. Knulst, C. Kors van der Ent, Debbie van Baarle, Marca H. M. Wauben, Nynke Y. Rots, Elisabeth A. M. Sanders, Manon J. N. L. Benders, Laura A. M. P. Meulenbroek, Bernd Stahl, Aletta D. Kraneveld, Brigitte J. M. Buiteman, Tanja Voogt, Barbara van der Meij, Butsabong Lerkvaleekul, Eline Voogd, Christianne S. Lammers, Tariq A. Lalmahomed, Iris M. Brus, Daphne M. M. van Meerwijk, Sophie I. E. Jepma

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among different population groups in China: a national multicenter online survey

Yiman Huang, Xiaoyou Su, Weijun Xiao, Hao Wang, Mingyu Si, Wenjun Wang, Xiaofen Gu, Li Ma, Li Li, Shaokai Zhang, Chunxia Yang, Yanqin Yu, Youlin Qiao

Characterizing patients with rare mucormycosis infections using real-world data

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Yayue Zhang, Anita H. Sung, Emily Rubinstein, Michael Benigno, Richard Chambers, Nataly Patino, Jalal A. Aram

Incidence of Cytomegalovirus disease and viral replication kinetics in seropositive liver transplant recipients managed under preemptive therapy in a tertiary-care center in Mexico City: a retrospective cohort study

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Oscar A. Fernández-García, Ignacio García-Juárez, Pablo Francisco Belaunzarán-Zamudio, Mario Vilatoba, Andrea Wisniowski-Yáñez, Jacobo Salomón-Ávila, Miriam Bobadilla-del-Valle, José Sifuentes-Osornio, Jennifer M. Cuellar-Rodríguez

Students’ observations of hand hygiene adherence in 20 nursing home wards, during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ida Hellum Sandbekken, Åsmund Hermansen, Inger Utne, Ellen Karine Grov, Borghild Løyland

Performance evaluation of an automatic chemiluminescence immune platform for SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody after vaccination in real world

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Min Li, Ruiwei Jiang, Enyun Wang, Dan Xiong, Tong Ou, Xiuming Zhang, Xiaowen Dou

Exploring the value of Mycobacterium tuberculosis modified lipoprotein as a potential biomarker for TB detection in children

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Xinxin Yang, Matthew F. Wipperman, Sharon Nachman, Nicole S. Sampson

Two-year immune effect differences between the 0–1–2-month and 0–1–6-month HBV vaccination schedule in adults

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Juan Wang, Chang-Hai Liu, Yuanji Ma, Xia Zhu, Liru Luo, Yulin Ji, Hong Tang

Assessment of liver fibrosis by transient elastography and multi-parameters model in young children with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

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Haiyan Luo, Songxu Peng, Wenxian Ouyang, Yanfang Tan, Tao Jiang, Lian Tang, Shuangjie Li, Jun Qiu, Changci Zhou

Dynamic changes of viral load and the duration of viral shedding in patients with hand, foot and mouth disease: a protocol for longitudinal study

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Xiaoxia Duan, Chaoyong Zhang, Zhenhua Chen, Juan Liao, Yilan Zeng, Weiwei Huang, Xueling Ren, Xueqin Tang, Hongxia Peng, Delan Zhang, Xiao Wang, Ping Yuan, Lu Long

Effect of heat inactivation for the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome-corona virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) with reverse transcription real time polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR): evidence from Ethiopian study

Belete Woldesemayat, Gebremedihin Gebremicael, Kidist Zealiyas, Amelework Yilma, Sisay Adane, Mengistu Yimer, Gadissa Gutema, Altaye Feleke, Kassu Desta

High procalcitonin levels associated with increased intensive care unit admission and mortality in patients with a COVID-19 infection in the emergency department

Kirby Tong-Minh, Yuri van der Does, Susanna Engelen, Evelien de Jong, Christian Ramakers, Diederik Gommers, Eric van Gorp, Henrik Endeman

Effectiveness and safety of artesunate–amodiaquine versus artemether–lumefantrine for home-based treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria among children 6–120 months in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a randomized trial

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Peter Thelma Ngwa Niba, Akindeh Mbuh Nji, Innocent Mbulli Ali, Lawrence Fonyonga Akam, Cedric Hermann Dongmo, Jean Paul Kengne Chedjou, Calvino Tah Fomboh, William Dorian Nana, Ornella Laetitia Ayem Oben, Abdel Aziz Selly-Ngaloumo, Marcel N. Moyeh, Jude Achidi Ngu, Ambassa Jean Ludovic, Pierre Martiniel Aboh, Marie Carine Enyegue Ambani, Pierrette Albertine Mbarga Omgba, Grâce Bissohong Kotcholi, Linus Moye Adzemye, Danielle Regine Abenkou Nna, Adèle Douanla, Ze Ango, Marie Sophie Ewane, Joel Tewara Ticha, Fritz Mbuh Tatah, Golwa Dinza, Valentine Nchafor Ndikum, Dorothy A. Fosah, Jude D. Bigoga, Michael Alifrangis, Wilfred F. Mbacham

Adenosine deaminase as a marker for the severity of infectious mononucleosis secondary to EBV in children

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Ting Shi, Jungen Li, Yuzhu Miao, Linlin Huang, Jianmei Tian

Prevalence of HIV infection among non-elderly individuals with hepatitis C in Japan: a population-based cohort study using a health insurance claim data

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Kazuhiko Ikeuchi, Kazuya Okushin, Makoto Saito, Eisuke Adachi, Takeya Tsutsumi, Tomoyuki Takura, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi

The importance of intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in critically ill patients with necrotizing soft tissue infection: a retrospective cohort study

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Daniel A. Hofmaenner, Pedro David Wendel Garcia, Manuel R. Blum, Sascha David, Reto A. Schuepbach, Philipp K. Buehler, Pascal M. Frey, Annelies S. Zinkernagel, Silvio D. Brugger

Mycoplasma hominis bloodstream infection and persistent pneumonia in a neurosurgery patient: a case report

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Qiang Wang, Xiaofang Tang, Stijn van der Veen

Femoral artery aneurysm with large hematoma from Pasteurella: case report and literature review

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Jamie Hanson, Ali Etemady-Deylamy, Jared Frisby, Justin D’Addario, Matthew Smeds, Robin Chamberland, Huazhang Guo, Getahun Abate

Large-scale (Phase III) evaluation of broflanilide 50WP (VECTRON™ T500) for indoor residual spraying for malaria vector control in Northeast Tanzania: study protocol for a two-arm, non-inferiority, cluster-randomised community trial

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Patrick K. Tungu, Mark W. Rowland, Louisa A. Messenger, Graham J. Small, John Bradley, Janneke Snetselaar, Matthew J. Kirby, Njelembo J. Mbewe

Multi-body-site colonization screening cultures for predicting multi-drug resistant Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteremia in hematological patients

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Ignacio Torres, Dixie Huntley, Mar Tormo, Marisa Calabuig, Juan Carlos Hernández-Boluda, María José Terol, Carlos Carretero, Paula de Michelena, Ariadna Pérez, José Luis Piñana, Javier Colomina, Carlos Solano, David Navarro

Adipose tissue is a predictor of 30-days mortality in patients with bloodstream infection caused by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Piaopiao Ying, Jiajing Chen, Yinchai Ye, Jianzhong Ye, Weiyang Cai

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 seroprevalence in South-Central Uganda, during 2019–2021

Charles Ssuuna, Ronald Moses Galiwango, Edward Nelson Kankaka, Joseph Kagaayi, Anthony Ndyanabo, Godfrey Kigozi, Gertrude Nakigozi, Tom Lutalo, Robert Ssekubugu, John Bosco Wasswa, Anthony Mayinja, Martina Cathy Nakibuuka, Samiri Jamiru, John Baptist Oketch, Edward Muwanga, Larry William Chang, Mary Kate Grabowski, Maria Wawer, Ronald Gray, Mark Anderson, Michael Stec, Gavin Cloherty, Oliver Laeyendecker, Steven James Reynolds, Thomas C. Quinn, David Serwadda

Prevalence and appropriateness of indwelling urinary catheters in Japanese hospital wards: a multicenter point prevalence study

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Kohta Katayama, Jennifer Meddings, Sanjay Saint, Karen E. Fowler, David Ratz, Yasuaki Tagashira, Yumi Kawamura, Tatsuya Fujikawa, Sho Nishiguchi, Naomi Kayauchi, Nobumasa Takagaki, Yasuharu Tokuda, Akira Kuriyama

HPV prevalence among young adult women living with and without HIV in Botswana for future HPV vaccine impact monitoring

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Nancy McClung, Anikie Mathoma, Julia W. Gargano, Naledi Gape Nyepetsi, Troy D. Querec, Juanita Onyekwuluje, Madisa Mine, Chelsea Morroni, Rebecca Luckett, Lauri E. Markowitz, Doreen Ramogola-Masire

Hepatitis C seroprevalence among people living with HIV/AIDS and pregnant women in four provinces in Cambodia: an integrated bio-behavioral survey

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Phearavin Pheng, Laurence Meyer, Olivier Ségéral, Phalla Chea, Siyan Yi, Sovannary Tuot, John M. Kaldor, Vonthanak Saphonn

Seasonal COVID-19 surge related hospital volumes and case fatality rates

Joseph E. Ebinger, Roy Lan, Matthew Driver, Nancy Sun, Patrick Botting, Eunice Park, Tod Davis, Margo B. Minissian, Bernice Coleman, Richard Riggs, Pamela Roberts, Susan Cheng

QuantiFERON-TB Gold plus testing for the detection of LTBI among health care workers in major TB hospitals of the Northern Kyrgyz Republic

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Caroline Corbett, Gulmira Kalmambetova, Nagira Umetalieva, Sevim Ahmedov, Uladzimir Antonenka, Bakyt Myrzaliev, Evgeni Sahalchyk, Monica Vogel, Abdylat Kadyrov, Harald Hoffmann

Bloodstream infection and pneumonia caused by Chlamydia abortus infection in China: a case report

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Changjun Zhu, Minjie Lv, Jianling Huang, Changwen Zhang, Lixu Xie, Tianming Gao, Bo Han, Wenjing Wang, Ganzhu Feng

Pneumococcal meningitis and COVID-19: dangerous coexistence. A case report

Katarzyna Guziejko, Piotr Czupryna, Ewa Katarzyna Zielenkiewicz-Madejska, Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska

Pseudomembranous necrotizing laryngotracheobronchitis due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae: a case report and literature review

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Wu Lei, Zhang Fei-Zhou, Chen Jing, Li Shu-Xian, Wu Xi-Ling, Tang Lan-Fang

Epidemiological and clinical risk factors related to severe COVID-19 in Iran: a multi-center study

Seyed Mohammad Hashemi-Shahri, Seyed Mohammad Nasiraldin Tabatabaei, Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam, Mahdi Mohammadi, Hassan Okati-Aliabad, Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei, Hossein Ansari, Mohammadhadi Abbasi, Khodadad Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi Zanganeh Baygi, Majid Sartipi, Sharareh Sanei-Sistani, Ali Reza Salimi Khorashad, Fatemeh Ansari-Moghadam, Neda Torab, Tahereh Khalili, Ghasem Miri-Aliabad

The changing pattern of bacterial and fungal respiratory isolates in patients with and without COVID-19 admitted to intensive care unit

Gianluca Zuglian, Diego Ripamonti, Alessandra Tebaldi, Marina Cuntrò, Ivano Riva, Claudio Farina, Marco Rizzi

A new screening tool for SARS-CoV-2 infection based on self-reported patient clinical characteristics: the COV19-ID score

Pablo Diaz Badial, Hugo Bothorel, Omar Kherad, Philippe Dussoix, Faustine Tallonneau Bory, Majd Ramlawi

Temporal trend and spatial analysis of the HIV epidemic in young men who have sex with men in the second largest Brazilian Amazonian province

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Iaron Leal Seabra, Andrey Oeiras Pedroso, Taymara Barbosa Rodrigues, Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira, Ana Lucia da Silva Ferreira, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio, Dulce Gomes, Richardson Augusto Rosendo da Silva, Eliã Pinheiro Botelho

Complete sputum smear monitoring among adults with pulmonary tuberculosis in central Uganda: evidence from a retrospective cohort study

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Ronald Nsubuga, Norbert Adrawa, Stephen Okoboi, Alimah Komuhangi, Jonathan Izudi

Transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis within family households by DTM-PCR and MIRU-VNTR genotyping

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Jun Chen, Lifeng Chen, Meng Zhou, Gang Wu, Fenglian Yi, Chen Jiang, Qionghong Duan, Meilan Zhou

Tropheryma whipplei in the stool samples of children with acute diarrhea: a study from Tehran, Iran

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Shirin Sayyahfar, Mina Latifian, Parisa Esmaeili, Neda Baseri, Fahimeh Bagheri Amiri, Bita Bakhshi, Abdoulreza Esteghamati, Saber Esmaeili

A multicenter analysis of trends in resistance in urinary Enterobacterales isolates from ambulatory patients in the United States: 2011–2020

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Michael W. Dunne, Steven I. Aronin, Kalvin C. Yu, Janet A. Watts, Vikas Gupta

HIV testing frequency and associated factors among five key populations in ten cities of China: a cross-sectional study

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Kedi Jiao, Ran Wei, Haochu Li, Eric P. F. Chow, Eduardo Piqueiras, Taylor Lewis, Zece Xu, Ci Ren, Wei Ma

Factors associated with in-hospital mortality in adult sepsis with Escherichia coli infection

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Kun Song, Cuirong Guo, Zhao Zeng, Changluo Li, Ning Ding

Single-center experience with perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis and surgical site infections in kidney transplant recipients

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Agata Ostaszewska, Piotr Domagała, Michał Zawistowski, Edyta Karpeta, Michał Wszoła

Validity of InterVA model versus physician review of verbal autopsy for tracking tuberculosis-related mortality in Ethiopia

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Haileleuel Bisrat, Tsegahun Manyazewal, Hussen Mohammed, Bilal Shikur, Getnet Yimer

Factors predicting self-report adherence (SRA) behaviours among DS-TB patients under the “Integrated model”: a survey in Southwest China

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Rui Zhang, Jie Pu, Jiani Zhou, Qingya Wang, Ting Zhang, Shili Liu, Geng Wang, Yong Chen, Jiaqing Liu, Daiyu Hu, Ying Li

A multi-level intervention to eliminate hepatitis C from the Region of Southern Denmark: the C-Free-South project

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Sandra Dröse, Anne Lindebo Holm Øvrehus, Dorte Kinggaard Holm, Lone Wulff Madsen, Belinda Klemmensen Mössner, Jacob Søholm, Janne Fuglsang Hansen, Birgit Thorup Røge, Peer Brehm Christensen

Diagnostic stewardship aiming at expectorated or induced sputum promotes microbial diagnosis in community-acquired pneumonia

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Bjørn Waagsbø, Eva Margrethe Buset, Jørn-Åge Longva, Merete Bjerke, Birgitte Bakkene, Anne-Stine Ertesvåg, Hanne Holmen, Marko Nikodojevic, To Thy Tran, Andreas Christensen, Einar Nilsen, Jan Kristian Damås, Lars Heggelund

Prognostic accuracy of time to sputum culture conversion in predicting cure in extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis patients: a multicentre retrospective observational study

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Muhammad Abubakar, Nafees Ahmad, Muhammad Atif, Izaz Ahmad, Abdul Wahid, Asad Khan, Fahad Saleem, Abdul Ghafoor

Septic patients without obvious signs of infection at baseline are more likely to die in the ICU

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Francesco Campanelli, Agnès Soudry-Faure, Aurélie Avondo, Jean-Baptiste Roudaut, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Patrick Ray, Pierre-Emmanuel Charles

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on infectious disease hospitalizations of neonates at a tertiary academic hospital: a cross-sectional study

Jiarong Pan, Canyang Zhan, Tianming Yuan, Yi Sun, Weiyan Wang, Lihua Chen

Secondary infection in COVID-19 critically ill patients: a retrospective single-center evaluation

Astrid De Bruyn, Stijn Verellen, Liesbeth Bruckers, Laurien Geebelen, Ina Callebaut, Ilse De Pauw, Björn Stessel, Jasperina Dubois

A sharp decrease in reported non-COVID-19 notifiable infectious diseases during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in the Rotterdam region, the Netherlands: a descriptive study

Babette van Deursen, Margot Hagenaars, Abraham Meima, Liselotte van Asten, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Ewout Fanoy, Helene Voeten

Newly arrived Asian-born gay men in Australia: exploring men’s HIV knowledge, attitudes, prevention strategies and facilitators toward safer sexual practices

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Tiffany R. Phillips, Nicholas Medland, Eric P. F. Chow, Kate Maddaford, Rebecca Wigan, Christopher K. Fairley, Jade E. Bilardi, Jason J. Ong

Multi-site infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a six-year old girl: a case report

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Pei Xiao, Jing Liu, Xue Yang, Yixue Wang, Weiming Chen, Chuanqing Wang, Qian Liu, Quanli Shen, Guoping Lu, Gangfeng Yan

Post-COVID-19 syndrome. SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in plasma, stool, and urine in patients with persistent symptoms after COVID-19

Francisco Tejerina, Pilar Catalan, Cristina Rodriguez-Grande, Javier Adan, Carmen Rodriguez-Gonzalez, Patricia Muñoz, Teresa Aldamiz, Cristina Diez, Leire Perez, Chiara Fanciulli, Dario Garcia de Viedma, Luis Alcalá, Roberto Alonso, Beatriz Álvarez, Ana Álvarez-Uría, Alexi Arias, Luis Antonio Arroyo, Juan Berenguer, Elena Bermúdez, Emilio Bouza, Almudena Burillo, Ana Candela, Raquel Carrillo, Emilia Cercenado, Alejandro Cobos, Pilar Escribano, Agustín Estévez, Silvia Fernandez, Alicia Galar, Mª Dolores García, Paloma Gijón, Adolfo González, Helmuth Guillén, Jesús Guinea, Laura Vanessa Haces, Martha Kestler, Juan Carlos López, Carmen Narcisa Losada, Marina Machado, Mercedes Marín, Pablo Martín, Paloma Martín, Pedro Montilla, Zaira Moure, Patricia Muñoz, María Olmedo, Belén Padilla, María Palomo, Francisco Parras, María Jesús Pérez-Granda, Laura Pérez, Paula Pescador, Elena Reigadas, Cristina Rincón, Belén Rodríguez, Sara Rodríguez, Adriana Rojas, María Jesús Ruiz-Serrano, Carlos Sánchez, Mar Sánchez, Julia Serrano, Maricela Valerio, Mª Cristina Veintimilla, Lara Vesperinas, Teresa Vicente, Sofía de la Villa

A trespasser from a foreign land? A case report of primary mucosal leishmaniasis

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Yoram Fleissig, Mary Dan-Gur, Ayelet Michael-Gayego, Alexander Maly, Rami Tabib, Charles L. Jaffe, Maya Korem

Concurrence of cat-scratch disease and paradoxical tuberculosis-IRIS lymphadenopathy: a case report

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Gerasimos Eleftheriotis, Elias Skopelitis

Severe Post-COVID-19 dysautonomia: a case report

Joan Bosco, Ruwanthi Titano

Normal pressure hydrocephalus associated with COVID-19 infection: a case report

Thaís de Maria Frota Vasconcelos, Paulo Ribeiro Nóbrega, Glauber de Menezes Ferreira, Moysés Loiola Ponte de Souza, Alander Sobreira Vanderlei, José Daniel Vieira de Castro, Pedro Braga-Neto, Manoel Alves Sobreira-Neto

Herpes simplex encephalitis following ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination: a case report and review of the literature

Mohammadreza Moslemi, Mohammadreza Ardalan, Morteza Haramshahi, Homa Mirzaei, Sahba Khosousi Sani, Ramtin Dastgir, Nima Dastgir

A cost–benefit algorithm for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance detection during mass screening campaigns

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Valerie Flore Donkeng-Donfack, Jules Brice Tchatchueng-Mbougua, Ngu Njei Abanda, Suzanne Magloire Ongboulal, Yvonne Josiane Djieugoue, Yannick Kamdem Simo, Micheline Mekemnang Tchoupa, Frédéric Bekang Angui, Albert Kuate Kuate, Vincent Mbassa, Edwige Mvondo Abeng Belinga, Sara Eyangoh

Hematogenous dissemination of pulmonary mucormycosis manifested as multiple subcutaneous nodules: a case report and review of the literature

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Apiradee Taweesuk, Piriyaporn Chongtrakool, Panitta Sitthinamsuwan, Pakpoom Phoompoung

Direct comparison of Xpert Xpress, FilmArray Respiratory Panel, Lumipulse antigen test, and RT-qPCR in 165 nasopharyngeal swabs

