BMC Infectious Diseases

HIV screening in men and women in Senegal: coverage and associated factors; analysis of the 2017 demographic and health survey

Ndeye Aïssatou Lakhe, Khardiata Diallo Mbaye, Khadime Sylla, Cheikh Tidiane Ndour

What proportion of care home outbreaks are caused by norovirus? An analysis of viral causes of gastroenteritis outbreaks in care homes, North East England, 2016–2018

Thomas Inns, Deb Wilson, Petra Manley, John P. Harris, Sarah J. O’Brien, Roberto Vivancos

An update on hepatitis C virus genotype distribution in Jordan: a 12-year retrospective study from a tertiary care teaching hospital in Amman

Malik Sallam, Rawan Batarseh, Anas Natsheh, Jumana Abbadi, Esraa Al-Fraihat, Alaa’ Yaseen, Doaa Kaddomi, Nadia Khamees, Azmi Mahafzah, Gülşen Özkaya Şahin

Cysteine-cysteine chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) profile of HIV-infected subjects attending University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Southern Nigeria

Ekerette Friday Ekere, Monday F. Useh, Henshaw Uchechi Okoroiwu, Tatfeng Youtchou Mirabeau

Quantifying the relative impact of contact heterogeneity on MRSA transmission in ICUs - a modelling study

Hao Lei, Rachael M. Jones, Yuguo Li

Intensely clustered outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) in a setting of seasonal migration in a village of Bihar, India

Arvind Kumar, Suman Saurabh, Sarosh Jamil, Vijay Kumar

ELISA is superior to bacterial culture and agglutination test in the diagnosis of brucellosis in an endemic area in China

Nannan Xu, Wei Wang, Fengzhe Chen, Wen Li, Gang Wang

Prevalence and associated risk factors of human intestinal parasitic infections: a population-based study in the southeast of Kerman province, southeastern Iran

Mohammad Javad Abbaszadeh Afshar, Maryam Barkhori Mehni, Mostafa Rezaeian, Mehdi Mohebali, Vali Baigi, Somayeh Amiri, Mohammad Bagher Amirshekari, Ruhollah Hamidinia, Mohammad Samimi

Survival of a case of Bacillus cereus meningitis with brain abscess presenting as immune reconstitution syndrome after febrile neutropenia – a case report and literature review-

Yusuke Koizumi, Takafumi Okuno, Hitoshi Minamiguchi, Keiko Hodohara, Hiroshige Mikamo, Akira Andoh

First report of Cryptosporidium viatorum and Cryptosporidium occultus in humans in China, and of the unique novel C. viatorum subtype XVaA3h

Ning Xu, Hua Liu, Yanyan Jiang, Jianhai Yin, Zhongying Yuan, Yujuan Shen, Jianping Cao

A retrospective genomic analysis of drug-resistant strains of M. tuberculosis in a high-burden setting, with an emphasis on comparative diagnostics and reactivation and reinfection status

Kurt Wollenberg, Michael Harris, Andrei Gabrielian, Nelly Ciobanu, Dumitru Chesov, Alyssa Long, Jessica Taaffe, Darrell Hurt, Alex Rosenthal, Michael Tartakovsky, Valeriu Crudu

A man with recurrent fever, arthritis, and rashes-brucellosis? A case report

Wen Wang, Xu Lu, Chengbo Li, Myong Jun Ri, Wei Cui

Value of pyrazinamide for composition of new treatment regimens for multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in China

Hui Xia, Susan van den Hof, Frank Cobelens, Yang Zhou, Bing Zhao, Shengfen Wang, Yanlin Zhao

Prevalence of Toxocara and Toxascaris infection among human and animals in Iran with meta-analysis approach

Aida Vafae Eslahi, Milad Badri, Ali Khorshidi, Hamidreza Majidiani, Elham Hooshmand, Hamid Hosseini, Ali Taghipour, Masoud Foroutan, Nader Pestehchian, Farzaneh Firoozeh, Seyed Mohammad Riahi, Mohammad Zibaei

Case report: meningitis as a presenting feature of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis

Maria Stavrou, Jing Ming Yeo, Alexander David Slater, Oliver Koch, Sarosh Irani, Peter Foley

Sero-prevalence and risk factors of brucellosis among suspected febrile patients attending a referral hospital in southern Saudi Arabia (2014–2018)

Abdullah M. Alkahtani, Mohammed M. Assiry, Harish C. Chandramoorthy, Ahmed M. Al-Hakami, Mohamed E. Hamid

High prevalent human papillomavirus infections of the oral cavity of asymptomatic HIV-positive men

Rocío Méndez-Martínez, Silvia Maldonado-Frías, Salvador Vázquez-Vega, Yanink Caro-Vega, José Guadalupe Rendón-Maldonado, Miriam Guido-Jiménez, Brenda Crabtree-Ramírez, Juan G. Sierra-Madero, Alejandro García-Carrancá

Zoonotic transmission of Teladorsagia circumcincta and Trichostrongylus species in Guilan province, northern Iran: molecular and morphological characterizations

Keyhan Ashrafi, Meysam Sharifdini, Zahra Heidari, Behnaz Rahmati, Eshrat Beigom Kia

Changes in pneumococcal carriage prevalence and factors associated with carriage in Norwegian children, four years after introduction of PCV13

A. Løvlie, D. F. Vestrheim, I. S. Aaberge, A. Steens

Treatment outcomes of patients with chronic hepatitis C receiving sofosbuvir-based combination therapy within national hepatitis C elimination program in the country of Georgia

Tengiz Tsertsvadze, Amiran Gamkrelidze, Muazzam Nasrullah, Lali Sharvadze, Juliette Morgan, Shaun Shadaker, Lia Gvinjilia, Maia Butsashvili, David Metreveli, Vakhtang Kerashvili, Marina Ezugbaia, Nikoloz Chkhartishvili, Akaki Abutidze, Valeri Kvaratskhelia, Francisco Averhoff

Prevalence and antifungal susceptibility of Candida albicans causing vaginal discharge among pregnant women in Lebanon

Nahed Ghaddar, Elie Anastasiadis, Rawad Halimeh, Ali Ghaddar, Rita Dhar, Wadha AlFouzan, Hoda Yusef, Mira El Chaar

Diagnostic accuracy of the Xpert MTB/Rif Ultra for tuberculosis adenitis

Katherine Antel, Jenna Oosthuizen, Francois Malherbe, Vernon J. Louw, Mark P. Nicol, Gary Maartens, Estelle Verburgh

Molecular characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae isolated from pregnant women and newborns at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Mucheye Gizachew, Moges Tiruneh, Feleke Moges, Mulat Adefris, Zemene Tigabu, Belay Tessema

Peritonitis secondary to hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: a case report in GuangZhou China

Na Huang, Nan Liu, Jianhui Lu

Comparative study of Revogene GBS LB assay and GeneXpert GBS LB assay for the detection of group B Streptococcus in prenatal screening samples

Tsokyi Choera, Brittney Jung-Hynes, Derrick J. Chen

Malaria in patients with sickle cell anaemia: burden, risk factors and outcome at the Laquintinie hospital, Cameroon

Ngo Linwa Esther Eleonore, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Eposse Ekoube Charlotte, Esuh Esong Lucas, Mandeng Ma Linwa Edgar, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Meh Martin Geh, Budzi Michael Ngenge, Fala Bede, Nzozone Henry Fomukong, Henri Lucien Fouammo Kamga, Dora Mbanya

Prevention of post-splenectomy sepsis in patients with asplenia - a study protocol of a controlled trial

Marianne Bayrhuber, Natascha Anka, Johannes Camp, Manuela Glattacker, Erik Farin, Siegbert Rieg

Does phone messaging improves tuberculosis treatment success? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Kassahun Dessie Gashu, Kassahun Alemu Gelaye, Zeleke Abebaw Mekonnen, Richard Lester, Binyam Tilahun

Pertussis in infants, in their mothers and other contacts in Casablanca, Morocco

Khalid Katfy, Idrissa Diawara, Fakhredine Maaloum, Siham Aziz, Nicole Guiso, Hassan Fellah, Bouchra Slaoui, Khalid Zerouali, Houria Belabbes, Naima Elmdaghri

Anticipated HIV stigma among HIV negative men who have sex with men in China: a cross-sectional study

Chuncheng Liu, Ye Zhang, Stephen W. Pan, Bolin Cao, Jason J. Ong, Hongyun Fu, Dan Wu, Rong Fu, Chongyi Wei, Joseph D. Tucker, Weiming Tang

Diagnosis of severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by Acinetobacter baumannii through next-generation sequencing: a case report

Ancong Xu, Hong Zhu, Bingqi Gao, Haixu Weng, Zhangna Ding, Mianmian Li, Xing Weng, Guoxin He

Hepatitis B testing, treatment, and virologic suppression in HIV-infected patients in Cameroon (ANRS 12288 EVOLCAM)

Florian Liégeois, Sylvie Boyer, Sabrina Eymard-Duvernay, Patrizia Carrieri, Charles Kouanfack, Jenny Domyeum, Gwenaëlle Maradan, Jacques Ducos, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngolé, Bruno Spire, Eric Delaporte, Christopher Kuaban, Laurent Vidal, Christian Laurent, C. Kuaban, L. Vidal, G. Maradan, A. Ambani, O. Ndalle, P. Momo, C. Tong, S. Boyer, V. Boyer, P. J. Coulaud, L. March, M. Mora, L. Sagaon‐Teyssier, M. de Sèze, B. Spire, M. Suzan‐Monti, C. Laurent, F. Liégeois, E. Delaporte, S. Eymard‐Duvernay, Adeline Riondel, F. Chabrol, E. Kouakam, O. Ossanga, H. Essama Owona, C. Biloa, M.‐. T. Mengue, E. Mpoudi‐Ngolé, P. J. Fouda, C. Kouanfack, H. Abessolo, N. Noumssi, M. Defo, H. Meli, Z. Nanga, Y. Perfura, M. Ngo Tonye, O. Kouambo, U. Olinga, E. Soh, C. Ejangue, E. Njom Nlend, A. Simo Ndongo, E. Abeng Mbozo’o, M. Mpoudi Ngole, N. Manga, C. Danwe, L. Ayangma, B. Taman, E. C. Njitoyap Ndam, B. Fangam Molu, J. Meli, H. Hadja, J. Lindou, J. M. Bob Oyono, S. Beke, D. Eloundou, G. Touko, J. J. Ze, M. Fokoua, L. Ngum, C. Ewolo, C. Bondze, J. D. Ngan Bilong, D. S. Maninzou, A. Nono Toche, M. Tsoungi Akoa, P. Ateba, S. Abia, A. Guterrez, R. Garcia, P. Thumerel, E. Belley Priso, Y. Mapoure, A. Malongue, A. P. Meledie Ndjong, B. Mbatchou, J. Hachu, S. Ngwane, J. Dissongo, M. Mbangue, Ida Penda, H. Mossi, G. Tchatchoua, Yoyo Ngongang, C. Nouboue, I. Wandji, L. Ndalle, J. Djene, M. J. Gomez, A. Mafuta, M. Mgantcha, E. H. Moby, M. C. Kuitcheu, A. L. Mawe, Ngam Engonwei, L. J. Bitang, M. Ndam, R. B. Pallawo, Issiakou Adamou, G. Temgoua, C. Ndjie Essaga, C. Tchimou, A. Yeffou, I. Ngo, H. Fokam, H. Nyemb, L. R. Njock, S. Omgnesseck, E. Kamto, B. Takou, L. J‐. G. Buffeteau, F. Ndoumbe, J‐. D. Noah, I. Seyep

Incidence of common opportunistic infections among HIV-infected children on ART at Debre Markos referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study

Mamaru Wubale Melkamu, Mulugeta Tesfa Gebeyehu, Abebe Dilie Afenigus, Yitbarek Tenaw Hibstie, Belisty Temesgen, Pammla Petrucka, Animut Alebel

Comorbid status and the faecal microbial transplantation failure in treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection – pilot prospective observational cohort study

M. Kachlíková, P. Sabaka, A. Koščálová, M. Bendžala, Z. Dovalová, I. Stankovič

Chlamydia trachomatis isolated from cervicovaginal samples in Sapporo, Japan, reveals the circulation of genetically diverse strains

Jeewan Thapa, Takanori Watanabe, Mana Isoba, Torahiko Okubo, Kiyotake Abe, Kunihiro Minami, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi

Fatal hemorrhagic varicella in a patient with abdominal pain: a case report

Wei Zhang, Qiao-ling Ruan, Fang Yan, Yue-kai Hu

Nocardia farcinica as a cause of chronic meningitis – case report

Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska, Piotr Czupryna, Izabela Swiecicka, Henryk Grześ, Agnieszka Siemieniako, Sambor Grygorczuk, Eugeniusz Tarasów, Sławomir Pancewicz

The effect of therapeutic drug monitoring of beta-lactam and fluoroquinolones on clinical outcome in critically ill patients: the DOLPHIN trial protocol of a multi-centre randomised controlled trial

A. Abdulla, T. M. J. Ewoldt, N. G. M. Hunfeld, A. E. Muller, W. J. R. Rietdijk, S. Polinder, T. van Gelder, H. Endeman, B. C. P. Koch

Clinical experience with a novel assay measuring cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell immunity by flow cytometry and intracellular cytokine staining to predict clinically significant CMV events

Ralph Rogers, Kapil Saharia, Aditya Chandorkar, Zoe F. Weiss, Kendra Vieira, Sophia Koo, Dimitrios Farmakiotis

Clinical and genetic markers associated with tuberculosis, HIV-1 infection, and TB/HIV-immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome outcomes

Nathalia Beatriz Ramos de Sá, Marcelo Ribeiro-Alves, Tatiana Pereira da Silva, Jose Henrique Pilotto, Valeria Cavalcanti Rolla, Carmem B. W. Giacoia-Gripp, Daniel Scott-Algara, Mariza Gonçalves Morgado, Sylvia Lopes Maia Teixeira

Predictors for gram-negative monomicrobial necrotizing fasciitis in southern Taiwan

Tsung-Yu Huang, Kuo-Ti Peng, Cheng-Ting Hsiao, Wen-Chih Fann, Yao-Hung Tsai, Yen-Yao Li, Chien-Hui Hung, Fang-Yi Chuang, Wei-Hsiu Hsu

World Health Organization (WHO) antibiotic regimen against other regimens for the treatment of leprosy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Maria Lazo-Porras, Gabriela J. Prutsky, Patricia Barrionuevo, Jose Carlos Tapia, Cesar Ugarte-Gil, Oscar J. Ponce, Ana Acuña-Villaorduña, Juan Pablo Domecq, Celso De la Cruz-Luque, Larry J. Prokop, Germán Málaga

Risk factors of nosocomial infection after cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease

Xindi Yu, Maolin Chen, Xu Liu, Yiwei Chen, Zedong Hao, Haibo Zhang, Wei Wang

Plasma levels of interleukin 27 in falciparum malaria is increased independently of co-infection with HIV: potential immune-regulatory role during malaria

Kari Otterdal, Aase Berg, Annika E. Michelsen, Sam Patel, Ida Gregersen, Ellen Lund Sagen, Bente Halvorsen, Arne Yndestad, Thor Ueland, Nina Langeland, Pål Aukrust

HIV-1 CRF01_AE subtype and HIV-1 DNA level among patients with chronic HIV-1 infection: a correlation study

Tingxia Lyu, Yongsong Yue, Evelyn Hsieh, Yang Han, Ting Zhu, Xiaojing Song, Wei Cao, Wei Lyu, Jianhua Wang, Taisheng Li

HIV testing, test results and factors influencing among infants born to HIV positive mothers in public hospitals of Mekelle City, North Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Hiluf Ebuy, Alemayehu Bekele, Getachew Redae

Impaired consciousness and decreased glucose concentration of CSF as prognostic factors in immunocompetent patients with cryptococcal meningitis

Chen Zhang, Zheren Tan, Fafa Tian

A hybrid simulation model approach to examine bacterial genome sequencing during a hospital outbreak

Thomas M. Elliott, Xing J. Lee, Anna Foeglein, Patrick N. Harris, Louisa G. Gordon

Gaps between current clinical practice and evidence-based guidelines for treatment and care of older patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia: a descriptive cross-sectional study

Signe Eekholm, Gerd Ahlström, Jimmie Kristensson, Tove Lindhardt

Pharmacodynamic comparison of different antimicrobial regimens against Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections with elevated vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration

Thaina Miranda da Costa, Gabriel Trova Cuba, Priscylla Guimarães Migueres Morgado, David P. Nicolau, Simone Aranha Nouér, Kátia Regina Netto dos Santos, Carlos Roberto Veiga Kiffer

A 2-year point-prevalence surveillance of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in Ferrara University Hospital, Italy

Paola Antonioli, Niccolò Bolognesi, Giorgia Valpiani, Chiara Morotti, Daniele Bernardini, Francesca Bravi, Eugenio Di Ruscio, Armando Stefanati, Giovanni Gabutti

Schistosoma and Strongyloides screening in migrants initiating HIV Care in Canada: a cross sectional study

Jessica McLellan, M. John Gill, Stephen Vaughan, Bonnie Meatherall

Estimating nationwide cases of sexually transmitted diseases in 2015 from sentinel surveillance data in Japan

Miyuki Kawado, Shuji Hashimoto, Akiko Ohta, Mari S. Oba, Ritei Uehara, Kiyosu Taniguchi, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Masaki Nagai, Yoshitaka Murakami

Retrospective analysis of acute HBV infections occurred in 1978–79 and 1994–95 in North-East Italy: increasing prevalence of BCP/pre-core mutants in sub-genotype D3

Roberto Bruni, Umbertina Villano, Stefania Taffon, Michele Equestre, Elisabetta Madonna, Paola Chionne, Angela Candido, Stefano Dettori, Giulio Pisani, Maria Rapicetta, Flavia Bortolotti, Anna Rita Ciccaglione

Use of a rapid recombinase-aided amplification assay for Mycoplasma pneumoniae detection

Guanhua Xue, Shaoli Li, Hanqing Zhao, Chao Yan, Yanling Feng, Jinghua Cui, Tingting Jiang, Jing Yuan

Hospital-acquired influenza infections detected by a surveillance system over six seasons, from 2010/2011 to 2015/2016

P. Godoy, N. Torner, N. Soldevila, C. Rius, M. Jane, A. Martínez, JA. Caylà, A. Domínguez, M. Alsedà, J. Álvarez, C. Arias, P. J. Balañà, I. Barrabeig, N. Camps, M. Carol, J. Ferràs, G. Ferrús, N. Follia, P. Godoy, P. Bach, M. Jané, A. Martínez, S. Minguell, I. Parrón, E. Plasència, M. R. Sala-Farré, N. Torner, R. Torra, J. Torres, JA. Caylà, P. Gorrindo, C. Rius, M. A. Marcos, M. D. M. Mosquera, A. Vilella, A. Antón, T. Pumarola, M. Campins, D. García, E. Espejo, N. Freixas, M. Riera Garcia, E. Maraver, D. Mas, R. Perez, J. Rebull, J. Pou, G. García-Pardo, M. Olona, F. Barcenilla, D. Castellana, G. Navarro-Rubio, L. L. Force

Different macrophage polarization between drug-susceptible and multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis

Hyun Jin Cho, Yun-Ji Lim, Jhingook Kim, Won-Jung Koh, Chang-Hwa Song, Min-Woong Kang

Clinical and microbiological effect of pulsed xenon ultraviolet disinfection to reduce multidrug-resistant organisms in the intensive care unit in a Japanese hospital: a before-after study

Keita Morikane, Shoko Suzuki, Jun Yoshioka, Jun Yakuwa, Masaki Nakane, Kenji Nemoto

Quasimetagenomic source tracking of Listeria monocytogenes from naturally contaminated ice cream

Andrea Ottesen, Padmini Ramachandran, Yi Chen, Eric Brown, Elizabeth Reed, Errol Strain

Bioinformatics analysis on multiple Gene Expression Omnibus datasets of the hepatitis B virus infection and its response to the interferon-alpha therapy

Zebin Zhu, Shanzhou Huang, Yixi Zhang, Chengjun Sun, Yunhua Tang, Qiang Zhao, Qi Zhou, Weiqiang Ju, Xiaoshun He

Eosinopenia as a diagnostic marker of bloodstream infection in a general internal medicine setting: a cohort study

Takanobu Hirosawa, Yukinori Harada, Kohei Morinaga, Hiroshi Takase, Michihiro Nin, Taro Shimizu

Antibiotic use among hospitalized patients in northern Nigeria: a multicenter point-prevalence survey

Usman Abubakar

Does Xpert® MTB/RIF assay give rifampicin resistance results without identified mutation? Review of cases from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ayinalem Alemu, Mengistu Tadesse, Getachew Seid, Helina Mollalign, Kirubel Eshetu, Waganeh Sinshaw, Yeshiwork Abebaw, Misikir Amare, Biniyam Dagne, Getu Diriba, Bazezew Yenew, Melak Getu, Betselot Zerihun

Determining the susceptibility of carbapenem resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli strains against common disinfectants at a tertiary hospital in China

Yili Chen, Kang Liao, Yongxin Huang, Penghao Guo, Han Huang, Zhongwen Wu, Min Liu

Outbreak of acute undifferentiated febrile illness in Kathmandu, Nepal: clinical and epidemiological investigation

Sunil Pokharel, Manan Karki, Bhim Acharya, Baburam Marasini, Amit Arjyal

Performance of plague rapid diagnostic test compared to bacteriology: a retrospective analysis of the data collected in Madagascar

Minoarisoa Rajerison, Marie Melocco, Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana, Soloandry Rahajandraibe, Feno Rakotoarimanana, André Spiegel, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Laurence Baril

Pulmonary Cryptococcosis: comparison of Cryptococcal antigen detection and radiography in Immunocompetent and Immunocompromised patients

Jingqi Min, Kunlun Huang, Chanmei Shi, Laifu Li, Fuye Li, Tao Zhu, Huojin Deng

Multi-drug resistance of blood stream, urinary tract and surgical site nosocomial infections of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa among patients hospitalized at Felegehiwot referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Hilina Motbainor, Fetlework Bereded, Wondemagegn Mulu

Retraction Note: The epidemiology and chemotherapeutic approaches to the control of urinary schistosomiasis in school-age children (SAC): a systematic review

Tolulope Ebenezer Atalabi, Taiwo Oluwakemi Adubi

Molecular characterization of metallo-β-lactamase- producing carbapenem-resistant Enterobacter cloacae complex isolated in Heilongjiang Province of China

Yongxin Zhao, Jisheng Zhang, Yanjun Fu, Chunjiang Li, Kewang Hu, Shanshan Su, Lan Yu, Yuhang Guo, Yu Fu, Xiaoli Zhang

Ambulatory screening and decontamination to prevent Staphylococcus aureus complications in patients undergoing elective surgery (STAUfrei): study protocol for a controlled intervention study

Antonia Bauer, Martin Grünewald, Hans Eberhardt, Rieke Schulz, Peter Martus, Bernd Brüggenjürgen, Stefanie Joos, Heidrun Sturm

Identification of subclinical tuberculosis in household contacts using exposure scores and contact investigations

Gry Klouman Bekken, Christian Ritz, Sumithra Selvam, Nelson Jesuraj, Anneke C. Hesseling, T. Mark Doherty, Harleen M. S. Grewal, Mario Vaz, Synne Jenum

A mycotic aneurysm related to Salmonella Rissen infection: a case report

Jakub Nagrodzki, Katherine E. Sharrocks, Vanessa K. Wong, Andrew J. Carmichael

Vaginal colonisation of women in labour with potentially pathogenic bacteria: a cross sectional study at three primary health care facilities in Central Uganda

Josephine Tumuhamye, Hans Steinsland, James K. Tumwine, Olive Namugga, David Mukunya, Freddie Bwanga, Halvor Sommerfelt, Victoria Nankabirwa

Multiplex bacterial polymerase chain reaction in a cohort of patients with pleural effusion

Léo Franchetti, Desiree M. Schumann, Michael Tamm, Kathleen Jahn, Daiana Stolz

A rare case of purulent meningitis caused by Capnocytophaga canimorsus in the Czech Republic – case report and review of the literature

Petr Prasil, Lenka Ryskova, Stanislav Plisek, Pavel Bostik

Epidemiology of acute rubella infection in Zambia during the pre-vaccination period (2005–2016) as a baseline for monitoring rubella epidemiology in the post-rubella vaccine introduction era

Mazyanga L. Mazaba, Seter Siziya, Mwaka Monze, Daniel Cohen

The impact of diagnostic microbiology on de-escalation of antimicrobial therapy in hospitalised adults

William L. Hamilton, Sacha-Marie Pires, Samantha Lippett, Vikesh Gudka, Elizabeth L. A. Cross, Martin J. Llewelyn

A case-control study on the risk factors for hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

Xiaochen Wang, Wenqi Shen, Yuanfang Qin, Liang Ying, Haipeng Li, Jiankui Lu, Jing Lu, Nan Zhang, Zhifeng Li, Weizhong Zhou, Fenyang Tang, Fengcai Zhu, Jianli Hu, Changjun Bao

Wound infection with Vibrio harveyi following a traumatic leg amputation after a motorboat propeller injury in Mallorca, Spain: a case report and review of literature

Thomas Theo Brehm, Laura Berneking, Holger Rohde, Martin Chistner, Carsten Schlickewei, Meike Sena Martins, Stefan Schmiedel

Application of whole-genome sequencing in a case study of renal tuberculosis in a child

Darja Aleinikova, Ilva Pole, Janis Kimsis, Anita Skangale, Olga Bobrikova, Regina Kazelnika, Inta Jansone, Inga Norvaisa, Iveta Ozere, Renate Ranka

Unpacking the dynamics of double stigma: how the HIV-TB co-epidemic alters TB stigma and its management among healthcare workers

Edwin Wouters, Nina Sommerland, Caroline Masquillier, Asta Rau, Michelle Engelbrecht, André Janse Van Rensburg, Gladys Kigozi, Koen Ponnet, Wim Van Damme

Consumer knowledge and practices to pork safety in two Taenia solium cysticercosis endemic districts in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Msawenkosi I. Sithole, Johan L. Bekker, Samson Mukaratirwa

Distribution of virulence genes and phylogenetics of uropathogenic Escherichia coli among urinary tract infection patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Belayneh Regasa Dadi, Tamrat Abebe, Lixin Zhang, Adane Mihret, Workeabeba Abebe, Wondwossen Amogne

T lymphocyte subpopulations and intestinal helminthes profile among tuberculosis patients co-infected with HIV before and after anti tubercular treatment at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

Tadelo Wondmagegn, Debasu Damtie, Meaza Genetu, Belete Biadgo, Mulualem Lemma, Markos Negash

STI in times of PrEP: high prevalence of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and mycoplasma at different anatomic sites in men who have sex with men in Germany

