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01.12.2022 | Research
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
Ling Zhang, Yu Wang, Qiuhua Xu, Wei Zhang, Hongyuan Liang, Liang Wu, Liang Ni, Guiju Gao, Di Yang, Hongxin Zhao, Jiang Xiao
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
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
Sukyo Lee, Juhyun Song, Dae Won Park, Hyeri Seok, Sejoong Ahn, Jooyeong Kim, Jonghak Park, Han-jin Cho, Sungwoo Moon
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05.01.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
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05.01.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Exploration of a new hepatitis a surveillance system in Beijing, China: based on molecular epidemiology
Huai Wang, Weixin Chen, Wenting Zhou, Feng Qiu, Wenjiao Yin, Jingyuan Cao, Pei Gao, Qianli Yuan, Min Lv, Shuang Bai, Jiang Wu
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01.12.2022 | Research article
Evaluation of the current guidelines for antibacterial therapy strategies in patients with cirrhosis or liver failure
Yuzhu Dong, Dan Sun, Yan Wang, Qian Du, Ying Zhang, Ruiying Han, Mengmeng Teng, Tao Zhang, Lei Shi, Gezhi Zheng, Yalin Dong, Taotao Wang
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01.12.2022 | Research
Poliovirus immunity among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a cross-sectional serosurvey
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
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01.12.2022 | Research article
Association of mitochondrial respiratory chain enzymes with the risk and mortality of sepsis among Chinese children
Danni He, Ning Li, Xiuxiu Lu, Wei Li, Yuanmei Chen, Zhongyuan Sun, Lipeng Zhang, Linying Guo, Xiaodai Cui, Guowei Song, Wenquan Niu, Qi Zhang
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01.12.2022 | Research
Clinical sign and biomarker-based algorithm to identify bacterial pneumonia among outpatients with lower respiratory tract infection in Tanzania
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Study protocol
Optimal encephalitis/meningitis roadmap via precise diagnosis and treatment (IMPROVE): a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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
Open Access
10.01.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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, The EPICOV study group
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01.12.2022 | Research
A retrospective study assessing the clinical outcomes and costs of acute hepatitis A in Cape Town, South Africa
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
A machine learning-based system for detecting leishmaniasis in microscopic images
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Effect of maternal vitamin D supplementation on nasal pneumococcal acquisition, carriage dynamics and carriage density in infants in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
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
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, for the Italian Register for HIV Infection in Children
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01.12.2022 | Research
Acute hepatitis E virus superinfection increases mortality in patients with cirrhosis
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Study protocol
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Association between oral antimalarial medication administration and mortality among patients with Ebola virus disease: a multisite cohort study
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
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
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
The 6-minute walk test predicts mortality in a pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacteria-predominant bronchiectasis cohort
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Longitudinal SARS-CoV-2 seroepidemiological investigation among healthcare workers at a tertiary care hospital in Germany
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Prevalence of measles antibodies among migrant workers in Singapore: a serological study to identify susceptible population subgroups
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
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
Bahman Rahimi Esboei, Shirzad Fallahi, Mohammad Zarei, Bahram Kazemi, Mehdi Mohebali, Saeedeh Shojaee, Parisa Mousavi, Aref Teimouri, Raziyeh Mahmoudzadeh, Mirataollah Salabati, Hossein Keshavarz Valian
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01.12.2022 | Research
Clinical outcomes after treatment with direct antiviral agents: beyond the virological response in patients with previous HCV-related decompensated cirrhosis
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, For the French ANRS CO22 Hepather Cohort
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01.12.2022 | Research
Genetic diversity in L1 ORF of human papillomavirus in women with cervical cancer with and without human immunodeficiency virus in Botswana and Kenya
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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28.01.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
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
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Tuberculosis burden caused by migrant population in Eastern China: evidence from notification records in Zhejiang Province during 2013–2017
Kui Liu, Songhua Chen, Yu Zhang, Tao Li, Bo Xie, Wei Wang, Fei Wang, Ying Peng, Liyun Ai, Bin Chen, Xiaomeng Wang, Jianmin Jiang
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01.12.2022 | Research
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
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Relationship between the appropriateness of antibiotic treatment and clinical outcomes/medical costs of patients with community-acquired acute pyelonephritis: a multicenter prospective cohort study
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Role of the T2Dx magnetic resonance assay in patients with suspected bloodstream infection: a single-centre real-world experience
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Immunovirological discordance among female sex workers who start antiretroviral therapy in Burkina Faso
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
“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
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01.12.2022 | Research article
Performance and utility of more highly sensitive malaria rapid diagnostic tests
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | Research article
Determining target populations for leprosy prophylactic interventions: a hotspot analysis in Indonesia
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
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01.12.2022 | Case report
Spontaneous intramedullary abscesses caused by Streptococcus anginosus: two case reports and review of the literature