Yosuke Hirotsu, Makoto Maejima, Masahiro Shibusawa, Yume Natori, Yuki Nagakubo, Kazuhiro Hosaka, Hitomi Sueki, Kenji Amemiya, Miyoko Hayakawa, Hitoshi Mochizuki, Toshiharu Tsutsui, Yumiko Kakizaki, Yoshihiro Miyashita, Masao Omata

Validation of coding algorithms for identifying people with viral hepatitis using claims data according to different standard references

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Ming-Jen Sheu, Tsung-Wei Chin, Fang-Ping Ku, Chung-Yi Li, Sheng-Tun Li, Tsung-Hsueh Lu

Mortality and survival of tuberculosis coinfected patients living with AIDS in São Paulo, Brazil: a 12-year cohort study

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Mariza Vono Tancredi, Sumire Sakabe, Eliseu Alves Waldman

Implementation of tuberculosis and cryptococcal meningitis rapid diagnostic tests amongst patients with advanced HIV at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Malawi, 2016–2017

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Cecilia Kanyama, Maganizo B. Chagomerana, Chimwemwe Chawinga, Jonathan Ngoma, Idah Shumba, Wiza Kumwenda, Billio Armando, Tapiwa Kumwenda, Emily Kumwenda, Mina C. Hosseinipour

Importance of early diagnosis and surgical treatment of calcified amorphous tumor-related native valve endocarditis caused by Escherichia coli: a case report

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Shu Koito, Yuto Unoki, Keimei Yoshida, Sho Takemoto, Takayuki Uchida, Takashi Matono

Epstein-Barr virus infection associated polymyositis and coronary artery dilation

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Liping Teng, Chencong Shen, Weizhong Gu, Jianqiang Wu, Meiping Lu, Xuefeng Xu

Evaluating the diagnosis and treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in pregnant women to prevent adverse neonatal consequences in Gaborone, Botswana: protocol for the Maduo study

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Adriane Wynn, Aamirah Mussa, Rebecca Ryan, Emily Hansman, Selebaleng Simon, Bame Bame, Badani Moreri-Ntshabele, Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Chelsea Morroni

Reduction of testosterone levels in Schistosoma haematobium- or Schistosoma mansoni-infected men: a cross-sectional study in two schistosomiasis-endemic areas of the Adamawa region of Cameroon

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Hermine Boukeng Jatsa, Ulrich Membe Femoe, Calvine Noumedem Dongmo, Romuald Issiaka Ngassam Kamwa, Betrand Nono Fesuh, Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuente, Pierre Kamtchouing

Adult acute respiratory distress syndrome due to human parvovirus B19 infection after cardiac surgery: a case report

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Min Ma, Xiaojun Ma, Ming Jia, Xiaotong Hou, Hong Wang

Preventing a cluster from becoming a new wave in settings with zero community COVID-19 cases

Romesh G. Abeysuriya, Dominic Delport, Robyn M. Stuart, Rachel Sacks-Davis, Cliff C. Kerr, Dina Mistry, Daniel J. Klein, Margaret Hellard, Nick Scott

Past dynamics of HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in Montréal, Canada: a mathematical modeling study

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Rachael M. Milwid, Yiqing Xia, Carla M. Doyle, Joseph Cox, Gilles Lambert, Réjean Thomas, Sharmistha Mishra, Daniel Grace, Nathan J. Lachowsky, Trevor A. Hart, Marie-Claude Boily, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux

Disinfection efficiency test for contaminated surgical mask by using Ozone generator

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Patcharaporn Tippayawat, Chalermchai Vongnarkpetch, Saitharn Papalee, Sukanya Srijampa, Thidarut Boonmars, Nonglak Meethong, Supranee Phanthanawiboon

The Early Warning and Response System (EWARS-TDR) for dengue outbreaks: can it also be applied to chikungunya and Zika outbreak warning?

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Rocio Cardenas, Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, David Benitez-Valladares, Gustavo Sánchez-Tejeda, Axel Kroeger

The prevalence of liver abnormalities in humans due to Schistosoma japonicum by ultrasonography in China: a meta-analysis

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Man-Man Gu, Meng-Tao Sun, Jie-Ying Zhang, Qiu-Fu Yu, Da-Bing Lu

Expanding the definition beyond surveillance criteria reveals a large burden of osteomyelitis caused by group B Streptococcus in the United States Veterans Health Administration

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Tayoot Chengsupanimit, Taissa A. Bej, Brigid Wilson, Richard E. Banks, Sunah Song, Janet M. Briggs, Robin L. P. Jump, Federico Perez

Disseminated talaromycosis complicated by recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding and hemorrhagic shock: a case report

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Xiaoya Cui, Feifei Su, Hui Ye, Yi Jiang, Xiuxiu Guo

Long-term immune responses in patients with confirmed novel coronavirus disease-2019: a 9-month prospective cohort study in Shanghai, China

Xiaohuan Gong, Peng Cui, Huanyu Wu, Hao Pan, Zheng Teng, Fang Yuan, Shenghua Mao, Dechuan Kong, Ruobing Han, Xue Zhao, Yaxu Zheng, Wenjia Xiao, Yiyi Zhu, Qiwen Fang, Sheng Lin, Bihong Jin, Ruilin Chu, Chenyan Jiang, Xiao Yu, Qi Qiu, Yihan Lu, Weibing Wang, Chen Fu, Xiaodong Sun

Longitudinal social contacts among school-aged children during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Bay Area Contacts among Kids (BACK) study

Kristin L. Andrejko, Jennifer R. Head, Joseph A. Lewnard, Justin V. Remais

A case of a renal abscess caused by Salmonella bareilly in a previously healthy boy

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Tomomi Nakamura, Masaru Ido, Masahiro Ogawa, Naoya Sasaki, Haruna Nakamura, Yoshihiro Hasegawa, Motoki Bonno, Shigeki Tanaka

Barriers and facilitators to infection prevention and control in Dutch psychiatric institutions: a theory-informed qualitative study

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Famke Houben, Mitch van Hensbergen, Casper D. J. den Heijer, Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe

Persistent cough and asthma-like symptoms post COVID-19 hospitalization in children

Hossein Esmaeilzadeh, Anahita Sanaei Dashti, Negar Mortazavi, Hossein Fatemian, Mohebat Vali

Durable reduction of Clostridioides difficile infection recurrence and microbiome restoration after treatment with RBX2660: results from an open-label phase 2 clinical trial

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Robert Orenstein, Erik R. Dubberke, Sahil Khanna, Christine H. Lee, David Yoho, Stuart Johnson, Gail Hecht, Herbert L. DuPont, Dale N. Gerding, Ken F. Blount, Sarah Mische, Adam Harvey

Time-to-positivity of Mycobacterium avium complex in broth culture associates with culture conversion

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Christina M. Mingora, Bryan A. Garcia, Kevin C. Mange, Dayton W. Yuen, Monika Ciesielska, Jakko van Ingen, Patrick A. Flume, Susan E. Dorman

Severe and critical COVID-19 in a tertiary center in Colombia, a retrospective cross-sectional study

Deving Arias Ramos, Diana Lizbeth Restrepo Rueda, Erika Vanessa Rios Quintero, Juan Camilo Olaya Gómez, Isabella Cortés Bonilla

Bacteraemia and quick Sepsis Related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) are independent risk factors for long-term mortality in very elderly patients with suspected infection: retrospective cohort study

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Rubén Hernández-Quiles, Esperanza Merino-Lucas, Vicente Boix, Adela Fernández-Gil, Juan C. Rodríguez-Díaz, Adelina Gimeno, Beatriz Valero, Rosario Sánchez-Martínez, Jose-Manuel Ramos-Rincón

Intestinal parasites in stool testing among refugees at a primary care clinic in Toronto, Canada

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Frank Müller, Shivani Chandra, Isaac I. Bogoch, Meb Rashid, Vanessa Redditt

Increased CD4+ T cell count is associated with lower anal human papillomavirus prevalence among HIV-positive male cohort in Taizhou, China: a cross-sectional study

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Jing Zhang, Xiaoxiao Chen, Yiwen Ye, Weiwei Shen, Xiaohong Ye, Yajun Lin, Zhebin Lin, Shigang Tan, Meiyang Gao, Yingying Ding, Haijiang Lin, Youyi Wang, Na He, Xing Liu

On the accuracy of short-term COVID-19 fatality forecasts

Nino Antulov-Fantulin, Lucas Böttcher

The use of public transport and contraction of SARS-CoV-2 in a large prospective cohort in Norway

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Merete Ellingjord-Dale, Karl Trygve Kalleberg, Mette S. Istre, Anders B. Nygaard, Sonja H. Brunvoll, Linn M. Eggesbø, John Arne Dahl, Eyrun F. Kjetland, Giske Ursin, Arne Søraas

Human rhinoviruses prevailed among children in the setting of wearing face masks in Shanghai, 2020

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Ran Jia, Lijuan Lu, Shu Li, Pengcheng Liu, Menghua Xu, Lingfeng Cao, Liyun Su, Jin Xu

Racial/ethnic disparities on inflammation and response to methylprednisolone in severe COVID-19 pneumonia

Ronaldo C. Go, Themba Nyirenda, Maryam Bojarian, Davood K. Hosseini, Kevin Kim, Mehek Rahim, Elli G. Paleoudis, Anna C. Go, Zhiyong Han, Steven J. Sperber, Anjali Gupta

Controversies and evidence on Chlamydia testing and treatment in asymptomatic women and men who have sex with men: a narrative review

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Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers, Ymke J. Evers, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe, Petra F. G. Wolffs, Henry J. C. de Vries, Bernice Hoenderboom, Marianne A. B. van der Sande, Janneke Heijne, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Jane S. Hocking, Jan van Bergen

Rv3737 is required for Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth in vitro and in vivo and correlates with bacterial load and disease severity in human tuberculosis

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Qing Li, Zhangli Peng, Xuefeng Fu, Hong Wang, Zhaoliang Zhao, Yu Pang, Ling Chen

The impact of regional socioeconomic deprivation on the timing of HIV diagnosis: a cross-sectional study in Germany

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Annemarie Pantke, Jens Hoebel, Matthias an der Heiden, Niels Michalski, Barbara Gunsenheimer-Bartmeyer, Kirsten Hanke, Norbert Bannert, Viviane Bremer, Uwe Koppe

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, associated factors, experiences and attitudes of nursing home and home healthcare employees in Switzerland

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Erin A. West, Olivia J. Kotoun, Larissa J. Schori, Julia Kopp, Marco Kaufmann, Manuela Rasi, Jan Fehr, Milo A. Puhan, Anja Frei

Clinical-demographic markers for improving diabetes mellitus diagnosis in people with tuberculosis in Tanzania

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Kenneth Cleophace Byashalira, Nyasatu Godfrey Chamba, Yosra Alkabab, Peter Masunga Mbelele, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Kaushik Laxmidas Ramaiya, Mohamed Zahir Alimohamed, Scott Kirkland Heysell, Blandina Theophil Mmbaga, Ib Christian Bygbjerg, Dirk Lund Christensen, Stellah George Mpagama, Troels Lillebaek, Kenneth Cleophace Byashalira, Nyasatu Godfrey Chamba, Yosra Alkabab, Peter Masunga Mbelele, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Kaushik Laxmidas Ramaiya, Mohamed Zahir Alimohamed, Scott Kirkland Heysell, Blandina Theophil Mmbaga, Ib Christian Bygbjerg, Dirk Lund Christensen, Stellah George Mpagama, Troels Lillebaek, Jan-Willem Affenaar

High seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among Ethiopian healthcare workers

Tesfaye Gelanew, Berhanu Seyoum, Andargachew Mulu, Adane Mihret, Markos Abebe, Liya Wassie, Baye Gelaw, Abebe Sorsa, Yared Merid, Yilkal Muchie, Zelalem Teklemariam, Bezalem Tesfaye, Mahlet Osman, Gutema Jebessa, Abay Atinafu, Tsegaye Hailu, Antenehe Habte, Dagaga Kenea, Anteneh Gadisa, Desalegn Admasu, Emnet Tesfaye, Timothy A. Bates, Jote Tafese Bulcha, Rea Tschopp, Dareskedar Tsehay, Kim Mullholand, Rawleigh Howe, Abebe Genetu, Fikadu G. Tafesse, Alemseged Abdissa

Correction to: Septic patients without obvious signs of infection at baseline are more likely to die in the ICU

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Francesco Campanelli, Agnès Soudry-Faure, Aurélie Avondo, Jean-Baptiste Roudaut, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Patrick Ray, Pierre-Emmanuel Charles

Epidemiological characterization of Clonorchis sinensis infection in humans and freshwater fish in Guangxi, China

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Yihong Xie, Kaushi S. T. Kanankege, Zhihua Jiang, Shun Liu, Yichao Yang, Xiaoling Wan, Andres M. Perez

Postvitrectomy endophthalmitis caused by Morganella morganii: a case report and literature review

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Chung-Ting Wang, Yin-Hsi Chang, Kuan-Jen Chen, Hung-Da Chou

High prevalence of pre-treatment HIV drug resistance in Papua New Guinea: findings from the first nationally representative pre-treatment HIV drug resistance study

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Janet Gare, Ben Toto, Percy Pokeya, Linh-Vi Le, Nick Dala, Namarola Lote, Bangan John, Abel Yamba, Kevin Soli, Joshua DeVos, Heather Paulin, Nick Wagar, Du-Ping Zheng, Takeshi Nishijima, Peniel Boas, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Anup Gurung

The association between helicobacter pylori infection and erosive gastroesophageal reflux disease; a cross-sectional study

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Ramin Niknam, Kamran Bagheri Lankarani, Mohsen Moghadami, Seyed Alireza Taghavi, Leila Zahiri, Mohammad Javad Fallahi

Clinical characteristics of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial infection in acute cholangitis: a retrospective observational study

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Shijing Tian, Kaili Li, Hong Tang, Yan Peng, Liang Xia, Xi Wang, Xiaoying Chen, Fachun Zhou

Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) and the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford-AstraZeneca) vaccines for reducing susceptibility to infection with the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) of SARS-CoV-2

Karan Pattni, Daniel Hungerford, Sarah Adams, Iain Buchan, Christopher P. Cheyne, Marta García-Fiñana, Ian Hall, David M. Hughes, Christopher E. Overton, Xingna Zhang, Kieran J. Sharkey

Time to complete hepatitis C cascade of care among patients identified during mass screening campaigns in rural Rwanda: a retrospective cohort study

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Innocent Kamali, Fabienne Shumbusho, Dale A. Barnhart, Françoise Nyirahabihirwe, Jean de la Paix Gakuru, Wellars Dusingizimana, Esdras Nizeyumuremyi, Placide Habinshuti, Stephen Walker, Jean Damascene Makuza, Janvier Serumondo, Gallican Nshogoza Rwibasira, Jean d’Amour Ndahimana

The association between a lifestyle score, socioeconomic status, and COVID-19 outcomes within the UK Biobank cohort

Hamish M. E. Foster, Frederick K. Ho, Frances S. Mair, Bhautesh D. Jani, Naveed Sattar, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Jill P. Pell, Claire L. Niedzwiedz, Claire E. Hastie, Jana J. Anderson, Barbara I. Nicholl, Jason M. R. Gill, Carlos Celis-Morales, Catherine A. O’Donnell

The fine-scale associations between socioeconomic status, density, functionality, and spread of COVID-19 within a high-density city

Anshu Zhang, Wenzhong Shi, Chengzhuo Tong, Xiaosheng Zhu, Yijia Liu, Zhewei Liu, Yepeng Yao, Zhicheng Shi

Disease transmission and mass gatherings: a case study on meningococcal infection during Hajj

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Laurent Coudeville, Amine Amiche, Ashrafur Rahman, Julien Arino, Biao Tang, Ombeline Jollivet, Alp Dogu, Edward Thommes, Jianhong Wu

Sensitivity and specificity of two WHO approved SARS-CoV2 antigen assays in detecting patients with SARS-CoV2 infection

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Chandima Jeewandara, Dinuka Guruge, Pradeep Darshana Pushpakumara, Deshan Madhusanka, Tibutius Thanesh Jayadas, Indika Prasad Chaturanga, Inoka Sepali Aberathna, Saubhagya Danasekara, Thilagaraj Pathmanathan, Deshni Jayathilaka, Gayasha Somathilaka, Heshan Kuruppu, Laksiri Gomes, Vitjith Gunasekara, Ruwan Wijayamuni, Graham S. Ogg, Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige

Pulmonary embolism after dexamethasone treatment for COVID-19: a case report

Hidenori Takahashi, Yoshinobu Iwasaki, Takayasu Watanabe, Naoki Ichinose, Toshimi Oda

Investigation of frequency and typing of human papillomavirus among genital warts using a reverse dot blot hybridization approach

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Majid Zare-Bidaki, Mahmoud Zardast, Ali Nadjafi-Semnani, Mohammad Nadjafi-Semnani, Davod Javanmard, Shokouh Ghafari, Nahid Ghanbarzadeh

The impact of nucleic acid testing to detect human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus yields from a single blood center in China with 10-years review

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Danxiao Wu, Fangjun Feng, Xiaojuan Wang, Dairong Wang, Yiqin Hu, Yang Yu, Jihong Huang, Min Wang, Jie Dong, Yaling Wu, Hong Zhu, Faming Zhu

Bacteriological analysis based on disease severity and clinical characteristics in patients with deep neck space abscess

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Wenxiang Gao, Yu Lin, Huijun Yue, Weixiong Chen, Tianrun Liu, Jin Ye, Qian Cai, Fei Ye, Long He, Xingqiang Xie, Guoping Xiong, Jianhui Wu, Bin Wang, Weiping Wen, Wenbin Lei

[18F]FDG-PET/CT in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a systematic review

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D. T. P. Buis, E. Sieswerda, I. J. E. Kouijzer, W. Y. Huynh, G. L. Burchell, M. A. H. Berrevoets, J. M. Prins, K. C. E. Sigaloff

Evaluation of saliva self-collection devices for SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics

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Orchid M. Allicock, Mary E. Petrone, Devyn Yolda-Carr, Mallery Breban, Hannah Walsh, Anne E. Watkins, Jessica E. Rothman, Shelli F. Farhadian, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Anne L. Wyllie

Malaria positivity following a single oral dose of azithromycin among children in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial

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Jessica Brogdon, Clarisse Dah, Ali Sié, Mamadou Bountogo, Boubacar Coulibaly, Idrissa Kouanda, Mamadou Ouattara, Guillaume Compaoré, Eric Nebie, Mariam Seynou, Elodie Lebas, Fanice Nyatigo, Huiyu Hu, Benjamin F. Arnold, Thomas M. Lietman, Catherine E. Oldenburg

Ventriculoperitoneal shunt is associated with increased cerebrospinal fluid protein level in HIV-infected cryptococcal meningitis patients

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Ran Tao, Lijun Xu, Yongzheng Guo, Xiaoke Xu, Jiesheng Zheng, Biao Zhu

Accessing sub-national cholera epidemiological data for Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo during the seventh pandemic

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Gina E. C. Charnley, Ilan Kelman, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Kris A. Murray

Peripherally inserted central catheters have a protective role and the effect of fluctuation curve feature in the risk of bloodstream infection compared with central venous catheters: a propensity-adjusted analysis

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Yu Lv, Xiaobo Huang, Yunping Lan, Qi Xia, Fuli Chen, Jiayu Wu, Wei Li, Hongrong Cao, Caixia Xie, Luting Li, Hukui Han, Hui Wang, Qian Xiang

The challenge of antibiotic selection in prosthetic joint infections due to Corynebacterium striatum: a case report

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Amber C. Streifel, Cara D. Varley, YoungYoon Ham, Monica K. Sikka, James S. Lewis II

Effect of gender, age and vaccine on reactogenicity and incapacity to work after COVID-19 vaccination: a survey among health care workers

Irit Nachtigall, Marzia Bonsignore, Sven Hohenstein, Andreas Bollmann, Rosita Günther, Cathrin Kodde, Martin Englisch, Parviz Ahmad-Nejad, Alexander Schröder, Corinna Glenz, Ralf Kuhlen, Petra Thürmann, Andreas Meier-Hellmann

Incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 in close contacts of patients after discharge from hospital

Ayat Ahmadi, Amirhossein Poopak, Sina Nazemi, Negin Mohammadi, Bita Eslami, Monireh Sadat Seyyedsalehi, Leila Doshmangir, Seyyed Farshad Allameh, Kazem Zendehdel

Incidence of acute otitis media in children in the United States before and after the introduction of 7- and 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines during 1998–2018

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Tianyan Hu, Nicolae Done, Tanaz Petigara, Salini Mohanty, Yan Song, Qing Liu, Esteban Lemus-Wirtz, James Signorovitch, Eric Sarpong, Thomas Weiss

High prevalence of infections in non-COVID-19 patients admitted to the Emergency Department with severe lymphopenia

Arthur Baïsse, Thomas Daix, Ana Catalina Hernandez Padilla, Robin Jeannet, Olivier Barraud, François Dalmay, Bruno François, Philippe Vignon, Thomas Lafon

Comparison of 19 major infectious diseases during COVID-19 epidemic and previous years in Zhejiang, implications for prevention measures

Haopeng Li, Feng Ling, Shiyu Zhang, Ying Liu, Chongjian Wang, Hualiang Lin, Jimin Sun, Yinglin Wu

Evaluation of five diagnostic methods for Strongyloides stercoralis infection in Amhara National Regional State, northwest Ethiopia

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Tadesse Hailu, Arancha Amor, Endalkachew Nibret, Abaineh Munshea, Melaku Anegagrie, Maria Delmans Flores-Chavez, Thuy-Huong Ta Tang, Jose M. Saugar, Agustín Benito

COVID-19: an opportunity of systematic integration for Chagas disease. Example of a community-based approach within the Bolivian population in Barcelona

Jordi Gómez i Prat, Hakima Ouaarab Essadek, Juliana Esperalba, Francesc Zarzuela Serrat, Isabel Claveria Guiu, Lidia Goterris, Ricardo Zules-Oña, Estefa Choque, Conxita Pastoret, Natàlia Casamitjana Ponces, Juan José de los Santos, Jordi Serrano Pons, Aurore Dehousse, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, Tomàs Pumarola, Magda Campins, Elena Sulleiro

A comparative analysis on characteristics and mortalities of four key transmission populations on antiretroviral therapy: a retrospective cohort study in Northwest China

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Shuo Feng, Zirong Zhu, Pengju Yang, Juan Jin, Huihui Tuo, Ning Wang, Ruimin Bai, Yan Sun, Liumei Song, Xiu Zhang, Shengbang Wang, Qiqi Duan, Yingjian Huang, Yan Zheng, Songhua Xu

Enigma of COVID-19: is “multisystem inflammatory syndrome in adults” (MIS-A) predictable?

