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BMC Infectious Diseases

Issue 1/2024

Content (1472 Articles)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ventilator-associated pneumonia by Weeksella virosa: case report

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Xiaowu Zhang, Yulin Wu, Donghao Wang

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

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

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

Shiqi Liu, Asami Anzai, Hiroshi Nishiura

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  • Mpox
  • Research

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  • Research

Association between serum carotenoids and bacterial vaginosis infection among American women

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

The impact of spatial connectivity on NPIs effectiveness

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Effects of antivirals on patients with COVID-19 breakthrough

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  • Correction

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

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

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

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

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

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

Viability predictive factors of the daughter vesicles in hepatic cystic echinococcosis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wenzheng Liu, Ridong Feng, Xiaolin Song, Hai Zhao

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yasemin Bozkurt Turan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Negar Tamadoni, Afsaneh Bakhtiari, Hossein-Ali Nikbakht

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Guillermo Rodriguez-Nava, Goar Egoryan, Tianyu Dong, Qishuo Zhang, Elise Hyser, Bidhya Poudel, Maria Adriana Yanez-Bello, Daniela Patricia Trelles-Garcia, Chul Won Chung, Bimatshu Pyakuryal, Taraz Imani-Ramos, Valeria Patricia Trelles-Garcia, Daniel Sebastian Bustamante-Soliz, Jonathan J. Stake

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

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

Shorter antitubercular therapy for extrapulmonary tuberculosis - a case report

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mohammad Abavisani, Masoud Keikha, Mohsen Karbalaei

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  • Case Report

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sha Sha, Sun Qi, Shi Qindong

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

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

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

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

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

Jiaojiao Zhong, Wenjing Le, Xuechun Li, Xiaohong Su

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In vitro susceptibility of nontuberculous mycobacteria in China

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oritavancin as sequential therapy for Gram-positive bloodstream infections

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

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

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

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

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

Plantar pressure distribution and altered postural control in multibacillary leprosy patients

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ran Ji

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Qiaoyan Dai, Yingshuo Wang, Qianqian Ying, Qidong Ye

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

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

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

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

Ocular syphilis masquerading as refractory retinal diseases

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

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

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

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

Yuhui Chen, Jinjin Wang, Ting Niu

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enhancing enteric pathogen detection: implementation and impact of multiplex PCR for improved diagnosis and surveillance

Jad Mohtar, Hiba Mallah, Jean Marc Mardirossian, Rana El-Bikai, Tamima El Jisr, Shatha Soussi, Rania Naoufal, Gabriella Alam, Mira El Chaar

Molecular examination for Coxiella burnetii and Brucella spp. infections in Iranian women experiencing spontaneous miscarriage

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

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

Long Huang, Xincai Wang, Bawei Huang, Yu Chen, Xiaodan Wu

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

Joshua Howkins, Simon Packer, Eleanor Walsh, Deepti Kumar, Obaghe Edeghere, Matthew Hickman, Isabel Oliver

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

William Dormechele, Emmanuel Osei Bonsu, Caleb Boadi, Mercy Oseiwah Adams, Benedictus Atsu Hlormenu, Stephen Kwakye Addo, Bright Boatey Bossman, Isaac Yeboah Addo

Vaginal pH value can affect the susceptibility to human papillomavirus infection

Yinxia Liu, Zhengyu Li

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Development of a novel multi‑epitope vaccine against the pathogenic human polyomavirus V6/7 using reverse vaccinology

Reza Salahlou, Safar Farajnia, Nasrin Bargahi, Nasim Bakhtiyari, Faranak Elmi, Mehdi Shahgolzari, Steven Fiering, Srividhya Venkataraman

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

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

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

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

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

Naoya Itoh, Nana Akazawa, Makoto Yamaguchi, Hiromi Murakami, Kiyofumi Ohkusu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Christine Kang, Seongmi Choi, Eun Jin Jang, Somin Joo, Jae Hoon Jeong, Seung-Young Oh, Ho Geol Ryu, Hannah Lee

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

Martine Y. van Roode, Carolina dos S. Ribeiro, Elmoubasher Farag, Mohamed Nour, Aya Moustafa, Minahil Ahmed, George Haringhuizen, Marion P.G. Koopmans, Linda H.M. van de Burgwal

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

Jiaosheng Zhang, Li Lin, Gen Lu, Keye Wu, Daiyin Tian, Lanfang Tang, Xiang Ma, Yajuan Wang, Gang Liu, Yanqi Li, Jing Qian, Ping Wang, Qing Cao, Wenshuang Zhang, Lijuan Wu, Ligang Si, Yue Wu, Yuejie Zheng, Kunling Shen, Jikui Deng, Defa Li, Yonghong Yang

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

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

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

Yuwei Rong, Zihao Liu, Heping Wang, Zuguo Zhao

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

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

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

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

Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility test and associated factors of Salmonella and Shigella in ready-to-eat fruit juices and salads in Mekelle, northern Ethiopia

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

Diversity of Omicron sublineages and clinical characteristics in hospitalized patients in the southernmost state of Brazil

Jaqueline Rhoden, Andressa Taíz Hoffmann, Janaína Franciele Stein, Mariana Soares da Silva, Juliana Schons Gularte, Micheli Filippi, Meriane Demoliner, Viviane Girardi, Fernando Rosado Spilki, Juliane Deise Fleck, Caroline Rigotto

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

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

Correction: Molecular diagnosis, phylogenetic analysis, and antifungal susceptibility profiles of Candida species isolated from neutropenic oncological patients

Parviz Hassanpour, Adel Spotin, Hamid Morovati, Leili Aghebati-Maleki, Mortaza Raeisi, Mohammad Ahangarzadeh Rezaee, Alka Hasani, Ali Aghebati-Maleki, Hossein Abdollahzadeh, Sanam Nami

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Histoplasmosis peritonitis in an immunocompetent patient: case report

Thomas Jaugey, Michael Schneider, Cristina Bellini, Stephane Yerly, Charalampos Sotiriadis, Edgardo Pezzetta

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

Yan Yang, Xiaoqing Huang

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

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

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

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

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

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

Correction: COVID-19 and its effects on endothelium in HIV-positive patients in sub-saharan Africa: cardiometabolic risk, thrombosis and vascular function (ENDOCOVID STUDY)

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

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

Mostafa Alishvandi¹, Somayeh Bahrami, Sajad Rashidi, Gholamreza Hatam

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

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

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

Wagdy Amin, Mohsen Gadallah, Amal Salah, Mervat Rady

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

Shuwen Bai, Wen Dang, Wenying Hong, Wenyu Liao, Robert David Smith

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

Soiratchaneekorn Ruanchaiman, Premjit Amornchai, Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Sayan Langla, Peerapol Maroongruang, Khanh Kim Le, Stuart D. Blacksell

The prehospital NEW score to assess septic shock in-hospital, 30-day and 90-day mortality

Romain Jouffroy, Florian Négrello, Jean Limery, Basile Gilbert, Stéphane Travers, Emmanuel Bloch-Laine, Patrick Ecollan, Josiane Boularan, Vincent Bounes, Benoit Vivien, Papa Gueye

Development of a novel dynamic nosocomial infection risk management method for COVID-19 in outpatient settings

Yuncong Wang, Lihong Wang, Wenhui Ma, Huijie Zhao, Xu Han, Xia Zhao

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yang Liu, Ziye Li, Handan Fu, Weiliang Ruan, Hua Wang, Yuhong Ding, Miao Zhang

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

Wenxin Liang, Hong Yin, Huiling Chen, Juan Xu, Yun Cai

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Giovanni Fattore, Benedetta Pongiglione, Luigi Vezzosi

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  • ECMO
  • Case Report

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

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

Chlamydia trachomatis enhances HPV persistence through immune modulation

Yingying Lu, Qi Wu, Li Wang, Lingting Ji

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fred Yao Gbagbo, Richmond Opoku, Rosemary Quarcoo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus comorbidity in an adult Ugandan population

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

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

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

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

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

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

Camilla Lorant, Justina Zigmantaviciute, Naima Ali, Ursa Bonnevier, Mattias Tejde, Bengt von Zur-Mühlen, Britt-Marie Eriksson, Anders Bergqvist, Gabriel Westman

Trends and predictors of antimicrobial resistance among patients with urinary tract infections at a tertiary hospital facility in Alexandria, Egypt: a retrospective record-based classification and regression tree analysis

Marian Shaker, Adel Zaki, Sara Lofty Asser, Iman El Sayed

Prevalence of hepatitis B and C infection and linkage to care among patients with Non-Communicable Diseases in three rural Rwandan districts: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Tumusime Musafiri, Innocent Kamali, Casmille Kayihura, Jean de la Paix Gakuru, Francoise Nyirahabihirwe, Esdras Nizeyimana, Pilar Kandamage, Placide Habinshuti, Raymond Sekagarura, Jean Damascene Makuza, Nadine Karema, Janvier Serumondo, Theoneste Ntakirutimana, Jean d’Amour Ndahimana, Dale A. Barnhart

Clinical success of anti-infective combination therapy compare to monotherapy in patients with carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection: a 10-years retrospective study

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

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Investigating sources of non-response bias in a population-based seroprevalence study of vaccine-preventable diseases in the Netherlands

Abigail Postema, José A. Ferreira, Fiona van der Klis, Hester de Melker, Liesbeth Mollema

Mechanism of action, resistance, interaction, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and safety of fostemsavir

Mohsen Heidary, Saeedeh Shariati, Shima Nourigheimasi, Mona Khorami, Melika Moradi, Moloudsadat Motahar, Parisa Bahrami, Sousan Akrami, Vahab Hassan Kaviar

Overreporting of adherence to hepatitis C direct-acting antiviral therapy and sustained virologic response among people who inject drugs in the HERO study

Snehal S. Lopes, Irene Pericot-Valverde, Paula J. Lum, Lynn E. Taylor, Shruti H. Mehta, Judith I. Tsui, Judith Feinberg, Arthur Y. Kim, Brianna L. Norton, Kimberly Page, Cristina Murray-Krezan, Jessica Anderson, Alison Karasz, Julia Arnsten, Phillip Moschella, Moonseong Heo, Alain H. Litwin

Diagnosis and management of tuberculosis infection in inclusion health populations in London

Adam Gray, Julian Surey, Martha Veitch, Dee Menezes, John Gibbons, Mark Leonard, Binta Sultan, Hanif Esmail, Al Story

Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies pre- and post-COVID-19 vaccination in staff members of Bandar Abbas Children’s Hospital

Marjan Tariverdi, Hossein Mohammadi, Farideh Hassanzadeh, Mohammad Tamaddondar

Impact of vaccination status on clinical outcomes of hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Mohsen Gholinataj Jelodar, Samaneh Mirzaei, Fatemeh Saghafi, Shahab Rafieian, Soheil Rezaei, Alireza Saatchi, Ziba Dehghani Avare, Mahdie Dehghan Niri

Blood neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio is associated with 90-day mortality and 60-day readmission in Gram negative bacteremia: a multi-center cohort study

Marcus Roldgaard, Thomas Benfield, Sandra Tingsgård

Analysis of characteristic and postexposure practices of occupational blood and body fluid exposures among health care workers in Chinese tertiary hospitals: a retrospective ten-year study

Hong Feng, Xiaoli Mao, Mengqi Li, Hongbo Mao

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

Lingzhi Jin, Meiting Ye, Wenhua Lin, Yong Ye, Yen-Ching Chuang, Jin-Yan Luo, Fuqin Tang

Urokinase in the treatment of tuberculous pleurisy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Wenyao Jing, Ruolan Weng, Ping Lin, Miao Luo

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The molecular epidemiology and clinical implication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) sequence types in pediatric bacteremia: a restrospective observational study, 2016–2021

Gahee Kim, Sanghoon Lee, Yonghee Lee, Jung Hwa Kim, Jina Lee

Patterns of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in different anatomical sites among Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) users in Brazil

Marcela Antonini, Mario Vianna Vettore, Anita Øgård-Repål, Daniel de Macêdo Rocha, Karyanna Alves de Alencar Rocha, Henrique Ciabotti Elias, Felipe Barufaldi, Rodrigo Carvalho Santana, Elucir Gir, Bruno Spire, Renata Karina Reis

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

Qian Chen, Siwen Tan, Sheng Long, Kaixuan Wang, Qi Liu

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

Aidan M. Nikiforuk, Kevin S. Kuchinski, Katy Short, Susan Roman, Mike A. Irvine, Natalie Prystajecky, Agatha N. Jassem, David M. Patrick, Inna Sekirov

Respiratory syncytial virus subtypes in children with bronchiolitis: does it correlate with clinical severity?

