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  1. Improving treatment success rates among multi drug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients is critical to reducing its incidence and mortality, but adherence poses an important challenge. Video-based direct o...

    Authors: Esther Mukooza, Bernadette Schausberger, Nqobile Mmema, Velibanti Dlamini, Aung Aung, Bernhard Kerschberger, Iza Ciglenecki, Debrah Vambe and Alison Wringe
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:829
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  2. There is an increasing number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reported cases among students in Southwest China. However, the data on HIV/sex-related knowledge, attitude toward sex, sexual behaviors, and ...

    Authors: Shiyu Qin, Jiao Qin, Qiuqian Su, Ting Huang, Junyu Zhan, Xi Yang, Yuanhong Yang, Jinfeng He, Zhifeng Lin, Xinju Huang, Li Ye, Hao Liang, Hongyang Tang, Ping Cen and Bingyu Liang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:827
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  3. Acute respiratory infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children. However, studies on the prevalence of respiratory viruses among children with acute respiratory infections in Kunming, C...

    Authors: Guiqian Zhang, Yu Zhang, Limei Ba, Luping Liu, Ting Su, Yi Sun and Ziqin Dian
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:826
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  5. Sporotrichosis is a chronic granulomatous infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue that can affect any organ through lymphatic spread. The prevalence of sporotrichosis infections is increasing and its tre...

    Authors: Hanqing Geng, Lele Sun, Chuan Wang, Yong Zhang, Shufen Wang, Yanru Cheng, Fangfang Bao, Hong Liu and Furen Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:824
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  6. Hyperreactive malarial splenomegaly (HMS) is one of the main causes of massive splenomegaly in malaria-endemic zones. Diagnosis is often challenging in Bobo-Dioulasso. This study aimed to describe the clinical...

    Authors: Zoungrana Jacques, Traore Catherine, Sourabie Yacouba, Sondo Apolline Kongnimissom, Sangaré Ibrahim and Savadogo Léon Blaise
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:823
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  7. Cryptococcosis is an infectious disease caused by encapsulated heterobasidiomycete yeasts. As an opportunistic pathogen, cryptococcal inhalation infection is the most common. While Primary cutaneous cryptococc...

    Authors: Yan-jun Chu and Jiong Zhou
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:822
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  8. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a global health concern, causing over 35 million deaths, with 97% occurring in developing nations, particularly impacting Sub-Saharan Africa. While HIV testing is crucial ...

    Authors: Kebede Gemeda Sabo, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Bizunesh Fantahun Kase, Hiwot Altaye Asebe, Zufan Alamrie Asmare, Yordanos Sisay Asgedom, Abdu Hailu Shibeshi, Tsion Mulat Tebeje, Afework Alemu Lombebo, Bezawit Melak Fente and Kusse Urmale Mare
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:821
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  9. Pulmonary abscesses resulting from epididymitis caused by extended spectrum β-lactamase-producing hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-hvKp) in a nondiabetic patient are extremely uncommon. The infection cau...

    Authors: Runjun Li, Junlong Liu, Liye Yang, Zhiwei Lin, Ling Rong, Gang Chen and Xiuying Tang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:820
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  10. Despite HIV's evolution to a chronic disease, the burden of advanced HIV disease (AHD, defined as a CD4 count of < 200 cells/uL or WHO clinical Stage 3 or 4 disease), remains high among People Living with HIV ...

    Authors: Marian Loveday, Sindisiwe Hlangu, Pariva Manickchund, Thiloshini Govender and Jennifer Furin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:819
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  11. The increase and global dissemination of antibiotic resistance limit the use of antibiotics to prevent and treat infections. Implementing antibiotic stewardship programs guided by local data on prescription pr...

    Authors: Christelle Elias, Nay Thi Ha, Onanong Sengvilaipaserth, Athip Phaychith, Vilada Chansamouth, Valy Phongsavath, Bounxou Keohavong, Khamsay Detleuxay, Phaylinh Maniphonh, Thongphout Soukhaseum, Philippe Vanhems and François-Xavier Babin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:818
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  12. In the hospital environment, carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CPPA) may lead to fatal patient infections. However, the transmission routes of CPPA often remain unknown. Therefore, this case study a...

    Authors: Connor A. J. Rossel, Antoni P. A. Hendrickx, Lieke B. van Alphen, Robrecht P. J. van der Horst, Augustinus H. J. W. Janssen, Cornelia C. Kooyman and Edou R. Heddema
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:817
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  13. Zygomycosis, a severe form of fungal infection, is classified into two categories: Mucorales and Entomophthorales. Within the Entomophthorales category, Basidiobolomycosis is a rarely recognized genus that can...