Istemi Serin, Nagehan Didem Sari, Murat Gunaltili, Ayse Karakilic, Begum Gulesir, Beyza Kal Kolik, Gulnihal Cevik, Hilal Sungurlu, Melike Keskin, Muhammed Baltik, Onurhan Cakmak, Tahir Alper Cinli

Developing strategies to address barriers for tuberculosis case finding and retention in care among refugees in slums in Kampala, Uganda: a qualitative study using the COM-B model

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Esther Buregyeya, Edwinah Atusingwize, Juliet N. Sekandi, Richard Mugambe, Rebecca Nuwematsiko, Lynn Atuyambe

Barriers to cutaneous leishmaniasis care faced by indigenous communities of rural areas in Colombia: a qualitative study

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Martha Milena Bautista-Gomez, Juliane Doerfler, Maria del Mar Castro

Clinical characteristics and risk factors of Aeromonas bloodstream infections in patients with hematological diseases

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Chunhui Xu, Qingsong Lin, Yuanqi Zhao, Guoqing Zhu, Erlie Jiang, Shangzhu Li, Yingchang Mi, Yizhou Zheng, Fengkui Zhang, Xiaofan Zhu, Zhijian Xiao, Mingzhe Han, Jianxiang Wang, Sizhou Feng

The first case report of thorn-induced Alternaria alternata infection of the hand in an immunocompetent host

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Gyeongmin Kim, Seung Jin Yoo, Jeong Rae Yoo, Kyu Bum Seo

COVID-19 case findings and contact tracing in South German nursing homes

Linda Eichner, Christiane Schlegel, Gottfried Roller, Hannes Fischer, Rieke Gerdes, Felix Sauerbrey, Sarah Schönleber, Franziska Weinhart, Martin Eichner

Cerebral nocardiosis in a patient treated with pembrolizumab: a first case report

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Paul Petitgas, Mathieu Lesouhaitier, Sarrah Boukthir, Vincent Cattoir, Pierre Tattevin, François Bénézit

Vertebral osteomyelitis caused by the novel pathogen Cutibacterium modestum: a case report

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Hirokazu Toyoshima, Kaori Tanaka, Motoaki Tanigawa, Naoto Masuda, Chiaki Ishiguro, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yuki Nakanishi, Shigetoshi Sakabe

An assessment of Veterans attitudes and willingness to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine: a mixed methods study

Jessica Gardner, Gabriel Brown, Jadisha Vargas-Correa, Frances Weaver, Israel Rubinstein, Howard S. Gordon

A case report of severe Fusobacterium nucleatum sepsis secondary to nephrectomy

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Chang Liu, Qiming Jia, Lifeng Wang, Dong Yang

Disseminated cutaneous Actinomyces bovis infection in an immunocompromised host: case report and review of the literature

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Flávia Cunha, David Lopes Sousa, Luís Trindade, Vítor Duque

Distribution and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage in Kashgar prefecture

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Ai-Min Xu, Chuan-Jiang He, Xiang Cheng, AniKiz Abuduaini, Zureguli Tuerxun, Yin-Zhong Sha, Aihemaitijiang Kaisaier, Hong-Mei Peng, Ya-Hui Zhen, Su-Jie Zhang, Jing-Ran Xu, Li Li, Xiao-Guang Zou

Incidence of lower respiratory tract infection and associated viruses in a birth cohort in the Philippines

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Kanako Otani, Mayuko Saito, Michiko Okamoto, Raita Tamaki, Mariko Saito-Obata, Taro Kamigaki, Irene C. Lirio, Edelwisa Segubre-Mercado, Veronica Tallo, Socorro Lupisan, Hitoshi Oshitani

A cohort study measuring SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion and serial viral testing in university students

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Christine C. Lee, Hannah E. Segaloff, Devlin Cole, Hannah G. Rosenblum, Clint N. Morgan, Tarah Somers, Rodel Desamu-Thorpe, Monique A. Foster, Dustin Currie, Jeanne Ruff, David Payne, Thomas J. Whyte, Glen R. Abedi, John Paul Bigouette, Juliana Kahrs, Kimberly Langolf, Patrick Remington, Alana Sterkel, Patrick Kelly, Ryan P. Westergaard, Allen C. Bateman, Christopher H. Hsu, Jacqueline E. Tate, Hannah L. Kirking

Burden of respiratory syncytial virus-associated lower respiratory infections in children in Spain from 2012 to 2018

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Marco Heppe-Montero, Stefan Walter, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Ruth Gil-Prieto, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel

Essential elements of and challenges to rapid ART implementation: a qualitative study of three programs in the United States

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Kimberly A. Koester, Lissa Moran, Noelle LeTourneau, Lyndon VanderZanden, Susa Coffey, Pierre-Cedric Crouch, Janessa Broussard, John Schneider, Katerina A. Christopoulos

Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding childhood tuberculosis detection and management among healthcare providers in Cambodia: a cross-sectional study

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Yom An, Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Chan Yuda Huot, Sivanna Tieng, Kim Eam Khun, Sok Heng Pheng, Chhenglay Leng, Serongkea Deng, Ngak Song, Sotheara Nop, Daisuke Nonaka, Siyan Yi

High heterogeneity of fecal carriage extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing E. coli isolated from iranian community and clinical settings

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Shadi Aghamohammad, Vajihe Sadat Nikbin, Farzad Badmasti, Fereshteh Shahcheraghi

Demographics, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of 27,256 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Kermanshah Province, Iran: a retrospective one-year cohort study

Ezat Hesni, Babak Sayad, Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani, Farid Najafi, Reza Khodarahmi, Zohreh Rahimi, Arezoo Bozorgomid, Nazanin Sayad

Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis infection: a case report from southeast Iran

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Mina Latifian, Mohammad Khalili, Mehrdad Farrokhnia, Ehsan Mostafavi, Saber Esmaeili

SARS-CoV-2 historical global testing and genomic variability

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Halim Tannous, Shadi Akiki, Rasha E. Boulos, Charlene El Khoury Eid, Ghadi El Hasbani, Lea Maria Khoueiry, Lynn El Khoury, Rawan Tohme, Rim Moussa, Georges Khazen

Diagnostic performance of GeneXpert MTB/RIF in detecting MTB in smear-negative presumptive TB patients

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Raksha Rimal, Dhiraj Shrestha, Susil Pyakurel, Rashmi Poudel, Prasha Shrestha, Kul Raj Rai, Gokarna Raj Ghimire, Ganesh Rai, Shiba Kumar Rai

Diagnostic accuracy of circulating microRNAs for hepatitis C virus-associated hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Yicheng Huang, Yingsha Chen, Sheng Tu, Jiajie Zhang, Yunqing Qiu, Wei Yu

Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in English care homes: a modelling study

Alicia Rosello, Rosanna C. Barnard, David R. M. Smith, Stephanie Evans, Fiona Grimm, Nicholas G. Davies, Sarah R. Deeny, Gwenan M. Knight, W. John Edmunds

Information seeking about COVID-19 and associated factors among chronic patients in Bahir Dar city public hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Sisay Yitayih Kassie, Tesfahun Melese, Simegnew Handebo, Yakub Sebastian, Habtamu Setegn Ngusie

Comparison and development of a metagenomic next-generation sequencing protocol for combined detection of DNA and RNA pathogens in cerebrospinal fluid

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Hanfang Jiang, Zhihao Xing, Xiaorong Liu, Qiang Chai, Zefeng Xin, Chunqing Zhu, Ruihong Lin, Xuwen Deng, Dong Cui, HongDan Gao, Dongli Ma

Sputum lipoarabinomannan (LAM) as a biomarker to determine sputum mycobacterial load: exploratory and model-based analyses of integrated data from four cohorts

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Aksana Jones, Jay Saini, Belinda Kriel, Laura E. Via, Yin Cai, Devon Allies, Debra Hanna, David Hermann, Andre G. Loxton, Gerhard Walzl, Andreas H. Diacon, Klaus Romero, Ryo Higashiyama, Yongge Liu, Alexander Berg

Whole blood GBP5 protein levels in patients with and without active tuberculosis

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Xiangyang Yao, Wei Liu, Xiaofei Li, Chenxi Deng, Tingdong Li, Zhouyue Zhong, Shuping Chen, Zhitan Ge, Xuejie Zhang, Shiyin Zhang, Yingbin Wang, Yongliang Liu, Chao Zheng, Shengxiang Ge, Ningshao Xia

Evaluation of the SMARTCHEK Genesystem RT-qPCR assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples

Diana Flores-León, Willi Quino, Alejandra E. Cúneo, Junior Caro-Castro, Evans Cucho-Meza, Ronnie G. Gavilan

Analysis of national surveillance of respiratory pathogens for community-acquired pneumonia in children and adolescents

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Eui Jeong Roh, Mi-Hee Lee, Ji Young Lee, Hyo-Bin Kim, Young Min Ahn, Ja Kyoung Kim, Hyoung Young Kim, Sung-Su Jung, Minji Kim, Eun Kyeong Kang, Eun-Ae Yang, Soo Jin Lee, Yang Park, Ju-Hee Seo, Eun Lee, Eun Seok Yang, Kang Seo Park, Meeyong Shin, Hai Lee Chung, Yoon Young Jang, Bong Seok Choi, Jin-A. Jung, Seung Taek Yu, Myongsoon Sung, Jin Tack Kim, Bong-Seong Kim, Yoon Ha Hwang, In-Suk Sol, Hyeon-Jong Yang, Man Yong Han, Hae Young Yew, Hyoung Min Cho, Hye-young Kim, Yeon-Hwa Ahn, Eun Sil Lee, Dong Hyeok Kim, Kyujam Hwang, Sang Oun Jung, Jung Yeon Shim, Eun Hee Chung

The effectiveness of governmental nonpharmaceutical interventions against COVID-19 at controlling seasonal influenza transmission: an ecological study

Zekai Qiu, Zicheng Cao, Min Zou, Kang Tang, Chi Zhang, Jing Tang, Jinfeng Zeng, Yaqi Wang, Qianru Sun, Daoze Wang, Xiangjun Du

Profile and dynamics of infectious diseases: a population-based observational study using multi-source big data

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Lin Zhao, Hai-Tao Wang, Run-Ze Ye, Zhen-Wei Li, Wen-Jing Wang, Jia-Te Wei, Wan-Yu Du, Chao-Nan Yin, Shan-Shan Wang, Jin-Yue Liu, Xiao-Kang Ji, Yong-Chao Wang, Xiao-Ming Cui, Xue-Yuan Liu, Chun-Yu Li, Chang Qi, Li-Li Liu, Xiu-Jun Li, Fu-Zhong Xue, Wu-Chun Cao

Regional opening strategies with commuter testing and containment of new SARS-CoV-2 variants in Germany

Martin J. Kühn, Daniel Abele, Sebastian Binder, Kathrin Rack, Margrit Klitz, Jan Kleinert, Jonas Gilg, Luca Spataro, Wadim Koslow, Martin Siggel, Michael Meyer-Hermann, Achim Basermann

Hot-spots of HIV infection in Cameroon: a spatial analysis based on Demographic and Health Surveys data

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Arsène Brunelle Sandie, Jules Brice Tchatchueng Mbougua, Anne Esther Njom Nlend, Sokhna Thiam, Betrand Fesuh Nono, Ndèye Awa Fall, Diarra Bousso Senghor, El Hadji Malick Sylla, Cheikh Mbacké Faye

Aureobasidium melanigenum catheter-related bloodstream infection: a case report

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Shinya Yamamoto, Mahoko Ikeda, Yuki Ohama, Tomohiro Sunouchi, Yasutaka Hoshino, Hiroshi Ito, Marie Yamashita, Yoshiaki Kanno, Koh Okamoto, Satoshi Yamagoe, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, Shu Okugawa, Jun Fujishiro, Kyoji Moriya

Case report: post-salmonellosis abscess positive for Salmonella Oranienburg

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Brenda M. Castlemain, Brian D. Castlemain

Clinical characteristics, antimicrobial resistance, and risk factors for mortality in paediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Beijing, 2012–2017

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Man Jiang, Xi Wang, Liang Zhu, Yong-hong Yang, Kai-hu Yao, Fang Dong, Wei Shi, Qing Wang, Wen-qi Song, Gang Liu

Association between sputum conversion and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: a retrospective study

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Yuta Nakamura, Mari Yamasue, Kosaku Komiya, Shuichi Takikawa, Kazufumi Hiramatsu, Jun-ichi Kadota

Prevalence of vaginal HPV infection among adolescent and early adult girls in Jos, North-Central Nigeria

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Nanma T. Cosmas, Lohya Nimzing, Daniel Egah, Ayo Famooto, Sally N. Adebamowo, Clement A. Adebamowo

Tuberculosis treatment intermittency in the continuation phase and mortality in HIV-positive persons receiving antiretroviral therapy

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Brenda Crabtree-Ramirez, Cathy A. Jenkins, Bryan E. Shepherd, Karu Jayathilake, Valdilea G. Veloso, Gabriela Carriquiry, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Claudia P. Cortes, Dennis Padgett, Catherine McGowan, Juan Sierra-Madero, Serena Koenig, Jean W. Pape, Timothy R. Sterling, Pedro Cahn, Carina Cesar, Valeria Fink, Zulma Ortiz, Florencia Cahn, Agustina Roldan, Ines Aristegui, Claudia Frola, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Valdilea G. Veloso, Paula M. Luz, Sandra Cardoso Wagner, Ruth Friedman, Ronaldo I. Moreira, Lara Esteves Coelho, Monica Derrico Pedrosa, Guilherme Amaral Calvet, Hugo Perazzo, Rodrigo Moreira, Maria Pia Diniz Ribeiro, Mario Sergio Pereira, Emilia Moreira Jalil, Jorge Pinto, Flavia Ferreira, Marcelle Maia, Aida de Fátima Barbosa Gouvêa, Fabiana do Carmo, Claudia Cortes, Marcelo Wolff, Maria Fernanda Rodriguez, Gabriel Castillo, Gladys Allendes, Jean William Pape, Vanessa Rouzier Adias Marcelin, Youry Macius, Stephano Saint Preux, Serena Koenig, Marco Tulio Luque Diana Varela, Magda Chavez, Ada Mailhot, Denis Padgett, Juan Sierra Madero, Brenda Crabtree Ramirez, Yanink Caro Vega, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Fernando Mejia, Gabriela Carriquiry, Catherine CMcGowan, Stephany N. Duda, Bryan E. Shepherd, Timothy Sterling, Anna K Person, Peter F. Rebeiro, Jessica Castilho, William C. Wester, Kate Clouse, Karu Jayathilake, Fernanda Maruri Hilary Vansell, Marina Cruvinel Figueiredo, Cathy Jenkins, Ahra Kim Sarah Lotspeich, Paridhi Ranadive, Kate Clouse

Immunoglobulin G passive transfer from mothers to infants: total IgG, IgG subclasses and specific antipneumococcal IgG in 6-week Malawian infants exposed or unexposed to HIV

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Silvia Baroncelli, Clementina M. Galluzzo, Stefano Orlando, Robert Mphwere, Thom Kavalo, Richard Luhanga, Roberta Amici, Marco Floridia, Mauro Andreotti, Fausto Ciccacci, Maria Cristina Marazzi, Marina Giuliano

Interleukin-6 and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor as predictors of the prognosis of influenza-associated pneumonia

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Jiaying Zhang, Jingxia Wang, Yiwen Gong, Yudan Gu, Qiangqiang Xiang, Ling-Ling Tang

Infectious diseases prevention and control using an integrated health big data system in China

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Xudong Zhou, Edmund Wei Jian Lee, Xiaomin Wang, Leesa Lin, Ziming Xuan, Dan Wu, Hongbo Lin, Peng Shen

Prehospital norepinephrine administration reduces 30-day mortality among septic shock patients

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Romain Jouffroy, Adèle Hajjar, Basile Gilbert, Jean Pierre Tourtier, Emmanuel Bloch-Laine, Patrick Ecollan, Josiane Boularan, Vincent Bounes, Benoit Vivien, Papa-Ngalgou Gueye

Incidence and factors associated with active tuberculosis among people living with HIV after long-term antiretroviral therapy in Thailand: a competing risk model

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Sivaporn Gatechompol, Jiratchaya Sophonphan, Sasiwimol Ubolyam, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Frank van Leth, Frank Cobelens, Stephen J. Kerr

New diagnosis of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in 8 Latin-American countries during 2018

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Alicia Hernanz-Lobo, Beatriz Ruiz Saez, Itziar Carrasco García, Greta Mino-Leon, Julio Juárez, Noris Pavía Ruz, Dora Estripeaut, María de los Ángeles Pérez, Karen Erazo, Luis Guillermo Castaneda Villatoro, Oscar Porras, Luis Manuel Prieto Tato, María Luisa Navarro Gómez

The effect of a full-time infection control nursing service in the prevention of multidrug-resistant organism in the orthopedic ward

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Yun Yang, Ting-ting Tang, Ji Lin, Chun-lan Gan, Wen-zhi Huang, Yue Fang

Clinical manifestations and outcome of viral acute lower respiratory infection in hospitalised children in Myanmar

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Kazuhiro Kamata, Khin Nyo Thein, Lasham Di Ja, Nay Chi Win, Su Mon Kyaw Win, Yuko Suzuki, Ai Ito, Hidekazu Osada, Irina Chon, Wint Wint Phyu, Yuta Aizawa, Tatsuki Ikuse, Tomomi Ota, Yadanar Kyaw, Htay Htay Tin, Yugo Shobugawa, Hisami Watanabe, Reiko Saito, Akihiko Saitoh

Impact of HCV viremia on HBV biomarkers in patients coinfected with HBV and HCV

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Chih-Wei Tseng, Wen-Chun Liu, Chi-Yi Chen, Ting-Tsung Chang, Kuo-Chih Tseng

Systemic antifungal strategies in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell recipients hospitalized in french hematology units: a post-hoc analysis of the cross-sectional observational AFHEM study

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Mauricette Michallet, Jean el Cheikh, Raoul Herbrecht, Ibrahim Yakoub-Agha, Denis Caillot, Jean-Pierre Gangneux

Surgical treatment of a patient with live intracranial sparganosis for 17 years

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Jialing Hu, Kaili Liao, Xiaojin Feng, Danling Jiang, Hailin Liu, Qingcui Zheng, Hai Qiu, Fuzhou Hua, Guohai Xu, Chunhua Xu

Routine use of 16S rRNA PCR and subsequent sequencing from blood samples in septic shock: about two case reports of Capnocytophaga canimorsus infection in immunocompetent patients

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Alexandre Martins-Baltar, Sylvain Meyer, Olivier Barraud, Fabien Garnier, Marie-Cécile Ploy, Philippe Vignon, Bruno François

Minnesota refugees diagnosed with tuberculosis disease, January 1993–August 2019

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Kailey Urban, Blain Mamo, Dzung Thai, Alicia Earnest, Emily Jentes