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
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01.12.2022 | Research article
Biennial surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum anti-malarial drug resistance markers in Democratic Republic of Congo, 2017 and 2019
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Machine-learning based prediction of prognostic risk factors in patients with invasive candidiasis infection and bacterial bloodstream infection: a singled centered retrospective study
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
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01.12.2022 | Study protocol
Analysing the protection from respiratory tract infections and allergic diseases early in life by human milk components: the PRIMA birth cohort
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, PRIMA Initiative Group
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
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01.12.2022 | Study protocol
Dynamic changes of viral load and the duration of viral shedding in patients with hand, foot and mouth disease: a protocol for longitudinal study
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
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01.12.2022 | Research article
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
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
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01.12.2022 | Research article
Multi-body-site colonization screening cultures for predicting multi-drug resistant Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteremia in hematological patients
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Prevalence and appropriateness of indwelling urinary catheters in Japanese hospital wards: a multicenter point prevalence study
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
HPV prevalence among young adult women living with and without HIV in Botswana for future HPV vaccine impact monitoring
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Factors predicting self-report adherence (SRA) behaviours among DS-TB patients under the “Integrated model”: a survey in Southwest China
Rui Zhang, Jie Pu, Jiani Zhou, Qingya Wang, Ting Zhang, Shili Liu, Geng Wang, Yong Chen, Jiaqing Liu, Daiyu Hu, Ying Li
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01.12.2022 | Research
Diagnostic stewardship aiming at expectorated or induced sputum promotes microbial diagnosis in community-acquired pneumonia
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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, Gregorio Marañon Microbiology ID COVID 19 Study Group
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Technical advance
A cost–benefit algorithm for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance detection during mass screening campaigns
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Implementation of tuberculosis and cryptococcal meningitis rapid diagnostic tests amongst patients with advanced HIV at Kamuzu Central Hospital, Malawi, 2016–2017
Cecilia Kanyama, Maganizo B. Chagomerana, Chimwemwe Chawinga, Jonathan Ngoma, Idah Shumba, Wiza Kumwenda, Billio Armando, Tapiwa Kumwenda, Emily Kumwenda, Mina C. Hosseinipour
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Study protocol
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
Adriane Wynn, Aamirah Mussa, Rebecca Ryan, Emily Hansman, Selebaleng Simon, Bame Bame, Badani Moreri-Ntshabele, Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Jeffrey D. Klausner, Chelsea Morroni
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Past dynamics of HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in Montréal, Canada: a mathematical modeling study
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Durable reduction of Clostridioides difficile infection recurrence and microbiome restoration after treatment with RBX2660: results from an open-label phase 2 clinical trial
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
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
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Review
Controversies and evidence on Chlamydia testing and treatment in asymptomatic women and men who have sex with men: a narrative review
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research article
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, associated factors, experiences and attitudes of nursing home and home healthcare employees in Switzerland
Erin A. West, Olivia J. Kotoun, Larissa J. Schori, Julia Kopp, Marco Kaufmann, Manuela Rasi, Jan Fehr, Milo A. Puhan, Anja Frei, the Corona Immunitas Research Group
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Clinical-demographic markers for improving diabetes mellitus diagnosis in people with tuberculosis in Tanzania
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, ADEPT Consortium
Open Access
01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
High prevalence of pre-treatment HIV drug resistance in Papua New Guinea: findings from the first nationally representative pre-treatment HIV drug resistance study
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Time to complete hepatitis C cascade of care among patients identified during mass screening campaigns in rural Rwanda: a retrospective cohort study
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research article
Sensitivity and specificity of two WHO approved SARS-CoV2 antigen assays in detecting patients with SARS-CoV2 infection
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
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
Danxiao Wu, Fangjun Feng, Xiaojuan Wang, Dairong Wang, Yiqin Hu, Yang Yu, Jihong Huang, Min Wang, Jie Dong, Yaling Wu, Hong Zhu, Faming Zhu
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Bacteriological analysis based on disease severity and clinical characteristics in patients with deep neck space abscess
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Malaria positivity following a single oral dose of azithromycin among children in Burkina Faso: a randomized controlled trial
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
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01.12.2022 | Research article
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
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
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30.03.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
A comparative analysis on characteristics and mortalities of four key transmission populations on antiretroviral therapy: a retrospective cohort study in Northwest China
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Clinical characteristics and risk factors of Aeromonas bloodstream infections in patients with hematological diseases
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Distribution and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage in Kashgar prefecture
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Incidence of lower respiratory tract infection and associated viruses in a birth cohort in the Philippines
