BMC Infectious Diseases

Changes in the intrinsic severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 according to the emerging variant: a nationwide study from February 2020 to June 2022, including comparison with vaccinated populations

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Boyeong Ryu, Eunjeong Shin, Dong Hwi Kim, HyunJu Lee, So Young Choi, Seong-Sun Kim, Il-Hwan Kim, Eun-Jin Kim, Sangwon Lee, Jaehyun Jeon, Donghyok Kwon, Sungil Cho

Hospitalization, case fatality, comorbidities, and isolated pathogens of adult inpatients with pneumonia from 2013 to 2022: a real-world study in Guangzhou, China

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Yun Li, Zhufeng Wang, Lunfang Tan, Lina Liang, Shuyi Liu, Jinhai Huang, Junfeng Lin, Kang Peng, Zihui Wang, Qiasheng Li, Wenhua Jian, Baosong Xie, Yi Gao, Jinping Zheng

Propensity score matched analysis for the safety and effectiveness of remdesivir in COVID-19 patients with renal impairment

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Eunmi Yang, Han Zo Choi, Subin Kim, Dong Hyun Oh, Mi Young Ahn, Sinyoung Ham, Eunyoung Lee, Jaehyun Jeon, Min-Kyung Kim, Hee-Chang Jang, Sang-Won Park, Jae-Phil Choi

Analysis of HIV drug prophylaxis services cascade in healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in China

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Jingkun Hu, Wenting Kang, Jiahuan Guo, Jie Xu, Fan Lyu, Guang Zhang

Paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in initiating ART among HIV-Infected patients in China-risk factors and management

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Honghong Yang, Qian Liu, Yushan Wu, Kun He, Qin Zeng, Min Liu

Ventilator-associated pneumonia by Weeksella virosa: case report

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Luis Alberto de la Fuente García Peña, Alan Ulises Mendoza García, Josué Eli Villegas-Dominguez, Félix Guillermo Márquez Celedonio, Hugo Arana Vidal, Karime Azuara Díaz

Treatment outcomes of retreated patients with isoniazid/rifampicin resistant pulmonary tuberculosis

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Lijie Zhang, Xiqin Han, Qiping Ge, Wei Shu, Yuxian Sun, Jingtao Gao, Shiheng Xie, Jingping Wang, Weiwei Gao

Incidence of low-level viremia and its impact on virologic failure among people living with HIV who started an integrase strand transfer inhibitors: a longitudinal cohort study

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Xiaojie Lao, Hanxi Zhang, Meiju Deng, Qun Li, Qing Xiao, Lin He, Liying Ma, Aqian Song, Xuelei Liang, Fengting Yu, Hongxin Zhao, Fujie Zhang

Platelet distribution width as an useful indicator of influenza severity in children

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Seyin Zou, Siti Hasmah Mohtar, Roshani Othman, Rodiah Mohd Hassan, Kun Liang, Da Lei, Bangming Xu

Clinical application of vancomycin TDM in ventilated patients with gastrointestinal cancer: a propensity-matched analysis

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Xiaowu Zhang, Yulin Wu, Donghao Wang

The co-infection of pulmonary hydatid cyst, lophomoniasis and tuberculosis in a patient with resistant respiratory symptoms; a case report study

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Mohammad Hadi Tajik Jalayeri, Rahmat Allah Sharifi far, Narges Lashkarbolouk, Mahdi Mazandarani

Reconstructing the COVID-19 incidence in India using airport screening data in Japan

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Shiqi Liu, Asami Anzai, Hiroshi Nishiura

Application of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the diagnosis of tuberous vas deferens tuberculosis

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Wenzhi Zhang, Jie Chu, Jianping Xu, Wei Tang, Gaoyi Yang

Bacterial contamination on clinical surfaces and oxygen device accessories in the emergency unit of a tertiary health facility in Ghana

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Evans Thompson, Akua Tutuwaa Badu, Emmanuella Abban, Evelyn Baawa Eyeson, Leslie Larry Afutu, Bless Amankwaah, Suzzana Dickson Buabeng, Abigail Agyen Frimpong, Alberta Serwah Anning, George Ghartey-Kwansah

Seroprevalence of hepatitis B, C, and D and associated factors in the semi-isolated Yanomami Amazonian indigenous community

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Mariana Pinheiro Alves Vasconcelos, Juan Camilo Sánchez-Arcila, Luciana Peres, Paulo Sérgio Fonseca de Sousa, Júlio Castro-Alves, Hermano Gomes Albuquerque, Maria Cássia Mendes-Correa, Marilza Maia-Herzog, Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez, Lívia Melo Villar, Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira

Time series analysis and short-term forecasting of monkeypox outbreak trends in the 10 major affected countries

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Tahir Munir, Maaz Khan, Salman Arif Cheema, Fiza Khan, Ayesha Usmani, Mohsin Nazir

A stronger antibody response in increased disease severity of SARS-CoV-2

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Marta Iglis de Oliveira, Melayne Rocha Aciole, Patrícia Areias Feitosa Neves, Vitor Palmares Oliveira e Silva, Marcelo Palmares Oliveira e Silva, Virginia Maria Barros de Lorena, Paulo Sérgio Ramos de Araújo

Factors affecting subsequent dose of COVID-19 vaccine uptake based on BASNEF model among older adults

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Majid Barati, Hanieh Jormand, Salman Khazaei, Saeed Bashirian, Mohadeseh Sadri, Maryam Afshari

Associations of MMP9 polymorphism with the risk of severe pneumonia in a Southern Chinese children population

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Li Cai, Xiaoyu Zuo, Liuheyi Ma, Yuxia Zhang, Falin Xu, Bingtai Lu

Association between serum carotenoids and bacterial vaginosis infection among American women

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Ming-Zhi Tan, Yu-Xue Feng, De-Yao Hong, Xu-Guang Guo

The impact of spatial connectivity on NPIs effectiveness

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Chiara E. Sabbatini, Giulia Pullano, Laura Di Domenico, Stefania Rubrichi, Shweta Bansal, Vittoria Colizza

Determinants and prevalence of symptomatic dengue fever among adults in the Central Region of Burkina Faso: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

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Jean Claude Romaric Pingdwindé Ouédraogo, Sylvain Ilboudo, Tegwindé Rebeca Compaoré, Prosper Bado, Mathieu Nitiéma, Wendlasida Thomas Ouédraogo, Salfo Ouédraogo, Mohamadi Zeba, Alix Tougma, Geoffroy Gueswindé Ouédraogo, Noufou Ouédraogo, Sylvin Ouédraogo, Léon Gueswendé Blaise Savadogo

Social and individual vulnerability factors associated with syphilis among populations living on islands in the Brazilian Amazon

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Ellen Christiane Correa Pinho, José Jorge da Silva Galvão, Aline Maria Pereira Cruz Ramos, Cintia Yolette Urbano Pauxis Aben-Athar, Richardson Augusto Rosendo da Silva, Carlos Leonardo Figueiredo Cunha, Eliã Pinheiro Botelho, Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira

Transmission chains of the first local outbreak cause by Delta VariantB.1.617.2 COVID-19 in Guangzhou, Southern China

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Chun Chen, Ke Li, Yong Huang, Chaojun Xie, Zongqiu Chen, Wenhui Liu, Hang Dong, Shujun Fan, Lirui Fan, Zhoubin Zhang, Lei Luo

Effects of antivirals on patients with COVID-19 breakthrough

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Hong Tham Pham, Tuong-Anh Mai-Phan, Kim-Huong Truong-Nguyen, Minh-Hoang Tran

Disseminated cryptococcosis in a patient with idiopathic CD4 + T lymphocytopenia presenting as prostate and adrenal nodules: diagnosis from pathology and mNGS, a case report

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Liu Baomo, Zeng Guofen, Dong Jie, Xie Liu, Chen Shuru, Liu Jing

Dyslipidemia among HIV-infected patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Ousman Mohammed, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Habtu Debash, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Alemu Gedefie, Mihret Tilahun, Hussen Ebrahim, Daniel Gebretsadik Weldehanna

Multiple cytokine analysis based on QuantiFERON-TB gold plus in different tuberculosis infection status: an exploratory study

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Lifan Zhang, Zhengrong Yang, Fengying Wu, Qiping Ge, Yueqiu Zhang, Dongyu Li, Mengqiu Gao, Xiaoqing Liu

Prevalence of acquired and transmitted HIV drug resistance in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Hossein Mirzaei, Sana Eybpoosh, Fatemeh Mehrabi, Mohammad Reza Shojaei, Ali Mirzazadeh, Mehrdad Khezri, Naser Nasiri, Hamid Sharifi

Diarrheal diseases prevalence among children of Sudan and socio cultural risks related; systematic review and meta analysis

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MM Badawi, MA SalahEldin, AB Idris, EB Idris, SG Mohamed

Severe pneumonia with co-infection of H5N1 and SARS-CoV-2: a case report

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Ke Jin, Zixing Dai, Ping Shi, Yuwen Li, Chuanlong Zhu

Exploring the biomarkers and potential therapeutic drugs for sepsis via integrated bioinformatic analysis

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Pingping Liang, Yongjian Wu, Siying Qu, Muhammad Younis, Wei Wang, Zhilong Wu, Xi Huang

Hepatitis E virus and Klebsiella pneumoniae co-infection detected by metagenomics next-generation sequencing in a patient with central nervous system and bloodstream Infection: a case report

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Manman Cui, Wei Sun, Yuan Xue, Jiangnan Yang, Tianmin Xu

Weight loss and mortality in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Sarah Almeida Cordeiro, Tainá Costa Pereira Lopes, Antonio Luiz Boechat, Roberta Lins Gonçalves

First report of Acinetobacter pittii acute community-acquired pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient in France following a heat wave

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Bérénice Souhail, Maxime Danjean, Mélanie Mercier-Darty, Giuliana Amaddeo, Anna Sessa, Vincent Fihman, Adrien Galy, Paul Louis Woerther, Raphaël Lepeule

Analysis of influencing factors on long COVID in COVID-19 patients infected with omicron variant three months after discharge: a cross-sectional study

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Hang Shang, Tianying Chang, Wei Yang, Li Shi, Shaodan Hu, Lin Tian, Jixiang Ren, Tan Wang, Jian Wang, Jiajuan Guo, Yingzi Cui

Clinical evolution and mortality of critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia treated with remdesivir in an adult intensive care unit of Paraguay

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Jessica Figueredo, Lorena Fontclara Lopez, Belinda Figueredo Leguizamon, Margarita Samudio, Marcelo Pederzani, Federico Fretes Apelt, Patricia Añazco, Ricardo Caballero, Hugo Bianco

Epidemiological trends of respiratory tract pathogens detected via mPCR in Australian adult patients before COVID-19

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Audrey K. Grech, Chuan T. Foo, Eldho Paul, Ar K. Aung, Christiaan Yu

The importance of the bacterial spectrum in the clinical diagnostics and management of patients with spontaneous pyogenic spondylodiscitis and isolated spinal epidural empyema: a 20-year cohort study at a single spine center

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Mido Max Hijazi, Timo Siepmann, Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Percy Schröttner, Dino Podlesek, Gabriele Schackert, Tareq A Juratli, Ilker Y Eyüpoglu, Andreas Filis

Correction: Antimicrobial resistance profiles of bacterial isolates from clinical specimens referred to ethiopian public health institute: analysis of 5-year data

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Belay Tafa Regassa, Wagi Tosisa, Daniel Eshetu, Degefu Beyene, Abera Abdeta, Abebe Aseffa Negeri, Dejene Shiferaw Teklu, Geremew Tasew, Begna Tulu, Tadesse Awoke

An imported malaria case with repeated episodes of neurological syndromes resulting from different Plasmodium species

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Zheng Xiang, Longcan Zhou, Maohua Pan, Yucheng Qin, Yao Bai, Pien Qin, Weilin Zeng, Xiaosheng Wei, Yuxin Lu, Charurut Somboonwit, Lynette Menezes, Yaming Huang, Liwang Cui, Zhaoqing Yang

Genetic diversity and seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in COVID‑19 patients; a first case-control study in Iran

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Mehdi Hasanzadeh, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Mahmoud Mahami-Oskouei, Saeed Musavi, Mahdi Parsaei, Nazila Sarafraz, Adel Spotin

Viability predictive factors of the daughter vesicles in hepatic cystic echinococcosis

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Aymen Trigui, Nahed Khmekhem, Sami Fendri, Rahma Daoud, Amira Akrout, Jihene Trabelsi, Rafik Mzali, Fatma Cheikhrouhou, Ali Ayadi, Chadli Dziri, Mohamed Ben Amar, Saleh Boujelbene

Azvudine versus paxlovid for oral treatment of COVID-19 in Chinese patients

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Peng Su, Cong-xian Yang, Xing-guang Wang

Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as diagnostic biomarkers in COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 sepsis patients: a comparative study

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Jing Shi, Ying Zhuo, Ting-Qiang Wang, Chun-E Lv, Ling-Hui Yao, Shi-Yan Zhang

Spatial distribution and temporal trends of tuberculosis case notifications, Uganda: a ten-year retrospective analysis (2013–2022)

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Freda Loy Aceng, Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Alex Riolexus Ario, Alfred Etwom, Stavia Turyahabwe, Frank Rwabinumi Mugabe

Effectiveness and safety of azvudine in older adults with mild and moderate COVID-19: a retrospective observational study

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Zhiguo Zhou, He Zheng, Gui’e Xiao, Xiangping Xie, Jiaxi Rang, Danhong Peng

Impact of the 4th of August Beirut explosion mass casualty incident on a university hospital microbial Flora

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Zeinab Roumieh, Hanine Mansour, Rawad Abi Assaad, Hani Dimassi, Rola Husni, Sanaa Zoghby, Jacques E. Mokhbat

Behavioral verification and risk factors of HIV cross-population transmission in China: analysis of national surveillance data 1989–2022

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Chang Cai, Houlin Tang, Qianqian Qin, Yichen Jin, Fan Lyu

Differential distribution of linezolid in diseased and nondiseased bones in patients with spinal tuberculosis

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Yuan Li, Guohua Lei, Weijie Dong, Tinglong Lan, Jun Fan, Shibing Qin

Scalp myiasis associated with soft tissue sarcoma lesion: a case report and review of relevant literature

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Sahar Azarmi, Kamran Akbarzadeh, Ali Ekrami, Zahra Sheikh, Omid Dehghan

Prevalence of HIV in slums area: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Meysam Behzadifar, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Banafshe Darvishi Teli, Samad Azari, Ahad Bakhtiari, Masoud Behzadifar

Dyslipidemia among adult people living with HIV on dolutegravir – based antiretroviral therapy at a private tertiary hospital in Kampala, Uganda: burden and determinants

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Vianney John Kigongo, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Ronald Ssenyonga, Ronald Kasoma Mutebi, Andrew Kazibwe, Ronald Kiguba, Andrew D. Kambugu, Barbara Castelnuovo

Prevalence of misconception about HIV/AIDS transmission and associated factors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: a nationwide study

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Ali Yimer, Abdul-Aziz Kebede Kassaw, Sebwedin Surur, Endris Mussa

Characteristics, outcome, duration of hospitalization, and cycle threshold of patients with COVID-19 referred to four hospitals in Babol City: a multicenter retrospective observational study on the fourth, fifth, and sixth waves

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Farzin Sadeghi, Mehrdad Halaji, Hoda Shirafkan, Abazar Pournajaf, Hossein Ghorbani, Sara Babazadeh, Nafiseh Ezami, Kobra Fallhpour, Fatemeh Fakhraie, Shahrbano Gorjinejad, Saghar Saber Amoli, Fatemeh Hejazi Amiri, Mahnaz Baghershiroodi, Zahra Ahmadnia, Maryam Salehi, Mehdi Tourani, Jalal Jafarzadeh, Farzane Shanehbandpour Tabari, Seyed Raheleh Ahmadian, Rouzbeh Mohammadi Abandansari, Farzaneh Jafarian, Samaneh Rouhi, Arezoo Zabihollahi, Sarina Mostafanezhad, Fatemeh Saeedi, Arefeh Ebrahimian, Zeinab Deldar, Mahmoud Sadeghi Haddad Zavareh, Masoumeh Bayani, Mana Bazi Broun, Moein Shirzad, Siamak Sabbaghi, Mohsen Mohammadi, Rabeae Rahmani, Yousef Yahyapour

Feasibility, safety and effectiveness of prednisolone and vitamin B1, B6, and B12 in patients with post-COVID-19-syndrome (PreVitaCOV) – protocol of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicentre trial in primary care (phase IIIb)

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Caroline Tengelmann, Stefanie Joos, Yvonne Kaußner, Uwe Malzahn, Laura Lunden, Andreas Klug, Karl Georg Häusler, Catharina Escales, Walter Maetzler, Klemens Hügen, Oliver Zolk, Peter U. Heuschmann, Christian Förster, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Ildikó Gágyor

Real-world effectiveness of nirmatrelvir-ritonavir versus azvudine in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 during the omicron wave in Beijing: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

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Xiaobo Han, Darui Gao, Chenglong Li, Xin Yuan, Junchang Cui, Weiguo Zhao, Fei Xie, Kaifei Wang, Yuhong Liu, Guoxin Muo, Na Xi, Mengli Zheng, Rentao Wang, Kun Xiao, Dahui Zhao, Xinxin Zhang, Xinjie Han, Bo Wang, Tiantian Zhang, Wuxiang Xie, Lixin Xie

Baseline NT-proBNP levels as a predictor of short-and long-term prognosis in COVID-19 patients: a prospective observational study

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Diana Mojón-Álvarez, Teresa Giralt, José Carreras-Mora, Alicia Calvo-Fernández, Andrea Izquierdo, Cristina Soler, Paula Cabero, Silvia Pérez-Fernández, Beatriz Vaquerizo, Núria Ribas Barquet

Thyroid abscess associated with thyrotoxicosis caused by Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica in a patient with follicular adenoma of the thyroid gland

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Takehiro Hashimoto, Takaaki Yahiro, Sonoka Takakura, Sakirul Khan, Kazunori Kimitsuki, Kazufumi Hiramatsu, Akira Nishizono

Modelling the risk of Japanese encephalitis virus in Victoria, Australia, using an expert-systems approach

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Mariel Flores Lima, Jacqueline Cotton, Monique Marais, Robert Faggian

Rare post-operative intracranial abscess due to Serratia marcescens: what we can learn from it?

