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  1. In Germany, HPV vaccination of adolescent girls was introduced in 2007. Nationally representative data on the distribution of vaccine-relevant HPV types in the pre-vaccination era are, however, only available ...

    Authors: Anna Loenenbach, Michael Pawlita, Tim Waterboer, Thomas Harder, Christina Poethko-Müller, Michael Thamm, Raskit Lachmann, Yvonne Deleré, Ole Wichmann and Miriam Wiese-Posselt
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:44
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  2. Lebanon, a small country in the Middle East, remains severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Seroprevalence surveys of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies provide accurate estimates of SARS-CoV-2 infection and henc...

    Authors: Abbas Hoballah, Rana El Haidari, Ghina Siblany, Fadi Abdel Sater, Samir Mansour, Hamad Hassan and Linda Abou-Abbas
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:42
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  3. We aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in France and to identify the populations most exposed during the first epidemic wave.

    Authors: Josiane Warszawski, Anne-Lise Beaumont, Rémonie Seng, Xavier de Lamballerie, Delphine Rahib, Nathalie Lydié, Rémy Slama, Sylvain Durrleman, Philippe Raynaud, Patrick Sillard, François Beck, Laurence Meyer and Nathalie Bajos
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:41
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  4. Encephalitis/meningitis brings a heavy disease burden, and the origin of disease remains unknown in 30–40% of patients. It is greatly significant that combinations of nucleic acid amplification and autoimmune ...

    Authors: Yi Zhang, Haocheng Zhang, Bo Deng, Ke Lin, Lei Jin, Xiaoni Liu, Yanlin Zhang, Xiaohua Chen, Yanliang Zhang, Shengjia Lu, Heqing Huang, Qiujing Wang, Tingting Feng, Weifeng Zhao, Qun Xue, Renfang Chen…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:40
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  5. Inappropriate antibiotics use in lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) is a major contributor to resistance. We aimed to design an algorithm based on clinical signs and host biomarkers to identify bacteria...

    Authors: Sarika K. L. Hogendoorn, Loïc Lhopitallier, Melissa Richard-Greenblatt, Estelle Tenisch, Zainab Mbarack, Josephine Samaka, Tarsis Mlaganile, Aline Mamin, Blaise Genton, Laurent Kaiser, Valérie D’Acremont, Kevin C. Kain and Noémie Boillat-Blanco
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:39
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  6. Influenza A virus (IAV) remains an important global public health threat with limited epidemiological information available from low-and-middle-income countries. The major objective of this study was to descri...

    Authors: Saima Hasan, Richard J. Webby, Muhammad Iqbal, Hamad Bin Rashid, Mansur-ud-Din Ahmad, Jawad Nazir, Jennifer DeBeauchamp, Shakera Sadiq and Mamoona Chaudhry
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:38
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  7. Nearly half of HIV-related deaths occur in East and Southern Africa, yet data on causes of death (COD) are scarce. We determined COD and associated factors among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in rural Tanzania.

    Authors: Getrud Joseph Mollel, Lilian Moshi, Hoda Hazem, Anna Eichenberger, Olivia Kitau, Herry Mapesi, Tracy R. Glass, Daniel Henry Paris, Maja Weisser and Fiona Vanobberghen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:37
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  9. Reactivation of latent Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection is more common than primary infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We report a rare case of primary T. gondii infection-assoc...

    Authors: Ying Zhou, Yongfeng Liu and Ying Wen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:35
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  10. Sepsis is a leading cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality worldwide. The aim of this study was to explore the association of decreased mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme activities with the risk for p...

    Authors: Danni He, Ning Li, Xiuxiu Lu, Wei Li, Yuanmei Chen, Zhongyuan Sun, Lipeng Zhang, Linying Guo, Xiaodai Cui, Guowei Song, Wenquan Niu and Qi Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:34
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  11. Data on antimicrobial resistance mechanisms are scanty for Cedecea spp., with very variable antibiotic resistance patterns documented. Here we report the first in vivo resistance evolution of a C. davisae clinica...

    Authors: Julia Notter, Salome N. Seiffert, Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva, Anja Bösch, Robert Wenger, Carol Strahm, Manuel Frischknecht, David M. Livermore and Baharak Babouee Flury
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:33
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  14. Vaccination efforts to eradicate polio currently focus on children under 5 years of age, among whom most cases of poliomyelitis still occur. However, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an outbreak ...

