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  1. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a threat for the global TB epidemic control. Despite existing evidence that individualized treatment of MDR-TB is superior to standardized regimens, the latter are ...

    Authors: Mayara Lisboa Bastos, Lorrayne Beliqui Cosme, Geisa Fregona, Thiago Nascimento do Prado, Adelmo Inácio Bertolde, Eliana Zandonade, Mauro N. Sanchez, Margareth Pretti Dalcolmo, Afrânio Kritski, Anete Trajman and Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:718
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  2. Non-structural 5A protein (NS5A) resistance-associated substitutions (RASs) have been identified in patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), even prior to exposure to direct-acting antiviral agents (DAA...

    Authors: Fernanda Malta, Karine Vieira Gaspareto, Gaspar Lisboa-Neto, Flair José Carrilho, Maria Cássia Mendes-Correa and João Renato Rebello Pinho
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:716
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  3. There is global health concern that the mass movement of pilgrims to and from Mecca annually could contribute to the international spread of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). In China, a...

    Authors: Xuezheng Ma, Fang Liu, Lijuan Liu, Liping Zhang, Mingzhu Lu, Abuduzhayier Abudukadeer, Lingbing Wang, Feng Tian, Wei Zhen, Pengfei Yang and Kongxin Hu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:715
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  4. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted viruses. Despite the increasing evidence of HPV prevalence in semen, the worldwide distribution of HPV types in semen and risk for m...

    Authors: Zhangyan Lyu, Xiaoshuang Feng, Ni Li, Wei Zhao, Luopei Wei, Yuheng Chen, Wenjing Yang, Hongxia Ma, Bing Yao, Kai Zhang, Zhibin Hu, Hongbing Shen, Dong Hang and Min Dai
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:714
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. After publication of the original article [1] the authors noted that the following errors had occurred:

    Authors: Vera Golla, Kathryn Snow, Anna M. Mandalakas, H. Simon Schaaf, Karen Du Preez, Anneke C. Hesseling and James A. Seddon
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:713
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:593

  6. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a global health problem. Several studies have implicated genetic host factors in predisposing populations to TB disease. In this study, we have selected NSMAF (Neutral Sphingomyelinase A...

    Authors: Mounia Qrafli, Imane Asekkaj, Jamal Eddine Bourkadi, Rajae El Aouad and Khalid Sadki
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:712
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  7. Pyrazinamide (PZA) plays a unique role in the treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in both first- and second-line regimens. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and molecu...

    Authors: Yu Pang, Damian Zhu, Huiwen Zheng, Jing Shen, Yan Hu, Jie Liu and Yanlin Zhao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:711
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. An error occurred during the publication of the original article [1].

    Authors: Verónica Elizabeth Mata, Sonia Regina Lambert Passos, Yara Hahr Marques Hökerberg, Guilherme Miguéis Berardinelli, Maria Angelica Borges dos Santos, Levy Vilas Boas Fukuoka, Anna Carolina Fontoura Seixas Rangel Maciel, Cintia Damasceno dos Santos Rodrigues, Aline da Silva Santos and Raquel de Vasconcellos Carvalhaes de Oliveira
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:710
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:594

  9. The current low access to virological testing to confirm chronic viraemic HCV infection in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is limiting the rollout of hepatitis C (HCV) care. Existing tests are complex,...

    Authors: Elena Ivanova Reipold, Philippa Easterbrook, Alessandra Trianni, Nivedha Panneer, Douglas Krakower, Stefano Ongarello, Teri Roberts, Veronica Miller and Claudia Denkinger
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):707
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  10. Approximately 8% of HIV-infected individuals are co-infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Knowledge of HBV status is important to guide optimal selection of antiretroviral therapy ...

    Authors: Patrick A. Coffie, Matthias Egger, Michael J. Vinikoor, Marcel Zannou, Lameck Diero, Akouda Patassi, Mark H. Kuniholm, Moussa Seydi, Guillaume Bado, Ponsiano Ocama, Monique I. Andersson, Eugène Messou, Albert Minga, Philippa Easterbrook, Kathryn Anastos, François Dabis…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):706
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  11. Initial serological testing for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is conducted using either rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) or laboratory-based enzyme immunoassays (EIA)s for d...