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Wenzheng Liu, Ridong Feng, Xiaolin Song, Hai Zhao

Efficacy of single antibiotic therapy versus antibiotic combination in implant-free staphylococcal post-surgical spinal infections: a retrospective observational study

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Amélie Lombès, Marie-Paule Fernandez-Gerlinger, Marc Khalifé, Najiby Kassis-Chikhani, Amira Jomli, Jean-Luc Mainardi, David Lebeaux, Marie Dubert

Disseminated Talaromyces marneffei infection associated with haemophagocytic syndrome in an HIV-negative patient in northern China: a case report

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Hui Yang, Ming Liu, Nannan Xu, Lulu Yang, Sai Wen, Shanshan Wang, Chunmei Qu, Ke Xu, Enhua Sun, Wen Cui, Hui Liu, Gang Wang

The effectiveness and efficiency of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 testing strategies for patient and healthcare workers within acute NHS hospitals during an omicron-like period

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Stephanie Evans, Nichola R. Naylor, Tom Fowler, Susan Hopkins, Julie Robotham

Association between lactate-to-albumin ratio and 28-days all-cause mortality in patients with sepsis-associated liver injury: a retrospective cohort study

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Xiaona Yi, Dongcai Jin, Shanshan Huang, Zhenye Xie, Meixia Zheng, Fen Zhou, Yuhong Jin

Identification of associated risk factors for serological distribution of hepatitis B virus via machine learning models

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Ning Yao, Yang Liu, Jiawei Xu, Qing Wang, Quanhua Zhou, Yue Wang, Dong Yi, Yazhou Wu

Serum MicroRNA profiles in chronic hepatitis C Egyptian patients before and after combined sofosbuvir and daclatasvir treatment

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Wafaa M. Ezzat, Khalda S. Amr, Salwa Tawfeek, Hassan Elbatae, Eman A. Bayomi, Ahmed Heiba, Yasser Elhosary

Prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in under-five children with diarrhoea in Blantyre, Malawi

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Joseph E. V. Bitilinyu-Bangoh, Samra Riesebosch, Marije Rebel, Paul Chiwaya, Sjoerd P. Verschoor, Wieger P. Voskuijl, Henk D. F. H. Schallig

The prognostic importance of the pan-immune-inflammation value in patients with septic shock

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Yasemin Bozkurt Turan

Effect of mixed Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on rapid molecular diagnostics among patients starting MDR-TB treatment in Uganda

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Kevin Komakech, Lydia Nakiyingi, Ashab Fred, Beatrice Achan, Moses Joloba, Bruce J. Kirenga, Willy Ssengooba

Episodic disability questionnaire (EDQ) measurement properties among adults living with HIV in Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, and United States

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Kelly K. O’Brien, Kristine M. Erlandson, Darren A. Brown, Soo Chan Carusone, Jaime H. Vera, Colm Bergin, Lisa Avery, Ahmed M. Bayoumi, Steven E. Hanna, Richard Harding, Patricia Solomon, Natalie St. Clair-Sullivan, Noreen O’Shea, Carolann Murray, Marta Boffito, George Da Silva, Brittany Torres, Kiera McDuff, Aileen M. Davis

Sustained virologic response improved the long-term health-related quality of life in patients with chronic hepatitis C: a prospective national study in China

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Rui Huang, Jia Shang, Hong Chen, Jun Li, Qing Xie, Jiajun Feng, Lai Wei, Huiying Rao

Infectious complications following major heart surgery from the day of the surgery to hospital discharge

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Maria Jesús Pérez-Granda, José María Barrio, Gregorio Cuerpo, Maricela Valerio, Patricia Muñoz, Javier Hortal, Angel González Pinto, Emilio Bouza, Begoña Quintana, Alejandro Garrido Sánchez, Mónica Barranco, Eduardo Sánchez Perez, Francisco Moraga, Alba López, Patricia Bono, Ignacio Fernández López, Guillermo Rodríguez Bernal, Enma Novoa, Roberto Hugo Rodríguez Abella, Manolo Ruiz, Alvaro Pedraz, Diego Monzón Diaz, Ramón Fortuny, Javier Rodríguez Lega, Maria Yolanda Villa Gallardo, Laura Diaz Calvo, Sara Solís Gallego, Carmen Garcia Mere, Alvaro Alvarez Tomás

Trends and factors associated with recent HIV testing among women in Haiti: a cross-sectional study using data from nationally representative surveys

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Fanor Joseph, David Jean Simon, Vénunyé Claude Kondo Tokpovi, Ann Kiragu, Marie-Reine Ayawavi Sitsope Toudeka, Roodjmie Nazaire

Levels of peripheral blood routine, biochemical and coagulation parameters in patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and their relationship with prognosis: an observational cohort study

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Wen-jing Chen, Hong Du, Hai-feng Hu, Jian-qi Lian, Hong Jiang, Jing Li, Yan-ping Chen, Ying Zhang, Ping-zhong Wang

Spatiotemporal dynamics and influencing factors of human brucellosis in Mainland China from 2005–2021

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Meng Zhang, Xinrui Chen, Qingqing Bu, Bo Tan, Tong Yang, Liyuan Qing, Yunna Wang, Dan Deng

Psychometric properties of the COVID-19 Yorkshire Rehabilitation Scale: Post-Covid-19 syndrome in Iranian elderly population

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Negar Tamadoni, Afsaneh Bakhtiari, Hossein-Ali Nikbakht

Multiple intracellular pathogen infections with ocular pathologies associated with adult-onset immunodeficiency due to anti-interferon-γ autoantibodies: a case report

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Yan Ning, Qingliang Yu, Hanlin Liang, Siyao Wu, Siqiao Liang, Xiaona Liang, Zhiyi He

Retrospective database analysis for clinical diagnoses commonly associated with pneumococcal diseases in the Malaysian healthcare system over a 3-year period (2013–2015)

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Saravanan S. R. Sundaramurthy, Kristen E. Allen, Mark A. Fletcher, Kok Fui Liew, Boekhtiar Borhanuddin, Mohammad Ali, Graciela Morales, Bradford Gessner, Jerusha Naidoo, Jo Southern

Relationship between human papillomavirus and serum vitamin D levels: a systematic review

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Seyedeh Maryam Khalili, Elnaz Haji Rafiei, Marjan Havaei, Leila Alizadeh, Fereshte Ghahremani, Zohreh Keshavarz, Ali Montazeri, Hedyeh Riazi

Development and clinical application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with lateral flow assay for rapid diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2

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Jin Tang, Jie Zhu, Jie Wang, Haiyong Qian, Zengxin Liu, Ru Wang, Qingqing Cai, Yuan Fang, Weifeng Huang

Characterisation, symptom pattern and symptom clusters from a retrospective cohort of Long COVID patients in primary care in Catalonia

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Gemma Torrell, Diana Puente, Constanza Jacques-Aviñó, Lucia A. Carrasco-Ribelles, Concepció Violán, Tomás López-Jiménez, Veronica Royano, Alba Molina Cantón, Laura Medina-Perucha, Israel Rodríguez-Giralt, Anna Berenguera

Publisher Correction: Psittacosis caused severe community-acquired pneumonia accompanied by acute hypoxic respiratory failure: a multicenter retrospective cohort study from China

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Xiao Tang, Na Wang, Gang Liu, Hai Tan, Ai-Min Li, Yan-Qiu Gao, Meng-Ying Yao, Na Wang, Hui-Dan Jing, Qing-Guo Di, Liang Chen, Rui Wang, Xu-Yan Li, Ying Li, Xue Yuan, Yu Zhao, Qi Li, Zhao-Hui Tong, Bing Sun

Correction: Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized patients with seasonal coronavirus Infection and COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

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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

Correction: ABO, Lewis blood group systems and secretory status with H. pylori infection in yemeni dyspeptic patients: a cross-sectional study

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Mohammed Abdulwahid Almorish, Boshra Al-absi, Ahmed M. E. Elkhalifa, Elham Elamin, Abozer Y. Elderdery, Abdulaziz H. Alhamidi

Shorter antitubercular therapy for extrapulmonary tuberculosis - a case report

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Diviya Bharathi Ravikumar, Barath Prashanth Sivasubramanian, Ankur Singla, Rakshaya Venu, Saketh Palasamudram Shekar

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with HIV: a cross-sectional study in Caracas, Venezuela

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David A. Forero-Peña, Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, José L. Forero-Peña, Natasha A. Camejo-Ávila, Daniela L. Mendoza-Millán, Óscar D. Omaña-Ávila, Andrea L. Maricuto, Viledy L. Velásquez, Mario D. Mejía-Bernard, Carlis M. Rodriguez-Saavedra, María V. Marcano-Rojas, Yoesmir Contreras, Luis J. Guerra, María F. Alvarado, Martín Carballo, Jocays Caldera, Rafael N. Guevara, María C. Redondo, María E. Landaeta

Poor nutritional status is associated with the severity of omicron infection in the older adults

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Xiaohan Gu, Yongchao Guo, Yongmei Shi, Yaxiong Lu, Shihan Yang, Yongmei Jiang, Qianwen Jin, Qing Yun Li

Clinical antiviral efficacy of favipiravir in early COVID-19 (PLATCOV): an open-label, randomised, controlled, adaptive platform trial

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Viravarn Luvira, William H. K. Schilling, Podjanee Jittamala, James A. Watson, Simon Boyd, Tanaya Siripoon, Thundon Ngamprasertchai, Pedro J. Almeida, Maneerat Ekkapongpisit, Cintia Cruz, James J. Callery, Shivani Singh, Runch Tuntipaiboontana, Varaporn Kruabkontho, Thatsanun Ngernseng, Jaruwan Tubprasert, Mohammad Yazid Abdad, Srisuda Keayarsa, Wanassanan Madmanee, Renato S. Aguiar, Franciele M. Santos, Pongtorn Hanboonkunupakarn, Borimas Hanboonkunupakarn, Kittiyod Poovorawan, Mallika Imwong, Walter R. J. Taylor, Vasin Chotivanich, Kesinee Chotivanich, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Arjen M. Dondorp, Nicholas P. J. Day, Mauro M. Teixeira, Watcharapong Piyaphanee, Weerapong Phumratanaprapin, Nicholas J. White

First global report about the prevalence of multi-drug resistant Haemophilus influenzae: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Mohammad Abavisani, Masoud Keikha, Mohsen Karbalaei

Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in unvaccinated children and young adults

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Sarah L. Silverberg, Hennady P. Shulha, Brynn McMillan, Guanyuhui He, Amy Lee, Ana Citlali Márquez, Sofia R. Bartlett, Vivek Gill, Bahaa Abu-Raya, Julie A. Bettinger, Adriana Cabrera, Daniel Coombs, Soren Gantt, David M. Goldfarb, Laura Sauvé, Mel Krajden, Muhammad Morshed, Inna Sekirov, Agatha N. Jassem, Manish Sadarangani

Pulmonary cryptococcosis complicated with pulmonary aspergillosis: a series of studies and a literature review

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Xidong Wang, Shaoqiang Li, Mangui Zhu, Ye Qiu, Yilei Hui, Yongming Li, Yangqing Zhan, Yan Wang, Feng Ye, Zhengtu Li

Socioeconomic impacts of airborne and droplet-borne infectious diseases on industries: a systematic review

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Ely Zarina Samsudin, Siti Munira Yasin, Nur-Hasanah Ruslan, Nik Nairan Abdullah, Ahmad Faiz Azhari Noor, Ahmad Fitri Abdullah Hair

Monkeypox virus-associated meningoencephalitis diagnosed by detection of intrathecal antibody production

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Hansen Karin, Båtshake Ylva, Söderholm Sandra, Pettke Aleksandra, Björkman Per, Sondén Klara

Finger nodules with a papulovesicular hands and feet eruption: a complicated human Orf virus infection

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Martina Salvi, Giorgio Tiecco, Luca Rossi, Marina Venturini, Simonetta Battocchio, Francesco Castelli, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan

Impaired humoral immunity following COVID-19 vaccination in HTLV-1 carriers

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Takuro Kameda, Atae Utsunomiya, Nobuaki Otsuka, Yoko Kubuki, Taisuke Uchida, Kotaro Shide, Ayako Kamiunten, Nobuaki Nakano, Masahito Tokunaga, Takayoshi Miyazono, Yoshikiyo Ito, Kentaro Yonekura, Toshiro Kawakita, Keiichi Akizuki, Yuki Tahira, Masayoshi Karasawa, Tomonori Hidaka, Ayaka Konagata, Norifumi Taniguchi, Yuma Nagatomo, Fumiko Kogo, Koichiro Shimizu, Hiroaki Ueno, Junzo Ishizaki, Naoya Takahashi, Yoshihiko Ikei, Michihiro Hidaka, Hideki Yamaguchi, Kazuya Shimoda

Role of thymosin α1 in restoring immune response in immunological nonresponders living with HIV

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Chaoyu Chen, Jiangrong Wang, Jingna Xun, Xinyu Zhang, Li Liu, Zichen Song, Renfang Zhang, Jun Chen, Hongzhou Lu

Cost-effectiveness of linezolid to ventilator-associated pneumonia in Colombia

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Jefferson Antonio Buendía, Diana Guerrero Patiño, Andrés Felipe Zuluaga Salazar

Evaluation of antibody-based preventive alternatives for respiratory syncytial virus: a novel multi-criteria decision analysis framework and assessment of nirsevimab in Spain

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Jorge Mestre-Ferrándiz, Agustín Rivero, Alejandro Orrico-Sánchez, Álvaro Hidalgo, Fernando Abdalla, Isabel Martín, Javier Álvarez, Manuel García-Cenoz, Maria del Carmen Pacheco, María Garcés-Sánchez, Néboa Zozaya, Raúl Ortiz-de-Lejarazu

Uncovering the burden of Influenza in children in Portugal, 2008–2018

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Alberto Caldas Afonso, Catarina Gouveia, Gustavo Januário, Mafalda Carmo, Hugo Lopes, Hélène Bricout, Catarina Gomes, Filipe Froes

Multisite spontaneous hematomas and bleeding in critically ill Chinese patients with COVID-19: two case reports and a literature review

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Sha Sha, Sun Qi, Shi Qindong

Factors associated with cellulitis in lymphoedema of the arm – an international cross-sectional study (LIMPRINT)

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Ewa Anna Burian, Peter J. Franks, Pinar Borman, Isabelle Quéré, Tonny Karlsmark, Vaughan Keeley, Junko Sugama, Marina Cestari, Christine J. Moffatt

Diagnostic performance of metagenomic next-generation sequencing for the detection of pathogens in cerebrospinal fluid in pediatric patients with central nervous system infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Sike He, Ying Xiong, Teng Tu, Jiaming Feng, Yu Fu, Xu Hu, Neng Wang, Dapeng Li

Evaluating the efficacy of different antibiotics against Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis using Monte Carlo simulation

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Jiaojiao Zhong, Wenjing Le, Xuechun Li, Xiaohong Su

Does a simplified algorithm and integrated HCV care model improve linkage to care, retention, and cure among people who inject drugs? A pragmatic quality improvement randomized controlled trial protocol

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Stacey L. Klaman, Job G. Godino, Adam Northrup, Sydney V. Lewis, Aaron Tam, Carolina Carrillo, Robert Lewis, Eva Matthews, Blanca Mendez, Letty Reyes, Sarah Rojas, Christian Ramers

Bacterial infections in patients with COVID-19: the impact of procalcitonin testing on antibiotics prescription in the real world

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Grace CY Lui, Catherine SK Cheung, Terry CF Yip, Mandy SM Lai, Timothy CM Li, Grace LH Wong

Study protocol: a pragmatic, cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of implementation of the Truenat platform/MTB assays at primary health care clinics in Mozambique and Tanzania (TB-CAPT CORE)

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V. N. Leukes, J. Hella, I. Sabi, M. Cossa, C. Khosa, B. Erkosar, C. Mangu, E. Siyame, B. Mtafya, A. Lwilla, S. Viegas, C. Madeira, A. Machiana, J. Ribeiro, A. L. Garcia-Basteiro, F. Riess, D. Elísio, M. Sasamalo, G. Mhalu, C. M. Denkinger, M. D. M. Castro, S. Bashir, S. G. Schumacher, E. Tagliani, A. Malhotra, D. Dowdy, C. Schacht, J. Buech, D. Nguenha, N. Ntinginya, M. Ruhwald, A. Penn-Nicholson, K. Kranzer

State transitions across the Strep A disease spectrum: scoping review and evidence gaps

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Prerana Parajulee, Jung-Seok Lee, Kaja Abbas, Jeffrey Cannon, Jean Louis Excler, Jerome H. Kim, Vittal Mogasale

Brain abscess caused by Actinomyces turicensis in a non-immunocompromised adult patient: a case report and systematic review of the literature

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Alessandra Imeneo, Lorenzo Vittorio Rindi, Andrea Di Lorenzo, Rosario Alessandro Cavasio, Pietro Vitale, Ilaria Spalliera, Mario Dauri, Daniele Guerino Biasucci, Ilaria Giuliano, Cartesio D’Agostini, Silvia Minelli, Maria Cristina Bossa, Anna Altieri, Massimo Andreoni, Vincenzo Malagnino, Marco Iannetta, Loredana Sarmati

Effect of COVID-19 on infections associated with medical devices in critical care

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Fredy Leonardo Carreño Hernández, Juanita Valencia Virguez, Juan Felipe González Vesga, María Lucía Castellanos, Gabriela Ruiz Beltrán, Laura Daniela Lorza Toquica, Carol Natalia Sánchez Gomez, Maria Valentina Stozitzky Ríos, Yenny Rocío Cárdenas Bolívar, Jorge Iván Alvarado Sanchez

Epidemiology of group A rotavirus in children under five years of age with gastroenteritis in N’Djamena, Chad

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Bertrand Djikoloum, Mahamat Fayiz Abakar, Valentine Ngum Ndze, Rahinatou Ghapoutsa Nkandi, Carine Ngah Enjeh, Pidou Kimala, Jean Paul Assam Assam, Maurice BODA

Evaluation of relationship between TMPRSS2 p.(Val197Met) variant and COVID-19 susceptibility and severity

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Nora Ahmed Saleh Bashar, Nadida Mohammed Abdel-Hamid Gohar, Ahmed A. Tantawy, Mai Hamed Mohamed Kamel

Trend analysis and prediction of gonorrhea in mainland China based on a hybrid time series model

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Zhende Wang, Yongbin Wang, Shengkui Zhang, Suzhen Wang, Zhen Xu, ZiJian Feng

Rickettsia conorii subsp. israelensis infection in a pediatric patient presenting skin rash and abdominal pain: a case report from Southeast Iran

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Ali Hosseininasab, Safoura MoradKasani, Ehsan Mostafavi, Neda Baseri, Maryam Sadeghi, Saber Esmaeili

The clinical significance of plasma sCD25 as valuable biomarker for progression and prognosis of tuberculosis

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Xin Yu, Yayan Niu, Junchi Xu, Xiaolong Zhang, Haiyan Wu, Yuhan Wang, Jianping Zhang, Meiying Wu

An analysis of differences in Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in different regions: a multicenter cross-sectional study

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Bo Guo, Peili Li, Bingyu Qin, Shanmei Wang, Wenxiao Zhang, Yuan Shi, Jianxu Yang, Jingjing Niu, Shifeng Chen, Xiao Chen, Lin Cui, Qizhi Fu, Lin Guo, Zhe Hou, Hua Li, Xiaohui Li, Ruifang Liu, Xiaojun Liu, Zhengrong Mao, Xingguo Niu, Chao Qin, Xianrong Song, Rongqing Sun, Tongwen Sun, Daoxie Wang, Yong Wang, Lanjuan Xu, Xin Xu, Yuejie Yang, Baoquan Zhang, Dongmin Zhou, Zhaozhen Li, Yinyin Chen, Yue Jin, Juan Du, Huanzhang Shao

Clinical courses and outcomes of COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis in 168 patients with the SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant

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Yixuan Wang, Yan Yao, Qingfeng Zhang, Hao Chen, Yang He, Ke Hu

In vitro susceptibility of nontuberculous mycobacteria in China

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Weicong Ren, Yaoju Tan, Zichun Ma, Yuanyuan Shang, Shanshan Li, Xuxia Zhang, Wei Wang, Cong Yao, Jinfeng Yuan, Liang Li, Yu Pang

Long-term symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a cohort of hospital employees: duration and predictive factors

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Rosalie Gruber, María Verónica Montilva Ludewig, Christina Weßels, Gerlinde Schlang, Svenja Jedhoff, Swetlana Herbrandt, Frauke Mattner

Risk factors for transmission of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in outbreak situations: results of a case-control study

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Beate Schlosser, Beate Weikert, Giovanni-Battista Fucini, Britta Kohlmorgen, Axel Kola, Anna Weber, Norbert Thoma, Michael Behnke, Frank Schwab, Petra Gastmeier, Christine Geffers, Seven Johannes Sam Aghdassi

Associations between air pollutants and acute exacerbation of drug-resistant tuberculosis: evidence from a prospective cohort study

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Chan-Na Zhao, Zhiwei Xu, Peng Wang, Jie Liu, Rong Wang, Hai-Feng Pan, Fangjin Bao

Pooling sputum samples for the Xpert MTB/RIF assay: a practical screening strategy for highly infectious tuberculosis cases

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Jianfeng Zeng, Huan Huang, Xuhui Liu, Zhen Huang, Weijian Liu, Houming Liu, Shuihua Lu

Study protocol: infectious diseases consortium (I3D) for study on integrated and innovative approaches for management of respiratory infections: respiratory infections research and outcome study (RESPIRO)

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Dorothy Hui Lin Ng, Travis Ren Teen Chia, Barnaby Edward Young, Sapna Sadarangani, Ser Hon Puah, Jenny Guek Hong Low, Gabriel Zherong Yan, Yin Mo, Nicholas Jinghao Ngiam, Samuel Sherng Young Wang, Yan Tong Loo, Faith Evangeline Jie Qi Ong, Andrew Yunkai Li, Sharlene Ho, Lisa Ng, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Tsin Wen Yeo

Gene expression profiling of host lipid metabolism in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients: a systematic review and integrated bioinformatics analysis

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Wan Amirul Syazwan Wan Ahmad Munawar, Marjanu Hikmah Elias, Faizul Helmi Addnan, Pouya Hassandarvish, Sazaly AbuBakar, Nuruliza Roslan

Enhancing detection of SARS-CoV-2 re-infections using longitudinal sero-monitoring: demonstration of a methodology in a cohort of people experiencing homelessness in Toronto, Canada

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Lucie Richard, Rosane Nisenbaum, Karen Colwill, Sharmistha Mishra, Roya M. Dayam, Michael Liu, Cheryl Pedersen, Anne-Claude Gingras, Stephen W. Hwang

Interventions to de-implement unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for ear infections (DISAPEAR Trial): protocol for a cluster-randomized trial

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Timothy C. Jenkins, Amy Keith, Amy B. Stein, Adam L. Hersh, Rashmi Narayan, Alice Eggleston, Deborah J. Rinehart, Payal K. Patel, Eve Walter, Ian G. Hargraves, Holly M. Frost, Leisha Andersen, Shaun Cosgrove, Aiden Gilbert, Hannah Jensen, Theresa Morin, Barbora Nelson, Allan M. Seibert, Valoree Stanfield, Park Willis

Oritavancin as sequential therapy for Gram-positive bloodstream infections

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Williams Monier Texidor, Matthew A. Miller, Kyle C. Molina, Martin Krsak, Barbara Calvert, Caitlin Hart, Marie Storer, Douglas N. Fish

A case of bacteremia caused by Dialister micraerophilus with Enterocloster clostridioformis and Eggerthella lenta in a patient with pyometra

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Hiroki Kitagawa, Kayoko Tadera, Keitaro Omori, Toshihito Nomura, Norifumi Shigemoto, Hiroki Ohge

