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  1. Despite successful efforts to eliminate measles in Iran, imported measles cases continue to be reported. Because measles is endemic in neighboring countries. This research aims to evaluate the risk of measles ...

    Authors: Elham Dashti, Manoochehr Karami, Seyed Mohsen Zahraei, Hassan Gharibnavaz, Azam Sabouri, Fatemeh Azimian Zavareh and Ali Delpisheh
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1108
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  2. Influenza is the most common vaccine-preventable infection among travelers, affecting approximately one percent of those travelling to subtropical and tropical destinations.

    Authors: Thomas Theo Brehm, Fabian Shijaku, Ralf Krumkamp, Johannes Jochum, Armin Hoffmann, Michael Ramharter and Benno Kreuels
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1107
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  3. Scabies disproportionately affects people in resource-poor areas. Clinical diagnosis risks misdiagnosis due to resemblance to other skin diseases, but laboratory confirmation improves accuracy. Scabies allow f...

    Authors: Habtu Debash, Agumas Shibabaw, Hussen Ebrahim, Mihret Tilahun, Abdurahaman Seid, Getnet Shimeles, Birhanu Kassanew, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Yeshimebet Kasa, Sisay Desale, Amanuel Mengesha and Alemu Gedefie
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1106
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  4. Vancomycin-induced bleeding has been reported, attributed to the mechanism of immune thrombocytopenia. A rare case of vancomycin-induced gastrointestinal hemorrhage in a young patient with no underlying diseas...

    Authors: Yan Wen, Yanhua Chen and Guirong Xiao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1105
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  5. Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus, GAS) is a significant pathogen that causes diverse infections, ranging from pharyngitis to severe invasive diseases. Asymptomatic carriage in children is pivotal for...

    Authors: Ibrahim Amer Ghannam, Rana Mahmoud Maraqa, Duha Shokri Qawasmeh, Rania Khalil Alsous, Sakra Mohammad Abu Jaber, Iman Abd Almuti Ghatasha and Yahya Ibrahim Ghannam
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1104
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  6. Nosocomial infections, including drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections, continue to impact the health of hospitalized patients. This study sought to determine the prevalence of these infections and as...

    Authors: Yasaman Alidoosti, Fatemeh Mehravar, Hesamaddin Shirzad-Aski and Roghieh Golsha
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1103
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  7. Communities living along the shoreline and on the islands of Lake Victoria in northwestern Tanzania remain endemic for schistosomiasis and suffer from the life-threatening morbidities associated with the disea...

    Authors: Humphrey D. Mazigo, Crecencia Edward Chiombola, Stella Mugassa, Magreth Magambo, Godfrey M. Kaatano, Titus Leeyio, Erick Simon Mwangoka, Tumaini Baumba, Saskia Kreibich, Christa Kasang, Antje Fuss and Andreas Mueller
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1102
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  8. Malaria disease is one of the most dangerous protozoan parasitic infections with a high mortality rate in developing countries. Malaria is a public health issue, especially in Hormozgan province, and is highly...

    Authors: Zhila Pasalari, Roghayeh ezati rad, Zahra Hosseini, Habibolah Torki, Amin Ghanbarnejad and Teamur Aghamolaei
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1101
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  9. Nocardia farcinica is the most pathogenic Nocardia, which is easy to disseminate. It can be caused by trauma, and even lead to severe lung or central nervous system infection. This report covers a case of Nocardi...

    Authors: Lele Yu, Jun Yan, Zhongdong Zhang, Feng Li, Rongrong Zheng and Jinchuan Shi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1100
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  10. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, represents one of the most significant global health crises in recent history. Despite extensive research into the immune mechanisms and therapeut...

    Authors: Zhe Liu, Olutomilayo Olayemi Petinrin, Nanjun Chen, Muhammad Toseef, Fang Liu, Zhongxu Zhu, Furong Qi and Ka-Chun Wong
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1099
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  11. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of hospitalisation in infants aged ≤ 6 months in Western countries. Nearly 1,500 infants under six months of age are hospitalised with RSV annually in...

    Authors: Marie-Louise von Linstow, Jan HÃ¥kon Rudolfsen, Jens Olsen, Mette Skovdal and Nina Breinholt Staerke
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1098
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  12. Haemophilus influenzae causes life-threatening invasive diseases such as septicaemia and meningitis. Reports on circulating H. influenzae causing invasive disease in lower-middle income settings, including Indone...

    Authors: Made Ananda Krisna, Lindawati Alimsardjono, Korrie Salsabila, Naritha Vermasari, Wa Ode Dwi Daningrat, Kuntaman Kuntaman, Odile Barbara Harrison, Martin Christopher James Maiden and Dodi Safari
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1097
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  13. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization increases the risk of MRSA infection. Detecting MRSA colonization can influence postoperative outcomes and prolong hospital stay. The conventiona...

