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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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

  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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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  24. 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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  25. 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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  26. 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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  27. 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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  28. 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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  29. 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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  30. 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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  31. 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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  32. Albendazole (ABZ) and atovaquone (ATO) achieve killing efficacy on Echinococcus granulosus (Egs) by inhibiting energy metabolism, but their utilization rate is low. This study aims to analyze the killing efficacy...

    Authors: Yuehong Gong, Tianjiao Zhou, Ruijia Ma, Jianhua Yang, Yicong Zhao, Meichi Pan, Zhangjian Huang, Hao Wen, Hulin Jiang and Jianhua Wang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:778
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  33. Up to now several studies estimate the prevalence of HBV, HCV, and TB among people living with HIV (PLWH) in Iran; however, their results are inconsistent. This study aimed to estimate the overall prevalence o...

    Authors: Ehsan Mostafavi, Bahram Ebrahimi, Amin Doosti-Irani and Ali Mirzazadeh
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:777
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  34. Monitoring chronic diseases, particularly kidney disorders, in people living with HIV (PLWH) is of paramount importance. Here, a systematic search was conducted across electronic search engine and databases li...

    Authors: Joel Choshi, Sidney Hanser, Sihle E. Mabhida, Haskly Mokoena, Marakiya T. Moetlediwa, Ndivhuwo Muvhulawa, Machoene D Sekgala, Bongani B. Nkambule, Zandile J.R. Mchiza, Duduzile Ndwandwe, Unati Nqebelele, André P. Kengne and Phiwayinkosi V. Dludla
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:776
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  35. HIV treatment currently consists of daily oral antiretroviral therapy (ART). Cabotegravir + rilpivirine long-acting (CAB + RPV LA) is the first ART available in Spain administered every 2 months through intram...

    Authors: Laura-Amanda Vallejo Aparicio, Victoria Neches García, Beatriz Hernández-Novoa, Gregorio Casado, Ferrán Jodar, Marco Pinel and Daniel Callejo Velasco
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:775
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  36. Inadequate tuberculosis (TB) knowledge and awareness of proper TB control practices among health care workers (HCWs) may increase the risk of nosocomial TB transmission. This study aimed to assess HCWs’ TB-rel...

    Authors: Lijie Zhang, Xiaoge Ma, Menghan Liu, Sihui Wu, Zhili Li and Yuhong Liu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:774
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  37. Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection is a major public health problem in Ethiopia. Patients with TB-HIV co-infection have significantly higher mortality rates compared to those...

    Authors: Sisay Moges and Bereket Abrham Lajore
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:773
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  39. Klebsiella pneumoniae invasive syndrome (KPIS) is characterized by primary pyogenic liver abscess associated with metastatic infections. Although rare, Klebsiella endocarditis carries a high mortality risk.

    Authors: Ze Chen Lee, Chu Ee Seow and Petrick Periyasamy
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:771
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  40. The GeneXpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) assay is a widely used technology for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in clinical samples. However, the study on the failure of the Xpert assay during routine implementati...

    Authors: Jian-Hao Wei, Xue-Qin Qian, Yan-Min Wan, Xiao-Kai Zhao, Chun-Yan Zhang, Wei Guo and Zhao-Qin Zhu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:770
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  41. Enterococcus gallinarum is an infrequently intestinal symbiotic pathogen associated with nosocomial infection in immunocompromised individuals. To date, rare cases of pulmonary infection attributable to Enterococ...

    Authors: Min Liu, Jixiang Liu, Juanjuan Wu, Shuang Liu, Lu Sun, Fajiu Li and Chenghong Li
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:769
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  42. Data on the dynamics and persistence of humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2 after primary vaccination with two-dose inactivated vaccine (CoronaVac) are limited. This study evaluated the sequential effects of p...

    Authors: Suwarti Suwarti, Gilbert Lazarus, Sabighoh Zanjabila, Robert Sinto, Fransiska Fransiska, Theresia Deborah, Dwi Oktavia, Junaidah Junaidah, Santayana Santayana, Henry Surendra, Jeng Yuliana, Herlina Pardosi, Nunung Nuraeni, Saraswati Soebianto, Novi Dwi Susilowati, Decy Subekti…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:768
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  43. In this study, we aim to explore the efficacy of paxlovid on reducing mortality of COVID-19 patients in clinical setting, especially whether paxlovid modifies the risk of death in these severe and critical pat...

    Authors: Kaican Zong, Li Xu, Chun Luo, Chen Luo, Bin Liu, Jiacheng Chen, Huizi Wu, Zhiqiang Liu, Rongjuan Zhuang and Shuliang Guo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:767
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  44. Coxiella burnetii is a bacterium with extreme tenacity and contagiousness that is mainly transmitted by inhalation of contaminated aerosols. Nevertheless, a transmission by ticks is under discussion. We report a ...

    Authors: Dirk Habedank, Angelika Bublak and Birgit Habedank
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:766
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  45. Since its discovery, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) has been characterized by rapid progression and poor prognosis, and no specific treatment is available. The aim of this study was to inve...

    Authors: Mianyu Yang, Ming Yin, Bingmei Hou, Lijuan Zhou, Jiling Wang and Zonghao Zhao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:765
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  46. Following the World Health Organization’s declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic, several countries implemented population-wide lockdowns. However, these responses to COVID-19 caused severe healthcare sy...

    Authors: Fred C. Semitala, Rodgers Katwesigye, Dennis Kalibbala, Mary Mbuliro, Lalitha Rejani, Darius Owachi, Edgar Atine, Stavia Turyahabwe and Moorine P. Sekadde
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:762
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  47. As antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a global health crisis, new strategies against AMR infection are urgently needed. Quorum sensing (QS), responsible for bacterial communication and pathogenicity, is...

    Authors: Pei Chen, Jiangyue Qin, Helene K. Su, Lianming Du and Qianglin Zeng
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:760
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  48. The global prospective surveillance data showed the re-emergence of mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia (MPP) in Europe and Asia after the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. We sought to observe the effect of macr...

    Authors: Mengyuan He, Junfeng Xie, Pu Rui, Xiaoyu Li, Min Lai, Hongman Xue and Chun Chen
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:758
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  49. Understanding the factors influencing disease progression and severity in pediatric COVID-19 cases is essential for effective management and intervention strategies. This study aimed to evaluate the discrimina...

    Authors: Shima Mahmoudi, Babak Pourakbari, Erfaneh Jafari, Hamid Eshaghi, Zahra Movahedi, Hosein Heydari, Maryam Mohammadian, Mohammad Bagher Rahmati, Marjan Tariverdi, Zohreh Shalchi, Amene Navaeian and Setareh Mamishi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:757
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  50. Viruses, which are transmitted mainly via the digestive tract, are responsible for the high morbidity and mortality of diseases, particularly in low-income countries. Although several studies have established ...

    Authors: Kuan Abdoulaye Traore, Messanh Marius Akapovi, Nafissatou Ouedraogo, Jean Bienvenue Ouoba, Pierre Roques and Nicolas Barro
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:756
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

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