    Authors: Vivian H. Alfonso, Arie Voorman, Nicole A. Hoff, William C. Weldon, Sue Gerber, Adva Gadoth, Megan Halbrook, Amelia Goldsmith, Patrick Mukadi, Reena H. Doshi, Guillaume Ngoie-Mwamba, Trevon L. Fuller, Emile Okitolonda-Wemakoy, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum and Anne W. Rimoin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:30
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  15. In resource-limited settings, changes in CD4 counts constitute an important component in patient monitoring and evaluation of treatment response as these patients do not have access to routine viral load testi...

    Authors: Caroline W. Mugo, Ziv Shkedy, Samuel Mwalili, Tadesse Awoke, Roel Braekers, Dolphine Wandede and Christina Mwachari
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:29
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  16. There are efforts in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) to integrate Tuberculosis (TB) and Diabetes mellitus (DM) healthcare services, as encouraged by WHO and other international health organizations. Ho...

    Authors: John L. Z. Nyirenda, Dirk Wagner, Bagrey Ngwira and Berit Lange
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:28
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  17. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly transmittable virus which causes the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Monocyte distribution width (MDW) is an in-vitro hematologi...

    Authors: Laila Alsuwaidi, Saba Al Heialy, Nahid Shaikh, Firas Al Najjar, Rania Seliem, Aaron Han and Mahmood Hachim
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:27
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  18. Early diagnosis and treatment of patients with sepsis reduce mortality significantly. In terms of exploring new diagnostic tools of sepsis, monocyte distribution width (MDW), as part of the white blood cell (W...

    Authors: Chih-Huang Li, Chen-June Seak, Chung-Hsien Chaou, Tse‐Hsuan Su, Shi-Ying Gao, Cheng-Yu Chien and Chip-Jin Ng
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:26
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  19. Herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 is a highly prevalent, non-oncogenic virus that has higher morbidity in immunocompromised hosts. Its most common clinical manifestation is superficial ulceration of the integument ...

    Authors: Sarah H. Brown, Vanessa A. R. States, Abaseen K. Afghan and Gowri Satyanarayana
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:25
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  21. Bacterial infections are common complications in patients with cirrhosis or liver failure and are correlated with high mortality. Clinical practice guideline (CPG) is a reference used to help clinicians make d...

    Authors: Yuzhu Dong, Dan Sun, Yan Wang, Qian Du, Ying Zhang, Ruiying Han, Mengmeng Teng, Tao Zhang, Lei Shi, Gezhi Zheng, Yalin Dong and Taotao Wang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:23
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  22. The incidence of hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection is low in Beijing, China, but the risk of outbreaks still exists. It is difficult to identify possible sources of infection among sporadic cases based on a ro...

    Authors: Huai Wang, Weixin Chen, Wenting Zhou, Feng Qiu, Wenjiao Yin, Jingyuan Cao, Pei Gao, Qianli Yuan, Min Lv, Shuang Bai and Jiang Wu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:22
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  23. In symptomatic patients, the diagnostic approach of COVID-19 should be holistic. We aimed to evaluate the concordance between RT-PCR and serological tests (IgM/IgG), and identify the factors that best predict ...

    Authors: Jean-Robert Makulo, Madone Ndona Mandina, Placide Kingebeni Mbala, Roger Dimosi Wumba, Pierre Zalagile Akilimali, Yannick Mayamba Nlandu, Jerome Ossam Odio, Ben Izizag Bepouka, Murielle Mashi Longokolo, Eric Kasongo Mukenge, Guyguy Kamwiziku, Jonathan Mutombo Muamba, Augustin Luzayadio Longo, Crispin Muanza Lufu, Hervé Letin Keke, Marcel Mambimbi Mbula…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:21
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  24. The CD4 cell count signifies the health of an individual’s immune system. The use of data-driven models enables clinicians to accurately interpret potential information, examine the progression of CD4 count, a...

    Authors: Ashenafi A. Yirga, Sileshi F. Melesse, Henry G. Mwambi and Dawit G. Ayele
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:20
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  25. Up to now, epidemiological studies on the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection among drug addicted individuals have been rarely performed. By designing an age and sex matched case–control study, we sought to...

    Authors: Majid Sharifzadeh, Hassan Rezanezhad, Kavous Solhjoo, Zahra Kargar Jahromi, Enayatollah Shadmand, Saeed Shahabi and Ali Taghipour
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:19
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  26. Infective endocarditis (IE) caused by Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS) is increasingly reported and associated with an aggressive course and high mortality rate. Existing literature on GBS IE is limited to case ser...