    Authors: Muhammad Arsalan Ashraf, Seema Irfan, Ammarah Baig, Syed Mohammad Zeeshan, Hira Khan, Israr Ahmed, Nazleen Virani and Rozina Roshan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1096
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  14. This research aimed to explore hesitation towards the COVID-19 booster vaccine among dialysis patients and study the association between COVID-19 pandemic-induced health behavior and vaccination hesitancy.

    Authors: Chengwen Luo, Tao-Hsin Tung and Jian-Sheng Zhu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1095
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  15. Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous environmental bacteria that cause chronic lung disease. Rates of NTM pulmonary disease (NTM PD) have increased over the last several decades, yet national estim...

    Authors: Samantha J. Bents, Rachel A. Mercaldo, Collin Powell, Emily Henkle, Theodore K. Marras and D. Rebecca Prevots
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1094
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  16. Influenza outbreaks have occurred frequently these years, especially in the summer of 2022 when the number of influenza cases in southern provinces of China increased abnormally. However, the exact evidence of...

    Authors: Hansong Zhu, Feifei Qi, Xiaoying Wang, Yanhua Zhang, Fangjingwei Chen, Zhikun Cai, Yuyan Chen, Kaizhi Chen, Hongbin Chen, Zhonghang Xie, Guangmin Chen, Yiyang Zhu, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Xu Han, Shenggen Wu, Si Chen…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1093
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  17. The contribution of interspecies interactions between coinfecting pathogens to chronic refractory infection by affecting pathogenicity is well established. However, little is known about the impact of intraspe...

    Authors: Hua Luo, Lijia Ni, Tongling Chen, Lisi Huang, Xiaofan Zhang, Xuexue Li, Xiaoyan Liao, Rui Shen, Zhaofan Luo and Xiaoying Xie
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1092
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  18. The prevalence of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection and its potential relationship to various diseases is currently a focus of attention. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between cu...

    Authors: Hosam M. Ahmad, Hussein S. Al-Fishawy, Inass Shaltout, Emad A. Abd Elnaeem, Asmaa S. Mohamed and Amel E. Salem
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1091
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  19. Mathematical models play a crucial role in assisting public health authorities in timely disease control decision-making. For vector-borne diseases, integrating host and vector dynamics into models can be high...

    Authors: Vanessa Steindorf, Akhil Kumar Srivastav, Nico Stollenwerk, Bob W. Kooi and Maíra Aguiar
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1090
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  20. Long term respiratory complications of Corona Virus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) are of great concern. Many studies have reported altered respiratory patterns in COVID-19 recovered individuals and most of them were...

    Authors: Uzair Abbas, Ishfaque Ahmed, Saba Afshan, Zulfiqar Haider Jogezai, Parshad Kumar, Aiman Ahsan, Fatima Rehan, Niaz Hussain, Samar Faheem, Israr Ahmed Baloch and Maliha Yameen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1089
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  21. Heart rate is crucial for patients with septic shock, but there are few studies on the scope of heart rate. Therefore, we studied the relationship between different heart rates and mortality of critically ill ...

    Authors: Yi-Le Ning, Wen-Jia Li, Xiang Lu, Yu Zhang, Jun-Wei Zhang and Ji-Hong Zhou
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1088
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  22. Drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) remains a threat to public health. Shorter regimens have been proposed as potentially valuable treatments for multidrug or rifampicin resistant tuberculosis (MDR/RR-TB). We ...

    Authors: Yishak Abraham, Dawit Getachew Assefa, Tesfahunegn Hailemariam, Desye Gebrie, Dejene Tolossa Debela, Simon Tsegaye Geleta, Dagmawit Tesfaye, Michele Joseph and Tsegahun Manyazewal
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1087
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  23. Authors: Yangyang Zhan, Wenchao Mao, Changyun Zhao, Difan Lu, Changqin Chen, Weihang Hu and Qi Yang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1086
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    The original article was published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:967

  24. Treatment failure (TF) in leprosy following multidrug therapy (MDT) presents a significant challenge. The current World Health Organization (WHO) fixed-duration MDT regimen, based on lesion count, might not be...

    Authors: Bruno de Carvalho Dornelas, Willian Vargas Tenório da Costa, João Pablo Ferraz de Abreu, Juliana Salomão Daud, Felipe dos Anjos Rodrigues Campos, Deiriene Rodrigues de Oliveira Campos, Douglas Eulálio Antunes, Lúcio Borges de Araújo, Diogo Fernandes dos Santos, Cleverson Teixeira Soares and Isabela Maria Bernardes Goulart
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1085
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  25. The severity of infectious disease outcomes is dependent on the virulence factors of the pathogen and the host immune response. CARD8 is a major regulator of the innate immune proinflammatory response and has ...