Mitochondrial disturbance related to increased caspase-1 of CD4+T cells in HIV-1 infection

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Fengting Yu, Chengjie Ma, Xia Jin, Hongxin Zhao, Jiang Xiao, Li Li, Shujing Song, Xiaohui Xie, Siyuan Yang, Yunxia Tang, Linghang Wang, Fujie Zhang

Plantar pressure distribution and altered postural control in multibacillary leprosy patients

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Alex Tadeu Viana Da Cruz Junior, Beatriz Helena Baldez Vasconcelos, Tatiana Generoso Campos Pinho Barroso, Givago Silva Souza, Luis Carlos Pereira Monteiro, Marília Brasil Xavier, Bianca Callegari

Cross-border differences in the prevalence and risk factors for carriage of antimicrobial resistance in children attending daycare centers: a point prevalence study in the Netherlands and Belgium

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Sara Dequeker, Mitch van Hensbergen, Casper D. J. den Heijer, Wouter Dhaeze, Stijn F. H. Raven, Helen Ewalts-Hakkoer, Paulien Tolsma, Ina Willemsen, Karine J. van Drunen-Kamp, Krista van der Slikke-Verstraten, Herman Goossens, Marjolein F. Q. Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe, Lieke van Alphen, Nicole van den Braak, Caroline Broucke, Anton Buiting, Liselotte Coorevits, Jeroen Dewulf, Bram Diederen, Inge Gyssens, Casper Jamin, Patricia Jansingh, Jan Kluytmans, Stefanie van Koeveringe, Sien De Koster, Christine Lammens, Isabel Leroux-Roels, Hanna Masson, Ellen Nieuwkoop, Anita van Oosten, Natascha Perales Selva, Merel Postma, Veroniek Saegeman, Paul Savelkoul, Annette Schuermans, Nathalie Sleeckx, Tijs Tobias, Jacobien Veenemans, Dewi van der Vegt, Martine Verelst, Carlo Verhulst, Pascal De Waegemaeker, Veronica Weterings, Clementine Wijkmans, Patricia Willemse Smits

A retrospective analysis of 20,178 adult neurological infection admissions to United Kingdom critical care units from 2001 to 2020

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Joseph Donovan, Abena Glover, John Gregson, Andrew W. Hitchings, Emma C. Wall, Robert S. Heyderman

Clothianidin-resistant Anopheles gambiae adult mosquitoes from Yaoundé, Cameroon, display reduced susceptibility to SumiShield® 50WG, a neonicotinoid formulation for indoor residual spraying

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Caroline Fouet, Fred A. Ashu, Marilene M. Ambadiang, Williams Tchapga, Charles S. Wondji, Colince Kamdem

Unraveling IL-17 and IL-22 role in occult hepatitis C versus chronic hepatitis C virus infection

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Sherif Elbaz, Nasser Mousa, Alaa Elmetwalli, Ahmed Abdel-Razik, Mohamed Salah, Amr ElHammady, Mostafa Abdelsalam, Eman Abdelkader, Niveen El-wakeel, Waleed Eldars, Ola El-Emam, Ahmed Elbeltagy, Mohamed Shaheen, Hossam El-Zamek, Eman Mousa, Ahmed Deiab, Ayman Elgamal, Alaa Habib

Bivalent mRNA vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 among older adults in Japan: a test-negative study from the VENUS study

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Yudai Tamada, Kenji Takeuchi, Taro Kusama, Megumi Maeda, Fumiko Murata, Ken Osaka, Haruhisa Fukuda

Mucormycosis mimicking portal hypertensive haemorrhage as a complication of alcoholic liver cirrhosis: a case report

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Ran Ji

Testing, diagnosis, and treatment following the implementation of a program to provide dried blood spot testing for HIV and hepatitis C infections: the NSW DBS Pilot

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Nigel Carrington, Anna Conway, Jason Grebely, Mitchell Starr, Beth Catlett, Annabelle Stevens, Bianca Prain, Colette McGrath, Louise Causer, Rebecca Guy, Joanne Holden, Phillip Keen, Melanie Kingsland, Heng Lu, Cherie Power, Phillip Read, Carolyn Murray, Anna McNulty, Philip Cunningham

Factors associated with immunological non-response after ART initiation: a retrospective observational cohort study

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Heping Zhao, Anping Feng, Dan Luo, Tanwei Yuan, Yi-Fan Lin, Xuemei Ling, Huolin Zhong, Junbin Li, Linghua Li, Huachun Zou

Emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in Canada: a retrospective analysis from clinical and wastewater data

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David Champredon, Devan Becker, Shelley W. Peterson, Edgard Mejia, Nikho Hizon, Andrea Schertzer, Mohamed Djebli, Femi F. Oloye, Yuwei Xie, Mohsen Asadi, Jenna Cantin, Xia Pu, Charles A. Osunla, Markus Brinkmann, Kerry N. McPhedran, Mark R. Servos, John P. Giesy, Chand Mangat

Distinct transcriptomic signatures define febrile malaria depending on initial infective states, asymptomatic or uninfected

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Kelvin M. Kimenyi, Mercy Y. Akinyi, Kioko Mwikali, Tegan Gilmore, Shaban Mwangi, Elisha Omer, Bonface Gichuki, Juliana Wambua, James Njunge, George Obiero, Philip Bejon, Jean Langhorne, Abdirahman Abdi, Lynette Isabella Ochola-Oyier

Assessment of BlaTEM, BlaSHV, and BlaCTX-M genes of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacilli causing urinary tract infections in Khartoum State: a cross-sectional study

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Manal Ismail Abdalla Mohammedkheir, Elsheikh Mahgoub Gaafar, Eltayeb GareebAlla Eltayeb AbdAlla

Clinical profile and outcomes of tetanus patients in a tertiary hospital in the Philippines: a ten-year retrospective study

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Pamela Danielle T. Lanuza, Jao Jarro B. Garcia, Christian Wilson R. Turalde, Mario Jr. B. Prado

The effect of educational intervention on efficacy of 1% permethrin shampoo and 4% dimeticone lotion to treat head lice infestation using propensity score matching (PSM)

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Eslam Moradi-Asl, Abedin Saghafipour, Amir Hamta, Zahra Taheri-Kharameh, Malek Abazari, Shabnam Asghari Jajin

Radiographic characteristics of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in the STREAM stage 1 trial and their influence on time to culture conversion in the short regimen

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Chen-Yuan Chiang, Henry Bern, Ruth Goodall, Shun-Tien Chien, I. D. Rusen, Andrew Nunn, Oumer Ali, Mekonnen Teferi, Muziwandile Ndlovu, Nosipho Ngubane, Rachel Bennet, Stella Fabiane, Sarah Meredith, Naranbat Nyamda, Bazarragchaa Tsogt, Phan-Thuong Dat, Pauline Howell, Meseret Hailu, Daniel Meressa, Samantha Aucock, Ronelle Moodliar

Novel compound heterozygous mutations of the NPC1 gene associated with Niemann-pick disease type C: a case report and review of the literature

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Chaoxin Tao, Min Zhao, Xiaohui Zhang, Jihong Hao, Qiuyue Huo, Jie Sun, Jiangtao Xing, Yuna Zhang, Jianhong Zhao, Huaipeng Huang

Cryptosporidium species and subtypes identified in human domestic cases through the national microbiological surveillance programme in Sweden from 2018 to 2022

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Ioana Bujila, Karin Troell, Jessica Ögren, Anette Hansen, Gustav Killander, Lady Agudelo, Marianne Lebbad, Jessica Beser

Clinical features and outcomes of influenza and RSV coinfections: a report from Canadian immunization research network serious outcomes surveillance network

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Henrique Pott, Jason J. LeBlanc, May S. ElSherif, Todd F. Hatchette, Shelly A. McNeil, Melissa K. Andrew

Factors associated with an unsuppressed viral load among HIV-positive individuals attending STI services in South Africa, 2019

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Marceline Mapiye, Khuliso Ravhuhali, Alex de Voux, Tendesayi Kufa

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: prevalence, characteristics, and impact on prognosis

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Zhongwei Zhang, Xue Hu, Qunqun Jiang, Fangzhou Jiao, Qian Du, Jie Liu, Mingqi Luo, Anling Li, Liping Deng, Yong Xiong

The diagnostic utility of heparin-binding protein among patients with bacterial infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Amira Mohamed Taha, Khaled Abouelmagd, Mohamed Mosad Omar, Qasi Najah, Mohammed Ali, Mohammed Tarek Hasan, Sahar A. Allam, Roua Arian, Omar El Sayed Rageh, Mohamed Abd-ElGawad

First COVID-19 wave in the province of Bergamo, Italy: epidemiological and clinical characteristics, outcome and management of the first hospitalized patients

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Bianca Maria Donida, Flavia Simonetta Pirola, Roberto Opizzi, Peter Assembergs

A regimen based on the combination of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole with caspofungin and corticosteroids as a first-line therapy for patients with severe non-HIV-related pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: a retrospective study in a tertiary hospital

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Hao Li, Yihe Lu, Guoxin Tian, Yongxing Wu, Tianjun Chen, Jiangwei Zhang, Nan Hu, Xiaoning Wang, Yang Wang, Lan Gao, Jinqi Yan, Linjing Zhou, Qindong Shi

Urine biomarkers individually and as a consensus model show high sensitivity and specificity for detecting UTIs

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Marzieh Akhlaghpour, Emery Haley, Laura Parnell, Natalie Luke, Mohit Mathur, Richard A. Festa, Michael Percaccio, Jesus Magallon, Mariana Remedios-Chan, Alain Rosas, Jimin Wang, Yan Jiang, Lori Anderson, David Baunoch

Disseminated Nocardia nova in a child with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a case report

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Victor Arahirwa, Sahal Thahir, Lauren Hernandez, Zachary Inskeep Willis

Analysis of ART effects and drug resistance in adult HIV/AIDS patients in Meigu County, Liangshan Prefecture, China

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Li Yuan, Kaiyou Chen, Yuanfang Cai, Zhonghui Zhou, Ju Yang, Wuti Jiqu, Qirong Zhu, Hong Zhang, Shaowei Niu, Hui Sun

Clinical and immunological outcomes of HIV-exposed uninfected and HIV-unexposed uninfected children in the first 24 months of life in Western Kenya

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Jessica E. Ray, Katherine R. Dobbs, Sidney O. Ogolla, Ibrahim I. Daud, David Midem, Maxwel M. Omenda, Amy S. Nowacki, James G. Beeson, Katherine R. Sabourin, Rosemary Rochford, Arlene E. Dent

Empyema necessitans caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a case report and literature review

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Tomoaki Nakamura, Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Naoki Murata, Kuniko Sato, Atsushi Kitamura, Nobuyoshi Mori, Torahiko Jinta

Prevalence, risk factors, and antimicrobial resistance of endemic healthcare-associated infections in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Gabriel Kambale Bunduki, Effita Masoamphambe, Tilly Fox, Janelisa Musaya, Patrick Musicha, Nicholas Feasey

Risk factors for diagnosis and treatment delay among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Hunan Province, China

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Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Archie C. A. Clements, Eyob Alemayehu Gebreyohannes, Zuhui Xu, Liqiong Bai, Kefyalew Addis Alene

High-sensitivity C-reactive protein among people living with HIV on highly active antiretroviral therapy: a systemic review and meta-analysis

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Sihle E. Mabhida, Zandile J. Mchiza, Kabelo Mokgalaboni, Sidney Hanser, Joel Choshi, Haskly Mokoena, Khanyisani Ziqubu, Charity Masilela, Bongani B. Nkambule, Duduzile E. Ndwandwe, André P. Kengne, Phiwayinkosi V. Dludla

Colistin monotherapy or combination for the treatment of bloodstream infection caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Tao Wang, Hongcheng Liu, Huiqing Huang, Yuesong Weng, Xiaojun Wang

Cryptococcosis with pulmonary cavitation in an immunocompetent child: a case report and literature review

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Qiaoyan Dai, Yingshuo Wang, Qianqian Ying, Qidong Ye

A novel diagnostic model for tuberculous meningitis using Bayesian latent class analysis

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Trinh Huu Khanh Dong, Joseph Donovan, Nghiem My Ngoc, Do Dang Anh Thu, Ho Dang Trung Nghia, Pham Kieu Nguyet Oanh, Nguyen Hoan Phu, Vu Thi Ty Hang, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Le Van Tan, Guy E. Thwaites, Ronald B. Geskus

Development and validation of multiplex real-time PCR for simultaneous detection of six bacterial pathogens causing lower respiratory tract infections and antimicrobial resistance genes

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Tran Thi Ngoc Dung, Voong Vinh Phat, Chau Vinh, Nguyen Phu Huong Lan, Nguyen Luong Nha Phuong, Le Thi Quynh Ngan, Guy Thwaites, Louise Thwaites, Maia Rabaa, Anh T. K. Nguyen, Pham Thanh Duy

Ocular syphilis masquerading as refractory retinal diseases

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Sung Who Park, Kye-Hyung Kim, Han Jo Kwon, Ik Soo Byon, Youan Hasan Khan, Quan Dong Nguyen

Relative effects of climate factors and malaria control interventions on changes of parasitaemia risk in Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2017/2018

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Nafissatou Traoré, Taru Singhal, Ourohiré Millogo, Ali Sié, Jürg Utzinger, Penelope Vounatsou

Clinical and diagnostic values of metagenomic next-generation sequencing for infection in hematology patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Yuhui Chen, Jinjin Wang, Ting Niu

Diagnosis of human leptospirosis: systematic review and meta-analysis of the diagnostic accuracy of the Leptospira microscopic agglutination test, PCR targeting Lfb1, and IgM ELISA to Leptospira fainei serovar Hurstbridge

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Marta Valente, Justina Bramugy, Suzanne H. Keddie, Heidi Hopkins, Quique Bassat, Oliver Baerenbold, John Bradley, Jane Falconer, Ruth H. Keogh, Paul N. Newton, Mathieu Picardeau, John A. Crump

Time to sputum culture conversion and its associated factors among drug-resistant tuberculosis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Yang Wenlu, Zhao Xia, Wu Chuntao, Yu Qiaolin, Xiao Xujue, Yao Rong, Su Dan, Yan Xi, Wan Bin

Maternal sepsis and factors associated with poor maternal outcomes in a tertiary hospital in Tigray, Ethiopia: a retrospective chart review

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Bisrat Tesfay Abera, Hale Teka, Daniel Gebre, Tsega Gebremariam, Ephrem Berhe, Hagos Gidey, Birhane Amare, Rahel Kidanemariam, Marta Abrha Gebru, Fireweyni Tesfay, Yibrah Berhe Zelelow, Awol Yemane, Fanus Gebru, Ashenafi Tekle, Habtom Tadesse, Mohammedtahir Yahya, Ytbarek Tadesse, Hiluf Ebuy Abraha, Mussie Alemayehu, Mohamedawel Mohamedniguss Ebrahim

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Neda Baseri, Amir Hossein Omidi, Mina Latifian, Ehsan Mostafavi, Shahram Khademvatan, Navid Omidifar, Seyyed javad Seyyed Tabaei, Rasool Jafari, Shiva Zeinali, Ahmad Ghasemi, Saber Esmaeili

Bisphosphoglycerate mutase predicts myocardial dysfunction and adverse outcome in sepsis: an observational cohort study

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Risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on international flights, a retrospective cohort study using national surveillance data in England

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Determinants of intention to conceal tuberculosis status among family members: an analysis of seven Sub-Saharan African countries

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Vaginal pH value can affect the susceptibility to human papillomavirus infection

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Diagnostic accuracy of Lipoarabinomannan detection by lateral flow assay in pleural tuberculosis

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Atish Mohapatra, Ujjwala Gaikwad, Ranganath T. Ganga, Pratibha Sharma

Creation of a pandemic memory by tracing COVID-19 infections and immunity in Luxembourg (CON-VINCE)

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Olena Tsurkalenko, Dmitry Bulaev, Marc Paul O’Sullivan, Chantal Snoeck, Soumyabrata Ghosh, Alexey Kolodkin, Basile Rommes, Piotr Gawron, Armin Rauschenberger, Carlos Vega Moreno, Clarissa P. C. Gomes, Anne Kaysen, Jochen Ohnmacht, Valerie E. Schröder, Lukas Pavelka, Guilherme Ramos Meyers, Laure Pauly, Claire Pauly, Anne-Marie Hanff, Max Meyrath, Anja Leist, Estelle Sandt, Gloria A. Aguayo, Magali Perquin, Manon Gantenbein, Tamir Abdelrahman, Jochen Klucken, Venkata Satagopam, Christiane Hilger, Jonathan Turner, Michel Vaillant, Joëlle V. Fritz, Markus Ollert, Rejko Krüger, Geeta Acharya, Pinar Alper, Wim Ammerlaan, François Ancien, Ariane Assele-Kama, Christelle Bahlawane, Katy Beaumont, Nadia Beaupain, Lucrèce Beckers, Camille Bellora, Fay Betsou, Luc Biver, Sandie Boly, Dirk Brenner, Henry-Michel Cauchie, Eleftheria Charalambous, Emilie Charpentier, Estelle Coibion, Sylvie Coito, Delphine Collart, Manuel Counson, Brian De Witt, Antonelle Di Pasquale, Olivia Domingues, Claire Dording, Jean-Luc Dourson, Bianca Dragomir, Tessy Fautsch, Jean-Yves Ferrand, Thibault Ferrandon, Ana Festas Lopes, Guillaume Fournier, Laura Georges, Stéphane Gidenne, Enrico Glaab, Borja Gomez Ramos, Vyron Gorgogietas, Jérôme Graas, Valentin Groues, Wei Gu, Gael Hamot, Maxime Hansen, Linda Hansen, Lisa Hefele, Laurent Heirendt, Ahmed Hemedan, Estelle Henry, Margaux Henry, Eve Herkenne, Sascha Herzinger, Laetitia Huiart, Alexander Hundt, Judith Hübschen, Gilles Iserentant, Philipp Jägi, Piyapong Khurmin, Fédéric Klein, Tommy Klein, Stéphanie Kler, Pauline Lambert, Jacek Jaroslaw Lebioda, Sabine Lehmann, Marie Leick, Morgane Lemaire, Andrew Lumley, Annika Lutz, João Manuel Loureiro, Monica Marchese, Tainà Marques, François Massart, Patrick May, Maura Minelli, Alessandra Mousel, Maeva Munsch, Sophie Mériaux, Friedrich Mühlschlegel, Mareike Neumann, Trang Nguyen, Beatrice Nicolai, Leslie Ogorzaly, Christiane Olesky, Christian Penny, Achilleas Pexaras, Palma di Pinto, Marie France Pirard, Jean-Marc Plesseria, Armin Rauschenberger, Lucie Remark, Antonio Rodriguez, Kirsten Rump, Bruno Santos, Aurélie Sausy, Margaux Schmitt, Christiane Schmitt, Reinhard Schneider, Serge Schumacher, Alexandra Schweicher, Sneeha Seal, Jean-Yves Servais, Florian Simon, Amna Skrozic, Kate Sokolowska, Lara Stute, Hermann Thien, Stéphane Toll, Noua Toukourou, Christophe Trefois, Johanna Trouet, Nguyen Trung, Daniela Valoura Esteves, Charlène Verschueren, Maharshi Vyas, Claus Vögele, Cécile Walczak, Xinhui Wang, Femke Wauters, Bernard Weber, Emilie Weibel, Tania Zamboni

Cholangitis with bacteremia due to Pseudomonas nitroreducens in a patient with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a case report

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Association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and select symptoms and conditions 31 to 150 days after testing among children and adults

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Yongkang Zhang, Alfonso Romieu-Hernandez, Tegan K. Boehmer, Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, Thomas W. Carton, Adi V. Gundlapalli, Julia Fearrington, Kshema Nagavedu, Katherine Dea, Erick Moyneur, Lindsay G. Cowell, Rainu Kaushal, Kenneth H. Mayer, Jon Puro, Sonja A. Rasmussen, Deepika Thacker, Mark G. Weiner, Sharon Saydah, Jason P. Block, Faraz S. Ahmad, H. Timothy Bunnell, Olveen Carrasquillo, Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, Dimitri A. Christakis, Bernard P. Chang, Janis L. Curtis, Soledad A. Fernandez, Christopher B. Forrest, Daniel Fort, David A. Hanauer, Rachel Hess, Benjamin D. Horne, Philip Giordano, William Hogan, Abu Saleh Mohammad Mosa, James C. McClay, Samyuktha Nandhakumar, Bridget Nolan, Jihad S. Obeid, Brian Ostasiewski, Anuradha Paranjape, Lav Patel, Suchitra Rao, Patricia S. Robinson, William E. Trick, Jonathan C. Silverstein

Hsa-miR-194-5p and hsa-miR-195-5p are down-regulated expressed in high dysplasia HPV-positive Pap smear samples compared to normal cytology HPV-positive Pap smear samples

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Ali Dehghani, Fardin Khajepour, Mohammad Dehghani, Ehsan Razmara, Mohammadreza Zangouey, Maryam Fekri Soofi Abadi, Reza Bahram Abadi Nezhad, Shahriar Dabiri, Masoud Garshasbi

