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  1. Hepatitis B is a major health concern in Africa. The vaccine against hepatitis B virus (HBV) was introduced into the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) of Cameroon and Senegal in 2005, and of CAR (Centra...

    Authors: Claudine Bekondi, Roberta Zanchi, Abdoulaye Seck, Benoit Garin, Tamara Giles-Vernick, Jean Chrysotome Gody, Petulla Bata, Angèle Pondy, Suzie Moyo Tetang, Mamadou Ba, Chantal Same Ekobo, Dominique Rousset, Jean-Marie Sire, Sarah Maylin, Loïc Chartier, Richard Njouom…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2015 15:267
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  2. Early data on COVID-19 (based primarily on PCR testing) indicated a low burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. To better understand this, this study aimed to estimate the incidence rate and identify predictors of SARS-...

    Authors: Nongodo Firmin Kaboré, Samiratou Ouédraogo, Ariane Kamga Mamguem, Isidore Tiandiogo Traoré, Dramane Kania, Hermann Badolo, Guillaume Sanou, Amariane Koné, Mimbouré Yara, Thérèse Kagoné, Esperance Ouédraogo, Blahima Konaté, Rachel Médah, Nathalie de Rekeneire, Armel Poda, Arnaud Eric Diendéré…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:394
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  3. In Ethiopia where there is no strong surveillance system and state of the art diagnostic facilities are limited, the real burden of tuberculosis (TB) is not well known. We conducted a community based survey to...

    Authors: Amare Deribew, Gemeda Abebe, Ludwig Apers, Alemseged Abdissa, Fetene Deribe, Kifle Woldemichael, Chali Jira, Markos Tesfaye, Jafar Shiffa, Abraham Aseffa, Mesele Bezabih, Tadiye Abeje and Robert Colebunders
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2012 12:54
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  4. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. We qualitatively evaluated the implementation of an Evidence-Based Multiple Focus Integrated Intensified TB...

    Authors: Kahabi Isangula, Doreen Philbert, Florence Ngari, Tigest Ajeme, Godfather Kimaro, Getnet Yimer, Nicholaus P. Mnyambwa, Winters Muttamba, Irene Najjingo, Aman Wilfred, Johnson Mshiu, Bruce Kirenga, Steve Wandiga, Blandina Theophil Mmbaga, Francis Donard, Douglas Okelloh…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:161
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  5. Fortaleza (Brazil) is high endemic for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy. These three diseases share respiratory droplets through coughing or sneezing as the main mode of trans...

    Authors: A. T. Taal, J. G. Barreto, G. dos Santos de Sousa, A. Medeiros da Rocha, N. N. Lima Ferreira, J. A. Menezes da Silva, D. C. Hinders, W. H. van Brakel, J. H. Richardus and D. J. Blok
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:662
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  6. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a protozoan disease that is invariably fatal if left untreated. The disease is found in 70 countries with incidence of 0.2 – 0.4 million cases. The mainstay of treatment in resou...

    Authors: Aschalew Tamiru, Bethlehem Tigabu, Sisay Yifru, Ermias Diro and Asrat Hailu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2016 16:548
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  8. Nucleic acid-based amplification tests (NAAT), above all (q)PCR, have been applied for the detection of Mycobacterium leprae in leprosy cases and household contacts with subclinical infection. However, their appl...

    Authors: Malkin Saar, Marcus Beissner, Fatih Gültekin, Issaka Maman, Karl-Heinz Herbinger and Gisela Bretzel
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:1186
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  9. To establish the magnitude of bacteraemia in severely malnourished children, and describe the types of bacteria and antimicrobial sensitivity by HIV status.

    Authors: Hanifa Bachou, Thorkild Tylleskär, Deogratias H Kaddu-Mulindwa and James K Tumwine
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2006 6:160
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  10. Varicella remains an important public health issue in China. In this study we explored the effect of weather conditions on the incidence of varicella in the temperate city of Jinan, Eastern China during 2012–2...

    Authors: Yunqing Yang, Xingyi Geng, Xiaoxue Liu, Weiru Wang and Ji Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2016 16:179
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  11. Despite major improvements in child survival rates, the number of deaths due to diarrhea remains unacceptably high. We aimed to describe diarrhea-associated mortality and evaluate risk factors for death among ...

    Authors: Sozinho Acácio, Inácio Mandomando, Tacilta Nhampossa, Llorenç Quintó, Delfino Vubil, Charfudin Sacoor, Karen Kotloff, Tamer Farag, Dilruba Nasrin, Eusébio Macete, Myron M. Levine, Pedro Alonso and Quique Bassat
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:322
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  12. Gene polymorphisms impact greatly on a person’s susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Macrophage receptor with collagenous structure (MARCO) and CD36 are two scavenger receptors (SRs) that can recogn...

