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  1. Predictive models for vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are instrumental to understanding the potential geographic spread of VBDs and therefore serve as useful tools for public health decision-making. However, pred...

    Authors: Mariel Flores Lima, Jacqueline Cotton, Monique Marais and Robert Faggian
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:60
  2. Up to 20% of COVID-19 patients can suffer COVID-19-related myocardial injury. Elevated cardiac biomarkers, such as hs-cTnT and NT-proBNP, have been related to worse short-term prognosis. However, data on NT-pr...

    Authors: Diana Mojón-Álvarez, Teresa Giralt, José Carreras-Mora, Alicia Calvo-Fernández, Andrea Izquierdo, Cristina Soler, Paula Cabero, Silvia Pérez-Fernández, Beatriz Vaquerizo and Núria Ribas Barquet
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:58
  3. Two oral antivirals (Nirmatrelvir- ritonavir and Azvudine) are widely used in China practice during the Omicron wave of the pandemic. However, little evidence regarding the real-world effectiveness of these tw...

    Authors: Xiaobo Han, Darui Gao, Chenglong Li, Xin Yuan, Junchang Cui, Weiguo Zhao, Fei Xie, Kaifei Wang, Yuhong Liu, Guoxin Muo, Na Xi, Mengli Zheng, Rentao Wang, Kun Xiao, Dahui Zhao, Xinxin Zhang…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:57
  4. After infection with SARS-CoV-2 a relevant proportion of patients complains about persisting symptoms, a condition termed Post-COVID-19-syndrome (PC19S). So far, possible treatments are under investigation. Am...

    Authors: Caroline Tengelmann, Stefanie Joos, Yvonne Kaußner, Uwe Malzahn, Laura Lunden, Andreas Klug, Karl Georg Häusler, Catharina Escales, Walter Maetzler, Klemens Hügen, Oliver Zolk, Peter U. Heuschmann, Christian Förster, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz and Ildikó Gágyor
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:56
  5. The aim of the present study was to compare the epidemiological patterns of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) infections, hospitalizations, deaths, and duration of hospitalization dur...

    Authors: Farzin Sadeghi, Mehrdad Halaji, Hoda Shirafkan, Abazar Pournajaf, Hossein Ghorbani, Sara Babazadeh, Nafiseh Ezami, Kobra Fallhpour, Fatemeh Fakhraie, Shahrbano Gorjinejad, Saghar Saber Amoli, Fatemeh Hejazi Amiri, Mahnaz Baghershiroodi, Zahra Ahmadnia, Maryam Salehi, Mehdi Tourani…
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:55
  6. Misconceptions and myths are still the bottlenecks for the prevention of HIV/AIDS transmission in developing countries. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of misconception about H...

    Authors: Ali Yimer, Abdul-Aziz Kebede Kassaw, Sebwedin Surur and Endris Mussa
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:54
  7. Understanding the burden of dyslipidemia and its associated factors among adult people living with HIV on dolutegravir (DTG) based anti-retroviral therapy (ART) is critical to provide clinical guidance and ris...

    Authors: Vianney John Kigongo, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Freddy Eric Kitutu, Ronald Ssenyonga, Ronald Kasoma Mutebi, Andrew Kazibwe, Ronald Kiguba, Andrew D. Kambugu and Barbara Castelnuovo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:53
  8. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a significant global health burden, particularly affecting vulnerable populations residing in slum areas which is characterized by overcrowding, poverty, and limited ...

    Authors: Meysam Behzadifar, Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh, Banafshe Darvishi Teli, Samad Azari, Ahad Bakhtiari and Masoud Behzadifar
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:52
  9. Sarcophagidae is one of the main fly families that is attracted to open wounds, ulcers, lesions, and other injuries for depositing their larvae. The presence of larvae of flies in human tissues makes myiasis. ...

    Authors: Sahar Azarmi, Kamran Akbarzadeh, Ali Ekrami, Zahra Sheikh and Omid Dehghan
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:51
  10. Linezolid exhibits antibacterial activity against sensitive and drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Knowledge on the distribution of linezolid in different types of bones in patients with spinal...

    Authors: Yuan Li, Guohua Lei, Weijie Dong, Tinglong Lan, Jun Fan and Shibing Qin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:50
  11. The dynamic HIV/AIDS epidemic significantly impacts China, particularly affecting injection drug users (IDUs), former plasma donors (FPDs), men who have sex with men (MSM), and those engaging in high-risk hete...