Klaus Jansen, Gyde Steffen, Anja Potthoff, Ann-Kathrin Schuppe, Daniel Beer, Heiko Jessen, Stefan Scholten, Petra Spornraft-Ragaller, Viviane Bremer, Carsten Tiemann, Heribert Knechten, Petra Panstruga, Daniel Beer, Christiane Cordes, Christian Lieb, Elena Rodriguez, Heribert Hillenbrand, Heiko Jessen, Ivanka Krznaric, Anja Potthoff, Martin Hower, Petra Spornraft-Ragaller, Stefan Scholten, Stephan Schneeweiß, Anja Meurer, Ramona Pauli, Andrea Tomesch, Andreas Trein

Correction to: Association of CMV genomic mutations with symptomatic infection and hearing loss in congenital CMV infection

G. Clement Dobbins, Amit Patki, Dongquan Chen, Hemant K. Tiwari, Curtis Hendrickson, William J. Britt, Karen Fowler, Jake Y. Chen, Suresh B. Boppana, Shannon A. Ross

Hydroxychloroquine may reduce risk of Pneumocystis pneumonia in lupus patients: a Nationwide, population-based case-control study

Kai-Jieh Yeo, Hsin-Hua Chen, Yi-Ming Chen, Ching-Heng Lin, Der-Yuan Chen, Chih-Ming Lai, Wen-Cheng Chao

Long-term impact of the adoption of bedaquiline-containing regimens on the burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis in China

Abela Mpobela Agnarson, Xiao Chun Wang, Ravi Potluri, Hitesh Bhandari, Amit Dhir, Chrispin Kambili, Laurent Metz

Hepatitis C screening, diagnosis, and cascade of care among people aged > 40 years in Brasilia, Brazil

Daniela Mariano Carvalho-Louro, Eric Bassetti Soares, Jose Eduardo Trevizoli, Thayna Moreira Gomes Marra, Alexandre Lima Rodrigues da Cunha, Marcelo Palmeira Rodrigues, Adriana Claudia Lopes Carvalho-Furtado, Beatriz Taynara Araujo dos Santos, Francisco de Assis da Rocha Neves

Normothermic and hypothermic oxygenated perfusion for donation after circulatory death in kidney transplantation: do we pay higher risk of severe infection after transplantation?: a case report

Matteo Ravaioli, Valeria Corradetti, Matteo Renzulli, Giuliana Germinario, Lorenzo Maroni, Federica Odaldi, Guido Fallani, Anna Paola Pezzuto, Daniele Parlanti, Raffaele Bova, Claudia Bini, Gaetano La Manna, Giorgia Comai

Viscerotropic disease and acute uveitis following yellow fever vaccination: a case report

Lev Volkov, Gilda Grard, Pierre-Edouard Bollaert, Guillaume A. Durand, Aurélie Cravoisy, Marie Conrad, Lionel Nace, Guilhem Courte, Rémy Marnai, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Sébastien Gibot

Prioritising pathogens for the management of severe febrile patients to improve clinical care in low- and middle-income countries

Jennifer Osborn, Teri Roberts, Ethan Guillen, Oscar Bernal, Paul Roddy, Stefano Ongarello, Armand Sprecher, Anne-Laure Page, Isabela Ribeiro, Erwan Piriou, Abiy Tamrat, Roberto de la Tour, V. Bhargavi Rao, Laurence Flevaud, Tomas Jensen, Lachlan McIver, Cassandra Kelly, Sabine Dittrich

Antibiotic use among twelve Canadian First Nations communities: a retrospective chart review of skin and soft tissue infections

Dahn Jeong, Ha Nhan Thi Nguyen, Mark Tyndall, Yoko S. Schreiber

Thinking in paracoccidioidomycosis: a delayed diagnosis of a neglected tropical disease, case report and review of clinical reports and eco-epidemiologic data from Colombia since the 2000

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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of healthcare-associated infection in elderly patients in a large Chinese tertiary hospital: a 3-year surveillance study

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Enterovirus D68 in a 6-year-old acute flaccid myelitis case in China, 2018: a case report

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The efficacy of vacuum-ultraviolet light disinfection of some common environmental pathogens

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Prevalence of syphilis in female sex workers in three countryside cities of the state of Pará, Brazilian Amazon

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Correction to: Low serum estradiol levels are related to Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease: a cross-sectional study

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Annual and seasonal patterns in etiologies of pediatric community-acquired pneumonia due to respiratory viruses and Mycoplasma pneumoniae requiring hospitalization in South Korea

Eun Lee, Chul-Hong Kim, Yong Ju Lee, Hyo-Bin Kim, Bong-Seong Kim, Hyung Young Kim, Yunsun Kim, Sangyoung Kim, Chorong Park, Ju-Hee Seo, In Suk Sol, Myongsoon Sung, Min Seob Song, Dae Jin Song, Young Min Ahn, Hea Lin Oh, Jinho Yu, Sungsu Jung, Kyung Suk Lee, Ju Suk Lee, Gwang Cheon Jang, Yoon-Young Jang, Eun Hee Chung, Hai Lee Chung, Sung-Min Choi, Yun Jung Choi, Man Yong Han, Jung Yeon Shim, Jin Tack Kim, Chang-Keun Kim, Hyeon-Jong Yang

Case report: vertebral osteomyelitis secondary to a dental abscess

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Tuberculosis among economic migrants: a cross-sectional study of the risk of poor treatment outcomes and impact of a treatment adherence intervention among temporary residents in an urban district in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

Luan Nguyen Quang Vo, Andrew James Codlin, Rachel Jeanette Forse, Hoa Trung Nguyen, Thanh Nguyen Vu, Vinh Van Truong, Giang Chau Do, Lan Huu Nguyen, Giang Truong Le, Maxine Caws

Factors associated with Salmonella infection in patients with gastrointestinal complaints seeking health care at Regional Hospital in Southern Highland of Tanzania

Fadhili A. Ngogo, Agricola Joachim, Ahmed M. Abade, Susan F. Rumisha, Mucho M. Mizinduko, Mtebe V. Majigo

Safety and effectiveness of acellular pertussis vaccination during pregnancy: a systematic review

Sabine Vygen-Bonnet, Wiebke Hellenbrand, Edeltraut Garbe, Rüdiger von Kries, Christian Bogdan, Ulrich Heininger, Marianne Röbl-Mathieu, Thomas Harder

A comparative genomic analysis between methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains of hospital acquired and community infections in Yunnan province of China

Feng Liao, Zhishuo Mo, Wenpeng Gu, Wen Xu, Xiaoqing Fu, Yunhui Zhang

Diagnostic evaluation of IgM ELISA and IgM Immunofluorescence assay for the diagnosis of Acute Scrub Typhus in central Nepal

Rajendra Gautam, Keshab Parajuli, Tshokey Tshokey, John Stenos, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand

Severe pulmonary radiological manifestations are associated with a distinct biochemical profile in blood of tuberculosis patients with dysglycemia

Nadia Nilda Barreda, Maria B. Arriaga, Juan Gonzalo Aliaga, Kattya Lopez, Oswaldo Martin Sanabria, Thomas A. Carmo, José F. Fróes Neto, Leonid Lecca, Bruno B. Andrade, Roger I. Calderon

Genetic diversity of Bacillus anthracis Ames lineage strains in China

Enmin Zhang, Huijuan Zhang, Jinrong He, Wei Li, Jianchun Wei

Prevalence and mortality of cryptococcal disease in adults with advanced HIV in an urban tertiary hospital in Sierra Leone: a prospective study

Sulaiman Lakoh, Hannah Rickman, Momodu Sesay, Sartie Kenneh, Rachael Burke, Mamadu Baldeh, Darlinda F. Jiba, Yusuf S. Tejan, Sonia Boyle, Comfort Koroma, Gibrilla F. Deen, Fenella Beynon

Utility of anaerobic bottles for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections

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Fatal acute Chagas disease by Trypanosoma cruzi DTU TcI, Ecuador

Manuel Calvopina, Gabriela Segovia, William Cevallos, Yosselin Vicuña, Jaime A. Costales, Angel Guevara

Comorbidities associated with HPV infection among people living with HIV-1 in the southeastern US: a retrospective clinical cohort study

Yuanfan Ye, Greer A. Burkholder, Howard W. Wiener, Russell Griffin, Stella Aslibekyan, Karen Fry, Ashraf Khan, Sadeep Shrestha

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The influence of race in older adults with infective endocarditis

Ché Matthew Harris, Waseem Khaliq, Aiham Albaeni, Keith C. Norris

Factors associated with high-risk low-level viremia leading to virologic failure: 16-year retrospective study of a Chinese antiretroviral therapy cohort

Tong Zhang, Haibo Ding, Minghui An, Xiaonan Wang, Wen Tian, Bin Zhao, Xiaoxu Han

Burden and seasonality of medically attended influenza like illness (ILI) in Ethiopia, 2012 to 2017

Musse Tadesse, Mesfin Mengesha, Adamu Tayachew, Desalegn Belay, Abdulhafiz Hassen, Abyot Bekele Woyessa, Etsehiwot Zemelak, Berhan Beyene, Wubayehu Kassa, Workenesh Ayele, Bethel Teshome, Mikias Mekonen, Zewdu Assefa, Beyene Moges

Effect of availability of HIV self-testing on HIV testing frequency among men who have sex with men attending university in China (UniTest): protocol of a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial

Song Fan, Zhongquan Liu, Zhenzhou Luo, Maohe Yu, Lin Ouyang, Hui Gong, Yi Ding, Peiyang Li, Tanwei Yuan, Yepeng Zhou, Guohui Wu, Huachun Zou

Travel-associated neurological disease terminated in a postmortem diagnosed atypical HSV-1 encephalitis after high-dose steroid therapy – a case report

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Predictive model for bacterial late-onset neonatal sepsis in a tertiary care hospital in Thailand

Dominicus Husada, Pornthep Chanthavanich, Uraiwan Chotigeat, Piyarat Sunttarattiwong, Chukiat Sirivichayakul, Krisana Pengsaa, Watcharee Chokejindachai, Jaranit Kaewkungwal

Seroprevalence of Brucella infection and associated factors among pregnant women receiving antenatal care around human, wildlife and livestock interface in Ngorongoro ecosystem, Northern Tanzania. A cross-sectional study

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Plasma Hsa-miR-92a-3p in correlation with lipocalin-2 is associated with sepsis-induced coagulopathy

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Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infections among food handlers working at higher public University student’s cafeterias and public food establishments in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Birhan Alemnew, Getnet Gedefaw, Gedefaw Diress Alen, Asmamaw Demis Bizuneh

The association between climate, geography and respiratory syncitial virus hospitalizations among children in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study

Dhenuka Radhakrishnan, Alexandra Ouedraogo, Salimah Z. Shariff, J. Dayre McNally, Eric I. Benchimol, Kristin K. Clemens

Adverse events in Chinese human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients receiving first line antiretroviral therapy

Lili Dai, Bin Su, An Liu, Hongwei Zhang, Hao Wu, Tong Zhang, Ying Shao, Jianwei Li, Jiangzhu Ye, Shaoli Bai, Xiaoling Guo, Lijun Sun

Fulminant central nervous system varicella-zoster virus infection unexpectedly diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing in an HIV-infected patient: a case report

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Ashish Pathak, Radika Upadhayay, Aditya Mathur, Sunil Rathi, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg

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Risk factors for poor treatment outcomes of 2266 multidrug-resistant tuberculosis cases in Ho Chi Minh City: a retrospective study

Le Hong Van, Phan Trieu Phu, Dao Nguyen Vinh, Vo Thanh Son, Nguyen Thi Hanh, Le Thanh Hoang Nhat, Nguyen Huu Lan, Truong Van Vinh, Nguyen Thi Mai Trang, Dang Thi Minh Ha, Guy E. Thwaites, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong

MicroRNA expression profiling of peripheral blood mononuclear cells associated with syphilis

Tao Huang, Jun Zhang, Wujian Ke, Xiaohui Zhang, Wentao Chen, Jieyi Yang, Yiwen Liao, Fangwen Liang, Shuqing Mei, Mingjiu Li, Zhenzhou Luo, Qiwei Zhang, Bin Yang, Heping Zheng

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Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium pneumonia in a uremic patient on hemodialysis: a case report and review of the literature

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Suspension microarray-based comparison of oropharyngeal swab and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for pathogen identification in young children hospitalized with respiratory tract infection

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The relation between prescribing of different antibiotics and rates of mortality with sepsis in US adults

Edward Goldstein, Marc Lipsitch

Implementation of the FilmArray ME panel in laboratory routine using a simple sample selection strategy for diagnosis of meningitis and encephalitis

Susanne Pfefferle, Martin Christner, Martin Aepfelbacher, Marc Lütgehetmann, Holger Rohde

A case of Tinea Faciei caused by Trichophyton benhamiae: first report in China

Jingwen Tan, Xiaoping Liu, Zhiqin Gao, Hong Yang, Lianjuan Yang, Hai Wen

Computational MHC-I epitope predictor identifies 95% of experimentally mapped HIV-1 clade A and D epitopes in a Ugandan cohort

Daniel Lule Bugembe, Andrew Obuku Ekii, Nicaise Ndembi, Jennifer Serwanga, Pontiano Kaleebu, Pietro Pala

A randomized controlled trial study of the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary impact of SITA (SMS as an Incentive To Adhere): a mobile technology-based intervention informed by behavioral economics to improve ART adherence among youth in Uganda

Sarah MacCarthy, Zachary Wagner, Alexandra Mendoza-Graf, Carlos Ignacio Gutierrez, Clare Samba, Josephine Birungi, Stephen Okoboi, Sebastian Linnemayr

Prevalence and associated factors of diarrhea among under-five children in Debre Berhan town, Ethiopia 2018: a cross sectional study

Sisay Shine, Sindew Muhamud, Solomon Adanew, Alebachew Demelash, Makda Abate

Isolated central nervous system Aspergillosis infection in a chronic lymphocytic leukemia patient on Ibrutinib: A case report

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Natural polymorphisms in HIV-1 CRF01_AE strain and profile of acquired drug resistance mutations in a long-term combination treatment cohort in northeastern China

Zesong Sun, Jinming Ouyang, Bin Zhao, Minghui An, Lin Wang, Haibo Ding, Xiaoxu Han

Leptospirosis in Indonesia: diagnostic challenges associated with atypical clinical manifestations and limited laboratory capacity

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Getinet Ayano, Kibrom Haile, Abel Tesfaye, Kelemua Haile, Sileshi Demelash, Mikias Tulu, Belachew Tsegaye, Melat Solomon, Alem Kebede, Aynalem Biru, Habte Birhanu, Gebresilassie Zenawi, Yodit Habtamu, Esias Kibron, Seneshet Eshetu, Meseret Sefiw, Dawit Assefa, Zegeye Yohannes

Eliminating viral hepatitis C in Belgium: the micro-elimination approach

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The cause of death in bacterial meningitis

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Correction to: Prepared for PrEP: preferences for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among Chinese men who have sex with men in an online national survey

Wenting Huang, Dan Wu, Jason J. Ong, M. Kumi Smith, Stephen Pan, Fan Yang, Hongyun Fu, Weiming Tang, Joseph D. Tucker

Does sunlight drive seasonality of TB in Vietnam? A retrospective environmental ecological study of tuberculosis seasonality in Vietnam from 2010 to 2015

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Pre-treatment with IL2 gene therapy alleviates Staphylococcus aureus arthritis in mice

Berglind Bergmann, Ying Fei, Pernilla Jirholt, Zhicheng Hu, Maria Bergquist, Abukar Ali, Catharina Lindholm, Olov Ekwall, Guillaume Churlaud, David Klatzmann, Tao Jin, Inger Gjertsson

Leptospirosis in an asplenic patient -case report

J. García-Méndez, E. Cervera-Ceballos, D. Atilano-López, S. Arroyo-Escalante, D. Moncada-Barrón, M. Leyva-Leyva, R. Hernández-Castro, E. M. Carrillo-Casas

Correction to: Diagnostic accuracy of the Xpert MTB/Rif Ultra for tuberculosis adenitis

Katherine Antel, Jenna Oosthuizen, Francois Malherbe, Vernon J. Louw, Mark P. Nicol, Gary Maartens, Estelle Verburgh

Comprehensive proteomics investigation of P. vivax-infected human plasma and parasite isolates

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Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and the risk of mortality in adult patients with Sepsis: a meta-analysis

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Variation of prevalence of malaria, parasite density and the multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infection throughout the year at three different health centers in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

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Explaining age disparities in tuberculosis burden in Taiwan: a modelling study

Han Fu, Hsien-Ho Lin, Timothy B. Hallett, Nimalan Arinaminpathy

Animal sources for zoonotic transmission of psittacosis: a systematic review

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Trends in microbial profile of burn patients following an event of dust explosion at a tertiary medical center

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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus among antenatal clinic attendees in Gamawa Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Garba Umar Mustapha, Abdulrasul Ibrahim, Muhammad Shakir Balogun, Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo, Aisha Indo Mamman

Is PrEP necessary during natural conception in HIV-1-serodiscordant couples on ART with suppressed viral load? A retrospective cohort analysis

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Efficacy and tolerability of DAAs in HCV-monoinfected and HCV/HIV-coinfected patients with psychiatric disorders

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Epidemiological changes in measles infections in southern China between 2009 and 2016: a retrospective database analysis

Huizhen Zheng, Katherine Min Jia, Riyang Sun, Pui Hu, Maggie Haitian Wang, Benny Chung-Ying Zee, Wenjia Liang, Ka Chun Chong

Risk factors for HIV infection among married couples in Rakai, Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Anne M. Nabukenya, Aminah Nambuusi, Joseph K. B. Matovu

Two-sided femoral Campylobacter jejuni osteomyelitis in a patient with acquired hypogammaglobulinemia: a case report

Joost Hartman, Matthijs Westerman, Jiri F. P. Wagenaar

Rabies in Uganda: rabies knowledge, attitude and practice and molecular characterization of circulating virus strains

Michael Omodo, Meriadeg Ar Gouilh, Frank Norbert Mwiine, Anna Rose Ademun Okurut, Noelina Nantima, Alice Namatovu, Maria Flavia Nakanjako, Emmanuel Isingoma, Eugene Arinaitwe, Martin Esau, Simon Kyazze, Milton Bahati, Franklin Mayanja, Patrick Bagonza, Richard Akule Urri, Mary Nanfuka Lovincer, Esther Nabatta, Eugene Kidega, Chrisostom Ayebazibwe, Gladys Nakanjako, Joseph Sserugga, Deo Birungi Ndumu, Robert Mwebe, Kenneth Mugabi, Jean-Paul Gonzalez, Musa Sekamatte

Disseminated melioidosis in early pregnancy - an unproven cause of foetal loss

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Osteonecrosis of the femoral head due to brucellosis: a case report

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Evaluation of post-exposure prophylaxis practices to improve the cost-effectiveness of rabies control in human cases potentially exposed to rabies in southern Bhutan

Kinley Penjor, Nelly Marquetoux, Chendu Dorji, Kinley Penjor, Sithar Dorjee, Chencho Dorjee, P. D. Jolly, R. S. Morris, J. S. McKenzie

Prevalence of viral sexually transmitted infections and HPV high-risk genotypes in women in rural communities in the Department of La Paz, Bolivia

Marianela Patzi-Churqui, Katty Terrazas-Aranda, Jan-Åke Liljeqvist, Magnus Lindh, Kristina Eriksson

Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of pathogens positive in hospitalized children with segmental/lobar pattern pneumonia

Yanxia Wang, Liji Ma, Ying Li, Yuyun Li, Yanfei Zheng, Xiaoyue Zhang

Through service providers’ eyes: health systems factors affecting implementation of tuberculosis control in Enugu State, South-Eastern Nigeria

Daniel Chukwuemeka Ogbuabor

Temporal decline in diarrhea episodes and mortality in Kiribati children two years following rotavirus vaccine introduction, despite high malnutrition rates: a retrospective review

Jana Lai, Cattram Nguyen, Beia Tabwaia, Agnes Nikuata, Nikarawa Baueri, Eretii Timeon, Mohammed Diaaldeen, Tinai Iuta, Murat Hakan Ozturk, Aaron Moore, Alice Hall, Batmunkh Nyambat, Stephanie Davis, Ataur Rahman, Wendy Erasmus, Kimberley Fox, Fiona Russell

The time series seasonal patterns of dengue fever and associated weather variables in Bangkok (2003-2017)

Sittisede Polwiang

Comparison of predictive models for hepatitis C co-infection among HIV patients in Cambodia

Jozefien Buyze, Anja De Weggheleire, Johan van Griensven, Lutgarde Lynen

Diagnostic accuracy and utility of three dengue diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of acute dengue infection in Malaysia

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Factors associated with sepsis development in 606 Spanish adult patients with cellulitis

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Pulmonary endarteritis and endocarditis complicated with septic embolism: a case report and review of the literature

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Long-term immunological responses to treatment among HIV-2 patients in Côte d’Ivoire

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Prevalence estimates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among visceral leishmaniasis infected people in Northwest Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Case report: Mycobacterium monacense isolated from the blood culture of a patient with pulmonary infection

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Scalp eschar and neck lymphadenopathy after tick bite (SENLAT) caused by Bartonella henselae in Korea: a case report

Jun-Won Seo, Choon-Mee Kim, Na Ra Yun, Dong-Min Kim, Sung Soon Kim, Sangho Choi, Hyuk Chu

Diagnosing congenital Cytomegalovirus infection: don’t get rid of dried blood spots

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A retrospective analysis of the microbiology of diabetic foot infections at a Scottish tertiary hospital

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Rubella IgM epidemiology in the pre-rubella vaccination era in Uganda

Fred Bagenda, Edgar Mugema Mulogo, Richard Onyuthi Apecu, Anette Kisakye, Benard Toliva Opar

Quantitative assessment of lesion load and efficacy of 3 cycles of albendazole in disseminated cysticercosis: a prospective evaluation

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Evaluation of TNF-α genetic polymorphisms as predictors for sepsis susceptibility and progression

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Forecasting incidence of infectious diarrhea using random forest in Jiangsu Province, China

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Human infection caused by Streptococcus suis serotype 2 in China: report of two cases and epidemic distribution based on sequence type

Fei Jiang, Jingjing Guo, Chen Cheng, Bing Gu

Analysis of the causes of cervical lymphadenopathy using fine-needle aspiration cytology combining cell block in Chinese patients with and without HIV infection

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Bacterial otitis media in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Tewodros Tesfa, Habtamu Mitiku, Mekonnen Sisay, Fitsum Weldegebreal, Zerihun Ataro, Birhanu Motbaynor, Dadi Marami, Zelalem Teklemariam

Description of the targeted water supply and hygiene response strategy implemented during the cholera outbreak of 2017–2018 in Kinshasa, DRC

Didier Bompangue, Sandra Moore, Nadège Taty, Benido Impouma, Bertrand Sudre, Richard Manda, Thierno Balde, Franck Mboussou, Thierry Vandevelde

Acceptability and feasibility of testing for HIV infection at birth and linkage to care in rural and urban Zambia: a cross-sectional study

Catherine G. Sutcliffe, Jane N. Mutanga, Nkumbula Moyo, Jessica L. Schue, Mutinta Hamahuwa, Philip E. Thuma, William J. Moss

Epidemiology, treatment and outcomes of bloodstream infection due to vancomycin-resistant enterococci in cancer patients in a vanB endemic setting

Ouli Xie, Monica A. Slavin, Benjamin W. Teh, Ashish Bajel, Abby P. Douglas, Leon J. Worth

The role of mini-bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in critically ill patients

Cynthia Pessoa Neves, Allyson Guimarães Costa, Izabella Picinin Safe, Alexandra de Souza Brito, Jaquelane Silva Jesus, Afranio Lineu Kritski, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães Lacerda, Miguel Viveiros, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos

Case reports of latent HBV hepatitis in patients after neurosurgical treatment for hypothalamic and pituitary tumors

Kuniyasu Niizuma, Yoshikazu Ogawa, Takayuki Kogure, Teiji Tominaga

Distribution of Candida albicans and non-albicans Candida species isolated in different clinical samples and their in vitro antifungal suscetibity profile in Ethiopia

Elias Seyoum, Adane Bitew, Amete Mihret

Triple infection with Cryptococcus, varicella-zoster virus, and Mycobacterium abscessus in a patient with anti-interferon-gamma autoantibodies: a case report

Pongprueth Rujirachun, Jirath Sangwongwanich, Methee Chayakulkeeree

Burden of Staphylococcus aureus infections after orthopedic surgery in Germany

Fraence Hardtstock, Kirstin Heinrich, Thomas Wilke, Sabrina Mueller, Holly Yu

Inflammatory pseudotumor associated with HSV infection of rectal vascular endothelium in a patient with HIV: a case report and literature review

Shi Bai, Justin A. Maykel, Michelle X. Yang

Loss to follow-up and associated maternal factors among HIV-exposed infants at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda: a retrospective study

Rogers Ankunda, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Catherine Atuhaire, Taseera Kabanda, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Frankline Sevidzem Wirsiy, Eleanor Turyakira

Burkholderia pseudomallei peri-prosthetic infection following medial malleolar internal fixation: a case report

Umesh Jayarajah, Arulprashanth Arulanantham, Vimaleswaran Koculen, Chamikara Palkumbura, Aadil Faleel, Rukshan Sooriyarachchi

Unusual accumulation of a wide array of antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in a patient with cytomegalovirus-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a case report

Mohammad Rubayet Hasan, Manu Somasundaram Sundaram, Sathyavathi Sundararaju, Kin-Ming Tsui, Mohammed Yousuf Karim, Diane Roscoe, Omar Imam, Mohammad A. Janahi, Eva Thomas, Simon Dobson, Rusung Tan, Patrick Tang, Andres Perez Lopez

Anemia risk factors among people living with HIV across the United States in the current treatment era: a clinical cohort study

B. N. Harding, B. M. Whitney, R. M. Nance, S. A. Ruderman, H. M. Crane, G. Burkholder, R. D. Moore, W. C. Mathews, J. J. Eron, P. W. Hunt, P. Volberding, B. Rodriguez, K. H. Mayer, M. S. Saag, M. M. Kitahata, S. R. Heckbert, J. A. C. Delaney

Use of adenosine deaminase (ADA) to diagnose suspected peritoneal tuberculosis in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study

Jules Ntwari, Vincent Dusabejambo, Cameron Page

Influenza in the school-aged population in Mexico: burden of disease and cost-effectiveness of vaccination in children

Jorge Abelardo Falcón-Lezama, Rodrigo Saucedo-Martínez, Miguel Betancourt-Cravioto, Myrna María Alfaro-Cortes, Roberto Isaac Bahena-González, Roberto Tapia-Conyer

High levels of viral repression, malnutrition and second-line ART use in adolescents living with HIV: a mixed methods study from Myanmar

Jillian Murray, Katherine Whitehouse, Janet Ousley, Elkin Bermudez, Theint Thida Soe, Adelene Hilbig, Kyi Pyar Soe, Phyu Ei Mon, Kyaw Tint Tun, Win Le Shwe Sin Ei, Joanne Cyr, Carole Deglise, Iza Ciglenecki

Diagnostic performance of nucleic acid tests in tuberculous pleurisy

Min Han, Heping Xiao, Liping Yan

Correction to: The influence of race in older adults with infective endocarditis

Ché Matthew Harris, Waseem Khaliq, Aiham Albaeni, Keith C. Norris

Measles and mumps outbreaks in Lebanon: trends and links

Talal El Zarif, Mohamed Faisal Kassir, Nazih Bizri, Ghida Kassir, Umayya Musharrafieh, Abdul Rahman Bizri

Incidence and predictors of tuberculosis occurrence among adults on antiretroviral therapy at Debre Markos referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: retrospective follow-up study

Agazhe Aemro, Abebaw Jember, Degefaye Zelalem Anlay

Modelling of viral load dynamics and CD4 cell count progression in an antiretroviral naive cohort: using a joint linear mixed and multistate Markov model

Zelalem G. Dessie, Temesgen Zewotir, Henry Mwambi, Delia North

Reduced bacterial contamination rates detected on silicone tourniquets compared to conventional tourniquets in clinical routine

Marcus Grohmann, Lena Schomakers, Frank Wolschendorf, Janina Grosch, Susan Lindner, Anna Kristina Witte

The role of drug resistance in poor viral suppression in rural South Africa: findings from a population-based study

Sheri A. Lippman, Alyssa C. Mooney, Adrian Puren, Gillian Hunt, Jessica S. Grignon, Lisa M. Prach, Hailey J. Gilmore, Hong-Ha M. Truong, Scott Barnhart, Teri Liegler

The spatiotemporal distribution of human brucellosis in mainland China from 2007-2016

Peifeng Liang, Yuan Zhao, Jianhua Zhao, Dongfeng Pan, Zhongqin Guo

Pseudomonas infections among hospitalized adults in Latin America: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Alfredo Ponce de Leon, Sanjay Merchant, Gowri Raman, Esther Avendano, Jeffrey Chan, Griselda Tepichin Hernandez, Eric Sarpong

Effect of age at vaccination on the measles vaccine effectiveness and immunogenicity: systematic review and meta-analysis

Sara Carazo, Marie-Noëlle Billard, Amélie Boutin, Gaston De Serres

Google Health Trends performance reflecting dengue incidence for the Brazilian states

Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Nidhi Parikh, Dave Osthus, Kaitlyn Martinez, Nicholas Generous, Sara del Valle, Carrie A. Manore

Can metagenomic next-generation sequencing identify the pathogens responsible for culture-negative prosthetic joint infection?