Case report: atypical presentation of mpox with massive hematochezia and prolonged viral shedding despite tecovirimat treatment

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Sung Un Shin, Younggon Jung, Seong Eun Kim, Dong Min Kim

Prevalence and outcomes of chronic comorbid conditions in patients with sepsis in Korea: a nationwide cohort study from 2011 to 2016

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Six dilemmas for stakeholders inherently affecting data sharing during a zoonotic (re-)emerging infectious disease outbreak response

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Patterns of antibiotic administration in Chinese neonates: results from a multi-center, point prevalence survey

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Metagenomic next-generation sequencing of plasma cell-free DNA improves the early diagnosis of suspected infections

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Hui Zhang, Ruobing Liang, Yunzhu Zhu, Lifen Hu, Han Xia, Jiabin Li, Ying Ye

Comparison of the adherence of nontypeable haemophilus influenzae to lung epithelial cells

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Yuwei Rong, Zihao Liu, Heping Wang, Zuguo Zhao

Dexamethasone versus methylprednisolone for multiple organ dysfunction in COVID-19 critically ill patients: a multicenter propensity score matching study

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Ohoud Aljuhani, Ghazwa B. Korayem, Ali F. Altebainawi, Daniah AlMohammady, Amjaad Alfahed, Elaf F. Altebainawi, Mohammed Aldhaeefi, Hisham A. Badreldin, Ramesh Vishwakarma, Faisal E. Almutairi, Abeer A. Alenazi, Thamer Alsulaiman, Rahaf Ali Alqahtani, Fahad Al Dhahri, Namareq Aldardeer, Ahmed O. Alenazi, Shmeylan Al Harbi, Raed Kensara, Mai Alalawi, Khalid Al Sulaiman

Performance evaluation of Truenat MTB and Truenat MTB-RIF DX assays in comparison to gene XPERT MTB/RIF ultra for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Uganda

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Willy Ssengooba, Achilles Katamba, James Sserubiri, Derrick Semugenze, Abdunoor Nyombi, Raymond Byaruhanga, Stavia Turyahabwe, Moses L. Joloba

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Tesfay Berihu, Guesh Gebremariam, Yemane Weldu, Amlsha Kahsay, Tsehaye Asmelash, Araya Gebreyesus

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Prognostic impacts of repeated sepsis in intensive care unit on autoimmune disease patients: a retrospective cohort study

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Jinming Yang, Jie Chen, Min Zhang, Qingsa Zhou, Bing Yan

Determinants of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Hunan province, China: a case-control study

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Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Archie C. A. Clements, Zuhui Xu, Liqiong Bai, Kefyalew Addis Alene

Single-domain antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 RBD from a two-stage phage screening of universal and focused synthetic libraries

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Fangfang Chen, Zhihong Liu, Wei Kang, Fan Jiang, Xixiao Yang, Feng Yin, Ziyuan Zhou, Zigang Li

Optimal resource allocation model for COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Yu-Yuan Wang, Wei-Wen Zhang, Ze-xi Lu, Jia-lin Sun, Ming-xia Jing

Histoplasmosis peritonitis in an immunocompetent patient: case report

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Correlation between a low serum free triiodothyronine level and mortality of severe pulmonary tuberculosis patients

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Yan Yang, Xiaoqing Huang

Predicting subnational incidence of COVID-19 cases and deaths in EU countries

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Alexis Robert, Lloyd A. C. Chapman, Rok Grah, Rene Niehus, Frank Sandmann, Bastian Prasse, Sebastian Funk, Adam J. Kucharski

Feasibility of wearable monitors to detect heart rate variability in children with hand, foot and mouth disease

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Le Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Nguyen Thanh Hung, Truong Huu Khanh, Nguyen Thi Thu Hong, Nguyen Thi Han Ny, Le Nguyen Truc Nhu, Do Duong Kim Han, Tingting Zhu, Tran Tan Thanh, Girmaw Abebe Tadesse, David Clifton, H. Rogier Van Doorn, Le Van Tan, C. Louise Thwaites

Retrospective study about clinical severity and epidemiological analysis of the COVID-19 Omicron subvariant lineage-infected patients in Hohhot, China

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Yanhai Wang, Guohui Yu, Jingru Shi, Xiaqing Zhang, Jianxin Huo, Meng Li, Jiaxi Chen, Liyuan Yu, Yan Li, Zhiliang Han, Jianwen Zhang, Xuna Ren, Yujie Wang, Wu Yuntana

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Nandu Goswami, Per Morten Fredriksen, Knut E. A. Lundin, Chidozie Agu, Simiat Olanike Elias, Keolebogile Shirley Motaung, Bianca Brix, Gerhard Cvirn, Harald Sourij, Evelyn Stelzl, Harald H. Kessler, Adam Saloň, Benedicta Nkeh-Chungag

Isoenzyme characterization of Leishmania infantum toward checking the antioxidant activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase

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Mostafa Alishvandi¹, Somayeh Bahrami, Sajad Rashidi, Gholamreza Hatam

The importance of meropenem resistance, rather than imipenem resistance, in defining carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales for public health surveillance: an analysis of national population-based surveillance

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Chiaki Ikenoue, Mari Matsui, Yuba Inamine, Daisuke Yoneoka, Motoyuki Sugai, Satowa Suzuki, Mari Matsui, Satowa Suzuki, Yohei Takahashi, Nozomi Kamitaka, Shiho Takahashi, Nami Kanno, Takuya Ishi, Ryo Shimada, Hiroko Takahashi, Mayumi Ogawa, Koji Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Ueno, Kentaro Tomari, Junko Yoshihara, Naoshi Ando, Takako Katakura, Yuko Matsumoto, Yoko Anzawa, Satoko Haruna, Mikako Hosoya, Masanori Watahiki, Mika Shiroza, Koji Yokoyama, Makiko Noda, Ayako Furuta, Ryuji Kawahara, Kaoru Umeda, Takahiro Yamaguchi, Noriko Nakanishi, Kumiko Kuroda, Etsuko Saito, Yumiko Inoue, Yuta Kawakami, Tatsuaki Aota, Kanako Masuda, Hitoshi Ohtsuka, Chiemi Fukuda, Kazumi Seki, Yoko Iwashita, Yukiko Asano, Yuka Fukuguchi, Emi Arikawa, Rika Maeda, Tsuyoshi Kudeken

Prevalence of Rifampicin resistance tuberculosis among presumptive tuberculosis patients in Egypt-2021: a national health facility-based survey

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The prevalence of hepatitis B in Chinese general population from 2018 to 2022: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Effectiveness of Umonium38 against Burkholderia pseudomallei, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

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Hepatitis E outbreak in the health district of Bocaranga-Koui, Central African Republic, 2018–2019

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Marina Prisca de Marguerite Nombot-Yazenguet, Joël Wilfried Doté, Giscard Wilfried Koyaweda, Philippe Armand Zemingui-Bembete, Benjamin Selekon, Ulrich Vickos, Alexandre Manirakiza, Emmanuel Nakoune, Ionela Gouandjika-Vasilache, Narcisse Patrice Joseph Komas

Clinical and genomic evaluations of a persistent fatal SARS-CoV-2 infection in a goods syndrome patient: a case report

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Payam Tabarsi, Ali Maleki, Zahra Abtahian, Alieh khabbaz, Zahra Fereydouni, Jahangir Rezaie, Mahsa Tavakoli, Parastoo Yektay Sanati, Mostafa Salehi-Vaziri

Vitamin D deficiency and oral candidiasis in patients with HIV infection: A case‒control study

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Shabnam Tehrani, Ladan Abbasian, Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi, Malihe Hasannezhad, Sara Ghaderkhani, Amirreza Keyvanfar, Azar Darvishi, AmirHossein Aghdaee

The first case report: diagnosis and management of necrotizing fusobacterium lung abscess via BALF next-generation sequencing

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Efficacy and safety of omadacycline for treating complicated skin and soft tissue infections: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Age difference of patients with and without invasive aspergillosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Elena Shekhova, Fabián Salazar, Alessandra Da Silva Dantas, Tanmoy Chakraborty, Eva L. Wooding, P. Lewis White, Adilia Warris

The effect of a treatment switch to integrase Strand transfer inhibitor–based regimens on weight gain and other metabolic syndrome-related conditions

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Omer Maman, Wiessam Abu Ahmad, Ofer Perzon, Keren Mahlab-Guri, Daniel Elbirt, Hila Elinav

Follow-up for 3 years of a pediatric population diagnosed in 2018 with mother-to-child transmission of HIV in 8 Latin American countries in the PLANTAIDS cohort

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Beatriz Álvarez Vallejo, Alicia Hernanz Lobo, Itzíar Carrasco García, Tomás Bruno Pérez, Greta Mino-Leon, Judith Rosabel Soffe Pazmiño, Julio Werner Juarez Lorenzana, Tatiana Drummond, Noris Marlene del Socorro Pavía Ruz, María del Rocío Muñoz Hernández, Dulce María Morales Pérez, Dora Estripeaut, Kathia Luciani, Karen Sobeida Erazo Martínez, Luis Guillermo Castaneda Villatoro, Oscar Porras Madrigal, Gabriela Ivankovich-Escoto, Luis Manuel Prieto Tato, María Luisa Navarro Gómez, Dora Matus Obregón, Pablo Rojo Conejo, José Tomás Ramos Amador, Magda Chavez, María de los Ángeles Pérez Delgadillo, Fanny Barrios, Osbaldo Efraín Obando Urbina, Greta Muñoz, Wendy Paola Serrano Bueno, Dolores Freire, Nelly Chavez, Yasmin Sanchez, Marianella Layana, Alexandra Compagnucci, Yacine Saïdi, Yoann Riault, Guido Castelli Gattinara, Tchidjou Kuekou Hyppolite, Raúl Esquivel, Ruth Batista, Ximena Norero, Jacqueline Aguilar, Ilia Yanira González, Gustavo Quiñonez, Ana Lucía Gómez, Nancy Judith Gálvez Rafael

Evaluation of characteristics and prognosis of COVID-19 patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation during dominance of nonvariant, alpha, delta, and omicron variants in tertiary hospitals of Japan

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Kazuhito Sakuramoto, Daiki Wada, Shuhei Maruyama, Takashi Muroya, Fukuki Saito, Yasushi Nakamori, Yasuyuki Kuwagata

Fusobacterium nucleatum bacteremia complicated with intracranial Porphyromonas gingivalis and HSV-1 infection: a case report and literature review

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Sumei Wang, Yaqiong Tian, Yujing Wu, Zhen Yu, Jinjuan Zhang, Jiandong Zhang, Shuye Liu

The PEP++ study protocol: a cluster-randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of an enhanced regimen of post-exposure prophylaxis for close contacts of persons affected by leprosy to prevent disease transmission

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Duane C. Hinders, Anneke T. Taal, Suchitra Lisam, Aymée M. da Rocha, Nand Lal Banstola, Prativa Bhandari, Abhijit Saha, Jugal Kishore, Virginia O. Fernandes, Abu Sufian Chowdhury, Anna T. van ‘t Noordende, Liesbeth Mieras, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Wim H. van Brakel

Excess hospitalizations and in-hospital mortality associated with seasonal influenza in Italy: a 11-year retrospective study

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Giovanni Fattore, Benedetta Pongiglione, Luigi Vezzosi

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in long-term COVID-19 with severe neutropenia and thrombocytopenia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a case report

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Shiqi Guo, Linna Zhang, Chang Gao, Xiaoting Lu, Wei Song, Hui Shen, Qiang Guo

Chlamydia trachomatis enhances HPV persistence through immune modulation

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Yingying Lu, Qi Wu, Li Wang, Lingting Ji

The pathogenicity of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis to colon cancer cells

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Li Zhang, Mingxia Deng, Jing Liu, Jiajie Zhang, Fangyu Wang, Wei Yu

Evaluation of clinically relevant serum proteins as biomarkers for monitoring COVID-19 severity, and end-organ damage among hospitalized unvaccinated patients

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Mahetab R. Elhommosani, Masarra M. Sakr, Rania M. Abbas, Khaled M. Aboshanab

Correction: Behavioral verification and risk factors of HIV cross-population transmission in China: analysis of national surveillance data 1989–2022

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Chang Cai, Houlin Tang, Qianqian Qin, Yichen Jin, Fan Lyu

A stool based qPCR for the diagnosis of TB in children and people living with HIV in Uganda, Eswatini and Mozambique (Stool4TB): a protocol for a multicenter diagnostic evaluation

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Lucia Carratala-Castro, Willy Ssengooba, Alex Kay, Sozinho Acácio, Joanna Ehrlich, Andrew R DiNardo, Nosisa Shiba, Joachim K Nsubuga, Shilzia Munguambe, Belén Saavedra-Cervera, Patricia Manjate, Durbbin Mulengwa, Busizwe Sibandze, Mangaliso Ziyane, George Kasule, Edson Mambuque, Moorine Penninah Sekadde, Eric Wobudeya, Moses L Joloba, Jan Heyckendorf, Christoph Lange, Sabine Hermans, Anna Mandalakas, Alberto L. García-Basteiro, Elisa Lopez-Varela, Sergi Sanz, Makhosazana Dlamini, Gcinile Dlamini, Nomathemba Dlamini, Nkulungwane Mthethwa, Nokwanda Kota, Mbongeni Dube, Nontobeko Maphalala, Babongile Nkala, Faith Dlamini, Fortunate Shabalala, Sindisiwe Dlamini, Gugu Maphalala, Lindiwe Dlamini, Sisi Dube, Lee Joao Fonseca, Nércio Machele, Miguel Cumbe, Agostinho Lima, Katia Magul, Gustavo Tembe, Benilde Violeta Mudumane, Farida Cebola, Jorcelina Rungo, Alberto Bila Junior, Neide Gomes, Patricia Mwachan, Maria Nassolo, Sujan Katuwal, Matthew Ang, Anca Vasiliu, Rojelio Mejía, Jason Bacha, Debrah Vambe, Abigail Seeger, Irina Kontsevaya, Collins Musia, Lilian Komba, Lwijisyo Minga, Lumumba Mwita, Mtafya Bariki, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya

Comparative efficacy and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in phase III trials: a network meta-analysis

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Xiaodi Wu, Ke Xu, Ping Zhan, Hongbing Liu, Fang Zhang, Yong Song, Tangfeng Lv

Trends of antimicrobial susceptibilities and multidrug-resistant colonization rate in patients transferred from long-term care facilities during 2017–2022: a cross-sectional study

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Jin Ju Park, Hyejin Park, Sun Hee Na, Yu Bin Seo, Jacob Lee

Towards prevention of new COVID-19 infections in institutions of higher education: factors influencing compliance with mask-wearing among public university students in Ghana

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Fred Yao Gbagbo, Richmond Opoku, Rosemary Quarcoo

Enteric bacterial agents associated with diarrhea and their antimicrobial sensitivity profiles in children under 5 years from mukuru informal settlement, Nairobi, Kenya

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Susan Kiiru, John Maina, John Njeru Mwaniki, Edinah Songoro, Samuel Kariuki

Trends of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Rifampicin resistance in Northwest Ethiopia: Xpert® MTB/RIF assay results from 2015 to 2021

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Sirak Biset, Milto Teferi, Haylemesikel Alamirew, Biniyam Birhanu, Awoke Dessie, Abebe Aschale, Anmaw Haymanot, Selamu Dejenie, Teshager Gebremedhin, Wondwossen Abebe, Gashaw Adane

Mortality and associated factors among people living with HIV admitted at a tertiary-care hospital in Uganda: a cross-sectional study

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Darius Owachi, Praise Akatukunda, Diana Sarah Nanyanzi, Rogers Katwesigye, Shardrack Wanyina, Martin Muddu, Samuel Kawuma, Nelson Kalema, Charles Kabugo, Fred C. Semitala

Clinical characteristics and influencing factors of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome complicated by viral myocarditis: a retrospective study

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Qian Du, Jin Yu, Qianhui Chen, Xiaoping Chen, Qunqun Jiang, Liping Deng, Anling Li, Yong Xiong

Signs and symptoms of covid − 19 in patients with a history of coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

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Yasaman Rezvani Emamzadehashemi, Khashayar Rezvani Emamzadehashemi, Atefeh Ghanbari Khanghah, Ezzat Paryad, Marzieh Jahani Sayad Noveiri

Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus comorbidity in an adult Ugandan population

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Davis Kibirige, Irene Andia-Biraro, Ronald Olum, Susan Adakun, Stella Zawedde-Muyanja, Christine Sekaggya-Wiltshire, Ivan Kimuli

Global prevalence and burden of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis from 1990 to 2019

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Hengliang Lv, Xin Zhang, Xueli Zhang, Junzhu Bai, Shumeng You, Xuan Li, Shenlong Li, Yong Wang, Wenyi Zhang, Yuanyong Xu

Kaposi varicelliform eruption: an unusual presentation caused by varicella zoster virus in a healthy adult patient - a case report

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Hassan El-Masry, Safia Essam, Hamed Gaber, Nour Shaheen, Ahmed Abdelbary, Naglaa Mohamed Sayed, Salma Samir Omar

The risk factors associated with post-transplantation BKPyV nephropathy and BKPyV DNAemia: a prospective study in kidney transplant recipients

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Identification of key potential infection processes and risk factors in the computed tomography examination process by FMEA method under COVID-19

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Vagococcus fluvialis isolation from the urine of a bladder cancer patient: a case report

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Nasopharyngeal angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) expression as a risk-factor for SARS-CoV-2 transmission in concurrent hospital associated outbreaks

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Diagnosis of multiple tuberculous muscle abscesses in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus by metagenomic next-generation sequencing- a case report and literature review

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Alexander Persson, Therese Koivula, Susanne Jacobsson, Bianca Stenmark

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Nontuberculous mycobacteria testing and culture positivity in the United States

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Julia E. Marshall, Rachel A. Mercaldo, Ettie M. Lipner, D. Rebecca Prevots

Seroprevalence and risk factors of HBV, HCV and HIV among hemodialysis patients: a multicenter cross-sectional study from Damascus Syria

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Demographic characteristics and mental health condition of Tehran Municipality employees during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Tropheryma whipplei infection in the lung of a patient with long COVID: a case report

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Sciatica caused by spinal epidural abscess as the initial clinical presentation of colon cancer: a rare case report and review of literature

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Latent and incubation periods of Delta, BA.1, and BA.2 variant cases and associated factors: a cross-sectional study in China

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Yu Li, Xinli Jiang, Yan Qiu, Feng Gao, Hualei Xin, Dan Li, Ying Qin, Zhongjie Li

Socio-demographic determinants of the knowledge of Monkeypox Virus among the general public: a cross-sectional study in a Tertiary Care Center in Nepal

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A dengue virus infection in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Genotypic study of Chlamydia trachomatis for lymphogranuloma venereum diagnosis in rectal specimens from men who have sex with men: a cost-effectiveness analysis

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The burden of skin and soft tissue, bone and joint infections in an Australian cohort of people who inject drugs

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B. Morgan, R. Lancaster, B. Boyagoda, R. Ananda, LO Attwood, D. Jacka, I. Woolley

Post-recovery health domain scores among outpatients by SARS-CoV-2 testing status during the pre-Delta period

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Jennifer P. King, Jessie R. Chung, James G. Donahue, Emily T. Martin, Aleda M. Leis, Arnold S. Monto, Manjusha Gaglani, Kayan Dunnigan, Chandni Raiyani, Sharon Saydah, Brendan Flannery, Edward A. Belongia

Impact of ITPA gene polymorphism for predicting anemia and treatment outcome in HCV infected patients taking Sofosbuvir Ribavirin therapy

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M. I. Fullana Barceló, F. Artigues Serra, A. R. Millan Pons, J. Asensio Rodriguez, A. Ferre Beltran, M. del Carmen Lopez Bilbao, J. Reina Prieto, M. Riera Jaume

Diarrheal disease and associated factors among children aged 6 to 59 months in Oda Bultum District, Eastern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

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Zewudalem Getachew, Nega Asefa, Tigist Gashaw, Abdi Birhanu, Adera Debella, Bikila Balis, Usmael Jibro, Sina Tolera, Aboma Motuma, Mulugeta Gamachu, Alemayehu Deressa, Fethia Mohammed, Moti Tolera, Addis Eyeberu, Lemma Demissie Regassa, Ibsa Mussa

Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake: an online three-wave survey study of US adults

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Alistair Thorpe, Angela Fagerlin, Frank A. Drews, Holly Shoemaker, Federica S. Brecha, Laura D. Scherer

H. pylori infection and osteoporosis: a large-scale observational and mendelian randomization study

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Bloodstream infection clusters for critically ill patients: analysis of two-center retrospective cohorts

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Gram-negative bacterial colonizations before bilateral lung transplant. The impact of ‘targeted’ versus ‘standard’ surgical prophylaxis

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Diagnosis of pulmonary Scedosporium apiospermum infection from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid by metagenomic next-generation sequencing in an immunocompetent female patient with normal lung structure: a case report and literature review

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Tamirat Salile Sada, Tesfaye Sisay Tessema