    Authors: Chang Cai, Houlin Tang, Qianqian Qin, Yichen Jin and Fan Lyu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:49

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:232

  12. Following the Beirut explosion, our university hospital received at least 350 casualties. Subsequently, infection control standard practices were compromised. Concerns for Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDROs...

    Authors: Zeinab Roumieh, Hanine Mansour, Rawad Abi Assaad, Hani Dimassi, Rola Husni, Sanaa Zoghby and Jacques E. Mokhbat
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:48
  13. Azvudine has clinical benefits and acceptable safety against COVID-19, including in patients with comorbidities, but there is a lack of available data for its use in older adult patients. This study explored t...

    Authors: Zhiguo Zhou, He Zheng, Gui’e Xiao, Xiangping Xie, Jiaxi Rang and Danhong Peng
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:47
  14. Uganda has a high incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis (TB). Analysis of spatial and temporal distribution of TB is an important tool for supporting spatial decision-making, planning, and policy formulatio...

    Authors: Freda Loy Aceng, Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Alex Riolexus Ario, Alfred Etwom, Stavia Turyahabwe and Frank Rwabinumi Mugabe
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:46
  15. This study aimed to assess and compare procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) levels between COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 sepsis patients. Additionally, we evaluated the diagnostic efficiency of PCT and...

    Authors: Jing Shi, Ying Zhuo, Ting-Qiang Wang, Chun-E Lv, Ling-Hui Yao and Shi-Yan Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:45
  16. Management of cystic echinococcosis (CE) requires knowledge of certain aspects related to the survival of Echinococcus granulosus. The viability of daughter vesicles (DV) is a determining factor in guiding therap...

    Authors: Aymen Trigui, Nahed Khmekhem, Sami Fendri, Rahma Daoud, Amira Akrout, Jihene Trabelsi, Rafik Mzali, Fatma Cheikhrouhou, Ali Ayadi, Chadli Dziri, Mohamed Ben Amar and Saleh Boujelbene
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:43
  17. Toxoplasmosis is a serious or life-threatening disease in immunosuppressed patients and pregnant women. This study examined the likely association between Toxoplasma gondii infection and COVID-19 patients with mo...

    Authors: Mehdi Hasanzadeh, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Mahmoud Mahami-Oskouei, Saeed Musavi, Mahdi Parsaei, Nazila Sarafraz and Adel Spotin
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:42
  18. Imported cerebral malaria (CM) cases in non-endemic areas are often misdiagnosed, which delays treatment. Post-malaria neurological syndrome (PMNS) after recovery from severe malaria can also complicate diagno...

    Authors: Zheng Xiang, Longcan Zhou, Maohua Pan, Yucheng Qin, Yao Bai, Pien Qin, Weilin Zeng, Xiaosheng Wei, Yuxin Lu, Charurut Somboonwit, Lynette Menezes, Yaming Huang, Liwang Cui and Zhaoqing Yang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:41
  19. Authors: Belay Tafa Regassa, Wagi Tosisa, Daniel Eshetu, Degefu Beyene, Abera Abdeta, Abebe Aseffa Negeri, Dejene Shiferaw Teklu, Geremew Tasew, Begna Tulu and Tadesse Awoke
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:40

    The original article was published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2023 23:798

  20. Personalized clinical management of spondylodiscitis (SD) and isolated spinal epidural empyema (ISEE) is challenging due to limited evidence of microbiologic findings and their clinical impact during the clini...

    Authors: Mido Max Hijazi, Timo Siepmann, Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Percy Schröttner, Dino Podlesek, Gabriele Schackert, Tareq A Juratli, Ilker Y Eyüpoglu and Andreas Filis
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:39
  21. Respiratory tract infections (RTIs) are a major global health burden due to their high morbidity and mortality. This retrospective study described the epidemiology of respiratory pathogens in adults over a 5-y...

    Authors: Audrey K. Grech, Chuan T. Foo, Eldho Paul, Ar K. Aung and Christiaan Yu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:38
  22. The health crisis due to Covid-19 led to the search for therapeutics that could improve the evolution of the disease. Remdesivir, an antiviral that interferes with viral replication, was one of the first to be...

    Authors: Jessica Figueredo, Lorena Fontclara Lopez, Belinda Figueredo Leguizamon, Margarita Samudio, Marcelo Pederzani, Federico Fretes Apelt, Patricia Añazco, Ricardo Caballero and Hugo Bianco
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:37
  23. In recent years, Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex (ABC) infections have attracted attention, mainly because of the impact of carbapenem-resistant isolates in hospital-acquired infections. However, ac...

