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Editor's pick: Respiratory virus transmission at airports

In this paper by Dr Ikonen et al. the authors explore the role of airports in the transmission of respiratory infections and identify the surfaces that pose the highest potential risk of infection.

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| 12 October 2018

Epidemiology of hepatitis B, C and D in Malawi: systematic review

Authors: Alexander J Stockdale, Collins Mitambo, Dean Everett, Anna Maria Geretti and Melita A Gordon
Content type: Research article
| 12 October 2018

Virologic suppression in response to antiretroviral therapy despite extensive resistance within HIV-1 reverse transcriptase after the first virologic failure

Authors: Marta Iglis Oliveira, Valter Romão de Souza Junior, Claudia Fernanda de Lacerda Vidal and Paulo Sérgio Ramos de Araújo
Content type: Research article
| 12 October 2018

Modified genome comparison method: a new approach for identification of specific targets in molecular diagnostic tests using Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex as an example

Authors: Alireza Neshani, Reza Kamali Kakhki, Mojtaba Sankian, Hosna Zare, Amin Hooshyar Chichaklu, Mahsa Sayyadi and Kiarash Ghazvini
Content type: Research article
| 12 October 2018

Health seeking behaviour and delayed management of tuberculosis patients in rural Bangladesh

Authors: K. A. T. M. Ehsanul Huq, Michiko Moriyama, Khalequ Zaman, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti, Julie Long, Akramul Islam, Shahed Hossain, Habiba Shirin, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, Sajeda Chowdhury and Md Moshiur Rahman
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| 11 October 2018

Rapid detection of respiratory organisms with the FilmArray respiratory panel in a large children’s hospital in China

Authors: Jin Li, Yue Tao, Mingyu Tang, Bailu Du, Yijun Xia, Xi Mo and Qing Cao

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| 16 August 2006

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

Authors: Axel Kramer, Ingeborg Schwebke and Günter Kampf
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| 11 August 2012

Timing of progression from Chlamydia trachomatisinfection to pelvic inflammatory disease: a mathematical modelling study

Authors: Sereina A Herzog, Christian L Althaus, Janneke CM Heijne, Pippa Oakeshott, Sally Kerry, Phillip Hay and Nicola Low
Content type: Research article
| 31 October 2014

Dengue NS1 antigen as a marker of severe clinical disease

Authors: 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
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| 24 June 2013

The epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Egypt: a systematic review and data synthesis

Authors: Yousra A Mohamoud, Ghina R Mumtaz, Suzanne Riome, DeWolfe Miller and Laith J Abu-Raddad
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| 5 June 2013

Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of Fusobacterium species bacteremia

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

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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'
Honorine Ward, Tufts Medical Center
Laith Yakob, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Joseph Tucker, Section Editor

Dr. Joseph D. Tucker is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an infectious diseases physician with a focus on sexually transmitted infections and has a special interest in crowdsourcing as a tool for improving public health. He has been a BMC Infectious Diseases Section Editor since 2016.

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Epidemiology of hepatitis B, C and D in Malawi: systematic review

Virologic suppression in response to antiretroviral therapy despite extensive resistance within HIV-1 reverse transcriptase after the first virologic failure

Modified genome comparison method: a new approach for identification of specific targets in molecular diagnostic tests using Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex as an example

Health seeking behaviour and delayed management of tuberculosis patients in rural Bangladesh

Rapid detection of respiratory organisms with the FilmArray respiratory panel in a large children’s hospital in China

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

Timing of progression from Chlamydia trachomatisinfection to pelvic inflammatory disease: a mathematical modelling study

Dengue NS1 antigen as a marker of severe clinical disease

The epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Egypt: a systematic review and data synthesis

Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of Fusobacterium species bacteremia

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