Chaoxin Wang, Zida Huang, Wenbo Li, Xinyu Fang, Wenming Zhang

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among HIV-infected patients in Taiwan: prevalence, molecular characteristics and associated factors with nasal carriage

Yi-Yu Hsu, David Wu, Chien-Ching Hung, Shie-Shian Huang, Fang-Hsueh Yuan, Ming-Hsun Lee, Ching-Tai Huang, Shian-Sen Shie, Po-Yen Huang, Chien-Chang Yang, Chun-Wen Cheng, Hsieh-Shong Leu, Ting-Shu Wu, Yhu-Chering Huang

How can gastro-intestinal tuberculosis diagnosis be improved? A prospective cohort study

Christopher Lowbridge, Soraya A. M. Fadhil, Gayathri D. Krishnan, Emma Schimann, Raman Muthu Karuppan, Nagaraj Sriram, Giri Shan Rajahram, Jayaram Menon, Aatish Patel, Timothy William, Dawn Carmel Paul, Anna P. Ralph

Joint modelling of longitudinal and time-to-event data: an illustration using CD4 count and mortality in a cohort of patients initiated on antiretroviral therapy

Nobuhle N. Mchunu, Henry G. Mwambi, Tarylee Reddy, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Kogieleum Naidoo

Cryptosporidiosis after treatment with fingolimod: a case report and pharmacovigilance review

M. Martinot, A. Abou-Bacar, M. Lamothe, M. Alt Tebacher, M. Mohseni Zadeh, F. Dalle, L. Favennec, D. Costa, J. Brunet, F. Sellal

Disseminated Mycobacterium simiae infection in a patient with adult-onset immunodeficiency due to anti-interferon-gamma antibodies – a case report

B. S. D. P. Keragala, C. N. Gunasekera, P. D. Yesudian, Chandima Guruge, B. S. Dissanayaka, D. P. Liyanagama, G. I. M. Jinadasa, S. R. Constantine, H. M. M. T. B. Herath

Evaluation of the effectiveness of high-risk human papilloma self-sampling test for cervical cancer screening in Bolivia

Gustavo Allende, Pedro Surriabre, Neli Ovando, Pamela Calle, Andrea Torrico, Jaime Villarroel, Michel Bossens, Véronique Fontaine, Patricia Rodriguez

Hepatitis E virus outbreak associated with rainfall in the Central African Republic in 2008-2009

Vianney Tricou, Julie Bouscaillou, Gina-Laure Laghoe-Nguembe, Aubin Béré, Xavier Konamna, Benjamin Sélékon, Emmanuel Nakouné, Mirdad Kazanji, Narcisse P. Komas

Q fever seroprevalence in parturient women: the EQRUN cross-sectional study on Reunion Island

Julien Jaubert, Laura Atiana, Sophie Larrieu, Philippe De Vos, Claudine Somon-Payet, Sylvaine Porcherat, Yoan Mboussou, Florence Naze, Sandrine Picot, Malik Boukerrou, Pierre-Yves Robillard, Patrick Gérardin

Molecular characterization of human Echinococcus isolates and the first report of E. canadensis (G6/G7) and E. multilocularis from the Punjab Province of Pakistan using sequence analysis

Aisha Khan, Haroon Ahmed, Sami Simsek, Hua Liu, Jianhai Yin, Ying Wang, Yujuan Shen, Jianping Cao

Solidarity, vulnerability and mistrust: how context, information and government affect the lives of women in times of Zika

Ana Rosa Linde-Arias, Maria Roura, Eduardo Siqueira

Ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir & dasabuvir ± ribavirin following protease inhibitors failure - a prospective multi-centre trial

Liat Deutsch, Inbal Houri, Ziv Ben-Ari, Amir Shlomai, Ella Veitsman, Oranit Cohen-Ezra, Assaf Issachar, Orna Mor, Yael Gozlan, Rafael Bruck, Yoram Menachem, Shira Zelber-Sagi, Helena Katchman, Oren Shibolet

Evaluating the impact of the weather conditions on the influenza propagation

David E. Singh, Maria-Cristina Marinescu, Jesus Carretero, Concepcion Delgado-Sanz, Diana Gomez-Barroso, Amparo Larrauri

Plasmodium yoelii 17XL infection modified maturation and function of dendritic cells by skewing Tregs and amplificating Th17

Guang Chen, Ji-wei Du, Qing Nie, Yun-ting Du, Shuang-chun Liu, De-hui Liu, Hui-ming Zhang, Fang-fang Wang

International tuberculosis contact-tracing notifications in Germany: analysis of national data from 2010 to 2018 and implications for efficiency

Saskia Glasauer, Stefan Kröger, Walter Haas, Nita Perumal

Cytokine response in human leptospirosis with different clinical outcomes: a systematic review

Indika Senavirathna, Devarajan Rathish, Suneth Agampodi

Association between the rate of fluoroquinolones-resistant gram-negative bacteria and antibiotic consumption from China based on 145 tertiary hospitals data in 2014

Ping Yang, Yunbo Chen, Saiping Jiang, Ping Shen, Xiaoyang Lu, Yonghong Xiao

Diagnosis of severe scrub typhus infection by next-generation sequencing:a case report

Jie Chen, Xu-dong Zheng, Qi-he Dai, Wei-li Hong, You-peng Li, Rui Chen, Bing-bing Ye, Xiao-jie Mo, Peng Cui, Zhan-wei Ruan

Co-circulation of coxsackieviruses A-6, A-10, and A-16 causes hand, foot, and mouth disease in Guangzhou city, China

Jia Xie, Xiao-Han Yang, Si-Qi Hu, Wen-Li Zhan, Chang-Bin Zhang, Hong Liu, Hong-Yu Zhao, Hui-Ying Chai, Ke-Yi Chen, Qian-Yi Du, Pan Liu, Ai-Hua Yin, Ming-Yong Luo

Epidemiological characteristics and transmissibility of shigellosis in Hubei Province, China, 2005 – 2017

Qi Chen, Jia Rui, Qingqing Hu, Ying Peng, Hao Zhang, Zeyu Zhao, Yeqing Tong, Yang Wu, Yanhua Su, Benhua Zhao, Xuhua Guan, Tianmu Chen

Multidrug-resistant HIV viral rebound during early syphilis: a case report

Andrea Giacomelli, Valeria Micheli, Dario Cattaneo, Alessandro Mancon, Cristina Gervasoni

Assessing Gammapapillomavirus infections of mucosal epithelia with two broad-spectrum PCR protocols

Elisa M. Bolatti, Lea Hošnjak, Diego Chouhy, Pablo E. Casal, María F. Re-Louhau, Hebe Bottai, Kristina Fujs Komloš, Mario Poljak, Adriana A. Giri

High contribution and impact of resistant gram negative pathogens causing surgical site infections at a multi-hospital healthcare system in Saudi Arabia, 2007–2016

Aiman El-Saed, Hanan H. Balkhy, Majid M. Alshamrani, Sameera Aljohani, Asim Alsaedi, Wafa Al Nasser, Ayman El Gammal, Saad A. Almohrij, Ziyad Alyousef, Sara Almunif, Mohammad Alzahrani

Determinants of isoniazid preventive therapy completion among people living with HIV attending care and treatment clinics from 2013 to 2017 in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. A cross-sectional analytical study

Masanja Robert, Jim Todd, Bernard J. Ngowi, Sia E. Msuya, Angella Ramadhani, Veryhel Sambu, Isaya Jerry, Martin R. Mujuni, Michael J. Mahande, James S. Ngocho, Werner Maokola

Characteristics of Clostridium difficile isolates and the burden of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection in a tertiary teaching hospital in Chongqing, Southwest China

Wei Dai, Tianxiang Yang, Li Yan, Siqiang Niu, Chuanming Zhang, Jide Sun, Zhu Wang, Yun Xia

Risk of multi-drug resistant Campylobacter spp. and residual antimicrobials at poultry farms and live bird markets in Bangladesh

Sucharit Basu Neogi, Md. Mehedul Islam, S. K. Shaheenur Islam, A. H. M. Taslima Akhter, Md. Mahmudul Hasan Sikder, Shinji Yamasaki, S. M. Lutful Kabir

Epidemiological and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage strains in pre-school children in Arkhangelsk, northern European Russia, prior to the introduction of conjugate pneumococcal vaccines

V. Vorobieva S. Jensen, A-S Furberg, H-C Slotved, T. Bazhukova, B. Haldorsen, D. A. Caugant, A. Sundsfjord, P. Valentiner-Branth, G. S. Simonsen

Burden of fatigue among adults living with HIV/AIDS attending antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia

Tsiwaye Gebreyesus, Addisalem Belay, Gebretsadik Berhe, Gebremedhin Haile

Detection of viral RNA in diverse body fluids in an SFTS patient with encephalopathy, gastrointestinal bleeding and pneumonia: a case report and literature review

Kazumasa Akagi, Taiga Miyazaki, Kazuhiro Oshima, Asuka Umemura, Satoshi Shimada, Kouichi Morita, Hiroaki Senju, Masato Tashiro, Takahiro Takazono, Tomomi Saijo, Shintaro Kurihara, Motohiro Sekino, Kazuko Yamamoto, Yoshifumi Imamura, Koichi Izumikawa, Katsunori Yanagihara, Akihiko Uda, Shigeru Morikawa, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Takeshi Kurosu, Masayuki Shimojima, Masayuki Saijo, Hiroshi Mukae

Emergence of carbapenem-resistant and colistin-susceptible Enterobacter cloacae complex co-harboring blaIMP-1 and mcr-9 in Japan

Pegah Kananizadeh, Satoshi Oshiro, Shin Watanabe, Shu Iwata, Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai, Masahiro Shimojima, Miho Ogawa, Tatsuya Tada, Teruo Kirikae

Expanded access to viral load testing and use of second line regimens in Haiti: time trends from 2010–2017

Yu Wang, Scott Barnhart, Kesner Francois, Ermane Robin, Mireille Kalou, Georges Perrin, Lara Hall, Jean Baptiste Koama, Elisma Marinho, Jean Gabriel Balan, Jean Guy Honoré, Nancy Puttkammer

Mapping lymphatic filariasis in Loa loa endemic health districts naïve for ivermectin mass administration and situated in the forested zone of Cameroon

Andrew A. Beng, Mathias E. Esum, Kebede Deribe, Abdel J. Njouendou, Patrick W. C. Ndongmo, Raphael A. Abong, Jerome Fru, Fanny F. Fombad, Gordon T. Nchanji, Glory Amambo, Narcisse T. V. Gandjui, Benjamin Biholong, Georges Nko’Ayissi, Patrick Mbia, Julie Akame, Peter I. Enyong, Steven D. Reid, Jean J. Tougoue, Yaobi Zhang, Samuel Wanji

A descriptive epidemiological study of the incidence of newly diagnosed Lyme disease cases in a UK primary care cohort, 1998–2016

John S. P. Tulloch, Robert M. Christley, Alan D. Radford, Jenny C. Warner, Mike B. J. Beadsworth, Nick J. Beeching, Roberto Vivancos

A case of Henoch-Schönlein purpura associated with scrub typhus

Jae Hyoung Im, Suk Jin Choi, Moon-Hyun Chung, Seung Yun Lee, Young Kyoung Park, Hea Yoon Kwon, Ji Hyeon Baek, Jin-Soo Lee

Molecular identification and antifungal susceptibility profile of yeast from vulvovaginal candidiasis

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

Molecular diagnosis of autochthonous human anaplasmosis in Austria – an infectious diseases case report

Wolfgang Hoepler, Mateusz Markowicz, Anna-Margarita Schoetta, Alexander Zoufaly, Gerold Stanek, Christoph Wenisch

Inapropriate use of antibiotics effective against gram positive microorganisms despite restrictive antibiotic policies in ICUs: a prospective observational study

Hasan Selçuk Özger, Dolunay Merve Fakıoğlu, Kübra Erbay, Aslınur Albayrak, Kenan Hızel

The Lisbon patient: exceptional longevity with HIV suggests healthy aging as an ultimate goal for HIV care

Ines Pintassilgo, Matteo Cesari, Henrique N. Santos, Jovana Milic, Iacopo Franconi, Cristina Mussini, Nuno Marques, Giovanni Guaraldi

Understanding the spatio-temporal dynamics of meningitis epidemics outside the belt: the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Serge Mazamay, Didier Bompangue, Jean-François Guégan, Jean-Jacques Muyembe, Francis Raoul, Hélène Broutin

Characteristics and outcome of spontaneous bacterial meningitis in patients with diabetes mellitus

Virginia Pomar, Natividad de Benito, Albert Mauri, Pere Coll, Mercè Gurguí, Pere Domingo

Sociodemographic and clinical determinants of in-facility case fatality rate for 938 adult Ebola patients treated at Sierra Leone Ebola treatment center

Jia Bainga Kangbai, Christian Heumann, Michael Hoelscher, Foday Sahr, Guenter Froeschl

Factors affecting uptake and completion of isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV-infected children at a national referral hospital, Kenya: a mixed quantitative and qualitative study

Serah Kajuju Ngugi, Peter Muiruri, Theresa Odero, Onesmus Gachuno

Odontogenic cutaneous sinus tracts due to infection with nontuberculous mycobacteria: a report of three cases

Ricardo Pérez-Alfonzo, Luisa Elena Poleo Brito, Marialejandra Solano Vergara, Angela Ruiz Damasco, Perla Luiguimar Meneses Rodríguez, Carmen Elena Kannee Quintero, Carolina Carrera Martinez, Ismar Alejandra Rivera-Oliver, Omaira J. Da Mata Jardin, Bárbara A. Rodríguez-Castillo, Jacobus H. de Waard

Clinical efficacy and safety of polymyxins based versus non-polymyxins based therapies in the infections caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cheng Lyu, Yuyi Zhang, Xiaofen Liu, Jufang Wu, Jing Zhang

Burden of HPV related anogenital diseases in young women in Germany – an analysis of German statutory health insurance claims data from 2012 to 2017

Miriam Reuschenbach, Sarah Mihm, Regine Wölle, Kim Maren Schneider, Christian Jacob, Sebastian Braun, Wolfgang Greiner, Monika Hampl

A case report of a child with probable drug resistant tuberculous pericarditis with a review of challenges involved in diagnosis, treatment and follow up of children with DR-TB pericarditis

Aravind Swaminathan, Philipp du Cros, Jay Achar, Jarmila Kliescikova, Shamsiya Mirgayosieva, Bobojon Pirmahmadzoda

Uptake and willingness to use PrEP among Chinese gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men with experience of sexualized drug use in the past year

Zixin Wang, Phoenix K. H. Mo, Mary Ip, Yuan Fang, Joseph T. F. Lau

Statistical methods for predicting tuberculosis incidence based on data from Guangxi, China

Yanling Zheng, Liping Zhang, Lei Wang, Ramziya Rifhat

Detecting Schistosoma mansoni infections among pre-school-aged children in southern Ghana: a diagnostic comparison of urine-CCA, real-time PCR and Kato-Katz assays

Samuel Armoo, Lucas J. Cunningham, Suzy J. Campbell, Frank T. Aboagye, Freda K. Boampong, Buhari A. Hamidu, Mike Y. Osei-Atweneboana, J. Russell Stothard, Emily R. Adams

Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, serotypes and risk factors for group B streptococcus rectovaginal isolates among pregnant women at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya; a cross-sectional study

Salano Clayton Jisuvei, Alfred Osoti, Maina Anne Njeri

Application of real-time simultaneous amplification and testing method to accurately and rapidly detect extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

Tongxin Li, Tao Shi, Ying Sun, Kan Zhou, Zhenggu Huang, Pengsen Wang, Ming Luo, Xiaoping Nie, Guoqiang Yang, Yu Chen, Yaokai Chen

Predictors of infectious meningitis or encephalitis: the yield of cerebrospinal fluid in a cross-sectional study

Tolga Dittrich, Stephan Marsch, Adrian Egli, Stephan Rüegg, Gian Marco De Marchis, Sarah Tschudin-Sutter, Raoul Sutter

Existence of hepatitis B virus surface protein mutations and other variants: demand for hepatitis B infection control in Cambodia

Ko Ko, Kazuaki Takahashi, Shintaro Nagashima, Chikako Yamamoto, Vichit Ork, Aya Sugiyama, Tomoyuki Akita, Masayuki Ohisa, Channarena Chuon, Md. Shafiqul Hossain, Bunsoth Mao, Junko Tanaka

Microbiology testing associated with antibiotic dispensing in older community-dwelling adults

Zhuoxin Peng, Andrew Hayen, Martyn D. Kirk, Sallie Pearson, Allen C. Cheng, Bette Liu

Prevalence of molecular markers associated with drug resistance of Plasmodium vivax isolates in Western Yunnan Province, China

Xiaoxiao Wang, Wei Ruan, Shuisen Zhou, Xinyu Feng, He Yan, Fang Huang

Application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with colorimetric and lateral flow dipstick visualization as the potential point-of-care testing for Corynebacterium diphtheriae

Aleksandra A. Zasada, Aldona Wiatrzyk, Urszula Czajka, Klaudia Brodzik, Kamila Formińska, Ewa Mosiej, Marta Prygiel, Katarzyna Krysztopa-Grzybowska, Karol Wdowiak

Disseminated cysticercosis and Kaposi sarcoma in a child with HIV/AIDS: A case report

David W. McCormick, Jason M. Bacha, Nader K. El-Mallawany, Carrie L. Kovarik, J. S. Slone, Liane R. Campbell

Individual and household correlates of Helicobacter pylori infection among Young Ethiopian children in Ziway, Central Ethiopia

Kayla Schacher, Hannah Spotts, Caroline Correia, Sosina Walelign, Mehret Tesfaye, Kassu Desta, Aster Tsegaye, Bineyam Taye

Clinical characteristics of patients with 2019 coronavirus disease in a non-Wuhan area of Hubei Province, China: a retrospective study

Xin-Ying Zhao, Xuan-Xuan Xu, Hai-Sen Yin, Qin-Ming Hu, Tao Xiong, Yuan-Yan Tang, Ai-Ying Yang, Bao-Ping Yu, Zhi-Ping Huang

Longitudinal assessment of antibiotic resistance gene profiles in gut microbiomes of infants at risk of eczema

Evelyn Xiu Ling Loo, Amanda Zain, Gaik Chin Yap, Rikky W. Purbojati, Daniela I. Drautz-Moses, Yan Qing Koh, Yap Seng Chong, Kok Hian Tan, Peter D. Gluckman, Fabian Yap, Johan Gunnar Eriksson, Elizabeth Tham, Lynette Pei-chi Shek, Staffan Kjelleberg, Stephan C. Schuster, Ritu Banerjee, Bee Wah Lee

Natural presence of the V179D and K103R/V179D mutations associated with resistance to nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors in HIV-1 CRF65_cpx strains

Yongjian Liu, Yu Zhang, Hanping Li, Xiaolin Wang, Lei Jia, Jingwan Han, Tianyi Li, Jingyun Li, Lin Li

Mycoplasma genitalium in Singapore is associated with Chlamydia trachomatis infection and displays high macrolide and Fluoroquinolone resistance rates

Tim Hart, Wen Ying Tang, Siti Aminah bte Mansoor, Martin T. W. Chio, Timothy Barkham

Different profiles of body mass index variation among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: a retrospective cohort study

Alhassane Diallo, Boubacar Djelo Diallo, Lansana Mady Camara, Lucrèce Ahouéfa Nadège Kounoudji, Boubacar Bah, Fulgence N’Zabintawali, Miguel Carlos-Bolumbu, Mamadou Hassimiou Diallo, Oumou Younoussa Sow

Efficacy of the quick sequential organ failure assessment for predicting clinical outcomes among community-acquired pneumonia patients presenting in the emergency department

Xiangqun Zhang, Bo Liu, Yugeng Liu, Lijuan Ma, Hong Zeng

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia with negative detection of viral ribonucleic acid from nasopharyngeal swabs: a case report

Peiyan Zhang, Zhao Cai, Weibo Wu, Ling Peng, Yinfeng Li, Chuming Chen, Li Chen, Jianming Li, Mengli Cao, Shiyan Feng, Xiao Jiang, Jing Yuan, Yingxia Liu, Liang Yang, Fuxiang Wang

Epidemiological, clinical characteristics and drug resistance situation of culture-confirmed children TBM in southwest of China: a 6-year retrospective study

Dong-Mei Wang, Qing-Feng Li, Ma Zhu, Gui-Hui Wu, Xi Li, Yuan-Hong Xu, Jing Zhong, Jia Luo, Ying-Jie Li, Bin-Wu Ying, Chuan-Min Tao

Development of a convenient detection method for Trichomonas vaginalis based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification targeting adhesion protein 65

Yuhua Li, Shuai Wang, Haoran Li, Xiaoxiao Song, Hao Zhang, Yujuan Duan, Chengyang Luo, Bingli Wang, Sifan Ji, Qing Xie, Zhenchao Zhang

Continuous quality monitoring in the field: an evaluation of the performance of the Fio Deki Reader™ for rapid HIV testing in South Africa

Lara Noble, Lesley Scott, Lynsey Stewart-Isherwood, Seponono John Molifi, Ian Sanne, Pedro Da Silva, Wendy Stevens

Successful treatment of mycobacterial infection associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis with etoposide and anti-tuberculous therapy: a case report

Yan-Hong Wang, Jun-Hui Ba, Xiao-Wei Shi, Ben-Quan Wu

Scrub typhus as a rare cause of acute pyelonephritis: case report

Tulsi Bhattarai, Sujan Chandra Poudel, Nishma Pokharel, Suraj Bhattarai

Three monthly doses of 60 mg/kg praziquantel for Schistosoma haematobium infection is a safe and effective treatment regimen

Samuel Nkansah Darko, Henry Hanson, Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah, Sandra Baffour-Awuah, Priscilla Adjei-Kusi, Denis Yar, Ellis Owusu-Dabo

Tuberculosis and its association with CD4+ T cell count among adult HIV positive patients in Ethiopian settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Demeke Geremew, Mulugeta Melku, Aklilu Endalamaw, Berhanu Woldu, Alebachew Fasil, Markos Negash, Habtamu Wondifraw Baynes, Habtamu Geremew, Takele Teklu, Tekalign Deressa, Belay Tessema, Ulrich Sack

In-depth analysis of T2Bacteria positive results in patients with concurrent negative blood culture: a case series

Markos Kalligeros, Ioannis M. Zacharioudakis, Giannoula S. Tansarli, Katerina Tori, Fadi Shehadeh, Eleftherios Mylonakis

Francisella tularensis as the cause of protracted fever

Lukas Antonitsch, Gerhard Weidinger, Gerold Stanek, Mateusz Markowicz

A clinical case report of brain abscess caused by Nocardia brasiliensis in a non-immunocompromised patient and a relevant literature review

Jian-Wei Zhu, Hui Zhou, Wei-Qiang Jia, Jian You, Ru-Xiang Xu

A child with household transmitted COVID-19

Li-juan Mao, Jian Xu, Zhi-hao Xu, Xiao-ping Xia, Bin Li, Jian-guo He, Peng Zhao, Jian-wei Pan, Dan Zhang, Yue Su, Yue-hong Wang, Zhe-feng Yuan

Serum level of IL-1ra was associated with the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in a Chinese population

Haoran Zhang, Xuefang Cao, Henan Xin, Jianmin Liu, Shouguo Pan, Ling Guan, Fei Shen, Zisen Liu, Dakuan Wang, Xueling Guan, Jiaoxia Yan, Boxuan Feng, Na Li, Qi Jin, Lei Gao

The clinical significance of IL-6 s and IL-27 s in Bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from children with mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Jie Zhao, Yuyun Li, Wen Zhang

Prevalence of Zika virus neutralizing antibodies in healthy adults in Vietnam during and after the Zika virus epidemic season: a longitudinal population-based survey

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Cryptococcus meningitis mimicking cerebral septic emboli, a case report series demonstrating injection drug use as a risk factor for development of disseminated disease

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Human immunodeficiency virus positive status disclosure to a sexual partner and its determinant factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Neurocognitive impairment in treatment-experienced adults living with HIV attending primary care clinics in Zimbabwe

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Prognostic accuracy of SIRS criteria and qSOFA score for in-hospital mortality among influenza patients in the emergency department

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Corynebacterium striatum meningitis combined with suspected brain and lung abscesses: a case report and review