Shuo Yang, Sukun Lu, Yakun Wang, Yinghui Guo, Zhuang Zhang, Weijian Wang, Le Wang

Predicting the incidence of infectious diarrhea with symptom surveillance data using a stacking-based ensembled model

Pengyu Wang, Wangjian Zhang, Hui Wang, Congxing Shi, Zhiqiang Li, Dahu Wang, Lei Luo, Zhicheng Du, Yuantao Hao

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Outbreak investigation of Serratia marcescens bloodstream infection in an obstetric ward for high-risk pregnant women

Seulki Kim, Sunah Jung, Dong Hyung Lee, Chulhun L. Chang, Moonsuk Bae, A Reum Kim, Su Jin Lee, Seungjin Lim

Imaging patterns of Lophomonas blattarum infection in the respiratory tract: a registry-based analysis

Amirmasoud Taheri, Mahdi Fakhar, Ali Sharifpour, Elhamsadat Banimostafavi, Sepideh SafaNavaei, Siavash Abedi, Hossein Mehravaran, Masoud Aliyali, Ahmad Shafahi, Asieh Delpzir

Gaps and inconsistencies in the current knowledge and implementation of biosafety and biosecurity practices for rickettsial pathogens

Stuart D. Blacksell, Khanh Kim Le, Artharee Rungrojn, Jantana Wongsantichon, John Stenos, Stephen R. Graves, Nicholas P.J. Day

The origin, dissemination, and molecular networks of HIV-1 CRF65_cpx strain in Hainan Island, China

Dee Yu, Kaokao Zhu, Mu Li, Fei Zhang, Yuan Yang, Chunyun Lu, Shanmei Zhong, Cai Qin, Yanan Lan, Jipeng Yu, Jindong Ding Petersen, Junjun Jiang, Hao Liang, Li Ye, Bingyu Liang

Polymorphisms of IFN signaling genes and FOXP4 influence the severity of COVID-19

Feng Zhang, Pingping Zhou, Liangliang Wang, Xinzhong Liao, Xuejie Liu, Changwen Ke, Simin Wen, Yuelong Shu

Efficacy of povidone-iodine nasal rinse and mouth wash in COVID-19 management: a prospective, randomized pilot clinical trial (povidone-iodine in COVID-19 management)

Saad Alsaleh, Ahmed Alhussien, Abduljabbar Alyamani, Fahad Alhussain, Ali Alhijji, Khalifa Binkhamis, Anas Khan, Amin Javer, Fatimah S. Alshahrani

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

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

Time trends in herpesvirus seroepidemiology among Swedish adults

Jan Olsson, Sema Nourmohammadi, Emma Honkala, Anders Johansson, Göran Hallmans, Bodil Weidung, Hugo Lövheim, Fredrik Elgh

Antimicrobial resistance patterns, virulence genes, and biofilm formation in enterococci strains collected from different sources

Maryam Ghazvinian, Saba Asgharzadeh Marghmalek, Mehrdad Gholami, Sanaz Amir Gholami, Elham Amiri, Hamid Reza Goli

An elevated level of interleukin-17A in a Senegalese malaria cohort is associated with rs8193038 IL-17A genetic variant

Fatou Thiam, Gora Diop, Cedric Coulonges, Celine Derbois, Alassane Thiam, Abou Abdallah Malick Diouara, Mame Ndew Mbaye, Mamadou Diop, Cheikh Momar Nguer, Yakhya Dieye, Babacar Mbengue, Jean-Francois Zagury, Jean-Francois Deleuze, Alioune Dieye

Comparison of therapeutic effects between big-bubble deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty for medically unresponsive Acanthamoeba keratitis

Xiaolin Qi, Huilin Mao, Jinhui Liu, Yanling Dong, Man Du, Ting Liu, Ting Zhang, Xiuhai Lu, Hua Gao

Diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin in adult non-neutropenic cancer patients with suspected infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yi-Chih Lee, Hsin-Tzu Yeh, Sz-Wei Lu, Yi-Chun Tsai, Yu-Chen Tsai, Chieh-Ching Yen

Application of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in the clinical diagnosis of infectious diseases after allo-HSCT: a single-center analysis

Hailong Yuan, Xiaolu Ma, Jianli Xu, Peng Han, Guanhua Rao, Gang Chen, Kaile Zhang, Ruixue Yang, Chuixia Han, Ming Jiang

Causal effects of gut microbiome on HIV infection: a two-sample mendelian randomization analysis

Kangjie Li, Cong Zhang, Jielian Deng, Haijiao Zeng, Yuan Zhang, Guichuan Lai, Xiaoni Zhong, Biao Xie

The RdRp genotyping of SARS-CoV-2 isolated from patients with different clinical spectrum of COVID-19

Michał Majchrzak, Łukasz Madej, Małgorzata Łysek-Gładysińska, Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk, Katarzyna Zegadło, Anna Dziuba, Katarzyna Nogal-Nowak, Wioleta Kondziołka, Iwona Sufin, Mieczysława Myszona-Tarnowska, Mateusz Jaśkowski, Mateusz Kędzierski, Jadwiga Maciukajć, Jarosław Matykiewicz, Stanisław Głuszek, Wioletta Adamus-Białek

Persistent high sepsis-induced coagulopathy and sequential organ failure assessment scores can predict the 28-day mortality of patients with sepsis: A prospective study

Junyu Li, Huizhen Liu, Na Wang, Fengrong Wang, Na Shang, Shubin Guo, Guodong Wang

Letter to the editor regarding the case report: unregulated medication use and complications: is self-medication a common problem with anti-tuberculous therapy (ATT)? Role for patient education

Vijay Alexander, Jasper Rathinam J., John Titus George, Jackwin Sam Paul

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

Liu Wentao, Xie Shuxia, Zhu Guoxing, Chen Qiaoping, Chen Peiran, Wu Angela, Li Meirong, Yin Songchao, Feng Peiying

Polymicrobial bloodstream infections per se do not increase mortality compared to monomicrobial bloodstream infections in sepsis patients: a Korean nationwide sepsis cohort study

Su Yeon Lee, Mi Hyeon Park, Dong Kyu Oh, Chae-Man Lim, Sang-Bum Hong, Gee Young Suh, Kyeongman Jeon, Ryoung-Eun Ko, Young-Jae Cho, Yeon Joo Lee, Sung Yoon Lim, Sunghoon Park, Jeongwon Heo, Jae-myeong Lee, Kyung Chan Kim, Youjin Chang, Sang-Min Lee, Suk-Kyung Hong, Woo Hyun Cho, Sang Hyun Kwak, Heung Bum Lee, Jong-Joon Ahn, Gil Myeong Seong, Song-I. Lee, Tai Sun Park, Su Hwan Lee, Eun Young Choi, Jae Young Moon, Hyung Koo Kang

Diverse proinflammatory response in pharyngeal epithelial cells upon interaction with Neisseria meningitidis carriage and invasive isolates

Alexander Persson, Therese Koivula, Susanne Jacobsson, Bianca Stenmark

Hepatitis C (HCV) prevalence in citizens of the Métis Nation of Ontario

Noel Tsui, Gabriel B. Tjong, Abigail J. Simms, Sarah A. Edwards, Shelley Cripps

Nontuberculous mycobacteria testing and culture positivity in the United States

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

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

Jehan Altinawe, Muhammad Eid Akkawi, Nihad Kharrat Helu, Qusai Hassan, Abdul-Hakim Nattouf

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

Elham Kalhori, Nahid Khodakarami, Mostafa Hamdieh, Roya Gholami, Sareh Dashti

Letter to the editor regarding - pleural effusion caused by Trichinella spiralis infection: two case reports

Jean Dupouy-Camet, Fabien Vaylet, Fabrizio Bruschi

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

Wenjing Ruan, Jing Xu, Fan Yang, Xiaohong Wu, Kejing Ying

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

Kuan-Yu Lu, Wei-En Tung, Chang-Jung Chiang, Yueh-Ying Hsieh, Chia-Hsien Chen, Mei-Hui Lee, Min-Hsuan Yen, Po-Wen Lu, Lien-Chen Wu

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

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

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

Santa Kumar Das, Abhinav Bhattarai, Kiran Paudel, Sandesh Bhusal, Sangam Shah, Sakchhyam Timsina, Aastha Subedi, Sandhya Niroula, Najim Z. Alshahrani, Sanjit Sah, Bijaya Kumar Padhi, Joshuan J. Barboza, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Luis A. Salas-Matta, D. Katterine Bonilla-Aldana, Ranjit Sah

Chronic disseminated candidiasis in a patient with acute leukemia - an illustrative case and brief review for clinicians

Allison Graeter, Dasom Lee, Guy Handley, Aliyah Baluch, Olga Klinkova

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

Eshetu Nigussie, Daniel Atlaw, Getahun Negash, Habtamu Gezahegn, Girma Baressa, Alelign Tasew, Demisu Zembaba

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

David Sánchez, Josep Ferrer, Estela Giménez, Ignacio Torres, Diego Carretero, María Jesús Alcaraz, María Jesús Castaño, David Navarro, Eliseo Albert

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

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

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

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

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

Sameen Amjed, Hafiz Ghulam Murtaza Saleem, Sajjad Ullah, Shahzad Latif, Shabana, Junaid Jafar, Ahmad Bilal Waqar

Analysis of viral pneumonia and risk factors associated with severity of influenza virus infection in hospitalized patients from 2012 to 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ling Zhang, Daya Zhang, Ling Wei, Yan Zhou, Ximei Li, Runxiang Chen, Xiaodong Zhang, Shiju Chen, Feihu Bai

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

Lei Wang, Li Zhang, Xiaolong Huang, Hao Xu, Wei Huang

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

Sabrina Congedi, Arianna Peralta, Luisa Muraro, Martina Biscaro, Tommaso Pettenuzzo, Nicolò Sella, Silvia Crociani, Arméla Anne-Sabine Tagne, Ida Caregnato, Francesco Monteleone, Elisa Rossi, Gabriella Roca, Silvia Manfrin, Serena Marinello, Maria Mazzitelli, Andrea Dell’Amore, Annamaria Cattelan, Federico Rea, Paolo Navalesi, Annalisa Boscolo

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

Jingru Han, Lifang Liang, Qingshu Li, Ruihang Deng, Chenyang Liu, Xuekai Wu, Yuxin Zhang, Ruowen Zhang, Haiyun Dai

Remote surveillance and detection of SARS-CoV-2 transmission among household members in King County, Washington

Anne Emanuels, Amanda M. Casto, Jessica Heimonen, Jessica O’Hanlon, Eric J. Chow, Constance Ogokeh, Melissa A. Rolfes, Peter D. Han, James P. Hughes, Timothy M. Uyeki, Christian Frazar, Erin Chung, Lea M. Starita, Janet A. Englund, Helen Y. Chu, Michael Boeckh, Michael Famulare, Barry R. Lutz, Deborah A. Nickerson, Mark J. Rieder, Matthew Thompson, Jay Shendure, Trevor Bedford, Amanda Adler, Elisabeth Brandstetter, Roy Burstein, Shari Cho, Rachel E. Geyer, James Hadfield, Michael L. Jackson, Anahita Kiavand, Ashley E. Kim, Louise E. Kimball, Jack Henry Kotnik, Kirsten Lacombe, Jennifer K. Logue, Victoria Lyon, Denise J. McCulloch, Matthew Richardson, Julia H. Rogers, Thomas R. Sibley, Monica L. Zigman Suchsland, Melissa Truong, Caitlin R. Wolf, Weizhi Zhong

Isolation and characterization of lytic bacteriophages from various sources in Addis Ababa against antimicrobial-resistant diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains and evaluation of their therapeutic potential

Tamirat Salile Sada, Tesfaye Sisay Tessema

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Antimicrobial resistance markers distribution in Staphylococcus aureus from Nsukka, Nigeria

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

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

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

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

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

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

Yijun Zhu, Fang Zhu, Xiaoyun Shan, Jingchao Shi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Comparing the efficacy of fluconazole and cryotherapy Versus cryotherapy alone on treating cutaneous leishmaniasis: a triple-blind randomized clinical trial

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

Possible potential spread of Anopheles stephensi, the Asian malaria vector

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hedwig D. Vrijmoeth, Jeanine Ursinus, Javier Botey-Bataller, Yunus Kuijpers, Xiaojing Chu, Freek R. van de Schoor, Brendon P. Scicluna, Cheng-Jian Xu, Mihai G. Netea, Bart Jan Kullberg, Cees C. van den Wijngaard, Yang Li, Joppe W. Hovius, Leo A. B. Joosten

Empowering child health: Harnessing machine learning to predict acute respiratory infections in Ethiopian under-fives using demographic and health survey insights

Mulugeta Hayelom Kalayou, Abdul-Aziz Kebede Kassaw, Kirubel Biruk Shiferaw

How does the SARS-CoV-2 reinfection rate change over time? The global evidence from systematic review and meta-analysis

Ying Chen, Wenhui Zhu, Xinyue Han, Miaoshuang Chen, Xin Li, Haiping Huang, Mengyuan Zhang, Rongjie Wei, Huadong Zhang, Changhong Yang, Tao Zhang

Mycobacterium tuberculosis sepsis with multiple intermuscular abscesses and respiratory failure as the main manifestations: a case report

Yingzi Tang, Ying Zhu, Zhonglan You

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

Hiroyuki Kitano, Hiroki Kitagawa, Kayoko Tadera, Kohei Saito, Yuki Kohada, Kenshiro Takemoto, Kohei Kobatake, Yohei Sekino, Keisuke Hieda, Hiroki Ohge, Nobuyuki Hinata

A systemic infection involved in lung, brain and spine caused by Scedosporium apiospermum species complex after near-drowning: a case report and literature review

Peng Yan, Junfeng Chen, Haodi Wang, Qi Jia, Jungang Xie, Guoxin Mo

Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of dolutegravir-based ART regimen in Durban, South Africa: a cohort study

Nivriti Hurbans, Panjasaram Naidoo

Lyme borreliosis and medical wandering: what do patients think about multidisciplinary management? A qualitative study in the context of scientific and social controversy

Alice Raffetin, Costanza Puppo, Amal Chahour, Assia Belkasmi, Elisabeth Baux, Solène Patrat-Delon, Pauline Caraux-Paz, Julie Rivière, Sébastien Gallien

Clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of patients with liver abscess due to Aspergillus spp: a systematic review of published cases

Igor Dumic, Enzo Marasco Caetano, Sidney Marcel Domingues, Ivana Pantic, Milan Radovanovic, Libardo Rueda Prada, Charles W Nordstrom, Marina Antic, Tamara Milovanovic, Magdalena Kotseva, Amteshwar Singh, Shweta FNU

Regional variation of COVID-19 admissions, acute kidney injury and mortality in England - a national observational study using administrative data

Nitin V Kolhe, Richard J Fluck, Maarten W Taal

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

Eric Remera, Elysee Tuyishime, Catherine Kayitesi, Samuel S. Malamba, Beata Sangwayire, Justine Umutesi, Horacio Ruisenor-Escudero, Tom Oluoch

Evolution of COVID-19 infection in Punjab; trends during five waves of infection in the province of Punjab

Hasnain Javed, Aasia Khaliq, Shaper Mirza, Rimsha Khan, Warda Fatima

Prevalence and determinants of impetigo in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Yaw Ampem Amoako, Dennis Odai Laryea, Abigail Agbanyo, Bernadette Agbavor, Michael Ntiamoah Oppong, Gloria Kyem, Kabiru Mohammed Abass, Renee van Bentum, Richard Odame Phillips, Ymkje Stienstra

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

Hui Yang, Nannan Xu, Meichen Yan, Lulu Yang, Sai Wen, Shanshan Wang, Chunmei Qu, Ke Xu, Xuying Yang, Gang Wang

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  • Research

Modelling the impact of human behavior using a two-layer Watts-Strogatz network for transmission and control of Mpox

Qiaojuan Jia, Ling Xue, Ran Sui, Junqi Huo

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

Hendra Gunawan, Namira Bening Nurani

Risk factors for scabies in hospital: a systematic review

Dong-Hee Kim, Yujin Kim, Sook Young Yun, Hak Sun Yu, Hyun-Chang Ko, MinWoo Kim

The symptoms and interval of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among healthcare workers in a hospital of Southern China: a cross-sectional study

Xiaoju Ma, Zheng Wang, Youpeng Chen, Zhanjie Li

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

Yajun Qin, Haiyang Peng, Jinhao Li, Jianping Gong

The distribution of hrHPV genotypes among cervical cancer cases diagnosed across Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Patrick Kafui Akakpo, Emmanuel Gustav Imbeah, Kofi Ulzen-Appiah, Afua Darkwa-Abrahams, Ernest Adjei, Kwabena Amo-Antwi, Ernest Obeng Amo, Edmund Mounir Der, Edwin Kwame Wiredu

