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  1. Cryptococcus neoformans, an opportunistic fungal pathogen, seldom causes infection in immunocompetent people. Cryptococcal osteomyelitis is an uncommon condition in which Cryptococcus invades the bone. It usuall...

    Authors: Yanchun Zhong, Yuxi Huang, Di Zhang, Zhaoyuan Chen, Zhenxing Liu and Yongjun Ye
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:116
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  2. This study evaluated epidemic temporal aspects of Japanese encephalitis (JE) and investigated the weather threshold of JE response across eight climate subtypes between 2005 and 2019 in Gansu Province, China. ...

    Authors: Ruifen Li, Xiaohong Zhao, Yu Tian, Yanjun Shi, Xueyan Gu, Shuang Wang, Rui Zhang, Jing An, Li Su and Xuxia Wang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:114
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  3. The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed health systems with knock on effects on diagnosis, treatment, and care. To mitigate the impact, the government of Zimbabwe enforced a strict lockdown beginning 30 March 20...

    Authors: Newton Chagoma, Tiwonge Kanyenda, Bothwell Pindiwe, Howard Nyika, Lawrence Nyazema, John Stover, Danielle Resar, Natsai Shoko, Sarah Jenkins, Yemurai Katanda, Sinokuthemba Xaba and Owen Mugurungi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:113
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  5. In Munich, the first German case of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detected on 27 January 2020 at the Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine of the University H...

    Authors: Harinee Srinivasan, Hannah Tuulikki Hohl, Christian Heumann and Guenter Froeschl
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:111
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  6. Rapid determination of an individual’s antibody status can be beneficial in understanding an individual’s immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and for initiation of therapies that are only deemed effective in sero-ne...

    Authors: Caitlin Greenland-Bews, Rachel L. Byrne, Sophie I. Owen, Rachel L. Watkins, Daisy Bengey, Kate Buist, Karina Clerkin, Camille Escadafal, Lorna S. Finch, Susan Gould, Emanuele Giorgi, Andy Hodgkinson, Larysa Mashenko, Darren Powell, Helen R. Savage, Caitlin R. Thompson…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:110
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  7. Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T) has yielded unprecedented efficacy in B-cell malignancies. With the increasing use of CAR-T-cell therapy, infection has become one of the major concerns after C...

    Authors: Di Wang, Li He, Chunhui Li, Menglei Xu, Qiuxia Yu, Varlene Daniela Fernandes Almeida, Yimei Que, Yanjie Xu, Yi Xiao and Chunrui Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:109
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  8. An issue of particular concern is the impact of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019 nCOV) on the people coinfected with the Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) and/or tuberculosis (TB). Unfortunately, this intera...

    Authors: Cheick Ahmed Ouattara, Armel G Poda, Ziemlé Clément Méda, Yacouba Sawadogo, Odilon Kabore, Emile Birba, Adama Sourabié, Jacques Zoungrana, Isidore Tiandiogo Traore, Ibrahim Sangaré, Awa Ymba, Sylvain Godreuil and Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:108
    Content type: Study Protocol Published on:

  10. Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a life-threatening complication that predisposes cancer patients to serious infections. This study aims to describe the epidemiology and source of infection in cancer patients with ...

    Authors: Nagham Joudeh, Elana Sawafta, Adham Abu Taha, Majd Hamed Allah, Riad Amer, Razan Y. Odeh, Husam Salameh, Ali Sabateen, Banan M. Aiesh and Sa’ed H. Zyoud
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:106
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  11. Monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment for COVID-19 is associated with improved clinical outcomes. However, there is limited information regarding the impact of treatment on symptoms and the prevalence of post-CO...

    Authors: Natalie L. Vawter, Job G. Godino, Sydney V. Lewis, Adam W. Northrup, Jane C. Samaniego, Jacqueline Y. Poblete, Jesus A. Guereca, Sydney P. Sharp, Eva Matthews, Noe C. Crespo, Pauline G. Lucatero, Monica M. Vidaurrazaga and Christian B. Ramers
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:105
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  12. Routinely collected population-wide health data are often used to understand mortality trends including child mortality, as these data are often available more readily or quickly and for lower geographic level...