    Authors: Torrance Oravec, S. Annie Oravec, Jennifer Leigh, Liam Matthews, Bahareh Ghadaki, Dominik Mertz, Peter Daley and Anjali Shroff
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:18
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  27. Concerns regarding potential toxicity and drug-drug interactions during long-term treatment with three-drug active antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens have been attracting increasing attention. We aimed to e...

    Authors: Lisi Deng, Chunna Li, Ping Chen, Xiaoqing Luo, Xinchun Zheng, Lanlan Zhou, Yi Zhou, Jinyu Xia and Zhongsi Hong
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:17
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  29. Nasopharyngeal colonisation with clinically relevant bacterial pathogens is a risk factor for severe infections, such as pneumonia and bacteraemia. In this study, we investigated the determinants of nasopharyn...

    Authors: Liesbeth Martens, Bérenger Kaboré, Annelies Post, Christa E. van der Gaast-de Jongh, Jeroen D. Langereis, Halidou Tinto, Jan Jacobs, André J. van der Ven, Quirijn de Mast and Marien I. de Jonge
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:15
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  30. Salmonella is a major cause of zoonotic illness around the world, arising from direct or indirect contact with a range of animal reservoirs. In the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), salmonellosis is beli...

    Authors: Angus McLure, Craig Shadbolt, Patricia M. Desmarchelier, Martyn D. Kirk and Kathryn Glass
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:14
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  31. Fungal brain abscesses in immunocompetent patients are exceedingly rare. Cladophialophora bantiana is the most common cause of cerebral phaeohyphomycosis, a dematiaceous mold. Radiological presentation can mimic ...

    Authors: Perceus Mody, Paul Wada, Karen C. Bloch, Michail S. Lionakis, Katie D. White, Alexander S. Maris, Tonya Snyder, Jennifer Steinhauer and Romney Humphries
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:13
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  32. Influenza virus infections in immunologically naïve children (primary infection) may be more severe than in children with re-infections who are already immunologically primed. We compared frequency and severit...

    Authors: Andrea Streng, Christiane Prifert, Benedikt Weissbrich, Andreas Sauerbrei, Andi Krumbholz, Ruprecht Schmidt-Ott and Johannes G. Liese
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:12
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  33. Intestinal microsporidiosis is an opportunistic infection associated with persistent diarrhea among HIV/AIDS patients. In Yemen, however, its epidemiology is unknown. Therefore, this study determined its preva...

    Authors: Kwkab A. R. Al-Brhami, Rashad Abdul‑Ghani and Salah A. Al-Qobati
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:11
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  34. Serosurveillance is crucial in estimating the range of SARS-CoV-2 infections, predicting the possibility of another wave, and deciding on a vaccination strategy. To understand the herd immunity after the COVID...

    Authors: Yueting Tang, Jiayu Sun, Yumeng Yuan, Fen Yao, Bokun Zheng, Gui Yang, Wen Xie, Guangming Ye, Zhen Li, Xiaoyang Jiao and Yirong Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:10
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  36. We investigated the diagnostic and prognostic value of presepsin among patients with organ failure, including sepsis, in accordance with the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shoc...

    Authors: Sukyo Lee, Juhyun Song, Dae Won Park, Hyeri Seok, Sejoong Ahn, Jooyeong Kim, Jonghak Park, Han-jin Cho and Sungwoo Moon
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:8
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  37. The reported incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in China has been increasing over the last decades, especially among drug users, which has become one of the main burdens of public health in Ch...

    Authors: Xing Ye, Fu-Rong Li, Qing Pan, Zhen Li, Gong-Qi Yu, Hong Liu, Jian Liu, Peng-Cheng Huai and Fu-Ren Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:7
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  38. Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are at increased risk of serious infections, including vaccine preventable diseases. Current evidence suggests uptake of additional recommended special risk vacci...

    Authors: Timothy Ford, Margie Danchin, Alissa McMinn, Kirsten Perrett, George Alex and Nigel W. Crawford
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:6
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  39. The increasing number of dengue cases worldwide implies a greater exposure of at-risk groups, such as pregnant women. DENV infection during pregnancy has been increasingly associated with unfavorable outcomes,...