    Authors: Gholamreza Pouladfar, Samaneh Jahangiri, Amirhossein Shahpar, Mohsen Nakhaie, Aryan Mohamadi Nezhad, Zahra Jafarpour and Anahita Sanaee Dashti
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:816
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  14. Recovery from acute COVID-19 may be slow and incomplete: cases of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID (PASC) are counted in millions, worldwide. We aimed to explore if and how the pre-existing Socio-economic-status (...

    Authors: Simone Vasilij Benatti, Serena Venturelli, Roberto Buzzetti, Francesca Binda, Luca Belotti, Laura Soavi, Ave Maria Biffi, Maria Simonetta Spada, Monica Casati and Marco Rizzi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:815
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  15. Studies have been conducted worldwide to investigate the level of adherence to personal protective measures or fear of COVID-19 among healthcare providers. However, few studies have examined the relationship b...

    Authors: Mohammad-Ehsan Adib, Mojtaba Jafari and Ali Radfar
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:814
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  16. Diphtheria is a re-emerging infectious disease and public health concern worldwide and in Vietnam with increasing cases in recent years. This study aimed to assess the anti-diphtheria toxoid antibodies status ...

    Authors: Hoang Thieu Le, Thai Hung Do, The Anh Dao, Tien Thanh Hoang, Bao Trieu Nguyen, Thuy Lien Le, Dinh Luong Nguyen, Lay-Myint Yoshida, Xuan Huy Le, Hong Quan Le, That Toan Ton and Min Jin Ha
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:813
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  17. Infections resulting from multidrug-resistant Enterobacterales (MDR-E) pose a growing global threat, presenting challenges in treatment and contributing significantly to morbidity and mortality rates. The main ob...

    Authors: Mamoun AT. Ibaideya, Adham Abu Taha and Mohammad Qadi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:812
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  18. Hepatitis B is a liver disease caused by Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and is highly prevalent in China. To better understand the epidemiological characteristics of hepatitis B in China and develop effecti...

    Authors: Liping Jiao, Tuo Shen, Yingzi Han, Wen Liu, Wei Liu, Lin Dang, Mingmin Wei, Yunyun Yang, Jingjing Guo, Meirong Miao and Xiangming Xu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:811
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  19. Infections caused by multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens are associated with worse clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. We evaluated hospital outcomes based on adequacy of overall and newer a...

    Authors: Todd Riccobene, Gang Ye, John Lock, Kalvin C. Yu, ChinEn Ai, Sara Gregory and Vikas Gupta
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:810
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  20. The current study aimed to investigate the baseline immune and inflammatory features and in-hospital outcomes of patients infected with the Omicron variant (PIWO) who presented with different disease severitie...

    Authors: Yongmei Liu, Yaping Guo, Haoting Zhan, Xin Liu, Xiaomeng Li, Jingjing Cui, Haolong Li, Sha Feng, Linlin Cheng, Xiaoyan Li, Shuqin Guo and Yongzhe Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:809
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  21. Campylobacter spp. is a significant etiological agent of bacterial gastroenteritis globally. In Burkina Faso (BFA), the actual impact of this pathogen on gastroenteritis is considerably underestimated, primarily ...

    Authors: Ange Oho Roseline Badjo, Nongodo Firmin Kabore, Arsène Zongo, Kobo Gnada, Aminata Ouattara, Merci Muhigwa, Soumeya Ouangraoua, Armel Poda, Satouro Arsène Some, Grit Schubert, Tim Eckmanns, Fabian H. Leendertz, Essia Belarbi and Abdoul-Salam Ouedraogo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:808
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  22. This dual burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) has become a global public health concern. This study aims to compare drug resistance in drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) patients with and w...

    Authors: Xiaoxiao Cai, Xueqin Xu, Guiqing He, Xiangao Jiang and Lianpeng Wu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:807
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  23. Mean perfusion pressure (MPP) has recently emerged as a potential biomarker for personalized management of tissue perfusion in critically ill patients. However, its association with the occurrence of acute kid...

    Authors: Ling Li, Shuangwen Qin, Xiuhong Lu, Liuyun Huang, Mingjie Xie and Debin Huang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:806
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  25. It is important to assess the relationship between specific HPV genotype or multiple infection and cervical cytology. The protection provided by the HPV vaccine is type-specific, and the epidemiology feature o...

    Authors: Qinli Luo, Haiyan Zhang, Xianghua Zeng, Na Han, Zhen Ma and Hanyi Luo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:804
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  26. Predicting an individual’s risk of death from COVID-19 is essential for planning and optimising resources. However, since the real-world mortality rate is relatively low, particularly in places like Hong Kong,...