    Authors: Meseret Belayneh, Mesfin Mengesha, Berhane A. Idosa, Surafel Fentaw, Biniyam Moges, Zelalem Tazu, Meseret Assefa, Örjan Garpenholt, Alexander Persson, Eva Särndahl, Ebba Abate, Olof Säll and Baye Gelaw
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1084
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  26. The relationship between the dynamic changes in insulin resistance (IR) and the prognosis of septic patients remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the correlation between the clinical subphenotype of...

    Authors: Yi-Le Ning, Xiang-Hui Xu, Xiao-Li Niu, Yu Zhang, Ji-Hong Zhou and Ce Sun
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1083
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  27. HIV self-testing represents a convenient and confidential option for HIV testing—the present study aimed to assess the acceptability of blood versus saliva self-tests among key populations in Kisangani.

    Authors: Tepungipame Tagoto, Serge Tonen-Wolyec, Lukongo Panda, Agasa Batina, Sadiki Falay and Likwela Losimba
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1082
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  28. In the pediatric population, Staphylococcus aureus infections are responsible for increased morbidity and mortality, length of hospitalization and the cost of inpatient treatment. The aim of this study is to desc...

    Authors: Ingryd Lessa de Menezes, Sheila Moura Pone and Marcos Vinicius da Silva Pone
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1081
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  29. False negative rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) accruing to the non-detection of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2/3 (Pfhrp2/3) is threatening the diagnosis and management of malaria. Although regular m...

    Authors: Tobias Obejum Apinjoh, Livinus Ngu Tangi, Eniyou Cheryll Oriero, Sainabou Drammeh, Vincent Ntui Ntui-Njock, Blessed Etoketim, Hanesh Fru Chi, Pilate Nkineh Kwi, Bekai Njie, Mary Aigbiremo Oboh, Eric Akum Achidi and Alfred Amambua-Ngwa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1080
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  30. To diagnose tuberculosis infection (TBI), whole blood is incubated with M.tuberculosis (Mtb)-specific peptides and the release of interferon-γ (IFN-γ) is measured in IFN-γ-release assays (IGRAs). Hyperglycaemia a...

    Authors: Hans Johan Niklas Lorentsson, Christina Reinholdt Clausen, Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen, Katrine Bagge Hansen, Christian Ritz, Sidse Graff Jensen, Erik Michael Rasmussen, Anja Jørgensen, Troels Lillebaek, Filip Knop and Pernille Ravn
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1079
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  32. Tuberculous peritonitis often presents with nonspecific symptoms that can lead to diagnostic challenges, particularly when manifesting as peritoneal pseudocysts. This study highlights the clinical complexity a...

    Authors: Jimmy Balibanga Minani, Wani Bisimwa, Fabrice Cikomola Gulimwentuga, Aline Bedha, Ghislain Maheshe Balemba, Guy-Quesney Mateso Mbale, David Lupande Mwenebitu, Pierrot Mulumeoderhwa Kahasha, Marius Baguma, Pacifique Mwene-batu, Patrick DMC Katoto and Tony Akilimali Shindano
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1077
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  33. Viral neutralization (NT) assays can be used to determine the immune status of patients or assess the potency of candidate vaccines or therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Focus reduction neutralization t...

    Authors: Hui-Chung Lin, Shu-Fen Chang, Chien-Ling Su, Huai-Chin Hu, Der-Jiang Chiao, Yu-Lin Hsu, Hsuan-ying Lu, Chang-Chi Lin, Pei-Yun Shu and Szu-Cheng Kuo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1076
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  34. Gallibacterium anatis (G. anatis) is an opportunistic pathogen previously associated with deaths in poultry and is also a pathogen that rarely causes human diseases. G. anatis has only been reported twice as the ...

    Authors: Huixuan Wang, Fei Wu, Haixia Han, Jianhua Zhao and Liping Mao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1075
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  35. After recovering from the acute phase of COVID-19, some of the infected children manifest long COVID symptoms. The present study aims to identify long COVID symptoms in children and adolescents admitted to hos...

    Authors: Mohsen Sarani, Niloofar Motamed, Gisou Hatami, Akbar Namvar and Maryam Ravanipour
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1074
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  36. Pulmonary nocardiosis (PN) is a rare and opportunistic infection. This study aimed to analyze clinical, radiological, and microbiological features, treatment and outcome of PN in southern china.

