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  1. Because of the loss of chloroquine (CQ) effectiveness, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s malaria treatment policy replaced CQ by sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP) as first-line treatment of uncomplicated m...

    Authors: Doudou M. Yobi, Nadine K. Kayiba, Dieudonné M. Mvumbi, Raphael Boreux, Pius Z. Kabututu, Pierre Z. Akilimali, Hippolyte N. T. Situakibanza, Patrick De Mol, Niko Speybroeck, Georges L. Mvumbi and Marie-Pierre Hayette
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:145
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  2. The value of time to positivity (TTP) on diagnosis for catheter-related bloodstream infection and distinguishment on bacteria group and infection source has been investigated. However, the relationship between...

    Authors: Ya-Chu Hsieh, Hsiao-Ling Chen, Shang-Yi Lin, Tun-Chieh Chen and Po-Liang Lu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:142
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  3. Cryptococcal meningitis causes high mortality in immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. The objective of this study was to identify early predictors of clinical outcome, available at the first days of...

    Authors: Lidiane de Oliveira, Marcia de Souza Carvalho Melhem, Renata Buccheri, Oscar José Chagas, José Ernesto Vidal and Fredi Alexander Diaz-Quijano
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:138
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  4. Despite sustained viral suppression with effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV-infected patients with suboptimal immune recovery are still at high risk of both non-AIDS-related and AIDS-related events. T...

    Authors: Liyu Chen, Chang-Hai Liu, Shuang Kang, Lingyao Du, Fanghua Ma, Changmin Li, Lang Bai, Hong Li and Hong Tang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:137
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  5. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) was first reported in December 2019. The severity of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ranges from asymptomatic to severe and potentially fatal. W...

    Authors: Mariam Al Harbi, Nawal Al Kaabi, Asma Al Nuaimi, Jehad Abdalla, Tehmina Khan, Huda Gasmelseed, Asad Khan, Osama Hamdoun and Stefan Weber
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:136
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  6. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains a major public health threat and the exploration of interventions which may reduce inappropriate antimicrobial use are of particular interest. An Antibiotic Hardstop (AH)...

    Authors: Semun Galimam, Brydon Panozzo, Kieran Muir and Ruchir Chavada
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:135
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  7. Antiretroviral therapy for pregnant women infected with HIV has evolved significantly over time, from single dosage antiretroviral and zidovudine alone to lifelong combination of antiretroviral therapy, but th...

    Authors: Feleke Hailemichael Astawesegn, Virginia Stulz, Elizabeth Conroy and Haider Mannan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:134
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  8. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections lead to acute- and chronic Long COVID (LC) symptoms. However, few studies have addressed LC sequelae on brain functions. This study was a...

    Authors: Ricardo Titze-de-Almeida, Thaylise Ramalho da Cunha, Letícia Dias dos Santos Silva, Clarisse Santos Ferreira, Caroline Pena Silva, Adriana Pinheiro Ribeiro, Agenor de Castro Moreira Santos Júnior, Pedro Renato de Paula Brandão, Andrezza Paula Brito Silva, Márcia Cristina Oliveira da Rocha, Mary-Ann Elvina Xavier, Simoneide Souza Titze-de-Almeida, Helena Eri Shimizu and Raimundo Nonato Delgado-Rodrigues
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:133
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  9. Although Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has significant negative impact on the health and wellbeing of underprivileged populations, the burden of HEV in Ghana is still unclear, despite widespread water, san...

    Authors: Husein Bagulo, Ayodele O. Majekodunmi, Susan C. Welburn and Langbong Bimi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:132
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  10. Leprosy incidence remained at around 200,000 new cases globally for the last decade. Current strategies to reduce the number of new patients include early detection and providing post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP...

    Authors: A. T. Taal, D. J. Blok, A. Handito, S. Wibowo, Sumarsono, A. Wardana, G. Pontororing, D. F. Sari, W. H. van Brakel, J. H. Richardus and C. R. S. Prakoeswa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:131
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  11. Women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan African (SSA) share the greatest burden of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Comprehensive knowledge about HIV is seen as pivotal in combating the epidemic. Therefore, this study ...