Knowledge, perceptions, and exposure to bats in communities living around bat roosts in Bundibugyo district, Uganda: implications for viral haemorrhagic fever prevention and control

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Lesley Rose Ninsiima, Luke Nyakarahuka, Steven Kisaka, Collins GK. Atuheire, Lawrence Mugisha, Terence Odoch, Javier Sánchez Romano, Jörn Klein, Siobhan M. Mor, Clovice Kankya

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Determinants of viral load suppression failure among HIV adults on ARV attending health care facilities: a retrospective study in Tanga region, Tanzania

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Eric Mboggo, Expeditho Mtisi, Stella E. Mushy, Simon Mkawe, Frida Ngalesoni, Aisa Muya, Edwin Kilimba, Denice Kamugumya, Boniface Silvan Mlay

Spatio-temporal spread and evolution of Lassa virus in West Africa

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Xia Wang, Xianwei Ye, Ruihua Li, Xiaodong Zai, Mingda Hu, Shaoyan Wang, Hongguang Ren, Yuan Jin, Junjie Xu, Junjie Yue

Characteristics of reproductive tract infections caused by common pathogens among the outpatients of reproductive medicine center in Putian: retrospective study

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Jiancheng Zeng, Tingli Wu, Laiping Wang, Liumin Yu, Hua Lin, Zhanfei Chen

HIV protease resistance mutations in patients receiving second-line antiretroviral therapy in Libreville, Gabon

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Guy Francis Nzengui-Nzengui, Gaël Mourembou, Hervé M’boyis-Kamdem, Ayawa Claudine Kombila-Koumavor, Angélique Ndjoyi-Mbiguino

Clinical spectrum and long-term outcomes of mpox: a cohort study spanning from acute infection to six-month follow-up

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Christoph Zeyen, Maria Kinberger, Helene Kriedemann, Frieder Pfäfflin, Pinkus Tober-Lau, Leu Huang, Victor Max Corman, Alexander Nast, Leif Erik Sander, Florian Kurth, Ricardo Niklas Werner

Prevalence of vaccine-derived hepatitis B surface antibodies in children and adolescents in Germany: results from a population-based survey, 2014–2017

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Ida Sperle, Sofie Gillesberg Lassen, Martin Schlaud, Achim Dörre, Sandra Dudareva, Christina Poethko-Müller, Thomas Harder

Dengue encephalopathy in an adult due to dengue virus type 1 infection

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Xingyu Leng, Huiqin Yang, Lingzhai Zhao, Jiamin Feng, Kanghong Jin, Lu Liao, Fuchun Zhang

Antimicrobial resistance markers distribution in Staphylococcus aureus from Nsukka, Nigeria

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Martina C. Agbo, Ifeoma M. Ezeonu, Beatrice O. Onodagu, Chukwuemeka C. Ezeh, Chizoba A. Ozioko, Stephen C. Emencheta

Circulating vaccine derived polio virus type 2 outbreak and response in Yemen, 2021–2022, a retrospective descriptive analysis

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Mutahar Ahmed Al-Qassimi, Mohammed Al Amad, Ahmed Al-Dar, Ehab Al Sakaf, Ahmed Al Hadad, Yahia Ahmed Raja’a

Clinical presentation and management of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with covid-19: a retrospective observational descriptive study in a pediatric hospital in Syria

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Eman Shhada, Hussein Hamdar, Ali Alakbar Nahle, Diana Mourad, Basheer Khalil, Sawssan Ali

Rare case of septic shock combined with meningitis caused by Pasteurella multocida without a history of cat and dog bites

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Yijun Zhu, Fang Zhu, Xiaoyun Shan, Jingchao Shi

Association of interleukin-6, ferritin, and lactate dehydrogenase with venous thromboembolism in COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Haiyu Liu, Ningjing Guo, Qixian Zheng, Qianyuan Zhang, Jinghan Chen, Yuanyuan Cai, Qiong Luo, Qian Xu, Xiangqi Chen, Sheng Yang, Suyun Zhang

Difficult-to-treat HIV in Sweden: a cross-sectional study

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Olof Elvstam, Viktor Dahl, Anna Weibull Wärnberg, Susanne von Stockenström, Aylin Yilmaz

Rapid detection of pathogenic fungi from coastal population with respiratory infections using microfluidic chip technology

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Qingmei Yao, Yuan He, Liehua Deng, Dafeng Chen, Yuanli Zhang, Hui Luo, Wei Lei

Persistent bacteremia caused by Ralstonia pickettii and Microbacterium: a case report

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Jinwen Wang, Yu Song, Siqin Liu, Xudong Jang, Lina Zhang

Does HIV index testing bring patients into treatment at earlier stages of HIV disease? Results from a retrospective study in Ukraine

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Andrew M. Secor, Alyona Ihnatiuk, Anna Shapoval, Misti McDowell, Larisa Hetman, Anjuli D. Wagner, Jillian Pintye, Kristin Beima-Sofie, Matthew R. Golden, Nancy Puttkammer

Immune response to the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine in people living with HIV over 50 years of age compared to non-HIV age-/gender-matched controls (SHINGR’HIV): a multicenter, international, non-randomized clinical trial study protocol

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Maxime Hentzien, Fabrice Bonnet, Enos Bernasconi, Emmanuel Biver, Dominique L. Braun, Aline Munting, Karoline Leuzinger, Olivier Leleux, Stefano Musardo, Virginie Prendki, Patrick Schmid, Cornelia Staehelin, Marcel Stoeckle, Carla S. Walti, Linda Wittkop, Victor Appay, Arnaud M. Didierlaurent, Alexandra Calmy

Association between trough serum vancomycin concentration and vancomycin-associated acute kidney injury and 30-day mortality in critically ill elderly adults

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Jialong Chen, Jing Lin, Jianzhen Weng, Yang Ju, Yanming Li

Predictors of severity and prolonged hospital stay of viral acute respiratory infections (ARI) among children under five years in Burkina Faso, 2016–2019

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Abdoul Kader Ilboudo, Assana Cissé, Jennifer Milucky, Dieudonné Tialla, Sara A. Mirza, Alpha Oumar Diallo, Brice W. Bicaba, Kondombo Jean Charlemagne, Potiandi Serge Diagbouga, Daniel Owusu, Jessica L. Waller, Ndahwouh Talla-Nzussouo, Myrna D. Charles, Cynthia G. Whitney, Zekiba Tarnagda

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Ahmad Reza Parhizkar, Mehdi Sharafi, Susan Mansuri, Maryam Hadibarhaghtalab, Sima Afrashteh, Hossein Fatemian, Mahsa Rostami Chijan

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Qing Liu, Ming Wang, Yu-Tong Du, Jing-Wen Xie, Zi-Ge Yin, Jing-Hong Cai, Tong-Yan Zhao, Heng-Duan Zhang

Overexpression of Wnt5a promoted the protective effect of mesenchymal stem cells on Lipopolysaccharide-induced endothelial cell injury via activating PI3K/AKT signaling pathway

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Manliang Guo, Shiqi Li, Chuan Li, Xueyan Mao, Liru Tian, Xintong Yang, Caixia Xu, Mian Zeng

Characteristics of infections with ancestral, Beta and Delta variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the PHIRST-C community cohort study, South Africa, 2020-2021

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Cheryl Cohen, Jackie Kleynhans, Anne von Gottberg, Meredith L. McMorrow, Nicole Wolter, Jinal N. Bhiman, Jocelyn Moyes, Mignon du Plessis, Maimuna Carrim, Amelia Buys, Neil A. Martinson, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Limakatso Lebina, Floidy Wafawanaka, Jacques du Toit, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Fatimah S. Dawood, Thulisa Mkhencele, Stefano Tempia

Genome-wide analyses in Lyme borreliosis: identification of a genetic variant associated with disease susceptibility and its immunological implications

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First reported human case of isolation of Vagococcus fluvialis from the urine of a former zoo clerk in Japan: a case report

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HIV and hepatitis B, C co-infection and correlates of HIV infection among men who have sex with men in Rwanda, 2021: a respondent-driven sampling, cross-sectional study

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Comparison of metagenomic next-generation sequencing and conventional culture for the diagnostic performance in febrile patients with suspected infections

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Dermoscopic features of nails in Leprosy patients in a tertiary referral hospital in West Java, Indonesia

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Collateral effects of COVID-19 countermeasures on hepatitis E incidence pattern: a case study of china based on time series models

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Epidemiological and clinical burden of Clostridioides difficile infections and recurrences between 2015 − 2019: the RECUR Germany study

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COVID-19 outbreaks surveillance through text mining applied to electronic health records

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Spatiotemporal dynamics of cholera hotspots in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1973 to 2022

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Abdominal abscess caused by Raoultella ornithinolytica secondary to postoperative gastric fistula: case report and review of literature

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The clinical profile and outcomes of drug resistant tuberculosis in Central Province of Zambia

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Cytomegalovirus colitis as intestinal obstruction in an immunocompetent adolescent: a case report and literature review

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16S rRNA seq-identified Corynebacterium promotes pyroptosis to aggravate diabetic foot ulcer

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Antibiotic resistance patterns of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterobacteriaceae isolated from street foods in selected towns of Ethiopia

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Immunization with a peptide mimicking lipoteichoic acid induces memory B cells in BALB/c mice

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The plasma kynurenine-to-tryptophan ratio as a biomarker of tuberculosis disease in people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy: an exploratory nested case–control study

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Clinical presentation of post-COVID pain and its impact on quality of life in long COVID patients: a cross-sectional household survey of SARS-CoV-2 cases in Bangladesh

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45 years of tetracycline post exposure prophylaxis for STIs and the risk of tetracycline resistance: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Correction: Risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 on international flights, a retrospective cohort study using national surveillance data in England

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Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli in Ecuador

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Claudia Soria-Segarra, Carmen Soria-Segarra, Marcos Molina-Matute, Ivanna Agreda-Orellana, Tamara Núñez-Quezada, Kerly Cevallos-Apolo, Marcela Miranda-Ayala, Grace Salazar-Tamayo, Margarita Galarza-Herrera, Victor Vega-Hall, José E. Villacis, José Gutiérrez-Fernández

Novel synergistic interactions between monolaurin, a mono-acyl glycerol and β lactam antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus: an in vitro study

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Shimaa Salah Hassan Abd El Ghany, Reham A. Ibrahem, Ahmed Osama EL-Gendy, Rehab Mahmoud Abd El-Baky, Ahmad Mustafa, Ahmed Farag Azmy

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Salvatore Rotundo, Maria Teresa Tassone, Nadia Marascio, Helen Linda Morrone, Simona Gigliotti, Angela Quirino, Alessandro Russo, Giovanni Matera, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Carlo Torti

Bacteremia caused by Nocardia farcinica: a case report and literature review

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Di Wang, Meng-Ting Hu, Wen-Jing Liu, Ying Zhao, Ying-Chun Xu

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and myopericarditis induced by campylobacter: a case report

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Clinical outcomes of liver transplantation in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis B virus coinfected patients in China

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Jianxin Tang, Ruihui Weng, Taishi Fang, Kangjun Zhang, Xu Yan, Xin Jin, Linjie Xie, Dong Zhao

Association of haemato-biochemical indices and blood composite ratios with microfilaridermia in Onchocerciasis patients

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Linda Batsa Debrah, Charles Gyasi, Monica Ahiadorme, Abu Abudu Rahamani, Vera Serwaa Opoku, Prince Obeng, Jubin Osei-Mensah, Michael Agyemang Obeng, Derrick Adu Mensah, Alexander Yaw Debrah

Factors affecting hand hygiene practice during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Zimbabwean population: a qualitative study

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Impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and interventions on hand, foot and mouth disease in Zhengzhou, China, 2014–2022: a retrospective study

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Wanyu Jia, Xue Zhang, Ruiyang Sun, Peng Li, Chunlan Song

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Julia E. Marshall, Rachel A. Mercaldo, Ettie M. Lipner, D. Rebecca Prevots

Pre-COVID-19-pandemic RSV epidemiology and clinical burden in pediatric primary care in Italy: a comparative analysis across two regions for the 2019/2020 season

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Elisabetta Pandolfi, Daniela Loconsole, Maria Chironna, Jojanneke van Summeren, John Paget, Massimiliano Raponi, Luisa Russo, Ilaria Campagna, Ileana Croci, Carlo Concato, Carlo Federico Perno, Alberto Eugenio Tozzi, Giulia Linardos, Veronica Bartolucci, Sara Ciampini, Andrea Onetti Muda, Luigi De Angelis, Marta Luisa Ciofi Degli Atti, Caterina Rizzo

Influence of initial misdiagnosis on mortality in patients with bacteraemia: propensity score matching and propensity score weighting analyses

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Anna M. Eikenboom, Merel M. C. Lambregts, Mark G. J. de Boer, Saskia le Cessie

HIV viral suppression and risk of viral rebound in patients on antiretroviral therapy: a two- year retrospective cohort study in Northern Tanzania

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Willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines, associated factors and reasons for not taking a vaccine: a cross sectional study among persons aged 13–80 years in Wakiso, Central Uganda

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Alex Daama, Naziru Rashid, Kasango Asani, Grace Kigozi Nalwoga, Fred Nalugoda, Robert Bulamba, Emmanuel Kyasanku, Gertrude Nakigozi, Godfrey Kigozi, Joseph Kagaayi, Stephen Mugamba

Risk factors for COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis and outcomes in patients with acute respiratory failure in a respiratory sub-intensive care unit

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Alessandra Iacovelli, Alessandra Oliva, Flavio Marco Mirabelli, Silvia Giannone, Marianna Laguardia, Matteo Morviducci, Maria Luisa Nicolardi, Emma Repaci, Maria Teresa Sanzari, Cristiana Leanza, Giammarco Raponi, Claudio Mastroianni, Paolo Palange

Epidemiological investigation of dengue fever outbreak and its socioeconomic determinants in Banadir region, Somalia

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Correction: COVID-19 outbreaks surveillance through text mining applied to electronic health records

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Hermano Alexandre Lima Rocha, Erik Zarko Macêdo Solha, Vasco Furtado, Francion Linhares Justino, Lucas Arêa Leão Barreto, Ronaldo Guedes da Silva, Ítalo Martins de Oliveira, David Westfall Bates, Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti, Antônio Silva Lima Neto, Erneson Alves de Oliveira

Significance of early diagnosis and surgical management in treating Mycobacterium immunogenum-related pyogenic extensor tenosynovitis: a case report

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Predictors of quality of life of TB/HIV co-infected patients in the Northern region of Ghana

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Disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection involving multiple bones and lung in an immunocompetent patient: a case report

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Yang-Ming Lee, Yuag-Meng Liu, Tsung-Chia Chen

Beyond prediction: unveiling the prognostic power of μ-opioid and cannabinoid receptors, alongside immune mediators, in assessing the severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection

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Monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells as an immune indicator of early diagnosis and prognosis in patients with sepsis

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

Increased tuberculosis case detection in Tanzanian children and adults using African giant pouched rats

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Tefera B. Agizew, Joseph Soka, Cynthia D. Fast, Stephen Mwimanzi, Gilbert Mwesiga, Nashon Edward, Marygiven Stephen, Reheme Kondo, Robert Burny, Christophe Cox, Negussie Beyene

A systematic review and meta-analysis of circulating serum and plasma microRNAs in TB diagnosis

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The global patent landscape of emerging infectious disease monkeypox

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Unexpected severe malaria in a postoperative patient, New York, USA

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Alan Bulbin, Julia Shen, Carol Liotta-Bono, Tahir Ahmad

Characterization of genital chlamydia trachomatis infection among women attending infertility and gynecology clinics in Hunan, China

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Qianting Zhou, Jiayan Li, Lipei Luo, Shuling Min, Li Wang, Lixiu Peng, Yinglan Hou, Ping He, Song He, Shixing Tang, Hongliang Chen

Implementation of a rapid diagnostic assay package for cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis and tuberculosis in people living with HIV in Paraguay

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Gloria Aguilar, Gladys Lopez, Omar Sued, Narda Medina, Diego H. Caceres, Jose Pereira, Alexander Jordan, Virgilio Lezcano, Cristina Vicenti, Gustavo Benitez, Tania Samudio, Freddy Perez

Modelling the impact of hybrid immunity on future COVID-19 epidemic waves

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Thao P. Le, Isobel Abell, Eamon Conway, Patricia T. Campbell, Alexandra B. Hogan, Michael J. Lydeamore, Jodie McVernon, Ivo Mueller, Camelia R. Walker, Christopher M. Baker

Effect of concurrent infection of Helicobacter pylori with Toxoplasma gondii infection on gastric pathology

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Marwa A. Gouda, Sara A. Saied, Ahmed Edrees, Rasha Galal Mostafa, Ashraf Elfert, Aya Abdallah seleem, Asmaa Shams, Sameh Afify

Utility of paired plasma and drainage fluid mNGS in diagnosing acute intra-abdominal infections with sepsis

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Jia-yu Mao, Dong-kai Li, Dong Zhang, Qi-wen Yang, Yun Long, Na Cui

Seromolecular study on the prevalence and risk factors of Toxoplasma gondii infection in pregnant women referred to a gynecology hospital in Urmia, northwest part of Iran in 2022

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Nasim Bashour, Arash Aminpour, Shabnam Vazifehkhah, Rasool Jafari

The predictive power of data: machine learning analysis for Covid-19 mortality based on personal, clinical, preclinical, and laboratory variables in a case–control study

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Maryam Seyedtabib, Roya Najafi-Vosough, Naser Kamyari

Virulence, antibiotic resistance phenotypes and molecular characterisation of Vibrio furnissii isolates from patients with diarrhoea

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Yanyan Zhou, Li Yu, Ming Liu, Weili Liang, Zhenpeng Li, Zheng Nan, Biao Kan

Immunogenicity and safety of a recombinant COVID-19 vaccine (ZF2001) as heterologous booster after priming with inactivated vaccine in healthy children and adolescents aged 3-17 years: an open-labeled, single-arm clinical trial

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Tao Huang, Qianqian Hu, Xiang Zhou, Huaiyu Yang, Wei Xia, Feng Cao, Minglu Deng, Xiaoxue Teng, Fan Ding, Zaixin Zhong, Lidong Gao, Jiufeng Sun, Lihui Gong

Early predictors of delayed radiographic resolution of lobar pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children: a retrospective study in China

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Yu Zheng, Guoshun Mao, Hongchen Dai, Guitao Li, Liying Liu, Xiaying Chen, Ying Zhu

Key informant views on potential acceptability and feasibility of long-acting antiretroviral treatment for HIV in Kenya

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Anne Kaggiah, Catherine N. Maina, John Kinuthia, Douglas Barthold, Brett Hauber, Jacinda Tran, Jane M. Simoni, Susan M. Graham

Prevalence and factors associated with HIV testing among young women in Ghana

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Mainprice Akuoko Essuman, Hidaya Mohammed, Martha Suntah Kebir, Comfort Obiribea, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Comparison of safety and effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy regimens among pregnant women living with HIV at preconception or during pregnancy: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized trials

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Fatemeh Mehrabi, Mohammad Karamouzian, Behnam Farhoudi, Shahryar Moradi Falah Langeroodi, Soheil Mehmandoost, Samaneh Abbaszadeh, Shahrzad Motaghi, Ali Mirzazadeh, Behnam Sadeghirad, Hamid Sharifi

Cost-utility analysis of palivizumab for preventing respiratory syncytial virus in preterm neonates and infants in Colombia

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Jaime E. Ordóñez, Victor M. Huertas

Comparison of outcomes and characteristics of patients admitted to the ICU with COVID-19 and other community-acquired pneumonia based on propensity score matching

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Hongli Zhao, Xiulin Yan, Ziru Guo, Kaiyu Li, Zhaopeng Wang, Jun Wang, Dong Lv, Jianling Zhu, Ye Chen

Exploring variations in IPC competencies: a cross-sectional study among healthcare professionals in Northwest China

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Qinglan Zhao, Xiaoqing Cui, Ting Liu, Hanxue Li, Miaoyue Shi, Li Wang

Predictors of mortality and poor outcome for patients with severe infectious encephalitis in the intensive care unit: a cross-sectional study

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WenYan Zhao, YuLiang Zhou, YingYing Hu, WenJing Luo, Jing Wang, Hong Zhu, ZhiPeng Xu

Post-COVID reactivation of latent Bartonella henselae infection: a case report and literature review

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Yanzhao Dong, Ahmad Alhaskawi, Xiaodi Zou, Haiying Zhou, Sohaib Hasan Abdullah Ezzi, Vishnu Goutham Kota, Mohamed Hasan Abdulla Hasan Abdulla, Alenikova Olga, Sahar Ahmed Abdalbary, Hui Lu

Stigma and mental health among people living with HIV across the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

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Francesco Di Gennaro, Roberta Papagni, Francesco Vladimiro Segala, Carmen Pellegrino, Gianfranco Giorgio Panico, Luisa Frallonardo, Lucia Diella, Alessandra Belati, Carmen Rita Santoro, Gaetano Brindicci, Flavia Balena, Davide Fiore Bavaro, Domenico Montalbò, Giacomo Guido, Lina Calluso, Marilisa Di Tullio, Margherita Sgambati, Deborah Fiordelisi, Nicolò De Gennaro, Annalisa Saracino

Outcomes in orthopedic device infections due to Streptococcus agalactiae: a retrospective cohort study

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Ava Diarra, Benoit Gachet, Eric Beltrand, Julien Dartus, Caroline Loiez, Elise Fiaux, Pierre Patoz, Olivier Robineau, Eric Senneville

Necrotising fasciitis with extensive necrosis caused by Lactobacillus: a case report

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Jun Nagayama, Takeo Sato, Ishida Takanori, Koga Kouji, Nakamura Mitsunobu

Epidemiological and etiological characteristics of 1266 patients with severe acute respiratory infection in central China, 2018–2020: a retrospective survey

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Jin-Zhu Wang, Ding Yuan, Xiang-Hong Yang, Chang-Hua Sun, Lin-lin Hou, Yan Zhang, Hong-Xiang Xie, Yan-Xia Gao

COVID-19 increases extracorporeal coagulation during hemodialysis associated with upregulation of vWF/FBLN5 signaling in patients with severe/critical symptoms

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Guang Yang, Hui Shan, Dibin Wu, Sanmu Li, Zhiwei Lai, Fengping Zheng, Zibo Xiong, Zuying Xiong, Yuhan Diao, Ying Shan, Yun Chen, Aihong Wang, Wei Liang, Yuxin Yin

Characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 patients presumed to be treated with sotrovimab in NHS hospitals in England

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Vishal Patel, Bethany Levick, Stephen Boult, Daniel C. Gibbons, Myriam Drysdale, Emily J. Lloyd, Moushmi Singh, Helen J. Birch

Evaluation of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), angiotensin II (Ang II), miR-141-3p, and miR-421 levels in SARS-CoV-2 patients: a case-control study

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Ehsan Kakavandi, Kaveh Sadeghi, Mohammad Shayestehpour, Hossein Mirhendi, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Talat Mokhtari-Azad, Nazanin Zahra Shafiei Jandaghi, Jila Yavarian

Liver injury and prolonged hospitalization as indicators of severity in patients with adenovirus infections

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Shi Tang, Ru Qin, Dayong Zhang, Xiaoyan He, Chaowen Yu, Dapeng Chen, Xiaoqiang Li, Shan Liu

Gut microbial features may influence antiviral IgG levels after vaccination against viral respiratory infectious diseases: the evidence from two-sample bidirectional mendelian randomization

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Junlan Tu, Yidi Wang, Xiangyu Ye, Yifan Wang, Yixin Zou, Linna Jia, Sheng Yang, Rongbin Yu, Wei Liu, Peng Huang

Seasonality of influenza-like illness and short-term forecasting model in Chongqing from 2010 to 2022

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Huayong Chen, Mimi Xiao

A challenging case of carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae-related pyogenic liver abscess with capsular polysaccharide hyperproduction: a case report

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Effect of degalactosylated bovine glycoprotein formulations MAF and M сapsules on lymphopenia and clinical outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a randomized clinical trial

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Can the pan-immune-inflammation value predict gram negative bloodstream infection-related 30-day mortality in solid organ transplant patients?