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Productivity costs from a dengue episode in Asia: a systematic literature review

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Risk factors for and clinical outcomes of carbapenem non-susceptible gram negative bacilli bacteremia in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia

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Is distance associated with tuberculosis treatment outcomes? A retrospective cohort study in Kampala, Uganda

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Cryptococcal antigenemia and its predictors among HIV infected patients in resource limited settings: a systematic review

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Double-carbapenem therapy in the treatment of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Multiple subcutaneous tuberculous abscesses in a dermatomyositis patient without pulmonary tuberculosis: a case report and literature review

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The prevalence of cryptococcal antigen (CrAg) and benefits of pre-emptive antifungal treatment among HIV-infected persons with CD4+ T-cell counts < 200 cells/μL: evidence based on a meta-analysis

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Simulating transmission of ESKAPE pathogens plus C. difficile in relevant clinical scenarios

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Influx of diverse, drug resistant and transmissible Plasmodium falciparum into a malaria-free setting in Qatar

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The correlations between Th1 and Th2 cytokines in human alveolar echinococcosis

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The influence of exposure to Toxoplasma Gondii on host lipid metabolism

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Clinical and computed tomography features of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess

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Sensitivity, specificity, inclusivity and exclusivity of the updated Aptima Combo 2 assay, which provides detection coverage of the new diagnostic-escape Chlamydia trachomatis variants

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Human adenovirus Coinfection aggravates the severity of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

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Isolation of Coxiella burnetii in patients with nonspecific febrile illness in South Korea

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Epidemiology, vaccine effectiveness, and risk factors for mortality for pneumococcal disease among hospitalised adults in Singapore: a case-control study

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Malaria patterns across altitudinal zones of Mount Elgon following intensified control and prevention programs in Uganda

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A phase 2b/3b MenACWY-TT study of long-term antibody persistence after primary vaccination and immunogenicity and safety of a booster dose in individuals aged 11 through 55 years

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Epidemiology and risk factors of infective endocarditis in a tertiary hospital in China from 2007 to 2016

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Positive results for patients with COVID-19 discharged form hospital in Chongqing, China

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Comparing clinical outcomes of piperacillin-tazobactam administration and dosage strategies in critically ill adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Disseminated Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense infection in a Good’s syndrome patient negative for human immunodeficiency virus and anti-interferon-γ autoantibody: a case report

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What is the level of uptake of partner notification services in HIV testing in selected health facilities in Gatanga Sub County, Muranga County – Kenya; a retrospective study

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Spatio-temporal analysis of socio-economic characteristics for pulmonary tuberculosis in Sichuan province of China, 2006–2015

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Clinical and CT findings of COVID-19: differences among three age groups

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Clinical features of aseptic meningitis with varicella zoster virus infection diagnosed by next-generation sequencing: case reports

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A pain in the neck: Salmonella spp. as an unusual cause of a thyroid abscess. A case report and review of the literature

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COVID-19 with acute cholecystitis: a case report

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Sarcoidosis with cryptococcal infection apparently engaging only immune-privileged body compartments: a case report

Johannes H. van der Stoep, Eva Sigstad, Anders Bredberg

Fungal arthritis with adjacent osteomyelitis caused by Candida pelliculosa: a case report

Kwang Yun Song, Chulmin Park, Ji-Hyun Byun, Hye-Sun Chun, Jung-Hyun Choi, Eun Hee Han, Seung Ok Lee, Yeonjeong Jeong, Youn Jeong Kim, Si-Hyun Kim

HIV patients retention and attrition in care and their determinants in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nurilign Abebe Moges, Adesina Olubukola, Okunlola Micheal, Yemane Berhane

Towards accurate exclusion of neonatal bacterial meningitis: a feasibility study of a novel 16S rDNA PCR assay

Arthur Abelian, Thomas Mund, Martin D. Curran, Stuart A. Savill, Nipa Mitra, Carol Charan, Amanda L. Ogilvy-Stuart, Hugh R. B. Pelham, Paul H. Dear

Association of cerebral malaria and TNF-α levels: a systematic review

Luana Leão, Bruna Puty, Maria Fâni Dolabela, Marinete Marins Povoa, Yago Gecy De Sousa Né, Luciana Guimarães Eiró, Nathália Carolina Fernandes Fagundes, Lucianne Cople Maia, Rafael Rodrigues Lima

Prevalence and determinants of virological failure, genetic diversity and drug resistance among people living with HIV in a minority area in China: a population-based study

Dan Yuan, Meijing Liu, Peng Jia, Yiping Li, Yuling Huang, Li Ye, Laze Api, Maogang Chen, Liang Yao, Zixin Wang, Honglu Liu, Shu Liang, Shujuan Yang

Investigation of syphilis immunology and Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum biology to improve clinical management and design a broadly protective vaccine: study protocol

Ethan Osias, Phoebe Hung, Lorenzo Giacani, Chrysovalantis Stafylis, Kelika A. Konda, Silver K. Vargas, E. Michael Reyes-Díaz, W. Scott Comulada, David A. Haake, Austin M. Haynes, Carlos F. Caceres, Jeffrey D. Klausner

Risk factors for disease progression in COVID-19 patients

Min Cheol Chang, Yu-Kyung Park, Bong-Ok Kim, Donghwi Park

Age-stratified anti-tuberculosis drug resistance profiles in South Korea: a multicenter retrospective study

Eung Gu Lee, Jinsoo Min, Ji Young Kang, Sung Kyoung Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Yong Hyun Kim, Hyoung Kyu Yoon, Sang Haak Lee, Hyung Woo Kim, Ju Sang Kim

Multilevel ordinal model for CD4 count trends in seroconversion among South Africa women

Zelalem G. Dessie, Temesgen Zewotir, Henry Mwambi, Delia North

Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) cases are not random: explaining trend, low- and high-frequency oscillations based on the Austrian TBE time series

Franz Rubel, Melanie Walter, Janna R. Vogelgesang, Katharina Brugger

Pharmacokinetic study of two different rifabutin doses co-administered with lopinavir/ritonavir in African HIV and tuberculosis co-infected adult patients

Seni Kouanda, Henri Gautier Ouedraogo, Kadari Cisse, Tegwinde Rebeca Compaoré, Giorgia Sulis, Serge Diagbouga, Alberto Roggi, Grissoum Tarnagda, Paola Villani, Lassana Sangare, Jacques Simporé, Mario Regazzi, Alberto Matteelli

Global molecular diversity of RSV – the “INFORM RSV” study

Annefleur C. Langedijk, Robert Jan Lebbink, Christiana Naaktgeboren, Anouk Evers, Marco C. Viveen, Anne Greenough, Terho Heikkinen, Renato T. Stein, Peter Richmond, Federico Martinón-Torres, Marta Nunes, Mitsuaki Hosoya, Christian Keller, Monika Bauck, Robert Cohen, Jesse Papenburg, Jeffrey Pernica, Marije P. Hennus, Hong Jin, David E. Tabor, Andrev Tovchigrechko, Alexey Ruzin, Michael E. Abram, Deidre Wilkins, Joanne G. Wildenbeest, Leyla Kragten-Tabatabaie, Frank E. J. Coenjaerts, Mark T. Esser, Louis J. Bont

Monitoring progress towards the first UNAIDS 90-90-90 target in key populations living with HIV in Norway

Robert Whittaker, Kelsey K. Case, Øivind Nilsen, Hans Blystad, Susan Cowan, Hilde Kløvstad, Ard van Sighem

Nosocomial infections due to multidrug-resistant bacteria in cancer patients: a six-year retrospective study of an oncology Center in Western China

Ai-Min Jiang, Xin Shi, Na Liu, Huan Gao, Meng-Di Ren, Xiao-Qiang Zheng, Xiao Fu, Xuan Liang, Zhi-Ping Ruan, Yu Yao, Tao Tian

Biofilm formation, antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence genes of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from clinical isolates in Uganda

Paul Katongole, Fatuma Nalubega, Najjuka Christine Florence, Benon Asiimwe, Irene Andia

An adult co-presented with varicella and herpes zoster caused by varicella zoster virus genotype J, China: a case report

Guangcheng Xie, Qiongling Wei, Wenping Guo, Dan Li, Pingping Sun, Jiangli Wang, Houguang Liu

Promoting routine syphilis screening among men who have sex with men in China: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of syphilis self-testing and lottery incentive

Weibin Cheng, Cheng Wang, Weiming Tang, Jason J. Ong, Hongyun Fu, Michael Marks, M. Kumi Smith, Changchang Li, Juan Nie, Peizhen Zhao, Heping Zheng, Bin Yang, Joseph D. Tucker

Asymptomatic central line-associated bloodstream infections in children implanted with long term indwelling central venous catheters in a teaching hospital, Sri Lanka

J. A. A. S. Jayaweera, D. Sivakumar

Delay in treatment initiation and its association with clinical severity and infectiousness among new adult pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Tigray, northern Ethiopia

Kiros Tedla, Girmay Medhin, Gebretsadik Berhe, Afework Mulugeta, Nega Berhe

Asymptomatic-anaplasmosis confirmation using genetic and serological tests and possible coinfection with spotted fever group Rickettsia: a case report

Jiyeon Yoo, Jong-Hoon Chung, Choon-Mee Kim, Na Ra Yun, Dong-Min Kim

Mycobacterial antigens in pleural fluid mononuclear cells to diagnose pleural tuberculosis in HIV co-infected patients

Tehmina Mustafa, Ida Wergeland, Kamaldeen Baba, Sharad Pathak, Anwar A. Hoosen, Anne Margarita Dyrhol-Riise

Incidence and predictors of virological failure among adult HIV patients on first-line antiretroviral therapy in Amhara regional referral hospitals; Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study

Chilot Desta Agegnehu, Mehari Woldemariam Merid, Melaku Kindie Yenit

A retrospective cohort investigation of seroprevalence of Marburg virus and ebolaviruses in two different ecological zones in Uganda

Luke Nyakarahuka, Ilana J. Schafer, Stephen Balinandi, Sophia Mulei, Alex Tumusiime, Jackson Kyondo, Barbara Knust, Julius Lutwama, Pierre Rollin, Stuart Nichol, Trevor Shoemaker

The geno-spatio analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in hot and cold spots of Guangxi, China

Dingwen Lin, Zhezhe Cui, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Prasit Palittapongarnpim, Angkana Chaiprasert, Wuthiwat Ruangchai, Jing Ou, Liwen Huang

Treatment outcomes of patients with tuberculosis in war affected region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Tauseef Ahmad, Muhammad Ayub Jadoon, Muhammad Khan, Haroon, Muhammad Mumtaz Khan, Akbar Hussain, Taha Hussein Musa, Muhammad Waqar, Eyasu Ejeta, Manoochehr Karami, Kefyalew Addis Alene, Hui Jin

Tuberculin skin test conversion in patients under treatment with anti-tumor necrotizing factor alpha agents

Mohammad-Esmaeil Hejazi, Atefeh Ahmadzadeh, Alireza Khabbazi, Aliasghar Ebrahimi, Maryam Farmani, Yasin Hejazi

Complicated hospitalization due to influenza: results from the Global Hospital Influenza Network for the 2017–2018 season

Bruno Lina, Alexandre Georges, Elena Burtseva, Marta C. Nunes, Melissa K. Andrew, Shelly A. McNeil, Guillermo M. Ruiz-Palacios, Luzhao Feng, Jan Kyncl, Philippe Vanhems, Justin R. Ortiz, John Paget, Robert C. Reiner, Sélilah Amour, Coulibaly Anderson N’Gattia, Victor Baselga Moreno, Elsa Baumeister, Jalila Ben Khelil, Daria Danilenko, Javier Diez-Domingo, Anca Cristina Drăgănescu, Gideon O. Emukule, Zhetpisbayeva Gauhar, M. Lourdes Guerrero, Ainara Mira-Iglesias, Lidija Kisteneva, Parvaiz A. Koul, Ainagul Kuatbaeva, Victor Alberto Laguna Torres, Odile Launay, Nezha Lenzi, Shabir Madhi, Zdenka Mandakova, Snežana Medić, Mioljub Ristić, Hyder Mir, Aneta Nitsch-Osuch, Nancy Otieno, Daniela Pițigoi, Andrea Pontoriero, Estela Ramirez, Ben Salah, Oana Sandulescu, Natali Serafin, Wei Shan, Anna Sominina, Svetlana Trushakova, Andrzej Zalewski, Tao Zhang

Epidemiology and genetic diversity of circulating dengue viruses in Medellin, Colombia: a fever surveillance study

Jacqueline Kyungah Lim, Mabel Carabali, Erwin Camacho, Diana Carolina Velez, Andrea Trujillo, Jorge Egurrola, Kang-Sung Lee, Ivan Dario Velez, Jorge E. Osorio

Identification of Enterococcus faecalis in a patient with urinary-tract infection based on metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report

Manshi Li, Fuhuo Yang, Yihan Lu, Weifeng Huang

Effects of meteorological factors on the incidence of mumps and models for prediction, China

Wen-ting Zha, Wei-tong LI, Nan Zhou, Jia-jia Zhu, Ruihua Feng, Tong Li, Yan-bing Du, Ying Liu, Xiu-qin Hong, Yuan Lv

Use of resuscitation promoting factors to screen for tuberculosis infection in household-exposed children in The Gambia

W. van Loon, M. P. Gomez, D. Jobe, K. L. M. C. Franken, T. H. M. Ottenhoff, M. Coninx, L. Kestens, J. S. Sutherland, B. Kampmann, L. D. Tientcheu

Fatal outcome in a patient under immunosuppressant therapy infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Strongyloides stercoralis: a case report

Chisato Ashida, Koji Kinoshita, Yuji Nozaki, Masanori Funauchi

Neurologic alterations in an HIV adult patient with pertussis: a case report

María Camila Arango-Granados, Iván Mauricio Trompa

Outbreak of KPC-2 Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST76 and Carbapenem-resistant K2 Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST375 strains in Northeast China: molecular and virulent characteristics

Shanshan Su, Jisheng Zhang, Yongxin Zhao, Lan Yu, Yong Wang, Yuchao Wang, Mingjia Bao, Yu Fu, Chunjiang Li, Xiaoli Zhang

Vascular function and cardiovascular risk in a HIV infected and HIV free cohort of African ancestry: baseline profile, rationale and methods of the longitudinal EndoAfrica-NWU study

Carla M. T. Fourie, Shani Botha-Le Roux, Wayne Smith, Aletta E. Schutte, Yolandi Breet, Carina M. C. Mels, Lebo F. Gafane-Matemane, Leandi Lammertyn, Lisa Uys, Adele Burger, Jitcy S. Joseph, Nandu Goswami, Patrick De Boever, Hans Strijdom

Seasonal Bordetella pertussis pattern in the period from 2008 to 2018 in Germany

Daniel Allermann Hitz, Friedemann Tewald, Maren Eggers

Correction to: Abstract-400 Detection of Cytomegalovirus by real time PCR among pediatric patients in different samples’

Culture-negative endocarditis with neurologic presentations and dramatic response to heparin: a case report

Hossein Sheibani, Mohammad Salari, Elham Azmoodeh, Amirhessam Kheirieh, Sara Chaghazardi

Gastrointestinal symptoms in invasive pneumococcal disease: a cohort study

Hans Kristian Floeystad, Jacob Dag Berild, Bjoern Jardar Brandsaeter, Didrik Frimann Vestrheim, Dag Berild, Are Martin Holm

Incidence, mortality, and lethality of hospitalizations for community-acquired pneumonia with comorbid cardiovascular disease in Spain (1997–2015)

Loreto Arias-Fernández, Ruth Gil-Prieto, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel

Successful treatment with baloxavir marboxil of a patient with peramivir-resistant influenza A/H3N2 with a dual E119D/R292K substitution after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation: a case report

Naonori Harada, Wataru Shibata, Hideo Koh, Emi Takashita, Seiichiro Fujisaki, Hiroshi Okamura, Satoru Nanno, Koichi Yamada, Hirohisa Nakamae, Masayuki Hino, Hiroshi Kakeya

A systems biology-driven approach to construct a comprehensive protein interaction network of influenza A virus with its host

Qurat ul Ain Farooq, Zeeshan Shaukat, Sara Aiman, Tong Zhou, Chunhua Li

Inequalities in measles immunization coverage in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional analysis of demographic and health surveys 2000–2016

Gebretsadik Shibre, Betregiorgis Zegeye, Dina Idriss-Wheeler, Sanni Yaya

Measuring vaccine effectiveness against persistent HPV infections: a comparison of different statistical approaches

R. Donken, J. Hoes, M. J. Knol, G. S. Ogilvie, S. Dobson, A. J. King, J. Singer, P. J. Woestenberg, J. A. Bogaards, C. J. L. M. Meijer, H. E. de Melker

Correction to: A rare case of pericarditis and pleural empyema secondary to transdiaphragmatic extension of pyogenic liver abscess

Eunae Cho, Sang Woo Park, Chung Hwan Jun, Sang Soo Shin, Eun Kyu Park, Kyo Seon Lee, Seon Young Park, Chang Hwan Park, Hyun Soo Kim, Sung Kyu Choi, Jong Sun Rew

Epidemiological characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis among health-care workers in Henan, China from 2010 to 2017

Guojie Wang, Jiying Xu, Bin Huang, Sanyou Gao, Yan Zhuang, Kan Wang, Yanqiu Zhang, Jianguo Jiang

Prevalence of HBV and HCV infections, Bhutan, 2017: Progress and next steps

N. Tshering, G. P. Dhakal, U. Wangchuk, S. Wangdi, L. Khandu, S. Pelden, F. Nogareda, M. K. Patel, Y. J. F. Hutin, K. Wannemuehler, B. B. Rewari, S. Wangchuk

Clinical presentation of asymptomatic and symptomatic heterosexual men who tested positive for urethral gonorrhoea at a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia

Mario Martín-Sánchez, Jason J. Ong, Christopher K. Fairley, Marcus Y. Chen, Deborah A. Williamson, Kate Maddaford, Ei T. Aung, Georgia Carter, Catriona S. Bradshaw, Eric P. F. Chow

Influence of blood group, Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and Haemoglobin genotype on Falciparum malaria in children in Vihiga highland of Western Kenya

Jafaralli Sande Ahmed, Bernard Guyah, David Sang’, Mark Kilongosi Webale, Nathan Shaviya Mufyongo, Elly Munde, Collins Ouma

Isolation and characterization of WUPyV in polarized human airway epithelial cells

Chao Wang, Tianli Wei, Yiman Huang, Qiong Guo, Zhiping Xie, Jingdong Song, Aijun Chen, Lishu Zheng

Effect of a multi-dimensional case management model on anti-retroviral therapy-related outcomes among people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Beijing, China

Lili Dai, Xiaochun Yu, Ying Shao, Yali Wang, Zaicun Li, Jiangzhu Ye, Shaoli Bai, Xiaoling Guo, Jianyun Wang, Bin Su, Taiyi Jiang, Tong Zhang, Hao Wu, Sarah Robbins Scott, An Liu, Lijun Sun

Finding gaps in TB notifications: spatial analysis of geographical patterns of TB notifications, associations with TB program efforts and social determinants of TB risk in Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan

Margo van Gurp, Ente Rood, Razia Fatima, Pushpraj Joshi, Sharat Chandra Verma, Ahmadul Hasan Khan, Lucie Blok, Christina Mergenthaler, Mirjam Irene Bakker

Testing the regulatory framework in South Africa – a single-blind randomized pilot trial of commercial probiotic supplementation to standard therapy in women with bacterial vaginosis

Anna-Ursula Happel, Ravesh Singh, Nireshni Mitchev, Koleka Mlisana, Heather B. Jaspan, Shaun L. Barnabas, Jo-Ann S. Passmore

Radiographic features in investigated for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: a nested case-control study

Jimmy M. Hsu, Aaron Hass, Marc-Alexandre Gingras, Jaron Chong, Cecilia Costiniuk, Nicole Ezer, Richard S. Fraser, Emily G. McDonald, Todd C. Lee

Development of a hexavalent recombinant protein vaccine adjuvanted with Montanide ISA 50 V and determination of its protective efficacy against acute toxoplasmosis

Esra Atalay Şahar, Hüseyin Can, Sultan Gülçe İz, Aysu Değirmenci Döşkaya, Mina Kalantari-Dehaghi, Remziye Deveci, Adnan Yüksel Gürüz, Mert Döşkaya

Seroprevalence and factors associated with hepatitis B infection among the hill tribe adult population in Thailand: a cross-sectional study

Panupong Upala, Tawatchai Apidechkul, Ratipark Tamornpark, Chalitar Chomchoei, Fartima Yeemard

Multifocal tuberculosis simulating a cancer-a case report

Congxiao Wang, Ying Luan, Shifeng Liu, Mingwei Zhao, Hao Zhang, Wei Li, Zixiang Li, Xiaokun Hu, Lijing Peng

When a viral eruption hides another one: intrafamilial outbreak of parvovirus B19 and measles virus co-infections: case report

Claire Grolhier, Charlotte Pronier, Arielle Belem, Julia Dina, Astrid Vabret, José-Hector Aranda Grau, Pierre Tattevin, Vincent Thibault

Estimating the nationwide transmission risk of measles in US schools and impacts of vaccination and supplemental infection control strategies

Parham Azimi, Zahra Keshavarz, Jose Guillermo Cedeno Laurent, Joseph G. Allen

Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1B case report: an unusual pathogen in an osteoarticular infection on device

Frédéric Wallet, Anne-Sophie Le Guern, Malo Penven, Eric Senneville, Cyril Savin, Caroline Loïez

Chronic suppurative otitis media due to Streptomyces cacaoi, the second case report in human infection

Lu Ai, Han Huang, Zhongwen Wu, Pingjuan Liu, Jianyu Huang, Yili Chen

Recurrent pneumonia in a patient with new coronavirus infection after discharge from hospital for insufficient antibody production: a case report

Xiaoxi Zhou, Jianfeng Zhou, Jianping Zhao

What causes high costs for rural tuberculosis inpatients? Evidence from five counties in China

Haomiao Li, Bin Cheng, Yingchun Chen

Paradoxical long-term impact of maternal influenza infection on neonates and infants

Joon Young Song, Keon Vin Park, Sung Won Han, Min Joo Choi, Ji Yun Noh, Hee Jin Cheong, Woo Joo Kim, Min-Jeong Oh, Geum Joon Cho

The age-specific incidence of hospitalized paediatric malaria in Uganda

Arthur Mpimbaza, Richard Walemwa, James Kapisi, Asadu Sserwanga, Jane Frances Namuganga, Yasin Kisambira, Abner Tagoola, Jane Frances Nanteza, Damain Rutazaana, Sarah G. Staedke, Grant Dorsey, Jimmy Opigo, Alice Kamau, Robert W. Snow

Rotavirus group A genotype circulation patterns across Kenya before and after nationwide vaccine introduction, 2010–2018

Mike J. Mwanga, Betty E. Owor, John B. Ochieng, Mwanajuma H. Ngama, Billy Ogwel, Clayton Onyango, Jane Juma, Regina Njeru, Elijah Gicheru, Grieven P. Otieno, Sammy Khagayi, Charles N. Agoti, Godfrey M. Bigogo, Richard Omore, O. Yaw Addo, Seheri Mapaseka, Jacqueline E. Tate, Umesh D. Parashar, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Jennifer R. Verani, Robert F. Breiman, D. James Nokes

Combined therapy with ceftriaxone and doxycycline does not improve the outcome of meningococcal meningitis in mice compared to ceftriaxone monotherapy

Susanna Ricci, Denis Grandgirard, Ilias Masouris, Tiziana Braccini, Gianni Pozzi, Marco R. Oggioni, Uwe Koedel, Stephen L. Leib

Epidemiology, species distribution, and predictive factors for mortality of candidemia in adult surgical patients

Wei Zhang, Xingpeng Song, Hao Wu, Rui Zheng

Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of group a streptococcus recovered from patients in Beijing, China

Hongxin Li, Lin Zhou, Yong Zhao, Lijuan Ma, Xiaoyan Liu, Jin Hu

Changes in D-dimer after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in adults living with HIV in Kenya

Chloe A. Teasdale, Cecilia Hernandez, Allison Zerbe, Duncan Chege, Mark Hawken, Wafaa M. El-Sadr

Association among cytokine profiles of innate and adaptive immune responses and clinical-virological features in untreated patients with chronic hepatitis B

Yurong Gu, Yifan Lian, Qiaolan Zheng, Zexuan Huang, Lin Gu, Yanhua Bi, Jing Li, Yanlin Huang, Yuankai Wu, Lubiao Chen, Yuehua Huang

Intestinal parasites co-infection among tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ayinalem Alemu, Zebenay Workneh Bitew, Teshager Worku

The phenotypic and molecular characteristics of antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium in Henan Province, China

Nian Dong, Yongrui Li, Jiayong Zhao, Hui Ma, Jinyan Wang, Beibei Liang, Xinying Du, Fuli Wu, Shengli Xia, Xiaoxia Yang, Hongbo Liu, Chaojie Yang, Shaofu Qiu, Hongbin Song, Leili Jia, Yan Li, Yansong Sun

Predictive factors for positive disco-vertebral biopsy culture in pyogenic vertebral osteomyelitis, and impact of fluoroscopic versus scanographic guidance

Caroline Diffre, Camille Jousset, Anne-Laure Roux, Clara Duran, Latifa Noussair, Martin Rottman, Robert-Yves Carlier, Aurélien Dinh

Polymorphisms of pfcrt, pfmdr1, and K13-propeller genes in imported falciparum malaria isolates from Africa in Guizhou province, China

Danya She, Zhengyan Wang, Qiuguo Liang, Lidan Lu, Yuting Huang, Ke Zhang, Dong An, Jiahong Wu

Hospital physicians’ experiences with procalcitonin – implications for antimicrobial stewardship; a qualitative study

Ingrid Christensen, Jon Birger Haug, Dag Berild, Jørgen Vildershøj Bjørnholt, Lars-Petter Jelsness-Jørgensen

External quality assessment (EQA) of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial susceptibility testing in primary laboratories in Germany

Regina Selb, Klaus Jansen, Matthias Eckardt, Thalea Tamminga, Sandra Dudareva, Martyna Gassowski, Ingeborg Graeber, Eva Guhl, Dagmar Heuer, Susanne Buder, Veronika Balau, Daniela Nagel, Anja Berger, Andreas Sing, Valerie Chapot, Jörg Steinmann, Heinrich Fischer, Siegfried Kösel, Vanessa Dreyer, Ute Tonnemacher, Andreas Groß, Hans Jochen Hagedorn, Tilo Hackel, Alexander Halfmann, Sören Becker, Christina Hess, Benjamin Blümel, Simone Korten, Hany Sahly, Yulia Laban, Claudia Friedrichs, Torsten Schmidt-Wieland, Klaus Oberdorfer, Roland Pfüller, Thomas Regnath, Corinna Woelke, Carolin Ruckert, Thomas Mertes, Carola Knost-Streicher, Sabine Krämer, Inka Schüttert, Robert Skov, Roman Schwarz, Doris Streit-Schmid, Daniela Walch, Madeleine Mai, Klaus-Peter Hunfeld, Thomas A. Wichelhaus, Andreas Wille, Carolin Muhl, Judith Overhoff