    Authors: Achamyeleh Birhanu Teshale, Yigizie Yeshaw, Adugnaw Zeleke Alem, Hiwotie Getaneh Ayalew, Alemneh Mekuriaw Liyew, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema, Getayeneh Antehunegn Tesema, Misganaw Gebrie Worku and Tesfa Sewunet Alamneh
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:130
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  12. Congenital syphilis is preventable through timely access to prenatal care, syphilis screening and treatment of pregnant women diagnosed as infected. In 2018, California had the second highest number of congeni...

    Authors: Eunhee Park, Julie Yip, Emily Harville, Marlene Nelson, Gloria Giarratano, Pierre Buekens and Jennifer Wagman
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:129
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  13. Addiction medicine consultation and medications for opioid use disorder are shown to improve outcomes for patients hospitalized with infective endocarditis associated with injection drug use. Existing studies ...

    Authors: Muhammad Dhanani, Courtney Goodrich, Janice Weinberg, Carlos Acuna-Villaorduna and Tamar F. Barlam
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:128
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  14. The city of Manaus, north Brazil, was stricken by a second epidemic wave of SARS-CoV-2 despite high seroprevalence estimates, coinciding with the emergence of the Gamma (P.1) variant. Reinfections were postula...

    Authors: Carlos A. Prete Jr, Lewis F. Buss, Renata Buccheri, Claudia M. M. Abrahim, Tassila Salomon, Myuki A. E. Crispim, Marcio K. Oikawa, Eduard Grebe, Allyson G. da Costa, Nelson A. Fraiji, Maria do P. S. S. Carvalho, Charles Whittaker, Neal Alexander, Nuno R. Faria, Christopher Dye, Vítor H. Nascimento…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:127
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  15. In the pediatric population, severe Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) sometimes occurs, but most cases are asymptomatic. The asymptomatic carriage rate in pediatric populations is reportedly higher than in...

    Authors: Jung-Hyun Byun, Dongeun Yong and Heejung Kim
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:126
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  16. Schistosomiasis is one of the most contagious parasitic diseases affecting humans; however, glomerular injury is a rare complication mainly described with Schistosoma mansoni infection. We report a case of membra...

    Authors: Zhou-Ning Liao, Li-Jian Tao, Hong-ling Yin, Xiang-Chen Xiao, Min-Xiang Lei and Zhang-Zhe Peng
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:125
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  17. Both CMV and Rubella virus infections are associated with the risk of vertical transmission, fetal death or congenital malformations. In Angola, there are no reports of CMV and Rubella studies. Therefore, our ...

    Authors: Amélia Vueba, Clarissa Faria, Ricardo Almendra, Paula Santana and Maria do Céu Sousa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:124
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  18. People living with HIV, who take antiretroviral therapy (ART), often enjoy long and healthy lives, but this therapy has well known metabolic adverse effects. Physical activity is found to be an important facto...

    Authors: Yadessa Tegene, Selamawit Mengesha, Caroline van der Starre, Stephanie Lako, Alemayehu Toma and Mark Spigt
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:123
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  19. Given the importance of viral suppression in ending the HIV epidemic in the US and elsewhere, an optimal predictive model of viral status can help clinicians identify those at risk of poor viral control and in...

    Authors: Jiajia Zhang, Bankole Olatosi, Xueying Yang, Sharon Weissman, Zhenlong Li, Jianjun Hu and Xiaoming Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:122
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  20. A new more highly sensitive rapid diagnostic test (HS-RDT) for Plasmodium falciparum malaria (Alere™/Abbott Malaria Ag P.f RDT [05FK140], now called NxTek™ Eliminate Malaria Ag Pf) was launched in 2017. The test ...

    Authors: Hannah C. Slater, Xavier C. Ding, Sophia Knudson, Daniel J. Bridges, Hawela Moonga, Neil J. Saad, Martin De Smet, Adam Bennett, Sabine Dittrich, Laurence Slutsker and Gonzalo J. Domingo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:121
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  21. COVID-19 pandemic is the major public health problem in the world actually. It’s associated with high morbidity and mortality. To date, no therapeutic measure has a curative potential. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ)...

