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Existing studies comparing interferon-gamma release assays with tuberculin skin test for identifying latent tuberculosis infection that progresses to active tuberculosis produce inconclusive results in a meta-analysis highlighting the need for further studies.

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Caretakers’ understanding of malaria, use of insecticide treated net and care seeking-behavior for febrile illness of their children in Ethiopia

Zewdie Birhanu, Yemane Ye-ebiyo Yihdego and Delenasaw Yewhalaw

Published on: 18 September 2017
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Sero-epidemiology study of leptospirosis in febrile patients from Terai region of Nepal

Lalmani Regmi, Kishor Pandey, Meena Malla, Santosh Khanal and Basu Dev Pandey

Published on: 18 September 2017
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Effects on preventing mother-to-child transmission of syphilis and associated adverse pregnant outcomes: a longitudinal study from 2001 to 2015 in Shanghai, China

Yang Li, Liping Zhu, Li Du, Lingxiao Qu, Weili Jiang and Biao Xu

Published on: 18 September 2017
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An eleven-year retrospective hospital-based study of epidemiological data regarding human strongyloidiasis in northeast Thailand

Thidarat K. Prasongdee, Pokkamol Laoraksawong, Wanida Kanarkard, Ratthaphol Kraiklang, Kraisit Sathapornworachai, Sureeporn Naonongwai, Porntip Laummaunwai, Oranuch Sanpool, Pewpan M. Intapan and Wanchai Maleewong

Published on: 18 September 2017
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Exposure rate of VZV among women attending antenatal care clinic in Sri Lanka - a cross sectional study

Saluwadana Walawwe Pavithra Lakmini Daulagala, Faseeha Noordeen, Mohamed Mukthar Fathina Fara, Chathura Rathnayake and Kapila Gunawardana

Published on: 16 September 2017

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How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review

Axel Kramer, Ingeborg Schwebke and Günter Kampf

Published on: 16 August 2006
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Dengue NS1 antigen as a marker of severe clinical disease

Shiran Ajith Paranavitane, Laksiri Gomes, Achala Kamaladasa, Thiruni N Adikari, Nilanka Wickramasinghe, Chandima Jeewandara, Narangoda Liyanage Ajantha Shyamali, Graham Stuart Ogg and Gathsaurie Neelika Malavige

Published on: 31 October 2014
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The epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Egypt: a systematic review and data synthesis

Yousra A Mohamoud, Ghina R Mumtaz, Suzanne Riome, DeWolfe Miller and Laith J Abu-Raddad

Published on: 24 June 2013
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Timing of progression from Chlamydia trachomatisinfection to pelvic inflammatory disease: a mathematical modelling study

Sereina A Herzog, Christian L Althaus, Janneke CM Heijne, Pippa Oakeshott, Sally Kerry, Phillip Hay and Nicola Low

Published on: 11 August 2012
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Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of Fusobacterium species bacteremia

Kevin Afra, Kevin Laupland, Jenine Leal, Tracie Lloyd and Daniel Gregson

Published on: 5 June 2013

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Sexually transmitted infection treatment challenges
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BMC Infectious Diseases is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of infectious and sexually transmitted diseases in humans, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

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Cecilia Devoto, BioMed Central

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Stefan Baral, Johns Hopkins University
Andrea De Luca, Siena University Hospital
Jean-Claude Desenclos, Institut de Veille Sanitaire
Susanna Esposito, University of Milan
Jorge Garbino, University Hospitals Geneva
Edward Graviss, Houston Methodist
Ivan FN Hung, University of Hong Kong
Jodie McVernon, Melbourne School of Population Health
Eyal Oren, University of Arizona
Holly Seale, University of New South Wales
Julian Tang, University Hospitals of Leicester
Joseph Tucker, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kelvin To, University of Hong Kong
Carlo Torti, University 'Magna Graecia'
Anna Vassall, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Honorine Ward, Tufts Medical Center
Laith Yakob, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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