    Authors: Bérénice Souhail, Maxime Danjean, Mélanie Mercier-Darty, Giuliana Amaddeo, Anna Sessa, Vincent Fihman, Adrien Galy, Paul Louis Woerther and Raphaël Lepeule
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:35
  24. In the first reported cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, people living with HIV (PLHIV) suffered weight loss, which was an independent predictor of mortality. Highly active antiretroviral t...

    Authors: Sarah Almeida Cordeiro, Tainá Costa Pereira Lopes, Antonio Luiz Boechat and Roberta Lins Gonçalves
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:34
  25. Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of acute viral hepatitis worldwide with major prevalence in the developing countries and can cause extrahepatic disease including the nervous system. Central ne...

    Authors: Manman Cui, Wei Sun, Yuan Xue, Jiangnan Yang and Tianmin Xu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:33
  26. More efficient and convenient diagnostic method is a desperate need to reduce the burden of tuberculosis (TB). This study explores the multiple cytokines secretion based on QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus (QFT-Plus),...

    Authors: Lifan Zhang, Zhengrong Yang, Fengying Wu, Qiping Ge, Yueqiu Zhang, Dongyu Li, Mengqiu Gao and Xiaoqing Liu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:28
  27. Dyslipidemia is responsible for more than half of the global ischemic heart disease (IHD) and more than 4 million deaths annually. Assessing the prevalence of dyslipidemia can be crucial in predicting the futu...

    Authors: Ousman Mohammed, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Habtu Debash, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Alemu Gedefie, Mihret Tilahun, Hussen Ebrahim and Daniel Gebretsadik Weldehanna
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:27
  28. Disseminated Cryptococcosis infection typically occurs in immunocompromised patients, often manifested as pneumonia or meningoencephalitis. Cases with involvement of either prostate or adrenal glands are less ...

    Authors: Liu Baomo, Zeng Guofen, Dong Jie, Xie Liu, Chen Shuru and Liu Jing
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:26
  29. Antivirals have been given widely for patients with COVID-19 breakthrough in Asian countries, creating a “black market” for unapproved and unprescribed medications. More evidence is needed to clarify the benef...

    Authors: Hong Tham Pham, Tuong-Anh Mai-Phan, Kim-Huong Truong-Nguyen and Minh-Hoang Tran
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:25
  30. The first local outbreak of Delta Variant B.1.617.2 COVID-19 of China occurred in Guangzhou city, south China, in May 2021. This study analyzed the transmission chains and local cluster characteristics of this...

    Authors: Chun Chen, Ke Li, Yong Huang, Chaojun Xie, Zongqiu Chen, Wenhui Liu, Hang Dong, Shujun Fan, Lirui Fan, Zhoubin Zhang and Lei Luo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:24
  31. The repercussions of the syphilis epidemic differ according to populations. Identifying and acknowledging the differences and specificities of populations is fundamental in the design and implementation of pol...

    Authors: Ellen Christiane Correa Pinho, José Jorge da Silva Galvão, Aline Maria Pereira Cruz Ramos, Cintia Yolette Urbano Pauxis Aben-Athar, Richardson Augusto Rosendo da Silva, Carlos Leonardo Figueiredo Cunha, Eliã Pinheiro Botelho and Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:23
  32. Dengue fever (DF) is a significant public health concern in Burkina Faso, particularly in the Central Region, previously endemic for malaria. However, limited research has focused on dengue prevalence and asso...

    Authors: Jean Claude Romaric Pingdwindé Ouédraogo, Sylvain Ilboudo, Tegwindé Rebeca Compaoré, Prosper Bado, Mathieu Nitiéma, Wendlasida Thomas Ouédraogo, Salfo Ouédraogo, Mohamadi Zeba, Alix Tougma, Geoffroy Gueswindé Ouédraogo, Noufou Ouédraogo, Sylvin Ouédraogo and Léon Gueswendé Blaise Savadogo
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:22
  33. France implemented a combination of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to manage the COVID-19 pandemic between September 2020 and June 2021. These included a lockdown in the fall 2020 – the second since t...

    Authors: Chiara E. Sabbatini, Giulia Pullano, Laura Di Domenico, Stefania Rubrichi, Shweta Bansal and Vittoria Colizza
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:21
  34. Severe pneumonia frequently causes irreversible sequelae and represents a major health burden for children under the age of 5. Matrix Metallopeptidase 9 (MMP9) is a zinc-dependent endopeptidase that is involve...