    Authors: John V. Parry, Philippa Easterbrook and Anita R. Sands
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):705
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  13. Access to hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) diagnostics remains a key bottleneck in scale-up of access to HBV and HCV treatment, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) that ...

    Authors: Elena Ivanova Reipold, Alessandra Trianni, Douglas Krakower, Stefano Ongarello, Teri Roberts, Philippa Easterbrook and Claudia Denkinger
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):702
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  14. Innovation contests are a novel approach to elicit good ideas and innovative practices in various areas of public health. There remains limited published literature on approaches to deliver hepatitis testing. ...

    Authors: Joseph D. Tucker, Kathrine Meyers, John Best, Karyn Kaplan, Razia Pendse, Kevin A. Fenton, Isabelle Andrieux-Meyer, Carmen Figueroa, Pedro Goicochea, Charles Gore, Azumi Ishizaki, Giten Khwairakpam, Veronica Miller, Antons Mozalevskis, Michael Ninburg, Ponsiano Ocama…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):701
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  15. Dried blood spots (DBS) are a convenient tool to enable diagnostic testing for viral diseases due to transport, handling and logistical advantages over conventional venous blood sampling. A better understandin...

    Authors: Berit Lange, Jennifer Cohn, Teri Roberts, Johannes Camp, Jeanne Chauffour, Nina Gummadi, Azumi Ishizaki, Anupriya Nagarathnam, Edouard Tuaillon, Philippe van de Perre, Christine Pichler, Philippa Easterbrook and Claudia M. Denkinger
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):700
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  16. A large burden of undiagnosed hepatitis virus cases remains globally. Despite the 257 million people living with chronic hepatitis B virus infection, and 71 million with chronic viraemic HCV infection, most pe...

    Authors: Rosanna W. Peeling, Debrah I. Boeras, Francesco Marinucci and Philippa Easterbrook
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):699
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  17. Chronic Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection is characterised by the persistence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). Expanding HBV diagnosis and treatment programmes into low resource settings will require hi...

    Authors: Ali Amini, Olivia Varsaneux, Helen Kelly, Weiming Tang, Wen Chen, Debrah I. Boeras, Jane Falconer, Joseph D. Tucker, Roger Chou, Azumi Ishizaki, Philippa Easterbrook and Rosanna W. Peeling
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):698
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  18. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection represents a major public health burden with diverse epidemics worldwide, but at present, only a minority of infected persons have been tested and are aware of their diagnosis...

    Authors: Jake R. Morgan, Maria Servidone, Philippa Easterbrook and Benjamin P. Linas
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):697
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  19. There have been few reports on programmatic experience of viral hepatitis testing and treatment in resource-limited settings. To inform the development of the 2017 World Health Organization (WHO) viral hepatit...

    Authors: Azumi Ishizaki, Julie Bouscaillou, Niklas Luhmann, Stephanie Liu, Raissa Chua, Nick Walsh, Sarah Hess, Elena Ivanova, Teri Roberts and Philippa Easterbrook
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):696
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  20. Although direct-acting antivirals can achieve sustained virological response rates greater than 90% in Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infected persons, at present the majority of HCV-infected individuals remain undia...

    Authors: Weiming Tang, Wen Chen, Ali Amini, Debi Boeras, Jane Falconer, Helen Kelly, Rosanna Peeling, Olivia Varsaneux, Joseph D. Tucker and Philippa Easterbrook
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):695
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  21. Linking persons with hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) infection with appropriate prevention and treatment requires that they first be diagnosed. The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed its fir...

    Authors: Roger Chou, Philippa Easterbrook and Margaret Hellard
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):694
    Content type: Method Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  22. The detection and quantification of hepatitis B (HBV) DNA and hepatitis C (HCV) RNA in whole blood collected on dried blood spots (DBS) may facilitate access to diagnosis and treatment of HBV and HCV infection...

    Authors: Berit Lange, Teri Roberts, Jennifer Cohn, Jamie Greenman, Johannes Camp, Azumi Ishizaki, Luke Messac, Edouard Tuaillon, Philippe van de Perre, Christine Pichler, Claudia M. Denkinger and Philippa Easterbrook
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):693
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  23. Many people living with chronic HBV infection remain undiagnosed until later stages of disease. Increasing testing and treatment rates form part of the strategy to respond to the WHO goal of eliminating viral ...