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

Aurore Tricotel, Ana Antunes, Adrian Wilk, Silvia Dombrowski, Hanna Rinta-Kokko, Fredrik L. Andersson, Subrata Ghosh

Predictors of antiretroviral treatment failure to the first line therapy: a cross-sectional study among Iranian HIV-positive adults

Ava Hashempour, Nastaran Khodadad, Reza Ziaei, Behzad Rezaei, Farzaneh Ghasabi, Shahab Falahi, Azra Kenarkouhi, Mohammad Ali Davarpanah

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

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

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

Nadège Taty, Didier Bompangue, Sandra Moore, J. J. Muyembe, Nancy Meschinet de Richemond

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The impact of preoperative biliary drainage on postoperative healthcare-associated infections and clinical outcomes following pancreaticoduodenectomy: a ten-year retrospective analysis

Zheng-Hao Yu, Ming-Mei Du, Xuan Zhang, Ji-Jiang Suo, Tao Zeng, Xiao-Lian Xie, Wei Xiao, Qing-Bin Lu, Yun-Xi Liu, Hong-Wu Yao

Evaluating hepatitis C cascade of care surveillance system in Tuscany, Italy, through a population retrospective data-linkage study, 2015–2021

Luca Ceccarelli, Giaele Moretti, Sara Mazzilli, Davide Petri, Ilaria Corazza, Caterina Rizzo, Ersilia Lucenteforte, Milena Vainieri, Chiara Seghieri, Lara Tavoschi

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

Qiuxia Huang, Jihong Zhang, Gang Liao

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

Evaristo Chanda

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

Jiongshan Ge, Yan Li, Di Shi, Jiaxin Wei, Jing Wang, Jihai Liu

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

Hailong Zheng, Han Na, Jiangling Yao, Sheng Su, Feng Han, Xiaoyan Li, Xiaopan Chen

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

Mathewos Moges, Ernst Kristian Rodland, Tesfaye Legesse, Ambelu Argaw

Clinical characteristics and antimicrobial therapy of healthcare-associated carbapenem-non-susceptible gram-negative bacterial meningitis: a 16-year retrospective cohort study

Jiyan Xu, Xiaoling Du, Dan Li, Pei Li, Qinglan Guo, Xiaogang Xu, Fupin Hu, Minggui Wang

Trends in immunological markers of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in Mamfe District Hospital, Southwest Cameroon

Sen Claudine Henriette Ngomtcho, Olive Njike Ngo Biyong, Timothy Amos Ekwere, Jonas Merlin Wandji Takemegni, Henrietta Mbah, Sandra Maella Makamdoum Bogne, Omer Aurelle Nkengkanna, Henri Lucien Fouamno Kamga

An evaluation of the cost of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine delivery in Zambia

Moses C Simuyemba, Chitalu M Chama-Chiliba, Abson Chompolola, Aaron Sinyangwe, Abdallah Bchir, Gilbert Asiimwe, Carla Chibwesha, Felix Masiye

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

Xia-Yu Yi, Xiao-Rui Hou, Zhao-Xia Huang, Ping Zhu, Bei-Yi Liu

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

Sivaporn Gatechompol, René Lutter, Frédéric M. Vaz, Sasiwimol Ubolyam, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Stephen J. Kerr, Frank van Leth, Frank Cobelens

Bacterial etiology and antimicrobial resistance pattern of pediatric bloodstream infections: a 5-year experience in an Iranian referral hospital

Sadaf Sajedi Moghaddam, Setareh Mamishi, Babak Pourakbari, Shima Mahmoudi

Relapsing bronchopneumonia due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a case report

Sho Shimada, Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Satsuki Mikoshiba, Kazuaki Sato, Takahiro Mitsumura, Kohji Komori, Takashi Yamana, Yuki Iijima, Rie Sakakibara, Sho Shibata, Takayuki Honda, Tsuyoshi Shirai, Tsukasa Okamoto, Haruhiko Furusawa, Tomoya Tateishi, Yasunari Miyazaki

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

Md. Feroz Kabir, Khin Nyein Yin, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Fatimah Binti Ahmedy, Muhamad Faizal Zainudin, Ohnmar Htwe, Sharmila Jahan, Md. Zahid Hossain, K. M. Amran Hossain, Tofajjal Hossain, Iqbal Kabir Jahid, Sonjit Kumar Chakrovorty

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

Thibaut Vanbaelen, Sheeba Santhini Manoharan-Basil, Chris Kenyon

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

Joshua Howkins, Simon Packer, Eleanor Walsh, Deepti Kumar, Obaghe Edeghere, Matthew Hickman, Isabel Oliver

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

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

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

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

A systematic review on antibiotic therapy of cutaneous bacillary angiomatosis not related to major immunocompromising conditions: from pathogenesis to treatment

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

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

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

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and myopericarditis induced by campylobacter: a case report

Chia Hua Chang, Chih-Chuan Kao

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

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

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

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

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

Nicholas Midzi, Masceline Jenipher Mutsaka-Makuvaza, Lincoln Sunganai Charimari, Priscilla Mangwiro, Tonderai Manengureni, Gladys Mugadza

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

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

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Correction: Nontuberculous mycobacteria testing and culture positivity in the United States

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monica S Kahabuka, Yimtubezinash Woldeamanuel, Peter M. Mbelele, Emmanuel A. Mpolya, Stellah G. Mpagama, Jonas P. Kessy, Tsegahun Manyazewal

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

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

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

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

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

Mohamed Abdelrahman Mohamed, Nuralein Yusuf Hassan, Marian Muse Osman, Saido Gedi, Bisma Abdullahi Ali Maalin, Kasim Mahdi Sultan, Bashiru Garba, Ali Abdirahman Osman, Abdinasir Yusuf Osman, Abdifatah Diriye Ahmed

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

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

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

Tomohide Okinaka, Kenjiro Fujimura, Yuka Hamasaki, Yuichi Hasegawa, Takashi Matono

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

Jacob Nignan Nabei, Harriet Affran Bonful, Edwin Andrews Afari, Abdul Gafaru Mohammed, Adote Anum

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

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

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

Masoumeh Tavakoli-Yaraki, Aida Abbasi, Fatemeh Nejat Pishkenari, Saeed Baranipour, Alireza Jahangirifard, Seyed Bashir Mirtajani, Zahra Noorani Mejareh, Mohammad Amin Vaezi, Jila Yavarian, Bahare Abdollahi, Talat Mokhtari-Azad, Vahid Salimi

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

Juanjuan Cui, Wen Cai, Jing Lin, Li Zhang, Youhan Miao, Ying Xu, Weifeng Zhao

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

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

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

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

Harinisri Gunasekaran, Pavithra Sampath, Kannan Thiruvengadam, Muniyandi Malaisamy, Rathinasabapati Ramasamy, Uma Devi Ranganathan, Ramalingam Bethunaickan

The global patent landscape of emerging infectious disease monkeypox

Yuanqi Cai, Xiaoming Zhang, Kuixing Zhang, Jingbo Liang, Pingping Wang, Jinyu Cong, Xin Xu, Mengyao li, Kunmeng Liu, Benzheng Wei

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nasim Bashour, Arash Aminpour, Shabnam Vazifehkhah, Rasool Jafari

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

Maryam Seyedtabib, Roya Najafi-Vosough, Naser Kamyari

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jaime E. Ordóñez, Victor M. Huertas

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Huayong Chen, Mimi Xiao

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

Maryam Sohrabi, Neda Pirbonyeh, Mahvash Alizade Naini, Alireza Rasekhi, Abbas Ayoub, Zahra Hashemizadeh, Fereshteh Shahcheraghi

Antimicrobial activity of cefepime-tazobactam combination against extended spectrum beta-lactamase and/or AmpC beta-lactamase- producing gram-negative bacilli

Basma Ahmed Elawady, Noha Refaat Mahmoud, Hala El-Sayed Badawi, Azza Essam Eldin Badr, Noha Mahmoud Gohar

Soil-transmitted helminths and associated factors among pregnant women in Doreni district, Oromia region, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Adamu Tesfa Mekonen, Teshome Bekana Hirpha, Asrat Zewdie

Follow-up SARS-CoV-2 serological study of a health care worker cohort following COVID-19 booster vaccination

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

Disseminated mycobacterium genavense infection with central nervous system involvement in an HIV patient: a case report and literature review

Ali Hassanzadeh, Malihe Hasannezhad, Ladan Abbasian, Sara Ghaderkhani, Fereshteh Ameli, Mehdi Allahdadi

Herpes zoster (HZ) vaccine coverage and confidence in Italy: a Nationwide cross-sectional study, the OBVIOUS project

Aurelia Salussolia, Angelo Capodici, Francesca Scognamiglio, Giusy La Fauci, Giorgia Soldà, Marco Montalti, Zeno Di Valerio, Maria Pia Fantini, Anna Odone, Claudio Costantino, Heidi J. Larson, Julie Leask, Jacopo Lenzi, Davide Gori, Angelo Capodici, Michele Conversano, Claudio Costantino, Mirko Degli Esposti, Zeno Di Valerio, Maria Pia Fantini, Davide Gori, Andrea Grignolio, Giusy La Fauci, Heidi J. Larson, Julie Leask, Jacopo Lenzi, Marco Montalti, Anna Odone, Daniel Remondini, Francesca Scognamiglio, Aurelia Salussolia, Giorgia Soldà, Federico Toth, Francesco Vitale

Application and evaluation of topical amphotericin B for the treatment of respiratory fungal infections

Ning Cui, Jingming Zhao

Pathogenic spectrum and risk factors of peritoneal dialysis-associated peritonitis: a single-center retrospective study

Linshuang You, Baoguo Zhang, Fan Zhang, Jianwen Wang

Chronic meningitis in adults: a comparison between neurotuberculosis and neurobrucellosis

Matin Shirazinia, Fereshte Sheybani, HamidReza Naderi, Mahboubeh Haddad, Pouria Hajipour, Farzaneh Khoroushi

Nomogram predictive model for in-hospital mortality risk in elderly ICU patients with urosepsis

Jian Wei, Ruiyuan Liang, Siying Liu, Wanguo Dong, Jian Gao, Tianfeng Hua, Wenyan Xiao, Hui Li, Huaqing Zhu, Juanjuan Hu, Shuang Cao, Yu Liu, Jun Lyu, Min Yang

Adequate antiviral treatment lowers overall complications of cytomegalovirus colitis among inpatients with inflammatory bowel diseases

Ching-Reigh Hsieh, Ren-Chin Wu, Chia-Jung Kuo, Pai-Jui Yeh, Yuan-Ming Yeh, Chyi-Liang Chen, Cheng-Tang Chiu, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, Yu-Bin Pan, Yung-Kuan Tsou, Puo-Hsien Le

A practical approach to screening for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales– views of a group of multidisciplinary experts from English hospitals

DR. Jenkins, C. Auckland, C. Chadwick, AR. Dodgson, DA. Enoch, SD. Goldenberg, A. Hussain, J. Martin, E. Spooner, T. Whalley

Antibiotic use and resistance patterns at Rumphi District Hospital in Malawi: a cross-sectional study

Brany Mithi, Mosen Luhanga, Felix Kaminyoghe, Francis Chiumia, Daniel L. Banda, Lottie Nyama

Safety analysis of Oseltamivir and Baloxavir Marboxil after market approval: a pharmacovigilance study based on the FDA adverse event reporting system

Yunsong Li, Xiaoling Wang, Yufang Liao, Yanbin Zeng, Wanlong Lin, Wei Zhuang

Acute multiple brain infarctions associated with Streptococcus suis infection: a case report

Wenxin Wei, Zhenhu Qiao, Donghua Qin, Yu Lan

Risk factors for bacteremic pneumonia and mortality (28-day mortality) in patients with Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia

Meng Lan, Kang Dongmei, Shen Guodong, Yao Haifeng, Cui Guofeng, Chen Mengting, Fan Xiaoyun

A comparative study of general and severe mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia in children

Shuo Yang, Sukun Lu, Yinghui Guo, Wenjun Luan, Jianhua Liu, Le Wang

Spatial spread of COVID-19 during the early pandemic phase in Italy

Valeria d’Andrea, Filippo Trentini, Valentina Marziano, Agnese Zardini, Mattia Manica, Giorgio Guzzetta, Marco Ajelli, Daniele Petrone, Martina Del Manso, Chiara Sacco, Xanthi Andrianou, Antonino Bella, Flavia Riccardo, Patrizio Pezzotti, Piero Poletti, Stefano Merler

Hepatitis C virus subtype diversity and transmission clusters characteristics among drug users in Zhuhai, South China

Hongxia Li, Huitao Huang, Wenyan Huang, Man Du, Dongling Long, Guangxian Xu, Wenhua Mei, Kaisong Huang

Publisher Correction: Chlamydia psittaci Pneumonia in a patient with motor neuron disease: a case report

Huade Luo, Lingling Jiang, Jie Chen, Dongying Wang, Yingying Kong, Guangli Cao

Contextual factors associated with diarrhea among under-five children in the Gambia: a multi-level analysis of population-based data

Amadou Barrow, Solomon P.S. Jatta, Oluwarotimi Samuel Oladele, Osaretin Godspower Okungbowa, Michael Ekholuenetale

Is human herpesvirus 8 infection more common in men than in women? an updated meta-analysis

Haibo Gong, Shuai Zhang, Jinfa Dou, Jing Chen

Explaining the barriers faced by veterinarians against preventing antimicrobial resistance: an innovative interdisciplinary qualitative study

Razie Toghroli, Laleh Hassani, Teamur Aghamolaei, Manoj Sharma, Hamid Sharifi, Maziar Jajarmi

Variations in the sleep-related breathing disorder index on polysomnography between men with HIV and controls: a matched case-control study

Yen-Chin Chen, Chang-Chun Chen, Wen-Kuei Lin, Han Siong Toh, Nai-Ying Ko, Cheng-Yu Lin

Association between TB delay and TB treatment outcomes in HIV-TB co-infected patients: a study based on the multilevel propensity score method

Rujun Liao, Lin Hu, Jie Yu, Ying Chen, Miaoshuang Chen, Jingmin Yan, Xin Li, Xinyue Han, Chunnong Jike, Gang Yu, Ju Wang, Qiang Liao, Lan Xia, Xuefei Bai, Jinhong Shi, Tian Jiang, Liang Du, Tao Zhang

Rapid, sensitive, and user-friendly detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa using the RPA/CRISPR/Cas12a system