Barriers and facilitators for isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) administration in children under 5 years of age in the Dominican Republic

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Grey Idalia Benoit Vásquez, Ana Lucia Morrobel, Dione Benjumea-Bedoya, Helena del Corral-Londoño

Nontuberculous mycobacterial skin and soft tissue infection in Hawaiʻi

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Darcy S. Tokunaga, Andrea M. Siu, Sian Yik Lim

Specific T-cell responses for guiding treatment with convalescent plasma in severe COVID-19 and humoral immunodeficiency: a case report

Katarina Nyström, Maria Hjorth, Ramona Fust, Åsa Nilsdotter-Augustinsson, Marie Larsson, Katarina Niward, Sofia Nyström

Prevalence and associated risk factors of soil-transmitted helminth infections in Kandahar, Afghanistan

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Bilal Ahmad Rahimi, Bashir Ahmad Mahboobi, Mohammad Hashim Wafa, Mohammad Sediq Sahrai, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Walter R. Taylor

Molecular characterisation of second-line drug resistance among drug resistant tuberculosis patients tested in Uganda: a two and a half-year’s review

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Dennis Mujuni, Dianah Linda Kasemire, Ivan Ibanda, Joel Kabugo, Andrew Nsawotebba, Jody E. Phelan, Robert Kaos Majwala, Didas Tugumisirize, Abdunoor Nyombi, Beatrice Orena, Irene Turyahabwe, Henry Byabajungu, Diana Nadunga, Kenneth Musisi, Moses Lutakoome Joloba, Willy Ssengooba

A rare case of extraintestinal amebiasis

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Bao Fu, Jinjing Wang, Xiaoyun Fu

Rhabdomyolysis induced by rosuvastatin combined with entecavir: a case report

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Wen Wang, Xu Lu, Chengbo Li, Wei Teng, Wei Cui

Discriminant models for the prediction of postponed viral shedding time and disease progression in COVID-19

Wen-Yang Li, Daqing Wang, Yuhao Guo, Hong Huang, Hongwen Zhao, Jian Kang, Wei Wang

A case report of native vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Cutibacterium modestum

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Taiji Koyama, Goh Ohji, Masako Nishida, Sho Nishimura, Iku Shirasugi, Kenichiro Ohnuma, Mari Kusuki, Kentaro Iwata

Spinal canal infection caused by Streptococcus suis in human: a case report

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Lejia Xu, Xiaoyun Wang, Ziying Lei, Jianyun Zhu, Yihua Pang, Jing Liu

Correction to: Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding childhood tuberculosis detection and management among healthcare providers in Cambodia: a cross-sectional study

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Yom An, Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Chan Yuda Huot, Sivanna Tieng, Kim Eam Khun, Sok Heng Pheng, Chhenglay Leng, Serongkea Deng, Ngak Song, Sotheara Nop, Daisuke Nonaka, Siyan Yi

Correction to: Cerebral nocardiosis in a patient treated with pembrolizumab: a first case report

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Paul Petitgas, Mathieu Lesouhaitier, Sarrah Boukthir, Vincent Cattoir, Pierre Tattevin, François Bénézit

Diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii infection via metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report

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Jingjia Zhang, Yan Hao, Zhi Wang, Qiwen Yang

A rare case of residual root myiasis caused by Clogmia albipunctata larvae (Diptera: Psychodidae)

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Juan Chen, Jinrui Liu, Yun Liu, Yingjie Liu

Nasal cartilage destruction associated to cutaneous histoplasmosis in AIDS

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Luis Escalante, Jennyfer Granizo-Rubio, Victor Pinos-León, Sonia Tello, Astrid Maldonado, Iván Cherrez-Ojeda

The role of procalcitonin in predicting risk of mechanical ventilation and mortality among moderate to severe COVID-19 patients

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Cher Wei Twe, Delton Kah Yeang Khoo, Kian Boon Law, Nur Sabreena binti Ahmad Nordin, Subashini Sathasivan, Kah Chuan Lim, Sharifah Khairul Atikah, Syarifah Nurul Ain bt Syed Badaruddin, Suresh Kumar Chidambaram

Low CD4/CD8 ratio is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in late and non-late presenters: results from a multicentre cohort study, 2004–2018

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Lourdes Domínguez-Domínguez, Marta Rava, Otilia Bisbal, Luis Lopez-Cortés, Joaquín Portilla, Daniel Podzamczer, Julián Olalla, Daniel Fuster, Rafael Rubio, Inmaculada Jarrín, José Antonio Iribarren, Santiago Moreno

Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing two linkage models for HIV prevention and treatment in justice-involved persons

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Sandra A. Springer, Ank E. Nijhawan, Kevin Knight, Irene Kuo, Angela Di Paola, Esther Schlossberg, Cynthia A. Frank, Mark Sanchez, Jennifer Pankow, Randi P. Proffitt, Wayne Lehman, Zoe Pulitzer, Kelly Thompson, Sandra Violette, Kathleen K. Harding, Ralph Brooks, Robert Heimer, Alysse Schultheis, Brent Van der Wyk, Laura Hansen, M. Brynn Torres, Jenny Becan, Ahrein Johnson Bennett, Rachel Crawley, George Joe, Justin Jones, Stephanie Villare, Czarina Behrends, Ali Jalali, Jennifer Muggeo, Melissa Acosta, Dustin DeMoss, Donna Persaud, Jill Johannsen-Love, Frank Davis

Cascade Immune Mechanisms of Protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (IMPAc-TB): study protocol for the Household Contact Study in the Western Cape, South Africa

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Andriёtte M. Hiemstra, Candice E. MacDonald, Ilana C. van Rensburg, Kim Stanley, Elizna Maasdorp, Shirley Mc Anda, Susanne Tönsing, Jane Alexandra Shaw, Gerard Tromp, Gian D. van der Spuy, Kevin B. Urdahl, David M. Lewinsohn, Helena Kuivaniemi, Nelita Du Plessis, Stephanus T. Malherbe, Gerhard Walzl

Children with SARS-CoV-2 infection during the novel coronaviral disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Iran: an alarming concern for severity and mortality of the disease

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Setareh Mamishi, Babak Pourakbari, Mehrzad Mehdizadeh, Amene Navaeian, Hamid Eshaghi, Bahareh Yaghmaei, Reihaneh Hosseinpour Sadeghi, Shiva Poormohammadi, Yasmine Mahmoudieh, Shima Mahmoudi

Microbial spectrum and drug resistance profile in solid malignancies in a large tertiary hospital from Palestine

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Rama Rabayah, Ranyah B. Alsayed, Adham Abu Taha, Husam Salameh, Riad Amer, Ali Sabateen, Banan M. Aiesh, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

Invasive Aspergillus outbreak in inhalation injury: a case presentation and literature review

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Shengli Liu, Zonghang Li, Jiansheng Zheng, Ning He

Enhanced serodiagnosis of melioidosis by indirect ELISA using the chimeric protein rGroEL-FLAG300 as an antigen

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Sumet Wajanarogana, Water R. J. Taylor, Kanyanan Kritsiriwuthinan

Predicting the risk of active pulmonary tuberculosis in people living with HIV: development and validation of a nomogram

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Jinou Chen, Ling Li, Tao Chen, Xing Yang, Haohao Ru, Xia Li, Xinping Yang, Qi Xie, Lin Xu

Increased rate of enteric bacteria as cause of periprosthetic joint infections in patients with liver cirrhosis

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Uta S. Koepf, Sebastian Scheidt, Gunnar T. R. Hischebeth, Christian P. Strassburg, Dieter C. Wirtz, Thomas M. Randau, Philipp Lutz

The role and diagnostic accuracy of serology for COVID-19

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Debasree Kundu, Priyanka Gautam, Divya Dayanand, Karthik Gunasekaran, Abi Manesh, Merylin Sebastian, Kundavaram P. P. Abhilash, Anand Zachariah, Tina George, Sowmya Sathyendra, Samuel G. Hansdak, O. C. Abraham, Ramya Iyadurai, Balamugesh Thangakunam, Richa Gupta, Rajiv Karthik, Mahesh Moorthy, George M. Varghese

Cutaneous infection due to Bacillus cereus: a case report

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Mohammad Esmkhani, Saeed Shams

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Famke Houben, Mitch van Hensbergen, Casper D. J. den Heijer, Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe

Ten years countdown to hepatitis C elimination in Belgium: a mathematical modeling approach

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Dana Busschots, Erwin Ho, Sarah Blach, Frederik Nevens, Homie Razavi, Brieuc Van Damme, Thomas Vanwolleghem, Geert Robaeys

Hospital admissions due to infectious and parasitic diseases in England and Wales between 1999 and 2019: an ecological study

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Kanar Sweiss, Abdallah Y. Naser, Mohammed Samannodi, Hassan Alwafi

Improving access to pre-exposure prophylaxis for adolescent girls and young women: recommendations from healthcare providers in eastern Zimbabwe

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Morten Skovdal, Phyllis Magoge-Mandizvidza, Freedom Dzamatira, Rufurwokuda Maswera, Constance Nyamukapa, Ranjeeta Thomas, Owen Mugurungi, Simon Gregson

Everybody nose: molecular and clinical characteristics of nasal colonization during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection

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Erika Reategui Schwarz, Adriana van de Guchte, Amy C. Dupper, Ana Berbel Caban, Devika Nadkarni, Lindsey Fox, Alexandra Mills, Ajay Obla, Kieran I. Chacko, Irina Oussenko, Flora Samaroo, Jose Polanco, Richard Silvera, Melissa L. Smith, Gopi Patel, Melissa Gitman, Bremy Alburquerque, Marilyn Chung, Mitchell J. Sullivan, Harm van Bakel, Deena R. Altman

Association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype and diabetes mellitus/hypertension: a molecular study

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Shengqiong Guo, Shiguang Lei, Prasit Palittapongarnpim, Edward McNeil, Angkana Chaiprasert, Jinlan Li, Huijuan Chen, Weizheng Ou, Komwit Surachat, Wan Qin, Siyu Zhang, Rujuan Luo, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong

COVID-19 GPH: tracking the contribution of genomics and precision health to the COVID-19 pandemic response

Wei Yu, Emily Drzymalla, Marta Gwinn, Muin J. Khoury

SARS-CoV-2-specific immune responses in elderly and immunosuppressed participants and patients with hematologic disease or checkpoint inhibition in solid tumors: study protocol of the prospective, observational CoCo immune study

Alexandra Dopfer-Jablonka, Sandra Steffens, Frank Müller, Marie Mikuteit, Jacqueline Niewolik, Anne Cossmann, Metodi V. Stankov, Georg M. N. Behrens, Eva Hummers, Gloria Heesen, Dominik Schröder, Sascha Roder, Frank Klawonn, Kai Vahldiek, Justin Hasenkamp, Jonathan Kallusky, Christine S. Falk, Tobias R. Overbeck, Stephanie Heinemann

Identification of SARS-CoV-2 variants using viral sequencing for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention genomic surveillance program

Chirayu Goswami, Michael Sheldon, Christian Bixby, Mehdi Keddache, Alexander Bogdanowicz, Yihe Wang, Jonathan Schultz, Jessica McDevitt, James LaPorta, Elaine Kwon, Steven Buyske, Dana Garbolino, Glenys Biloholowski, Alex Pastuszak, Mary Storella, Amit Bhalla, Florence Charlier-Rodriguez, Russ Hager, Robin Grimwood, Shareef A. Nahas

Paraplegia secondary to disseminated mucormycosis: case report and literature review

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Risk factors for healthcare-associated infection among children in a low-and middle-income country

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Indah K. Murni, Trevor Duke, Sharon Kinney, Andrew J. Daley, Muhammad Taufik Wirawan, Yati Soenarto

Exploration of attitudes regarding uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among vaccine hesitant adults in the UK: a qualitative analysis

Sarah Denford, Fiona Mowbray, Lauren Towler, Helena Wehling, Gemma Lasseter, Richard Amlôt, Isabel Oliver, Lucy Yardley, Matthew Hickman

Prototypes virus of hand, foot and mouth disease infections and severe cases in Gansu, China: a spatial and temporal analysis

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Haixia Liu, Yuzhou Zhang, Hong Zhang, Yunhe Zheng, Faxiang Gou, Xiaoting Yang, Yao Cheng, Hannah McClymont, Hui Li, Xinfeng Liu, Wenbiao Hu

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Bilal Ahmad Rahimi, Bashir Ahmad Mahboobi, Mohammad Hashim Wafa, Mohammad Sediq Sahrai, Muhammad Haroon Stanikzai, Walter R. Taylor

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Ikkoh Yasuda, Motoi Suzuki, Haruka Maeda, Mayumi Terada, Eiichiro Sando, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Hirono Otomaru, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Konosuke Morimoto

Incidence and predictors of organ failure among COVID-19 hospitalized adult patients in Eastern Ethiopia. Hospital-based retrospective cohort study

Abdi Birhanu, Galana Mamo Ayana, Bedasa Taye Merga, Addisu Alemu, Belay Negash, Ahmed Seid, Yadeta Dessie

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Andrea K. Chomistek, Caihua Liang, Michael C. Doherty, C. Robin Clifford, Rachel P. Ogilvie, Robert V. Gately, Jennifer N. Song, Cheryl Enger, Nancy D. Lin, Florence T. Wang, John D. Seeger

Circulating vaccine derived polio virus type 1 outbreak, Saadah governorate, Yemen, 2020

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Mutahar Ahmed Al-Qassimi, Mohammed Al Amad, Labiba Anam, Khaled Almoayed, Ahmed Al-Dar, Faten Ezzadeen

Robustness analysis for quantitative assessment of vaccination effects and SARS-CoV-2 lineages in Italy

Chiara Antonini, Sara Calandrini, Fortunato Bianconi

Diagnostic value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for the diagnosis of suspected pneumonia in immunocompromised patients

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Extremely high levels of central nervous system involvement in miliary tuberculosis

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Sustained circulation of yellow fever virus in Cameroon: an analysis of laboratory surveillance data, 2010–2020

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Fredy Brice Simo Nemg, Ngu Njei Abanda, Martial Gide Yonga, Diane Ouapi, Ivis Ewang Samme, Marlise Dontsop Djoumetio, Marie Claire Endegue-Zanga, Maurice Demanou, Richard Njouom

Effects of aerobic exercise on quality of life of people with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder on antiretroviral therapy: a randomised controlled trial

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Martins Nweke, Nombeko Mshunqane, Nalini Govender, Aderonke O. Akinpelu, Adesola Ogunniyi

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Christian Pallares, Cristhian Hernández-Gómez, Tobías Manuel Appel, Kevin Escandón, Sergio Reyes, Soraya Salcedo, Lorena Matta, Ernesto Martínez, Sara Cobo, Laura Mora, Adriana Marín, Adriana Correa, Elsa De La Cadena, Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, María Virginia Villegas

Zero-dose children in Turkey: regional comparison of pooled data for the period 1990 to 2018

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Mehmet Ali Eryurt, Siddika Songül Yalçin

Determinants of associated events following AZD1222 (Covishield) vaccination in a high-risk population in Nepal

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Comparison of the clinical presentation across two waves of COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

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Accuracy of a score predicting the presence of an atypical pathogen in hospitalized patients with moderately severe community-acquired pneumonia

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Aline Chauffard, Pierre-Olivier Bridevaux, Sebastian Carballo, Virginie Prendki, Jean-Luc Reny, Jérôme Stirnemann, Nicolas Garin

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Kazuo Imai, Noriomi Ishibashi, Masahiro Kodana, Norihito Tarumoto, Jun Sakai, Toru Kawamura, Shinichi Takeuchi, Yoshitada Taji, Yasuhiro Ebihara, Kenji Ikebuchi, Takashi Murakami, Takuya Maeda, Kotaro Mitsutake, Shigefumi Maesaki

Impact of low-level viremia with drug resistance on CD4 cell counts among people living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment in China

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Pengtao Liu, Yinghui You, Lingjie Liao, Yi Feng, Yiming Shao, Hui Xing, Guanghua Lan, Jianjun Li, Yuhua Ruan, Dan Li

CRISPR-Cas12a combination to alleviate the false-positive in loop-mediated isothermal amplification-based diagnosis of Neisseria meningitidis

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Ngo Tat Trung, Le Huu Phuc Son, Trinh Xuan Hien, Dao Thanh Quyen, Mai Hong Bang, Le Huu Song

Signature of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in nails and hair

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Haruki Komatsu, Ayano Inui, Enkhtaivan Odmaa, Yoshinori Ito, Hiroki Hoshino, Shuichiro Umetsu, Tomoyuki Tsunoda, Tomoo Fujisawa

Temperate climate malaria in nineteenth century Denmark

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Mathias Mølbak Ingholt, Tzu Tung Chen, Franziska Hildebrandt, Rasmus Kristoffer Pedersen, Lone Simonsen

The convoluted process of diagnosing pulmonary mycosis caused by Exophiala dermatitidis: a case report

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Zhengtu Li, Jianli Tang, Jinping Zhu, Mingzhou Xie, Shaoqing Huang, Shaoqiang Li, Yangqing Zhan, Weiqi Zeng, Teng Xu, Feng Ye

Clinical management and outcomes of acute febrile illness in children attending a tertiary hospital in southern Ethiopia

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Techalew Shimelis, Susana Vaz Nery, Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, Adam W. Bartlett, Fitsum W/Gebriel Belay, Gill Schierhout, Sabine Dittrich, John A. Crump, John M. Kaldor

Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges of treating opportunistic fungal cellulitis: a case series

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Jed Paul, Mary M. Czech, Ramya Balijepally, Janice Wes Brown

Evolution and spread of a highly drug resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea

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Arnold Bainomugisa, Evelyn Lavu, Sushil Pandey, Suman Majumdar, Jennifer Banamu, Chris Coulter, Ben Marais, Lachlan Coin, Stephen M. Graham, Philipp du Cros

Antimicrobial resistance among GLASS pathogens in Morocco: an epidemiological scoping review

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Chakib Nejjari, Youness El Achhab, Amina Benaouda, Chakib Abdelfattah

SARS-CoV-2 vaccine effectiveness against infection, symptomatic and severe COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Paddy Ssentongo, Anna E. Ssentongo, Navya Voleti, Destin Groff, Ashley Sun, Djibril M. Ba, Jonathan Nunez, Leslie J. Parent, Vernon M. Chinchilli, Catharine I. Paules

High burden of untreated syphilis, drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and other sexually transmitted infections in men with urethral discharge syndrome in Kampala, Uganda

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Matthew M. Hamill, Annet Onzia, Tza-Huei Wang, Agnes N. Kiragga, Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi, Ethan Gough, Peter Kyambadde, Johan H. Melendez, Yukari C. Manabe

Validating a clinical prediction score for Legionella-related community acquired pneumonia

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Rosalie R. A. L. Beekman, Ruud R. Duijkers, Dominic D. Snijders, Menno M. van der Eerden, Martijn M. Kross, Wim W. G. Boersma

At-home sample collection is an effective strategy for diagnosis and management of symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 carriers

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Devon P. Humphreys, Kathleen M. Gavin, Kaylan M. Olds, Marc P. Bonaca, Timothy A. Bauer

COVID-19-associated leukoencephalopathy in the absence of severe hypoxia with subsequent improvement: a case report

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Hiroki Kojima, Naoya Sakamoto, Atsushi Kosaka, Masayoshi Kobayashi, Mitsuo Amemiya, Takuya Washino, Yusuke Kuwahara, Takuto Ishida, Mayu Hikone, Satoshi Miike, Tatsunori Oyabu, Sentaro Iwabuchi, Fukumi Nakamura-Uchiyama

Protease and gag diversity and drug resistance mutations among treatment-naive Mexican people living with HIV

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Samantha Climaco-Arvizu, Víctor Flores-López, Carolina González-Torres, Francisco Javier Gaytán-Cervantes, María Concepción Hernández-García, Paola Berenice Zárate-Segura, Monserrat Chávez-Torres, Emiliano Tesoro-Cruz, Sandra María Pinto-Cardoso, Vilma Carolina Bekker-Méndez

mRNA expression of toll-like receptors 3, 7, 8, and 9 in the nasopharyngeal epithelial cells of coronavirus disease 2019 patients

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Zahra Bagheri-Hosseinabadi, Ebrahim Rezazadeh Zarandi, Mohammad Mirabzadeh, Ali Amiri, Mitra Abbasifard

HIV virological non-suppression is highly prevalent among 18- to 24-year-old youths on antiretroviral therapy at the Kenyan coast

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Moses K. Nyongesa, Mwaganyuma H. Mwatasa, Vincent A. Kagonya, Gabriel Mwambingu, Caroline Ngetsa, Charles R. J. C. Newton, Amina Abubakar