    Authors: Wenting Lao, Hui Kang, Guojiang Jin, Li Chen, Yang Chu, Jiao Sun and Bingqi Sun
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 17:488
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  13. Severe leptospirosis occurs mainly in a tropical environment and includes icterus, acute renal failure and hemorrhages. These bleedings, which are mainly a consequence of acute homeostatic disturbances, can al...

    Authors: Tristan Legris, Marie-Christine Jaffar-Bandjee, Olivier Favre, Nicole Lefrançois, Robert Genin, Claire Ragot, Carla Fernandez and Anne-Hélène Reboux
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:299
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  14. Lassa fever virus has been enlisted as a priority pathogen of epidemic potential by the World Health organization Research and Development (WHO R & D) Blueprint. Diagnostics play a crucial role in epidemic pre...

    Authors: Noah Fongwen Takah, Polina Brangel, Priyanka Shrestha and Rosanna Peeling
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:647
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  15. Leishmaniasis, a disease caused by a protozoan, causes numerous deaths in humans each year. After malaria, leishmaniasis is known to be the deadliest parasitic disease globally. Direct visual detection of leis...

    Authors: Mojtaba Zare, Hossein Akbarialiabad, Hossein Parsaei, Qasem Asgari, Ali Alinejad, Mohammad Saleh Bahreini, Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Mohsen Ghofrani-Jahromi, Reza Shahriarirad, Yalda Amirmoezzi, Sepehr Shahriarirad, Ali Zeighami and Gholamreza Abdollahifard
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:48
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  16. 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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  17. The West Africa Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in 2014–2016 was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) a public health emergency of international concern. Most of the previous studies done in Sier...

    Authors: Jia Bainga Kangbai, Christian Heumann, Michael Hoelscher, Foday Sahr and Guenter Froeschl
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:81
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  18. Acute febrile illness (AFI) represent a significant health challenge in the Peruvian Amazon basin population due to their diverse etiologies and the unavailability of specific on-site diagnostic methods, resul...

    Authors: Fiorella Ricapa-Antay, Katia Diaz-Melon, Wilmer Silva-Caso, Luis J. del Valle, Miguel Angel Aguilar-Luis, Fernando Vasquez-Achaya, Carlos Palomares-Reyes, Pablo Weilg, Dongmei Li, Carlos Manrique and Juana del Valle-Mendoza
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:618
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  19. One out of ten newly diagnosed patients in Europe was infected with a virus carrying a drug resistant mutation. We analysed the patterns over time for transmitted drug resistance mutations (TDRM) using data fr...

    Authors: Dineke Frentz, David AMC Van de Vijver, Ana B Abecasis, Jan Albert, Osamah Hamouda, Louise B Jørgensen, Claudia Kücherer, Daniel Struck, Jean-Claude Schmit, Jurgen Vercauteren, Birgitta Åsjö, Claudia Balotta, Danail Beshkov, Ricardo J Camacho, Bonaventura Clotet, Suzie Coughlan…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:407
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  20. Anaemia is frequently associated with both HIV-infection and HIV-related tuberculosis (TB) in antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naïve patients in sub-Saharan Africa and is strongly associated with poor prognosis. H...

    Authors: Andrew D Kerkhoff, Robin Wood, Frank G Cobelens, Ankur Gupta-Wright, Linda-Gail Bekker and Stephen D Lawn
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:3860
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  21. In November 2019, the world faced a pandemic called SARS-CoV-2, which became a major threat to humans and continues to be. To overcome this, many plants were explored to find a cure.

    Authors: Eraj Irfan, Erum Dilshad, Faisal Ahmad, Fahad Nasser Almajhdi, Tajamul Hussain, Gholamreza Abdi and Yasir Waheed
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:495
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  22. Importation of dengue following globalization presents an emerging threat to global health. However, evidence on global geographical sources and the potential of dengue importation globally are lacking. This s...

    Authors: Xiao Wei Sylvia Gwee, Pearleen Ee Yong Chua and Junxiong Pang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:1078
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  23. The level of intra-species genetic variation in Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar and Entamoeba moshkovskii populations in a localized geographic area, like Puducherry, India, remains unknown.

    Authors: Subhash Chandra Parija and Krishna Khairnar
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:131
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  24. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), i.e., infection with Leishmania sp. associated with high fever, weight loss, massive splenomegaly and markedly altered laboratory parameters, is generally fatal if untreated. The poss...

    Authors: Oussama Mouri, Mathilde Benhamou, Gaëlle Leroux, Nathalie Chartrel, Alain Devidas, Marc Thellier, Zahir Amoura, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau and Pierre Buffet
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2015 15:445
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  25. Nannizziopsis is a genus of fungi with several known cases in reptiles of pyogranulomatous infections at cutaneous and musculoskeletal level, of rapid and fatal evolution. There are few cases of this genus descri...