    Authors: Renata de Oliveira Costa, Joyce Santos Nascimento, Cadiele Oliana Reichert, Adriana Pedroso Augusto da Costa, Maria Aparecida Pedrosa dos Santos, Alberto Macedo Soares, Carlos Eduardo Mendonça Tomé, Ricardo Leite Hayden, Cassiano Waldanski dos Santos, Bruno Barreiro, Amer Abdul Basset El-Khatib, Luís Alberto de Pádua Covas Lage, Juliana Pereira and Mônica Mazzurana Benetti
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:120
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  22. Although global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is considered key in the containment of AMR, data from low- and middle-income countries, especially from sub-Saharan Africa, are scarce. This stud...

    Authors: Sien Ombelet, Gutemberg Kpossou, Carine Kotchare, Esenam Agbobli, Frédéric Sogbo, Faridath Massou, Katrien Lagrou, Barbara Barbé, Dissou Affolabi and Jan Jacobs
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:119
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  23. Global antiretroviral therapy has entered a new era. Integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) has become the first choice in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) treatment. Because INSTI has high antiv...

    Authors: Ruojing Bai, Shiyun Lv, Hao Wu and Lili Dai
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:118
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  24. In people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) leads to sustained effective suppression of viral replication and increasing CD4 + T cell count. However, a fraction of ART-tr...

    Authors: Wilfried Wenceslas Bazié, Diane Yirgnur Somé, Isidore Tiandiogo Traoré, Anselme Sanon, Issouf Konaté, Souleymane Tassembedo, Ajani Ousmane Taofiki, Dramane Kania, Abdoulaye Ouédraogo, Bea Vuylsteke, Caroline Gilbert, Nicolas Meda, Abdoul Salam Ouédraogo and Nicolas Nagot
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:117
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  25. While there has been a recent epidemiological and clinical focus on the interaction between diabetes and tuberculosis, the interaction between chronic kidney disease and tuberculosis has been less studied. In ...

    Authors: Beau Z. Carr, Esther M. Briganti, Joseph Musemburi, Grant A. Jenkin and Justin T. Denholm
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:116
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  27. Infection with the Cryptosporidium parasite causes over 4000 cases of diagnosed illness (cryptosporidiosis) in England and Wales each year. The incidence of sporadic disease has not been sufficiently established,...

    Authors: Caoimhe McKerr, Rachel M. Chalmers, Kristin Elwin, Heather Ayres, Roberto Vivancos, Sarah J. O’Brien and Robert M. Christley
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:114
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  28. T2Dx was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the rapid detection of a modified panel of ESKAPE bacterial species or Candida spp. causing bloodstream infection (BSI).

    Authors: Angela Quirino, Vincenzo Scaglione, Nadia Marascio, Maria Mazzitelli, Eugenio Garofalo, Francesca Divenuto, Francesca Serapide, Andrea Bruni, Rosaria Lionello, Grazia Pavia, Chiara Costa, Aida Giancotti, Cinzia Peronace, Federico Longhini, Alessandro Russo, Maria Carla Liberto…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:113
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  29. Inappropriate use of antibiotics not only increases antibiotic resistance as collateral damage but also increases clinical failure rates and medical costs. The purpose of this study was to determine the relati...

    Authors: Choseok Yoon, Se Yoon Park, Bongyoung Kim, Ki Tae Kwon, Seong-yeol Ryu, Seong-Heon Wie, Hyun-uk Jo, Jieun Kim, Kyung-Wook Hong, Hye In Kim, Hyun ah Kim, Mi-Hee Kim, Mi-Hyun Bae, Yong-Hak Sohn, Jieun Kim, Yangsoon Lee…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:112
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  30. The burden of seasonal influenza in conflict counties is exacerbated due to limited resource and collapse of health system. During 2018 /2019 season, two-fold increase in the incidence of influenza was reporte...

    Authors: Mohammed Al Amad and Khaled Almoayed
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:111
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  31. Discovery of new Toxoplasma gondii serotyping epitopes is important due to reports showing the influence of genotype on the severity of toxoplasmosis. In Turkey, genotypes belonging to type II, type III and Afric...