Percutaneous fine-needle aspiration for pyogenic liver abscess (3-6 cm): a two-center retrospective study

Shuangjun He, Jie Yu, Hairong Wang, Xuelian Chen, Zhanqiang He, Yi Chen

A COVID-19 patient with multiple negative results for PCR assays outside Wuhan, China: a case report

Li-Da Chen, Hao Li, Yu-Ming Ye, Zhi Wu, Ya-Ping Huang, Wei-Liang Zhang, Li Lin

Validation of the T86I mutation in the gyrA gene as a highly reliable real time PCR target to detect Fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter jejuni

Nereyda Espinoza, Jesús Rojas, Simon Pollett, Rina Meza, Lilian Patiño, Manuel Leiva, Máximo Camiña, Manuela Bernal, Nathanael D. Reynolds, Ryan Maves, Drake H. Tilley, Matthew Kasper, Mark P. Simons

Correlation analysis between disease severity and clinical and biochemical characteristics of 143 cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a descriptive study

Dan Wang, Ruifang Li, Juan Wang, Qunqun Jiang, Chang Gao, Juan Yang, Lintong Ge, Qing Hu

Molecular characterization of ocular dirofilariasis: a case report of Dirofilaria immitis in south-eastern Iran

Razieh Parsa, Ali Sedighi, Iraj Sharifi, Mehdi Bamorovat, Saeid Nasibi

Invasive non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae infection due to endometritis associated with adenomyosis

Yoshito Nishimura, Hideharu Hagiya, Kaoru Kawano, Yuya Yokota, Kosuke Oka, Koji Iio, Kou Hasegawa, Mikako Obika, Tomoko Haruma, Sawako Ono, Hisashi Masuyama, Fumio Otsuka

Pegylated interferon may be considered in chronic viral hepatitis E resistant to ribavirin in kidney transplant recipients

I. Ollivier-Hourmand, L. Lebedel, A. Lecouf, M. Allaire, T. T. N. Nguyen, C. Lier, T. Dao

Assessing human exposure to spotted fever and typhus group rickettsiae in Ontario, Canada (2013–2018): a retrospective, cross-sectional study

Mark P. Nelder, Curtis B. Russell, Steven Johnson, Ye Li , Kirby Cronin, Bryna Warshawsky , Nicholas Brandon, Samir N. Patel

A phase IV randomised, open-label pilot study to evaluate switching from protease-inhibitor based regimen to Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide single tablet regimen in Integrase inhibitor-naïve, virologically suppressed HIV-1 infected adults harbouring drug resistance mutations (PIBIK study): study protocol for a randomised trial

Collins C. Iwuji, Duncan Churchill, Stephen Bremner, Nicky Perry, Ye To, Debbie Lambert, Chloe Bruce, Laura Waters, Chloe Orkin, Anna Maria Geretti

A pooled analysis of the LAMP assay for the detection of Neisseria meningitidis

Shu-Jin Fan, Hong-Kun Tan, Yu-Cheng Xu, Yuan-Zhi Chen, Tian-Ao Xie, Zhi-Yong Pan, Shi Ouyang, Qin Li, Xiao-yan Li, Zhen-Xing Li, Xu-Guang Guo

Basic epidemiological parameter values from data of real-world in mega-cities: the characteristics of COVID-19 in Beijing, China

Xiaoli Wang, Yang Pan, Daitao Zhang, Lijuan Chen, Lei Jia, Xinyu Li, Peng Yang, Quanyi Wang, C. Raina Macintyre

Conidiobolus pachyzygosporus invasive pulmonary infection in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia: case report and review of the literature

E. Stavropoulou, A. T. Coste, C. Beigelman-Aubry, I. Letovanec, O. Spertini, A. Lovis, T. Krueger, R. Burger, P. Y. Bochud, F. Lamoth

Sero-prevalence of hepatitis B virus markers and associated factors among children in Hawassa City, southern Ethiopia

Bedru Argaw, Adane Mihret, Abraham Aseffa, Azeb Tarekegne, Siraj Hussen, Demelash Wachamo, Techalew Shimelis, Rawleigh Howe

Hepatitis A, B and C seropositivity among first-year healthcare students in western Turkey: a seroprevalence study

Ayla Acikgoz, Dilek Cimrin, Servet Kizildag, Nuran Esen, Pinar Balci, Ayca Arzu Sayiner

Occurrence of septuple and elevated Pfdhfr-Pfdhps quintuple mutations in a general population threatens the use of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria prevention during pregnancy in eastern-coast of Tanzania

George M. Bwire, Wigilya P. Mikomangwa, Manase Kilonzi

Spatial-temporal analysis of tuberculosis in Chongqing, China 2011-2018

Ya Yu, Bo Wu, Chengguo Wu, Qingya Wang, Daiyu Hu, Wei Chen

Importance of early identification of PrEP breakthrough infections in a generalized HIV epidemic: a case report from a PrEP demonstration project in South Africa

Cherise L. Naicker, Leila E. Mansoor, Halima Dawood, Kogieleum Naidoo, Denzhe Singo, David Matten, Carolyn Williamson, Quarraisha Abdool Karim

Characterization of putative drug resistant biomarkers in Plasmodium falciparum isolated from Ghanaian blood donors

Enoch Aninagyei, Kwabena Obeng Duedu, Tanko Rufai, Comfort Dede Tetteh, Margaretta Gloria Chandi, Paulina Ampomah, Desmond Omane Acheampong

Identify clinical factors related to Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia with hypoxia in children

Yaoyao Ling, Tongqiang Zhang, Wei Guo, Zhenli Zhu, Jiao Tian, Chunquan Cai, Yongsheng Xu

Cerebral and pulmonary aspergillosis, treatment and diagnostic challenges of mixed breakthrough invasive fungal infections: case report study

Ali Amanati, Mehrzad Lotfi, Mohammad Sadegh Masoudi, Hadis Jafarian, Fatemeh Ghasemi, Haleh Bozorgi, Parisa Badiee

Scent dog identification of samples from COVID-19 patients – a pilot study

Paula Jendrny, Claudia Schulz, Friederike Twele, Sebastian Meller, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Albertus Dominicus Marcellinus Erasmus Osterhaus, Janek Ebbers, Veronika Pilchová, Isabell Pink, Tobias Welte, Michael Peter Manns, Anahita Fathi, Christiane Ernst, Marylyn Martina Addo, Esther Schalke, Holger Andreas Volk

An outbreak of acute respiratory infection at a training base in Beijing, China due to human adenovirus type B55

Guilan Lu, Xiaomin Peng, Renqing Li, Yimeng Liu, Zhanguo Wu, Xifeng Wang, Daitao Zhang, Jiachen Zhao, Ying Sun, Li Zhang, Peng Yang, Quanyi Wang

Unusual presentation of fatal disseminated varicella zoster virus infection in a patient with lupus nephritis: a case report

Veronica Vassia, Alessandro Croce, Paolo Ravanini, Monica Leutner, Chiara Saglietti, Stefano Fangazio, Marco Quaglia, Carlo Smirne

An unusual Staphylococcus saccharolyticus spondylodiscitis post kyphoplasty: a case report

Marie-Charlotte Trojani, Brigitte Lamy, Raymond Ruimy, Nicolas Amoretti, Karine Risso, Christian Roux

Geographic mapping of Enterobacteriaceae with extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) phenotype in Pereira, Colombia

Deving Arias Ramos, Julián Andrés Hoyos Pulgarín, Germán Alberto Moreno Gómez, John Alexander Alzate, Juan Camilo Olaya Gómez, Isabella Cortés Bonilla, Camila Vargas Mosquera

Correction to: Estimating the nationwide transmission risk of measles in US schools and impacts of vaccination and supplemental infection control strategies

Parham Azimi, Zahra Keshavarz, Jose Guillermo Cedeno Laurent, Joseph G. Allen

Significance of sTREM-1 in early prediction of ventilator-associated pneumonia in neonates: a single-center, prospective, observational study

Xingxing Zhao, Lixiao Xu, Zuming Yang, Bin Sun, Ying Wang, Gen Li, Chenxi Feng, Tao Pan, Tian Yu, Xing Feng

Impact of GeneXpert MTB/RIF® on treatment initiation and outcomes of RIF-resistant and RIF-susceptible TB patients in Vladimir TB dispensary, Russia

Julia V. Ershova, Grigory V. Volchenkov, Tatiana R. Somova, Tatiana A. Kuznetsova, Natalia V. Kaunetis, Dorothy Kaminski, Olga V. Demikhova, Larisa N. Chernousova, Irina A. Vasilyeva, Eleanor M. Kerr, J. Peter Cegielski, Ekaterina V. Kurbatova

Expansion of acquired 16S rRNA methytransferases along with CTX-M-15, NDM and OXA-48 within three sequence types of Escherichia coli from northeast India

Jayalaxmi Wangkheimayum, Mohana Bhattacharjee, Bhaskar Jyoti Das, K. Melson Singha, Debadatta Dhar Chanda, Amitabha Bhattacharjee

Modifiable healthcare factors affecting 28-day survival in bloodstream infection: a prospective cohort study

Rebecca N. Evans, Katie Pike, Chris A. Rogers, Rosy Reynolds, Margaret Stoddart, Robin Howe, Mark Wilcox, Peter Wilson, F. Kate Gould, Alasdair MacGowan

Immune escape mutations in HIV-1 controllers in the Brazilian Amazon region

Samara Tatielle Monteiro Gomes, Ednelza da Silva Graça Amoras, Érica Ribeiro Gomes, Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz, Edivaldo Costa Sousa Júnior, Janaína Mota de Vasconcelos Massafra, Poliana da Silva Lemos, João Lídio Vianez Júnior, Ricardo Ishak, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto

Using a hepatitis B surveillance system evaluation in Fujian, Hainan, and Gansu provinces to improve data quality and assess program effectiveness, China, 2015

Hui Zheng, Alexander J. Millman, Jeanette J. Rainey, Fuzhen Wang, Rui Zhang, Hong Chen, Zundong Yin, Huaqing Wang, Guomin Zhang

Comparison of different bacteriological testing strategies and factors for bacteriological confirmation among pulmonary TB patients: a retrospective study in Tianjin, China, 2017–2018

Guoqin Zhang, Yuhua Zhang, Mingting Chen, Fan Zhang

Clinical characteristics of 276 hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 in Zengdu District, Hubei Province: a single-center descriptive study

Yiping Wei, Weibiao Zeng, Xiangyun Huang, Junyu Li, Xingting Qiu, Huadong Li, Dinghua Liu, Zhaofeng He, Wenzhong Yao, Ping Huang, Chao Li, Min Zhu, Chunlan Zhong, Xingen Zhu, Jiansheng Liu

Development and evaluation of a TaqMan MGB RT-PCR assay for detection of H5 and N8 subtype influenza virus

Fan Yang, Lihua Xu, Fumin Liu, Hangping Yao, Nanping Wu, Haibo Wu

Burden of Talaromyces marneffei infection in people living with HIV/AIDS in Asia during ART era: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yuanyuan Qin, Xiaojie Huang, Hui Chen, Xinchao Liu, Yao Li, Jianhua Hou, Aixin Li, Xiaofeng Yan, Yaokai Chen

Distribution of hepatitis B virus genotypes in the general population of Myanmar via nationwide study

Yi Yi Kyaw, Aye Aye Lwin, Khin Saw Aye, Hlaing Myat Thu, Moh Moh Htun, Hnin Ohmar Soe, Kay Thi Aye, Kyaw Zin Thant, Hyeon Jeong Hwang, JaeHun Cheong

Predictive value of TNF-α, IFN-γ, and IL-10 for tuberculosis among recently exposed contacts in the United States and Canada

Mary R. Reichler, Christina Hirsch, Yan Yuan, Awal Khan, Susan E. Dorman, Neil Schluger, Timothy R. Sterling, I. Bakhtawar, C. LeDoux, J. McAuley, J. Beison, M. Fitzgerald, M. Naus, M. Nakajima, N. Schluger, Y. Hirsch-Moverman, J. Moran, H. Blumberg, J. Tapia, L. Singha, E. Hershfeld, B. Roche, B. Mangura, A. Sevilla, T. Sterling, T. Chavez-Lindell, F. Maruri, S. Dorman, W. Cronin, E. Munk, A. Khan, Y. Yuan, B. Chen, F. Yan, Y. Shen, H. Zhao, H. Zhang, P. Bessler, M. Fagley, M. Reichler, T. Sterling, J. Tapia, C. Hirsch, C. Luo

Prevalence and risk factors of paradoxical tuberculosis associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome among HIV-infected patients in Beijing, China

Ming Xue, Ruming Xie, Yu Pang, Shuo Yan, Yanni Du, Chunshuang Guan, Budong Chen

Determine TB-LAM point-of-care tuberculosis assay predicts poor outcomes in outpatients during their first year of antiretroviral therapy in South Africa

Andrew D. Kerkhoff, Nicky Longley, Nicola Kelly, Anna Cross, Monica Vogt, Robin Wood, Sabine Hermans, Stephen D. Lawn, Thomas S. Harrison

Machine learning reveals that Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes and anatomic disease site impacts drug resistance and disease transmission among patients with proven extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

Doctor B. Sibandze, Beki T. Magazi, Lesibana A. Malinga, Nontuthuko E. Maningi, Bong-Akee Shey, Jotam G. Pasipanodya, Nontombi N. Mbelle

High fecal carriage of extended Beta Lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae among adult patients admitted in referral hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Upendo O. Kibwana, Mtebe Majigo, Doreen Kamori, Joel Manyahi

Development and validation of a scoring system for predicting cancer patients at risk of extended-spectrum b-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae infections

Alvaro J. Martínez-Valencia, Brian J. Gómez Martínez, Anita M. Montañez Ayala, Katherin García, Ricardo Sánchez Pedraza, Leydy P. Jiménez Cetina, Julio C. Gómez Rincón, Sonia I. Cuervo Maldonado

Listeria spondylodiscitis: an uncommon etiology of a common condition; a case report

Rand Al Ohaly, Nischal Ranganath, Medina G. Saffie, Anjali Shroff

Correction to: A pooled analysis of the LAMP assay for the detection of Neisseria meningitidis

Shu-Jin Fan, Hong-Kun Tan, Yu-Cheng Xu, Yuan-Zhi Chen, Tian-Ao Xie, Zhi-Yong Pan, Shi Ouyang, Qin Li, Xiao-yan Li, Zhen-Xing Li, Xu-Guang Guo

Mapping the situation of research on coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19): a preliminary bibliometric analysis during the early stage of the outbreak

Sa’ed H. Zyoud, Samah W. Al-Jabi

Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Hongkongmyces snookiorum in a kidney transplant patient: a case report

Deng Linqiang, Chen Yiguo, Xu Heping, Chen Dongke, Hu Longhua, Gui Xiaomei, Zou Xia

Risky sexual behaviours among women of reproductive age in a high HIV burdened township in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Karl Peltzer, Khumbulani Hlongwana

Clinical features and outcomes of pregnant women with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yi-jie Gao, Lei Ye, Jia-shuo Zhang, Yang-xue Yin, Min Liu, Hong-biao Yu, Rong Zhou

Molecular epidemiology and clinical characteristics of hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infected patients with elevated transaminases in Shanghai, China

Shanshan Wu, Yi Zhang, Yuyan Tang, Ting Yao, Mengjiao Lv, Zhenghao Tang, Guoqing Zang, Yongsheng Yu, Xiaohua Chen

Orbital abscess caused by Exophiala dermatitidis following posterior subtenon injection of triamcinolone acetonide: a case report and a review of literature related to Exophiala eye infections

Chiharu Iwahashi, Hiroshi Eguchi, Fumika Hotta, Mayu Uezumi, Miki Sawa, Masatomo Kimura, Takashi Yaguchi, Shunji Kusaka

Dynamic changes in clinical and CT characteristics of COVID-19 cases with different exposure histories: a retrospective study

Ruili Li, Guangxue Liu, Xiaojie Huang, Cuiyu Jia, Zhenying Xia, Wenyan Song, Xueqin Li, Xing Wang, Hongjun Li

Expression of Concern to: Comparison of outcomes in patients with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) bacteremia who are treated with β-lactam vs vancomycin empiric therapy: a retrospective cohort study

Davie Wong

Defective HIV-1 envelope gene promotes the evolution of the infectious strain through recombination in vitro

Huamian Wei, Danwei Yu, Xiuzhu Geng, Yuxian He

Tuberculosis active case-finding interventions and approaches for prisoners in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic scoping review

Desmond Kuupiel, Portia Vezi, Vitalis Bawontuo, Ernest Osei, Tivani P. Mashamba-Thompson

The utility of cerebrospinal fluid white cell count during the prognostic assessment for cryptococcal meningitis patients: a retrospective study

Junyan Qu, Jingwen Jiang, Xiaoju Lv

Prevalence and associated factors of malaria among pregnant women in Sherkole district, Benishangul Gumuz regional state, West Ethiopia

Girma Bekele Gontie, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Adhanom Gebreegziabher Baraki

Prevalence and nature of potential drug-drug interactions among hospitalized HIV patients presenting with suspected meningitis in Uganda

Prosperity C. Eneh, Katherine Huppler Hullsiek, Daniel Kiiza, Joshua Rhein, David B. Meya, David R. Boulware, Melanie R. Nicol

HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder and HIV-associated myelopathy in a patient with a preserved CD4, but high viral load-a rarely reported phenomenon: a case report and literature review

Biniyam Alemayehu Ayele, Wondwossen Amogne, Lalise Gemechu

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiology, clinical signs, routine laboratory diagnosis, risk factors, and outcomes

Zhiquan He, Bohao Wang, Yi Li, Yanhua Du, Hongxia Ma, Xingle Li, Wanshen Guo, Bianli Xu, Xueyong Huang

Characteristics of tuberculosis patients in the integrated tuberculosis control model in Chongqing, China: a retrospective study

Liwen Zhang, Wei Xing, Jiani Zhou, Rui Zhang, Yong Cheng, Jin Li, Geng Wang, Shili Liu, Ying Li

Seroprevalence of herpes simplex virus type 1 among people living with HIV in Mbeya, Tanzania

Habakkuk Mwakyula Issakwisa, Gloria Reginald Mbwile, Godlove Fred Mbwanji, David Daniel Nassoro, Nyanda Elias Ntinginya, Anthony Ambikile Nsojo

Clinical characteristics of bloodstream infection by Parvimonas micra: retrospective case series and literature review

Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Yuki Hara, Yusuke Yoshimi, Yoshiro Fujita, Masamichi Yokoe, Yoshinori Noguchi

The role of mass media exposure on tuberculosis knowledge and attitude among migrant and seasonal farmworkers in Northwest Ethiopia

Kassahun Alemu Gelaye, Getu Debalkie, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Sintayehu Daba Wami, Malede Mequanent Sisay, Destaw Fetene, Haileab Fekadu Wolde, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu

Point-of-care thrombocyte function testing using multiple-electrode aggregometry in dengue patients: an explorative study

Wesley de Jong, Tri Pudy Asmarawati, Inge Verbeek, Musofa Rusli, Usman Hadi, Eric van Gorp, Marco Goeijenbier

HTLV screening of blood donors using chemiluminescence immunoassay in three major provincial blood centers of China

Junpeng Zhao, Feixue Zhao, Wei Han, Xiaoxuan Xu, Lilin Wang, Ran Li, Tong Li, Linfeng Wu, Dandan Du, Xuezhen Zeng, Xiujuan Cui, Yunlong Chen, Jinfeng Zeng, Lunan Wang

Renal function in Ethiopian HIV-positive adults on antiretroviral treatment with and without tenofovir

Daniel Yilma, Alemseged Abdissa, Pernille Kæstel, Markos Tesfaye, Mette F. Olsen, Tsinuel Girma, Christian Ritz, Henrik Friis, Åse B. Andersen, Ole Kirk

Staphylococcal endocarditis in a quadricuspid aortic valve following uncomplicated dengue infection: a case report

Nilusha Weerasooriya, Tharanga Fernando, Pasan Serasinghe, Buddhika Alahakoon, Chirath Madurapperuma, Ananda Jayanaga

Clinical characteristics and risk factors of patients with severe COVID-19 in Jiangsu province, China: a retrospective multicentre cohort study

Songqiao Liu, Huanyuan Luo, Yuancheng Wang, Luis E. Cuevas, Duolao Wang, Shenghong Ju, Yi Yang

Quick assessment of influenza a virus infectivity with a long-range reverse-transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay

Yuki Nakaya, Takashi Fukuda, Hiroki Ashiba, Masato Yasuura, Makoto Fujimaki

The effectiveness of a simple antimicrobial stewardship intervention in general practice in Australia: a pilot study

Alicia J. Neels, Aaron E. Bloch, Stella M. Gwini, Eugene Athan

Bioaerosol sampling of patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis: a study protocol

Benjamin Patterson, Anastasia Koch, Sophia Gessner, Ryan Dinkele, Melitta Gqada, Wayne Bryden, Frank Cobelens, Francesca Little, Digby F. Warner, Robin Wood

What is needed to achieve HCV microelimination among HIV-infected populations in Andalusia, Spain: a modeling analysis

Britt Skaathun, Annick Borquez, Antonio Rivero-Juarez, Sanjay R. Mehta, Francisco Tellez, Manuel Castaño-Carracedo, Dolores Merino, Rosario Palacios, Juan Macías, Antonio Rivero, Natasha K. Martin

Prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the general population: a meta-analysis

Pengcheng Huai, Furong Li, Tongsheng Chu, Dianchang Liu, Jian Liu, Furen Zhang

The reduction in CD8+PD-1+ T cells in liver histological tissue is related to Pegylated IFN-α therapy outcomes in chronic hepatitis B patients

Ruyu Liu, Yanhui Chen, Jiang Guo, Minghui Li, Yao Lu, Lu Zhang, Ge Shen, Shuling Wu, Min Chang, Leiping Hu, Hongxiao Hao, Henghui Zhang, Yao Xie

A structural equation model of factors associated with HIV risk behaviors and mental health among men who have sex with men in Malawi

Yuan Zhao, Amrita Rao, Andrea L. Wirtz, Eric Umar, Gift Trapence, Vincent Jumbe, Sosthenes Ketende, Dunker Kamba, Chris Beyrer, Stefan Baral

Gaps in the care cascade for screening and treatment of refugees with tuberculosis infection in Middle Tennessee: a retrospective cohort study

Adoma Manful, Leslie Waller, Ben Katz, Jason Cummins, Jon Warkentin, Billy Reagon, Joanna Shaw-Kaikai, Yuwei Zhu, Yuri F. van der Heijden

Predictors of tuberculosis infection among adults visiting anti-retroviral treatment center at east and west Gojjam, northwest, Ethiopia, 2017

Habtamu Belew, Moges Wubie, Getaye Tizazu, Abebaw Bitew, Tesfa Birlew

Reducing delays to multidrug-resistant tuberculosis case detection through a revised routine surveillance system

Basra Esmail Doulla, Stephen Bertel Squire, Eleanor MacPherson, Esther Stanslaus Ngadaya, Beatrice Kemilembe Mutayoba, Ivor Langley

Predictive risk score model for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome mortality based on qSOFA and SIRS scoring system

Li Wang, Zhiqiang Zou, Kun Ding, Chunguo Hou

Genetic diversity of group A rotavirus in acute gastroenteritis outpatients in Shanghai from 2017 to 2018

Xiaozhou Kuang, Xiaohuan Gong, Xi Zhang, Hao Pan, Zheng Teng

Multidrug resistant and extensively drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii hospital infection associated with high mortality: a retrospective study in the pediatric intensive care unit

Jingyi Shi, Ting Sun, Yun Cui, Chunxia Wang, Fei Wang, Yiping Zhou, Huijie Miao, Yijun Shan, Yucai Zhang

Importations of COVID-19 into African countries and risk of onward spread

Haoyang Sun, Borame L. Dickens, Alex R. Cook, Hannah E. Clapham

Analysis of fungal bloodstream infection in intensive care units in the Meizhou region of China: species distribution and resistance and the risk factors for patient mortality

Guangwen Xiao, Wanqing Liao, Yuenong Zhang, Xiaodong Luo, Cailing Zhang, Guodan Li, Yingping Yang, Yunyao Xu

BK virus-associated nephropathy in a lung transplant patient: case report and literature review

Thomas Crowhurst, James Nolan, Randall Faull, Mark Holmes, Chien-Li Holmes-Liew

Perinatal listeriosis patients treated at a maternity hospital in Beijing, China, from 2013–2018

Chunyun Li, Huihui Zeng, Xin Ding, Yi Chen, Xiaowei Liu, Li Zhou, Xin Wang, Yumei Cheng, Shanshan Hu, Zheng Cao, Ruixia Liu, Chenghong Yin

Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in farm animals and breeders in north of Morocco

Nadira Mourabit, Abdelhay Arakrak, Mohammed Bakkali, Zeineb Zian, Joaira Bakkach, Amin Laglaoui

Implementation and evaluation of a care bundle for prevention of non-ventilator-associated hospital-acquired pneumonia (nvHAP) – a mixed-methods study protocol for a hybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trial

Aline Wolfensberger, Lauren Clack, Stefanie von Felten, Katharina Kusejko, Mirjam Faes Hesse, Werner Jakob, Dirk Saleschus, Marie-Theres Meier, Roger Kouyos, Leonhard Held, Hugo Sax

Microbial epidemiology and risk factors for relapse in gram-negative bacteria catheter-related bloodstream infection with a pilot prospective study in patients with catheter removal receiving short-duration of antibiotic therapy

Bhitta Surapat, Preecha Montakantikul, Kumthorn Malathum, Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul, Pitak Santanirand, Busba Chindavijak

Herpetic esophagitis in immunocompentent host: cases report

Alba M. Diezma-Martín, Esther Gigante-Miravalles, Juan Diego Castro Limo, Carlos Andrés Quimbayo Arcila, Juan José Puche Paniagua

Antibiotic utilization in hospitalized children under 2 years of age with influenza or respiratory syncytial virus infection – a comparative, retrospective analysis

Cihan Papan, Meike Willersinn, Christel Weiß, Michael Karremann, Horst Schroten, Tobias Tenenbaum

Improving the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19: examining the factors that influence engagement and the impact on individuals

Holly Seale, Clare E. F. Dyer, Ikram Abdi, Kazi M. Rahman, Yanni Sun, Mohammed O. Qureshi, Alexander Dowell-Day, Jonathon Sward, M. Saiful Islam

Next-generation sequencing technology for detecting pulmonary fungal infection in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of a patient with dermatomyositis: a case report and literature review