Wenjing Zhang, Hai Qu, Xin Wu, Jingjing Shi, Xinling Wang

Molecular characterization of carbapenemase and extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolates causing surgical site infections in Ethiopia

Seble Worku, Tamrat Abebe, Berhanu Seyoum, Bikila Alemu, Gebrie Denkayehu, Tamrayehu Seyoum, Dawit Hailu Alemayehu, Alemseged Abdissa, Getachew Tesfaye Beyene, Adane Mihret, Göte Swedberg

Investigating factors associated to HBV/HIV co-infected patients in antiretroviral treatment clinic, in Northeast Ethiopia

Yitbarek Wasihun, Desalegn Asnake, Natnael Kebede

Incidence and risk factors of post COVID-19 syndrome: a Tunisian cohort study

Imen Zemni, Amel Gara, Cyrine Bennasrallah, Salma Ezzar, Meriem Kacem, Roua Chokri, Amani Maatouk, Hela Abroug, Wafa Dhouib, Manel Ben Fredj, Ines Bouanene, Asma Sriha Belguith

The effects of selected neglected tropical diseases on economic performance at the macrolevel in Africa

Mustapha Immurana, Kwame Godsway Kisseih, Ibrahim Abdullahi, Muniru Azuug, Alfred Kwesi Manyeh, Ayisha Mohammed, Toby Joseph Mathew Kizhakkekara

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The influence of gender and temephos exposure on community participation in dengue prevention: a compartmental mathematical model

Víctor Manuel Alvarado-Castro, Cruz Vargas-De-León, Sergio Paredes-Solis, Alian Li-Martin, Elizabeth Nava-Aguilera, Arcadio Morales-Pérez, José Legorreta-Soberanis, Belén Madeline Sánchez-Gervacio, Anne Cockcroft, Neil Andersson

Evaluation of the exit screening policy among travelers arriving from Asian and pacific nations

Shiqi Liu, Asami Anzai, Hiroshi Nishiura

Simple mathematical model for predicting COVID-19 outbreaks in Japan based on epidemic waves with a cyclical trend

Hiroki Manabe, Toshie Manabe, Yuki Honda, Yoshihiro Kawade, Dan Kambayashi, Yoshiki Manabe, Koichiro Kudo

Prediction of hospital-acquired influenza using machine learning algorithms: a comparative study

Younghee Cho, Hyang Kyu Lee, Joungyoun Kim, Ki-Bong Yoo, Jongrim Choi, Yongseok Lee, Mona Choi

Direct impact of COVID-19 vaccination in Chile: averted cases, hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and deaths

Antoine Brault, Andrew Hart, Paula Uribe, Jorge Prado, Jaime San Martín, Alejandro Maass, Mauricio Canals

Clostridioides difficile infection, recurrence and the associated healthcare consumption in Sweden between 2006 and 2019: a population-based cohort study

Annelies Boven, Johanna Simin, Fredrik L. Andersson, Erika Vlieghe, Steven Callens, Zangin Zeebari, Lars Engstrand, Nele Brusselaers

New framework to assess tracing and testing based on South Korea’s response to COVID-19

Junhyoung Kim, Suyoung Jo, Sung-il Cho

Low HBV knowledge is associated with low HBV vaccination uptake in general adult population despite incentivization of HBV vaccination

Thanh Van Kim, Trang Ngoc Doan Pham, Brian Do, Diem Vu Bich Dao, Dan Xuan Nguyen, William Lee, Robert Gish, Gary Mize, Amy Trang, Anh Le, Loc Thi Bich Phan, Thi-Thuy-Dung Ngo, Hai Thanh Phan, Binh Tan Nguyen, Hong Kim Tang, Doan Y Dao

Mortality and its predictors among human immunodeficiency virus-infected children younger than 15 years receiving antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Beshada Zerfu Woldegeorgis, Yordanos sisay Asgedom, Amanuel Yosef Gebrekidan, Gizachew Ambaw Kassie, Ushula Deboch Borko, Mohammed Suleiman Obsa

Diagnostic accuracy of pancreatic stone protein in patients with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Biwei Mai, Lirong Zhou, Qi Wang, Bo Ding, Yifeng Zhan, Shanqing Qin, Naiyun Zhu, Zhuangxing Li, Zhixian Lei

Disseminated Talaromyces marneffei infection initially presenting as cutaneous and subcutaneous lesion in an HIV-Negative renal transplant recipient: a case report and literature review

Shanshan Yang, Lixin Lou, Shuhong Ma, Haoliang Wang, Lanxiang Rong, Ying Liu, Kaiyu Zhang, Qing Ai, Xu Shi

The predictive accuracy of machine learning for the risk of death in HIV patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yuefei Li, Ying Feng, Qian He, Zhen Ni, Xiaoyuan Hu, Xinhuan Feng, Mingjian Ni

Impact of interventions to reduce nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in English NHS Trusts: a computational modelling study

Stephanie Evans, James Stimson, Diane Pople, Peter J White, Mark H Wilcox, Julie V Robotham

Computer-aided designing of a novel multi‑epitope DNA vaccine against severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus

Yiran Tao, Yu Zhang, Yumeng Li, Qiao Liu, Jin Zhu, Minjun Ji, Gaoqian Feng, Zhipeng Xu

Listeria brain abscess: a therapeutically challenging rare presentation of listeriosis

Henrietta Bristowe, Kishan Dissanayake, Julie Chandra, Mauricio Arias

Human adenoviruses in children with gastroenteritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Pegah Khales, Mohammad Hossein Razizadeh, Saied Ghorbani, Afagh Moattari, Jamal Sarvari, Hassan Saadati, Shirin Sayyahfar, Zahra Salavatiha, Morteza Haghighi Hasanabad, Vahdat Poortahmasebi, Ahmad Tavakoli

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Clinical characteristics of pyogenic liver abscess with and without biliary surgery history: a retrospective single-center experience

Yuxin Lin, Yifan Chen, Weiyin Lu, Yu Zhang, Rongqian Wu, Zhaoqing Du

Association between bacterial vaginosis, Chlamydia trachomatis infection and tubal factor infertility in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo

Jules Mongane, Erick Hendwa, Dieudonné Sengeyi, Etienne Kajibwami, Freddy Kampara, Serge Chentwali, Claude Kalegamire, Isaac Barhishindi, Yvette Kujirakwinja, Jeanne Beija Maningo, Benjamin Kasago, Guy Mulinganya

Evaluation of serological assays for the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis disease: a study protocol

Daniela Neudecker, Nora Fritschi, Thomas Sutter, Lenette L Lu, Pei Lu, Marc Tebruegge, Begoña Santiago-Garcia, Nicole Ritz

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis caused by GATA2 deficiency: a report on three patients

Lin Wu, Jingshi Wang, Deli Song, Yahong You, Zhao Wang

Expression analysis and mapping of Viral—Host Protein interactions of Poxviridae suggests a lead candidate molecule targeting Mpox

Tamizhini Loganathan, John Fletcher, Priya Abraham, Rajesh kannangai, Chiranjib Chakraborty, Achraf El Allali, Alsamman M. Alsamman, Hatem Zayed, George Priya Doss C

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A systematic review of thromboembolic complications and outcomes in hospitalised COVID-19 patients

Hanies Yuhana Othman, Izzati Abdul Halim Zaki, Mohamad Rodi Isa, Long Chiau Ming, Hanis Hanum Zulkifly

Neurobrucellosis: laboratory features, clinical characteristics, antibiotic treatment, and clinical outcomes of 21 patients

Wei Zhuang, Tao He, Jianyekai Tuerheng, Guang He, Bao-Li Wang, Yi-Heng Yang, Lan Zhang, Xian-Zhe Dong, Sheng-Yan Xi

Characterization of linezolid- and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci in a tertiary hospital in China

Cailin Liu, Jing Yu, Chunguang Chen, Xiaogai Li, Yafei Ye, Yani Dong, Xinxin Ying, Haijun Li, Wanhai Wang

Bilateral bartholin’s gland abscesses in a 4-year-old girl with vitamin a deficiency: a case report

Tomoko Kihara, Tsuneaki Kenzaka, Tomohiro Hasegawa, Koutaro Uemura, Toru Funakoshi

Investigating the trend of demographic changes, mortality, clinical and paraclinical findings of patients hospitalized in the Corona ward, before and after the start of general vaccination of COVID-19

Reza Morovatshoar, Kiavash Hushmandi, Sara Orouei, Seyed Hassan Saadat, Rasoul Raesi

Delay in the diagnosis of Brucella abortus bacteremia in a nonendemic country: a case report

Jae Hyeon Park, Taek Soo Kim, Hyunwoong Park, Chang Kyung Kang

The role of microRNA-142a in Toxoplasma gondii infection-induced downregulation of Foxp3: implications for adverse pregnancy outcomes

Yue Zhong, Yining Cao, Xiaoyu Geng, Shujin Yang, Tianmei Qian, Chun Liu, Jinling Chen

Motor polyradiculoneuropathy as an unusual presentation of neurobrucellosis: a case report and literature review

Ahmad Alikhani, Noushin Ahmadi, Mehran Frouzanian, Amirsaleh Abdollahi

Comparison of malaria diagnostic methods for detection of asymptomatic Plasmodium infections among pregnant women in northwest Ethiopia

Adane Tilahun, Mulat Yimer, Woynshet Gelaye, Banchamlak Tegegne, Demeke Endalamaw, Fikirte Estifanos, Abtie Abebaw, Aberham Abere

The intake of solid fat and cheese may be associated with a reduced risk of Helicobacter pylori infection status: a cross-sectional study based on NHANES 1999–2000

Huan Zhang, Chao Xu, Ju Zhang, Jumei Yin, Nuo Yao, Qimeng Pang, Zhihua Liu, Chenchen Wang, Yongquan Shi, Lei Shang, Zheyi Han

Diagnostic value of BHI-V4 for heterogeneous and vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus isolates: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xin Cheng, Juntong Zhou, Fan Yuan, Jingxin Ma, Shuilong Guo, Jianrong Su

Phytoconstituents of Artemisia annua as potential inhibitors of SARS CoV2 main protease: an in silico study

Eraj Irfan, Erum Dilshad, Faisal Ahmad, Fahad Nasser Almajhdi, Tajamul Hussain, Gholamreza Abdi, Yasir Waheed

Blood calprotectin as a biomarker for infection and sepsis – the prospective CASCADE trial

Eva Diehl-Wiesenecker, Noa Galtung, Johannes Dickescheid, Monika Prpic, Rajan Somasundaram, Kai Kappert, Wolfgang Bauer

In vitro evaluation of two novel Escherichia bacteriophages against multiple drug resistant avian pathogenic Escherichia coli

Mobina Karami, Ali Goudarztalejerdi, Abdolmajid Mohammadzadeh, Enayat Berizi

Policy, practice, and prediction: model-based approaches to evaluating N. gonorrhoeae antibiotic susceptibility test uptake in Australia

Phu Cong Do, Yibeltal Alemu Assefa, Suliasi Mekerusa Batikawai, Megbaru Alemu Abate, Simon Andrew Reid

Tuberculosis preventive treatment uptake among people living with HIV during COVID-19 period in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a retrospective data review

Senedu Bekele Gebreegziabher, Akililu Alemu Ashuro, Tsegaye Hailu Kumssa, Melese Yeshambaw Teferi, Endawoke Amsalu Alemayue, Daniel Gemechu Datiko, Solomon Abebe Yimer, Mulatu Biru Shagre

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Evaluation of clinical and laboratory characteristics of dengue viral infection and risk factors of dengue hemorrhagic fever: a multi-center retrospective analysis

Muhammad Riaz, Sabriah Noor Binti Harun, Tauqeer Hussain Mallhi, Yusra Habib Khan, Muhammad Hammad Butt, Aamir Husain, Muhammad Mujeeb khan, Amer Hayat Khan

Antibiotic susceptibility patterns and trends of the gram-negative bacteria isolated from the patients in the emergency departments in China: results of SMART 2016–2019

Ying Fu, Feng Zhao, Jie Lin, Pengcheng Li, Yunsong Yu

Prevalence of urinary tract infections in pregnant women and antimicrobial resistance patterns in women in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a retrospective study

Yasmin Barnawi, Ahlam Alghamdi, Alnada Ibrahim, Lina Al-Anazi, Ghada Alhumaida, Reema Alotaibi, Mohammad Khan, Dareen Baz, Mohammed Alraey, Afrah Alkazemi, Hajar Alqhatani, Hadeel Waggas

Application of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in optimizing the diagnosis of ascitic infection in patients with liver cirrhosis

Pei Shi, Juan Liu, An Liang, Wentao Zhu, Jiwei Fu, Xincheng Wu, Yuchen Peng, Songsong Yuan, Xiaoping Wu

Diagnostic performance of rapid antigen tests (RAT) for COVID-19 and factors associated with RAT-negative results among RT-PCR-positive individuals during Omicron BA.2, BA.5 and XBB.1 predominance

Celine Y. Tan, Kangwei Zeng, Lin Cui, Raymond T P Lin, Mark Chen

Role of probiotic as adjuvant in treating various infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Erni Juwita Nelwan, Allerma Herdiman, Ayers Gilberth Ivano Kalaij, Richella Khansa Lauditta, Syarif Maulana Yusuf, Eva Suarthana

The practice and evaluation of antifungal stewardship programs at a tertiary first-class hospital in China

Huiyuan Zhang, Yinglin Wang, Ruigang Diao, Xuechen Huo, Quan Zhao

Knowledge of HIV transmission during pregnancy among women of reproductive age in Ghana

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

Clinical presentation and treatment of 2 patients with infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in Vietnam

Bùi Văn Nam, Bùi Thanh Hà, Đặng Thị Thúy, H. Rogier van Doorn, Bùi Vũ Huy

Seroprevalence and placental transfer of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in unvaccinated pregnant women

An Vercoutere, Mbiton Joel Zina, Meltem Telis, Jean-Christophe Goffard, Michel Boulvain, Loïc de Doncker, Sara Derisbourg, Sylvie Houben, Marie-Luce Delforge, Caroline Daelemans, Dorottya Kelen

Modelling respiratory syncytial virus age-specific risk of hospitalisation in term and preterm infants

Fiona Giannini, Alexandra B. Hogan, Mohinder Sarna, Kathryn Glass, Hannah C. Moore

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

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

Evaluation of the prevalence of Aeromonas spp., Campylobacter spp., and Clostridioides difficile in immunocompromised children with diarrhea

Hosein Heydari, Abolfazl Iranikhah, Ahmad Ghasemi, Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi, Seyed Ali Sadat-Mirei, Saeed Shams, Somayeh Kermani

Prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus genotypes in outpatient Malian women living with HIV: a pilot study

Ban Traore, Yaya Kassogue, Brehima Diakite, Fousseyni Diarra, Kadidiatou Cisse, Oumar Kassogue, Modibo Diarra, Aissata Coulibaly, Bourama Coulibaly, Hama Diallo, Zoumana Diarra, Madani Ly, Aminata Maiga, Sidi Boula Sissoko, Adama Seydou Sissoko, Cheick Bougadari Traore, Bakarou Kamate, Ibrahima Teguete, Sekou Bah, Guimogo Dolo, Demirkan Besim Gursel, Jane Holl, Lifang Hou, Mamoudou Maiga

Demographic and clinical factors correlated with clinical outcomes among people with HIV treated by antiretroviral therapy: a retrospective cohort study

Yuwei Li, Hengli Liu, Shuangmei Zhang, Yanyun Zhang, Haiyang Wang, Huanhuan Zhang, Xia Li

Cutaneous Lagenidium deciduum infection in a patient with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia

Joanna Theophilopoulos, Rebekah King, Autumn Citta, Constance Alford, Natalie Dotson, Connie Cañete-Gibas, Carmita Sanders, Nathan Wiederhold, John A. Ligon, Connie Trieu

Prevalence of human papillomavirus in head and neck cancer patients in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Prakasini Satapathy, Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib, Shilpa Gaidhane, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin, Hashem Abu Serhan, Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Divya Sharma, Mithhil Arora, Sarvesh Rustagi, AlKaabi NA, Ahmed Alsayyah, Marwan Al-Hajeili, Maha F. Al-Subaie, Mubarak Alfaresi, Mohammed Alissa, Ali A. Rabaan

Tuberculosis treatment delay and associated factors among pulmonary tuberculosis patients at public health facilities in Dale District and Yirgalem Town administration, Sidama Region, South Ethiopia

Daniel Dawit Rima, Derese Legese, Endrias Markos Woldesemayat

Incidence and mortality of community-acquired and nosocomial infections in Japan: a nationwide medical claims database study

Nozomi Takahashi, Taro Imaeda, Takehiko Oami, Toshikazu Abe, Nobuaki Shime, Kosaku Komiya, Hideki Kawamura, Yasuo Yamao, Kiyohide Fushimi, Taka‑aki Nakada

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

Toshio Inui, Oksana Kruglova, Olga Martynenko, Kostiantyn Martynenko, Vadym Tieroshyn, Anatoliy Gavrylov, Kentaro Kubo, Hajime Yamakage, Borys Kutsyn, Alla Kubashko, Zoryana Veklych, Yurika Terashima, Martin Mette, Galyna Kutsyna

Sudan virus disease super-spreading, Uganda, 2022

Allan Komakech, Shannon Whitmer, Jonathan Izudi, Charles Kizito, Mackline Ninsiima, Sherry R. Ahirirwe, Zainah Kabami, Alex R. Ario, Daniel Kadobera, Benon Kwesiga, Samuel Gidudu, Richard Migisha, Issa Makumbi, Daniel Eurien, Joshua Kayiwa, Lilian Bulage, Doreen N. Gonahasa, Irene Kyamwine, Paul E. Okello, Hildah T. Nansikombi, Immaculate Atuhaire, Alice Asio, Sarah Elayeete, Edirisa J. Nsubuga, Veronica Masanja, Stella M. Migamba, Patience Mwine, Petranilla Nakamya, Rose Nampeera, Andrew Kwiringira, Rebecca Akunzirwe, Helen Nelly Naiga, Saudah K. Namubiru, Brian Agaba, Jane Frances Zalwango, Marie Gorreti Zalwango, Patrick King, Brenda Nakafeero Simbwa, Robert Zavuga, Mercy Wendy Wanyana, Thomas Kiggundu, Lawrence Oonyu, Alex Ndyabakira, Mariam Komugisha, Brian Kibwika, Innocent Ssemanda, Yasin Nuwamanya, Adams Kamukama, Dorothy Aanyu, Dominic Kizza, Daniel Okello Ayen, Sophia Mulei, Stephen Balinandi, Luke Nyakarahuka, Jimmy Baluku, Jackson Kyondo, Alex Tumusiime, Dativa Aliddeki, Ben Masiira, Esther Muwanguzi, Ivan Kimuli, Daniel Bulwadda, Herbert Isabirye, Deborah Aujo, Arthur Kasambula, Solome Okware, Emmanuel Ochien, Innocent Komakech, Charles Okot, Mary Choi, Caitlin M. Cossaboom, Carrie Eggers, John D. Klena, Modupe O. Osinubi, Katrin S. Sadigh, Mary C. Worrell, Amy L. Boore, Trevor Shoemaker, Joel M. Montgomery, Susan N. Nabadda, Michael Mwanga, Allan N. Muruta, Julie R. Harris

End-organ damage from neonatal invasive fungal infection: a 14-year retrospective study from a tertiary center in China

Tao Han, Meng Qiu, Xinxin Niu, Shumei wang, Feng Wang, Jingke Cao, Shanghong Tang, Liping Cheng, Yabo Mei, Huayu Liang, Zhichun Feng, Geyu Chen, Qiuping Li

Carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections and risk factors for acquisition in a Kenyan intensive care unit

Jane Wairimu Maina, Jeniffer Munyiva Mutua, Abednego Moki Musyoki

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Identifying villages and breeding habitats for dengue transmission in Thailand: insights from long-term larval surveys

Naiyana Sahavechaphan, Asamaporn Chatrattikorn, Manot Rattananen, Pongsakorn Sadakorn, Darin Areechokchai, Sopon Iamsirithaworn

Characteristics and outcomes of people living with HIV hospitalised at tertiary healthcare institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico City

Yanink Caro-Vega, Lorena Guerrero-Torres, Andrea Cárdenas-Ortega, Alexandra Martin-Onraët, Patricia Rodríguez-Zulueta, Karla Romero-Mora, María Gómez-Palacio Schjetnan, Alicia Piñeirúa-Menéndez

Systematic review and meta-analysis of hepatitis E seroprevalence in Southeast Asia: a comprehensive assessment of epidemiological patterns

Ulugbek Khudayberdievich Mirzaev, Serge Ouoba, Ko Ko, Zayar Phyo, Chanroth Chhoung, Akuffo Golda Ataa, Aya Sugiyama, Tomoyuki Akita, Junko Tanaka

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

Çağlayan Merve Ayaz, Özge Turhan, Vural Taner Yılmaz, Haydar Adanır, Beyza Sezer, Dilara Öğünç

Prognostic significance of chronic kidney disease and impaired renal function in Japanese patients with COVID-19

Hiromu Tanaka, Shotaro Chubachi, Takanori Asakura, Ho Namkoong, Shuhei Azekawa, Shiro Otake, Kensuke Nakagawara, Takahiro Fukushima, Ho Lee, Mayuko Watase, Kaori Sakurai, Tatsuya Kusumoto, Katsunori Masaki, Hirofumi Kamata, Makoto Ishii, Naoki Hasegawa, Yukinori Okada, Ryuji Koike, Yuko Kitagawa, Akinori Kimura, Seiya Imoto, Satoru Miyano, Seishi Ogawa, Takanori Kanai, Koichi Fukunaga

Bacterial profile, drug resistance pattern, clinical and laboratory predictors of ascites infection in cirrhosis patients

Abubeker Shemsu Helil, Shambel Araya Haile, Yohannis Birhanu, Hailemichael Desalegn, Daniel Melese Desalegn, Rozina Ambachew Geremew, Zenebe Gebreyohannes, Awad Mohammed, Daniel Dejene Wondimagegnehu, Gonfa Ayana, Anteneh Mehari Tizazu, Kassu Desta

A cross-sectional study of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among healthcare workers in a tertiary care hospital in Taiwan: implications for protection against the Omicron variants

Chang-Hua Chen, Day-Yu Chao, Chew-Teng Kor, Su-Feng Kuo, Jen-Shiou Lin, Huei-Wen Lai, Yen-Tze Liu, Ching-Hsiung Lin, Mu-Kuan Chen

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Comparative performance of contact plate metod and swab method for surface microbial contamination on medical fabrics

Feng Chen, Yaru Li, Wanqiu Wang, Juan Li, Dong Wang, Xiaxia Sun, Yaping Peng, Jianjun Deng

Predictors of unsuccessful tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Brazil: an analysis of 259,484 patient records

Do Kyung Ryuk, Daniele M. Pelissari, Kleydson Alves, Patricia Bartholomay Oliveira, Marcia C. Castro, Ted Cohen, Mauro Sanchez, Nicolas A. Menzies

HIV self-testing adoption and post-test linkage to care among men who have sex with men in China: a nationwide cross-sectional survey

Fan Yang, Peizhen Zhao, Weiming Tang, Joseph D. Tucker, Wenqian Xu, Cheng Wang

A complex case study: coexistence of multi-drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, HBV-related liver failure, and disseminated cryptococcal infection in an AIDS patient

Wei Fu, Zi Wei Deng, Pei Wang, Zhen Wang Zhu, Ye Pu, Zhi Bing Xie, Yong Zhong Li, Hong Ying Yu

Neutrophil extracellular trap-associated protein in cerebrospinal fluid for prognosis evaluation of adult bacterial meningitis: a retrospective case-control study

Song Han, Suge Yang, Zhongzheng Chang, Yun Wang

Immunogenicity evaluation of primary polio vaccination schedule with inactivated poliovirus vaccines and bivalent oral poliovirus vaccine

Jiawei Xu, Yang Liu, Wei Qiu, Wenwen Li, Xiaoxiao Hu, Xia Li, Qiang Fan, Wenge Tang, Yujie Wang, Qing Wang, Ning Yao

Management of immunosuppression in lung transplant recipients and COVID-19 outcomes: an observational retrospective cohort-study

Hugo Bes-Berlandier, Benjamin Coiffard, Julien Bermudez, Nadine Demazes-dufeu, Bérengère Coltey, Céline Boschi, Philippe Colson, Sami Hraiech, Martine Reynaud-Gaubert, Nadim Cassir

Vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 delta-variant in a preterm infant

Muhammad T.K. Zia, Kishan Kumar, Edmund La Gamma, Fauzia Shakeel, Iman Hanna, Xinhua Lin, Nazeeh Hanna

Molecular characterization of human adenoviruses associated with pediatric respiratory infections in Karachi, Pakistan

Khalid Mahmood, Waqar Ahmed, Saba Farooq, Gul Habib, Muhammad Ashfaq Sindhu, Afshan Asif, Thomas Iftner

High frequency of alpha7-HPV in Colombian Caribbean coast women: cervical cancer screening analysis

Heiser Arteaga-Pautt, O. Elias Bru-Cordero, Dina Ricardo-Caldera, Lyda Espitia-Pérez, Paula Avilés-Vergara, Catalina Tovar-Acero, Lorena Castaño-Caraballo, Sandra Janeth Perdomo-Lara, Helvey Ramón Zetién-Arteaga, Valentina Behaine-Bravo, Sara Cecilia Soto-De León

Novel MAXPOWER biological antibacterial liquid for eradicating oral Helicobacter pylori

Yongkang Lai, Xiaoyang Dong, Yingxiao Song, Jiulong Zhao, Yiqi Du, Zhaoshen Li

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

Yaqian Li, Rongjuan Zhao, Ling Li, Huiru Xue, Huaxing Meng, Guanxi Li, Feng Liang, Huiqiu Zhang, Jing Ma, Xiaomin Pang, Juan Wang, Xueli Chang, Junhong Guo, Wei Zhang

Assessment of fever screening at airports in detecting domestic passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2, 2020–2022, Okinawa prefecture, Japan

Yoshihiro Takayama, Yining S. Xu, Yusuke Shimakawa, Gerardo Chowell, Masahiro Kozuka, Ryosuke Omori, Ryota Matsuyama, Taro Yamamoto, Kenji Mizumoto

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

Stella M. Migamba, Denis-Luc Ardiet, Richard Migisha, Hildah T. Nansikombi, Brian Agaba, Helen Nelly Naiga, Mercy Wanyana, Jane Frances Zalwango, Immaculate Atuhaire, Peter Chris Kawungezi, Marie Goretti Zalwango, Brenda Simbwa, Daniel Kadobera, Alex R. Ario, Julie R. Harris

“Implementation of intensified COVID-19 vaccination optimization (ICVOPT) campaigns strategy in complex humanitarian emergency settings and hard-to-reach areas; a case of South Sudan”

Dickens Atwongyeire, Ayesheshem Ademe Tegegne, Fabian Ndenzako, Brendan Dineen, Anson Edu Benjamin, Benz Luo, Ferede Melesachew, Emmanuel George Bachan, Andrew Baguma

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

Innocent Djègbè, Donald Hessou-Djossou, Massioudou Koto Yerima Gounou Boukari, Odilon Nonfodji, Geneviève Tchigossou, Rousseau Djouaka, Sylvie Cornelie, Martin Akogbeto, Luc Djogbenou, Fabrice Chandre

Drug-resistant oral candidiasis in patients with HIV infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Amirreza Keyvanfar, Hanieh Najafiarab, Niki Talebian, Mahdi Falah Tafti, Gelareh Adeli, Zahra Ghasemi, Shabnam Tehrani

Rotavirus vaccines in Africa and Norovirus genetic diversity in children aged 0 to 5 years old: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Dako Dakouo, Djénéba Ouermi, Abdoul Karim Ouattara, Abibou Simpore, Tégwendé Rebecca Compaore, Mah Alima Esther Traore, Zakaria Gamsore, Abdou Azaque Zoure, Lassina Traore, Théodora Mahoukèdè Zohoncon, Albert Théophane Yonli, P. Denise Ilboudo, Florencia Wendkuuni Djigma, Jacques Simpore

Estimating excess mortality and economic burden of Clostridioides difficile infections and recurrences during 2015–2019: the RECUR Germany study

Ana Antunes, Aurore Tricotel, Adrian Wilk, Silvia Dombrowski, Hanna Rinta-Kokko, Fredrik L. Andersson, Subrata Ghosh

Mycoplasma pneumoniae detections in children with lower respiratory infection before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a large sample study in China from 2019 to 2022

Weiling Qiu, Jiaying Ding, Hongmei Zhang, Shumin Huang, Zuowei Huang, Ming Lin, Yuanyuan Zhang, Zhimin Chen

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

Yujie He, Shaoxia Song, Jie Wu, Julong Wu, Lifang Zhang, Lin Sun, Zhong Li, Xianjun Wang, Zengqiang Kou, Ti Liu

A deep learning-based model for detecting Leishmania amastigotes in microscopic slides: a new approach to telemedicine