    Authors: Shevanthi Nayagam, Elisa Sicuri, Maud Lemoine, Philippa Easterbrook, Lesong Conteh, Timothy B. Hallett and Mark Thursz
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17(Suppl 1):692
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 17 Supplement 1

  24. Haematobacter massiliensis, a rare species of fastidious Gram-negative, non-motile, non-sporing, non-fermentative, pleomorphic, aerobic bacilli, has rarely been documented as the cause...

    Authors: Jing-wei Cheng, Peng Wang, Meng Xiao, Ying Yuan, Timothy Kudinha, Ying Zhao, Fanrong Kong and Ying-chun Xu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:709
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  25. There is ongoing controversy regarding abacavir use in the treatment of HIV infection and the risk of subsequent development of cardiovascular disease. It is unclear how the risk varies as exposure accumulates.

    Authors: Kunchok Dorjee, Sanjiv M. Baxi, Arthur L. Reingold and Alan Hubbard
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:708
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. A large number (n = 460) of A(H7N9) human infections have been reported in China from March 2013 through December 2014, and H7N9 outbreaks in humans became an emerging issue for China health, which have caused nu...

    Authors: Wen Dong, Kun Yang, Quanli Xu, Lin Liu and Juan Chen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:704
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  28. People working with pigs are at elevated risk of harboring methicillin resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in their nose, which is attributable to occupational exposure to animals harboring livestock adapted S. aureus. To...

    Authors: Jisun Sun, My Yang, Srinand Sreevatsan, Jeffrey B. Bender, Randall S. Singer, Todd P. Knutson, Douglas G. Marthaler and Peter R. Davies
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:690
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  29. Early HIV diagnosis and initiation onto antiretroviral therapy may prevent ongoing spread of HIV. Risk Tracing Snowball Approach (RTSA) has been shown to be effective in detecting new HIV cases in other settin...

    Authors: Srean Chhim, John Macom, Chettana Pav, Nirada Nim, Phearun Yun, Sopheap Seng, Kolab Chhim, Sovannary Tuot and Siyan Yi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:689
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common cause of congenital infection worldwide and infants with symptomatic congenital CMV (cCMV) infection are at significantly increased risk of developing adverse long-term outcom...

    Authors: Mina Ebrahimi-Rad, Talayeh Seyed Shakeri, Fariba Shirvani, Kiana Shahrokhi and Nader Shahrokhi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:688
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  31. This study aimed at estimating the efficiency of palivizumab in the prevention of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infection and its sequelae in preterm infants (32day 1-35day 0weeks of gestational age –wGA-) in...

    Authors: M. Sanchez-Luna, R. Burgos-Pol, I. Oyagüez, J. Figueras-Aloy, M. Sánchez-Solís, F. Martinón-Torres and X. Carbonell-Estrany
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:687
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. Acute uncomplicated cystitis (AUC) is a common ailment in the urological setting. Guidelines for urinary tract infections are based on large-scale multi-centre, epidemiological and international studies. The o...

    Authors: Michael Seitz, Christian Stief and Raphaela Waidelich
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:685
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. Enterocytozoon bieneusi has been increasingly reported to infect humans and various mammals. Microsporidia cause diarrhea in HIV-infected patients worldwide. PCR amplification and sequ...

    Authors: Hua Liu, Zhihua Jiang, Zhongying Yuan, Jianhai Yin, Zunfu Wang, Bingxue Yu, Dongsheng Zhou, Yujuan Shen and Jianping Cao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:684
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) are increasingly implicated in recent patient series of spondylodiscitis, but there are no series of CoNS-spondylodiscitis available. The objective of this study was to ...

    Authors: Julien Lopez, Zuzana Tatar, Anne Tournadre, Marion Couderc, Bruno Pereira, Martin Soubrier and Jean-Jacques Dubost
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:683
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  36. If national peak Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence is positively associated with the prevalence of other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) from before or early on in the HIV epidemics this wou...

