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Epidemiology and burden of influenza in healthy children aged 6 to 35 months:...
Abstract Background Despite World Health Organization recommendations, in many countries young children are not targeted for influenza vaccination. To help inform influenza... -
Prognostic value of NT-proBNP in patients with severe COVID-19
Abstract Background The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in China has been declared a... -
Prevalence of Cryptosporidium, microsporidia and Isospora infection in HIV-in...
Abstract Background Diarrhea caused by opportunistic intestinal protozoa is a common problem in HIV infection. We aimed to establish the prevalence of Cryptosporidium,... -
A cross-sectional study of acute dengue infection in paediatric clinics in Ca...
Abstract Background Dengue fever is the world’s fastest spreading mosquito borne viral infection. It is prevalent throughout both subtropical and tropical region, and affects... -
A case series on common cold to severe bronchiolitis and pneumonia in childre...
Abstract Objectives The prevalence of hMPV infections in Sri Lanka has not been reported and here we report a case series of hMPV infection in children less than 5Â years.... -
Antibiotic use in a tertiary healthcare facility in Ghana: a point prevalence...
Abstract Background The global rise and spread of antibiotic resistance is limiting the usefulness of antibiotics in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. The use... -
Infectious tenosynovitis with bloodstream infection caused by Erysipelothrix ...
Abstract Background Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is an established animal pathogen, which may cause infections in humans. It is a gram-positive rod and found in the tonsils or... -
New insights on serodiagnosis of trichinellosis during window period: early d...
Abstract The clinical diagnosis of trichinellosis is difficult because its clinical manifestations are nonspecific. Detection of anti-Trichinella IgG by ELISA using T. spiralis... -
Virulence factor RNA transcript expression in the Leishmania Viannia subgenus...
Abstract Background Leishmania RNA virus-1 (LRV1) is a double-stranded RNA virus identified in 20–25% of Viannia—species endemic to Latin America, and is believed to accelerate... -
Schistosoma japonicum infection causes a reprogramming of glycolipid metaboli...
Abstract Background Recent investigations indicate that schistosome infection is closely associated with aberrant glycolipid metabolism. However, the actual glycolipid... -
The palatine tonsil bacteriome, but not the mycobiome, is altered in HIV infe...
Abstract Background Microbial flora in several organs of HIV-infected individuals have been characterized; however, the palatine tonsil bacteriome and mycobiome and their... -
The CpxR regulates type VI secretion system 2 expression and facilitates the ...
Abstract Systemic infections caused by avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) are economically devastating to poultry industries worldwide and are also potentially threatening... -
Identification of bronchiolitis profiles in Italian children through the appl...
Abstract Background Bronchiolitis is the primary infection of the lower respiratory tract in children under 2 years of age. Although it is generally considered a single... -
Outcome and prognostic factors of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in immunoc...
Abstract Background Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) remains a severe disease associated with high rates of invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) and mortality. The... -
Summary of anti-malarial prophylactic efficacy of tafenoquine from three plac...
Abstract Background Tafenoquine is a long half-life primaquine analog being developed for malaria prophylaxis. The US Army recently performed a unified analysis of efficacy in... -
Assessing Gammapapillomavirus infections of mucosal epithelia with two broad-...
Abstract Background Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been divided into mucosal and cutaneous types according to their primary epithelial tissue tropism. However, recent... -
Leptospira infection and shedding in dogs in Thailand
Abstract Background Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonosis and has been recognized as a re-emerging infectious disease in humans and dogs, but prevalence of Leptospira shedding... -
Severe hemoptysis in post-tuberculosis bronchiectasis precipitated by SARS-Co...
Abstract Background Since the beginning of SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in China, severe acute respiratory syndrome has been widely descripted. Hemoptysis has rarely been observed in... -
Cost-effectiveness analysis of quadrivalent seasonal influenza vaccines in En...
Abstract Background As part of the national seasonal influenza vaccination programme in England and Wales, children receive a quadrivalent vaccine offering protection against... -
Focus of infection and microbiological etiology in community-acquired infecti...
Abstract Background The aim of the present study was to gain national data on the clinical and microbiological characteristics of community-acquired infections in the Faroe...