Kaiyu Zhang, Chen Yu, Yuxiang Li, Yang Wang

The potential of CBC-derived ratios (monocyte-to-lymphocyte, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte, and platelet-to-lymphocyte) to predict or diagnose incident TB infection in Tanzanian adolescents

Christiaan A. Rees, Dwan B. Pineros, Maryam Amour, Patricia Munseri, Jamila Said, Albert Magohe, Mecky Matee, Kisali Pallangyo, C. Fordham von Reyn

The sputum microbiome associated with different sub-types of AECOPD in a Chinese cohort

Juan Wang, Jianmin Chai, Lina Sun, Jiangchao Zhao, Chun Chang

An epidemiological analysis of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance in Kenya, 2016 to 2018

Brook Tesfaye, Alieu Sowe, Ngina Kisangau, John Ogange, Stephen Ntoburi, Irene Nekar, Charles Muitherero, Yaya Camara, Carolyne Gathenji, Daniel Langat, Kibet Sergon, Hilary Limo, Rosemary Nzunza, Shem Kiptoon, David Kareko, Iheoma Onuekwusi

Strongyloides hyperinfection in an HIV-positive kidney transplant recipient: a case report

Christina Lai, Matthew Anderson, Rebecca Davis, Lyndal Anderson, Kate Wyburn, Steve Chadban, David Gracey

Gene network in pulmonary tuberculosis based on bioinformatic analysis

Lili Li, Jian Lv, Yuan He, Zhihua Wang

Rhino-orbital mucormycosis due to Apophysomyces ossiformis in a patient with diabetes mellitus: a case report

Erick Martínez-Herrera, María Guadalupe Frías-De-León, Angélica Julián-Castrejón, Luis Cruz-Benítez, Juan Xicohtencatl-Cortes, Rigoberto Hernández-Castro

The global prevalence ptxP3 lineage of Bordetella pertussis was rare in young children with the co-purified aPV vaccination: a 5 years retrospective study

Zengguo Wang, Yang Luan, Quanli Du, Chang Shu, Xiaokang Peng, Huijing Wei, Tiejun Hou, Ying Liu, Xiaoguai Liu, Yarong Li

Diagnosis-linked antibiotic prescribing in Swedish primary care - a comparison between in-hours and out-of-hours

Olof Cronberg, Mia Tyrstrup, Kim Ekblom, Katarina Hedin

Prevalence and trends of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in the State of Qatar, 2013–2017

Mohamed Aabdien, Nagah Selim, Sayed Himatt, Saloua Hmissi, Zeyd Merenkov, Noora AlKubaisi, Manar E. Abdel-Rahman, Abdelatif Abdelmola, Shadi Khelfa, Elmoubasher Farag, Hamad E. Al-Romaihi, Mohamed Al-Thani, Moutaz Derbala, Saad Al-Kaabi

Intensive care management of a patient with necrotizing fasciitis due to non-O1/O139 Vibrio cholerae after traveling to Taiwan: a case report

Keisuke Tsuruta, Toru Ueyama, Tomoo Watanabe, Kenichi Nakano, Kenji Uno, Hidetada Fukushima

Neisseria macacae bacteremia: report of two cases with a literature review

Yasumasa Yamamoto, Norihiko Terada, Tomoyo Sugiyama, Hanako Kurai, Kiyofumi Ohkusu

Correction to: Expansion of acquired 16S rRNA methytransferases along with CTX-M-15, NDM and OXA-48 within three sequence types of Escherichia coli from northeast India

Jayalaxmi Wangkheimayum, Mohana Bhattacharjee, Bhaskar Jyoti Das, K. Melson Singha, Debadatta Dhar Chanda, Amitabha Bhattacharjee

Prediction of treatment failure and compliance in patients with tuberculosis

Hyeon-Kyoung Koo, Jinsoo Min, Hyung Woo Kim, Joosun Lee, Ju Sang Kim, Jae Seuk Park, Sung-Soon Lee

An outbreak of cutaneous abscesses caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus among gold mine workers, South Africa, November 2017 to March 2018

Husna Ismail, Nelesh P. Govender, Ashika Singh-Moodley, Erika van Schalkwyk, Liliwe Shuping, Itumeleng Moema, Gal Feller, Ruth Mogokotleng, Wilhelmina Strasheim, Michelle Lowe, Ruth Mpembe, Serisha Naicker, Tsidiso G. Maphanga, Cecilia De Abreu, Farzana Ismail, Nazir Ismail, Mushal Allam, Arshad Ismail, Tanusha Singh, Onnicah Matuka, Thabang Duba, Olga Perovic

The effects of family, society and national policy support on treatment adherence among newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients: a cross-sectional study

Xu Chen, Liang Du, Ruiheng Wu, Jia Xu, Haoqiang Ji, Yu Zhang, Xuexue Zhu, Ling Zhou

Correction to: Bioaerosol sampling of patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis: a study protocol

Benjamin Patterson, Anastasia Koch, Sophia Gessner, Ryan Dinkele, Melitta Gqada, Wayne Bryden, Frank Cobelens, Francesca Little, Digby F. Warner, Robin Wood

Sex differences in campylobacteriosis incidence rates at different ages - a seven country, multi-year, meta-analysis. A potential mechanism for the infection

Manfred S. Green, Naama Schwartz, Victoria Peer

Correction to: Statistical methods for predicting tuberculosis incidence based on data from Guangxi, China

Yanling Zheng, Liping Zhang, Lei Wang, Ramziya Rifhat

Hepatitis a virus infection in Central-West Tunisia: an age structured model of transmission and vaccination impact

Kaouther Ayouni, Bechir Naffeti, Walid Ben Aribi, Jihène Bettaieb, Walid Hammami, Afif Ben Salah, Hamadi Ammar, Slimane Ben Miled, Henda Triki

The impact of early neuraminidase inhibitor therapy on clinical outcomes in patients hospitalised with influenza A-related pneumonia: a multicenter, retrospective study

Liang Chen, Xiudi Han, Yan Li Li, Chunxiao Zhang, Xiqian Xing

Human papillomavirus infection and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia progression are associated with increased vaginal microbiome diversity in a Chinese cohort

Yulian Chen, Xingdi Qiu, Wenjing Wang, Dong Li, Anyue Wu, Zubei Hong, Wen Di, Lihua Qiu

Spatial and temporal clusters of avian influenza a (H7N9) virus in humans across five epidemics in mainland China: an epidemiological study of laboratory-confirmed cases

Xuzheng Shan, Yongqin Wang, Ruihong Song, Wen Wei, Hongxiu Liao, Huang Huang, Chunqiong Xu, Lvlin Chen, Shiyun Li

Genetic transmission networks of HIV-1 CRF07_BC strain among HIV-1 infections with virologic failure of ART in a minority area of China: a population-based study

Dan Yuan, Meijing Liu, Yiping Li, Peng Jia, Ling Su, Li Ye, Yan Zhang, Pan Ling, Chang Zhou, Shu Liang, Hong Yang, Honglu Liu, Shujuan Yang

Genome-wide capture sequencing to detect hepatitis C virus at the end of antiviral therapy

Peng Peng, Yanjuan Xu, Michael W. Fried, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, Xiaofeng Fan

Impact of viral coinfection and macrolide-resistant mycoplasma infection in children with refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Yajuan Zhou, Jing Wang, Wenjuan Chen, Nan Shen, Yue Tao, Ruike Zhao, Lijuan Luo, Biru Li, Qing Cao

Prevalence and recurrence of bacteraemia in hospitalised people who inject drugs – a single Centre retrospective cohort study in Denmark

Sara Thønnings, Filip Jansåker, Christoffer Sundqvist, Rebekka Faber Thudium, Susanne Dam Nielsen, Jenny Dahl Knudsen

Fatal respiratory infection due to ST308 VIM-1-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a lung transplant recipient: case report and review of the literature

M. Carugati, A. Piazza, A. M. Peri, L. Cariani, M. Brilli, D. Girelli, D. Di Carlo, A. Gramegna, M. Pappalettera, F. Comandatore, G. Grasselli, A. P. Cantù, M. Arghittu, A. Gori, C. Bandi, F. Blasi, A. Bandera

High burden of self-reported sexually transmitted infections among key populations in Mozambique: the urgent need for an integrated surveillance system

Makini A. S. Boothe, Charlotte Comé, Cynthia Semá Baltazar, Noela Chicuecue, Jessica Seleme, Denise Chitsondzo Langa, Isabel Sathane, Henry F. Raymond, Erika Fazito, Marleen Temmerman, Stanley Luchters

Increased physiological dead space in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients recovering from severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: a case report

Jingen Xia, Yingying Feng, Min Li, Xin Yu, Yi Zhang, Jun Duan, Qingyuan Zhan

Association of HIV infection with clinical and laboratory characteristics of sickle cell disease

André Rolim Belisário, Paula F. Blatyta, Diana Vivanco, Claudia Di Lorenzo Oliveira, Anna Bárbara Carneiro-Proietti, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Cesar de Almeida-Neto, Paula Loureiro, Cláudia Máximo, Sheila de Oliveira Garcia Mateos, Miriam V. Flor-Park, Daniela de Oliveira Werneck Rodrigues, Rosimere Afonso Mota, Thelma T. Gonçalez, Thomas J. Hoffmann, Shannon Kelly, Brian Custer, Ester C. Sabino, Cecilia Alencar, Alfredo Mendrone Jr., Cesar de Almeida Neto, Ligia Capuani, Miriam Park, Paula Blatyta, Anna Bárbara de Freitas Carneiro-Proietti, Carolina Miranda Teixeira, Tassila Salomon, Franciane Mendes de Oliveira, Valquíria Reis, Rosemere Afonso Mota, José Wilson Sales, Daniela de Oliveira Werneck, Paula Loureiro, Aderson Araújo, Maria do Carmo Valgueir, Clarisse Lobo, Claudia Maximo, João Eduardo Ferreira, Márcio Katsumi Oikawa, Pedro Losco Takecian, Mina Cintho Ozahata, Rodrigo Muller de Carvalho, Brian Scott Custer, Michael P. Busch, Shannon Kelly, Thelma Therezinha Gonçalez, Donald Brambilla, Liliana R. Preiss, Christopher McClure

Seropositivity to dengue and associated risk factors among non-malarias acute febrile patients in Arba Minch districts, southern Ethiopia

Daniel Eshetu, Techalew Shimelis, Eshetu Nigussie, Girma Shumie, Wakwoya Chali, Biruck Yeshitela, Abraham Assefa, Endalamaw Gadisa

Epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory findings of the COVID-19 in the current pandemic: systematic review and meta-analysis

Yewei Xie, Zaisheng Wang, Huipeng Liao, Gifty Marley, Dan Wu, Weiming Tang

The effect of maternal poliovirus antibodies on the immune responses of infants to poliovirus vaccines

Siyue Jia, Rong Tang, Guifan Li, Yuemei Hu, Qi Liang

Co-infection with trichomonas vaginalis increases the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2–3 among HPV16 positive female: a large population-based study

Mei Yang, Lin Li, Chunfan Jiang, Xiaomin Qin, Min Zhou, Xiaogang Mao, Hui Xing

Feasibility of containing shigellosis in Hubei Province, China: a modelling study

Jia Rui, Qi Chen, Qiuping Chen, Qingqing Hu, Mikah Ngwanguong Hannah, Zeyu Zhao, Yao Wang, Xingchun Liu, Zhao Lei, Shanshan Yu, Yi-Chen Chiang, Benhua Zhao, Yanhua Su, Bin Zhao, Tianmu Chen

Clinical and imaging findings of discharged patients with SARS-CoV-2 positive anal swab samples: a descriptive study

Hui Zhou, Liping Zhu, Yueshuang Leng, Dongcui Wang, Harrison X. Bai, Zeng Xiong, Linbo Shi, Weihua Liao

Using Q-methodology to understand the perspectives and practical experiences of dermatologists about treatment difficulties of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Dindar S. Qurtas, Nazar Pauls Shabila

Evaluation of bacterial co-infections of the respiratory tract in COVID-19 patients admitted to ICU

Ehsan Sharifipour, Saeed Shams, Mohammad Esmkhani, Javad Khodadadi, Reza Fotouhi-Ardakani, Alireza Koohpaei, Zahra Doosti, Samad EJ Golzari

Clinical features and outcomes of seven patients with COVID-19 in a family cluster

Yiling Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Ying Hu, Hongmei Yao, Xianchun Zeng, Changrong Hu, Li Zhao, Xiangyan Zhang, Xianwei Ye

Rapid multiplex MinION nanopore sequencing workflow for Influenza A viruses

Jacqueline King, Timm Harder, Martin Beer, Anne Pohlmann

Modeling the relative role of human mobility, land-use and climate factors on dengue outbreak emergence in Sri Lanka

Ying Zhang, Jefferson Riera, Kayla Ostrow, Sauleh Siddiqui, Harendra de Silva, Sahotra Sarkar, Lakkumar Fernando, Lauren Gardner

Evaluation of lateral flow immunochromatographic assay for diagnostic accuracy of cryptococcosis

Li-Min Xie, Geng-Ling Lin, Hao-Neng Dong, Ying-Xia Liao, Ye-Ling Liu, Jian-Feng Qin, Xu-Guang Guo

Early clinical predictors for the prognosis of invasive pneumococcal disease

Shuiyan Wu, Xubei Guo, Zhong Xu, Meilin Han, Lili Huang, Yunzhen Tao, Ying Li, Yanhong Li, Tao Zhang, Zhenjiang Bai

A surveillance method to identify patients with sepsis from electronic health records in Hong Kong: a single centre retrospective study

Ying Zhi Liu, Raymond Chu, Anna Lee, Charles David Gomersall, Lin Zhang, Tony Gin, Matthew T. V. Chan, William K. K. Wu, Lowell Ling

COVID-19: interpreting scientific evidence – uncertainty, confusion and delays

Julian W Tang

Meningoencephalitis, coronary artery and keratitis as an onset of brucellosis: a case report

Lingling Geng, Yuan Feng, Dan Li, Nan Nan, Kai Ma, Xianyan Tang, Xiaoqing Li

Hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV prevalence and related sexual and substance use risk practices among key populations who access HIV prevention, treatment and related services in South Africa: findings from a seven-city cross-sectional survey (2017)

Andrew Scheibe, Katherine Young, Anna Versfeld, C. Wendy Spearman, Mark W. Sonderup, Nishi Prabdial-Sing, Adrian Puren, Harry Hausler

Spatio-temporal impact of self-financed rotavirus vaccination on rotavirus and acute gastroenteritis hospitalisations in the Valencia region, Spain

Mónica López-Lacort, Alejandro Orrico-Sánchez, Miguel Ángel Martínez-Beneito, Cintia Muñoz-Quiles, Javier Díez-Domingo

Evaluation of digital PCR assay in detection of M.tuberculosis IS6110 and IS1081 in tuberculosis patients plasma

Lingna Lyu, Zihui Li, Liping Pan, Hongyan Jia, Qi Sun, Qiuyue Liu, Zongde Zhang

Successful treatment of pulmonary haemorrhage and acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by fulminant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia respiratory infection in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia – case report

Stefan Andrei, Alexandra Ghiaur, Lavinia Brezeanu, Cristina Martac, Andreea Nicolau, Daniel Coriu, Gabriela Droc

Low frequency of enterohemorrhagic, enteroinvasive and diffusely adherent Escherichia coli in children under 5 years in rural Mozambique: a case-control study

Marcelino Garrine, Glória Matambisso, Nélio Nobela, Delfino Vubil, Sérgio Massora, Sozinho Acácio, Tacilta Nhampossa, Pedro Alonso, Inácio Mandomando

HIV-1 infection among women in Israel, 2010–2018

Tali Wagner, Karen Olshtain-Pops, Marina Wax, Olivia Horwitz, Rachel Shirazi, Yael Gozlan, Hadar Volnowitz, Ella Mendelson, Itzchak Levy, Orna Mor

Surgery combined with antibiotics for the treatment of endogenous endophthalmitis caused by liver abscess

Yue Wang, Xue Wang, Yu Di

The coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia with spontaneous pneumothorax: a case report

Xiaoxing Chen, Guqin Zhang, Yueting Tang, Zhiyong Peng, Huaqin Pan

HIV knowledge and stigma among dietetic students in Indonesia: implications for the nutrition education system

Mutiara Tirta Prabandari Lintang Kusuma, Tandalayo Kidd, Nancy Muturi, Sandra B. Procter, Linda Yarrow, Wei-Wen Hsu

Studies on the prevalence of Hepatitis C virus infection in diabetic patients attending a tertiary health-care facility South-west Nigeria

James A. Ndako, Akinyomade O. Owolabi, Joseph A. Olisa, Jeremiah A. Akinwumi, Victor T. Dojumo, Oludolapo Olatinsu, Blessing A. Adebayo

Prognostic role of time to positivity of blood culture in children with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia

Huiting Xu, Jie Cheng, Qinghong Yu, Qingyuan Li, Qian Yi, Siying Luo, Yuanyuan Li, Guangli Zhang, Xiaoyin Tian, Dapeng Cheng, Zhengxiu Luo

Adherence to World Health Organisation guidelines for treatment of early onset neonatal sepsis in low-income settings; a cohort study in Nepal

Beatrice Ekman, Prajwal Paudel, Omkar Basnet, Ashish KC, Johan Wrammert

Polymicrobial infections and microbial patterns in infected nonunions – a descriptive analysis of 42 cases

Markus Rupp, Stefanie Kern, Tobias Weber, Tamina D. Menges, Reinhard Schnettler, Christian Heiß, Volker Alt

Disease burden and prognostic factors for clinical failure in elderly community acquired pneumonia patients

Xiudi Han, Xuedong Liu, Liang Chen, Yimin Wang, Hui Li, Fei Zhou, Xiqian Xing, Chunxiao Zhang, Lijun Suo, Jinxiang Wang, Guohua Yu, Guangqiang Wang, Xuexin Yao, Hongxia Yu, Lei Wang, Meng Liu, Chunxue Xue, Bo Liu, Xiaoli Zhu, Yanli Li, Ying Xiao, Xiaojing Cui, Lijuan Li, Bin Cao

Case report: multiple and atypical amoebic cerebral abscesses resistant to treatment

Joaquin Alvaro Victoria-Hernández, Anayansi Ventura-Saucedo, Aurelio López-Morones, Sandra Luz Martínez-Hernández, Marina Nayeli Medina-Rosales, Martín Muñoz-Ortega, Manuel Enrique Ávila-Blanco, Daniel Cervantes-García, Luis Fernando Barba-Gallardo, Javier Ventura-Juárez

Comparative performance study of three Ebola rapid diagnostic tests in Guinea

Zelda Moran, William Rodriguez, Doré Ahmadou, Barré Soropogui, N’ Faly Magassouba, Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, Yanis Ben Amor

Distribution pattern of amino acid mutations in chloroquine and antifolate drug resistance associated genes in complicated and uncomplicated Plasmodium vivax isolates from Chandigarh, North India

Hargobinder Kaur, Rakesh Sehgal, Archit Kumar, Praveen K. Bharti, Devendra Bansal, Pradyumna K. Mohapatra, Jagadish Mahanta, Ali A. Sultan

A case report of wrist synovial infection due to Mycobacterium jacuzzii, Iran

Fatemeh Sakhaee, Morteza Masoumi, Farzam Vaziri, Seyed Davar Siadat, Abolfazl Fateh

Bacterial profile, antibiotic susceptibility pattern and associated risk factors of urinary tract infection among clinically suspected children attending at Felege-Hiwot comprehensive and specialized hospital, Northwest Ethiopia. A prospective study

Adugna Fenta, Mulat Dagnew, Setegn Eshetie, Teshome Belachew

Male gender and kidney illness are associated with an increased risk of severe laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease

Efrén Murillo-Zamora, Xóchitl Trujillo, Miguel Huerta, Mónica Ríos-Silva, Oliver Mendoza-Cano

Person-centred care in practice: perspectives from a short course regimen for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Shona Horter, Beverley Stringer, Nell Gray, Nargiza Parpieva, Khasan Safaev, Zinaida Tigay, Jatinder Singh, Jay Achar

Neonatal septicemia caused by a rare pathogen: Raoultella planticola - a report of four cases

Xianrui Chen, Shaoqing Guo, Dengli Liu, Meizhen Zhong

A multiple T cell epitope comprising DNA vaccine boosts the protective efficacy of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Sudeep Kumar Maurya, Mohammad Aqdas, Deepjyoti Kumar Das, Sanpreet Singh, Sajid Nadeem, Gurpreet Kaur, Javed Naim Agrewala

Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a report of cosmopolitan microbial migration and an analysis of best management practices

Oana Joean, Thea Thiele, Katharina Schütz, Nicolaus Schwerk, Ludwig Sedlacek, Barbara Kalsdorf, Ulrich Baumann, Matthias Stoll

Differential diagnosis for suspected cases of coronavirus disease 2019: a retrospective study

Qiong Chi, Xinjian Dai, Xiangao Jiang, Lefei Zhu, Junyan Du, Yuxi Chen, Jiyang Zheng, Jianping Huang

Predictive scoring models for persistent gram-negative bacteremia that reduce the need for follow-up blood cultures: a retrospective observational cohort study

Jongtak Jung, Kyoung-Ho Song, Kang Il. Jun, Chang Kyoung Kang, Nak-Hyun Kim, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Wan Beom Park, Ji Hwan Bang, Eu Suk Kim, Sang-Won Park, Nam Joong Kim, Myoung-don Oh, Hong Bin Kim

First case report of Cryptococcus laurentii knee infection in a previously healthy patient

Hetao Huang, Jianke Pan, Weiyi Yang, Jiongtong Lin, Yanhong Han, Kai Lan, Lingfeng Zeng, Guihong Liang, Jun Liu

Enterobacter cloacae colonisation and infection in a neonatal intensive care unit: retrospective investigation of preventive measures implemented after a multiclonal outbreak

Alexandrine Ferry, Frank Plaisant, Christophe Ginevra, Yann Dumont, Jacqueline Grando, Olivier Claris, François Vandenesch, Marine Butin

Sex differences in the prevalence and determinants of HPV-related external genital lesions in young adults: a national cross-sectional survey in Brazil

Juliana Comerlato, Natália Luiza Kops, Marina Bessel, Jaqueline Driemeyer Horvath, Bruna Vieira Fernandes, Luisa Lina Villa, Flavia Moreno Alves de Souza, Gerson Fernando Mendes Pereira, Eliana Márcia Wendland

Contact tracing of syphilis-seropositive pregnant women and syphilis-infection among their male partners in Bao'an district, Shenzhen, China

Ruilin Yan, Baoqing Deng, Guichun Wen, Licheng Huang, Limei Li, Zhiming Huang

Induration or erythema diameter not less than 5 mm as results of recombinant fusion protein ESAT6-CFP10 skin test for detecting M. tuberculosis infection

Hui Zhang, Ling Wang, Feng Li, Shuihua Lu, Jielai Xia

Tuberculosis clinical presentation and treatment outcomes in pregnancy: a prospective cohort study

Brittney J. van de Water, Meredith B. Brooks, Chuan-Chin Huang, Letizia Trevisi, Leonid Lecca, Carmen Contreras, Jerome Galea, Roger Calderon, Rosa Yataco, Megan Murray, Mercedes C. Becerra

Vogesella perlucida-induced bacteremia in an advanced-age patient: first case report

Zengxian Yu, Fang Zhu, Xinghe Tao, Lu Zhang, Suliu Wu, Chunfu Dong, Yeqing Dong, Ge chen, Xinyang Zhou, Yinfei Fang, Kechen Xu

Epidemiological surveillance of common respiratory viruses in patients with suspected COVID-19 in Southwest China

Yanjun Si, Zhenzhen Zhao, Rong Chen, Huiyu Zhong, Tangyuheng Liu, Minjin Wang, Xingbo Song, Weimin Li, Binwu Ying

Impact of donor lung colonized bacteria detected by next-generation sequencing on early post-transplant outcomes in lung transplant recipients

Dong Liu, Ji Zhang, Bo Wu, Feng Liu, Shugao Ye, Hongmei Wang, Jian Lv, Xing Weng, Yan Chen, Weili Han, Jingyu Chen

Signs and symptoms do not predict, but may help rule out acute Q fever in favour of other respiratory tract infections, and reduce antibiotics overuse in primary care

Volker H. Hackert, Nicole H. T. M. Dukers-Muijrers, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe

The metagenomic next-generation sequencing in diagnosing central nervous system angiostrongyliasis: a case report

Li Feng, Aiwu Zhang, Jiali Que, Hongyan Zhou, Haiyan Wang, Yuanlin Guan, Cunzhou Shen, Xunsha Sun, Rong Lai, Fuhua Peng, Huiyu Feng, Ling Chen

The wrong Spirochaete? Acute kidney injury in a returning traveller with syphilis – a case report

Hannah Cook, Mark Gompels

Genotypic characterisation and antimicrobial resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from patients of different hospitals and medical centres in Poland

Marcin Brzozowski, Żaneta Krukowska, Katarzyna Galant, Joanna Jursa-Kulesza, Danuta Kosik-Bogacka

Evaluation of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women using dot-immunogold-silver staining with recombinant Toxoplasma gondii peroxiredoxin protein

Zhuan-zhuan Liu, Xue-yan Li, Lin-lin Fu, Fei Yuan, Ren-xian Tang, Yi-sheng Liu, Kui-yang Zheng

Clinical characteristics of a group of deaths with COVID-19 pneumonia in Wuhan, China: a retrospective case series

Tao Yao, Yan Gao, Qin Cui, Bo Peng, Yan Chen, Jiansheng Li, Chao Huang, Chunping He, Jie Pu, Jiajun Wei, Yanqiang Zhan, Jie Yan, Jinghua Tian, Zhaohui Zhang, Zhichao Liu

Case report: Mononeuritis multiplex in the course of dengue fever

Jun Yang Ho, Yee Kent Liew, Jiashen Loh, Pothiawala Sohil

Altered respiratory microbiota composition and functionality associated with asthma early in life

Mohammad T. AL Bataineh, Rifat A. Hamoudi, Nihar R. Dash, Rakhee K. Ramakrishnan, Mohamad A. Almasalmeh, Hanan A. Sharif, Mohamed S. Al-Hajjaj, Qutayba Hamid

COVID-19 confirmed patients with negative antibodies results

Jian Wang, Chong Chen, Qilin Li, Pengcheng Cai, Zheng Wang, Lin Wang

Assessment of infection in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients: risk factors and main characteristics

Chenyao Lin, Hui Shen, Shuimei Zhou, Minghui Liu, Anjie Xu, Shuang Huang, Changxin Shen, Fuling Zhou

Modelling and predicting the spatio-temporal spread of COVID-19 in Italy

Diego Giuliani, Maria Michela Dickson, Giuseppe Espa, Flavio Santi

Publisher Correction to: COVID-19: interpreting scientific evidence – uncertainty, confusion and delays