    Authors: Chris Kenyon
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:682
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. In patients with hemodialysis-associated pneumonia (HDAP), information on both microbiologic features and antimicrobial strategies is limited. The aim of this study is to investigate predictive factors of infe...

    Authors: Jae-Uk Song, Hye Kyeong Park, Hyung Koo Kang and Jonghoo Lee
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:681
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  38. There are many case reports of septic arthritis complicating invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD); however, no study has compared patients with IPD with septic arthritis to those who didn’t develop septic arthr...

    Authors: Thomas J. Marrie, Gregory J. Tyrrell, Sumit R. Majumdar and Dean T. Eurich
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:680
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common multidrug-resistant organisms in healthcare settings worldwide, but little is known about MRSA transmission outside of acute healthcare...

    Authors: Nivedita Shankar, Angela Li Ping Chow, Jolene Oon, Li Yang Hsu, Brenda Ang, Junxiong Pang, Paola Florez De Sessions, Balamurugan Periaswamy, Paul A. Tambyah, Desmond B. Teo and Clarence C. Tam
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:678
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  41. Tsukamurella pulmonis is an aerobic gram-positive and rod-shaped organism that causes central catheter-related bloodstream infections in immunocompromised hosts. However, peripherally ...

    Authors: Jun Suzuki, Teppei Sasahara, Masaki Toshima and Yuji Morisawa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:677
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  43. Despite young people being a key population for HIV prevention, the HIV epidemic amongst young Brazilians is perceived to be growing. We therefore reviewed all published literature on HIV prevalence and risk f...

    Authors: Igor Pedrosa Saffier, Hélia Kawa and Guy Harling
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:675
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. A recently published Ugandan study on tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in HIV-positive patients with presumptive smear-negative TB, which showed that out of 90 patients who started TB treatment, 20% (18/90) had a p...

    Authors: Tom Decroo, Aquiles R. Henríquez-Trujillo, Anja De Weggheleire and Lutgarde Lynen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:674
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  45. Forkhead box protein 3 (FoxP3) is an important factor for development and function of Regulatory T cells (Treg). Studies have found an association between common gene polymorphisms in FoxP3 and some infectious di...

    Authors: Elham Beiranvand, Saeid Abediankenari, Soghra Khani, Hamideh Mahmoodzadeh Hosseini, Sirous Zeinali, Behnoush Beiranvand, Mehdi Goudarzi and Sima Sadat Seyedjavadi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:673
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Environmental cleanliness is one of the contributing factors for surgical site infections in the operating rooms (ORs). To decrease environmental contamination, pulsed xenon ultraviolet (PX-UV), an easy and sa...

    Authors: Lynn El Haddad, Shashank S. Ghantoji, Mark Stibich, Jason B. Fleming, Cindy Segal, Kathy M. Ware and Roy F. Chemaly
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:672
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. Laboratory-based respiratory pathogen (RP) results are often available too late to influence clinical decisions such as hospitalisation or antibiotic treatment due to time delay in transport of specimens and test...

    Authors: Denise Andrews, Yumela Chetty, Ben S. Cooper, Manjinder Virk, Stephen K Glass, Andrew Letters, Philip A. Kelly, Malur Sudhanva and Dakshika Jeyaratnam
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:671
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Escherichia coli is the most common pathogen causing Urinary Tract Infections (UTI). Data from the current National Surveillance program in Denmark (DANMAP) may not accurately represen...

    Authors: Gloria Córdoba, Anne Holm, Frank Hansen, Anette M. Hammerum and Lars Bjerrum
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:670
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Tapeworms of the genus Spirometra include species whose larval stages can infect humans, causing a disease called sparganosis. Cases of human infection with adult worms are very rare and have been reported in Kor...

    Authors: Anh Tran Le, Le-Quyen Thi Do, Huong-Binh Thi Nguyen, Hong-Ngoc Thi Nguyen and Anh Ngoc Do
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:669
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  50. Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) infection is a worldwide public health problem. In Nepal, the prevalence of HBV is found to be low (0.9%), although high prevalence (≥8%) of HBV infection is depicted among subgroup/pop...

    Authors: Purusotam Raj Shedain, Madhu Dixit Devkota, Megha Raj Banjara, Huang Ling and Subash Dhital
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:667
    Content type: Research article Published on:

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