    Authors: K. Kehoe, E. Morden, T. Jacobs, N. Zinyakatira, M. Smith, A. Heekes, J. Murray, D. M. le Roux, T. Wessels, M. Richards, B. Eley, H. E. Jones, M. T. Redaniel and M. A. Davies
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:104
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  13. Authors: Khalid Al Sulaiman, Ohoud Aljuhani, Hisham A. Badreldin, Ghazwa B. Korayem, Abeer A. Alenazi, Ahlam H. Alharbi, Albandari Alghamdi, Alaa Alhubaishi, Ali F. Altebainawi, Mohammad Bosaeed, Rand Alotaibi, Ahad Alawad, Nirvana Alnajjar, Khalid Bin Saleh, Walaa A. Sait, Samiah Alsohimi…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:103
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:75

  14. To address the hospital bed demand for Delta and Omicron surges in Singapore, the National University Health System (NUHS) developed a COVID Virtual Ward to relieve bed pressures on its three acute hospitals—N...

    Authors: Stephanie Q. Ko, Shoban Krishna Kumar, Jonathan Jacob, Benjamin M. Y. Hooi, Michelle Soo, Norshima Nashi, Maria Teresa D. Cruz, Yeo Ai Wah, Wong Zhi Xin, Nares Smitasin, Lionel Lum and Sophia Archuleta
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:102
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  15. Identifying prognostic factors helps optimize the treatment regimen and promote favorable outcomes. We conducted a prospective cohort study on patients with pulmonary tuberculosis to construct a clinical indic...

    Authors: Mengyao Zhan, Hao Xue, Yuting Wang, Zhuchao Wu, Qin Wen, Xinling Shi and Jianming Wang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:101
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  16. Candidemia is increasing in frequency and is associated with high mortality. We sought to determine the burden of illness, the population it affects and its resistance profile in our region.

    Authors: Samuel Bourassa-Blanchette, Marit M. Biesheuvel, John C. Lam, Alexander Kipp, Deirdre Church, Julie Carson, Bruce Dalton, Michael D. Parkins, Herman W. Barkema and Daniel B. Gregson
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:100
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  17. Extended-spectrum β lactamases (ESBLs), have the ability to hydrolyze and cause resistance to various types of the β-lactam antibiotics, including the extended-spectrum (or third-generation) cephalosporins (e.g.,...

    Authors: Nabil Abdullah El Aila, Nahed Ali Al Laham and Basim Mohammed Ayesh
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:99
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  18. The use of long acting injectable (LAA) antiretroviral drugs may be an alternative option for HIV treatment and prevention. Our study focused on patient perspectives to understand which individuals, among peop...

    Authors: Laurence Slama, Raphael Porcher, Françoise Linard, Catherine Chakvetadze, Agnès Cros, Séverine Carillon, Lucille Gallardo, Jean-Paul Viard and Jean-Michel Molina
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:98
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  19. Individuals with post-acute sequelae of COVID (PASC) may have a persistence in immune activation that differentiates them from individuals who have recovered from COVID without clinical sequelae. To investigat...

    Authors: Sandy Joung, Brittany Weber, Min Wu, Yunxian Liu, Amber B. Tang, Matthew Driver, Sarah Sternbach, Timothy Wynter, Amy Hoang, Denisse Barajas, Yu Hung Kao, Briana Khuu, Michelle Bravo, Hibah Masoom, Teresa Tran, Nancy Sun…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:97
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  20. Authors: Sara Raimondi, Sara Gandini, Gibran Horemheb Rubio Quintanares, Ana Abecasis, Pier Luigi Lopalco, Oriana D’Ecclesiis, Susanna Chiocca, Elisa Tomezzoli, Ilaria Cutica, Davide Mazzoni, Nuno Amparo, Marta Pingarilho, Daniela Carmagnola, Claudia Dellavia, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Chiara Ronchini…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:96
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:1

  21. Coagulase-negative staphylococci can cause hospital-acquired infections, especially in immunocompromised hosts. Bacterial meningitis is a potentially fatal infection of the central nervous system, causing high...