Julian W. Tang

Beyond clinical outcomes: the social and healthcare system implications of hepatitis C treatment

Marta Torrens, Tokunbo Soyemi, Darcy Bowman, Eberhard Schatz

Plasmid mediated penicillin and tetracycline resistance among Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Kenya

Mary Wandia Kivata, Margaret Mbuchi, Fredrick Eyase, Wallace Dimbuson Bulimo, Cecilia Katunge Kyanya, Valerie Oundo, Wilton Mwema Mbinda, Willy Sang, Ben Andagalu, Olusegun O. Soge, Raymond Scott McClelland, John Distelhorst

HIV prevention is not all about HIV – using a discrete choice experiment among women to model how the uptake and effectiveness of HIV prevention products may also rely on pregnancy and STI protection

Peter Vickerman, Matthew Quaife, Maggie Kilbourne-Brook, Mercy Mvundura, Robyn Eakle, Fern Terris-Prestholt

Differences in mortality in patients undergoing surgery for infective endocarditis according to age and valvular surgery

Lauge Østergaard, Morten Holdgaard Smerup, Kasper Iversen, Andreas Dalsgaard Jensen, Anders Dahl, Sandra Chamat-Hedemand, Niels Eske Bruun, Jawad Haider Butt, Henning Bundgaard, Christian Torp-Pedersen, Lars Køber, Emil Fosbøl

Risk of active tuberculosis among COPD patients treated with fixed combinations of long-acting beta2 agonists and inhaled corticosteroids

Tsan-Ming Huang, Kuan-Chih Kuo, Ya-Hui Wang, Cheng-Yi Wang, Chih-Cheng Lai, Hao-Chien Wang, Likwang Chen, Chong-Jen Yu, Chong-Jen Yu, Hao-Chien Wang, Diahn-Warng Perng, Shih-Lung Cheng, Jeng-Yuan Hsu, Wu-Huei Hsu, Jeng-Yuan Hsu, Wu-Huei Hsu, Ying-Huang Tsai, Tzuen-Ren Hsiue, Meng-Chih Lin, Hen-I Lin, Cheng-Yi Wang, Yeun-Chung Chang, Ueng-Cheng Yang, Cing-Syong Lin, Likwang Chen, Yu-Feng Wei, Inn-Wen Chong, Chung-Yu Chen

Different clinical presentations of two renal transplant recipients with coronavirus disease 2019: a case report

Jing Li, Gang Chen, Mingmin Zhang, Shenghao Tu, Chao Chen

Disseminated Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) infection and acute exacerbation of interstitial pneumonitis: an autopsy case report and literature review

Gen Shimizu, Ryota Amano, Itaru Nakamura, Akane Wada, Masanobu Kitagawa, Shuta Toru

Correction to: Vogesella perlucida-induced bacteremia in an advanced-age patient: first case report

Zengxian Yu, Fang Zhu, Xinghe Tao, Lu Zhang, Suliu Wu, Chunfu Dong, Yeqing Dong, Ge Chen, Xinyang Zhou, Yinfei Fang, Kechen Xu

The prediction for development of COVID-19 in global major epidemic areas through empirical trends in China by utilizing state transition matrix model

Zhong Zheng, Ke Wu, Zhixian Yao, Xinyi Zheng, Junhua Zheng, Jian Chen

Hemophagocytic syndrome associated with Mycobacterium bovis in a patient with X-SCID: a case report

Buyun Shi, Ming Chen, Zhi Xia, Shuna Xiao, Wen Tang, Chenguang Qin, Ying Cheng, Tao Huang, Chengjiao Huang, Yong Li, Hui Xu

Determinants of self-paid rotavirus vaccination status in Kanazawa, Japan, including socioeconomic factors, parents’ perception, and children’s characteristics

Megumi Hara, Rie Koshida, Kaoru Araki, Masahide Kondo, Yoshio Hirota

When polyuria does not stop: a case report on an unusual complication of hantavirus infection

Sebastian Schwab, Simon Lissmann, Niklas Schäfer, Alexander Isaak, Dietrich Klingmüller, Ulrike Attenberger, Anna M. Eis-Hübinger, Jörg Hofmann, Christian P. Strassburg, Philipp Lutz

HIV knowledge and associated factors among young Ethiopians: application of multilevel order logistic regression using the 2016 EDHS

Teshome Kabeta Dadi, Merga Belina Feyasa, Mamo Nigatu Gebre

‘When she rises, we all rise’: a crowdsourcing challenge to increase women’s participation in an infectious diseases research fellowship

Ewen Liu, Juliet Iwelunmor, Grace Gabagaya, Helen Anyasi, Alejandra Leyton, Karen A. Goraleski, Shufang Wei, Mariam Otmani del Barrio, Atinuke Olaleye, Pascal Launois, Joseph D. Tucker

A young adult with COVID-19 and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)-like illness: a case report

Aaron D. Kofman, Emma K. Sizemore, Joshua F. Detelich, Benjamin Albrecht, Anne L. Piantadosi

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis-associated Histoplasma capsulatum peritonitis: a case report and literature review

Thanat Ounsinman, Piriyaporn Chongtrakool, Nasikarn Angkasekwinai

Prospective, observational study to assess the performance of CAA measurement as a diagnostic tool for the detection of Schistosoma haematobium infections in pregnant women and their child in Lambaréné, Gabon: study protocol of the freeBILy clinical trial in Gabon

Yabo Josiane Honkpehedji, Ayôla Akim Adegnika, Jean Claude Dejon-Agobe, Jeannot Fréjus Zinsou, Romuald Beh Mba, Jacob Gerstenberg, Raphaël Rakotozandrindrainy, Rivo Andry Rakotoarivelo, Tahinamandranto Rasamoelina, Elisa Sicuri, Norbert G. Schwarz, Paul L. A. M. Corstjens, Pytsje T. Hoekstra, Govert J. van Dam, Andrea Kreidenweiss, G. J. van Dam, P. L. A. M. Corstjens, A. S. Amoah, C. J. de Dood, M. I. Keshinro, P. T. Hoekstra, A. Kreidenweiss, N. G. Schwarz, D. Fusco, P. Klein, A. Jaeger, E. Lorenz, A. A. Adegnika, Y. J. Honkpehedji, J. C. Dejon-Agobe, R. Beh Mba, M. Mbong Ngwese, M. Nzamba Maloum, A. Nguema Moure, B. T. Meulah, R. Rakotozandrindrainy, N. Rakotozandrindrainy, M. J. Solonirina, J. Randriamaniara, R. A. Rakotoarivelo, A. Ralaizandry, M. Radomanana, M. Rakoto Andrianarivelo, T. Rasamoelina, R. Razafindrakoto, E. Siciru, C. Aerts

Perception and attitude of healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia with regard to Covid-19 pandemic and potential associated predictors

Mostafa A. Abolfotouh, Adel F. Almutairi, Ala’a A. BaniMustafa, Mohamed A. Hussein

Detection of Listeria monocytogenes in a patient with meningoencephalitis using next-generation sequencing: a case report

Zi-Wei Lan, Min-Jia Xiao, Yuan-lin Guan, Ya-Jing Zhan, Xiang-Qi Tang

Tubercular infection in children living with adults receiving Directly Observed Treatment Short Course (DOTS): a follow up study

Geetika Srivastava, M. M. A. Faridi, Shiv Sagar Gupta

Spatial and temporal patterns of Ross River virus in south east Queensland, Australia: identification of hot spots at the rural-urban interface

Amanda K. Murphy, Julie A. Clennon, Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec, Cassie C. Jansen, Francesca D. Frentiu, Louise M. Hafner, Wenbiao Hu, Gregor J. Devine

Subcutaneous injection of IFN alpha-2b for COVID-19: an observational study

Bo Wang, Diandian Li, Tao Liu, Haohua Wang, Fengming Luo, Yanbin Liu

Spinal neuroschistosomiasis caused by Schistoma mansoni: cases reported in two brothers

Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues, Constança Simões Barbosa, Thiago Frederico Andrade Agt, Andréia Braga Mota, Clélia Maria Ribeiro Franco, Edmundo Pessoa Lopes, Rodrigo Loyo, Elainne Christine Souza Gomes

The University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences (UZ-CHS) BIRTH COHORT study: rationale, design and methods

Kerina Duri, Felicity Z. Gumbo, Privilege T. Munjoma, Precious Chandiwana, Kudakwashe Mhandire, Asaph Ziruma, Andrew Macpherson, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Exnevia Gomo, Benjamin Misselwitz, Lovemore Ronald Mazengera, M. Altfeld, M. Bunders, S. Rowland Jones, C. Dandara, V. Mleya, J. Mutambara, G. Kandawasvika, P. Kuona, S. Chimhuya, R. Nyamakura, S. Mtapuri-Zinyowera, S. P. Chandiwana, C. Marashiki, H. Mataramvura, E. Mazengera, N. Taremeredzwa

Differential susceptibility of Onchocerca volvulus microfilaria to ivermectin in two areas of contrasting history of mass drug administration in Cameroon: relevance of microscopy and molecular techniques for the monitoring of skin microfilarial repopulation within six months of direct observed treatment

Raphael Awah Abong, Glory N. Amambo, Patrick W. Chounna Ndongmo, Abdel Jelil Njouendou, Manuel Ritter, Amuam Andrew Beng, Mathias Eyong Esum, Kebede Deribe, Jerome Fru-Cho, Fanny F. Fombad, Theobald Mue Nji, Peter Ivo Enyong, Catherine B. Poole, Kenneth Pfarr, Achim Hoerauf, Clotilde K. S. Carlow, Samuel Wanji

Non-uptake of viral load testing among people receiving HIV treatment in Gomba district, rural Uganda

Rita Nakalega, Nelson Mukiza, George Kiwanuka, Ronald Makanga-Kakumba, Robert Menge, Hajira Kataike, Joel Maena, Carolyne Akello, Patience Atuhaire, Flavia Matovu-Kiweewa, Cynthia Ndikuno-Kuteesa, Henry Debem, Andrew Mujugira

Estimating the burden of HIV late presentation and its attributable morbidity and mortality across Europe 2010–2016

Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection at a tertiary referral hospital for children

Joycelyn Assimeng Dame, Natalie Beylis, James Nuttall, Brian Eley

Chest palpitations in a teenager as an unusual presentation of Lyme disease: case report

Faith Myers, Pooja E. Mishra, Daniel Cortez, Mark R. Schleiss

A case of iliopsoas hematoma as a complication of tetanus in a patient who did not receive anticoagulant therapy

Hiroki Nagasawa, Ken-ichi Muramatsu, Ikuto Takeuchi, Yoshihiro Kushida, Kei Jitsuiki, Jun Shitara, Hiromichi Ohsaka, Kazuhiko Omori, Yasumasa Oode, Youichi Yanagawa

Adolescent and non-consensual anal sexual debut among Chinese men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional study

Weiming Tang, Yehua Wang, Wenting Huang, Dan Wu, Fan Yang, Yongshi Xu, Jason J. Ong, Hongyun Fu, Bin Yang, Cheng Wang, Wei Ma, Chongyi Wei, Joseph D. Tucker

Retrospective analysis of the etiology, clinical characteristics and outcomes of community-acquired bacterial meningitis in the University Infectious Diseases Centre in Lithuania

E. Matulyte, S. Kiveryte, R. Paulauskiene, E. Liukpetryte, R. Vaikutyte, R. Matulionyte

Impact of the implementation of new guidelines on the management of patients with HIV infection at an advanced HIV clinic in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

F. Mangana, L. D. Massaquoi, R. Moudachirou, R. Harrison, T. Kaluangila, G. Mucinya, N. Ntabugi, G. Van Cutsem, R. Burton, P. Isaakidis

The potential impact of a recent measles epidemic on COVID-19 in Samoa

Chandini Raina MacIntyre, Valentina Costantino, David J. Heslop

Trends and epidemiological analysis of hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and human T-cell lymphotropic virus among Iranian blood donors: strategies for improving blood safety

Azadeh Omidkhoda, Bahman Razi, Ali Arabkhazaeli, Sedigheh Amini Kafi-Abad

Challenges of transferring rural adults with chronic HCV infection for further HCV RNA confirmation and free DAAs treatment: a success story of the interdisciplinary collaboration approach

Wei Li, Te-Sheng Chang, Shu-Zhi Chang, Ching-Hwa Chen, Mei-Yen Chen

Successful implementation of isoniazid preventive therapy at a pediatric HIV clinic in Tanzania

Olivia F. Hunter, Furaha Kyesi, Amrit Kaur Ahluwalia, Zeinabou Niamé Daffé, Patricia Munseri, C. Fordham von Reyn, Lisa V. Adams

Case report: Candida krusei spondylitis in an immunocompromised patient

Audrey J. C. Overgaauw, David C. de Leeuw, Susanne P. Stoof, Karin van Dijk, Joost C. J. Bot, Eef J. Hendriks

Diversity of rotavirus genotypes circulating in children < 5 years of age hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis in India from 2005 to 2016: analysis of temporal and regional genotype variation

Sidhartha Giri, C. P. Girish Kumar, Shainey Alokit Khakha, Mamta Chawla-Sarkar, Varanasi Gopalkrishna, Shobha D. Chitambar, Pratima Ray, S. Venkatasubramanian, Biswa Jyoti Borkakoty, Subarna Roy, Jyothi Bhat, Bhagirathi Dwibedi, Pradeep Das, Vijayachari Paluru, Sasirekha Ramani, Sudhir Babji, Rashmi Arora, Sanjay M. Mehendale, Mohan D. Gupte, Gagandeep Kang, A. Agarwal, S. Aneja, Anna Simon, S. C. Aundhakar, A. Bavdekar, S. Baveja, D. Biswas, C. J. Bora, S. Chatterjee, S. Chaudhary, Das VNR, K. Desai, R. Dhongade, R. Dwivedi, K. Dzuvichu, N. Ganguly, G. Gathwala, C. Ghosh, D. S. Gupta, A. R. Jadhav, S. Jali, V. R. Kalrao, S. K. Kar, H. K. Khuntia, P. Kumar, S. S. Kumar, B. G. Lal, M. Manglani, B. Manohar, A. Mathew, M. A. Mathew, K. M. Mehariya, S. K. Mishra, S. Panda, K. Pandey, M. Patankar, C. S. Purani, G. C. Sahoo, N. Singh, P. Singh, T. Singh, S. Sundari, A. K. Thakur, R. K. Topno, A. Upadhyay, Utpalkant Singh

Prevalence and diversity of enteric pathogens among cholera treatment centre patients with acute diarrhea in Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo

Camille Williams, Oliver Cumming, Lynn Grignard, Baron Bashige Rumedeka, Jaime Mufitini Saidi, Daniel Grint, Chris Drakeley, Aurelie Jeandron

Risk factors associated with infection of blood-borne virus among people who used methamphetamine

Yilin Cai, Zheng Dai, Sijin Wen, Ruchi Bhandari

Assessing the effectiveness of Chagas disease education for healthcare providers in the United States

Paula Stigler Granados, Gerardo J. Pacheco, Evangelina Núñez Patlán, Jose Betancourt, Lawrence Fulton

Implications of COVID-19 in high burden countries for HIV/TB: A systematic review of evidence

Jacques L. Tamuzi, Birhanu T. Ayele, Constance S. Shumba, Olatunji O. Adetokunboh, Jeannine Uwimana-Nicol, Zelalem T. Haile, Joseph Inugu, Peter S. Nyasulu

Pooling for SARS-CoV-2 control in care institutions

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Characteristics of recovered COVID-19 patients with recurrent positive RT-PCR findings in Wuhan, China: a retrospective study

Tie-Jun Shui, Chao Li, Hong-bing Liu, Xiaohua Chen, Bi-ke Zhang

Molecular epidemiology of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in South Omo, Southern Ethiopia

Biniam Wondale, Kwon Keehwan, Girmay Medhin, Takele Teklu, Temesgen Mohammed, Samuel Tolosa, Aboma Zewude, Friehiwot Amsalu, Rembert Pieper, Gobena Ameni

Spatial patterns and associated factors of HIV Seropositivity among adults in Ethiopia from EDHS 2016: a spatial and multilevel analysis

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Detection of Beijing strains of MDR M. tuberculosis and their association with drug resistance mutations in katG, rpoB, and embB genes

Anamika Gupta, Pallavi Sinha, Vijay Nema, Pramod K. Gupta, Pampi Chakraborty, Savita Kulkarni, Nalin Rastogi, Shampa Anupurba

Vaccine-associated measles in a patient treated with natalizumab: a case report

Alix Miauton, Rainer Tan, Vasiliki Pantazou, Renaud Du Pasquier, Blaise Genton

Epigastric pain associated with herpes esophagitis: case report

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Disseminated Saksenaea infection in an immunocompromised host associated with a good clinical outcome: a case report and review of the literature

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Pre-HAART CD4+ T-lymphocytes as biomarkers of post-HAART immune recovery in HIV-infected children with or without TB co-infection

Vivek Gopalakrishnan, Eliezer Bose, Usha Nair, Yuwei Cheng, Musie Ghebremichael

Targeting high risk forest goers for malaria elimination: a novel approach for investigating forest malaria to inform program intervention in Vietnam

Sara E. Canavati, Gerard C. Kelly, Cesia E. Quintero, Thuan Huu Vo, Long Khanh Tran, Thang Duc Ngo, Duong Thanh Tran, Kimberly A. Edgel, Nicholas J. Martin

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Rodolphe Dobseu, Aubin Nanfack, Mathurin Kowo, Georgia Ambada, Rachel Kamgaing, Collins Chenwi, Nadine Fainguem, Aude Ka’e, Eric Ngangoum, Samuel Sosso, Clergé Tchiegang, Alexis Ndjolo

French hepatitis C care cascade: substantial impact of direct-acting antivirals, but the road to elimination is still long

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Interpretation of serial interferon-gamma test results to measure new tuberculosis infection among household contacts in Zambia and South Africa

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Device associated –health care associated infections monitoring, prevention and cost assessment at intensive care unit of University Hospital in Poland (2015–2017)

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Neighborhood disadvantage and 30-day readmission risk following Clostridioides difficile infection hospitalization

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Differential diagnosis of atypical encephalopathy in critical care: a case report

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Correction to: Alterations in bacterial communities, SCFA and biomarkers in an elderly HIV-positive and HIV-negative population in western Mexico

Luz A. González-Hernández, Mariana del Rocio Ruiz-Briseño, Karina Sánchez-Reyes, Monserrat Alvarez-Zavala, Natali Vega-Magaña, Alvaro López-Iñiguez, Julio A. Díaz-Ramos, Pedro Martínez-Ayala, R. A. Soria-Rodriguez, Moises Ramos-Solano, Jaime F. Andrade-Villanueva

A parallel-group, multicenter randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, phase 2/3, clinical trial to test the efficacy of pyridostigmine bromide at low doses to reduce mortality or invasive mechanical ventilation in adults with severe SARS-CoV-2 infection: the Pyridostigmine In Severe COvid-19 (PISCO) trial protocol

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Completeness of tuberculosis case notifications in Germany in 2013–2017: first results of an inventory study

Teresa Domaszewska, Basel Karo, Ute Preuss, Christian Kollan, Annicka Reuss, Hans-Peter Blank, Bonita Brodhun, Barbara Hauer, Doris Altmann, Lena Fiebig, Walter Haas, Nita Perumal

Septic arthritis of the shoulder due to Ureaplasma urealyticum after emergency caesarean section: a case report

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Concurrent acute myositis and Guillain-Barre syndrome in Cytomegalovirus infection – a rare case report

Varatharajan Sakthivadivel, Palanisamy Naveenraj, Arjun Kachhwaha, Deepak Kumar, Puneeth Babu Anne, Poonam Elhence, Mahadev Meena

Risk conditions in children hospitalized with influenza in Norway, 2017–2019

Siri Helene Hauge, Inger Johanne Bakken, Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio, Siri Eldevik Håberg

Orbital mucormycosis in immunocompetent children; review of risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment approach

Ali Amanati, Hamide Barzegar, Gholamreza Pouladfar, Anahita Sanaei Dashti, Mohamad Bagher Abtahi, Bijan Khademi, Mohammad Javad Ashraf, Parisa Badiee, Seyedeh Sedigheh Hamzavi, Ali Kashkooe

New HIV diagnoses in patients with COVID-19: two case reports and a brief literature review

Jiu-Cong Zhang, Xiao-Hui Yu, Xiao-Han Ding, Hao-Yu Ma, Xiao-Qing Cai, Sheng-Chao Kang, Da-Wei Xiang

The origin and spread of CRF85_BC, driven by heterosexual transmission among older people in Sichuan, China

Ling Su, Yi Feng, Shu Liang, Yali Zeng, Yiping Li, Hong Yang, Li Ye, Qiushi Wang, Dongbin Wei, Dan Yuan, Wenhong Lai, Linglin Zhang

Genotype-Informed Versus Empiric Management Of VirEmia (GIVE MOVE): study protocol of an open-label randomised clinical trial in children and adolescents living with HIV in Lesotho and Tanzania

Jennifer Anne Brown, Isaac Ringera, Ezekiel Luoga, Molisana Cheleboi, Namvua Kimera, Josephine Muhairwe, Buntshi Paulin Kayembe, Mosa Molapo Hlasoa, Lorraine Kabundi, Ching Wey David Yav, Buoang Mothobi, Lineo Thahane, Alain Amstutz, Nadine Bachmann, Getrud Joseph Mollel, Moniek Bresser, Tracy Renée Glass, Daniel Henry Paris, Thomas Klimkait, Maja Weisser, Niklaus Daniel Labhardt

Continuous thrombocytopenia after SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid negative in a non-severe COVID-19 patient for several months

Xia Wu, Dongxia Luo, Yaling Liu, Yilan Zeng, Yuping Gong

Confirmed or unconfirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia in Italian patients: a retrospective analysis of clinical features

Giulia De Angelis, Brunella Posteraro, Federico Biscetti, Gianluca Ianiro, Lorenzo Zileri Dal Verme, Paola Cattani, Francesco Franceschi, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Antonio Gasbarrini

The use of antibiotics in the intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital in Malawi

Raphael Kazidule Kayambankadzanja, Moses Lihaka, Andreas Barratt-Due, Mtisunge Kachingwe, Wezzie Kumwenda, Rebecca Lester, Sithembile Bilima, Jaran Eriksen, Tim Baker

The first consecutive 5000 patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 from Qatar; a nation-wide cohort study

Ali S. Omrani, Muna A. Almaslamani, Joanne Daghfal, Rand A. Alattar, Mohamed Elgara, Shahd H. Shaar, Tawheeda B. H. Ibrahim, Ahmed Zaqout, Dana Bakdach, Abdelrauof M. Akkari, Anas Baiou, Bassem Alhariri, Reem Elajez, Ahmed A. M. Husain, Mohamed N. Badawi, Fatma Ben Abid, Sulieman H. Abu Jarir, Shiema Abdalla, Anvar Kaleeckal, Kris Choda, Venkateswara R. Chinta, Mohamed A. Sherbash, Khalil Al-Ismail, Mohammed Abukhattab, Ali Ait Hssain, Peter V. Coyle, Roberto Bertollini, Michael P. Frenneaux, Abdullatif Alkhal, Hanan M. Al-Kuwari

Towards the elimination of dog-mediated rabies: development and application of an evidence-based management tool

Kristyna Rysava, Tamara Mancero, Eduardo Caldas, Mary Freire de Carvalho, André P. B. Castro, Veronica Gutiérrez, Daniel T. Haydon, Paul C. D. Johnson, Rebecca Mancy, Lúcia R. Montebello, Silene M. Rocha, Jesús F. Gonzalez Roldan, Marco Antonio Natal Vigilato, Victor Del Rio Vilas, Katie Hampson

Comparative analysis of the main haematological indexes and RNA detection for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Jialin Xiang, Zuyi Chen, Jie Zhou, Di Tian, Xiusheng Ran, Zhimin Zhang, Shi Shi, Daimin Xiao, Yuanzhong Zhou

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 161 discharged cases with coronavirus disease 2019 in Shanghai, China

Sheng Lin, Hao Pan, Huanyu Wu, Xiao Yu, Peng Cui, Ruobing Han, Chenyan Jiang, Dechuan Kong, Yaxu Zheng, Xiaohuan Gong, Wenjia Xiao, Shenghua Mao, Bihong Jin, Yiyi Zhu, Xiaodong Sun

Presence of urinary symptoms in bacteremic urinary tract infection: a retrospective cohort study of Escherichia coli bacteremia

Anthony D. Bai, Michael J. Bonares, Samuel Thrall, Chaim M. Bell, Andrew M. Morris

Clinical features of gingivostomatitis due to primary infection of herpes simplex virus in children

Chen-Wei Huang, Chi-Hsien Hsieh, Ming-Ru Lin, Yhu-Chering Huang

Detecting SARS-CoV-2 at point of care: preliminary data comparing loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) to polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Marc F. Österdahl, Karla A. Lee, Mary Ni Lochlainn, Stuart Wilson, Sam Douthwaite, Rachel Horsfall, Alyce Sheedy, Simon D. Goldenberg, Christopher J. Stanley, Tim D. Spector, Claire J. Steves

Correction to: Successful implementation of isoniazid preventive therapy at a pediatric HIV clinic in Tanzania

Olivia F. Hunter, Furaha Kyesi, Amrit Kaur Ahluwalia, Zeinabou Niamé Daffé, Patricia Munseri, C. Fordham von Reyn, Lisa V. Adams

Oral beta-lactam step down in bacteremic E. coli urinary tract infections

Stephan Saad, Neil Mina, Colin Lee, Kevin Afra

The use of intravenous immunoglobulin gamma for the treatment of severe coronavirus disease 2019: a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind clinical trial

Naser Gharebaghi, Rahim Nejadrahim, Seyed Jalil Mousavi, Seyyed-Reza Sadat-Ebrahimi, Reza Hajizadeh

Clinical characteristics of 116 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: a single-centered, retrospective, observational study

Shiqiang Xiong, Lin Liu, Feng Lin, Jinhu Shi, Lei Han, Huijian Liu, Lewei He, Qijun Jiang, Zeyang Wang, Wenbo Fu, Zhigang Li, Qing Lu, Zhinan Chen, Shifang Ding

The diagnostic utility of the “Thwaites’ system” and “lancet consensus scoring system” in tuberculous vs. non-tuberculous subacute and chronic meningitis: multicenter analysis of 395 adult patients

Tarek Sulaiman, Sai Medi, Hakan Erdem, Seniha Senbayrak, Derya Ozturk-Engin, Asuman Inan, Rok Civljak, Mihai Nechifor, Ayhan Akbulut, Alexandru Crisan, Muge Ozguler, Mustafa Namiduru, Branislava Savic, Olga Dulovic, Filiz Pehlivanoglu, Gonul Sengoz, Kadriye Yasar, Ayse Seza Inal, Emine Parlak, Isik Somuncu Johansen, Ebru Kursun, Mehmet Parlak, Emel Yilmaz, Gulden Yilmaz, Hanefi Cem Gul, Oral Oncul, Soline Siméon, Pierre Tattevin, Aysegul Ulu-Kilic, Selma Alabay, Bojana Beovic, Melanie Catroux, Yves Hansmann, Arjan Harxhi, Alper Sener, Hacer Deniz Ozkaya, Yasemin Cağ, Canan Agalar, Haluk Vahaboglu, Berna Kaya Ugur, Rodrigo Hasbun

Risk factors for recurrent tuberculosis after successful treatment in a high burden setting: a cohort study

Patrick George Tobias Cudahy, Douglas Wilson, Ted Cohen

Seroprevalence of Jamestown Canyon virus in the Japanese general population

Hirofumi Kato, Masaaki Satoh, Madoka Kawahara, Satoshi Kitaura, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Shuetsu Fukushi, Kristina Dimitrova, Heidi Wood, Masayuki Saijo, Mutsuyo Takayama-Ito

Evaluation of the performance of an in-house duplex PCR assay targeting the IS6110 and rpoB genes for tuberculosis diagnosis in Cameroon

Henry Dilonga Meriki, Ndze Henry Wung, Kukwah Anthony Tufon, Nyeke James Tony, Irene Ane-Anyangwe, Fidelis Cho-Ngwa

Preventing mother to child transmission of HIV: lessons learned from China

Yu Dong, Wei Guo, Xien Gui, Yanbin Liu, Yajun Yan, Ling Feng, Ke Liang

Treatment delay in childhood pleural tuberculosis and associated factors

Huai-Zheng Gong, Chao Han, Feng-Lian Yang, Chun-Fang Wang, Jun-Li Wang, Mao-Shui Wang

Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation successfully treated a case of severe pulmonary hemorrhage caused by leptospirosis

H. J. Wang, G. Z. Chen, C. J. Zhou, Y. FU, L. N. YAO

Who fails to return within 30 days after being tested positive for HIV/STI in a free testing centre?