Alireza Sadeghi, Mahdieh Sadeghi, Mahdi Fakhar, Zakaria Zakariaei, Mohammadreza Sadeghi, Reza Bastani

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Temporal composition of the cervicovaginal microbiome associates with hrHPV infection outcomes in a longitudinal study

Mariano A. Molina, William P. J. Leenders, Martijn A. Huynen, Willem J. G. Melchers, Karolina M. Andralojc

Eosinophils and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Mitra Samareh Fekri, Zohreh Najminejad, Fatemeh Karami Robati, Behnam Dalfardi, Mahdiyeh Lashkarizadeh, Mohammad Javad Najafzadeh

Prevalence of the CRISPR-cas system and its association with antibiotic resistance in clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates

Hiva Kadkhoda, Pourya Gholizadeh, Reza Ghotaslou, Tahereh Pirzadeh, Mohammad Ahangarzadeh Rezaee, Edris Nabizadeh, Hadi Feizi, Hossein Samadi Kafil, Mohammad Aghazadeh

Two biases in incubation time estimation related to exposure

Vera H. Arntzen, Marta Fiocco, Ronald B. Geskus

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with Herpes Simplex Encephalitis in Vietnam: a retrospective study

Ta Thi Dieu Ngan, Nguyen Thi Tuyet, Dinh Trong Hung, Nguyen Trung Cap, Duy Manh Nguyen, Vu Quoc Dat

COVID-19 and long-term impact on symptoms and Health-Related Quality of Life in Costa Rica: the RESPIRA cohort study

Cristina Barboza-Solis, Romain Fantin, Allan Hildesheim, Ruth Pfeiffer, Carolina Porras, Julia Butt, Tim Waterboer, Henriette Raventós, Arturo Abdelnour, Amada Aparicio, Viviana Loria, D. Rebecca Prevots, Mitchell H. Gail, Rolando Herrero, Alejandro Calderón, Karla Moreno, Melvin Morera, Roy Wong, Roberto Castro, Bernal Cortés, Rebecca Ocampo, Michael Zúñiga, Juan Carlos Vanegas, Kaiyuan Sun, Marco Binder

Risk of cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial neoplasia in cytologic negative and persistently high-risk human papillomavirus positive patients according to genotypes: a retrospective single center analysis

Barbara Kipp, Elena Ulrich, Carmen van Meegen, Thomas Schwenzer

Risk factors and multi-pathogen infections in kidney transplant recipients with omicron variant pneumonia: a retrospective analysis

Jing Chen, Yuanbo Su, Ming Lu

High SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in children unvaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine in Changzhou, China, shortly after lifting zero-COVID-19 policy in December 2022

Jie Tang, Yong Wang, Weiqin Lu, Zhihong Gao, Mingfeng Xu, Lin Wu, Jianhua Jin

The impact of colistin-based regimens on mortality compared to other antimicrobials in patients with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteremia in South African hospitals: a cross-sectional study

Nqobile Ngoma, Olga Perovic, Alex de Voux, Alfred Musekiwa, Liliwe Shuping

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

Peter Ayodeji Idowu, Takalani J. Mpofu, Oliver T. Zishiri, Olusesan A. Adelabu, Khathutshelo A. Nephawe, Bohani Mtileni

Evaluation of awareness and performance towards COVID-related disinfectant use: a comparative study between Jordan and United Arab Emirates

Wissam Ghach, Aseel A. Takshe, Mohammad Rababa, Sami Al-Rawashdeh, Nisreen Alwan

Early initiation of combined therapy in severely immunocompromised patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study

Salvatore Rotundo, Lavinia Berardelli, Sara Gullì, Valentina La Gamba, Rosaria Lionello, Alessandro Russo, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Carlo Torti

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

Lin Gan, Xiaoxin Xie, Yanhua Fu, Xiaoyan Yang, Shujing Ma, Linghong Kong, Chunli Song, Yebing Song, Tingting Ren, Hai Long

Short-term culture for rapid identification by mass spectrometry and automated antimicrobial susceptibility testing from positive bottles

Peng-Peng Tian, Shan-Shan Su, Li-Sha Zhu, Tian Wang, Hui Yang, Meng-Yao Du, Cai-Zhi Ding, Li Wang, Wen Fan, Hua-Wei Yi

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

Diwenxin Zhou, Shuai Zhao, Keting He, Qiuhong Liu, Fen Zhang, Zhangya Pu, Lanlan Xiao, Lingjian Zhang, Shangci Chen, Xiaohan Qian, Xiaoxin Wu, Yangfan Shen, Ling Yu, Huafen Zhang, Jiandi Jin, Min Xu, Xiaoyan Wang, Danhua Zhu, Zhongyang Xie, Xiaowei Xu

Syndromic case definitions for lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) are less sensitive in older age: an analysis of symptoms among hospitalised adults

Rachel Kwiatkowska, Anastasia Chatzilena, Jade King, Madeleine Clout, Serena McGuinness, Nick Maskell, Jennifer Oliver, Robert Challen, Matthew Hickman, Adam Finn, Catherine Hyams, Leon Danon, Anna Morley, Amelia Langdon, Anabella Turner, Anya Mattocks, Bethany Osborne, Charli Grimes, Claire Mitchell, David Adegbite, Emma Bridgeman, Emma Scott, Fiona Perkins, Francesca Bayley, Gabriella Ruffino, Gabriella Valentine, Grace Tilzey, James Campling, Johanna Kellett Wright, Julia Brzezinska, Julie Cloake, Katarina Milutinovic, Kate Helliker, Katie Maughan, Kazminder Fox, Konstantina Minou, Lana Ward, Leah Fleming, Leigh Morrison, Lily Smart, Louise Wright, Lucy Grimwood, Maddalena Bellavia, Marianne Vasquez, Maria Garcia Gonzalez, Milo Jeenes-Flanagan, Natalie Chang, Niall Grace, Nicola Manning, Oliver Griffiths, Pip Croxford, Peter Sequenza, Rajeka Lazarus, Rhian Walters, Robin Marlow, Robyn Heath, Rupert Antico, Sandi Nammuni Arachchge, Seevakumar Suppiah, Taslima Mona, Tawassal Riaz, Vicki Mackay, Zandile Maseko, Zoe Taylor, Zsolt Friedrich, Zsuzsa Szasz-Benczur

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Unveiling the hidden dangers: enteropathogens carried by flies in Pudong New Area

Chen Lin, Jun Liu, Yongting Yuan, Siyu Yu, Lei Feng, Yingpei Gu, Xinchen Lu, Jingyi Liu, Huihui Li, Chenxi Hu, Hongxia Liu, Hanzhao Liu

Frequency of SARS-COV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccine uptake and protection among Syrian refugees

Zeynep Meva Altaş, Mehmet Akif Sezerol

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

Kai-Yi Zhang, Yan Bi, Xu-Wen Fu, Min Qi, Jia-Lu Wei, Wei Gan, Le Zhang, Xiang Li

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

Riccardo Cipelli, Serena Falato, Eleonora Lusito, Giovanni Maifredi, Michele Montedoro, Paola Valpondi, Alberto Zucchi, Maria Vittoria Azzi, Laura Zanetta, Maria Rosaria Gualano, Entela Xoxi, Paola Giovanna Marchisio, Silvana Castaldi

The association of a frailty index derived from laboratory tests and vital signs with clinical outcomes in critical care patients with septic shock: a retrospective study based on the MIMIC-IV database

Huafeng Ding, Xiangquan Li, Xianjiang Zhang, Jiaqiong Li, Qinfeng Li

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

Hamid Vega-Ramirez, Centli Guillen-Diaz-Barriga, Paula M. Luz, Thiago S. Torres

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

Shaojun Jiang, Jianwen Xu, Chengjie Ke, Pinfang Huang

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

Abdulaziz M. Almuqrin, Badi A. Alotaibi, Jehad A. Aldali, Abdulrahman Alshalani, Hamood AlSudais, Hamzah J. Aldali

Relationship between the magnitude of haemoglobin changes and long-term mortality in patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study

Wen-Ming Shao, Lu-Wei Ye, Lu-ming Zhang, Yu-Long Wang, Hui Liu, Dan He, Jia-Liang Zhu, Jun Lyu, Haiyan Yin

Regional differences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex infection and multidrug resistance epidemic in Luoyang

Zhenzhen Wang, Tengfei Guo, Liyang Xu, Jinwei Liu, Yi Hou, Junrong Jin, Qing Zhang, Tao Jiang, Zhanqin Zhao, Yun Xue

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

Josephine Amie Koroma, Adel Hussein Elduma, Umaru Sesay, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru

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

Gosa Mankelkl, Seid Mohammed Abdu, Ebrahim Msaye Asefa, Altaseb Beyene Kassaw, Gashawu Abebe, Mekonnen Belete, Amare Abera Tareke, Alemu Gedefie, Beletu Kinfe

Compare the efficacy of antifungal agents as primary therapy for invasive aspergillosis: a network meta-analysis

Ao Liu, Liubo Xiong, Lian Wang, Han Zhuang, Xiao Gan, Mengying Zou, Xiaoming Wang

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

Romain Amadieu, Camille Brehin, Adéla Chahine, Erick Grouteau, Damien Dubois, Caroline Munzer, Clara Flumian, Olivier Brissaud, Barbara Ros, Gael Jean, Camille Brotelande, Brendan Travert, Nadia Savy, Benoit Boeuf, Ghida Ghostine, Isabelle Popov, Pauline Duport, Richard Wolff, Laure Maurice, Stephane Dauger, Sophie Breinig

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

Hongjie Shi, Xin Li, Sainan Wang, Xiaoxiao Dong, Mengkai Qiao, Sushu Wu, Rong Wu, Xin Yuan, Jingwen Wang, Yuanyuan Xu, Zhengping Zhu

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

Jesús Adolfo Bailón-Cuenca, Karen Cortés-Sarabia, José Legorreta-Soberanis, Víctor Manuel Alvarado-Castro, Ulises Juárez-Baltazar, Belén Madeline Sánchez-Gervacio, Amalia Vences-Velázquez, Marco Antonio Leyva-Vázquez, Oscar Del Moral-Hernández, Berenice Illades-Aguiar

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

Rusheng Zhang, Huiyuan Fu, Can Luo, Zheng Huang, Ruiqing Pei, Yu Di, Caiying Zhu, Jiayi Peng, Huiqi Hu, Shan Chen, Jingfang Chen, Lamei Chen, Mingzhong Xu, Xuewen Yang, Rengui Yang

Resurgence of respiratory syncytial virus infection during COVID-19 pandemic in Pune, India

Sumit Bhardwaj, Manohar Lal Choudhary, Mandeep S Chadha, Aarti Kinikar, Ashish Bavdekar, Nilesh Gujar, Pradeep dcosta, Rajesh Kulkarni, Sanjay Bafna, Sonali Salvi, Vikram Padbidri, Varsha Potdar

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

Li Li, Xia Feng, Fei Zhao, Defu Yuan, Xizhao An, Xiaoxue Tian, Hao Wu, Bin Su, Tong Zhang, Lifeng Liu

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

Akila Wimima Bakoubayi, Falapalaki Haliba, Wendpouiré Ida C. Zida-Compaore, P’tanam P’kontème Bando, Yao Rodion Konu, Latame komla Adoli, Kodjo Akpadja, Kamevor Alaglo, Maweke Tchalim, P’niwè Patchali, Yaovi Djakpa, Komi Amekuse, Piham Gnossike, Denis A. Yawovi Gadah, Didier Koumavi Ekouevi

How to protect long-term care facilities from pandemic-like events? - A systematic review on the effectiveness of non-pharmacological measures to prevent viral respiratory infections

Laura Arnold, Simon Bimczok, Hannah Schütt, Stefanie Lisak-Wahl, Barbara Buchberger, Jan M Stratil

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

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

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

Shanshan Wang, Ke Xu, Gang Wang

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

Leonia Hiu Wan Lau, Queenie Shing Kwan Lam, Minnie Mei Yi Siu, Tiffany Sze Ki Tang, Lorna Kwai Ping Suen, Simon Ching Lam

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

Farshad Kakian, Nawal Arasteh, Esmaeil Mirzaei, Mohammad Motamedifar

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

Uche Ikenyei, Nicole Haggerty

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

Xinjing Lou, Chen Gao, Linyu Wu, Ting Wu, Linyang He, Jiahao Shen, Meiqi Hua, Maosheng Xu

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

Gabriela Štrkolcová, Daniela Fiľakovská Bobáková, Michaela Kaduková, Andrea Schreiberová, Daniel Klein, Miloš Halán, Ingrid Urbančíková

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

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

Effects of cutaneous leishmaniasis on patients’ quality of life

Endalew Yizengaw, Endalkachew Nibret

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Xiuri Wang, Xingchun Chen, Yunxiao Liang, Liuyang Hu

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

Eneyi E Kpokiri, Agatha E Wapmuk, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Ucheoma Nwaozuru, Titilola Gbaja-Biamila, Ifeoma Obionu, Ekenechukwu Kokelu, Jennifer Smith, Benedict N Azuogu, Kayode Ajenifuja, Abdulhammed O Babatunde, Oliver Ezechi, Joseph D Tucker, Juliet Iwelunmor

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

Enrique Gea-Izquierdo, Rossana Ruiz-Urbaez, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, Michael Stich, Ángel Gil-de-Miguel

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

Sirous Panahi, Hossein Ghalavand

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

Nigatu Admasu, Abraham Lomboro, Enyew Kebede, Birra Bejiga, Jaleta Bulti, Saro Abdella, Wudinesh Belete, Gemechu Chemeda

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

Xutao Wang, Arthur VanValkenberg, Aubrey R. Odom, Jerrold J. Ellner, Natasha S. Hochberg, Padmini Salgame, Prasad Patil, W. Evan Johnson

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

Mamadu Baldeh, Samuel Kizito, Sulaiman Lakoh, Daniel Sesay, Samuel Adeyemi Williams, Umu Barrie, Frida Dennis, Dimbintsoa Rakotomalala Robinson, Franck Lamontagne, Franck Amahowe, Patrick Turay, Ozge Sensoy Bahar, Elvin Geng, Fred M. Ssewamala

T cell-mediated Immune response and correlates of inflammation and their relationship with COVID-19 clinical severity: not an intuitive guess

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

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

Uwe Koppe, Klaus Jansen, Axel Jeremias Schmidt, Christoph Weber, Heike Schulze, Robert Kasimir Kulis-Horn, Carsten Tiemann, Ulrich Marcus