    Authors: Shinsuke Mizuno, Tomoko Fujikawa, Suguru Uemura, Daiichiro Hasegawa, Yoshiyuki Kosaka and Masashi Kasai
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:95
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  22. Indwelling urinary tract catheters (UTC) are a well-known risk factor for urinary tract infections (UTI). Because geriatric patients are at high risk of infection, an intervention with a focus on appropriate a...

    Authors: L Mrziglod, S Saydan, F Schwab, D Zohlnhöfer-Momm, P Gastmeier and S Hansen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:94
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  23. The objectives of this study were to describe the coronavirus disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) reinfection evaluation algorithm used in the early phase of the pandemic in Singapore and analyze the clini...

    Authors: Glorijoy Shi En Tan, Christine Qiuhan Gao, Jievanda Shu Ying Ow, Thuan Thong Tan, Say Tat Ooi, Cui Lin, Raymond Tzer Pin Lin, Vernon Jian Ming Lee, Monica Chan, Yee Sin Leo and Shawn Vasoo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:93
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  24. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs have expanded rapidly, and they are now accessible free of charge, yet "loss to follow-up, LTFU" is still a national public health issue. LTFU may result in treatment fail...

    Authors: Stella E. Mushy, Expeditho Mtisi, Eric Mboggo, Simon Mkawe, Khadija I. Yahya-Malima, John Ndega, Frida Ngalesoni and Aisa Muya
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:92
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  25. Multi-class resistance, intolerance, and drug–drug interactions can result in unique antiretroviral (ART) combinations for heavily treatment-experienced (HTE) people living with HIV (PLWH). We aimed to compare...

    Authors: Ricky K. Hsu, Jennifer S. Fusco, Cassidy E. Henegar, Vani Vannappagari, Andrew Clark, Laurence Brunet, Philip C. Lackey, Gerald Pierone Jr. and Gregory P. Fusco
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:91
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  26. Numerous studies have investigated the mean arterial pressure in patients with sepsis, and many meaningful results have been obtained. However, few studies have measured the systolic blood pressure (SBP) multi...

    Authors: Jia-Liang Zhu, Shi-Qi Yuan, Tao Huang, Lu-Ming Zhang, Xiao-Mei Xu, Hai-Yan Yin, Jian-Rui Wei and Jun Lyu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:90
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  27. Studies investigating risk factors for severe COVID-19 often lack information on the representativeness of the study population. Here, we investigate factors associated with severe COVID-19 and compare the rep...

    Authors: Uwe Koppe, Julia Schilling, Melanie Stecher, Maria Madeleine Rüthrich, Adine Marquis, Michaela Diercke, Martina Haselberger, Carolin E. M. Koll, Michaela Niebank, Bettina Ruehe, Stefan Borgmann, Linus Grabenhenrich, Kerstin Hellwig, Lisa Pilgram, Christoph D. Spinner and Thomas Paerisch
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:89
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  28. China has a double burden of diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis. Diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis are both important risk factors for Aspergillus infection. Aspergillus lentulus is an emerging fungal pathogen i...

    Authors: Hua Zhang, Guangming Liu, Lin He, Yun Zhu, Haobo Tu and Shifang Zhuang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:88
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  29. Identification of SARS-CoV-2 positive patients with rapid and cost-effective test methods is the key for isolating infected individuals, interrupting the transmission chain, and thus, containment of the CoVID-...

    Authors: Jyotsnamayee Sabat, Subhra Subhadra, Sonalika Rath, Lal Mohan Ho, Tanushree Satpathy, Dipankar Pattnaik, Sanghamitra Pati and Jyotirmayee Turuk
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:87
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  30. Influenza may trigger complications, particularly in at-risk groups, potentially leading to hospitalization or death. However, due to lack of routine testing, influenza cases are infrequently coded with influe...