Camille Rolland, Elise de La Rochebrochard, Prescillia Piron, Marc Shelly, Christophe Segouin, Pénélope Troude

Factors associated with sub-microscopic placental malaria and its association with adverse pregnancy outcomes among HIV-negative women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a cohort study

Aneth Vedastus Kalinjuma, Anne Marie Darling, Ferdinand M. Mugusi, Ajibola Ibraheem Abioye, Fredros O. Okumu, Said Aboud, Honorati Masanja, Davidson H. Hamer, Ellen Hertzmark, Wafaie W. Fawzi

Patient delay in the diagnosis of tuberculosis in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Muluneh Alene, Moges Agazhe Assemie, Leltework Yismaw, Getnet Gedif, Daniel Bekele Ketema, Wodaje Gietaneh, Tadele Demilew Chekol

Impacts of reopening strategies for COVID-19 epidemic: a modeling study in Piedmont region

Simone Pernice, Paolo Castagno, Linda Marcotulli, Milena Maria Maule, Lorenzo Richiardi, Giovenale Moirano, Matteo Sereno, Francesca Cordero, Marco Beccuti

Comparing intervention strategies for reducing Clostridioides difficile transmission in acute healthcare settings: an agent-based modeling study

Brittany Stephenson, Cristina Lanzas, Suzanne Lenhart, Eduardo Ponce, Jason Bintz, Erik R. Dubberke, Judy Day

Unusual disseminated Talaromyces marneffei infection mimicking lymphoma in a non-immunosuppressed patient in East China: a case report and review of the literature

Donghe Chen, Chengdong Chang, Ming Chen, Yafei Zhang, Xin Zhao, Tingting Zhang, Zhen Wang, Jing Yan, Huanyan Zhu, Lin Zheng, Kui Zhao

Conservative management of CIN2 p16 positive lesions in women with multiple HPV infection

Maria Teresa Bruno, Guido Scalia, Nazario Cassaro, Maria Costanzo, Sara Boemi

A platform in the use of medicines to treat chronic hepatitis C (PLATINUM C): protocol for a prospective treatment registry of real-world outcomes for hepatitis C

Jessica Ramsay, Julie Marsh, Alisa Pedrana, Nada Andric, Richard Norman, Wendy Cheng, Steve Webb, Nikolajs Zeps, Matthew Bellgard, Todd Graves, Margaret Hellard, Tom Snelling

Evaluating the performance of diagnostic methods for soil transmitted helminths in the Amhara National Regional State, Northwest Ethiopia

Abebe Fenta, Tadesse Hailu, Megbaru Alemu, Endalkachew Nibret, Arancha Amor, Abaineh Munshea

Analysis of antibiotic treatment of children in a Shanghai tertiary hospital based on point prevalence surveys

Jiang-Jiang Xu, Jie Gao, Jun-Hua Guo, Li-Li Song

Comparison of spatiotemporal characteristics of the COVID-19 and SARS outbreaks in mainland China

Xi Zhang, Huaxiang Rao, Yuwan Wu, Yubei Huang, Hongji Dai

Prevalence of and risk factors for HBV and HCV among incarcerated people who inject drugs in Iran: A cross sectional study

Ghobad Moradi, Parvin Mohamadi, Bushra Zareie, Mohammad Aziz Rasouli, Mohammad Mehdi Gouya, Saeede Jafari

Should we remain hopeful? The key 8 weeks: spatiotemporal epidemic characteristics of COVID-19 in Sichuan Province and its comparative analysis with other provinces in China and global epidemic trends

Xinyin Xu, Jing Zeng, Runyou Liu, Yang Liu, Xiaobo Zhou, Lijun Zhou, Ting Dong, Yuxin Cha, Zhuo Wang, Ying Deng, Yu Zhang, Liao Feng, Chen Pu, Xianping Wu, Bo Zhong

Effectiveness of HPV vaccination against the development of high-grade cervical lesions in young Japanese women

Yuki Shiko, Ryo Konno, Hiroshi Konishi, Catherine Sauvaget, Yasuo Ohashi, Tadao Kakizoe

Trends in antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2017–2019

Paul C. Adamson, Hung Van Le, Hai Ha Long Le, Giang Minh Le, Trung Vu Nguyen, Jeffrey D. Klausner

Clinical characteristics, risk factors and outcomes of mixed Candida albicans/bacterial bloodstream infections

Li Zhong, Shufang Zhang, Kankai Tang, Feifei Zhou, Cheng Zheng, Kai Zhang, Jiachang Cai, Hongwei Zhou, Yesong Wang, Baoping Tian, Zhaocai Zhang, Wei Cui, Zhaohui Dong, Gensheng Zhang

Outpatient Management of Oligosymptomatic Patients with respiratory infection in the era of SARS-CoV-2: Experience from rural German general practitioners

Simon Wernhart, Tim-Henning Förster, Eberhard Weihe

Impact of daily versus weekly service of infectious diseases consultation on hospital antimicrobial consumption: a retrospective study

Andrea Cona, Lidia Gazzola, Ottavia Viganò, Teresa Bini, Giulia Carla Marchetti, Antonella d’Arminio Monforte

Management of urinary tract infections: what do doctors recommend and patients do? An observational study in German primary care

Ildikó Gágyor, Stephanie Strube-Plaschke, Katrin Rentzsch, Wolfgang Himmel

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards anthrax in northern Ethiopia: a mixed approach study

Gebremedhin Romha, Weldemelak Girmay

Factors associated with phylogenetic clustering of hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in Baltimore

Oluwaseun Falade-Nwulia, Jada Hackman, Shruti H. Mehta, Sean D. McCormick, Gregory D. Kirk, Mark Sulkowski, David Thomas, Carl Latkin, Oliver Laeyendecker, Stuart C. Ray

Diversity of SCCmec elements and spa types in South African Staphylococcus aureus mecA-positive blood culture isolates

Ashika Singh-Moodley, Michelle Lowe, Ruth Mogokotleng, Olga Perovic

Gastrointestinal mucormycosis due to Rhizopus microsporus following Streptococcus pyogenes toxic shock syndrome in an HIV patient: a case report

Thanaboon Yinadsawaphan, Popchai Ngamskulrungroj, Wipapat Chalermwai, Wutthiseth Dhitinanmuang, Nasikarn Angkasekwinai

Kinetic changes in virology, specific antibody response and imaging during the clinical course of COVID-19: a descriptive study

Qiu-jing Wang, Yan-zhen Yao, Jun-shuai Song, Qiao Wang, Li-yun Xu, Zhou-jun Bao, Dai-wen Mao, Ji-hang Zhou, Zhe-en Zhang, Yan Wang, Yi-wei Li, He-ping Wang, Lue Li, Hai-yan Pan, Guo-qiang Zhang, Shi-bo Li

Lyme borreliosis in Finland: a register-based linkage study

Eeva Feuth, Mikko Virtanen, Otto Helve, Jukka Hytönen, Jussi Sane

Evaluation of TaqMan Array card (TAC) for the detection of 28 respiratory pathogens

Keke Liu, Hongbo Jing, Ying Chen, Xin Zheng, Hua Jiang, Decong Kong, Yvling Zheng, Shuiping Chen, Peng Liu, Yongqiang Jiang

Clinical characteristics of community-acquired pneumonia due to Moraxella catarrhalis in adults: a retrospective single-centre study

Jun Hirai, Takeshi Kinjo, Tomomi Koga, Shusaku Haranaga, Eiji Motonaga, Jiro Fujita

Short- and long-term humoral immune response against Yersinia pestis in plague patients, Madagascar

Voahangy Andrianaivoarimanana, Alice Lantoniaina Iharisoa, Lila Rahalison, Marie Laurette Ralimanantsoa, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Rado J. L. Rakotonanahary, Elisabeth Carniel, Christian Demeure, Minoarisoa Rajerison

Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells attenuate pulmonary inflammation and lung damage caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A/H5N1 virus in BALB/c mice

Resti Yudhawati, Muhammad Amin, Fedik A. Rantam, Rima R. Prasetya, Jezzy R. Dewantari, Aldise M. Nastri, Emmanuel D. Poetranto, Laksmi Wulandari, Maria I. Lusida, Soetjipto Koesnowidagdo, Gatot Soegiarto, Yohko K. Shimizu, Yasuko Mori, Kazufumi Shimizu

First patient management of COVID-19 in Changsha, China: a case report

Jian Zhou, Ziqin Cao, Wanchun Wang, Kang Huang, Fang Zheng, Yuanlin Xie, Dixuan Jiang, Zhiguo Zhou

Malaria Screener: a smartphone application for automated malaria screening

Hang Yu, Feng Yang, Sivaramakrishnan Rajaraman, Ilker Ersoy, Golnaz Moallem, Mahdieh Poostchi, Kannappan Palaniappan, Sameer Antani, Richard J. Maude, Stefan Jaeger

First identification of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in both a biting tick Ixodes nipponensis and a patient in Korea: a case report

Seung Hun Lee, Na-Ri Shin, Choon-Mee Kim, Sungdo Park, Na Ra Yun, Dong-Min Kim, Dong Sik Jung

Is the superbug fungus really so scary? A systematic review and meta-analysis of global epidemiology and mortality of Candida auris

Jingjing Chen, Sufei Tian, Xiaoxu Han, Yunzhuo Chu, Qihui Wang, Baosen Zhou, Hong Shang

Simultaneous disseminated infections with intracellular pathogens: an intriguing case report of adult-onset immunodeficiency with anti-interferon-gamma autoantibodies

Malte Roerden, Rainer Döffinger, Gabriela Barcenas-Morales, Stephan Forchhammer, Stefanie Döbele, Christoph P. Berg

Molecular identification of Actinomadura madurae isolated from a patient originally from Algeria; observations from a case report

Arezki Izri, Mohanad Aljundi, Typhaine Billard-Pomares, Youssouf Fofana, Anthony Marteau, Theo Ghelfenstein Ferreira, Sophie Brun, Frederic Caux, Mohammad Akhoundi

Comparison of practicability and effectiveness between unassisted HIV self-testing and directly assisted HIV self-testing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a randomized feasibility trial

Serge Tonen-Wolyec, Charles Kayembe Tshilumba, Salomon Batina-Agasa, Roland Marini Djang’eing’a, Marie-Pierre Hayette, Laurent Belec

Tuberculosis sanatorium treatment at the advent of the chemotherapy era

Erin D. Zwick, Caitlin S. Pepperell

Antiviral mechanism of carvacrol on HSV-2 infectivity through inhibition of RIP3-mediated programmed cell necrosis pathway and ubiquitin-proteasome system in BSC-1 cells

Li Wang, Dan Wang, Xingan Wu, Rui Xu, Yunlan Li

Extensively drug-resistant Alcaligenes faecalis infection

Chienhsiu Huang

Treating male partners of women with bacterial vaginosis (StepUp): a protocol for a randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical effectiveness of male partner treatment for reducing the risk of BV recurrence

Lenka A. Vodstrcil, Erica L. Plummer, Michelle Doyle, Christopher K. Fairley, Colette McGuiness, Deborah Bateson, Jane S. Hocking, Matthew G. Law, Kathy Petoumenos, Basil Donovan, Eric P. F. Chow, Catriona S. Bradshaw, John Kaldor, Anna McNulty, David A. Lewis, Marcus Y. Chen, Jade E. Bilardi, Sepehr N. Tabrizi, Gerald L. Murray, Jennifer Danielewski, Suzanne M. Garland, Kathy McNamee

Dengue in Western Uganda: a prospective cohort of children presenting with undifferentiated febrile illness

Ross M. Boyce, Matthew Collins, Rabbison Muhindo, Regina Nakakande, Emily J. Ciccone, Samantha Grounds, Daniel Espinoza, Yerun Zhu, Michael Matte, Moses Ntaro, Dan Nyehangane, Jonathan J. Juliano, Edgar M. Mulogo

A packaged intervention to improve viral load monitoring within a deeply rural health district of South Africa

J. Brijkumar, B. A. Johnson, Y. Zhao, J. Edwards, P. Moodley, K. Pathan, S. Pillay, K. G. Castro, H. Sunpath, D. R. Kuritzkes, M. Y. S. Moosa, V. C. Marconi

Incidence and risk factors of surgical site infection following colorectal surgery in China: a national cross-sectional study

Xufei Zhang, Zhiwei Wang, Jun Chen, Peige Wang, Suming Luo, Xinjian Xu, Wei Mai, Guangyi Li, Gefei Wang, Xiuwen Wu, Jianan Ren

Period prevalence and identification challenges of viral haemorrhagic fever suspect cases in a tertiary referral hospital in Guinea: a cross-sectional, retrospective study of triage and emergency room patient profiles

Manuel Raab, Lisa M. Pfadenhauer, Vinh-Kim Nguyen, Dansira Doumbouya, Michael Hoelscher, Guenter Froeschl

Prevalence of hepatitis B among childbearing women and infant born to HBV-positive mothers in Togo

Didier K. Ekouevi, Lucile Larrouy, Fifonsi A. Gbeasor-Komlanvi, Vincent Mackiewicz, Martin K. Tchankoni, Alexandra M. Bitty-Anderson, Gatibe Yendu-suglpak Gnatou, Arnold Sadio, Mounerou Salou, Claver A. Dagnra, Diane Descamps, Patrick A. Coffie

Performance of Xpert® MTB/RIF in diagnosing tuberculous pleuritis using thoracoscopic pleural biopsy

Chengjun Li, Chang Liu, Bingqi Sun, Wei Zhang, Yang Wang, Jiao Sun, Fang Ma, Yu Chen

Clinical and radiographic characteristics, management and short-term outcomes of patients with COVID-19 in Wenzhou, China

Liang Hong, Enling Ye, Gangqiang Sun, Xiaoyang Wang, Shengguo Zhang, Yanghe Wu, Xiangao Xie, Shichun Xia, Xudong Zheng, Ling Dong, Fujing Cai, Xixian Lou, Renguo Zhao, Yongqi Hu, Zhanwei Ruan, Jiguang Ding, Qingfeng Sun

Treating HIV-associated cytomegalovirus retinitis with oral valganciclovir and intra-ocular ganciclovir by primary HIV clinicians in southern Myanmar: a retrospective analysis of routinely collected data

Jillian Murray, Adelene Hilbig, Theint Thida Soe, Win Le Shwe Sin Ei, Kyi Pyar Soe, Iza Ciglenecki

The burden of typhoid fever in Klang Valley, Malaysia, 2011–2015

Eida Nurhadzira Muhammad, Mohd Hatta Abdul Mutalip, Mohd Hazrin Hasim, Faizah Paiwai, Sayan Pan, Mohd Amierul Fikri Mahmud, Norzawati Yeop, Guat Hiong Tee, A’ Aishah Senin, Tahir Aris

Triple therapy combined with ventriculoperitoneal shunts can improve neurological function and shorten hospitalization time in non-HIV cryptococcal meningitis patients with increased intracranial pressure

Min Li, Jia Liu, Xuhui Deng, Qingzhou Gan, Yijie Wang, Xiaofeng Xu, Ying Jiang, Fuhua Peng

COVID-19 infection in first trimester of pregnancy marked by a liver cytolysis in a woman previously treated by hydroxychloroquine for repeated implantation failure: a case report

F. Lamazou, P. Oger, R. Dieli-crimi, A. Guerin, V. Letouzey, S. Octernaud, V. Place, P. Calès, P. Descamps, L. Delaroche

Impact of HPV-16/18 AS04-adjuvanted vaccine on preventing subsequent infection and disease after excision treatment: post-hoc analysis from a randomized controlled trial

Shuang Zhao, Shangying Hu, Xiaoqian Xu, Xun Zhang, Qinjing Pan, Feng Chen, Fanghui Zhao

High incidence and persistence of hepatitis B virus infection in individuals receiving HIV care in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Nokukhanya Msomi, Kogieleum Naidoo, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Nesri Padayatchi, Kerusha Govender, Jerome Amir Singh, Salim Abdool-Karim, Quarraisha Abdool-Karim, Koleka Mlisana

Features of Streptococcus agalactiae strains recovered from pregnant women and newborns attending different hospitals in Ethiopia

Musa Mohammed Ali, Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel, Daniel Asrat, Demissie Assegu Fenta, Bernard Beall, Stephanie Schrag, Lesley McGee

Endophthalmitis caused by Mycobacterium houstonense: case report

Xin Che, Qingjian Li, Luoziyi Wang, Jing Jiang, Xuzhong Shen, Yiwen Qian, Zhiliang Wang

Evolution of comorbidities in people living with HIV between 2004 and 2014: cross-sectional analyses from ANRS CO3 Aquitaine cohort

F. Bonnet, F. Le Marec, O. Leleux, Y. Gerard, D. Neau, E. Lazaro, P. Duffau, O. Caubet, M. A. Vandenhende, P. Mercie, C. Cazanave, F. Dabis

Acceptability of on-site rapid HIV/HBV/HCV testing and HBV vaccination among three at-risk populations in distinct community-healthcare outreach centres: the ANRS-SHS 154 CUBE study

Ruxandra Calin, Véronique Massari, Gilles Pialoux, Nelly Reydellet, Eve Plenel, Carole Chauvin, Marie Jauffret-Roustide, Nesrine Day, Georges Kreplak, Anaenza Freire Maresca, Nicolas Derche, Sandra Louis, Stanislas Pol, Véronique Doré, Christine Rouzioux, Pierre Chauvin

Risk factors associated with death in infants <120 days old with severe pertussis: a case-control study

Cong Liu, Lin Yang, Yuwei Cheng, Hongmei Xu, Feng Xu

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in previously undiagnosed health care workers in New Jersey, at the onset of the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic

Emily S. Barrett, Daniel B. Horton, Jason Roy, Maria Laura Gennaro, Andrew Brooks, Jay Tischfield, Patricia Greenberg, Tracy Andrews, Sugeet Jagpal, Nancy Reilly, Jeffrey L. Carson, Martin J. Blaser, Reynold A. Panettieri Jr

Infected aortic aneurysm caused by Helicobacter cinaedi: case series and systematic review of the literature

Takahiro Matsuo, Nobuyoshi Mori, Atsushi Mizuno, Aki Sakurai, Fujimi Kawai, Jay Starkey, Daisuke Ohkushi, Kohei Abe, Manabu Yamasaki, Joji Ito, Kunihiko Yoshino, Yumiko Mikami, Yuki Uehara, Keiichi Furukawa

Epidemiological and clinical based study on four passages of COVID-19 patients: intervention at asymptomatic period contributes to early recovery

Xiaohong Zhang, Hailian Wang, Youwei Wang, Yu Lei, Kaiju Xu, Jie Zhang, Ying Han, Jun Zeng, Shaoping Deng, Yi Wang

Disseminated Nocardia infection with a lesion occupying the intracranial space complicated with coma: a case report

Mei-Hong Yu, Xiao-Xin Wu, Chun-Lei Chen, Song-Jia Tang, Jian-Di Jin, Cheng-Li Zhong, Jing Fu, Jie-Qin Shi, Lan-Juan Li

Time-trend of hospitalizations for anogenital warts in Veneto region in the HPV vaccination era: a cross sectional study (2007–2018)

S. Cocchio, G. M. Prandi, P. Furlan, C. Bertoncello, M. Fonzo, M. Saia, T. Baldovin, V. Baldo

Proposal of COVID-19 Clinical Risk Score for the management of suspected COVID-19 cases: a case control study

Sho Nakakubo, Masaru Suzuki, Keisuke Kamada, Yu Yamashita, Junichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Horii, Kazuki Sato, Munehiro Matsumoto, Yuki Abe, Kosuke Tsuji, Nobuhisa Ishiguro, Yasuyuki Nasuhara, Satoshi Konno

The COVID-19 pandemic preparedness simulation tool: CovidSIM

Kristan A. Schneider, Gideon A. Ngwa, Markus Schwehm, Linda Eichner, Martin Eichner

Before-and-after online community survey on knowledge and perception of COVID-19 pandemic

Wojciech Nazar, Julia Leszkowicz, Agata Pieńkowska, Michał Brzeziński, Agnieszka Szlagatys-Sidorkiewicz, Katarzyna Plata-Nazar

A novel optical biosensor for the early diagnosis of sepsis and severe Covid-19: the PROUD study

Sarantia Doulou, Konstantinos Leventogiannis, Maria Tsilika, Matthew Rodencal, Konstantina Katrini, Nikolaos Antonakos, Miltiades Kyprianou, Emmanouil Karofylakis, Athanassios Karageorgos, Panagiotis Koufargyris, Gennaios Christopoulos, George Kassianidis, Kimon Stamatelopoulos, Robert Newberry, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

The unusual experience of managing a severe COVID-19 case at home: what can we do and where do we go?

Ivan Chérrez-Ojeda, Emanuel Vanegas, Miguel Felix

Risk factors for hospital-acquired influenza A and patient characteristics: a matched case-control study

Kui Yang, Ni Zhang, Chunchen Gao, Hongyan Qin, Anhui Wang, Liqiang Song

Routine blood parameters are helpful for early identification of influenza infection in children

Ronghe Zhu, Cuie Chen, Qiu Wang, Xixi Zhang, Chaosheng Lu, Yuanyuan Sun

Acceptability of HIV self-testing is low among men who have sex with men who have not tested for HIV: a study with respondent-driven sampling in Brazil

Laio Magno, Andrea Fachel Leal, Daniela Knauth, Inês Dourado, Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães, Elis Passos Santana, Tiago Jordão, Gustavo Machado Rocha, Maria Amélia Veras, Carl Kendall, Alexandre Kerr Pontes, Ana Maria de Brito, Ligia Kerr, Alexandre K. Pontes, Ana C. Camillo, Ana M. Brito, Ageu Magalhães, Ana R. C. Motta-Castro, Daniela R. Knauthe Andréa F Leal, Edgar Merchan-Hermann, Ximena P. Diaz, Luana N. C. Lima, Maria A. Veras, Inês Dourado, Lígia R. F. S. Kerr, Lisangela C. Oliveira, Mark D. C. Guimarães, Raimunda H. M. Macena, Rosa S. Mota, Maria S. Cavalcante, Carl Kendall, George Rutherford, Willi McFarland

Pulmonary infection due to fluoroquinolone-resistant Mycolicibacterium fortuitum: a case report

Kana Kurokawa, Norihiro Harada, Hitoshi Sasano, Haruhi Takagi, Satomi Takei, Ayako Nakamura, Keisuke Kamada, Atsushi Yoshida, Ken Kikuchi, Kazuhisa Takahashi

Micronutrient levels and their effects on the prognosis of visceral leishmaniasis treatment, a prospective cohort study

Berhanu Elfu Feleke, Teferi Elfu Feleke

Association between renal function and co-infection with Clonorchis sinensis and Helicobacter pylori: a cross-sectional study

Weining Xie, Yuanjun Deng, Shengxin Chen, Yifeng Wu, Ye Li, Qinhe Yang

Comparison of clinical, para-clinical and laboratory findings in survived and deceased patients with COVID-19: diagnostic role of inflammatory indications in determining the severity of illness

Mohsen Rokni, Kazem Ahmadikia, Somaye Asghari, Shahabodin Mashaei, Fahimeh Hassanali

Atypical presentation of COVID-19; an observational retrospective study

Maryam Haghighi-Morad, Ilad Alavi Darazam, Hooman Bahrami-Moltagh, Maryam Amerifar, Nasim Zamani, Hossein Hassanian-Moghaddam

Knowledge of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among dental surgeons of Nepal: a nationwide study

Mukesh Kumar Sah, Abanish Singh, Raj Kumar Sangroula

Praziquantel treatment coverage among school age children against Schistosomiasis and associated factors in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey, 2019

Yilma Chisha, Zerihun Zerdo, Mekuria Asnakew, Chuchu Churko, Manaye Yihune, Abinet Teshome, Nebiyu Nigussu, Fikire Seife, Birhanu Getachew, Markos Sileshi

Insufficient tuberculosis treatment leads to earlier and higher mortality in individuals co-infected with HIV in southern China: a cohort study

Zhigang Zheng, Eric J. Nehl, Chongxing Zhou, Jianjun Li, Zhouhua Xie, Zijun Zhou, Hao Liang

Pharmacist-led counselling intervention to improve antiretroviral drug adherence in Pakistan: a randomized controlled trial

Zeenat Fatima Chatha, Usman Rashid, Sharon Olsen, Fakhar ud Din, Amjad Khan, Komal Nawaz, Siew Hua Gan, Gul Majid Khan

Factors associated with cytomegalovirus serostatus in young people in England: a cross-sectional study

Joanne R. Winter, Graham S. Taylor, Olivia G. Thomas, Charlotte Jackson, Joanna E. A. Lewis, Helen R. Stagg

The perceived determinants and recommendations by mothers and healthcare professionals on the loss-to-follow-up in Option B+ program and child mortality in the Amhara region, Ethiopia

Mesfin Wudu Kassaw, Samuel T. Matula, Ayele Mamo Abebe, Ayelign Mengesha Kassie, Biruk Beletew Abate