    Authors: Jie Lian, Fan Huang, Xinhai Huang, Kitty Yu-Yeung Lau, Kei Shing Ng, Carlin Chun Fai Chu, Simon Ching Lam, Mohamad Koohli-Moghadam and Varut Vardhanabhuti
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:803
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  27. A trial performed among unvaccinated, high-risk outpatients with COVID-19 during the delta period showed remdesivir reduced hospitalization. We used our real-world data platform to determine the effectiveness ...

    Authors: Kyle C. Molina, Brandon J. Webb, Victoria Kennerley, Laurel E. Beaty, Tellen D. Bennett, Nichole E. Carlson, David A. Mayer, Jennifer L. Peers, Seth Russell, Matthew K. Wynia, Neil R. Aggarwal and Adit A. Ginde
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:802
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  29. Liver injury with marked elevation of aspartate aminotransferase enzyme (AST) is commonly observed in dengue infection. To understand the pathogenesis of this liver damage, we compared the plasma levels of hep...

    Authors: Nguyen Thi Cam Huong, Nguyen Phuong Hai, Chau Van Khanh, Mohamed Gomaa Kamel, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, Nguyen Thanh Truong, Nguyen Thanh Vinh, Randa Elsheikh, Abdelrahman M Makram, Aya Elsheikh, Hiep Nguyen Canh, Somia Iqtadar, Kenji Hirayama, Pham Thi Le Hoa and Nguyen Tien Huy
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:800
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  30. Assessment of artificial intelligence (AI)-based models across languages is crucial to ensure equitable access and accuracy of information in multilingual contexts. This study aimed to compare AI model efficie...

    Authors: Malik Sallam, Kholoud Al-Mahzoum, Omaima Alshuaib, Hawajer Alhajri, Fatmah Alotaibi, Dalal Alkhurainej, Mohammad Yahya Al-Balwah, Muna Barakat and Jan Egger
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:799
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  31. Tuberculosis (TB) infectiousness decreases significantly with only a few days of treatment, but delayed diagnosis often leads to late treatment initiation. We conducted a sequential explanatory mixed methods s...

    Authors: Carolina Geadas, Ana Karina Millones, Diana Acosta, Hortencia Campos, Erika Del Aguila-Rojas, Sheyla Farroñay, Giannina Morales, Judith Ramirez-Sandoval, Isabel Torres, Judith Jimenez, Leonid Lecca and Courtney M. Yuen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:798
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  32. Brucellosis is an infectious zoonotic disease that poses serious health threats around the world including Uganda. Brucellosis is caused by Brucella spp., the bacteria being transmitted via contact through skin b...

    Authors: Christine Tricia Kulabako, Stella Neema, Lesley Rose Ninsiima, Collins GK Atuheire, David Onafruo Kal, Peter Atekyereza, Justine Okello and Morten Tryland
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:797
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  33. Invasive Escherichia coli disease (IED), also known as invasive extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli disease, is a leading cause of sepsis and bacteremia in older adults that can result in hospitalization and somet...

    Authors: Erik Clarke, Christel Chehoud, Najat Khan, Bart Spiessens, Jan Poolman and Jeroen Geurtsen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:796
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  34. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with susceptibility to hepatitis B virus (HBV) among cisgender men who have sex with men (MSM) on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Nort...

    Authors: Hareton Teixeira Vechi, Cláudio Henrique Silva de Freitas, Fernanda de Lira Nunes Paulino, Marina Gabriela Medeiros de Moura, Júlia Gomes Fernandes Costa de Sant’anna, Mônica Baumgardt Bay and Kenio Costa de Lima
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:795
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  35. COVID-19 is a new infectious disease. To investigate whether severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection increases the adverse reactions of subcutaneous specific immunotherapy (SCIT)...

    Authors: Jingjing Li, Yanling Chen, Hong Ye, Qiuyu Tang, Chengyi Wang, Qing Zhou, Ling Lin, Liyuan Jiang, Xiuling Peng, Huimin Zhang, Haibo Li and Lumin Chen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:794
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  37. Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) can disrupt the healthcare system, causing regulatory changes that affect the healthcare-seeking process and potentially increase patient-physician dissatisfaction. This stu...

    Authors: Xixia Feng, Peiyi Li, Xuechao Hao, Yalan Peng, Ruihao Zhou, Weimin Li, Guo Chen and Tao Zhu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:792
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  38. Diabetic foot infection imposes a significant burden and is the major cause of nontraumatic limb amputation. Adequate patient management with effective antibiotic therapy is crucial.