    Authors: T. Pumarola, J. Díez-Domingo, F. Martinón-Torres, E. Redondo Margüello, R. Ortiz de Lejarazu Leonardo, M. Carmo, G. Bizouard, G. Drago, J. L. López-Belmonte, H. Bricout, C. de Courville and A. Gil-de-Miguel
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:86
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  31. Wound infection after inguinal hernia surgery is not uncommon in the clinical setting. The common microbial aetiology of postoperative inguinal hernia wound infection is Gram-positive bacteria. Staphylococcus aur...

    Authors: Yao Du, Song Han, Yue Zhou, Hai Feng Chen, Yao Liang Lu, Zhi Yuan Kong and Wei Ping Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:85
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  32. Mycobacterium aubagnense, which was first characterized in 2006, is a non-tuberculosis mycobacterium (NTM) that has only been isolated from respiratory secretions and joint fluid. With only four cases globally, t...

    Authors: Yuanqin Du, Jingjing Huang, Yaobin Nong, Ruixi Zhong, Ronghuo Zhu, Wenxuan Song, Hongna Huang, Qinwen Tan, Jian Xu, Xiyu Xiao and Juhong Jia
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:84
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  34. Platelets are recognized as key immune effectors, but they are targets of bacterial virulence factors. In the present study, we aimed to examine the relationship between early platelet dynamics and the outcome...

    Authors: Rachid Douglas-Louis, Mimi Lou, Brian Lee, Emi Minejima, Juliane Bubeck-Wardenburg and Annie Wong-Beringer
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:82
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  35. Mycoplasma salivarium is part of our commensal oral flora and readily resides in dental plaque. Although considered indolent, few case reports have documented its pathogenic potential in humans. To this day no ca...

    Authors: Marc Scheen, Adrian Attinger, Tibor Huwyler, Mario Togni and Serban Puricel
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:81
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  36. Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) in children remain challenging, particularly in resource-limited settings. Healthcare providers and caregivers are critical in improving childhood TB screening and ...

    Authors: Yom An, Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Chan Yuda Huot, Sivanna Tieng, Kim Eam Khun, Sok Heng Pheng, Chhenglay Leng, Serongkea Deng, Ngak Song, Daisuke Nonaka and Siyan Yi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:80
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  37. Compared to the abundance of clinical and genomic information available on patients hospitalised with COVID-19 disease from high-income countries, there is a paucity of data from low-income countries. Our aim ...

    Authors: Catherine Anscombe, Samantha Lissauer, Herbert Thole, Jamie Rylance, Dingase Dula, Mavis Menyere, Belson Kutambe, Charlotte van der Veer, Tamara Phiri, Ndaziona P. Banda, Kwazizira S. Mndolo, Kelvin Mponda, Chimota Phiri, Jane Mallewa, Mulinda Nyirenda, Grace Katha…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:79
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  38. Study objectives were to estimate the cumulative incidence of death due to different causes of death (CODs) and investigate the effect of invasive aspergillosis (IA) on each separate COD in a cohort of older p...

    Authors: Rebecca van Grootveld, Valentina Masarotto, Peter A. von dem Borne, Nicole M. A. Blijlevens, Dana A. Chitu, Martha T. van der Beek, Marta Fiocco and Mark G. J. de Boer
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:78
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  40. Sepsis has the characteristics of high incidence, high mortality of ICU patients. Early assessment of disease severity and risk stratification of death in patients with sepsis, and further targeted interventio...

    Authors: Xiaobin Pan, Jinbao Xie, Lihui Zhang, Xincai Wang, Shujuan Zhang, Yingfeng Zhuang, Xingsheng Lin, Songjing Shi, Songchang Shi and Wei Lin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:76
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  41. Previous studies have shown that non-critically ill COVID-19 patients co-infected with other respiratory viruses have poor clinical outcomes. However, limited studies focused on this co-infections in criticall...