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
A cohort study measuring SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion and serial viral testing in university students
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding childhood tuberculosis detection and management among healthcare providers in Cambodia: a cross-sectional study
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Comparison and development of a metagenomic next-generation sequencing protocol for combined detection of DNA and RNA pathogens in cerebrospinal fluid
Hanfang Jiang, Zhihao Xing, Xiaorong Liu, Qiang Chai, Zefeng Xin, Chunqing Zhu, Ruihong Lin, Xuwen Deng, Dong Cui, HongDan Gao, Dongli Ma
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Sputum lipoarabinomannan (LAM) as a biomarker to determine sputum mycobacterial load: exploratory and model-based analyses of integrated data from four cohorts
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Whole blood GBP5 protein levels in patients with and without active tuberculosis
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Analysis of national surveillance of respiratory pathogens for community-acquired pneumonia in children and adolescents
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Profile and dynamics of infectious diseases: a population-based observational study using multi-source big data
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Case report
Aureobasidium melanigenum catheter-related bloodstream infection: a case report
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research article
Clinical characteristics, antimicrobial resistance, and risk factors for mortality in paediatric invasive pneumococcal disease in Beijing, 2012–2017
Man Jiang, Xi Wang, Liang Zhu, Yong-hong Yang, Kai-hu Yao, Fang Dong, Wei Shi, Qing Wang, Wen-qi Song, Gang Liu
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
Tuberculosis treatment intermittency in the continuation phase and mortality in HIV-positive persons receiving antiretroviral therapy
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, the CCASAnet Region of IeDEA
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
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
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Research
New diagnosis of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in 8 Latin-American countries during 2018
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, on behalf of the CYTED PLANTAIDS group
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01.12.2022 | Research
Clinical manifestations and outcome of viral acute lower respiratory infection in hospitalised children in Myanmar
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
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01.12.2022 | Research article
Molecular characterisation of second-line drug resistance among drug resistant tuberculosis patients tested in Uganda: a two and a half-year’s review
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
Open Access
01.12.2022 | Correction
Correction to: Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding childhood tuberculosis detection and management among healthcare providers in Cambodia: a cross-sectional study
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
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01.12.2022 | Research article
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
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, Cohort of the Spanish HIV/AIDS Research Network (CoRIS)
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01.12.2022 | Study protocol
Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial comparing two linkage models for HIV prevention and treatment in justice-involved persons
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, ACTION Cooperative Group
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01.12.2022 | Study protocol
Cascade Immune Mechanisms of Protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (IMPAc-TB): study protocol for the Household Contact Study in the Western Cape, South Africa
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
The role and diagnostic accuracy of serology for COVID-19
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Everybody nose: molecular and clinical characteristics of nasal colonization during active methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotype and diabetes mellitus/hypertension: a molecular study
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
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26.04.2022 | COVID-19 | Study protocol
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
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26.04.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Prototypes virus of hand, foot and mouth disease infections and severe cases in Gansu, China: a spatial and temporal analysis
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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30.04.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
Predictors of critical care, mechanical ventilation, and mortality among hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in an electronic health record database
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Impact of antimicrobial stewardship programs on antibiotic consumption and antimicrobial resistance in four Colombian healthcare institutions
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
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01.12.2022 | Correction
Correction to: Clinical characteristics in blood stream infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella variicola, and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae: a comparative study, Japan, 2014–2017
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
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08.05.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
High burden of untreated syphilis, drug resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and other sexually transmitted infections in men with urethral discharge syndrome in Kampala, Uganda
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
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01.12.2022 | Case report
COVID-19-associated leukoencephalopathy in the absence of severe hypoxia with subsequent improvement: a case report
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
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
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
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
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
The knowledge, attitude and practice of community people on dengue fever in Central Nepal: a cross-sectional study
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
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01.12.2022 | Research article
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
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