Transmission risk of COVID-19 in high school and college water polo

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Raymond J. Kreienkamp, Christopher J. Kreienkamp, Cindy Terrill, Mark E. Halstead, Jason G. Newland

Monocyte count and soluble markers of monocyte activation in people living with HIV and uninfected controls

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Andreas D. Knudsen, Randa Bouazzi, Shoaib Afzal, Marco Gelpi, Thomas Benfield, Julie Høgh, Magda Teresa Thomsen, Marius Trøseid, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Susanne D. Nielsen

Different evolutionary dynamics of hepatitis B virus genotypes A and D, and hepatitis D virus genotypes 1 and 2 in an endemic area of Yakutia, Russia

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Anastasia A. Karlsen, Karen K. Kyuregyan, Olga V. Isaeva, Vera S. Kichatova, Fedor A. Asadi Mobarkhan, Lyudmila V. Bezuglova, Irina G. Netesova, Victor A. Manuylov, Andrey A. Pochtovyi, Vladimir A. Gushchin, Snezhana S. Sleptsova, Margarita E. Ignateva, Mikhail I. Mikhailov

Presymptomatic, asymptomatic and post-symptomatic transmission of SARS-CoV-2: joint British Infection Association (BIA), Healthcare Infection Society (HIS), Infection Prevention Society (IPS) and Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) guidance

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Moira A. Mugglestone, Natasha V. Ratnaraja, Aggie Bak, Jasmin Islam, Jennie A. Wilson, Jennifer Bostock, Samuel E. Moses, James R. Price, Michael Weinbren, Heather P. Loveday, Lucy Rivett, Simon M. Stoneham, A. Peter R. Wilson

The knowledge, attitude and practice of community people on dengue fever in Central Nepal: a cross-sectional study

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Parbati Phuyal, Isabelle Marie Kramer, Ulrich Kuch, Axel Magdeburg, David A Groneberg, Mandira Lamichhane Dhimal, Doreen Montag, Harapan Harapan, Edwin Wouters, Anjani Kumar Jha, Meghnath Dhimal, Ruth Müller

The impact of travelling on the COVID-19 infection cases in Germany

Moritz Schäfer, Karunia Putra Wijaya, Robert Rockenfeller, Thomas Götz

Quality of life and associated factors among people receiving second-line anti-retroviral therapy in Johannesburg, South Africa

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Nomcebo Oratile Mokgethi, Nicola Christofides, Mercilene Machisa, Godspower Akpomiemie, Samantha Lalla-Edward

Continued effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination among urban healthcare workers during delta variant predominance

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Fan-Yun Lan, Amalia Sidossis, Eirini Iliaki, Jane Buley, Neetha Nathan, Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha, Stefanos N. Kales

Analyzing inherent biases in SARS-CoV-2 PCR and serological epidemiologic metrics

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Monia Makhoul, Farah Abou-Hijleh, Shaheen Seedat, Ghina R. Mumtaz, Hiam Chemaitelly, Houssein Ayoub, Laith J. Abu-Raddad

Feasibility of a novel self-collection method for blood samples and its acceptability for future home-based PrEP monitoring

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Chase A. Cannon, Meena S. Ramchandani, Matthew R. Golden

Understanding the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, knowledge and barriers to treatment and prevention of malaria among returning international laborers in northern Vietnam: a mixed-methods study

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Kimberly A. Edgel, Sara Canavati, Hoi Thi Le, Tho Huy Tran, Kinh Van Nguyen, Trung Vu Nguyen, Nga Thi Nguyen, Hoa Mai Tran, Thang Duc Ngo, Duong Thanh Tran, Binh Thi Huong Nguyen, Long Khanh Tran, Thu Minh Nguyen, Rosalie J. Whedbee, Ekaterina I. Milgotina, Nicholas J. Martin

The effect of climatic factors on the number of malaria cases in an inland and a coastal setting from 2011 to 2017 in the equatorial rain forest of Cameroon

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Raymond Babila Nyasa, Fuanyi Awatboh, Tebit Emmanuel Kwenti, Vincent P. K. Titanji, Ndip Lucy M. Ayamba

Venous thromboembolism in COVID-19 patients and prediction model: a multicenter cohort study

Yi Lee, Qasim Jehangir, Pin Li, Deepthi Gudimella, Pooja Mahale, Chun-Hui Lin, Dinesh R. Apala, Geetha Krishnamoorthy, Abdul R. Halabi, Kiritkumar Patel, Laila Poisson, Venugopal Balijepally, Anupam A. Sule, Girish B. Nair

Respiratory viruses among ethnic Nicobarese during COVID-19 pandemic

Nagarajan Muruganandam, Avijit Roy, Nimisha Sivanandan, Alwin Vins, Nisha Beniwal, Harpreet Kaur, Varsha Potdar, Rehnuma Parvez

Clinical prediction models for diagnosis of COVID-19 among adult patients: a validation and agreement study

Nadia Dardenne, Médéa Locquet, Anh Nguyet Diep, Allison Gilbert, Sophie Delrez, Charlotte Beaudart, Christian Brabant, Alexandre Ghuysen, Anne-Françoise Donneau, Olivier Bruyère

Posaconazole oral suspension for secondary antifungal prophylaxis in allogeneic stem cell transplantation recipients: a retrospective study

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Peipei Ye, Renzhi Pei, Youqian Hu, Dong Chen, Shuangyue Li, Junjie Cao, Fenglin Li, Mengjie Wu, Ying Fang, Ying Lu

Symptoms of post-traumatic stress and associations with sexual behaviour and PrEP preferences among young people in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe

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Emily L. Webb, Janan J. Dietrich, Andrew S. Ssemata, Teacler G. Nematadzira, Stefanie Hornschuh, Ayoub Kakande, Gugulethu Tshabalala, Richard Muhumuza, Gertrude Mutonyi, Millicent Atujuna, Tarisai Bere, Linda-Gail Bekker, Melanie A. Abas, Helen A. Weiss, Janet Seeley, Lynda Stranix-Chibanda, Julie Fox

Low awareness of oral and injectable PrEP among high-risk adolescent girls and young women in Kampala, Uganda

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Jane Frances Lunkuse, Onesmus Kamacooko, Vincent Muturi-Kioi, Kundai Chinyenze, Monica O. Kuteesa, Matt A. Price, Yunia Mayanja

Impact of exercise training on symptoms of depression, physical activity level and social participation in people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Sam Chidi Ibeneme, Victor Chukwuebuka Uwakwe, Hellen Myezwa, Franklin Onyedinma Irem, Fortune Elochukwu Ezenwankwo, Tunde Adedayo Ajidahun, Amarachi Destiny Ezuma, Uchenna Prosper Okonkwo, Gerhard Fortwengel

Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination and influencing factors among people living with HIV in Guangxi, China: a cross-sectional survey

Jinming Su, Zhenwei Jia, Xinwei Wang, Fengxiang Qin, Rongfeng Chen, Yuting Wu, Beibei Lu, Chunlin Lan, Tongxue Qin, Yinlu Liao, Minjuan Shi, Yanyan Liao, Peijiang Pan, Li Ye, Junjun Jiang, Hao Liang

Behavioral–biological surveillance of emerging infectious diseases among a dynamic cohort in Thailand

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Su Yadana, Thaniwan Cheun-Arom, Hongying Li, Emily Hagan, Emma Mendelsohn, Alice Latinne, Stephanie Martinez, Opass Putcharoen, Janthira Homvijitkul, Onarnong Sathaporntheera, Nit Rattanapreeda, Pongtorn Chartpituck, Supalak Yamsakul, Krairoek Sutham, Supharoek Komolsiri, Sonjai Pornphatthananikhom, Sininat Petcharat, Weenassarin Ampoot, Leilani Francisco, Thiravat Hemachudha, Peter Daszak, Kevin J. Olival, Supaporn Wacharapluesadee

The assistance gaps in combating COVID-19 in Brazil: for whom, where and when vaccination occurs

Rafael da Silveira Moreira, Emilly Guaris Costa, Lucas Fernando Rodrigues dos Santos, Luiz Henrique Lélis Miranda, Raiany Rodrigues de Oliveira, Ricardo Fusano Romão, Rodolfo Ferreira Cozer, Sarah Cavalcanti Guedes

HIV-1 drug resistance genotyping success rates and correlates of Dried-blood spots and plasma specimen genotyping failure in a resource-limited setting

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Jonah Omooja, Nicholas Bbosa, Dan Bugembe Lule, Maria Nannyonjo, Sandra Lunkuse, Faridah Nassolo, Stella Esther Nabirye, Hamidah Namagembe Suubi, Pontiano Kaleebu, Deogratius Ssemwanga

Early mortality in a cohort of people living with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2004–2015: a persisting problem

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Pedro H. A. C. Leite, Lara E. Coelho, Sandra W. Cardoso, Ronaldo I. Moreira, Valdilea G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Paula M. Luz

Adverse effects following COVID-19 vaccination in Iran

Ebrahim Babaee, Ali Amirkafi, Arash Tehrani-Banihashemi, Neda SoleimanvandiAzar, Babak Eshrati, Zahra Rampisheh, Mehran Asadi-Aliabadi, Marzieh Nojomi

Testing and vaccination to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in nursing homes: an agent-based approach

José P. Gómez Vázquez, Yury E. García, Alec J. Schmidt, Beatriz Martínez-López, Miriam Nuño

Trends and associated factors in the uptake of HIV testing among female sex workers in Sino-Vietnam border areas in Guangxi, China: a cross-sectional study

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Bingyu Liang, Qianni Huang, Yanyun Ou, Fei Zhang, Peidong Zhang, Aidan Nong, Shide Mo, Zhenxian Wu, Hai Xie, Huayue Liang, Jie Liu, Junjun Jiang, Hao Liang, Deping Liu, Li Ye

Adapting strategies for effective and efficient pediatric HIV case finding in low prevalence countries: risk screening tool for testing children presenting at high-risk entry points in Ethiopia

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Wondimu Teferi, Steve Gutreuter, Alemayehu Bekele, Jelaludin Ahmed, Jemal Ayalew, Jessica Gross, Hanna Kumsa, Tenagnework Antefe, Semegnew Mengistu, Kelsey Mirkovic, Eric J. Dziuban, Christine Ross, Zena Belay, Tsegaye Tilahun, Desta Kassa, Susan Hrapcak

Seroprevalence and characteristics of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in workers with non-specific disease symptoms

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Wajiha Javed, Syed Hussain Baqar Abidi, Jaffer Bin Baqar

Transmission routes of antibiotic resistant bacteria: a systematic review

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Noortje G. Godijk, Martin C. J. Bootsma, Marc J. M. Bonten

Quantifying human mixing patterns in Chinese provinces outside Hubei after the 2020 lockdown was lifted

Yining Zhao, Samantha O’Dell, Xiaohan Yang, Jingyi Liao, Kexin Yang, Laura Fumanelli, Tao Zhou, Jiancheng Lv, Marco Ajelli, Quan-Hui Liu

Clinical analysis on diagnostic accuracy of Bosch Vivalytic SARS-CoV-2 point-of-care test and evaluation of cycle threshold at admission for COVID-19 risk assessment

Lukas Andreas Heger, Nils Elsen, Marina Rieder, Nadine Gauchel, Urte Sommerwerck, Christoph Bode, Daniel Duerschmied, Mark Oette, Ingo Ahrens

The impact of public health interventions on the future prevalence of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: a population based mathematical modelling study

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Luisa Salazar-Vizcaya, Andrew Atkinson, Andreas Kronenberg, Catherine Plüss-Suard, Roger D. Kouyos, Viacheslav Kachalov, Nicolas Troillet, Jonas Marschall, Rami Sommerstein

Effect of different interventions for latent tuberculosis infections in China: a model-based study

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Zexuan Wen, Tao Li, Wenlong Zhu, Wei Chen, Hui Zhang, Weibing Wang

A multivariate multi-step LSTM forecasting model for tuberculosis incidence with model explanation in Liaoning Province, China

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Enbin Yang, Hao Zhang, Xinsheng Guo, Zinan Zang, Zhen Liu, Yuanning Liu

Epidemiology and outcomes associated with carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a retrospective cohort study

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Amanda Vivo, Margaret A. Fitzpatrick, Katie J. Suda, Makoto M. Jones, Eli N. Perencevich, Michael A. Rubin, Swetha Ramanathan, Geneva M. Wilson, Martin E. Evans, Charlesnika T. Evans

Antimicrobial use in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic: prescription fill and inpatient care requisition patterns

Aya Olivia Nakitanda, Pär Karlsson, Lukas Löfling, Carolyn E. Cesta, Ingvild Odsbu

COVID-19 in Japan, January–March 2020: insights from the first three months of the epidemic

Natsuko Imai, Katy A. M. Gaythorpe, Sangeeta Bhatia, Tara D. Mangal, Gina Cuomo-Dannenburg, H. Juliette T. Unwin, Elita Jauneikaite, Neil M. Ferguson

Prediction and analysis of COVID-19 daily new cases and cumulative cases: times series forecasting and machine learning models

Yanding Wang, Zehui Yan, Ding Wang, Meitao Yang, Zhiqiang Li, Xinran Gong, Di Wu, Lingling Zhai, Wenyi Zhang, Yong Wang

Factors associated with prolonged hospital stay of imported malaria cases in Chengdu, China: a retrospective study

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Liang Huang, Hong Jin, Hong Zhang, Yang Liu, Xinxing Shi, Xintong Kang, Yilan Zeng, Lin Wang

The first case of cholecytitis caused by Aggregatibacter kilianii in Korea

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Dahae Yang, Chang-Ki Kim, Junja Park, Na Yeong Song, Yunna Lee, Woonhyoung Lee

Predicting progression to severe COVID-19 using the PAINT score

Ming Wang, Dongbo Wu, Chang-Hai Liu, Yan Li, Jianghong Hu, Wei Wang, Wei Jiang, Qifan Zhang, Zhixin Huang, Lang Bai, Hong Tang

Long-term effect of chronic hepatitis B on mortality in HIV-infected persons in a differential HBV transmission setting

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Justine Umutesi, Sabin Nsanzimana, Carol Yingkai Liu, Patrizio Vanella, Jördis J. Ott, Gérard Krause

Factors affecting perforation of the esophagus in patients with deep neck infection

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Shih-Lung Chen, Chia-Ying Ho, Shy-Chyi Chin, Yu-Chien Wang

Development and validation of self-management scale for tuberculosis patients

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Jin Li, Liwen Zhang, Jiani Zhou, Geng Wang, Rui Zhang, Jiaqing Liu, Shili Liu, Yong Chen, Song Yang, Quan Yuan, Ying Li

Insulin resistance in people living with HIV is associated with exposure to thymidine analogues and/or didanosine and prior immunodeficiency

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Julie Høgh, Malene Hove-Skovsgaard, Marco Gelpi, Anne Marie Reimer Jensen, Jan Gerstoft, Thomas Benfield, Heidi Storgaard, Susanne Dam Nielsen

Reactogenicity after heterologous and homologous COVID-19 prime-boost vaccination regimens: descriptive interim results of a comparative observational cohort study

Lisette Warkentin, Nikoletta Zeschick, Thomas Kühlein, Philipp Steininger, Klaus Überla, Isabelle Kaiser, Christine Gall, Maria Sebastião, Susann Hueber

Diagnostic power of one-step and two-step RT-qPCR methods to SARS‑CoV‑2 detection

Asra Malekshahi, Sayyad Khanizadeh, Shirzad Fallahi, Gholamreza Talei, Mehdi Birjandi, Faezeh Hajizadeh

Discordant results of Xpert MTB/Rif assay and BACTEC MGIT 960 liquid culture to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis in community screening in Vietnam

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Hai Viet Nguyen, Petra de Haas, Hoa Binh Nguyen, Nhung Viet Nguyen, Frank G. J. Cobelens, Veriko Mirtskhulava, Alyssa Finlay, Hung Van Nguyen, Pham T. T. Huyen, Edine W. Tiemersma

Myopericarditis associated with acute Zika virus infection: a case report

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Camila Helena Aguiar Bôtto-Menezes, Izabella Picinin Safe, Ana Cláudia da Cunha Ferreira, Katia do Nascimento Couceiro, Armando Menezes Neto, Rafael Freitas Oliveira Franca, Guilherme Amaral Calvet, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Edna Oliveira Kara, Marcia da Costa Castilho, Michele Souza Bastos, Carlos Alexandre Antunes de Brito, Kayvon Modjarrad, Nathalie Jeanne Nicole Broutet, Patrícia Brasil, Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda

Effect of anticoagulant and platelet inhibition on the risk of bacteremia among patients with acute pyelonephritis: a retrospective cohort study

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Svava E. Steiner, Gustaf Edgren, Keira Melican, Agneta Richter-Dahlfors, Annelie Brauner

Usability and acceptability of oral-based HCV self-testing among key populations: a mixed-methods evaluation in Tbilisi, Georgia

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Emmanuel Fajardo, Victoria Watson, Moses Kumwenda, Dali Usharidze, Sophiko Gogochashvili, David Kakhaberi, Ana Giguashvili, Cheryl C. Johnson, Muhammad S. Jamil, Russell Dacombe, Ketevan Stvilia, Philippa Easterbrook, Elena Ivanova Reipold

Impact of vaccine hesitancy on secondary COVID-19 outbreaks in the US: an age-structured SIR model

Alfonso de Miguel-Arribas, Alberto Aleta, Yamir Moreno

Analytical estimation of maximum fraction of infected individuals with one-shot non-pharmaceutical intervention in a hybrid epidemic model

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Naoya Fujiwara, Tomokatsu Onaga, Takayuki Wada, Shouhei Takeuchi, Junji Seto, Tomoki Nakaya, Kazuyuki Aihara

Prevalence of and factors associated with herpes zoster in England: a cross-sectional analysis of the Health Survey for England

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Sharon L. Cadogan, Jennifer S. Mindell, Judith Breuer, Andrew Hayward, Charlotte Warren-Gash

The impact of three progressively introduced interventions on second wave daily COVID-19 case numbers in Melbourne, Australia

Allan Saul, Nick Scott, Tim Spelman, Brendan S. Crabb, Margaret Hellard

Risk-prone territories for spreading tuberculosis, temporal trends and their determinants in a high burden city from São Paulo State, Brazil

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Thaís Zamboni Berra, Antônio Carlos Vieira Ramos, Luiz Henrique Arroyo, Felipe Mendes Delpino, Juliane de Almeida Crispim, Yan Mathias Alves, Felipe Lima dos Santos, Fernanda Bruzadelli Paulino da Costa, Márcio Souza dos Santos, Luana Seles Alves, Regina Célia Fiorati, Aline Aparecida Monroe, Dulce Gomes, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

SEB genotyping: SmartAmp-Eprimer binary code genotyping for complex, highly variable targets applied to HBV

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Diane Delobel, Yutaka Furutani, Sumiko Nagoshi, Akihito Tsubota, Akio Miyasaka, Koichi Watashi, Takaji Wakita, Tomokazu Matsuura, Kengo Usui

Impact of delayed processing of positive blood cultures on organism detection: a prospective multi-centre study

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Tamalee Roberts, Arjun Chandna, Wanitda Watthanaworawit, Areerat Thaiprakong, Sona Soeng, Manivone Simmalavong, Phonelavanh Phoumin, Weerawut Saengchun, Nongyao Khatta, Pattaraporn Hinfonthong, Napaporn Kaewpundoem, Sue J. Lee, Carlo Perrone, Ben Amos, Paul Turner, Elizabeth A. Ashley, Clare L. Ling

A case of recurrent acute cholecystitis caused by Actinomyces odontolyticus, rare actinomycosis

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Kento Furuya, Kenta Ito, Kyohei Sugiyama, Akitsugu Fujita, Hideyuki Kanemoto, Toshio Shimada

Catheter-related bloodstream Mycobacterium wolinskyi infection in an umbilical cord blood transplant recipient: a case report

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Emiri Muranaka, Ryota Hase, Yoshikazu Utsu, Tomohisa Watari, Yoshihito Otsuka, Naoto Hosokawa

Comprehensive assessment of holding urine as a behavioral risk factor for UTI in women and reasons for delayed voiding

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S. Jagtap, S. Harikumar, V. Vinayagamoorthy, S. Mukhopadhyay, A. Dongre

Significant increase in azithromycin “resistance” and susceptibility to ceftriaxone and cefixime in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in 26 European countries, 2019