    Authors: Li-Da Chen, Hong-Yuan Li, Jian-Jun Xie, Miao-Fen Hu, Xiang-Xing Chen, Zhi-Ming Cai, Li Lin, Xiao-Bin Zhang, Gong-Ping Chen and Kai-Xiong Liu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1073
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  38. Nephrotic syndrome (NS) is a common chronic kidney disease that is often accompanied by a state of immunodeficiency. Immunosuppression increases the risk of infections, with Pneumocystis jirovecii and Nocardia...

    Authors: Yaqing Wang, Xiaojie He, Shuangyan Liu and Xiaodong Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1071
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  40. Malaria is an intravascular parasitic-related blood disease that causes bleeding, coagulopathy, and thrombocytopenia. However, limited data shows the effect of Plasmodium species infection on basic coagulation...

    Authors: Tegenaw Tiruneh, Andargachew Almaw, Aynework Abebaw, Teklehaimanot Kiros, Ayenew Berhan, Shewaneh Damtie, Biruk Legese, Dejen Getaneh Feleke, Meslo Sema, Ermias Sisay Chanie, Tadila Dires, Desalegn Andargie, Barnabas Achaw and Tahir Eyayu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1069
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  41. HIV/AIDS has left a profound impact, leading to significant mortality, morbidity, economic strain, and disability on a global scale. The introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has played a pivotal role i...

    Authors: Abel Andargie Berhane, Hawibilisuma Fituma Chimdesa, Atalel Fentahun Awedew, Nahom Addisu Bekele, Henok Mulatu Teferi and Getachew W/Yohannes
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1068
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  42. Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is a well-known retrovirus, particularly prevalent in northeastern Iran, where it is associated with a range of disorders, including liver dysfunction. Previous stud...

    Authors: Farzam Kamrani, Amirhossein Esfandiari, Hojat ghahvechi, Samaneh Abolbashari, Zahra Mashkat, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid ghayour-Mobarhan and Susan Darroudi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1067
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  43. Scrub typhus (ST, also known as tsutsugamushi disease) is a common febrile vector-borne disease in South Korea and commonly known as autumn- and female-dominant disease. Although understanding changes in seaso...

    Authors: Jeehyun Kim, Penelope Vounatsou and Byung Chul Chun
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1066
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  44. Biofilm formation is an essential virulence factor that creates a highly protected growth mode for Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) to survive in any hostile environment. Antibiotic sub-minimal inhibitory concen...

    Authors: Raghda Elawady, Aliaa G. Aboulela, Ahmed Gaballah, Abeer A. Ghazal and Ahmed N. Amer
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1065
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  45. A 26-year-old man with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, recurrent otitis externa, and chronic otitis media sustained a left lower extremity amputation and open femur fracture with internal hardware fixation after a mot...

    Authors: Andrea L. Covington, Filipe M. Cerqueira, Jonathan E. Pavia, David Reynoso and Ping Ren
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1064
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  46. A significant portion of the Muslim community participates in the Arba’een pilgrimage, with participant numbers increasing each year. There have been relatively few studies on the health of Arba’een Mass gathe...

    Authors: Hosein Azizi, Elham Davtalab Esmaeili, Behrouz Naghili, Shahriyar Ghanbarzadeh Javid, Ehsan Sarbazi and Fariba Abbasi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1063
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  47. Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) accounts for the highest burden of curable, non-viral sexually transmitted infections worldwide. Prevalence in India ranges from 0.4 to 27.4% in women and 0.0-5.6% in men. In 2015, the ...

    Authors: Nagarajan L. Surya, Thangamani Suji, Santhosh Rani, Irene Dorathy, Shantidani Minz and Rani Diana Sahni
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1039
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  48. We report the case of a young woman sough care for disseminated form of Yersinia enterocolitica infection (pseudoappendicitis with mesenteric lymph node, arthralgia, glomerulonephritis and hepatitis) diagnosed on...

    Authors: Pauline Escoffier, Vincent Gendrin, Samantha Poloni, Johanna Clerc, Anne Ducournau, Timothée Klopfenstein and Souheil Zayet
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1036
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  49. Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL) is an underdiagnosed immunodeficiency syndrome characterised by persistent low CD4 counts in the absence of HIV and other causes of lymphocytopenia. ICL patients are suscep...

    Authors: Tejasvi Kanagiri, Durga Shankar Meena, Deepak Kumar, Naresh Kumar Midha, Sarika Kombade and Taruna Yadav
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1033
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  50. In order to synthesize available results regarding human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to provide quantitative ...

    Authors: Wei Huang, Yao-dan Zhang, Ping Wang, Cong-ying Song, Xuan Lu, Meng-xiao Feng and Yuan-qiang Lu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:1030
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

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