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01.12.2022 | Research article
Symptoms of post-traumatic stress and associations with sexual behaviour and PrEP preferences among young people in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe
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, for the CHAPS Study Team
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Behavioral–biological surveillance of emerging infectious diseases among a dynamic cohort in Thailand
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
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
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
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
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
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27.05.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Development and validation of self-management scale for tuberculosis patients
Jin Li, Liwen Zhang, Jiani Zhou, Geng Wang, Rui Zhang, Jiaqing Liu, Shili Liu, Yong Chen, Song Yang, Quan Yuan, Ying Li
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01.12.2022 | Case report
Myopericarditis associated with acute Zika virus infection: a case report
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, ZIKABRA Study Team
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01.12.2022 | Research
Usability and acceptability of oral-based HCV self-testing among key populations: a mixed-methods evaluation in Tbilisi, Georgia
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Risk-prone territories for spreading tuberculosis, temporal trends and their determinants in a high burden city from São Paulo State, Brazil
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Impact of delayed processing of positive blood cultures on organism detection: a prospective multi-centre study
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Significant increase in azithromycin “resistance” and susceptibility to ceftriaxone and cefixime in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates in 26 European countries, 2019
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, The Euro-GASP network
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01.12.2022 | Study protocol
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
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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, for the CoCliCo Study Group
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01.12.2022 | Research
Molecular epidemiology and outcome of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in Saudi Arabia
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
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01.12.2022 | Correction
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
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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
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, Geetha 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
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research article
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, Jonathan M. Read, Ben S. Cooper, Julie V. Robotham, ISARIC4C Investigators, CMMID COVID-19 Working Group
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
Investigation of target sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 and immunogenic GWAS profiling in host cells of COVID-19 in Vietnam
Tham H. Hoang, Giang M. Vu, Mai H. Tran, Trang T. H. Tran, Quang D. Le, Khanh V. Tran, Tue T. Nguyen, Lan T. N. Nguyen, Thinh H. Tran, Van T. Ta, Nam S. Vo
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
Clinical features and outcomes of COVID-19 admissions in a population with a high prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis: a multicentre cohort study
Arifa Parker, Linda Boloko, Muhammad S. Moolla, Nabilah Ebrahim, Birhanu T. Ayele, Alistair G. B. Broadhurst, Boitumelo Mashigo, Gideon Titus, Timothy de Wet, Nicholas Boliter, Michael-Jon Rosslee, Nectarios Papavarnavas, Riezaah Abrahams, Marc Mendelson, Sipho Dlamini, Jantjie J. Taljaard, Hans W. Prozesky, Abdurasiet Mowlana, Abraham J. Viljoen, Neshaad Schrueder, Brian W. Allwood, Usha Lalla, Joel A. Dave, Greg Calligaro, Dion Levin, Deborah Maughan, Ntobeko A. B. Ntusi, Peter S. Nyasulu, Graeme Meintjes, Coenraad F. N. Koegelenberg, Ayanda T. Mnguni, Sean Wasserman
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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
Monocyte anisocytosis increases during multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children with cardiovascular complications
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
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01.12.2022 | Research
Detection of antiviral drug resistance in patients with congenital cytomegalovirus infection using long-read sequencing: a retrospective observational study
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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01.12.2022 | COVID-19 | Research
Longitudinal alterations of the gut mycobiota and microbiota on COVID-19 severity
Yuichi Maeda, Daisuke Motooka, Takahiro Kawasaki, Hiroya Oki, Yoshimi Noda, Yuichi Adachi, Takayuki Niitsu, Shota Okamoto, Kentaro Tanaka, Kiyoharu Fukushima, Saori Amiya, Reina Hara, Eri Oguro-Igashira, Takanori Matsuki, Haruhiko Hirata, Yoshito Takeda, Hiroshi Kida, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Shota Nakamura, Kiyoshi Takeda
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01.12.2022 | Research
Safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma for severe COVID-19: a randomized, single blinded, parallel, controlled clinical study
Manuel Rojas, Yhojan Rodríguez, Juan Carlos Hernández, Juan C. Díaz-Coronado, José Alejandro Daza Vergara, Verónica Posada Vélez, Jessica Porras Mancilla, Iván Araujo, Jairo Torres Yepes, Oscar Briceño Ricaurte, Juan Mauricio Pardo-Oviedo, Diana M. Monsalve, Yeny Acosta-Ampudia, Carolina Ramírez-Santana, Paula Gaviria García, Lina Acevedo Landinez, Luisa Duarte Correales, Jeser Santiago Grass, Cristian Ricaurte Pérez, Gustavo Salguero López, Nataly Mateus, Laura Mancera, Ronald Rengifo Devia, Juan Esteban Orjuela, Christian R. Parra-Moreno, Andrés Alfonso Buitrago, Inés Elvira Ordoñez, Claudia Fabra Osorio, Nathalia Ballesteros, Luz H. Patiño, Sergio Castañeda, Marina Muñoz, Juan David Ramírez, Paul Bastard, Adrian Gervais, Lucy Bizien, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Bernardo Camacho, Juan Esteban Gallo, Oscar Gómez, Adriana Rojas-Villarraga, Carlos E. Pérez, Rubén Manrique, Rubén D. Mantilla, Juan-Manuel Anaya
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01.12.2022 | Research
Syndromic surveillance of respiratory-tract infections and hand hygiene practice among pilgrims attended Hajj in 2021: a cohort study
Hashim A. Mahdi, Harunor Rashid, Fadi S. Qashqari, Sumyya H. Hariri, Osama A. Marglani, Osamah Barasheed, Aqel Albutti, Ameen S. Alwashmi, Ramon Z. Shaban, Robert Booy, Mohammad Alfelali