    Authors: Hüseyin Can, Ayşegül Aksoy Gökmen, Mert Döşkaya, Sedef Erkunt Alak, Aysu Değirmenci Döşkaya, Muhammet Karakavuk, Ahmet Efe Köseoğlu, Tuğba Karakavuk, Ceren Gül, Mervenur Güvendi, Aytül Gül, Adnan Yüksel Gürüz, Selçuk Kaya, Aurélien Mercier and Cemal Ün
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:110
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  32. Internal migrants have an enormous impact on tuberculosis (TB) epidemic in China. Zhejiang Province, as one of the developed areas, also had a heavy burden caused by TB.

    Authors: Kui Liu, Songhua Chen, Yu Zhang, Tao Li, Bo Xie, Wei Wang, Fei Wang, Ying Peng, Liyun Ai, Bin Chen, Xiaomeng Wang and Jianmin Jiang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:109
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  33. A mismatch between a widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotic agents and a low prevalence of reported bacterial co-infections in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infections has been observed. Herein, we sought to char...

    Authors: Pontus Hedberg, Niclas Johansson, Anders Ternhag, Lina Abdel-Halim, Jonas Hedlund and Pontus Nauclér
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:108
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  34. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to pose a significant threat to public health worldwide. The purpose of this study was to review current evidence obtained from randomized clinical trials on the e...

    Authors: Charan Thej Reddy Vegivinti, Kirk W. Evanson, Hannah Lyons, Izzet Akosman, Averi Barrett, Nicole Hardy, Bernadette Kane, Praneeth Reddy Keesari, Yashwitha Sai Pulakurthi, Erin Sheffels, Prasanth Balasubramanian, Richa Chibbar, Spandana Chittajallu, Kathryn Cowie, J. Karon, Lauren Siegel…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:107
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  35. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in a major breakdown of health service provision in the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). COVID-19 may impact NTDs service delivery...

    Authors: Collins S. Ahorlu, Daniel Okyere, Sellasie Pi-Bansa, Joseph Otchere, Benjamin Marfo, Kofi Asemanyi-Mensah, Joseph L. Opare, Elizabeth F. Long and Dziedzom K. de Souza
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:106
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  36. Surveillance testing within healthcare facilities provides an opportunity to prevent severe outbreaks of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, the quantitative impact of different available surveillanc...

    Authors: Tim Litwin, Jens Timmer, Mathias Berger, Andreas Wahl-Kordon, Matthias J. Müller and Clemens Kreutz
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:105
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  37. Diagnosing Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is complicated. There have been reports on effects of compliance with anti-C. difficile prescription guidelines on patient outcomes. However, the causes of non-...

    Authors: Min Hyung Kim, Yong Chan Kim, Jung Lim Kim, Yoon Soo Park and Heejung Kim
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:104
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  38. Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a major human pathogen and an important cause of maternal and neonatal sepsis. Asymptomatic bacterial colonization is considered a necessary step towards sepsis. Intra-partum azithr...

    Authors: Isatou Jagne, Alexander J. Keeley, Abdoulie Bojang, Bully Camara, Edrissa Jallow, Elina Senghore, Claire Oluwalana, Saikou Y. Bah, Claire E. Turner, Abdul Karim Sesay, Umberto D’Alessandro, Christian Bottomley, Thushan I. de Silva and Anna Roca
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:103
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  39. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a malignant infectious disease with high mortality caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus, and up to now there are no curable drugs or effective vaccines. In o...

    Authors: Qingyu An, Jun Wu, Jun Meng, Zhijie Zhao, Jin Jian Bai and Xiaofeng Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:102
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  40. We investigate the completeness of contact tracing for COVID-19 during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand, from early January 2020 to 30 June 2020.

    Authors: R. Lerdsuwansri, P. Sangnawakij, D. Böhning, C. Sansilapin, W. Chaifoo, Jonathan A. Polonsky and Victor J. Del Rio Vilas
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:101
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  41. HIV-1 DNA persists in infected cells, forming viral reservoirs. Pre-antiretroviral treatment (ART) HIV-1 DNA load was reported to predict ART success in European severely immunocompromised patients. The aim of...

    Authors: Desmorys Raoul Moh, Jean-Baptiste Ntakpé, Delphine Gabillard, Arlette Ahoubet Yayo-Emieme, Anani Badjé, Gérard M. Kouame, Toni Thomas d’Aquin, Christine Danel, Xavier Anglaret and Serge P. Eholié
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:100
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  42. Seroprevalence studies provide an accurate measure of SARS-CoV-2 spread and the presence of asymptomatic cases. They also provide information on the uneven impact of the pandemic, pointing out vulnerable group...