    Authors: Nicolás Jiménez-García, Fernando Fernández Sánchez, Celeste María Guillén Rodríguez, María del Mar Castilla Castellano and Alfonso Del Arco Jiménez
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:50
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  26. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world deeply, with more than 14,000,000 people infected and nearly 600,000 deaths. This review aimed to summarize the epidemiologic traits, clinical spectrum, CT results ...

    Authors: Yewei Xie, Zaisheng Wang, Huipeng Liao, Gifty Marley, Dan Wu and Weiming Tang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:640
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  27. Dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, is a rapidly emerging public health problem in Ecuador and throughout the tropics. However, we have a limited understanding of the disease transmission dynamics in...

    Authors: Anna M Stewart-Ibarra, Ángel G Muñoz, Sadie J Ryan, Efraín Beltrán Ayala, Mercy J Borbor-Cordova, Julia L Finkelstein, Raúl Mejía, Tania Ordoñez, G Cristina Recalde-Coronel and Keytia Rivero
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:610
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  29. 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
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  30. Navigating the rapidly growing body of scientific literature on the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is challenging, and ongoing critical appraisal of this output is essential. We aimed to summarize and critically appraise...

    Authors: Israel Júnior Borges do Nascimento, Dónal P. O’Mathúna, Thilo Caspar von Groote, Hebatullah Mohamed Abdulazeem, Ishanka Weerasekara, Ana Marusic, Livia Puljak, Vinicius Tassoni Civile, Irena Zakarija-Grkovic, Tina Poklepovic Pericic, Alvaro Nagib Atallah, Santino Filoso, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi and Milena Soriano Marcolino
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2021 21:525
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  31. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a serious health problem in Suriname. To expand the diagnostic options, two newly developed diagnostic tests, i.e. the rapid diagnostic test CL Detect™ Rapid Test (CL Detect) an...

    Authors: Henk D. F. H. Schallig, Ricardo V. P. Hu, Alida D. Kent, Merlin van Loenen, Sandra Menting, Albert Picado, Zippora Oosterling and Israel Cruz
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:25
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  32. Brucellosis is a neglected debilitating zoonosis with a high prevalence in many developing countries. Bovine brucellosis is widespread in Cameroon but the epidemiological situation of human brucellosis is not ...

    Authors: Julius Awah-Ndukum, Mohamed Moctar Mouliom Mouiche, Lucy Kouonmo-Ngnoyum, Houli Nicolas Bayang, Tanyi Kingsley Manchang, Rodrigue Simonet Namegni Poueme, Justin Kouamo, Victor Ngu-Ngwa, Emmanuel Assana, Kameni Jean Marc Feussom and André Pagnah Zoli
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:611
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  33. Fast breathing pneumonia is characterized by tachypnoea in the absence of danger signs and is mostly viral in etiology. Current guidelines recommend antibiotic therapy for all children with fast breathing pneu...

    Authors: Fyezah Jehan, Muhammad Imran Nisar, Salima Kerai, Nick Brown, Benazir Balouch, Zulfiqar Hyder, Gwen Ambler, Amy Sarah Ginsburg and Anita K. M. Zaidi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2016 16:13
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  34. The West-African (WA) Zaire Ebolavirus disease (EVD) outbreak was characterized by an exceptionally high number of cases and deaths as compared with the Eastern-Central African (ECA) outbreaks. Despite the Zai...

    Authors: Stefano Petti, Giuseppe Alessio Messano, Enzo Maria Vingolo, Luigi Tonino Marsella and Crispian Scully
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2015 15:564
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  35. Viral hepatitis is an important public health issue in sub-Saharan Africa. Due to rising mortality from cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma and limited implementation of screening and treatment programmes, ...

    Authors: Alexander J Stockdale, Collins Mitambo, Dean Everett, Anna Maria Geretti and Melita A Gordon
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:516
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  36. Cryptosporidium is among the most common causes of severe diarrhea in African children 0–23 months old. It is associated with excess mortality, stunting and malnutrition. The most common manifestation of crypt...

    Authors: Wongani Nyangulu, Wes Van Voorhis and Pui-Ying Iroh Tam
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:728
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  37. Trichomoniasis resulting from Trichomonas vaginalis (T. vaginalis) has been considered as a commonly seen disease with the transmission way of sex. At present, the detection methods of T. vaginalis mainly include...