    Authors: Li Cai, Xiaoyu Zuo, Liuheyi Ma, Yuxia Zhang, Falin Xu and Bingtai Lu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:19
  35. Vaccination is a primary prevention approach to preventing disease by disconnecting the transmission chain. The current study utilized a BASNEF model framework to identify factors influencing subsequent doses ...

    Authors: Majid Barati, Hanieh Jormand, Salman Khazaei, Saeed Bashirian, Mohadeseh Sadri and Maryam Afshari
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:18
  36. Nosocomial infections have gradually become an emerging threat to the healthcare system over the past decades and have been attributed to poor decontamination of hospital articles and weak antibacterial stewar...

    Authors: Evans Thompson, Akua Tutuwaa Badu, Emmanuella Abban, Evelyn Baawa Eyeson, Leslie Larry Afutu, Bless Amankwaah, Suzzana Dickson Buabeng, Abigail Agyen Frimpong, Alberta Serwah Anning and George Ghartey-Kwansah
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:14
  37. Lophomonas blattarum is a rare protozoan that causes opportunistic infections, and the co-infection of lophomonas with tuberculosis and human hydatidosis is a serious public problem in the co-endemic areas of dev...

    Authors: Mohammad Hadi Tajik Jalayeri, Rahmat Allah Sharifi far, Narges Lashkarbolouk and Mahdi Mazandarani
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:11
  38. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of vancomycin is widely recommended for clinical treatment. Due to the complexity of 24-h area under the curve (AUC) guided vancomycin monitoring in clinical practice, the van...

    Authors: Xiaowu Zhang, Yulin Wu and Donghao Wang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:10
  39. Low-level viremia (LLV) has been identified as a potential precursor to virologic failure (VF), yet its clinical implications, particularly within the context of Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors (INSTIs)-b...

    Authors: Xiaojie Lao, Hanxi Zhang, Meiju Deng, Qun Li, Qing Xiao, Lin He, Liying Ma, Aqian Song, Xuelei Liang, Fengting Yu, Hongxin Zhao and Fujie Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:8
  40. About 8% of TB cases worldwide are estimated to have rifampicin-susceptible, isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis (Hr-TB), ranging from 5 to 11% regions. However, Hr-TB has not received much attention while compar...

    Authors: Lijie Zhang, Xiqin Han, Qiping Ge, Wei Shu, Yuxian Sun, Jingtao Gao, Shiheng Xie, Jingping Wang and Weiwei Gao
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:7
  41. Weeksella virosa pneumonia is an infection that has been described as a healthcare-associated infection. This is a rare gram-negative anaerobic bacterium associated with the use of mechanical ventilation for a...

    Authors: Luis Alberto de la Fuente García Peña, Alan Ulises Mendoza García, Josué Eli Villegas-Dominguez, Félix Guillermo Márquez Celedonio, Hugo Arana Vidal and Karime Azuara Díaz
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:6
  42. China is a country burdened with a high incidence of both tuberculosis (TB) and HIV, Paradoxical tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is an important early complication...

    Authors: Honghong Yang, Qian Liu, Yushan Wu, Kun He, Qin Zeng and Min Liu
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:5

    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:272

  43. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drug prophylaxis, including post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), has not yet been generally recognized and accepted by the whole society in Ch...

    Authors: Jingkun Hu, Wenting Kang, Jiahuan Guo, Jie Xu, Fan Lyu and Guang Zhang
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:4
  44. Remdesivir (RDV) is an antiviral agent approved for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); however, is not recommended for patients with renal impairment. Due to limitations associated with pros...

    Authors: Eunmi Yang, Han Zo Choi, Subin Kim, Dong Hyun Oh, Mi Young Ahn, Sinyoung Ham, Eunyoung Lee, Jaehyun Jeon, Min-Kyung Kim, Hee-Chang Jang, Sang-Won Park and Jae-Phil Choi
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:3
  45. In the context of increasing population aging, ongoing drug-resistant pathogens and the COVID-19 epidemic, the changes in the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with pneumonia remain uncl...

    Authors: Yun Li, Zhufeng Wang, Lunfang Tan, Lina Liang, Shuyi Liu, Jinhai Huang, Junfeng Lin, Kang Peng, Zihui Wang, Qiasheng Li, Wenhua Jian, Baosong Xie, Yi Gao and Jinping Zheng
    Citation: BMC Infectious Diseases 2024 24:2

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