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Scent dog identification of samples from COVID-19 patients – a pilot study
A pilot RCT led by the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover and BMC Veterinary Research Section Editor, Prof Holger Volk, finds that trained detection dogs can discriminate between samples from SARS-CoV-2 infected humans and control samples.
Potential implications of SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: where are we going from now?
Professor Carlo Torti, Section Editor for BMC Infectious Diseases, discusses the challenges Africa faces in controlling the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in this Editorial.
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
Find a selection of articles published across Springer Nature, as well as additional commentary and books relevant to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.
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Special Issue: Antimicrobial Resistance
BMC Infectious Diseases is pleased to announce the Antimicrobial Resistance special issue. This series includes a diverse range of AMR studies from around the globe, investigating the detection and surveillance of AMR, from the lab bench to hospital bed.
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Ebola in Focus
Find a selection of recent research published across Springer Nature, as well as additional commentary on Ebola and relevant books.
Read MoreSpecial Issue: The airborne microbiome - implications for aerosol transmission and infection control
BMC Infectious Diseases is delighted to announce the release of The airborne microbiome - implications for aerosol transmission and infection control. This special issue aims to explore and characterise the airborne microbiome in different environments and discusses possible interventions to control the transmission of airborne pathogens.
Special Issue: Human rights as social and structural drivers of sexually transmitted infections
BMC Infectious Diseases is delighted to announce the release of Human rights as social and structural drivers of sexually transmitted infections. This special issue is a collaboration between BMC Infectious Diseases and BMC International Health and Human Rights and focuses on highlighting novel studies characterizing human rights infringements as structural determinants of sexually transmitted infections.
To learn more about this collection, please read our Editorial.
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Risk of active tuberculosis among COPD patients treated with fixed combinations of long-acting beta2 agonists and inhaled corticosteroids
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Differences in mortality in patients undergoing surgery for infective endocarditis according to age and valvular surgery
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HIV prevention is not all about HIV – using a discrete choice experiment among women to model how the uptake and effectiveness of HIV prevention products may also rely on pregnancy and STI protection
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Plasmid mediated penicillin and tetracycline resistance among Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Kenya
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How long do nosocomial pathogens persist on inanimate surfaces? A systematic review
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Recognition of aerosol transmission of infectious agents: a commentary
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Timing of progression from Chlamydia trachomatisinfection to pelvic inflammatory disease: a mathematical modelling study
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Estimates of the reproduction number for seasonal, pandemic, and zoonotic influenza: a systematic review of the literature
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Kocuria kristinae infection associated with acute cholecystitis
Aims and scope
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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We are Recruiting New Associate Editors
We are recruiting new Associate Editors to join our international editorial board, helping to provide expertise on a wide range of different subject disciplines.
Call for Papers: Contribution of climate change to the spread of infectious diseases
This cross-journal collection brings together in one place articles outlining diseases (and their vectors) that are likely to spread or are already spreading across borders due to the effects of climate change. The impact of policy implementation or interventions designed to contain the spread infectious disease, and studies that could inform future global policy or practical solutions are very much welcome.
Submissions are now open and the deadline is the 31st of December 2020. A full list of participating journals can be found following the link above.
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