    Authors: Beatris Mario Martin, Allan Arnold Evans, Denise Siqueira de Carvalho and Silvia Emiko Shimakura
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:5
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  40. We aimed to clarify the characteristics, risk factors, and prognosis of stroke among HAART-naive people living with HIV (PLWH) in China.

    Authors: Ling Zhang, Yu Wang, Qiuhua Xu, Wei Zhang, Hongyuan Liang, Liang Wu, Liang Ni, Guiju Gao, Di Yang, Hongxin Zhao and Jiang Xiao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:4
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  41. It has been estimated that the incidence of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) will not decline over the next 10 years despite the improved efficacy of antiviral therapy because most patients remain undiagnosed a...

    Authors: Massimo Andreoni, Nicola Coppola, Antonio Craxì, Stefano Fagiuoli, Ivan Gardini, Alessandra Mangia, Felice Alfonso Nava and Patrizio Pasqualetti
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:3
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  42. A single-tablet regimen (STR) has been associated with better drug adherence. However, the durability of different STRs was unknown in the real-world settings. Our aim was to investigate the durability of diff...

    Authors: Hui-Min Chang, Chen-Hsi Chou and Hung-Chin Tsai
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:2
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  43. Real-world data on safety and clinical outcomes of remdesivir in COVID-19 management is scant. We present findings of data analysis conducted for assessing the safety and clinical outcomes of remdesivir treatm...

    Authors: Vaishali Gupte, Rashmi Hegde, Sandesh Sawant, Kabil Kalathingal, Sonali Jadhav, Rohit Malabade and Jaideep Gogtay
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:1
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  44. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new ribonucleic acid (RNA) beta-coronavirus, responsible for a worldwide pandemic. Very few cases of SARS-COV-2-related emphysema have been...

    Authors: Julien Rakotoson, Johary Andriamizaka Andriamamonjisoa, Mandimbisoa Noely Oberlin Andriamihary, Solohery Jean Noël Ratsimbazafy, Roger Dominique Randrianarimalala, Rivo Andry Rakotoarivelo and Stéphane Ralandison
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:1283
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  45. The temporal relationship between SARS-CoV-2 and antibody production and clinical progression remained obscure. The aim of this study was to describe the viral kinetics of symptomatic patients with SARS-CoV-2 ...

    Authors: Hui Long, Jing Zhao, Hao-Long Zeng, Qing-Bin Lu, Li-Qun Fang, Qiang Wang, Qing-Ming Wu and Wei Liu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:1282
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  46. Kampala city slums, with one million dwellers living in poor sanitary conditions, frequently experience cholera outbreaks. On 6 January 2019, Rubaga Division notified the Uganda Ministry of Health of a suspect...

    Authors: Daniel Eurien, Bernadette Basuta Mirembe, Angella Musewa, Esther Kisaakye, Benon Kwesiga, Francis Ogole, Daniel Okello Ayen, Daniel Kadobera, Lilian Bulage, Alex Riolexus Ario and Bao-Ping Zhu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:1281
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  47. Campylobacter spp., common commensals in the gastrointestinal tract of animals, especially poultry, can cause acute gastrointestinal illness in humans through animal-to-human transmission. Although Campylobacter ...

    Authors: Yeol Jung Seong, Seung Hun Lee, Eun Jin Kim, Young Hwa Choi, Tae-Joon Kim, Wee Gyo Lee and Jung Yeon Heo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:1280
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  48. Although genitourinary Tuberculosis (GUTB) is the second commonest source of extrapulmonary TB in most countries, the reported rate of GUTB in Sri Lanka remains low. The characteristics of GUTB in Sri Lanka ha...

    Authors: Umesh Jayarajah, Milan Gunawardene, Munipriya Willaraarachchi, Shirani Chandrasiri, Perumal Udayakumaran, Cherine Sosai and Anuruddha Abeygunasekera
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:1279
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  50. Several anti-cytokine therapies were tested in the randomized trials in hospitalized patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection (COVID-19). Previously, dexamethasone demonstrated a...

    Authors: O. V. Stanevich, D. S. Fomina, I. G. Bakulin, S. I. Galeev, E. A. Bakin, V. A. Belash, A. N. Kulikov, A. A. Lebedeva, D. A. Lioznov, Yu. S. Polushin, I. V. Shlyk, E. A. Vorobyev, S. V. Vorobyeva, T. V. Surovceva, N. V. Bakulina, M. A. Lysenko…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:1277
    Content type: Research article Published on:

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