    Authors: Pablo Vial, Claudia González, Gloria Icaza, Muriel Ramirez-Santana, Rubén Quezada-Gaete, Loreto Núñez-Franz, Mauricio Apablaza, Cecilia Vial, Paola Rubilar, Juan Correa, Claudia Pérez, Andrei Florea, Eugenio Guzmán, María-Estela Lavín, Paula Concha, Manuel Nájera…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:99
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  43. High-titer anti-interferon (IFN)-γ autoantibodies are strongly associated with intracellular pathogens such as nontuberculous mycobacteria and Talaromyces marneffei, but they are not as commonly associated with T...

    Authors: Ye Qiu, Mianluan Pan, Zhenming Yang, Wen Zeng, Hui Zhang, Zhengtu Li and Jianquan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:98
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  44. The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), had a significant impact worldwide. Vaccines against COVID-19 appear as a tool a...

    Authors: Andrea Lombardi, Giulia Renisi, Dario Consonni, Massimo Oggioni, Patrizia Bono, Sara Uceda Renteria, Alessandra Piatti, Angela Cecilia Pesatori, Silvana Castaldi, Antonio Muscatello, Luciano Riboldi, Ferruccio Ceriotti, Andrea Gori and Alessandra Bandera
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:97
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  45. At the end of 2019, a novel coronavirus denominated SARS-CoV-2 rapidly spread through the world causing the pandemic coronavirus disease known as COVID-19. The difference in the inflammatory response against S...

    Authors: Juana del Valle-Mendoza, Yordi Tarazona-Castro, Alfredo Merino-Luna, Hugo Carrillo-Ng, Sungmin Kym, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Luis J. del Valle, Ronald Aquino-Ortega, Johanna Martins-Luna, Isaac Peña-Tuesta and Wilmer Silva-Caso
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:96
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  46. The variation of human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes shapes the risks of cervical cancer and these variations are not well defined in Africa. Nucleotide changes within the L1 gene, nucleotide variability, and ph...

    Authors: Leabaneng Tawe, Wonderful T. Choga, Giacomo M. Paganotti, Ontlametse T. Bareng, Tlhalefo D. Ntereke, Pleasure Ramatlho, Doreen Ditshwanelo, Simani Gaseitsiwe, Ishmael Kasvosve, Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Omenge E. Orang’o, Erle Robertson, Nicola Zetola, Sikhulile Moyo, Surbhi Grover and Aaron C. Ermel
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:95
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  47. In HCV-infected patients with advanced liver disease, the direct antiviral agents-associated clinical benefits remain debated. We compared the clinical outcome of patients with a previous history of decompensa...

    Authors: Georges-Philippe Pageaux, Clovis Lusivika Nzinga, Nathalie Ganne, Didier Samuel, Céline Dorival, Fabien Zoulim, Carole Cagnot, Thomas Decaens, Dominique Thabut, Tarik Asselah, Philippe Mathurin, François Habersetzer, Jean-Pierre Bronowicki, Dominique Guyader, Isabelle Rosa, Vincent Leroy…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:94
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  48. As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to progress, awareness about its long-term impacts has been growing. To date, studies on the long-term course of symptoms, factors associated with ...

    Authors: Yoonjung Kim, Bitna-Ha, Shin-Woo Kim, Hyun-Ha Chang, Ki Tae Kwon, Sohyun Bae and Soyoon Hwang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:93
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  49. Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of death globally. India carries the highest share of the global TB burden. The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted diagnosis of TB in India, yet there is limited data on...

    Authors: Matthew Arentz, Jianing Ma, Peng Zheng, Theo Vos, Christopher J. L. Murray and Hmwe H. Kyu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:92
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  50. D-dimer was introduced in 2018 as an alternative biomarker for C-reactive protein (CRP) in the diagnostic of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) criteria of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society. We assessed the ...

    Authors: M. Fernandez-Sampedro, I. Sanlés-González, C. García-Ibarbia, N. Fañanás-Rodríquez, M. Fakkas-Fernández and M. C. Fariñas
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:91
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