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Relative frequencies and clinical features of Guillain-Barré Syndrome before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in North China

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Individual and household risk factors for Ebola disease among household contacts in Mubende and Kassanda districts, Uganda, 2022

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Physico-chemical characterization of Anopheles gambiae s.l. breeding sites and kdr mutations in urban areas of Cotonou and Natitingou, Benin

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Emergence of Eurasian Avian-Like Swine Influenza A (H1N1) virus in a child in Shandong Province, China

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Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Mycoplasma gallisepticum and Mycoplasma synoviae in selected chicken breeds in South Africa

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Safety and adherence of bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis among adults in Guiyang China: a prospective cohort study

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Longitudinal dynamic single-cell mass cytometry analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in COVID-19 patients within 6 months after viral RNA clearance

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Peripheral blood eosinophils: an important reference for radiologists to distinguish between pulmonary paragonimiasis and tuberculous pleurisy in children

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The Hospital Burden of Flu in Italy: a retrospective study on administrative data from season 2014–2015 to 2018–2019

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Perceived risk for HIV acquisition and sexual HIV exposure among sexual and gender minorities: a systematic review

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Impact of P2Y12 inhibitors on clinical outcomes in sepsis-3 patients receiving aspirin: a propensity score matched analysis

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Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on acute leukemia patients: a comparative analysis of hematological and biochemical parameters

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Factors associated with unfavorable treatment outcomes among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients, Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional secondary data analysis

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Individual and community level factors associated with sexually transmitted infections among men in Tanzania: insights from the Tanzania demographic and health survey of 2022

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Compliance with antibiotic therapy guidelines in french paediatric intensive care units: a multicentre observational study

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Molecular transmission network analysis of newly diagnosed HIV-1 infections in Nanjing from 2019 to 2021

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Detection of IgG antibodies against the receptor binding domain of the spike protein and nucleocapsid of SARS-CoV-2 at university students from Southern Mexico: a cross-sectional study

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Chlamydia psittaci detected at a live poultry wholesale market in central China

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Real-world performance of HIV low viral load values in diagnosing acute HIV infection in a tertiary care hospital in Beijing, China

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Any resurgence of leprosy cases in the Togo’s post-elimination period? Trend analysis of reported leprosy cases from 2010 to 2022

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Presence of intracellular bacterial communities in uroepithelial cells, a potential reservoir in symptomatic and non-symptomatic people

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Luciana Robino, Rafael Sauto, Cecilia Morales, Nicolás Navarro, María José González, Erlen Cruz, Florencia Neffa, Javier Zeballos, Paola Scavone

Delayed diagnosis of persistent Q fever: a case series from China

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Compliance of healthcare workers in a psychiatric inpatient ward to infection control practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a participant observation study supplemented with a self-reported survey

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Study of MIC of silver and zinc oxide nanoparticles, strong and cost-effective antibacterial against biofilm-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in Shiraz, Southwest of Iran

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Validating the Delone and Mclean’s model in a developing country’s infectious disease pandemic context.

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Prediction of short-term progression of COVID-19 pneumonia based on chest CT artificial intelligence: during the Omicron epidemic

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Intestinal parasitic infections in children from marginalised Roma communities: prevalence and risk factors

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Nirmatrelvir and ritonavir for inpatients with severe or critical COVID-19 beyond five days of symptom onset: a propensity score-matched, multicenter, retrospective cohort study

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Huan Zhang, Xiaojiao Tan, Zheng Zhang, Chenxi Wang, Haiqing Shi, Yao Li, Jianbo Li, Yan Kang, Xiaodong Jin, Xuelian Liao

Effects of cutaneous leishmaniasis on patients’ quality of life

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Endalew Yizengaw, Endalkachew Nibret

Sepsis caused by Phytobacter diazotrophicus complicated with galactosemia type 1 in China: a case report

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Jiansheng Lin, Junfeng Wu, Lan Gong, Xiaoqing Li, Gaoxiong Wang

Unusual Cutibacterium acnes splenic abscess with bacteremia in an immunocompetent man: phylotyping and clonal complex analysis

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Angèle Roudeau, Stéphane Corvec, Beate Heym, Louise Ruffier d’Epenoux, Olivier Lidove, Valérie Zeller

Clinical characteristics and risk factors for poor outcomes of invasive pneumococcal disease in pediatric patients in China

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Yanan Fu, Yingchun Wang, Wei Tang, Qing Yang, Guan Wang, Meng Li

Exchange transfusion combined with artesunate (ET-AS) as a safe and effective therapy in severe P. falciparum malaria: a case series

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Jingjing Zhang, Lulu Chen, Min Zhang, Mingkang Yao, Saisai Ren, Haihui Liu, Yanan Min, Yan Jia, Yanling Tao, Hao Zhang

Usefulness of the mini nutritional assessment short-form for evaluating nutritional status in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: a prospective cross-sectional study

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Eunki Chung, Youngmok Park, Hye-Jeong Lee, Young Ae Kang

Severe pneumonia with pleural effusion caused by co-infection of Paecilomyces variotii and Penicillium oxalicum in a diabetic patient

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Xiuri Wang, Xingchun Chen, Yunxiao Liang, Liuyang Hu

A designathon to co-create HPV screening and vaccination approaches for mothers and daughters in Nigeria: findings from a community-led participatory event

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Elixhauser comorbidity method in predicting death of Spanish inpatients with asplenia and pneumococcal pneumonia

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The mediating role of health literacy in the relationship between self-care and planned behavior against Covid-19

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Recent HIV infection and associated factors among newly diagnosed HIV cases in the Southwest Ethiopia Regional State: HIV case-based surveillance analysis (2019–2022)

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Comparison of gene set scoring methods for reproducible evaluation of tuberculosis gene signatures

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Advanced HIV disease and associated factors among young people aged 15—24 years at a tertiary hospital in Sierra Leone: a cross-sectional study

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Nathalia Mantovani Pena, Luiz Claudio Santana, James R Hunter, Vinicius Fontanesi Blum, Tania Vergara, Celso Gouvea, Elcio Leal, Nancy Bellei, Mauro Schechter, Ricardo Sobhie Diaz

Clinically inapparent mpox virus (MPXV) infections among clients of three anonymous Community Based Voluntary Counselling and Testing centres in Berlin, Germany, 2022–2023

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Fever of unknown origin revealing testicular nocardiosis: a case report and literature review

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The COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: space-time approach of cases, deaths, and vaccination coverage (February 2020 – April 2024)

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Thaís Zamboni Berra, Yan Mathias Alves, Marcela Antunes Paschoal Popolin, Fernanda Bruzadelli Paulino da Costa, Reginaldo Bazon Vaz Tavares, Ariela Feh Tártaro, Heriederson Sávio Dias Moura, Letícia Perticarrara Ferezin, Monica Chiodi Toscano de Campos, Natacha Martins Ribeiro, Titilade Kehinde Ayandeyi Teibo, Rander Junior Rosa, Ricardo Alexandre Arcêncio

Pediatric antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 after infection and vaccination in Calgary, Canada

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Leah J. Ricketson, Emily J. Doucette, Isabella Alatorre, Tarannum Tarannum, Joslyn Gray, William Booth, Graham Tipples, Carmen Charlton, Jamil N. Kanji, Kevin Fonseca, James D. Kellner

Impact of diabetes on COVID-19 and glucocorticoids on patients with COVID-19 and diabetes during the Omicron variant epidemic: a multicenter retrospective cohort study in South China

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Yonghao Xu, Ling Sang, Ya Wang, Zhentu Li, Hongkai Wu, Xilong Deng, Nanshan Zhong, Xiaoqing Liu, Shiyue Li, Yimin Li

A preliminary prediction model of pediatric Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia based on routine blood parameters by using machine learning method

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Xuelian Peng, Yulong Liu, Bo Zhang, Chunyan Yang, Jian Dong, Chen Yong, Baoru Han, Jin Li

Liver abscess in the caudate lobe caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae: a rare case report and literature review

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Lingxia Cheng, Lei Li, Yongzao Liu, Wei Cheng, Guan Wang, Ping Xu

Safety and Efficacy of Camostat Mesylate for Covid-19: a systematic review and Meta-analysis of Randomized controlled trials

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Ubaid Khan, Muhammad Mubariz, Yehya Khlidj, Muhammad Moiz Nasir, Shrouk Ramadan, Fatima Saeed, Aiman Muhammad, Mohamed Abuelazm

Targeted nanopore sequencing using clinical specimens for the rapid diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

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Guocan Yu, Likui Fang, Yanqin Shen, Fangming Zhong, Xudong Xu

Some virulence genes are associated with antibiotic susceptibility in Enterobacter cloacae complex

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Fatemeh Mosaffa, Fereshteh Saffari, Mahin Veisi, Omid Tadjrobehkar

Safety and pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous administration of broadly neutralizing anti-HIV-1 monoclonal antibodies (bNAbs), given to HIV-1 exposed, uninfected neonates and infants: study protocol for a phase I trial

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Ameena Goga, Trisha Ramraj, Logashvari Naidoo, Brodie Daniels, Masefetsane Matlou, Terusha Chetty, Reshmi Dassaye, Nobubelo K. Ngandu, Laura Galli, Tarylee Reddy, Ishen Seocharan, Qondeni Ndlangamandla, Qholokazi September, Nokwanda Ngcobo, Mayuri Reddy, Tamon Cafun-Naidoo, Kubashni Woeber, Nitesha Jeenarain, Rabia Imamdin, Keshnee Maharajh, Ashmintha Ramjeth, Thobile Bhengu, Emma Clarence, Philippe Van de Perre, Thorkild Tylleskär, Nicolas Nagot, Jean-Pierre Moles, Penny L. Moore, Nonhlanhla N. Mkhize, Lucio Gama, Stefania Dispinseri, Priscilla Biswas, Gabriella Scarlatti

Clinical-epidemiological profile and factors associated with viral non-suppression in patients living with HIV/AIDS assisted at the Integrated Treatment Center at the Maputo Military Hospital (CITRA/MMH), 2019 to 2020

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Eduardo Mangue Chicanequisso, Cynthia Sema Baltazar, Jahit Sacarlal

Clinical and epidemiological features of imported loiasis in Beijing: a report from patients returned from Africa

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Xiaoli Li, Minjun Huang, Kuo Bi, Yang Zou, Fei Wang, Xiaoyan Zheng, Lei Wang

The evaluation of risk factors for prolonged viral shedding during anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies and long-term administration of antivirals in COVID-19 patients with B-cell lymphoma treated by anti-CD20 antibody

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Shuhei Maruyama, Daiki Wada, Shuji Kanayama, Haruka Shimazu, Yumiko Miyano, Akira Inoue, Masami Kashihara, Kazuyuki Okuda, Fukuki Saito, Yasushi Nakamori, Kazuyoshi Ishii, Yasuyuki Kuwagata

Correction: Risk factors of adult isoniazid-resistant and rifampicin-susceptible tuberculosis in Nanjing, 2019–2021

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Jing Guo, Yan Han, Xia Zhang, Feishen Lin, Liangyu Chen, Xuebing Feng

Evaluating the delivery of care by telemedicine for incarcerated people living with HIV: a cohort study

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Ruth C. Dunn, Cassidy J. Stegall, Colten Creel, Christian J. Fuchs, Barbara E. Menzies, Nathan A. Summers

Genetic characteristic of mumps virus from 2012 to 2016 and its serum antibody level among general healthy population during 2018–2020 in Jiangsu Province, China

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Xiuying Deng, Ying Hu, Peishan Lu, Zhiguo Wang, Hongxiong Guo

Efficacy and safety of oral ivermectin in the treatment of mild to moderate Covid-19 patients: a multi-centre double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial

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Ananda Wijewickrema, Hasini Banneheke, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Fathima Wardha Refai, Malika Kauranaratne, Neelika Malavige, Chandima Jeewandara, Mahendra Ekanayake, Dilhar Samaraweera, Dhanusha Thambavita, Priyadarshani Galappatthy

DTG + 3TC dual therapy for the treatment Naïve patients with viral load exceeding 500,000 copies/mL: a retrospective study

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Yanyun Dou, Guangfu Liao, Ruichao Lu, Lingsong Su, Ke Lan, Zhihao Meng, Shanfang Qin, Wei Huang, Yuanlong Xu, Yu Lv, Yuhong Wen, Shuanglai Lan, Yong Zuo, Yong Zhang

Mapping the evidence about the natural history of acute infections commonly seen in primary care and managed with antibiotics: a scoping review

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Kwame Peprah Boaitey, Mina Bakhit, Tammy C Hoffmann

Molecular characterization of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated in ready-to-eat food sold in supermarkets in Bobo-Dioulasso: case of charcuterie products

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Namwin Siourimè Somda, Alima Mah Esther Traoré, Domonbabele François de Sales Hien, Yemah Bockarie, Abel Tankoano, Donatien Kaboré, Ouindgueta Juste Isidore Bonkoungou, Hagrétou Sawadogo-Lingani, Aly Savadogo

Significant liver histological change is common in HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B with normal ALT

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Menghui Duan, Huanming Xiao, Meijie Shi, Yubao Xie, Pengtao Zhao, Sheng Li, Xiaoling Chi, Xueen Liu, Hui Zhuang

Population genetic structure and phylogenetic analysis of Anopheles hyrcanus (Diptera: Culicidae) inferred from DNA sequences of nuclear ITS2 and the mitochondrial COI gene in the northern part of Iran

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Fatemeh Askari, Azim Paksa, Saeed Shahabi, Shahin Saeedi, Aioub Sofizadeh, Mozaffar Vahedi, Aboozar Soltani

Bacteremia caused by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans with the intestinal tract as the portal of entry: two case reports and a literature review

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Kotone Yamaizumi, Moe Kyotani, Tsuneaki Kenzaka

Prevalence of rectal carbapenem resistant Enterobacterales carriage among patients attending healthcare facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria: a descriptive study

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Olukemi Adekanmbi, Oluwafemi Popoola, Adeola Fowotade, Olusola Idowu, Babatunde Ogunbosi, Sulaiman Lakoh, Ini Adebiyi, Omobolaji Ayandipo, Ayodele Olukayode Iyun

Salmonella Typhi genotypic diversity, cluster identification and antimicrobial resistance determinants in Mukuru settlement, Nairobi Kenya

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Purity Kasiano, Masatomo Morita, Toshio Kodama, Hirotaka Hiyoshi, Susan Kavai, Susan Kiiru, Samuel Kariuki

Time-dependent analysis of erectile dysfunction in kidney transplant recipients: insights from four distinct time periods

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Jiashan Pan, Zhenming Zheng, Wenbo Wang, Dekai Hu, Rui Yao, Yiding Chen, Handong Ding, Jinbiao Zhong, Zongyao Hao, Guiyi Liao

Efficacy and tolerability of a 4-month ofloxacin-containing regimen compared to a 6-month regimen in the treatment of patients with superficial lymph node tuberculosis: a randomized trial

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Syed Hissar, Banurekha Velayutham, Manoharan Tamizhselvan, Sridhar Rathinam, Chinnadurai Arunbabu, Jayanthi Bharathi Vidhya, Gurusamy Vargunapandian, Anandakrishnan Sundararajaperumal, Gomathi Narayan Sivaramakrishnan, Silambu Chelvi, Paranchi Murugesan Ramesh, Damodharan Arun, Sirasanambati Devarajulu Reddy, Paramasivam Paul Kumaran, Marimuthu Makesh Kumar, Dharuman Kalaiselvi, Luke Elizabeth Hanna, Hemanth Kumar, Alagarsamy Gowrisankar, Ramasamy Rajavelu, Lavanya Jayabal, Chinnayan Ponnuraja, Dhanaraj Baskaran

Helicobacter pylori infection increases the risk of dyslipidemia in Chinese diabetic Population: a retrospective cross-sectional study

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Chaoyu Yang, Ningning You, Yi Chen, Jinshun Zhang

Risk of arboviral transmission and insecticide resistance status of Aedes mosquitoes during a yellow fever outbreak in Ghana

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Margaret Owusu-Akyaw, Christopher Mfum Owusu-Asenso, Anisa Abdulai, Abdul Rahim Mohammed, Isaac Kwame Sraku, Emmanuel Nana Boadu, Evans Aduhene, Simon Kwaku Attah, Yaw Asare Afrane

A retrospective cross-sectional study: comparison of the clinicopathological features of schistosomal and non-schistosomal colorectal cancer in Central China

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Yuanting Zhu, Xiaoxue Wu, Xiaoshan Ran, Chun Rao, Ping Gong

Indoor residual spraying of experimental huts in Cameroon highlights the potential of Fludora® Fusion to control wild pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors

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Riccado F. Thiomela, Magellan Tchouakui, Benjamin D. Menze, Elysee Nchoutpouen, Emilie S. Ngongang-Yipmo, Oliver Wood, Sebastian Horstmann, Raymond J. Mahob, Abraham Fomena, Charles S. Wondji

Investigation of acute encephalitis syndrome with implementation of metagenomic next generation sequencing in Nepal

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Shrestha Rajeev, Katuwal Nishan, Tamrakar Dipesh, Tato Cristina M, Vanaerschot Manu, Ahyong Vida, Gil Juliana, Madhup Surendra Kumar, Gupta Binod, Jha Runa

Retrospective study on the dengue fever outbreak in Puntland State, Somalia

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Saaid Said Jama, Said Nuriye Abshir, Jibril Said Jama, Mohamed Mohamud Abdi

Clinical and virological features of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant-infected immunocompromised patients receiving immunosuppressive medications

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Keiji Nakamura, Takeyuki Goto, Kenichiro Shiraishi, Akiko Yonekawa, Yoshihiro Eriguchi, Koichi Akashi, Nobuyuki Shimono, Yong Chong

Follow up study of symptomatic human cystic echinococcosis treatment with albendazole and praziquantel, in Uruguay

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Daniel Da Rosa, Elisa Figueredo, Michel Rosas, Fernando Goñi

Association between the use of statins and in-hospital mortality risk in patients with sepsis-induced coagulopathy during ICU stays: a study based on medical information mart for intensive care database