    Authors: Khalid Al Sulaiman, Ohoud Aljuhani, Hisham A. Badreldin, Ghazwa B. Korayem, Abeer A. Alenazi, Ahlam H. Alharbi, Albandari Alghamdi, Alaa Alhubaishi, Ali F. Altebainawi, Mohammad Bosaeed, Rand Alotaibi, Ahad Alawad, Nirvana Alnajjar, Khalid Bin Saleh, Walaa A. Sait, Samiah Alsohimi…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:75
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:103

  42. Following kidney transplantation, BK virus associated nephropathy (BKVN) occurs in 1 to 10% of kidney transplant recipients (KTR) and represents a major cause of graft loss. We aim at identifying factors assoc...

    Authors: Julien Gras, Arnaud Le Flécher, Axelle Dupont, Jérôme Vérine, Ali Amara, Constance Delaugerre, Jean Michel Molina and Marie Noëlle Peraldi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:74
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  43. Little information is available on the costs of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in Vietnam or other low- and middle-income countries. Our study estimated the costs of LRTIs associated with RSV infection amon...

    Authors: Lien Anh Ha Do, Elisabeth Vodicka, An Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Kim Le, Thi Thanh Hai Nguyen, Quang Tung Thai, Van Quang Pham, Thanh Uyen Pham, Thu Ngoc Nguyen, Kim Mulholland, Minh Thang Cao, Nguyen Thanh Nhan Le, Anh Tuan Tran and Clinton Pecenka
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:73
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  44. Declines in malaria burden in Uganda have slowed. Modelling predicts that indoor residual spraying (IRS) and mass drug administration (MDA), when co-timed, have synergistic impact. This study investigated addi...

    Authors: Dorothy C. Echodu, Adoke Yeka, Thomas Eganyu, Wycliff Odude, Fred Bukenya, Benjamin Amoah, Humphrey Wanzira, Kathryn Colborn, Richard C. Elliott, Suzanne E. Powell, Maxwell Kilama, Ronald Mulebeke, Joaniter Nankabirwa, Emanuele Giorgi, Mellisa Roskosky, Osborn Omoding…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:72
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  45. Influenza is an acute respiratory infectious disease that is highly infectious and seriously damages human health. Reasonable prediction is of great significance to control the epidemic of influenza.

    Authors: Zhiyang Zhao, Mengmeng Zhai, Guohua Li, Xuefen Gao, Wenzhu Song, Xuchun Wang, Hao Ren, Yu Cui, Yuchao Qiao, Jiahui Ren, Limin Chen and Lixia Qiu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:71
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  46. Serum lipids variations are closely related to the sepsis progression; however, their value for patients with pyogenic liver abscesses (PLA) has rarely been studied. We investigated the serum lipid level varia...

    Authors: Tiantong Feng, Wen Zhang, Xiaoxue Hou, Hui Yuan, Jinyuan Cai, Zhengyi Jiang, Pingping Hu, Ming Yue, Wenting Li, Chuanlong Zhu and Yuwen Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:70
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  47. Understanding the predictors of adverse clinical outcomes following incident Clostridiodes difficile infection (CDI) can help clinicians identify which patients are at risk of complications and help prioritize th...

    Authors: Bekure B. Siraw, Arthur L. Reingold and Didien Meyahnwi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:68
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  48. Candida bloodstream infection (BSI) causes appreciable mortality in neonates and children. There are few studies describing the epidemiology of Candida BSI in children living in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Authors: Mulugeta Naizgi Gebremicael, James J. C. Nuttall, Hafsah D. Tootla, Amanda Khumalo, Lloyd Tooke, Shamiel Salie, Rudzani Muloiwa, Natasha Rhoda, Wisdom Basera and Brian S. Eley
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:67
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  50. Epstein Barr virus (EBV) infects ~ 95% of the population worldwide and is known to cause adverse health outcomes such as Hodgkin’s, non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas, and multiple sclerosis. There is substantial interes...

    Authors: Marisa D. Muckian, James F. Wilson, Graham S. Taylor, Helen R. Stagg and Nicola Pirastu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:65
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