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

Saohoine Inthasot, Sophie Leemans, Mony Hing, Julien Vanderhulst

Relationship of neutrophil lymphocyte ratio, monocyte lymphocyte ratio and neutrophil monocyte ratio with treatment response in pulmonary tuberculosis patients during intensive phase treatment

Muniza Omair, Mirza Saifullah Baig, Waqas Ahmed Farooqui, Shaheen Kousar, Muhammad Yahya Noori, Nida Zeehan, Ayesha Khan, Saman Isa, Durre Sameen Kamran, Muhammad Furqan Bari, Mehreen Mehmood

Genetic variation of TLR3 gene is associated with the outcome of hepatitis b infection in mauritanian patients: case control study

Tetou Soumbara, Crystel Bonnet, Cheikh Tijani Hamed, Fatimetou Veten, Mohamed Hemeyine, F-Zahra Fall-Malick, Mohamed Mahmoud El Yezid, Aichetou Diallo, Moustapha Mouhamedou Mounah, Ahmed Houmeida

Model correction of diagnostic coding-based RSV incidence for children 0–4 years in the US

Sabina O. Nduaguba, Phuong T. Tran, Almut G. Winterstein

Combined clinical significance of MRI and serum mannose-binding lectin in the prediction of spinal tuberculosis

Fei Qi, Lei Luo, Chuangye Qu, Weibing Bao, Wenqi Wang, Xiaozhong Zhu, Dengjiang Wu

The causal relationship between blood cell indices and 28-day mortality in sepsis: a retrospective study and bidirectional Mendelian randomization analysis

Tao Zeng, Yina Sun, Shuru Chen, Jiahui Pang, Heping Wang, Xianghao Cai, Yingying Liao, Xiaolong Xiao, Yibo Zhang, Yutian Chong, Jiao Gong, Xinhua Li

Hepatitis B virus infection as a risk factor for chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Danjing Chen, Rong Yu, Shuo Yin, Wenxin Qiu, Jiangwang Fang, Xian-e Peng

Correction: Assessment of fever screening at airports in detecting domestic passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2, 2020–2022, Okinawa prefecture, Japan

Yoshihiro Takayama, Yining S. Xu, Yusuke Shimakawa, Gerardo Chowell, Masahiro Kozuka, Ryosuke Omori, Ryota Matsuyama, Taro Yamamoto, Kenji Mizumoto

Spectrum and antimicrobial resistance in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with pneumonia: a cross-sectional prospective study from Vietnam

Duy Tuyen Dao, Huu Y Le, Minh Hai Nguyen, Thi Duyen Thi, Xuan Dung Nguyen, Thanh Thuyet Bui, Thi Huyen Trang Tran, Van Luan Pham, Hang Nga Do, Jim-Tong Horng, Huu Song Le, Dinh Tien Nguyen

Effect of women empowerment on treatment seeking practice for sexually transmitted infections among women in Ethiopia

Gedefaw Abeje, Meseret Zelalem, Firmaye Bogale, Netsanet Worku

Association between time to surgery and hospital mortality in patients with community-acquired limb necrotizing fasciitis: an 11-year multicenter retrospective cohort analysis

Chi Ho Lau, Lowell Ling, Jack Zhenhe Zhang, Pauline Yeung Ng, Cheuk Yan Chan, Alwin Wai Tak Yeung, Ka Man Fong, Jacky Ka Hing Chan, Gary Ka Fai Au, Ting Liong, Manimala Dharmangadan, Fu Loi Chow, Koon Ngai Lam, Kai Man Chan, Steven Ling, Anna Lee

Mortality in clostridioides difficile infection among patients hospitalized at the university clinical hospital in Wroclaw, Poland – a 3-year observational study

Jarosław Drobnik, Piotr Pobrotyn, Mária Belovičová, Katarzyna Madziarska, Małgorzata Trocha, Mateusz Baran

The etiological diagnostic value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in suspected community-acquired pneumonia

Mengling Liu, Haiyue Zhang, Liangyu Li, Jieyu Mao, Ruiyun Li, Jing Yin, Xiaojun Wu

Multi-state Markov model for time to treatment changes for HIV/AIDS patients: a retrospective cohort national datasets, Ethiopia

Tsegaye Hailu Kumsa, Andargachew Mulu, Joseph Beyene, Zeytu Gashaw Asfaw

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Infection prevention and control of highly infectious pathogens in resource-limited countries: an experience from Marburg viral disease outbreak in Kagera Region - Tanzania

Erick Kinyenje, Joseph Hokororo, Ruth Ngowi, Michael Kiremeji, Elice Mnunga, Angela Samwel, Erasto Sylvanus, Emmanuel Mnken, Missana Yango, Mikidadi Mtalika, Vida Mmbaga, Noel Saitoti, Alex Malecha, Faith Kundy, Martin Rwabilimbo, Issessanda Kaniki, Godwin Mwisomba, Erica Charles, Patrick Mughanga, Mary Kitambi, Radenta Paul, Erick Richard, Atuganile Musyani, Irene Rabiel, Gift Haule, Laura Marandu, Emmanuel Mwakapasa, Gerald Manasseh, Calvin Sindato, Medard Beyanga, Eliakimu Kapyolo, Frank Jacob, Jonathan Mcharo, Mary Mayige, Faraja Msemwa, Grace Saguti, George Kauki, Janeth Masuma, George Mrema, Mugendi Kohi, Zabulon Yoti, Michael Habtu, William Mwengee, Kokuhabwa Mukurasi, Wangeci Gatei, Paschal Ruggajo, Elias Kwesi, Eliudi Eliakimu, Pius Horumpende, Grace Magembe, Tumaini Nagu

Correction: Evaluation of serological assays for the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis disease: a study protocol

Daniela Neudecker, Nora Fritschi, Thomas Sutter, Lenette L. Lu, Pei Lu, Marc Tebruegge, Begoña Santiago-Garcia, Nicole Ritz

Hypertension and immune activation in antiretroviral therapy naïve people living with human immunodeficiency virus

Tosi M. Mwakyandile, Grace A. Shayo, Philip G. Sasi, Ferdinand M. Mugusi, Godfrey Barabona, Takamasa Ueno, Eligius F. Lyamuya

Evaluating the antibacterial effect of meropenem-loaded chitosan/sodium tripolyphosphate (TPP) nanoparticles on Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from hospitalized patients

Marziyeh Sadat Amini, Majid Baseri Salehi, Nima Bahador

Healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use in acute care hospitals: a point prevalence survey in Lombardy, Italy, in 2022

Antonio Antonelli, Maria Elena Ales, Greta Chiecca, Zeno Dalla Valle, Emanuele De Ponti, Danilo Cereda, Lucia Crottogini, Cristina Renzi, Carlo Signorelli, Matteo Moro

Performance of fine needle aspiration cytology and Ziehl-Neelsen staining technique in the diagnosis of tuberculosis lymphadenitis

Hawi Kumbi, Musa Mohammed Ali, Alegntaw Abate

Impact of Vancomycin trough levels monitoring on uncomplicated methilcillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis, retrospective cohort

Julian Felipe Ramirez-Osorio, Juan Esteban Velez-Hernandez, Nathalia Fernandez-Castaño, David Felipe Rojas-Hernandez, Fabian Jaimes

Global patterns of rebound to normal RSV dynamics following COVID-19 suppression

Deus Thindwa, Ke Li, Dominic Cooper-Wootton, Zhe Zheng, Virginia E Pitzer, Daniel M Weinberger

Metabolism of FAD, FMN and riboflavin (vitamin B2) in the human parasitic blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni

Akram A. Da’dara, Catherine S. Nation, Patrick J. Skelly

Characterization of bacterial and viral pathogens in the respiratory tract of children with HIV-associated chronic lung disease: a case–control study

Prince K. Mushunje, Felix S. Dube, Courtney Olwagen, Shabir Madhi, Jon Ø Odland, Rashida A. Ferrand, Mark P. Nicol, Regina E. Abotsi, Tsitsi Bandason, Ethel Dauya, Tafadzwa Madanhire, Elizabeth L. Corbett, Katharina Kranzer, Edith D. Majonga, Victoria Simms, Andrea M. Rehman, Helen A.Weiss, Hilda Mujuru, Dan Bowen, Louis-Marie Yindom, Sarah L. Rowland-Jones, Trond Flaegstad, Tore J. Gutteberg, Jorunn Pauline Cavanagh, Trym Thune Flygel, Evegeniya Sovarashaeva, Jessica Chikwana, Gugulethu Newton Mapurisa, Carmen Gonzalez-Martinez, Robina Semphere, Brewster Wisdom Moyo, Lucky Gift Ngwira, Slindile Mbhele

The non-invasive serum biomarkers contributes to indicate liver fibrosis staging and evaluate the progress of chronic hepatitis B

Shaoxiong Zeng, Zhenzhen Liu, Bilun Ke, Yiwang Zhang, Qian Wang, Siwei Tan

Association between COVID-19 convalescent plasma antibody levels and COVID-19 outcomes stratified by clinical status at presentation

Hyung Park, Chang Yu, Liise-anne Pirofski, Hyunah Yoon, Danni Wu, Yi Li, Thaddeus Tarpey, Eva Petkova, Elliott M. Antman, Andrea B. Troxel

Recent increase in atypical presentations of invasive meningococcal disease in France

Samy Taha, Ala-Eddine Deghmane, Muhamed-Kheir Taha

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Clinical features and viral load variations of Mpox: a retrospective study in Chongqing, China

Sen Yang, Chao Xia, Yuxin Zhang, Yan Shen, Chengshuang Xia, Yanqiu Lu, Shifang Su, Changgang Deng, Vijay Harypursat, Jing Wang, Jing Yuan, Yemiao Chen

Vaccination intentions of hypertensive Chinese individuals during the COVID-19 epidemic: a structural equation modeling study

Zhi Lei, Dongyang Liu, Minghui Li, Deqiang Xian, Song Fan

Malassezia restricta as an unexpected cause of infectious osteomyelitis diagnosed by metagenomic sequencing: a case report and literature review

Guoxuan Peng, Yuan Lin, Qiang Zou, Hongcheng Peng, Anyi Lei, Xu Zou, Zhe Xu, Hong Sun, Xu Ning, Mingzhi Huang

The effect of late presentation on HIV related mortality among adolescents in public hospitals of north showa zone Oromiya, Ethiopia; 2022: a retrospective cohort study

Misgana Kebede Gabre, Tadesse Bekele Tafesse, Leta Adugna Geleta, Cherugeta Kebede Asfaw, Henok Abebayehu Delelegn

Fatal co-infection by multiple pathogens in an indigenous woman with autoimmune hemolytic anemia and tuberculosis: a case report

Bryan Tabares, Alisson Dayana Sarmiento-Suárez, Óscar Gil, Juan Camilo Hernández-Pabón, Carolina Firacative

The development and implementation of a proficiency testing program for SARS-CoV-2 using dried tube specimens in resource-limited countries

Pius Lutaaya, Ocung Guido, Hasifah Nakato Ssentamu, George William Kasule, Mary Akumu, Jupiter Marina Kabahita, Bernard Bagaya, Kenneth Musisi, Denis Oola, Anitah Katuramu, Andrew Nsawotebba, Edgar Kigozi, Faith Nakazzi, Joel Kabugo Solomon, Isa Adam, Orena Beatrice, Joanita Namutebi, Brenda Ayebare, Abdunoor Nyombi, Charles Manyonge, Ademun Julius Patrick, Kangave Fredrick, Moses L Joloba

Real-world evidence of a novel tetravalent immunoglobulin Y effectiveness and safety in patients with the refractory Helicobacter pylori infection

Nan Hao, Bo Liu, Meng Zhao, Mingming Lu, Feiyi Chen, Jialu Kang, Xiaojun Tang, Yong Zhang, Chengxue Dang

Duration of effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine in Japan: a retrospective cohort study using large-scale population-based registry data

Kohei Uemura, Sachiko Ono, Nobuaki Michihata, Hayato Yamana, Hideo Yasunaga

Comparison of clinical outcomes of pulmonary nocardiosis between AIDS and non-AIDS patients

Wilawan Thipmontree, Yupin Suputtamonkol

Adverse events during intravenous fosfomycin therapy in a real-life scenario. Risk factors and the potential role of therapeutic drug monitoring

Simona Biscarini, Davide Mangioni, Chiara Bobbio, Ludovica Mela, Laura Alagna, Sara Baldelli, Francesco Blasi, Ciro Canetta, Ferruccio Ceriotti, Andrea Gori, Giacomo Grasselli, Bianca Mariani, Antonio Muscatello, Dario Cattaneo, Alessandra Bandera

Seasonal distribution and upsurge of respiratory viruses among indigenous tribes with ILI and SARI in a far-flung Car Nicobar Island

Nagarajan Muruganandam, Veena Vipat, Sheetal Jadhav, Alwin Vins, Nisha Beniwal, Harpreet Kaur, Remya Rajan Renuka, Rehnuma Parvez, Varsha Potdar

Imbalanced IL10/TGF-β production by regulatory T-lymphocytes in patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/ tropical spastic paraparesis

Luana Leandro Gois, Bárbara Ribeiro-Soares, Carlos Gustavo Regis-Silva, Dalila L Zanette, Raphaella Lisboa, Regina Santos Nascimento, Raimundo Coutinho Junior, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi

Azithromycin sequential therapy plus inhaled terbutaline for Mycoplasma Pneumoniae pneumonia in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yongcheng Sheng, Yi Liang, Chongyang Zhao, Deying Kang, Xueting Liu

Differences in virus and immune dynamics for SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron infections by age and vaccination histories

Maxine W Tan, Anet J.N. Anelone, An Ting Tay, Ren Ying Tan, Kangwei Zeng, Kelvin Bryan Tan, Hannah Eleanor Clapham

Quantitative analysis of the impact of infectious disease physicians on patients in the emergency department fast-track parenteral antibiotics program

C. McSweeney, T. Steiner, J. M. Grant

Analysis of risk factors for long-term mortality in patients with stage II and III tuberculous meningitis

Ling Wang, Zhihan Gu, Xiaoli Chen, Xiaomin Yu, Xiandong Meng

Association between HIV and acquisition of rifamycin resistance with first-line TB treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nesbert Zinyakatira, Nathan Ford, Helen Cox

Knowledge of hepatitis B infection, hepatitis B vaccine, and vaccination status with its associated factors among healthcare workers in Kampot and Kep Provinces, Cambodia

Savoeun Sok, Chanroth Chhoung, Bunlorn Sun, Ko Ko, Aya Sugiyama, Tomoyuki Akita, Shingo Fukuma, Junko Tanaka

Liver autotransplantation and atrial reconstruction on a patient with multiorgan alveolar echinococcosis: a case report