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Michaela J. Day, Susanne Jacobsson, Gianfranco Spiteri, Carina Kulishev, Noshin Sajedi, Neil Woodford, Benjamin Blumel, Marieke J. van der Werf, Andrew J. Amato-Gauci, Magnus Unemo, Michelle J. Cole, Claudia Eder, Sonja Pleininger, Steliana Huhlescu, Irith de Baetselier, Blaženka Hunjak, Tatjana Nemeth Blažić, Panagiota Maikanti-Charalampous, Despo Pieridou, Hana Zákoucká, Helena Žemličková, Steen Hoffmann, Susan Cowan, Rita Peetso, Jelena Viktorova, Ndeindo Ndeikoundam, Beatrice Bercot, Anu Patari Sampo, Vesa Kirjavainen, Susanne Buder, Klaus Jansen, Vivi Miriagou, Eszter Balla, Mária Dudás, Guðrún Sigmundsdóttir, Lena Ros Asmundsdottir, Sinead Saab, Brendan Crowley, Anna Carannante, Paola Stefanelli, Gatis Pakarna, Violeta Mavcutko, Robert Cassar, Christopher Barbara, Francesca Vella, Alje Van Dam, Ineke Linde, Dominique Caugant, Hilde Kløvstad, Beata Mlynarczyk-Bonikowska, Maria-José Borrego, Peter Pavlik, Irena Klavs, Tanja Kustec, Julio Vazquez, Asuncion Diaz, Raquel Abad Torreblanca, Inga Velicko, Magnus Unemo, Helen Fifer, Kate Templeton

Multidrug-resistant bacteria with ESBL genes: a growing threat among people living with HIV/AIDS in Nepal

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Riju Maharjan, Anup Bastola, Nabaraj Adhikari, Komal Raj Rijal, Megha Raj Banjara, Prakash Ghimire, Upendra Thapa Shrestha

Household and social characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccine intent among Latino families in the San Francisco Bay Area

Janet M. Wojcicki, Milagro Escobar, Andrea DeCastro Mendez, Suzanna M. Martinez

Resistance to single dose albendazole and reinfection with intestinal helminths among children ages 2 to 11 years from the Peruvian Amazon region: a study protocol

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Greisi Curico, Paul García-Bardales, Tackeshy Pinedo, Wagner Shapiama, Miguel Moncada-Yaicate, Lucero Romaina, Pablo P. Yori, Maribel Paredes-Olortegui, Graciela Meza-Sánchez, Andrés G. Lescano, Valerie A. Paz-Soldan, Francesca Schiaffino, Richard A. Oberhelman, Margaret N. Kosek

Immunogenicity after outbreak response immunization activities among young healthcare workers with secondary vaccine failure during the measles epidemic in Korea, 2019

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Hyeri Seok, Erica Españo, Jooyun Kim, Ji Hoon Jeon, Won Suk Choi, Yun-Kyung Kim, Jeong-Ki Kim, Dae Won Park

Decreased survival in children inpatients with COVID-19 and antibiotic prescription

Efrén Murillo-Zamora, Xóchitl Trujillo, Miguel Huerta, Mónica Ríos-Silva, Agustin Lugo-Radillo, Oliver Mendoza-Cano

Concurrent severe pulmonary tuberculosis with Evans syndrome: a case report with literature review

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Xiao-hong Pan, Jie-kun Xu, Lei Pan, Cai-hong Wang, Xiao-qing Huang, Jun-ke Qiu, Xiao-bo Ji, Min-jie Mao

Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to Taenia solium cysticercosis and taeniasis in Tanzania

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Chacha Nyangi, Dominik Stelzle, Ernatus M. Mkupasi, Helena A. Ngowi, Ayubu J. Churi, Veronika Schmidt, Christopher Mahonge, Andrea S. Winkler

Associations between COVID-19 testing status, non-communicable diseases and HIV status among residents of sub-Saharan Africa during the first wave of the pandemic

Morenike O. Folayan, Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga, Jorma I. Virtanen, Maha El Tantawi, Giuliana Florencia Abeldaño, Anthonia Omotola Ishabiyi, Mohammed Jafer, Nuraldeen Maher Al-Khanati, Mir Faeq Ali Quadri, Muhammad Abrar Yousaf, Passent Ellakany, Ntombifuthi Nzimande, Eshrat Ara, Zumama Khalid, Folake Barakat Lawal, Joanne Lusher, Bamidele O. Popoola, Ifeoma Idigbe, Abeedha Tu-Allah Khan, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Balgis Gaffar, Bamidele Emmanuel Osamika, Nourhan M. Aly, Nicaise Ndembi, Annie Lu Nguyen

A retrospective cohort study of the effect of SARS-CoV-2 point of care rapid RT-PCR at the Emergency Department on targeted admission

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Susanne E. Mortazavi, Malin Inghammar, Claus Christiansen, Anne-Katrine Pesola, Mikael Stenkilsson, Magnus Paulsson

Anti-SARS-CoV2 antibody-mediated cytokine release syndrome in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia

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Ahmed N. Hegazy, Jan Krönke, Stefan Angermair, Stefan Schwartz, Carl Weidinger, Ulrich Keller, Sascha Treskatsch, Britta Siegmund, Thomas Schneider

COVID-19 versus seasonal influenza: myocardial injury and prognostic importance

Lars Mizera, Monika Zdanyte, Johannes Gernert, Álvaro Petersen-Uribe, Karin Müller, Meinrad Paul Gawaz, Simon Greulich, Dominik Rath

Increased risk of severe COVID-19 in hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant infection: a multicentre matched cohort study

Guillaume Martin-Blondel, François-Xavier Lescure, Lambert Assoumou, Charlotte Charpentier, Jean-Marc Chapplain, Thomas Perpoint, Gaspard Grouteau, Hugues Cordel, Gilles Pialoux, Jérome Pacanowski, Michael Thy, Adeline Bauvois, Didier Laureillard, Fadia Hamrouni, Michèle Algarte-Genin, Julien Poissy, Diane Descamps, Dominique Costagliola, Guillaume Martin-Blondel, Pierre Delobel, Gaspard Grouteau, Jean Roch Le Henaff, Vincent Mear, Sandra Lagarrigues, Alais Frelat, Thomas De Nadai, Zara Steinmeyer, Arnaud Del Bello, Stéphanie Ruiz, Benjamine Sarton, Elise Noel-Savina, Jacques Izopet, Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, Michael Thy, Mathilde Gare, Diane Le Pluart, François-Xavier Lescure, Christophe Rioux, Laurène Deconinck, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, BenoitVisseaux, Diane Descamps, Charlotte Charpentier, Jean-Marc Chapplain, Pierre Tattevin, Thomas Perpoint, Maude Bouscambert-Duchamp, Hodane Yonis, Paul Chabert, Hugues Cordel, Youssouf Mohamed-Kassim, Nolan Hassold, Segolène Brichler, Julien Caliez, Thomas Rambaud, Marilucy Lopez-Sublet, Frédéric Adnet, Gilles Pialoux, Christia Palacios, Marwa bachir, Marine Nadal, Mathieu turpin, Antoine Parrot, Djeneba Fofana, Jérome Pacanowski, Karine Lacombe, Emmanuelle Gras, Laura Levi, Laure Surgers, Ines Devred, Nadia Valin, Thibault Chiarabini, Jean Luc Meynard, Adeline Bauvois, Clara Duran, Elyanne Gault, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn, Elisabeth Rouveix, Guillaume Geri, Didier laureillard, Albert Sotto, Paul Loubet, Claire Roger, Julien Poissy, Marc Lambert, Ady Assaf, Laurence Bocket, Firouzé Bani-Sadr, Yohan N’Guyen, Juliette Romaru, Maxime Hentzien, Thomas Gabas, Amélie Chabrol, Cecilia Billiou, Philippe Menager, Christophe Billy, Jean-Jacques Laurichesse, Fabrice Ketty N. Simba, Pauline Caraux Paz, Liliane Tinang, Agathe Bounhiol, Catherine Burnat, Sandrine Soriot-Thomas, Damien Basille, Jean Philippe Lanoix, Yoan Zerbib, Yoann Zerbib, Anne Pouvaret, Fanny Lanternier, Helene Mascitti, Aurélien Dinh, Benjamin Davido, Philippe Lesprit, Suresnes, France, Service de Biologie Clinique : Philippe Lesprit, Eric Farfour, Mathilde Neuville, Linda Nait Allaoua, Michèle Lejaille, Nathalie De Castro, Jean-Michel Molina, Diane Ponscarme, Mariagrazia Tateo, Geoffroy Liegeon, Ines Boussen, Pauline Huriez, André Cabié, Valentine Campana, Isabelle Calmont, Jean-Marie Turmel, Guitteaud Karine, Pierre-François Sandrine, Athéna Marquise, Ornella Cabras, Mélanie Lehoux, Cyrille Chabartier, Vincent Dubee, Diama Ndiaye, Caroline Lefeuvre, Achille Kouatchet, Duc Nguyen, Camille Tumiotto, Pierre Sioniac, Alexandre Boyer, Jean-François Faucher, Edouard Desvaux, Sylvie Rogez, Paul Le Turnier, François Raffi, Emmanuel Canet, Antoine Roquilly, Louise Castain, Solène Secher, Véronique Mondain, Lionel Piroth, Christelle Auvray, Pascal Chavanet, Marielle Buisson, Sophie Mahy, François-Xavier Catherine, Clementine Esteve, Michel Duong, Carole Charles, Sandrine Gohier, Céline Schaffer, Olivier Robineau, Perrine Bortolotti, Maxime Pradier, Francois Goehringer, Alice Corbel, Jeanne Kotzyba, Kévin Alexandre, Gaetan Beduneau, Elodie Alessandri-Gradt, Martin Martinot, Simon Gravier, Ciprian Ion, Victoire de Lastours, Roza Rahli, Valérie Garrait, Laurent Richier, Mounira Smati-lafarge, Guillemette Frémont, Pierre Louis Nivose, Marie Hélène André, Magdalena Gerin, Aicha Hamdi, Naomi Sayre, Stephanie Cossec, Sophie Alviset, Pierre Alain Billy, Marie Gousseff, Emmanuel Forestier, Anne-Laure Destrem, Olivier Rogeaux, Alexie Bosch, Sabrina Bryant, Gaëlle Bourgeois, Ophélie Dos Santos Schaller, Marie-Christine Carret, Nicolas Ettahar, Haciba Moudjahed, Nathalie Leone, Mehdi Djennaoui, Nicolas Lefebvre, Axel Ursenbach, François Danion, Yvon Ruch, Morgane Solis, Hamid Merdji, Loïc Kassègne, Fanny Pommeret, Emeline Colomba Blameble, Merad Manssouria, Annabelle Stoclin, Franck Griscelli, Sophie Deriaz, Eric Oziol, Laurent Favier, Julien Obiols, Pascal Gicquel, Christophe Rapp, Laurence Louvet, Paul Ihout, Jean-Benoit Zabbé, Laurent Bellec, Tomasz Chroboczek, Sandrine Mégessier, Marie Lacoste, Benjamin Viala, Thibaut Challan-Belval, Chloé Wackenheim, Paule Letertre-Gibert, Olivier Grossi

Fatigue and quality-of-life in the year following SARS-Cov2 infection

Peter-Joe Noujaim, Damien Jolly, Claire Coutureau, Lukshe Kanagaratnam

Molecular epidemiology and outcome of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in Saudi Arabia

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Basem M. Alraddadi, Emily L. G. Heaphy, Yamama Aljishi, Waleed Ahmed, Khalid Eljaaly, Hanan H. Al-Turkistani, Abeer N. Alshukairi, Mohammed O. Qutub, Kholoud Alodini, Roaa Alosaimi, Waseem Hassan, Dalya Attalah, Rakan Alswaiel, Mohammed F. Saeedi, Mohammed A. Al-Hamzi, Lama K. Hefni, Reem S. Almaghrabi, Mushira Anani, Abdulhakeem Althaqafi

Post-COVID-19 related osteonecrosis of the jaw (PC-RONJ): an alarming morbidity in COVID-19 surviving patients

Haytham Al-Mahalawy, Yehia El-Mahallawy, Noha Y. Dessoky, Sally Ibrahim, Hatem Amer, Haytham Mohamed Ayad, Hagar Mahmoud El Sherif, Alshaimaa Ahmed Shabaan

Long-term time trends in reactivated herpes simplex infections and treatment in Sweden

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Karin Lopatko Lindman, Judith Lockman-Lundgren, Bodil Weidung, Jan Olsson, Fredrik Elgh, Hugo Lövheim

Characteristics and outcomes of patients admitted to a tertiary academic hospital in Pretoria with HIV and severe pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

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Veronica Ueckermann, Luricke Janse van Rensburg, Nicolette Pannell, Marthie Ehlers

A rare case of melioidosis presenting as myositis in Sri Lanka

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Sanura Malinda Pallegoda Vithana, Liyanage Sashika Chathuranga, Saman Jayasinghe, Edippuli Arachchige Don Udayakumara

Correction to: Trends and associated factors in the uptake of HIV testing among female sex workers in Sino-Vietnam border areas in Guangxi, China: a cross-sectional study

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Bingyu Liang, Qianni Huang, Yanyun Ou, Fei Zhang, Peidong Zhang, Aidan Nong, Shide Mo, Zhenxian Wu, Hai Xie, Huayue Liang, Jie Liu, Junjun Jiang, Hao Liang, Deping Liu, Li Ye

Symptomatic, clinical and biomarker associations for mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients enriched for African Americans

Hassan Ashktorab, Antonio Pizuorno, Folake Adeleye, Adeyinka Laiyemo, Maryam Mehdipour Dalivand, Farshad Aduli, Zaki A. Sherif, Gholamreza Oskrochi, Kibreab Angesom, Philip Oppong-Twene, Suryanarayana Reddy Challa, Nnaemeka Okorie, Esther S. Moon, Edward Romos, Boubini Jones-Wonni, Abdoul Madjid Kone, Sheldon Rankine, Camelita Thrift, Derek Scholes, Chiamaka Ekwunazu, Abigail Banson, Brianna Mitchell, Guttu Maskalo, Jillian Ross, Julencia Curtis, Rachel Kim, Chandler Gilliard, Geeta Ahuja, Joseph Mathew, Warren Gavin, Areeba Kara, Manuel Hache-Marliere, Leonidas Palaiodimos, Vishnu R. Mani, Aleksandr Kalabin, Vijay Reddy Gayam, Pavani Reddy Garlapati, Joseph Miller, Lakshmi Gayathri Chirumamilla, Fatimah Jackson, John M. Carethers, Farin Kamangar, Hassan Brim

Impact of septic cerebral embolism on prognosis and therapeutic strategies of infective endocarditis: a retrospective study in a surgical centre

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Valentina Scheggi, Silvia Menale, Barbara Tonietti, Costanza Bigiarini, Jacopo Giovacchini, Stefano Del Pace, Nicola Zoppetti, Bruno Alterini, Pier Luigi Stefàno, Niccolò Marchionni

Streptococcal and Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infections: are they really different?

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Yousra Kherabi, Valérie Zeller, Younes Kerroumi, Vanina Meyssonnier, Beate Heym, Olivier Lidove, Simon Marmor

The contribution of hospital-acquired infections to the COVID-19 epidemic in England in the first half of 2020

Gwenan M. Knight, Thi Mui Pham, James Stimson, Sebastian Funk, Yalda Jafari, Diane Pople, Stephanie Evans, Mo Yin, Colin S. Brown, Alex Bhattacharya, Russell Hope, Malcolm G. Semple, Sam Abbott, Amy Gimma, Hamish P. Gibbs, Kaja Abbas, Rosanna C. Barnard, Frank G. Sandmann, Nikos I. Bosse, Paul Mee, Ciara V. McCarthy, Matthew Quaife, Adam J. Kucharski, Christopher I. Jarvis, Joel Hellewell, Emilie Finch, Alicia Rosello, Mark Jit, Rachael Pung, Rosalind M. Eggo, Akira Endo, Graham Medley, Damien C. Tully, Kerry L. M. Wong, Yang Liu, Katharine Sherratt, James D. Munday, Lloyd A. C. Chapman, Stéphane Hué, Kathleen O’Reilly, Nicholas G. Davies, Sophie R. Meakin, Fiona Yueqian Sun, Oliver Brady, C. Julian Villabona-Arenas, Katherine E. Atkins, Kiesha Prem, David Hodgson, Mihaly Koltai, Carl A. B. Pearson, William Waites, Simon R. Procter, Rachel Lowe, Jonathan M. Read, Ben S. Cooper, Julie V. Robotham

Investigation of target sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 and immunogenic GWAS profiling in host cells of COVID-19 in Vietnam

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Monocyte anisocytosis increases during multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children with cardiovascular complications

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Yuka Torii, Kazuhiro Horiba, Jun-ichi Kawada, Kazunori Haruta, Makoto Yamaguchi, Takako Suzuki, Hideko Uryu, Naoyuki Kashiwa, Keiji Goishi, Tomoo Ogi, Yoshinori Ito

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Safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma for severe COVID-19: a randomized, single blinded, parallel, controlled clinical study

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Development of COVID-19 severity assessment score in adults presenting with COVID-19 to the emergency department

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Syndromic surveillance of respiratory-tract infections and hand hygiene practice among pilgrims attended Hajj in 2021: a cohort study

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Si-Jie Wang, Li-Na Chen, Song-Mei Wang, Hong-Lu Zhou, Chao Qiu, Baoming Jiang, Tian-Yi Qiu, Sheng-Li Chen, Lorenz von Seidlein, Xuan-Yi Wang

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Changing demographics and immunity to vaccine preventable diseases in people with HIV in Ireland

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C. Kerr, M. Kelleher, S. Coughlan, B. Crowley, E. J. O’Reilly, C. Bergin

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Viral pathogens of acute gastroenteritis in Egyptian children: role of the parechovirus

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Clinical and microbiological characteristics and challenges in diagnosing infected aneurysm: a retrospective observational study from a single center in Japan

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The role of routine SARS-CoV-2 screening of healthcare-workers in acute care hospitals in 2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Viral etiology among children hospitalized for acute respiratory tract infections and its association with meteorological factors and air pollutants: a time-series study (2014–2017) in Macao

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Cheng Lei, Cheong Tat Lou, King Io, Kin Ian SiTou, Chong Pak Ip, HongJin U, Baoquan Pan, Carolina Oi Lam Ung

Gaps in measles vaccination coverage in Kasese district, Western Uganda: results of a qualitative evaluation

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Gerardo J. Pacheco, Lawrence Fulton, Jose Betancourt, Ram Shanmugam, Paula Stigler Granados

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C. William Wester, Bryan E. Shepherd, Usman J. Wudil, Baba Maiyaki Musa, Donna J. Ingles, Heather L. Prigmore, Faisal S. Dankishiya, Aima A. Ahonkhai, Bukar A. Grema, Philip J. Budge, Ayumi Takakura, Opeyemi A. Olabisi, Cheryl A. Winkler, Jeffrey B. Kopp, Joseph V. Bonventre, Christina M. Wyatt, Muktar H. Aliyu

SARS-CoV-2 reinfections in a US university setting, Fall 2020 to Spring 2021

Molly Rosenberg, Chen Chen, Lilian Golzarri-Arroyo, Aaron Carroll, Nir Menachemi, Christina Ludema

Characterisation of Staphylococci species from neonatal blood cultures in low- and middle-income countries

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Carriage prevalence of Neisseria meningitidis in China, 2005–2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Lael M. Yonker, Oluwakemi Badaki-Makun, Puneeta Arya, Brittany P. Boribong, Gabriela Moraru, Brittany Fenner, Jaimar Rincon, Alex Hopke, Brent Rogers, Jeremiah Hinson, Alessio Fasano, Lilly Lee, Sarah M. Kehoe, Shawn D. Larson, Hector Chavez, Scott Levin, Lyle L. Moldawer, Daniel Irimia

Isolated splenic mucormycosis secondary to diabetic ketoacidosis: a case report

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Shuai Luo, Xiang Huang, Yao Li, Jinjing Wang

Two entities in pulmonary nodules of a diabetic patient receiving corticosteroid therapy for bullous pemphigoid: an autopsy case report

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Reimi Mizushima, Kotaro Haruhara, Nei Fukasawa, Mari Satake, Akira Fukui, Kentaro Koike, Nobuo Tsuboi, Hiroyuki Takahashi, Takashi Yokoo

Prevalence and geo-clinicodemographic factors associated with hepatitis B vaccination among healthcare workers in five developing countries

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Precious Adade Duodu, Ernest Darkwah, Pascal Agbadi, Henry Ofori Duah, Jerry John Nutor

HCV spread among female incarcerated population and treatment pathways to viral elimination in Italian prison settings: clinical perspectives and medico legal aspects

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Vito Fiore, Elena Rastrelli, Giordano Madeddu, Roberto Ranieri, Andrea De Vito, Ruggero Giuliani, Giulio Di Mizio, Matteo Bolcato, Giuseppe De Matteis, Anna Maria Ialungo, Serena Dell’Isola, Giulio Starnini, Sergio Babudieri

Comparison of mortality and clinical failure rates between vancomycin and teicoplanin in patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia

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Jang Ho Lee, Myeong Geun Choi, Hyung Jun Park, Ho Cheol Kim, Chang-Min Choi

Characterization of HIV-1 molecular epidemiology and transmitted drug-resistance in newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients in Sichuan, China

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Chang Zhou, Shu Liang, Yiping Li, Yan Zhang, Ling Li, Li Ye, Dan Yuan, Ling Su

Genomic surveillance for multidrug-resistant or hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae among United States bloodstream isolates

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Travis J. Kochan, Sophia H. Nozick, Rachel L. Medernach, Bettina H. Cheung, Samuel W. M. Gatesy, Marine Lebrun-Corbin, Sumitra D. Mitra, Natalia Khalatyan, Fiorella Krapp, Chao Qi, Egon A. Ozer, Alan R. Hauser

The effect of the multimodal intervention including an automatic notification of catheter days on reducing central line-related bloodstream infection: a retrospective, observational, quasi-experimental study

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Sohyun Bae, Yoonjung Kim, Hyun-Ha Chang, Sungjin Kim, Hyun-Ji Kim, Hyeyoung Jeon, Juhee Cho, Juyoung Lee, Hwajin Chae, Gyeongmin Han, Shin-Woo Kim

Long-term outcome of renal cell carcinoma in patients with HIV who undergo surgery

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Liang Chen, Menghua Wu, Xin Zheng, Yu Zhang, Jimao Zhao

Statin and aspirin as adjuvant therapy in hospitalised patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a randomised clinical trial (RESIST trial)

Nirmal Ghati, Sushma Bhatnagar, Manjit Mahendran, Abhishek Thakur, Kshitij Prasad, Devesh Kumar, Tanima Dwivedi, Kalaivani Mani, Pawan Tiwari, Ritu Gupta, Anant Mohan, Anita Saxena, Randeep Guleria, Siddharthan Deepti

High burden of childhood tuberculosis in migrants: a retrospective cohort study from the Thailand–Myanmar border

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Amy Carroll, Banyar Maung Maung, Win Pa Pa Htun, Wanitda Watthanaworawit, Michele Vincenti-Delmas, Colette Smith, Pam Sonnenberg, Francois Nosten

Clinical characteristics and antibodies against Echinococcus granulosus recombinant antigen P29 in patients with cystic echinococcosis in China

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Jia Tao, Xiancai Du, Kejun Liu, Chan Wang, Yongxue Lv, Minglei Wang, Zhiqi Yang, Jihui Yang, Shasha Li, Changyou Wu, Minghao Li, Wei Zhao

Assessment of neutralizing antibody responses after natural SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination in congolese individuals

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Armel Landry Batchi-Bouyou, Jean Claude Djontu, Jeannhey Christevy Vouvoungui, Claujens Chastel Mfoutou Mapanguy, Line Lobaloba Ingoba, Jiré Séphora Mougany, Kamal Rauchelvy Boumpoutou, Steve Diafouka-kietela, Raoul Ampa, Francine Ntoumi

Barriers and facilitators for therapeutic drug monitoring of beta-lactams and ciprofloxacin in the ICU: a nationwide cross-sectional study

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Tim M. J. Ewoldt, Alan Abdulla, Puck van den Broek, Nicole Hunfeld, Soma Bahmany, Anouk E. Muller, Diederik Gommers, Suzanne Polinder, Henrik Endeman, Inge Spronk, Birgit C. P. Koch

Femoral osteomyelitis caused by oral anaerobic bacteria with mixed bacteremia of Campylobacter rectus and Parvimonas micra in a chronic periodontitis patient: a case report

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Naoya Itoh, Nana Akazawa, Yuichi Ishibana, Shunsuke Hamada, Sumitaka Hagiwara, Hiromi Murakami

The tryptophan catabolite or kynurenine pathway in COVID-19 and critical COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abbas F. Almulla, Thitiporn Supasitthumrong, Chavit Tunvirachaisakul, Ali Abbas Abo Algon, Hussein K. Al-Hakeim, Michael Maes

A case report of Klebsiella aerogenes-caused lumbar spine infection identified by metagenome next-generation sequencing

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Huajie Gu, Qingqing Cai, Xiaoyong Dai, Huanhuan Wang, Wenying Xu, Xuejie Cao, Youwen Ye

Infectious shock after liposuction

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Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized patients with seasonal coronavirus infection and COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

Guillermo Rodriguez-Nava, Goar Egoryan, Tianyu Dong, Qishuo Zhang, Elise Hyser, Bidhya Poudel, Maria Adriana Yanez-Bello, Daniela Patricia Trelles-Garcia, Chul Won Chung, Bimatshu Pyakuryal, Taraz Imani-Ramos, Valeria Patricia Trelles-Garcia, Daniel Sebastian Bustamante-Soliz, Jonathan J. Stake

A framework for evaluating health system surveillance sensitivity to support public health decision-making for malaria elimination: a case study from Indonesia

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Riris Andono Ahmad, Luca Nelli, Henry Surendra, Risalia Reni Arisanti, Dyah Ayu Shinta Lesmanawati, Isabel Byrne, Elin Dumont, Chris Drakeley, Gillian Stresman, Lindsey Wu

Health care consequences of hospitalization with Clostrioides difficile infection: a propensity score matching study

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Bruce E. Hirsch, Myia S. Williams, Dimitre G. Stefanov, Martin L. Lesser, Karalyn Pappas, Thomas Iglio, Craig Gordon, Renee Pekmezaris

A case of Streptococcus canis bacteremia, osteomyelitis, sacroiliitis, myositis, and abscess

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Phitphiboon Deawtrakulchai, Surampa Cheawchanwattana, Wantin Sribenjalux, Atibordee Meesing

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Mohammad H. Madani, Ahmadreza Ghasemiesfe, Yasser G. Abdelhafez, Lorenzo Nardo

The prevalence of Post-Ebola Syndrome hearing loss, Sierra Leone

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Co-infection with dual Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes as a cause of pediatric bacterial meningitis in Iran: a multi-center cross-sectional study

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Sedigheh Rafiei Tabatabaei, Ahmadreza Shamshiri, Leila Azimi, Ali Nazari-Alam, Abdollah Karimi, Seyed Alireza Mirjavadi, Marjan Tariverdi

A novel method to detect the early warning signal of COVID-19 transmission

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The first case of Streptococcus intermedius brain abscess with hemophagocytic histiocytosis

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Pericarditis caused by Mycobacterium africanum: case report

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Paula Mascarell, Alba de la Rica, Sergio Padilla, Montserrat Ruiz-García, José López-Escudero, Javier García-Abellán, Ángela Botella, Mar Masiá, Félix Gutiérrez

The relationship between hematocrit and serum albumin levels difference and mortality in elderly sepsis patients in intensive care units—a retrospective study based on two large database

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Zichen Wang, Luming Zhang, Shaojin Li, Fengshuo Xu, Didi Han, Hao Wang, Tao Huang, Haiyan Yin, Jun Lyu

Evaluation of droplet digital PCR rapid detection method and precise diagnosis and treatment for suspected sepsis (PROGRESS): a study protocol for a multi-center pragmatic randomized controlled trial

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Yuanhan Zhao, Ke Lin, Haocheng Zhang, Guanmin Yuan, Yanliang Zhang, Jingye Pan, Liang Hong, Yan Huang, Ying Ye, Lisu Huang, Xiaohua Chen, Jun Liu, Xiang Li, Xiaoju He, Qiaoyan Yue, Hong Zhang, Aiming Zhou, Yangyang Zhuang, Jie Chen, Caixia Wu, Wei Zhou, Fujing Cai, Shengguo Zhang, Liang Li, Shaling Li, Tingting Bian, Jiabin Li, Jun Yin, Zhengshang Ruan, Shanshan Xu, Yan Zhang, Jie Chen, Ying Zhang, Jun Han, Tingting Su, Fan Tu, Lijing Jiang, Chen Lei, Qiu Du, Jingwen Ai, Wenhong Zhang

Decreased quality of care for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia during the COVID-19 pandemic

Simona Arientová, Zdeněk Jícha, Ondřej Beran, Michal Holub

Early identification and severity prediction of acute respiratory infection (ESAR): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Guanmin Yuan, Hongyu Wang, Yuanhan Zhao, Enqiang Mao, Mengjiao Li, Ruilan Wang, Fangqing Zhou, Shanshan Jin, Ziqiang Zhang, Ke Xu, Jinfu Xu, Shuo Liang, Xiang Li, Lijing Jiang, Lu Zhang, Jieyu Song, Tao Yang, Jinxin Guo, Haocheng Zhang, Yang Zhou, Sen Wang, Chao Qiu, Ning Jiang, Jingwen Ai, Jing Wu, Wenhong Zhang

Maternal and infant renal safety following tenofovir disoproxil fumarate exposure during pregnancy in a randomized control trial

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Kristin Baltrusaitis, Bonus Makanani, Camlin Tierney, Mary Glenn Fowler, Dhayendre Moodley, Gerhard Theron, Lynette H. Nyakudya, Musunga Tomu, Lee Fairlie, Kathleen George, Barbara Heckman, Kevin Knowles, Renee Browning, George K. Siberry, Taha E. Taha, Lynda Stranix-Chibanda, Lynda Stranix-Chibanda, Judith Currier, Katherine Luzuriaga, Adriana Weinberg, James McIntyre, Tsungai Chipato, Karin Klingman, Renee Browning, Mireille Mpoudi-Ngole, Jennifer S. Read, George Siberry, Heather Watts, Lynette Purdue, Terrence Fenton, Linda Barlow-Mosha, Mary Pat Toye, Mark Mirochnick, William B. Kabat, Benjamin Chi, Marc Lallemant, Karin Nielsen, Kevin Butler, Konstantia Angelidou, David Shapiro, Sean Brummel, Anne Coletti, Veronica Toone, Megan Valentine, Kathleen George, Amanda Zadzilka, Michael Basar, Amy Jennings, Adam Manzella, Sandesh Patil, Ramesh Bhosale, Neetal Nevreka, Salome Kunje, Alex Siyasiya, Mervis Maulidi, Francis Martinson, Ezylia Makina, Beteniko Milala, Nozibusiso Rejoice Skosana, Sajeeda Mawlana, Jeanne Louw, Magdel Rossouw, Lindie Rossouw, Masebole Masenya, Janet Grab, Nasreen Abrahams, Mandisa Nyati, Sylvia Dittmer, Dhayendre Moodley, Vani Chetty, Alicia Catherine Desmond, Boniface Njau, Cynthia Asiyo, Pendo Mlay, Maxensia Owor, Moreen Kamateeka, Dorothy Sebikari, Tichaona Vhembo, Nyasha Mufukari, Lynda Stranix-Chibanda, Teacler Nematadzira, Gift Chareka, Jean Dimairo, Tsungai Chipato, Bangani Kusakara, Mercy Mutambanengwe, Emmie Marote

Nocardia cyriacigeorgica brain abscess in a patient on low dose steroids: a case report and review of the literature

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Segev Gabay, Michal Yakubovsky, Ronen Ben-Ami, Rachel Grossman

Prognostic value of platelet count-related ratios on admission in patients with pyogenic liver abscess

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Shixiao Li, Sufei Yu, Jiajia Qin, Minfei Peng, Jiao Qian, Peng Zhou

Automated diagnosis and prognosis of COVID-19 pneumonia from initial ER chest X-rays using deep learning

Jordan H. Chamberlin, Gilberto Aquino, Sophia Nance, Andrew Wortham, Nathan Leaphart, Namrata Paladugu, Sean Brady, Henry Baird, Matthew Fiegel, Logan Fitzpatrick, Madison Kocher, Florin Ghesu, Awais Mansoor, Philipp Hoelzer, Mathis Zimmermann, W. Ennis James, D. Jameson Dennis, Brian A. Houston, Ismail M. Kabakus, Dhiraj Baruah, U. Joseph Schoepf, Jeremy R. Burt

Epidemiology of recurrent pulmonary tuberculosis by bacteriological features of 100 million residents in China

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Hui Jiang, Jinfeng Yin, Fangchao Liu, Yuxia Yao, Chao Cai, Jiying Xu, Lijun Zheng, Chendi Zhu, Junnan Jia, Xu Gao, Wangli Xu, Weimin Li, Guolong Zhang

Systematic review and meta-analysis of ivermectin for treatment of COVID-19: evidence beyond the hype

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COVID-19 related acute necrotizing encephalopathy with extremely high interleukin-6 and RANBP2 mutation in a patient with recently immunized inactivated virus vaccine and no pulmonary involvement

Thanakit Pongpitakmetha, Pasin Hemachudha, Wanakorn Rattanawong, Poosanu Thanapornsangsuth, Anand Viswanathan, Thiravat Hemachudha

Incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis under the regular COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control in China

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Etramp5 as a useful serological marker in children to assess the immediate effects of mass drug campaigns for malaria

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Could widespread use of antiviral treatment curb the COVID-19 pandemic? A modeling study

Laura Matrajt, Elizabeth R. Brown, Myron S. Cohen, Dobromir Dimitrov, Holly Janes

Lung cancer coexisting with Papiliotrema flavescens infection diagnosed by next-generation sequencing: a case report

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Siang Zhang, Liangzhe Wang, Qianyu Han, An Sun, Xiaogang Liu, Lei Xue

Pyogenic liver abscess-caused Klebsiella pneumoniae in a tertiary hospital in China in 2017: implication of hypervirulent carbapenem-resistant strains

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Hongchao Chen, Lanfang Fang, Wenjie Chen, Qing Yang, Dan Li, Dakang Hu, Jin Zhang

Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic parameters of vancomycin for predicting clinical outcome of enterococcal bacteremia

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Eliel Nham, Kyungmin Huh, You Min Sohn, Hyo Jung Park, Hyemee Kim, Sook Young Woo, Jae-Hoon Ko, Sun Young Cho, Cheol-In Kang, Doo Ryeon Chung, Hee Jae Huh, Hyung-Doo Park, Nam Yong Lee, Kyong Ran Peck

The 2021 Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy (SWAB) guidelines for empirical antibacterial therapy of sepsis in adults

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Elske Sieswerda, Hannelore I. Bax, Jacobien J. Hoogerwerf, Mark G. J. de Boer, Marja Boermeester, Marc J. M. Bonten, Douwe Dekker, Roy Gerth van Wijk, Nicole P. Juffermans, Marnix Kuindersma, Paul D. van der Linden, Damian C. Melles, Peter Pickkers, Jeroen A. Schouten, Jasper R. Rebel, Arthur R. H. van Zanten, Jan M. Prins, W. Joost Wiersinga

Antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated from patients attending sexually transmitted infection clinics in Urban Hospitals, Lusaka, Zambia

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Kelvin L. Sarenje, Owen Ngalamika, Margaret C. Maimbolwa, Amon Siame, Sody M. Munsaka, Geoffrey Kwenda

Prevalence of inappropriate use behaviors of antibiotics and related factors among chinese antibiotic users: an online cross-sectional survey

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Xiaoxv Yin, Yanhong Gong, Na Sun, Dandan Li, Jianxiong Wu, Jing Wang, Lei Qiu, Hui Li

Metrics of sexual behavior stigma among cisgender men who have sex with men in Mexico: exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses

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John Mark Wiginton, Sarah M. Murray, Angel B. Algarin, Stefan D. Baral, Travis H. Sanchez, Laramie R. Smith

Patient experiences of sexual dysfunction after transition to dolutegravir-based HIV treatment in mid-Western Uganda: a qualitative study

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Henry Zakumumpa, Ronald Kiguba, Helen Byomire Ndagije, Gilbert Ategeka, Jacquellyn Nambi Ssanyu, Freddy Eric Kitutu

SAfE transport: wearing face masks significantly reduces the spread of COVID-19 on trains

Hanna Grzybowska, R. I. Hickson, Bishal Bhandari, Chen Cai, Michael Towke, Benjamin Itzstein, Raja Jurdak, Jessica Liebig, Kamran Najeebullah, Adrian Plani, Ahmad El Shoghri, Dean Paini

Molecular characterization of multidrug-resistant ESKAPEE pathogens from clinical samples in Chonburi, Thailand (2017–2018)

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Sirigade Ruekit, Apichai Srijan, Oralak Serichantalergs, Katie R. Margulieux, Patrick Mc Gann, Emma G. Mills, William C. Stribling, Theerasak Pimsawat, Rosarin Kormanee, Suthisak Nakornchai, Chaiwat Sakdinava, Prawet Sukhchat, Mariusz Wojnarski, Samandra T. Demons, John M. Crawford, Paphavee Lertsethtakarn, Brett E. Swierczewski

Lethal Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in an asplenic patient

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Franziska Schuler, Jan-Sören Padberg, Carsten Hullermann, Philipp Kümpers, Johannes Lepper, Miriam Schulte, Andreas Uekötter, Frieder Schaumburg, Barbara C. Kahl

Clinical testing on SARS-CoV-2 swab samples using reverse-transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT-LAMP)

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Meng Yee Lai, Fatma Diyana Mohd Bukhari, Nur Zulaikha Zulkefli, Ilyiana Ismail, Nur Izati Mustapa, Tuan Suhaila Tuan Soh, Afifah Haji Hassan, Kalaiarasu M. Peariasamy, Yee Leng Lee, Jeyanthi Suppiah, Ravindran Thayan, Mohd Khairi Mat Isa, Nur Zafirah Abdul Wahid, Yee Ling Lau

Mixed genotypes of Orientia tsutsugamushi in conserved genes and a single immune-dominant tsa56 genotype discovered from a patient with scrub typhus in Hainan Island, China: a case report

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Chuanning Tang, Liyuan Zhang, Yi Huang, Wenhui Mai, Liying Xue, Gaoyu Wang, Shu Wen, Ruoyan Peng, Kunliang Wu, Xiuying Tian, Hua Pei, Jiang Du, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Yongguo Du, Feifei Yin

“Leopards do not change their spots:” tick borne disease symptomology case report

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Haley Abernathy, Aidin Alejo, Victor Arahirwa, Odai Mansour, Amanda Brown-Marusiak, Dana Giandomenico, Ross M. Boyce

Campylobacter jejuni subdural hygroma infection in a 2-year old boy: case report and a brief literature review

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Ivana Valenčak-Ignjatić, Nina Krajcar, Diana Didović, Srđan Roglić, Iva Butić, Marko Jelić, Hrvoje Jednačak, Goran Tešović

Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections: trends among patients screened for sexually transmitted infections in rwandan health facilities 2014–2020

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Jean Damascene Makuza, Phyumar Soe, Dahn Jeong, Marie Paul Nisingizwe, Donatha Dushimiyimana, Justine Umutesi, Ladislas Nshimiyimana, Clarisse Maliza, Janvier Serumondo, Eric Remera, Gallican Nshogoza Rwibasira, Albert Tuyishime, David J. Riedel

The impact of variants and vaccination on the mortality and resource utilization of hospitalized patients with COVID-19

Maria Stepanova, Brian Lam, Elena Younossi, Sean Felix, Mariam Ziayee, Jillian Price, Huong Pham, Leyla de Avila, Kathy Terra, Patrick Austin, Thomas Jeffers, Carey Escheik, Pegah Golabi, Rebecca Cable, Manirath Srishord, Chapy Venkatesan, Linda Henry, Lynn Gerber, Zobair M. Younossi

Determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in healthcare workers in Iran: National Survey

Koorosh Kamali, Zarrintaj Hoseinzade, Khadijeh Hajimiri, Soodabeh Hoveidamanesh, Seyed Mohsen Zahraei, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Sousan Mahmoudi Bavandpouri, Tahereh Mohamadi, Soraya Mohamadi, Zohre Bigdeli, Azam Maleki, Mahboubeh Shirzad, Zahra Heidari, Mahya Farsadegi, Alireza Shoghli

Epidemiology and genomic analysis of Klebsiella oxytoca from a single hospital network in Australia

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James Stewart, Louise M. Judd, Adam Jenney, Kathryn E. Holt, Kelly L. Wyres, Jane Hawkey

Evaluation of the broth microdilution plate methodology for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Peru

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Zully M. Puyén, David Santos-Lázaro, Aiko N. Vigo, Jorge Coronel, Miriam J. Alarcón, Vidia V. Cotrina, David A. J. Moore

Characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients presenting with advanced HIV disease in the “treat all” era: a retrospective cohort study from rural Rwanda

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Gentille Musengimana, Jean Paul Umugisha, Placide Habinshuti, Todd Anderson, Geraldine Mukesharurema, Eric Remera, Jean D’Amour Ndahimana, Dale A. Barnhart

Combining metabolome and clinical indicators with machine learning provides some promising diagnostic markers to precisely detect smear-positive/negative pulmonary tuberculosis