    Authors: Juliana Gonçalves, André Rodrigues Guimarães, Helena Urbano Ferreira, Sara Ribeiro, Telma Moreno, Marta Borges-Canha, Inês Meira, João Menino, Fábia Silva, Jorge Pedro, Nélia Neves, Ricardo São Simão, Lurdes Santos and Joana Queirós
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:791
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  39. Authors: Rexiati Ruze, Tiemin Jiang, Weimin Zhang, Mingming Zhang, Ruiqing Zhang, Qiang Guo, Aboduhaiwaier Aboduhelili, Musitapa Zhayier, Ahmad Mahmood, Zhaoxia Yu, Jianrong Ye, Yingmei Shao and Tuerganaili Aji
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:790
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    The original article was published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:659

  40. Intracranial fungal infections’ (IcFIs) varying clinical manifestations lead to difficulties in diagnosis and treatment. African populations are disproportionately affected by the high burden of the disease. T...

    Authors: Berjo Dongmo Takoutsing, Setthasorn Zhi Yang Ooi, Chinedu Egu, Conor S. Gillespie, David Ulrich Dalle, Joshua Erhabor, Ana Catinca Ciuculete, Özgür Kesici, Ahmed K. Awad, Yao Christian Hugues Dokponou, Mehdi Khan, Chibuikem A. Ikwuegbuenyi, Olaoluwa Ezekiel Dada, Soham Bandyopadhyay and Nourou Dine Adeniran Bankole
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:789
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  41. Despite COVID-19 being highly contagious and spreading to several countries, the university community has overlooked prevention measures. For more than five decades, the Health Belief Model (HBM) has been a wi...

    Authors: Amare Zewdie, Adane Nigusie and Maereg Wolde
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:788
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  42. Since the HIV epidemic in the 1980s, CMV retinitis has been mainly reported in this context. CMV retinitis in persons living with HIV is usually observed when CD4 + cells are below 50 cells/mm3. This study aim...

    Authors: Olga Passarin, Florence Hoogewoud, Oriol Manuel and Yan Guex-Crosier
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:787
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  43. Multidimensional strategies can promote preventive behaviors to prevent cutaneous leishmaniosis. WhatsApp, the popular messenger of Iranians, can be used as a platform to provide health education interventions...

    Authors: Monireh Abdollahi, Mahmoud Fakhar, Mohammad Tajfard, Jamshid Jamali and Mehrsadat Mahdizadeh
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:786
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  44. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that poses a globally high mortality rate. Identifying risk factors is crucial. Insulin resistance and the TYG index, associated with metabolic disorders, may play a role...

    Authors: Sen Zhang, Tianhua Fan, Li Wang, Nan Chen and Liansheng Ma
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:785
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  45. China has the third largest number of TB cases in the world, and the average annual floating population in China is more than 200 million, the increasing floating population across regions has a tremendous pot...

    Authors: Li Wang, Chengdong Xu, Maogui Hu, Jinfeng Wang, Jiajun Qiao, Wei Chen, Qiankun Zhu and Zhipeng Wang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:784
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  46. Tuberculosis (TB) and intestinal helminths are diseases that pose a dual burden on public health in low-income countries. Previous studies have shown that helminths can affect the shedding of bacteria or the b...

    Authors: Melese Mekuria, Gemeda Abebe, Habtamu Hasen and Ahmed Zeynudin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:783
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  47. The results of observational studies indicate a potential link between Helicobacter pylori infection and Sjogren’s syndrome (SS), but the causal relationship between them remains unknown. This study applied Mende...

    Authors: Dinglu Cui, Rongxian An, Lei Li, Long Jiang, Chunshan Jiang and Jingchun Jin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:782
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  48. Students in school are more likely to be sick from communicable diseases like diarrheal illnesses, acute respiratory infections, and other illnesses linked to poor personal hygiene. Poor hygiene practices are ...

    Authors: Getaneh Haile Minda, Habiteyes Hailu Tola, Abebe Feyissa Amhare, Asefa Kebie and Tewodros Endale
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:781
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  49. The effect of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir on preventing post-COVID condition (PCC) in the BA4, BA5, and XBB Omicron predominant periods is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to assess how nirmatrelv...

    Authors: Ee Vien Low, Mohan Dass Pathmanathan, Yi Yang Ten, Suresh Kumar Chidambaram, Wee Ric Kim, Wei Jia Lee, Zhi Wei Teh, Maheshwara Rao Appannan, Mastura Ismail, Azah Abdul Samad and Kalaiarasu M. Peariasamy
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:780
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  50. The objective of this study is to estimate the burden of selected immunization-preventable infectious diseases in Spain using the Burden of Communicable Diseases in Europe (BCoDE) methodology, as well as focus...

    Authors: Alberto Pérez-Rubio, Jorge Mestre-Ferrandiz, Juan Luis López-Belmonte, Ariadna Diaz-Aguiló, Seila Lorenzo-Herrero and Carlos Crespo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:779
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