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Yan Yao, Xi Zhao, Mengjue Wang, Fanfan Zhou, Chengfeng Li, Xudong Le, Siquan Zhang

COVID-19 pandemic in Taiz Governorate, Yemen, between 2020 and 2023

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Wadhah Hassan Edrees, Qais Yusuf Abdullah, Wadee Abdullah Al-Shehari, Lutf Mohammed Alrahabi, Amani Ahmed Fadel Khardesh

Molecular epidemiology and virulence factors of group B Streptococcus in South Korea according to the invasiveness

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Jae Hong Choi, Tae Hyoung Kim, Eui Tae Kim, Young Ree Kim, Hyunju Lee

Risk factors associated with influenza A (H1N1)pdm09: a nested case control study of TB patients with ILI in Lahore District, Pakistan

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Gulshan Umbreen, Abdul Rehman, Sadaf Aslam, Chanda Jabeen, Muhammad Iqbal, Aayesha Riaz, Shakera Sadiq, Rubab Maqsood, Hamad Bin Rashid, Saira Afzal, Nimra Arshad, Muhammad Hassan Mushtaq, Mamoona Chaudhry

Long-term effects of COVID-19 on endothelial function, arterial stiffness, and blood pressure in college students: a pre-post-controlled study

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Jianwei Peng, Wenhuang Guo, Peilun Li, Lu Leng, Dongdong Gao, Zhendong Yu, Jinglin Huang, Jinghui Guo, Shen Wang, Min Hu, Junhao Huang

A case report of disseminated cysticercosis in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Southwest China

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Wu-xiao Wei, Yan Qin, Hong-qiao Chen, Lian Meng, Zhao-yin Su

A case of community-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection causing intussusception, severe pneumonia, and severe hypokalemia

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Yoshiaki Iwashita, Shizue Takeuchi, Yoshiro Hadano, Taira Kawamura, Yuichiro Tanaka, Rie Sato, Nobuhiro Kodani, Noriaki Yamada, Ryoichi Saito

Pyogenic liver abscess in pediatric populations in Beijing (2008–2023)

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Yue Xie, Ling-yun Guo, Bing Liu, Hui-li Hu, Bing Hu, Tian-ming Chen, Su-yun Qian, Ming-yan Hei, Gang Liu

Blood glucose outcomes of anti-retroviral therapy naïve Ugandan people with HIV with pre-diabetes mellitus initiated on dolutegravir for 48 weeks

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Frank Mulindwa, Jean-Marc Schwarz, Nele Brusselaers, Martin Nabwana, Robert Bollinger, Allan Buzibye, Willington Amutuhaire, George Yendewa, Eva Laker Agnes Odongpiny, Ronald Kiguba, Barbara Castelnuovo

Disseminated tuberculosis complicated by intramuscular abscesses, meningoencephalitis, and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a case report

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Huiting Liu, Xiaoming Huang, Yang Jiao

HIV-1 pretreatment and acquired antiretroviral drug resistance before tenofovir/ lamivudine /dolutegravir (TLD) roll-out in Mozambique

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Nália Ismael, Hernane Gemusse, Isabel Mahumane, Osvaldo Laurindo, Cacildo Magul, Cheryl Baxter, Eduan Wilkinson, L. Marije Hofstra, Nick Wagar, Dulce Bila, Nédio Mabunda, Juliana da Silva, Túlio de Oliveira, Elliot Raizes, Wolfgang Preiser, Pedro Manuel, Artur Ramos, Adolfo Vúbil

Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio associated with 28-day all-cause mortality in septic patients with coronary artery disease: a retrospective analysis of MIMIC-IV database

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Xicong Li, Yubiao Chen, Qi Yuan, Hongya Zhou, Lifei Lu, Ruiwei Guo

Single nucleotide polymorphism of Notch1 gene rs3124599 allele is associated with the severity of CVA6-related HFMD in the Chinese Han population

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Zijie Li, Wangquan Ji, Bowen Dai, Shouhang Chen, Fang Wang, Guangcai Duan, Yuefei Jin

North–south pathways, emerging variants, and high climate suitability characterize the recent spread of dengue virus serotypes 2 and 3 in the Dominican Republic

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Isaac Miguel, Edwin P. Feliz, Robinson Agramonte, Pedro V. Martinez, Carlos Vergara, Yvonne Imbert, Lucia De la Cruz, Nurys de Castro, Odalis Cedano, Yamilka De la Paz, Vagner Fonseca, Gilberto A. Santiago, Jorge L. Muñoz-Jordán, Armando Peguero, Robert Paulino-Ramírez, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara, Jairo Mendez Rico, José Lourenço, Leticia Franco, Marta Giovanetti

Multiple infections secondary to immunosuppression after Chlamydia psittaci infection: a case report

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Menglin Zhang, Qiancheng Xu, Huijuan Zhang, Yingya Cao, Weihua Lu

Prosthetic joint infection caused by Mediterraneibacter gnavus following total knee arthroplasty, challenges in anaerobic bacteria identification

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Alexander Tristancho-Baró, Victor Viñeta-Valdelvira, Antonio Rezusta, Juan Manuel García-Lechuz

Understanding the delay in identifying Sudan Virus Disease: gaps in integrated disease surveillance and response and community-based surveillance to detect viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in Uganda, September 2022

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Jane Frances Zalwango, Helen Nelly Naiga, Edirisa Juniour Nsubuga, Rebecca Akunzirwe, Remmy Buhuguru, Marie Gorreti Zalwango, Brenda N. Simbwa, Saudah Namubiru Kizito, Peter Chris Kawungezi, Brian Agaba, Mercy Wendy Wanyana, Zainah Kabami, Mackline Ninsiima, Robert Zavuga, Patrick King, Thomas Kiggundu, Hildah Tendo Nansikombi, Doreen N. Gonahasa, Irene Byakatonda Kyamwine, Lilian Bulage, Benon Kwesiga, Daniel Kadobera, Richard Migisha, Alex Riolexus Ario, Julie R. Harris

The performance of a combination of heparin-binding protein with other biomarkers for sepsis diagnosis: an observational cohort study

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Liwei Feng, Shujie Liu, Jieying Wang, Yan Gao, Fengjie Xie, Jianguo Gong, Sheng Bi, Zhipeng Yao, Yue Li, Wenhua Liu, Chunming Guan, Ming Zhang, Hongliang Wang, Junbo Zheng

Geographical distribution of enteric pathogenic viruses in Burkina Faso: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Kuan Abdoulaye Traore, Messanh Marius Akapovi, Nafissatou Ouedraogo, Jean Bienvenue Ouoba, Pierre Roques, Nicolas Barro

Predictive factors for COVID-19 severity and mortality in hospitalized children

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Shima Mahmoudi, Babak Pourakbari, Erfaneh Jafari, Hamid Eshaghi, Zahra Movahedi, Hosein Heydari, Maryam Mohammadian, Mohammad Bagher Rahmati, Marjan Tariverdi, Zohreh Shalchi, Amene Navaeian, Setareh Mamishi

Clinical efficacy of macrolide antibiotics in mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia carrying a macrolide-resistant mutation in the 23 S rRNA gene in pediatric patients

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Mengyuan He, Junfeng Xie, Pu Rui, Xiaoyu Li, Min Lai, Hongman Xue, Chun Chen

Drug-induced hepatotoxicity and association with slow acetylation variants NAT2*5 and NAT2*6 in Cameroonian patients with tuberculosis and HIV co-infection

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Frederick Nchang Cho, Eric A. Achidi, Jude Eteneneng Enoh, Srinivas Reddy Pallerla, Le Thi Kieu Linh, Hoang Van Tong, Joseph Kamgno, Véronique Beng Penlap, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Jean-Bernard Lekana-Douki, Marielle Karine Bouyou-Akotet, Gauthier Mesia Kahunu, Gaston Tona Lutete, Mathew Bates, John Tembo, Linzy Elton, Timothy D McHugh, Martin P Grobusch, Alimuddin Zumla, Francine Ntoumi, Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan

Harmine acts as a quorum sensing inhibitor decreasing the virulence and antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Pei Chen, Jiangyue Qin, Helene K. Su, Lianming Du, Qianglin Zeng

Spatiotemporal analysis and seasonality of tuberculosis in Pudong New Area of Shanghai, China, 2014–2023

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Shuishui Pan, Lili Chen, Xin Xin, Shihong Li, Yixing Zhang, Yichen Chen, Shaotan Xiao

COVID-19 screening as an opportunity to find TB cases; experiences from an urban National Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda

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Fred C. Semitala, Rodgers Katwesigye, Dennis Kalibbala, Mary Mbuliro, Lalitha Rejani, Darius Owachi, Edgar Atine, Stavia Turyahabwe, Moorine P. Sekadde

Phenotypic and genotypic assessment of fluoroquinolones and aminoglycosides resistances in Pseudomonas aeruginosa collected from Minia hospitals, Egypt during COVID-19 pandemic

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Maria Refaat Boushra, Gamal Fadl Mahmoud Gad, Noha Anwar Hassuna, Nancy Gamil Fawzy Waly, Reham Ali Ibrahem

High prevalence of late presentation with advanced HIV disease and its predictors among newly diagnosed patients in Kumasi, Ghana

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Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Samuel Kwarteng, Ebenezer Senu, Alfred Effah, Stephen Opoku, Success Acheampomaa Oppong, Kingsley Takyi Yeboah, Solomon Abutiate, Augustina Lamptey, Mohammed Arafat, Festus Nana Afari-Gyan, Samuel Kekeli Agordzo, Oscar Simon Olympio Mensah, Emmauel Owusu, Tonnies Abeku Buckman, Benjamin Amoani, Anthony Kwame Enimil

Analysis of early warning indicators of death in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

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Mianyu Yang, Ming Yin, Bingmei Hou, Lijuan Zhou, Jiling Wang, Zonghao Zhao

Q fever endocarditis of the tricuspid valve transmitted in an urban setting with no livestock exposure: Case report

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Dirk Habedank, Angelika Bublak, Birgit Habedank

Paxlovid reduces the 28-day mortality of patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

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Kaican Zong, Li Xu, Chun Luo, Chen Luo, Bin Liu, Jiacheng Chen, Huizi Wu, Zhiqiang Liu, Rongjuan Zhuang, Shuliang Guo

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody dynamics after primary vaccination with two-dose inactivated whole-virus vaccine, heterologous mRNA-1273 vaccine booster, and Omicron breakthrough infection in Indonesian health care workers

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Suwarti Suwarti, Gilbert Lazarus, Sabighoh Zanjabila, Robert Sinto, Fransiska Fransiska, Theresia Deborah, Dwi Oktavia, Junaidah Junaidah, Santayana Santayana, Henry Surendra, Jeng Yuliana, Herlina Pardosi, Nunung Nuraeni, Saraswati Soebianto, Novi Dwi Susilowati, Decy Subekti, Ariel Pradipta, J. Kevin Baird, Le Van Tan, Susanna Dunachie, Anuraj H. Shankar, Erni J. Nelwan, Raph L. Hamers, Nguyen To Anh, Nguyen Thi Thu Hong, Truong Hoang Chau Truc, Nguyen Thi Han Ny, Do Duong Kim Han, Le Kim Thanh, Lam Anh Nguyet, Cao Thu Thuy, Le Nguyen Truc Nhu, Tran Tan Thanh, Lam Minh Yen, Vu Thi Ty Hang, Pham Tieu Kieu, Vo Tan Hoang, Nguyen Thi Thao, Mary Chambers, Vu Duy Thanh, Tran Chieu Hoang, C. Louise Thwaites, Guy Thwaites, H. Rogier van Doorn, Trinh Son Tung, Juthathip Mongkolsapaya, Gavin Screaton, Aiete Dijokaite-Guraliuc, Raksha Das, Chang Liu, Piyada Supasa, Muneeswaran Selvaraj, Susanna J. Dunachie, Paul Klenerman, E. Yvonne Jones, David I. Stuart, Barbara Kronsteiner-Dobramysl, Martha Zewdie, Priyanka Abraham, Jennifer Hill, Yanie Tayipto, Isana Paramita, Wang Lin-Fa, Tan Chee Wah, Yap Wee Chee, Lim Beng Lee, Suwarti, Eva Simarmata, Ragil Dien, Wanwisa Dejnirattisai, Warangkana Chantima, Narisara Chantratita, Prapassorn Poolchanuan, Vichapon Tiacharoen, Adul Dulsuk, Sophon Iamsirithaworn, Nick Day, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Tassawan Poomchaichote, Kanpong Boonthaworn, Nghiem My Ngoc, Alba Grifoni, Alessandro Sette

A case report of empyema caused by Enterococcus gallinarum

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Min Liu, Jixiang Liu, Juanjuan Wu, Shuang Liu, Lu Sun, Fajiu Li, Chenghong Li

Analysis of unsuccessful tests and the effect of prolonged clinical sample preprocessing in the GeneXpert MTB/RIF assay

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Jian-Hao Wei, Xue-Qin Qian, Yan-Min Wan, Xiao-Kai Zhao, Chun-Yan Zhang, Wei Guo, Zhao-Qin Zhu

Double trouble: an unusual case of Klebsiella pneumoniae invasive syndrome with liver abscess, gallbladder empyema and infective endocarditis

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Ze Chen Lee, Chu Ee Seow, Petrick Periyasamy

Correction: Retrospective study on the dengue fever outbreak in Puntland State, Somalia

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Saaid Said Jama, Said Nuriye Abshir, Jibril Said Jama, Mohamed Mohamud Abdi

Mortality and associated factors among patients with TB-HIV co-infection in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Sisay Moges, Bereket Abrham Lajore

Evaluating tuberculosis knowledge and awareness of effective control practices among health care workers in primary- and secondary-level medical institutions in Beijing, China

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Lijie Zhang, Xiaoge Ma, Menghan Liu, Sihui Wu, Zhili Li, Yuhong Liu

Potential healthcare resource use and associated costs of every 2 month injectable cabotegravir plus rilpivirine long-acting regimen implementation in the Spanish National Healthcare System compared to daily oral HIV treatments

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Laura-Amanda Vallejo Aparicio, Victoria Neches García, Beatriz Hernández-Novoa, Gregorio Casado, Ferrán Jodar, Marco Pinel, Daniel Callejo Velasco

A systematic review assessing the association of inflammatory markers with kidney dysfunction in people living with HIV on highly active antiretroviral therapy

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Joel Choshi, Sidney Hanser, Sihle E. Mabhida, Haskly Mokoena, Marakiya T. Moetlediwa, Ndivhuwo Muvhulawa, Machoene D Sekgala, Bongani B. Nkambule, Zandile J.R. Mchiza, Duduzile Ndwandwe, Unati Nqebelele, André P. Kengne, Phiwayinkosi V. Dludla

Prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and tuberculosis among people living with HIV in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Ehsan Mostafavi, Bahram Ebrahimi, Amin Doosti-Irani, Ali Mirzazadeh

Efficacy and mechanism of energy metabolism dual-regulated nanoparticles (atovaquone-albendazole nanoparticles) against cystic echinococcosis

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Yuehong Gong, Tianjiao Zhou, Ruijia Ma, Jianhua Yang, Yicong Zhao, Meichi Pan, Zhangjian Huang, Hao Wen, Hulin Jiang, Jianhua Wang

Impact of twelve immunization-preventable infectious diseases on population health using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Spain

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Alberto Pérez-Rubio, Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz, Juan Luis López-Belmonte, Ariadna Diaz-Aguiló, Seila Lorenzo-Herrero, Carlos Crespo

Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir treatment and the risk of post-COVID condition over 180 days in Malaysia

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Ee Vien Low, Mohan Dass Pathmanathan, Yi Yang Ten, Suresh Kumar Chidambaram, Wee Ric Kim, Wei Jia Lee, Zhi Wei Teh, Maheshwara Rao Appannan, Mastura Ismail, Azah Abdul Samad, Kalaiarasu M. Peariasamy

Personal hygiene practice and associated factors among elementary school students in Fiche Town, Oromia, Ethiopia

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Getaneh Haile Minda, Habiteyes Hailu Tola, Abebe Feyissa Amhare, Asefa Kebie, Tewodros Endale

Causal association between Helicobacter pylori infection and Sjogren’s syndrome: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization analysis

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Dinglu Cui, Rongxian An, Lei Li, Long Jiang, Chunshan Jiang, Jingchun Jin

Bacilli load in PTB- intestinal helminths co-infected and PTB non -infected patients at selected public health facilities in Jimma zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: comparative cross-sectional study

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Melese Mekuria, Gemeda Abebe, Habtamu Hasen, Ahmed Zeynudin

Modeling tuberculosis transmission flow in China, 2010–2012

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Li Wang, Chengdong Xu, Maogui Hu, Jinfeng Wang, Jiajun Qiao, Wei Chen, Qiankun Zhu, Zhipeng Wang

Impact of the triglyceride-glucose index on 28-day mortality in non-diabetic critically Ill patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort analysis

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Sen Zhang, Tianhua Fan, Li Wang, Nan Chen, Liansheng Ma

Educational WhatsApp-delivered intervention based on social cognitive theory to promote leishmaniosis preventive behavior of health ambassadors: a randomized controlled trial

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Monireh Abdollahi, Mahmoud Fakhar, Mohammad Tajfard, Jamshid Jamali, Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh

Clinical manifestations and immune markers of non-HIV-related CMV retinitis

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Structural equation modeling analysis of health belief model-based determinants of COVID-19 preventive behavior of academic staff: a cross-sectional study

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Management and outcome of intracranial fungal infections in children and adults in Africa: a scoping review

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What are the frequent complaints voiced by inpatients and physicians amidst the emerging infectious diseases? — An illustrative instance of the COVID-19

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Xixia Feng, Peiyi Li, Xuechao Hao, Yalan Peng, Ruihao Zhou, Weimin Li, Guo Chen, Tao Zhu

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Language discrepancies in the performance of generative artificial intelligence models: an examination of infectious disease queries in English and Arabic

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Malik Sallam, Kholoud Al-Mahzoum, Omaima Alshuaib, Hawajer Alhajri, Fatmah Alotaibi, Dalal Alkhurainej, Mohammad Yahya Al-Balwah, Muna Barakat, Jan Egger

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Pneumomediastinum and pneumoretroperitoneum after COVID-19: concealed intestinal perforation

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Real-world evaluation of early remdesivir in high-risk COVID-19 outpatients during Omicron including BQ.1/BQ.1.1/XBB.1.5

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Kyle C. Molina, Brandon J. Webb, Victoria Kennerley, Laurel E. Beaty, Tellen D. Bennett, Nichole E. Carlson, David A. Mayer, Jennifer L. Peers, Seth Russell, Matthew K. Wynia, Neil R. Aggarwal, Adit A. Ginde

Admission blood tests predicting survival of SARS-CoV-2 infected patients: a practical implementation of graph convolution network in imbalance dataset

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Antibiotic prescribing practices and antibiotic use quality indicators in Luang Prabang, Lao PDR: a point prevalence survey in a tertiary care hospital

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‘Not taking medications and taking medication, it was the same thing:’ perspectives of antiretroviral therapy among people hospitalised with advanced HIV disease

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Marian Loveday, Sindisiwe Hlangu, Pariva Manickchund, Thiloshini Govender, Jennifer Furin

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Runjun Li, Junlong Liu, Liye Yang, Zhiwei Lin, Ling Rong, Gang Chen, Xiuying Tang

Factors influencing HIV testing uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa: a comprehensive multi-level analysis using demographic and health survey data (2015–2022)

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Kebede Gemeda Sabo, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Bizunesh Fantahun Kase, Hiwot Altaye Asebe, Zufan Alamrie Asmare, Yordanos Sisay Asgedom, Abdu Hailu Shibeshi, Tsion Mulat Tebeje, Afework Alemu Lombebo, Bezawit Melak Fente, Kusse Urmale Mare

A case of primary cutaneous Cryptococcus neoformans infection

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Yan-jun Chu, Jiong Zhou

Hyperimmune malarial splenomegaly in a malaria-endemic area of southwest Burkina Faso: case of Bobo-Dioulasso

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Zoungrana Jacques, Traore Catherine, Sourabie Yacouba, Sondo Apolline Kongnimissom, Sangaré Ibrahim, Savadogo Léon Blaise

Development and evaluation of a rapid diagnostic method for Sporothrix globosa in Asia using quantitative real-time PCR

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Hanqing Geng, Lele Sun, Chuan Wang, Yong Zhang, Shufen Wang, Yanru Cheng, Fangfang Bao, Hong Liu, Furen Zhang

Exploring the lived experiences of adolescent girls affected by head lice infestation: a qualitative descriptive study

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Zhina Banafshi, Alireza Khatony

Epidemiological changes in respiratory pathogen transmission among children with acute respiratory infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kunming, China

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HIV knowledge, sexual attitudes, and PrEP-Eligible behaviors among college students in Southwest China: a cross-sectional study

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Shiyu Qin, Jiao Qin, Qiuqian Su, Ting Huang, Junyu Zhan, Xi Yang, Yuanhong Yang, Jinfeng He, Zhifeng Lin, Xinju Huang, Li Ye, Hao Liang, Hongyang Tang, Ping Cen, Bingyu Liang