Rexiati Ruze, Tiemin Jiang, Weimin Zhang, Mingming Zhang, Ruiqing Zhang, Qiang Guo, Aboduhaiwaier Aboduhelili, Musitapa Zhayier, Ahmad Mahmood, Zhaoxia Yu, Jianrong Ye, Yingmei Shao, Tuerganaili Aji

Comparison of microscopic and xpert MTB diagnoses of presumptive mycobacteria tuberculosis infection: retrospective analysis of routine diagnosis at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital

Kwame Kumi Asare, Daniel Edem Azumah, Czarina Owusua Adu-Gyamfi, Yeboah Kwaku Opoku, Edward Morkporkpor Adela, Philip Afful, Godwin Kwami Abotsi, Ernest Awuakye Abban, Paul Ekow Duntu, Akwasi Anyamful, Alberta Bedford Moses, Emmanuel Botchway, Philimon Mwintige, Samuel Kyei, Linda Eva Amoah, Emmanuel Owusu Ekuman

Test-treat-track-test-treat (5T) approach for Schistosoma haematobium elimination on Pemba Island, Tanzania

Lydia Trippler, Lyndsay Taylor, Mohammed Nassor Ali, Sarah Omar Najim, Khamis Seif Khamis, Jan Hattendorf, Saleh Juma, Shaali Makame Ame, Fatma Kabole, Said Mohammed Ali, Stefanie Knopp

Epidemiology of Citrobacter spp. infections among hospitalized patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Pérince Fonton, Nasreen Hassoun-Kheir, Stephan Harbarth

Reduction in ACE2 expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells during COVID-19 – implications for post COVID-19 conditions

Gulrayz Ahmed, Yasir Abdelgadir, Amro Abdelghani, Pippa Simpson, Jody Barbeau, Donald Basel, Christy S. Barrios, Brandon A Smith, Kala F Schilter, Rupa Udani, Honey V. Reddi, Rodney E. Willoughby

Assessing the relationship between malaria incidence levels and meteorological factors using cluster-integrated regression

Miracle Amadi, K. K. W. Hasitha Erandi

Cytokines assets in PLWH in two-drug dolutergravir based or three-drug antiretroviral regimen

Katia Falasca, Claudio Ucciferri, Alessandro Di Gasbarro, Paola Borrelli, Marta Di Nicola, Carla Frisenda, Erica Costantini, Lisa Aielli, Marcella Reale, Jacopo Vecchiet

A case report and literature review: Mycobacterium leprae infection diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing of cerebrospinal fluid

Conglin Zhao, Zhenzhen Liu

Association between asthma and COVID-19 severity during Omicron epidemic: a retrospective cohort study using real-world data

Huwen Wang, Xiaoting Jiang, Kate Ching Ching Chan, Yuchen Wei, Chi Tim Hung, Renee Wan Yi Chan, Conglu Li, Eman Yee Man Leung, Carrie Ho Kwan Yam, Tsz Yu Chow, Shi Zhao, Zihao Guo, Kehang Li, Ziqing Wang, Eng Kiong Yeoh, Ka Chun Chong

Correction: Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 on future influenza trends in Mainland China

Xiaofan Liu, Ying Peng, Zhe Chen, Fangfang Jiang, Fang Ni, Zhiyong Tang, Xun Yang, Cheng Song, Mingli Yuan, Zhaowu Tao, Junjie Xu, Ying Wang, Qiong Qian, Rob M. Ewing, Ping Yin, Yi Hu, Weihua Wang, Yihua Wang

A secondary abdominal aorta-duodenal fistula accompanied with acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome presented with recurrent sepsis: a case report

Xianjin Hu, Libo Yan

Characteristics and outcomes of patients with COVID-19 at high risk of disease progression receiving sotrovimab, oral antivirals, or no treatment: a retrospective cohort study

Myriam Drysdale, Holly Tibble, Vishal Patel, Daniel C. Gibbons, Emily J. Lloyd, William Kerr, Calum Macdonald, Helen J. Birch, Aziz Sheikh

Genome analysis of multidrug resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis circulating among hospitalized patients in uMgungundlovu District, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Raspail Carrel Founou, Luria Leslie Founou, Mushal Allam, Arshad Ismail, Sabiha Yusuf Essack

Diagnostic accuracy of the Xpert® MTB/XDR assay for detection of Isoniazid and second-line antituberculosis drugs resistance at central TB reference laboratory in Tanzania

Togolani Maya, Aman Wilfred, Clara Lubinza, Saidi Mfaume, Maryjeska Mafie, Daphne Mtunga, Amri Kingalu, Nicodem Mgina, Pammla Petrucka, Basra E. Doulla, Esther Ngadaya, Sayoki G. Mfinanga, Nicholaus P. Mnyambwa

Dental complications as a potential indicator of Redondovirus infection: a cross-sectional study

Alireza Mohebbi, Seyed Jalal Kiani, Khadijeh Khanaliha, Tahereh Donyavi, Nikoo Emtiazi, Kimia Sharifian, Maryam Mohebbi, Amytis Gholami, Farzane Behnezhad, Mohammad Abbasi-Kolli, Farzaneh Dehghani-Dehej, Farah Bokharaei-Salim

Bundle care approach to reduce device associated infections in post-living-donor-liver transplantation in a tertiary care hospital, Egypt

Mona A. Wassef, Doaa M. Ghaith, Marwa M. Hussien, Mostafa A. El-Shazly, Reham H. A. Yousef

Management of patient with Fusobacterim nucletum related pleural empyema: intrapleural antibiotic therapy can be considered for salvage therapy

Jingjing Wang, Jing Li, Zhanfei Sun, Shu Zhang, Li Ma, Xiaomei Liu, Xiaoyun Yang, Junqiang Ai, YuanSong, Liang Sun, Xuewen Li, Tao He, Yueyong Xiao, Hongmei Gao, Fei Yuan

Obesity, abdominal obesity, metabolic obesity phenotypes, and Helicobacter pylori infection: results from NHANES 1999–2000

Danni Chen, Shiling Wang, Wei Yang, Hong Lu, Qian Ren

Isolation and identification of hoylesella marshii causing pleural infection: a case report

Hairong Zhang, Man Li, Sen Wang

One-year survival of patients admitted for sepsis to intensive care units in Colombia

Henry Oliveros, Eduardo Tuta-Quintero, Mariana Piñeros, Alexander Guesguan, Luis F. Reyes

Evaluation and comparison of one-step real-time PCR and one-step RT-LAMP methods for detection of SARS-CoV-2

Hooman Hanifehpour, Fatemeh Ashrafi, Elham Siasi, Shirzad Fallahi

Prevalence and mechanisms of aminoglycoside resistance among drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates in Iran

Nilofar Saeli, Saghar Jafari-Ramedani, Rashid Ramazanzadeh, Maryam Nazari, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Farzad Khademi

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and the effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on response to anti-tuberculosis therapy in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis

Rasha Eletreby, Aisha Elsharkawy, Rahma Mohamed, Mai Hamed, Eman Kamal Ibrahim, Rabab Fouad

Prevalence and associated factors of schistosomiasis among pregnant women in northern Senegal

Coumba Nar Ndiour, Bruno Senghor, Ousmane Thiam, Souleymane Niang, Amélé Nyedzie Wotodjo, Babacar Thiendella Faye, Ndeye Amy Ndiaye, Omar Sow, Khadime Sylla, Magatte Ndiaye, Oumar Gaye, Babacar Faye, Cheikh Sokhna, Souleymane Doucouré, Doudou Sow

Rapid diagnosis of alveolar echinococcosis from lung puncture sample using metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report

Chuanlin Zhou, Chunhong Li, Zhenfeng Deng, Xuexin Yan, Li Feng, Zhen Yang, Yanyan Lu, Yinglong Shi, Ke Wang, Jing Luo, Jinliang Kong

Cytomorphological patterns and clinical features of presumptive tubercular lymphadenitis patients and their comparison with bacteriological detection methods: a cross-sectional study

Abay Atnafu, Liya Wassie, Melaku Tilahun, Selfu Girma, Mekdelawit Alemayehu, Abenezer Dereje, Gebeyehu Assefa, Tigist Desta, Haymanot Agize, Emnet Fisseha, Yordanos Mengistu, Kassu Desta, Kidist Bobosha

Assessment of COVID-19 risk factors of early and long-term mortality with prediction models of clinical and laboratory variables

Dawid Lipski, Artur Radziemski, Stanisław Wasiliew, Michał Wyrwa, Ludwina Szczepaniak-Chicheł, Łukasz Stryczyński, Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Tomasz Urbanowicz, Bartłomiej Perek, Andrzej Tykarski, Anna Komosa

Evaluation of the sentinel yellow fever surveillance system in Uganda, 2017–2022: strengths and weaknesses

Mercy Wendy Wanyana, Patrick King, Richard Migisha, Benon Kwesiga, Paul Edward Okello, Daniel Kadobera, Lilian Bulage, Joshua Kayiwa, Annet Martha Nankya, Alex Riolexus Ario, Julie R. Harris

Fecal microbiota composition is a better predictor of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection than clinical factors in a prospective, multicentre cohort study

Tessel M. van Rossen, Yvette H. van Beurden, Johannes A. Bogaards, Andries E. Budding, Chris J.J. Mulder, Christina M.J.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls

In silico homology modeling of dengue virus non-structural 4B (NS4B) protein and its molecular docking studies using triterpenoids

Sajid Ali, Usman Ali, Khushboo Safi, Falak Naz, Muhammad Ishtiaq Jan, Zafar Iqbal, Tahir Ali, Riaz Ullah, Ahmed Bari

Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination acceptance and associated factors among residents of Dire Dawa Administration, Eastern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

Tafese Dejene Jidha, Endayen Deginet, Bereket Tefera, Demisew Amenu, Girma Beressa, Mickiale Hailu

Prior tuberculosis, radiographic lung abnormalities and prevalent diabetes in rural South Africa

Alison C. Castle, Yumna Moosa, Helgard Claassen, Sheela Shenoi, Itai Magodoro, Jennifer Manne-Goehler, Willem Hanekom, Ingrid V. Bassett, Emily B. Wong, Mark J. Siedner

An adult with hemorrhagic varicella co-infects with cytomegalovirus: a case report

Si-Man Shi, Zhan-Hong Li, Jie-Ru Xu, Xue-Xin Cai, Xiu-Xian Zhou, Rong-Chang Zheng, Ju Wen

The impact of diet, exercise, and sleep on Helicobacter pylori infection with different occupations: a cross-sectional study

Shiwen He, Xue He, Yinglong Duan, Yating Luo, Yuxuan Li, Jing Li, Ying Li, Pingting Yang, Yaqin Wang, Jianfei Xie, Min Liu, Andy SK Cheng

SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in African women living with HIV and their infants

Taguma A. Matubu, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Sean S. Brummel, Lynda Stranix-Chibanda, Lillian Wambuzi Ogwang, Sufia Dadabhai, Patience Atuhaire, Felluna Chauwa, Luis Gadama, Reinaldo E. Fernandez, Jim Aizire, JBrooks Jackson, Aaron A. R. Tobian, Taha E. Taha, Mary Glenn Fowler

Gastric bezoars secondary to mixed infection with Sarcina ventriculi and G + bacilli: a case report

Tao Wang, Dan Xiang

Analyzing the molecular mechanism of Scutellaria Radix in the treatment of sepsis using RNA sequencing

Yaxing Deng, Linghan Leng, Chenglin Wang, Qingqiang Yang, Yingchun Hu

Assessing seropositivity of MMR antibodies in individuals aged 2–22: evaluating routine vaccination effectiveness after the 2003 mass campaign-a study from Iran’s National Measles Laboratory

Fateme Ghafoori, Talat Mokhtari-Azad, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Mohammad Farahmand, Azade shadab, Vahid Salimi

Butyricimonas faecihominis: an atypically resistant bacterium implicated in abscess formation - a case report

Lukas Wessendorf, Tobias Brezina, Fabian Dusse, Pia Wiegel, Alessa L. Boschert

Epidemiology, outcomes and prognosis of infective endocarditis in Northern Morocco

Badre El Boussaadani, Ilias Soussan, Houssam Bendoudouch, Loubna Hara, Amine Ech-chenbouli, Zainab Raissuni

Ruthenibacterium lactatiformans isolated from a human blood culture: a first report

Shougen Sumiyoshi, Shigeto Hamaguchi, Keigo Kimura, Katsuyuki Negishi, Koshi Ninomiya, Manabu Sasaki, Satoshi Kutsuna

High silent prevalence of human herpesvirus 1 (HSV-1) infection affecting the indigenous reservation of the municipality of Dourados, Central-West Brazil

Flávia Freitas de Oliveira Bonfim, Livia Melo Villar, Julio Croda, Jéssica Gonçalves Pereira, Ana Carolina Silva Guimarães, Solange Rodrigues da Silva, Crhistinne Cavalheiro Maymone Gonçalves, Lucas Fernando Tinoco Leonardo, Grazielli Rocha de Rezende Romeira, Gabriela Alves Cesar, Sabrina Weis-Torres, Vivianne de Oliveira Landgraf de Castro, Marco Aurélio Horta, Simone Simionatto, Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro, Vanessa Salete de Paula

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Neurological manifestations of ehrlichiosis among a cohort of patients: prevalence and clinical symptoms

Osahon Iyamu, Emily J. Ciccone, Abigail Schulz, Julia Sung, Haley Abernathy, Aidin Alejo, Katherine Tyrlik, Victor Arahirwa, Odai Mansour, Dana Giandomenico, Monica M. Diaz, Ross M. Boyce

Epidemiological and microbial trends of infective endocarditis in western Norway: a 7-year prospective observational study

Stina Jordal, Øyvind Kommedal, Rune Haaverstad, Sahrai Saeed, Einar Skulstad Davidsen, Pirjo-Riitta Salminen, Karl Ove Hufthammer, Bård Reiakvam Kittang

Circulating 25-hydroxycholecalciferol and calcium levels, and alkaline phosphatase activity among people living with and without human immunodeficiency virus and injecting drugs in kenya

Abel O. Onyango, Nathan Shaviya, Valentine Budambula, George O. Orinda, Omu Anzala, Ahmed A. Aabid, Tom Were

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fatemeh Mosaffa, Fereshteh Saffari, Mahin Veisi, Omid Tadjrobehkar

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

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

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

Eduardo Mangue Chicanequisso, Cynthia Sema Baltazar, Jahit Sacarlal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kwame Peprah Boaitey, Mina Bakhit, Tammy C Hoffmann

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kotone Yamaizumi, Moe Kyotani, Tsuneaki Kenzaka