    Authors: Yuhua Li, Shuai Wang, Haoran Li, Xiaoxiao Song, Hao Zhang, Yujuan Duan, Chengyang Luo, Bingli Wang, Sifan Ji, Qing Xie and Zhenchao Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:319
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  38. Staphylococcus aureus carriage is a known risk factor for staphylococcal disease. However, the carriage rates vary by country, demographic group and profession. This study aimed to determine the S. aureus carriag...

    Authors: David Patrick Kateete, Benon B. Asiimwe, Raymond Mayanja, Brian Mujuni, Freddie Bwanga, Christine F. Najjuka, Karin Källander and Elizeus Rutebemberwa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:1023
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  40. Since early 2015, a large epidemic of Zika Virus (ZIKV) is spreading across South and Central America. An association between congenital neurological malformations (mainly microcephaly), other neurological man...

    Authors: Emanuele Nicastri, Raffaella Pisapia, Angela Corpolongo, Francesco Maria Fusco, Stefania Cicalini, Paola Scognamiglio, Concetta Castilletti, Licia Bordi, Antonino Di Caro, Maria Rosaria Capobianchi, Vincenzo Puro and Giuseppe Ippolito
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2016 16:669
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  42. The risk factors for the transmission of HCV vary substantially between countries and geographic regions. The overall prevalence in south and east Africa region has been estimated to be 1.6% but limited inform...

    Authors: Charles E Ramarokoto, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Vaomalala Raharimanga, Richter Razafindratsimandresy, Rindra Randremanana, Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, Dominique Rousset, Voahangy Andrianaja, Vincent Richard, Jean-Louis Soares and Leon P Rabarijaona
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2008 8:25
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  43. Management of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has historically focused on infection prevention, case detection and supportive care. Several specific anti-Ebola therapies have been investigated, including during the ...

    Authors: James S. Lee, Neill K. J. Adhikari, Henry Y. Kwon, Koren Teo, Reed Siemieniuk, François Lamontagne, Adrienne Chan, Sharmistha Mishra, Srinivas Murthy, Peter Kiiza, Jan Hajek, Elhadj I. Bah, Marie-Claire Lamah, Raymond Kao and Robert A. Fowler
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2019 19:376
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  44. Tuberculosis is still a significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenge with high proportion of smear- and culture- negative incidences worldwide. The conventional diagnostic tests are time-consuming and have...

    Authors: Lingna Lyu, Zihui Li, Liping Pan, Hongyan Jia, Qi Sun, Qiuyue Liu and Zongde Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:657
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  45. Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) represents a diagnostic and management challenge to clinicians. The “Thwaites’ system” and “Lancet consensus scoring system” are utilized to differentiate TBM from bacterial meningiti...

    Authors: Tarek Sulaiman, Sai Medi, Hakan Erdem, Seniha Senbayrak, Derya Ozturk-Engin, Asuman Inan, Rok Civljak, Mihai Nechifor, Ayhan Akbulut, Alexandru Crisan, Muge Ozguler, Mustafa Namiduru, Branislava Savic, Olga Dulovic, Filiz Pehlivanoglu, Gonul Sengoz…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2020 20:788
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  46. Since 2006, Nepal has experienced frequent Dengue fever (DF) outbreaks. Up to now, there have been no knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) studies carried out on DF in Nepal that have included qualitative in...

    Authors: Parbati Phuyal, Isabelle Marie Kramer, Ulrich Kuch, Axel Magdeburg, David A Groneberg, Mandira Lamichhane Dhimal, Doreen Montag, Harapan Harapan, Edwin Wouters, Anjani Kumar Jha, Meghnath Dhimal and Ruth Müller
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2022 22:454
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  47. Cryptosporidium spp., Enterocytozoon spp., Giardia spp. and Cyclospora spp. are important intestinal protozoan parasites causing diarrhea in humans, livestocks and wildlife and have a significant impact on publi...

    Authors: Hua Liu, Yujuan Shen, Jianhai Yin, Zhongying Yuan, Yanyan Jiang, Yuxin Xu, Wei Pan, Yuan Hu and Jianping Cao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2014 14:25
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. Diagnosis of bacterial meningitis remains a challenge in most developing countries due to low yield from bacterial culture, widespread use of non-prescription antibiotics, and weak microbiology laboratories. T...

    Authors: S. Obaro, F. Hassan-Hanga, N. Medugu, R. Olaosebikan, G. Olanipekun, B. Jibir, S. Gambo, Theresa Ajose, Carissa Duru, B. Ebruke and H. D. Davies
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:641
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  49. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of invasive bacterial infections and their antimicrobial resistance patterns in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients admitted at the Medical Research Council...

    Authors: Mustapha Dibbasey, Mamudou Dahaba, Francess Sarfo, Ida Jallow-Manneh, Buntung Ceesay, Solomon Umukoro, Mouhamadou Fadel Diop and Alfred Amambua-Ngwa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:546
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