Pooled prevalence of malaria and associated factors among vulnerable populations in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Addisalem Workie Demsash, Zemene Worku, Adamu Ambachew Shibabaw, Agmasie Damtew Walle, Jiregna Chalchisa Lemu, Wakuma Wakene Jifar, Teshome Bekana, Girma Bekele Gontie, Esubalew Tesfahun, Gemeda Wakgari Kitil, Alex Ayenew Chereka, Wubishet Gezimu

Understanding the role of video direct observed therapy for patients on an oral short-course regimen for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: findings from a qualitative study in Eswatini

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Esther Mukooza, Bernadette Schausberger, Nqobile Mmema, Velibanti Dlamini, Aung Aung, Bernhard Kerschberger, Iza Ciglenecki, Debrah Vambe, Alison Wringe

Functional cure induced by tenofovir alafenamide plus peginterferon-alpha-2b in young children with chronic hepatitis B: a case series study

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Qing-Lei Zeng, Ru-Yue Chen, Xue-Yan Lv, Shuo Huang, Wei-Zhe Li, Ya-Jie Pan, Fu-Sheng Wang, Zu-Jiang Yu

Expanding Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra® and LF-LAM testing for diagnosis of tuberculosis among HIV-positive adults admitted to hospitals in Tanzania and Mozambique: a randomized controlled trial (the EXULTANT trial)

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Chacha Mangu, Marta Cossa, Robert Ndege, Celso Khosa, Vinzeigh Leukes, Laura de la Torre-Pérez, Antonio Machiana, Bernard Kivuma, Dorcas Mnzava, Craysophy Zachariah, Patricia Manjate, Elisa Tagliani, Claudia Schacht, Julia Buech, Sunita Singh, Joanna Ehrlich, Friedrich Riess, Sergi Sanz, Katharina Kranzer, Helen Cox, Issa Sabi, Dinis Nguenha, Bindiya Meggi, Maja Weisser, Nyanda Ntinginya, Samuel Schumacher, Morten Ruhwald, Adam Penn-Nicholson, Alberto L. Garcia-Basteiro, Berra Erkosar, Muhuminu Nuru, Mahmud Mahmud, Neema Shija, Deogratias Bulime, Petro Sabuni, Hosiana Temba, Jamali Siru, Jerry Hella, Jonathan Msafiri, Mohamed Mbaruku, Mohamed Sasamalo, Alice Leonard, Ambilikile Malango, Annastazia Alexander, Faith Komakoma, Gloria Msigala, Kasmir Johaness, Grace Mhalu, Mwajabu Hamis, Priscilla Mlay, Sera Barasa, Swalehe Masoud, Theonestina Byakuzana, Anange Lwilla, Pauline Sylvester, Emanuel Sichone, Subira Wailes, Bariki Mtafya, Abisai Kisinda, Malendeja Martine, Regino Mgaya, Christina Manyama, Theodora Mbunda, Elimina Siyame, Last Mwaipopo, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Raphael Edom, Willyhelmina Olomi, Delio Elisio, Edson Mambuque, Joaquim Cossa, Neide Gomes, Shilzia Munguambe, Sozinho Acacio, Helio Chiconela, Katia Ribeiro, Carla Madeira, Daniel Machavae, Emelva Manhiça, Onelia Guiliche, Diosdélio Malamule, Sofia Viegas, Belén Saavedra, Carlos Fernández-Escobar, Michael Hoelscher, Norbert Heinrich, Leyla Larsson, Maria del Mar Castro Noriega, Claudia Denkinger, Saima Arif, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Federico Di Marco, Virginia Batignani, Akash Malhotra, David Dowdy, Caroline Stöhr, Marguerite Massinga Loembé, Pascale Ondoa, Nqobile Ndlovu, Fumbani Brown, Yonas Ghebrekristos, Cindy Hayes, Ilse vanderwalt, Shareef Abrahams, Puleng Marokane, Mbuti Radebe, Neil Martinson, Anura David, Lesley Scott, Lucky Ngwenya, Pedro Da Silva, Riffat Munir, Wendy Stevens, Charles Abongomera, Klaus Reither, Leon Stieger, Adrian Brink, Chad Centner, Judi van Heerden, Mark Nicol, Nchimunya Hapeela, Parveen Brown, Reyhana Solomon, Widaad Zemanay, Tania Dolby

A novel method to select time-varying multivariate time series models for the surveillance of infectious diseases

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Jie Yu, Huimin Wang, Miaoshuang Chen, Xinyue Han, Qiao Deng, Chen Yang, Wenhui Zhu, Yue Ma, Fei Yin, Yang Weng, Changhong Yang, Tao Zhang

MicroRNA levels in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus and HIV coinfection in a high-prevalence setting; KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Lulama Mthethwa, Raveen Parboosing, Nokukhanya Msomi

Sero-prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Northwestern Iran

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Shabnam Asfaram, Sohrab Iranpour, Soheila Molaei, Hamed Abdollahzadeh, Fatemeh Faraji, Selva Aminizadeh

Predicting the incidence of rifampicin resistant tuberculosis in Yunnan, China: a seasonal time series analysis based on routine surveillance data

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Yun-bin Yang, Liang-li Liu, Jin-ou Chen, Ling Li, Yu-bing Qiu, Wei Wu, Lin Xu

Rotavirus infections and their genotype distribution pre- and post-vaccine introduction in Ethiopia: a systemic review and meta-analysis

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Wagi Tosisa, Belay Tafa Regassa, Daniel Eshetu, Asnake Ararsa Irenso, Andargachew Mulu, Gadissa Bedada Hundie

Treatment outcomes of standardized injectable shorter regimen for multi-drugs resistant tuberculosis in Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study

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Daniel Legese Achalu, Adamu Bayissa Kiltu, Mekonnen Teferi, Foziya Getachew Mohammed, Birhanu Demeke Workneh, Kebede Abera Beyene, Gebremedhin Beedemariam Gebretekle, Eskinder Eshetu Ali

Prevalence of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria among neonates suspected for sepsis in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Assefa Sisay, Zelalem Asmare, Getinet Kumie, Yalewayker Gashaw, Ermias Getachew, Agenagnew Ashagre, Marye Nigatie, Sisay Ayana, Tadesse Misganaw, Zelalem Dejazmach, Wagaw Abebe, Solomon Gedfie, Selamyhun Tadesse, Muluken Gashaw, Abdu Jemal, Woldeteklehymanot Kassahun, Atitegeb Abera Kidie, Biruk Beletew Abate, Chalie Mulugeta, Abebaw Alamrew, Melese Abate Reta

Detection of male genital schistosomiasis (MGS) associated with human, zoonotic and hybrid schistosomes in Southern Malawi

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Sekeleghe Kayuni, Lucas Cunningham, Bright Mainga, Dingase Kumwenda, David Lally Jnr, Priscilla Chammudzi, Donales Kapira, Gladys Namacha, Alice Chisale, Tereza Nchembe, Louis Kinley, Ephraim Chibwana, Bessie Ntaba, Gilbert Chapweteka, Waleke Khumalo, Henry Chibowa, Victor Kumfunda, Alexandra Juhasz, Sam Jones, John Archer, Angus M. O’Ferrall, Sarah Rollason, John Chiphwanya, Peter Makaula, E. James LaCourse, Janelisa Musaya, J. Russell Stothard

Predictors for cause-specific and timing of deaths in patients with COVID-19: a cohort study in Taiwan

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Yung-Feng Yen, Shang-Yih Chan, Yun-Ju Lai, Muh-Yong Yen, Chu-Chieh Chen, Mei-Ju Chen

Characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 antibody landscape in Norway in the late summer of 2022: high seroprevalence in all age groups with patterns of primary Omicron infection in children and hybrid immunity in adults

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Gro Tunheim, Even Fossum, Anna Hayman Robertson, Gunnar Øyvind Isaksson Rø, Adity Chopra, John T. Vaage, Elisabeth Lea Vikse, Anne-Marte Bakken Kran, Per Magnus, Lill Trogstad, Siri Mjaaland, Olav Hungnes, Fridtjof Lund-Johansen

High myoglobin level as an independent risk factor for death in elderly patients with critical COVID-19 infection: a retrospective case-control study

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Non-malarial febrile illness: a systematic review of published aetiological studies and case reports from China, 1980–2015

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Dennis K. M. Ip, Yvonne Y. Ng, Yat H. Tam, Nigel V. Thomas, Prabin Dahal, Kasia Stepniewska, Paul N. Newton, Philippe J. Guérin, Heidi Hopkins

Burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection in Germany: a systematic review

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Molecular characterisation of hepatitis A in the Western Cape province, South Africa in 2023

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Kathleen Subramoney, Jack Manamela, Stephen Korsman, Janine Bezuidenhoudt, Charlene Lawrence, Jayendrie Thaver, Keveshan Bhagwandin, Jimmy Khosa, Zinhle Khalishwayo, Nishi Prabdial-Sing

Prevalence and risk factors of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) among veterans in the airborne hazards and open burn pit registry: a prospective, observational, nested study

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Sherilynn M. Phen, Nisha Jani, Jacquelyn C. Klein-Adams, Duncan S. Ndirangu, Azizur Rahman, Michael J. Falvo

Effectiveness of early Anakinra on cardiac function in children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome of COVID-19: a systematic review

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Muhammed Shabil, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Godfrey T Banda, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Suhas Ballal, Pooja Bansal, Manish Srivastava, Isha Arora, M Ravi Kumar, Aashna Sinha, Kumud Pant, Jumana M. Al-Jishi, Hawra Albayat, Mona A. Al Fares, Mohammed Garout, Hayam A Alrasheed, Maha F. Al-Subaie, Ali A. Rabaan

Factors affecting COVID-19 vaccine uptake in populations with higher education: insights from a cross-sectional study among university students in Malawi

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Qebo Kornelio Madhlopa, Matthews Mtumbuka, Joel Kumwenda, Thomas Arron Illingworth, Marie-Claire Van Hout, Joseph Mfutso-Bengo, Chomora Mikeka, Isaac Thom Shawa

Epidemiological characteristics and clinical antibiotic resistance analysis of Ureaplasma urealyticum infection among women and children in southwest China

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Meng-ke Huang, Yun-long Yang, Lu Hui, Xiao-lin Chen, Ting Liu, Yong-mei Jiang

Molecular characterization of NDM and OXA-48-like-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST16 and hypervirulent ST337 clone among two patients; a case report

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Sarvenaz Sokhanvari, Atiyeh Bagheri, Farzad Badmasti, Hamid Solgi

Antibiotic utilization at an orthopedic inpatient department in a large governmental hospital in the north of the West Bank, Palestine; a retrospective observational study

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Risk Factors of COVID-19 associated mucormycosis in Iranian patients: a multicenter study

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Mycobacterium marseillense bloodstream infection combined with skin fungal infection: a case report and literature review

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Danchun Wang, Dongjie Xue, Xin Chen, Xiong Wu, Wenjun Gao, Xinyue Liang, Wenli Yuan, Hui Wang, Qi Wang

Severe COVID-19 in HIV/Leishmania infantum coinfected patient: a successfully managed case report

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Pablo Cantalice Santos Farias, Gilberto Silva Nunes Bezerra, Patrícia Areias Feitosa Neves, Leandro Pimentel Cabral, Walter Lins Barbosa Júnior, Diego Lins Guedes, Amanda Tavares Xavier, Zulma Maria Medeiros, Virgínia Maria Barros Lorena, Paulo Sérgio Ramos Araújo, Valdir de Queiroz Balbino, Reginaldo Gonçalves de Lima Neto

Prior carbapenem exposure increases the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically Ill children

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Xuguo Wang, Mutian Zheng, Yue Zhang, Yang Gao, Leihua Jiang, Saihu Huang, Xue Wang, Chunmei Su, Wensi Niu, Shuiyan Wu, Zhenjiang Bai

Patterns of fluoroquinolone utilization and resistance in a tertiary care hospital: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis study from a developing country

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Banan M. Aiesh, Ahd Zuhour, Malak Abu Omar, Mays Haj Hamad, Adham Abutaha, Samah W. Al-Jabi, Ali Sabateen, Sa’ed H. Zyoud

Analysis of hepatitis B Virus Test results among blood donors in Chongqing, China

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Lan Wei, Min Chen, Fang Wang, Meijun Li, Dong Liu, Chengbing Xie, Dongyan Yang, Siyang Wen, Yongzhu Xu

A nomogram including admission serum glycated albumin/albumin ratio to predict mortality in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

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Li Wang, Hui Xie, Youde Liu, Zhiqiang Zou

SARS-CoV-2 infections in patients, health care workers and hospital outbreaks during the first 3 waves of the pandemic: a retrospective analysis in a secondary care hospital network in Germany

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Anke Hildebrandt, Kirsten Dolega, Lutz Uflacker, Henrik Rudolf, Sören G. Gatermann

A novel high-performance rapid screening test for the detection of total HTLV-I and HTLV-II antibodies in HTLV-I/II infected patients

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Pınar AYSERT-YILDIZ, Özge ÖZGEN-TOP, Ahmet Furkan ŞENTÜRK, Sait KANIK, Hasan Selçuk ÖZGER, Murat DİZBAY

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Outbreak detection in Harar town and Kersa district, Ethiopia using phylogenetic analysis and source attribution

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Kamila Wojas-Krawczyk, Paweł Krawczyk, Justyna Błach, Tomasz Kucharczyk, Anna Grenda, Natalia Krzyżanowska, Katarzyna Szklener, Anna Horaczyńska-Wojtaś, Magdalena Wójcik-Superczyńska, Izabela Chmielewska, Janusz Milanowski

Monitoring the VDPV2 outbreak in Egypt during 2020–2021 highlights the crucial role of environmental surveillance and boosting immunization in combating Poliovirus

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Menna R. Shabana, Amira Y. Zaghloul, Tamer H. El Shaarawy, Nooran S. Elleboudy, Khaled M. Aboshanab

Health worker perspectives on barriers and facilitators of tuberculosis investigation coverage among index case contacts in rural Southwestern Uganda: a qualitative study

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Paddy Mutungi Tukamuhebwa, Pascalia Munyewende, Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Juliet Nabirye, Ntombizodwa Ndlovu

Bacillus megaterium infection presenting as pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, a case report

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Junwei Guo, Jingci Chen, Xuefeng Sun

Practice on hepatitis B virus infection prevention and associated factors in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

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Worku Chekol Tassew, Yeshiwas Ayale Ferede, Agerie Mengistie Zeleke, Samson Sisay Woldie

Impact of a package of point-of-care diagnostic tests, a clinical diagnostic algorithm and adherence training on antibiotic prescriptions for the management of non-severe acute febrile illness in primary health facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Burkina Faso

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Francois Kiemde, Juvenal Nkeramahame, Ana Belen Ibarz, Sabine Dittrich, Piero Olliaro, Daniel Valia, Toussaint Rouamba, Berenger Kabore, Alima Nadine Kone, Seydou Sawadogo, Antonia Windkouni Bere, Diane Yirgnur Some, Athanase Mwinessobaonfou Some, Adelaide Compaore, Philip Horgan, Stephan Weber, Thomas Keller, Halidou Tinto

Current status and clinical outcomes of pharmacotherapies according to SARS-CoV-2 mutations in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19: a retrospective single center study

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Susin Park, Nam Kyung Je, Dong Wan Kim, Miran Park, Jeonghun Heo

Neopterin production in relation to COVID-19 in the Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon

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Serge Ely Dibakou, Chérone Nancy Mbani Mpega Ntigui, Sandrine Lydie Oyegue-Liabagui, Desire Otsague Ekore, Linaa Yasmine Okomo Nguema, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki, Barthelemy Ngoubangoye

Reverse vaccinology approaches to design a potent multiepitope vaccine against the HIV whole genome: immunoinformatic, bioinformatics, and molecular dynamics approaches

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Ava Hashempour, Nastaran Khodadad, Shokufeh Akbarinia, Farzane Ghasabi, Younes Ghasemi, Mohamad Matin Karbalaei Ali Nazar, Shahab Falahi

Prognostic analysis of concurrent Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a retrospective study

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Yujie Shi, Ruxuan Chen, Hongli Sun, Kai Xu, Zhiyi Li, Mengqi Wang, Chi Shao, Hui Huang

Predicting hospitalization costs for pulmonary tuberculosis patients based on machine learning

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Shiyu Fan, Abudoukeyoumujiang Abulizi, Yi You, Chencui Huang, Yasen Yimit, Qiange Li, Xiaoguang Zou, Mayidili Nijiati

Long-acting injectable antiretroviral treatment: experiences of people with HIV and their healthcare providers in Uganda

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Henry Zakumumpa, Adolf Alinaitwe, Marjorie Kyomuhendo, Brenda Nakazibwe

A case of drug fever in the treatment of Brucella arthritis in a child: a case report

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Shufang Pan, Zulipiya Moming, Maimaitiaili Tuerxun, Yutian Chong, Jianyun Zhu

Study on the impact of meteorological factors on influenza in different periods and prediction based on artificial intelligence RF-Bi-LSTM algorithm: to compare the COVID-19 period with the non-COVID-19 period

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Hansong Zhu, Si Chen, Weixia Qin, Joldosh Aynur, Yuyan Chen, Xiaoying Wang, Kaizhi Chen, Zhonghang Xie, Lingfang Li, Yu Liu, Guangmin Chen, Jianming Ou, Kuicheng Zheng

Analysis of the epidemic characteristics of common respiratory pathogens infection in children in a 3A special hospital

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Pingping Wang, Zhanjun Zhang, Kenan Fang, Jin Yao, Xiaorong Huang, Shouting Lu

A model-based assessment of social isolation practices for COVID-19 outbreak response in residential care facilities

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Cameron Zachreson, Ruarai Tobin, Camelia Walker, Eamon Conway, Freya M. Shearer, Jodie McVernon, Nicholas Geard

Co-detection of respiratory pathogens among ILI patients: characterization of samples collected during the 2018/19 and 2019/20 pre-pandemic seasons

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Allegra Ferrari, Irene Schiavetti, Matilde Ogliastro, Carola Minet, Raffaella Sibilio, Irene Giberti, Elisabetta Costa, Elvira Massaro, Piero Luigi Lai, Stefano Mosca, Bianca Bruzzone, Andrea Orsi, Donatella Panatto, Giancarlo Icardi

Cardiac tamponade in people living with HIV: a systematic review of case reports and case series

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Amirreza Keyvanfar, Hanieh Najafiarab, Sepehr Ramezani, Shabnam Tehrani

Predictors of the presence of radiological abnormalities 6 months after severe COVID-19 pneumonia

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Celia Roig-Martí, Ignacio Pérez-Catalán, María Varea-Villanueva, Sofía Folgado-Escudero, Antonio Navarro-Ballester, María Pilar Fernández-García, Ana Segura-Fábrega, Germán Herrero-Rodríguez, Elena Domínguez-Bajo, Sergio Fabra-Juana, María-José Esteve-Gimeno, María-Lidón Mateu-Campos, Jorge Usó-Blasco, José-Manuel Ramos-Rincón

MARVEL-minimising the emergence and dissemination of HIV-1 drug resistance in Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP): low-cost portable NGS platform for HIV-1 surveillance in Africa

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Cruz S. Sebastião, Marta Pingarilho, Jamila Bathy, Elizângela Bonfim, Katia Toancha, Mafalda N.S. Miranda, M Rosário O. Martins, Perpetua Gomes, Lazismino Lázaro, Isabel Pina-Araujo, Tacilta Nhampossa, Silvania Leal, Ana B. Abecasis, Victor Pimentel

Modelling the long-term health impact of COVID-19 using Graphical Chain Models

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K. Gourgoura, P. Rivadeneyra, E. Stanghellini, C. Caroni, F. Bartolucci, R. Curcio, S. Bartoli, R. Ferranti, I. Folletti, M. Cavallo, L. Sanesi, I. Dominioni, E. Santoni, G. Morgana, M. B. Pasticci, G. Pucci, G. Vaudo

TgVax452, an epitope-based candidate vaccine targeting Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoite-specific SAG1-related sequence (SRS) proteins: immunoinformatics, structural simulations and experimental evidence-based approaches

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Hamidreza Majidiani, Mohammad M. Pourseif, Bahareh Kordi, Mohammad-Reza Sadeghi, Alireza Najafi

The causal relationship model of factors influencing COVID-19 preventive behaviors during the post-pandemic era and implications for health prevention strategies: a case of Bangkok City, Thailand

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Piyapong Janmaimool, Jaruwan Chontanawat, Siriphan Nunsunanon, Surapong Chudech

Low platelet to high-density lipoprotein ratio predicts poor short-term prognosis in hepatitis B-related acute-on-chronic liver failure

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Linxiang Liu, Chenkai Huang, Yuan Nie, Yue Zhang, Juanjuan Zhou, Xuan Zhu

Thyroid involvement in cystic echinococcosis: a systematic review

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Ali Aledavoud, Mohammad Mohammadi, Ali Ataei, Armita Shahesmaeilinejad, Majid Fasihi Harandi

YELLOW RoUTIne prospective cohort study protocol: insight in the dynamics of bacteria in the elderly bladder

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