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Xin Hu, Jie Wang, Yingjiao Ju, Xiuli Zhang, Wushou’er Qimanguli, Cuidan Li, Liya Yue, Bahetibieke Tuohetaerbaike, Ying Li, Hao Wen, Wenbao Zhang, Changbin Chen, Yefeng Yang, Jing Wang, Fei Chen

Correction: Spatiotemporal dynamics of malaria in Banmauk Township, Sagaing region of Northern Myanmar: characteristics, trends, and risk factors

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Pyae Linn Aung, Myat Thu Soe, Thit Lwin Oo, Kyaw Thu Aung, Kyaw Kyaw Lin, Aung Thi, Lynette Menezes, Daniel M. Parker, Liwang Cui, Myat Phone Kyaw

Age- and sex-based changes in spike protein antibody status after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and effect of past-infection in healthcare workers in Osaka

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Shiro Hoshida, Nobuyuki Koeda, Hideki Hattori, Masahiro Tanaka, Ichiro Tanaka, Hiroyuki Fukui, Junya Fujita, Yo Sasaki, Shigeyuki Tamura

Epidemiological and viral characteristics of undiagnosed HIV infections in Botswana

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Lynnette Bhebhe, Sikhulile Moyo, Simani Gaseitsiwe, Molly Pretorius-Holme, Etienne K. Yankinda, Kutlo Manyake, Coulson Kgathi, Mompati Mmalane, Refeletswe Lebelonyane, Tendani Gaolathe, Pamela Bachanas, Faith Ussery, Mpho Letebele, Joseph Makhema, Kathleen E. Wirth, Shahin Lockman, Max Essex, Vlad Novitsky, Manon Ragonnet-Cronin

Correction: Symptomatic, clinical and biomarker associations for mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients enriched for African Americans

Hassan Ashktorab, Antonio Pizuorno, Folake Adeleye, Adeyinka Laiyemo, Maryam Mehdipour Dalivand, Farshad Aduli, Zaki A. Sherif, Gholamreza Oskrochi, Kibreab Angesom, Philip Oppong-Twene, Suryanarayana Reddy Challa, Nnaemeka Okorie, Esther S. Moon, Edward Romos, Boubini Jones-Wonni, Abdoul Madjid Kone, Sheldon Rankine, Camelita Thrift, Derek Scholes, Chiamaka Ekwunazu, Abigail Banson, Brianna Mitchell, Guttu Maskalo, Jillian Ross, Julencia Curtis, Rachel Kim, Chandler Gilliard, Geeta Ahuja, Joseph Mathew, Warren Gavin, Areeba Kara, Manuel Hache-Marliere, Leonidas Palaiodimos, Vishnu R. Mani, Aleksandr Kalabin, Vijay Reddy Gayam, Pavani Reddy Garlapati, Joseph Miller, Lakshmi Gayathri Chirumamilla, Fatimah Jackson, John M. Carethers, Farin Kamangar, Hassan Brim

Increased transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 alpha variant (B.1.1.7) in children: three large primary school outbreaks revealed by whole genome sequencing in the Netherlands

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Koen M. F. Gorgels, Lieke B. van Alphen, Brian M. J. W. van der Veer, Volker H. Hackert, Audrey Y. J. Hensels, Casper D. J. den Heijer, Jozef Dingemans, Paul H. M. Savelkoul, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe

Coupled plasma filtration adsorption for the treatment of sepsis or septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Yuting Li, Hongxiang Li, Jianxing Guo, Youquan Wang, Dong Zhang

Effectiveness and safety of bedaquiline-containing regimens for treatment on patients with refractory RR/MDR/XDR-tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study in East China

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Shao-Jun Zhang, Yan Yang, Wen-Wen Sun, Zhong-Shun Zhang, He-Ping Xiao, Yu-Ping Li, Zhe-Min Zhang, Lin Fan

Hepatitis B, C, and delta in the general population in Mayotte: hepatitis B as a major public health concern

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Cécile Brouard, Fanny Parenton, Hassani Youssouf, Stéphane Chevaliez, Emmanuel Gordien, Maxime Jean, Mathias Bruyand, Sophie Vaux, Florence Lot, Marc Ruello, Marion Fleury, Jean-Baptiste Richard, Jean-Louis Solet, Laurent Filleul, Delphine Jezewski-Serra, Julie Chesneau

Evaluating risk factors associated with COVID-19 infections among vaccinated people early in the U.S. vaccination campaign: an observational study of five states, January–March 2021

Katrin S. Sadigh, Kiersten J. Kugeler, Sara Bressler, Stephanie C. Massay, Emma Schmoll, Lauren Milroy, Alyson M. Cavanaugh, Allison Sierocki, Layne Dorough, Kiren Mitruka, Kristin Lecy, Rebekah Porter, Louisa Castrodale, Wendy M. Bamberg, Nisha Alden, Andzelika Rzucidlo, Kevin B. Spicer, Taylor Miller, Augustus E. Madsen, Claire Holladay, Benjamin D. Scott, Cassandra Jones, Brittany Eziam, Jacqueline Logan, Caleb Wiedeman, Marc Fischer, Leisha D. Nolen

Low prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in HIV-uninfected pregnant women in Cape Town, South Africa: implications for oral pre-exposure prophylaxis roll out

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Dvora Joseph Davey, Nei-yuan Hsiao, C. Wendy Spearman, Mark Sonderup, Nai-Chung Hu, Nyiko Mashele, Rufaro Mvududu, Landon Myer

Self-testing for SARS-CoV-2 in São Paulo, Brazil: results of a population-based values and attitudes survey

Guillermo Z. Martínez-Pérez, Sonjelle Shilton, Maíra Saruê, Hilton Cesario, Abhik Banerji, Deepshikha Batheja, João Paulo Cunha, Rachel Baptista, Janine Schirmer, Eleva Ivanova Reipold, Alvaro Machado Dias

Kinetics of humoral immune response over 17 months of COVID-19 pandemic in a large cohort of healthcare workers in Spain: the ProHEpiC-19 study

Concepción Violán, Pere Torán-Monserrat, Bibiana Quirant, Noemi Lamonja-Vicente, Lucía A. Carrasco-Ribelles, Carla Chacón, Josep Maria Manresa-Dominguez, Francesc Ramos-Roure, Rosalia Dacosta-Aguayo, Cristina Palacios-Fernández, Albert Roso-Llorach, Aleix Pujol, Dan Ouchi, Mónica Monteagudo, Pilar Montero-Alia, Rosa Garcia-Sierra, Fernando Arméstar, Maria Doladé, Nuria Prat, Josep Maria Bonet, Bonaventura Clotet, Ignacio Blanco, Marc Boigues-Pons, Nemesio Moreno-Millán, Julia G. Prado, Eva María Martínez Cáceres, Marta Soldevilla Garcia, Ester Moral Roldan, Magda Alemany Costa, Eva Olivares Ortega, Alba Pachón Camacho, Marta Bujalance Devesa, Mariella Soto Espinoza, Antonio Negrete Palma, Mariana Martinez de San José, Ester Lucas Varas, Ester Badia Perich, Mónica Piña Rodriguez, Elena Domenech Graells, Eduard Moreno Gabriel, Victòria Sabaté Cintas, Mª Jose Argerich González, Asumció Vazquez Duran, Alex Ortega Roca, Anna Devesa Pradells, Athina Kielpilanen, Oscar Blanch Lombarte, Miguel Angel Marin Lopez, Julieta Carabelli, Ruth Peña Poderós, Esther Jimenez Moyano, Eulalia Grau Segura, Laia Bernard Rosa, Raul Pérez Caballero, Felipe Rodriguez Lozano, Gema Fernández Rivas, Sonia Molinos Abos, Jaume Barallat Martinez de Osaba, Lorena Tello Trigo, Cristina Perez Cano, Juan Matllo Aguilar, Anabel López Martínez, Inmaculada Agüera Iglesias

A modified Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score for dengue: development, evaluation and proposal for use in clinical trials

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Angela McBride, Nguyen Lam Vuong, Nguyen Van Hao, Nguyen Quang Huy, Ho Quang Chanh, Nguyen Thi Xuan Chau, Nguyen Minh Nguyet, Damien K. Ming, Nguyen Thanh Ngoc, Phung Tran Huy Nhat, Nguyen Thanh Phong, Luong Thi Hue Tai, Phan Vinh Tho, Dinh The Trung, Dong Thi Hoai Tam, Huynh Trung Trieu, Ronald Bertus Geskus, Martin J. Llewelyn, C. Louise Thwaites, Sophie Yacoub

Small-scale spatiotemporal epidemiology of notifiable infectious diseases in China: a systematic review

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Junyao Zheng, Guoquan Shen, Siqi Hu, Xinxin Han, Siyu Zhu, Jinlin Liu, Rongxin He, Ning Zhang, Chih-Wei Hsieh, Hao Xue, Bo Zhang, Yue Shen, Ying Mao, Bin Zhu

Molecular beacon based real-time PCR p1 gene genotyping, macrolide resistance mutation detection and clinical characteristics analysis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in children

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Lifeng Li, Jiayue Ma, Pengbo Guo, Xiaorui Song, Mingchao Li, Zengyuan Yu, Zhidan Yu, Ping Cheng, Huiqing Sun, Wancun Zhang

Epidemiology of early infections and predictors of mortality after autologous hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation among multiple myeloma, Hodgkin, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: the first experience from Palestine

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Riad Amer, Husam Salameh, Sultan Mosleh, Adham Abu-Taha, Hamza Hamayel, Ahmad Enaya, Amro Adas, Ahmad Khursani, Mohamad Wild-Ali, Taghreed Mousa, Maher Battat, Aiman Daifallah, Amer Koni, Ramzi Shawahna

Excess hospitalizations and mortality associated with seasonal influenza in Portugal, 2008–2018

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Filipe Froes, Mafalda Carmo, Hugo Lopes, Geoffray Bizouard, Catarina Gomes, Margarida Martins, Hélène Bricout, Caroline de Courville, Jaime Correia de Sousa, Carlos Rabaçal, João F. Raposo, Carlos Robalo Cordeiro

Development and validation of a risk prediction model for lost to follow-up among adults on active antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study

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Dawit Tefera Fentie, Getahun Molla Kassa, Sofonyas Abebaw Tiruneh, Achenef Asmamaw Muche

Different clinical features of children and adults in regional outbreak of Delta COVID-19

Mei-Zhu Hong, Rongxian Qiu, Wei Chen, Hui Lin, Qing-Qing Xing, Xuan Dong, Jin-Shui Pan, Qin Li

Retraction Note: Production of recombinant Entamoeba histolyticapyruvate phosphate dikinase and its application in a lateral flow dipstick test for amoebic liver abscess

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Syazwan Saidin, Muhammad Hafiznur Yunus, Nor Dyana Zakaria, Khairunisak Abdul Razak, Lim Boon Huat, Nurulhasanah Othman, Rahmah Noordin

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in neonates born to mothers or relatives with COVID-19

Roghayeh Babaei, Farah Bokharaei-Salim, Khadijeh Khanaliha, Seyed Jalal Kiani, Arezoo Marjani, Saba Garshasbi, Farzaneh Dehghani-Dehej, Sara Chavoshpour

Relationship between active Helicobacter pylori infection and risk factors of cardiovascular diseases, a cross-sectional hospital-based study in a Sub-Saharan setting

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Lionel Danny Nguefak Tali, Ghislaine Florice Nintewoue Faujo, Justine Laure Nguieguia Konang, Jean Paul Dzoyem, Laure Brigitte Mabeku Kouitcheu

Depression management and antiretroviral treatment outcome among people living with HIV in Northwest and East regions of Cameroon

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Jackson Jr Nforbewing Ndenkeh, Akindeh Mbuh Nji, Habakkuk Azinyui Yumo, Camilla Rothe, Arne Kroidl

Analysis of metabolites of fungal balls in the paranasal sinuses

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Xiaoqing Zhang, Na Zhang, Qian Huang, Shunjiu Cui, Lingyan Liu, Bing Zhou

Response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in patients receiving B-cell modulating antibodies for renal autoimmune disease

Frederic Arnold, Daniela Huzly, Yakup Tanriver, Thomas Welte

Clinical clustering with prognostic implications in Japanese COVID-19 patients: report from Japan COVID-19 Task Force, a nation-wide consortium to investigate COVID-19 host genetics

Shiro Otake, Shotaro Chubachi, Ho Namkoong, Kensuke Nakagawara, Hiromu Tanaka, Ho Lee, Atsuho Morita, Takahiro Fukushima, Mayuko Watase, Tatsuya Kusumoto, Katsunori Masaki, Hirofumi Kamata, Makoto Ishii, Naoki Hasegawa, Norihiro Harada, Tetsuya Ueda, Soichiro Ueda, Takashi Ishiguro, Ken Arimura, Fukuki Saito, Takashi Yoshiyama, Yasushi Nakano, Yoshikazu Mutoh, Yusuke Suzuki, Koji Murakami, Yukinori Okada, Ryuji Koike, Yuko Kitagawa, Akinori Kimura, Seiya Imoto, Satoru Miyano, Seishi Ogawa, Takanori Kanai, Koichi Fukunaga

Acceptability of injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis among people who inject drugs in three urban U.S. settings

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Adrian R. King, Saanchi Shah, Laura A. Randall, Paula M. Frew, Anne Spaulding, Ian W. Holloway

Usability and acceptability of oral fluid hepatitis C self-testing among people who inject drugs in Coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional pilot study

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Elena Ivanova Reipold, Emmanuel Fajardo, Emily Juma, David Bukusi, Elkin Bermudez Aza, Muhammad S. Jamil, Cheryl Case Johnson, Carey Farquhar, Philippa Easterbrook, Aliza Monroe-Wise

Healthcare-associated infection prevention and control practices in Israel: results of a national survey

Ronza Najjar-Debbiny, Bibiana Chazan, Rona Lobl, M. Todd Greene, David Ratz, Sanjay Saint, Yehuda Carmeli, Mitchell J. Schwaber, Debby Ben-David, Pnina Shitrit, Alona Paz, Tal Brosh-Nissimov, Meirav Mor, Gili Regev-Yochay, Pnina Ciobotaro, Amos M. Yinnon, Dror Mar-Chaim, Bina Rubinovitch, Khetam Hussein, Shmuel Benenson

Colonic basidiobolomycosis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

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Elham Barahimi, Tuba Abbasi, Zahra Ghaeini Hesarooeyeh, Hanieh Raad, Mohadeseh Karimi, Mahsa Shahi

HIV-1 pretreatment drug resistance and genetic transmission network in the southwest border region of China

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Difei Li, Huichao Chen, Huilan Li, Yanling Ma, Lijuan Dong, Jie Dai, Xiaomei Jin, Min Yang, Zhijun Zeng, Pengyan Sun, Zhizhong Song, Min Chen

COVID’s collateral damage: likelihood of measles resurgence in the United States

Mugdha Thakur, Richard Zhou, Mukundan Mohan, Achla Marathe, Jiangzhuo Chen, Stefan Hoops, Dustin Machi, Bryan Lewis, Anil Vullikanti

Long-term quantitative assessment of anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein immunogenicity (QUASI) after COVID-19 vaccination in older people living with HIV (PWH)

Jessica J. Tuan, Heidi Zapata, Lydia Barakat, Laurie Andrews, Anousheh Behnegar, Yee Won Kim, Jehanzeb Kayani, Suzana Mutic, Linda Ryall, Barbara Turcotte, Terese Critch-Gilfillan, Min Zhao, Syim Salahuddin, Shaili Gupta, Richard Sutton, Gerald Friedland, Brinda Emu, Onyema Ogbuagu

Growing old with antiretroviral therapy or elderly people in antiretroviral therapy: two different profiles of comorbidity?

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Paolo Maggi, Giuseppe Vittorio De Socio, Barbara Menzaghi, Chiara Molteni, Nicola Squillace, Lucia Taramasso, Marta Guastavigna, Giulia Gamboni, Giordano Madeddu, Francesca Vichi, Antonio Cascio, Eleonora Sarchi, Giovanni Pellicanò, Canio Vito Martinelli, Benedetto Maurizio Celesia, Laura Valsecchi, Roberto Gulminetti, Giovanni Cenderello, Andrea Parisini, Leonardo Calza, Katia Falasca, Giancarlo Orofino, Elena Ricci, Antonio Di Biagio, Paolo Bonfanti

Smoking status and SARS-CoV-2 infection severity among Lebanese adults: a cross-sectional study

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Abbas Hoballah, Rana El Haidari, Rima Badran, Ali Jaber, Samir Mansour, Linda Abou-Abbas

Reducing malaria transmission in forest-going mobile and migrant populations in Lao PDR and Cambodia: protocol for stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial

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Win Htike, Win Han Oo, Thet Lynn, Lun Sovanda, Paul A. Agius, May Chan Oo, Naw Hkawng Galau, Kaung Myat Thu, Aung Khine Zaw, Ei Phyu Htwe, Julia C. Cutts, Ellen A. Kearney, Nick Scott, Katherine O’Flaherty, Bangyuan Wang, Boualam Khamlome, Phoutnalong Vilay, Sovannaroth Siv, Freya J. I. Fowkes

Quality of life of cutaneous leishmaniasis suspected patients in the Ecuadorian Pacific and Amazon regions: a cross sectional study

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Jacob Machiel Bezemer, Manuel Calvopiña Hinojosa, Andrea Estefania Corral Zabala, Fernando Ortega Pérez, Veronica Cristina Vargas Román, Henk Dirk Frederik Herman Schallig, Henry John Christiaan de Vries

Pelvic and central nervous system tuberculosis complicated by a paradoxical response manifesting as a spinal tuberculoma: a case report

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Arya Zandvakili, Takaaki Kobayashi, Quanhathai Kaewpoowat, Meredith G. Parsons, Bradley Ford, Jason H. Barker, Melinda Johnson

Modeling the potential impact of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV among men who have sex with men in Cameroon

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Carrie E. Lyons, Owen J. Stokes-Cawley, Anna Simkin, Anna L. Bowring, Iliassou Mfochive Njindam, Oudou Njoya, Anne Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Ubald Tamoufe, Sandra Georges, Florence Zeh Kakanou, Gnilane Turpin, Daniel Levitt, Serge Clotaire Billong, Sharmistha Mishra, Stefan Baral

Facilitators and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare workers and the general population in Guinea

Almamy Amara Toure, Fodé Amara Traore, Gnoume Camara, Aboubacar Sidiki Magassouba, Ibrahima Barry, Mohamed Lamine Kourouma, Younoussa Sylla, Naby Yaya Conte, Diao Cisse, Nafissatou Dioubaté, Sidikiba Sidibe, Abdoul Habib Beavogui, Alexandre Delamou

Pneumococcal vaccination coverage in individuals (16–59 years) with a newly diagnosed risk condition in Germany

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Arijita Deb, Bélène Podmore, Rosemarie Barnett, Dominik Beier, Wolfgang Galetzka, Nawab Qizilbash, Dennis Haeckl, Timo Boellinger, Kelly D. Johnson, Thomas Weiss

Formative acceptance of ingestible biosensors to measure adherence to TB medications

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Clint Vaz, Nisha K. Jose, Jeremiah Jacob Tom, Georgia R. Goodman, Jasper S. Lee, Rana Prathap Padappayil, Manjunath Madathil, Conall O’Cleirigh, Rashmi Rodrigues, Peter R. Chai

Association of human myxovirus resistance protein A with severity of COVID-19

Otto Lehtinen, Niklas Broman, Matti Waris, Tytti Vuorinen, Ville Peltola, Eliisa Löyttyniemi, Jarmo Oksi, Thijs Feuth

Non-specific symptoms and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome in patients with Lyme borreliosis: a prospective cohort study in Belgium (2016–2020)

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Laurence Geebelen, Tinne Lernout, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Benoît Kabamba-Mukadi, Veroniek Saegeman, Leïla Belkhir, Paul De Munter, Bénédicte Dubois, Rene Westhovens, Jean-Baptiste Giot, Philippe Léonard, Riet Vangheluwe, Grégoire Wieërs, Jean-Christophe Marot, Frédéric Evrard, Bénédicte Delaere, Séverine Noirhomme, Els Binnemans, Johan Vanhoof, Herman Van Oyen, Niko Speybroeck, Katrien Tersago

Assessment of genotypes, endosymbionts and clinical characteristics of Acanthamoeba recovered from ocular infection

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Binod Rayamajhee, Savitri Sharma, Mark Willcox, Fiona L. Henriquez, Raksheeth Nathan Rajagopal, Gauri Shankar Shrestha, Dinesh Subedi, Bhupesh Bagga, Nicole Carnt

Enhanced disinfection with hybrid hydrogen peroxide fogging in a critical care setting

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Anjay Khandelwal, Brian Lapolla, Tina Bair, Frances Grinstead, Meaghan Hislop, Christine Greene, Michael T. Bigham

Clinical and economic burden of respiratory syncytial virus in Spanish children: the BARI study

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