Routine monitoring and assessment of adults living with HIV: results of the British HIV Association (BHIVA) national audit 2015.

abstract：BACKGROUND:While several studies have assessed the associations between biological factors and tuberculosis (TB) transmission, our understanding of the associations between TB transmission and social and economic factors remains incomplete. We aimed to explore associations between community TB transmission and socio-ec...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Tadokera R,Bekker LG,Kreiswirth BN,Mathema B,Middelkoop K

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This multicenter study describes the type-specific prevalence of HPV infection in the general population from central and southern Italy, comparing the data with previously published Italian studies. METHODS:Women aged from 25 to 65 who attended cervical cancer screening in five different Italian regions we...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Giorgi Rossi P,Bisanzi S,Paganini I,Di Iasi A,Angeloni C,Scalisi A,Macis R,Pini MT,Chini F,Carozzi FM,HPV Prevalence Italian Working Group.

更新日期：2010-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ocular manifestations of HIV may lead to visual impairment or blindness. In India, patients typically initiate antiretroviral treatment (ART) with low CD4 cell counts when the risk of ocular complications may be high. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and types of HIV-associated...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Pathai S,Deshpande A,Gilbert C,Lawn SD

更新日期：2009-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with HIV/AIDS on Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) suffer from physical, psychological and spiritual problems. Despite international policy explicitly stating that a multidimensional approach such as palliative care should be delivered throughout the disease trajectory and alongside treatment, the effect...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lowther K,Simms V,Selman L,Sherr L,Gwyther L,Kariuki H,Ahmed A,Ali Z,Jenkins R,Higginson IJ,Harding R

更新日期：2012-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human Parainfluenza Virus (hPIV) causes severe respiratory illness in infants and adults. Our study describes the association of hPIV1-4 with bronchiolitis, croup, and pneumonia using retrospective laboratory, administrative and public health data. Due to issues including the historic lack of hPIV4 in some c...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Fathima S,Simmonds K,Invik J,Scott AN,Drews S

更新日期：2016-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial pathogen resistance to antibiotics including methicillin. The resistance first emerged in 1960 in a healthcare setting only after two years of using methicillin as a viable treatment for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. MRSA lead...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Wagner R,Agusto FB

更新日期：2018-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human papillomavirus (HPV) associated malignancies are the leading cause of cancer death in Botswana. We sought to determine causative HPV types in patients with anogenital malignancies in Botswana to inform vaccine strategy. METHODS:We used formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks from pat...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Rantshabeng PS,Moyo S,Moraka NO,Ndlovu A,MacLeod IJ,Gaseitsiwe S,Kasvosve I

更新日期：2017-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Rotavirus (RV) vaccine was added to Yemen's childhood vaccination schedule in late 2012. We evaluated the effect of vaccination on the epidemiology of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) and the characteristics of circulating RV strains. METHODS:Surveillance data was obtained at two sentinel hospitals from 5,691 ch...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Banajeh SM,Abu-Asba BA

更新日期：2015-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore the clinical features and CT findings of clinically cured coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with viral RNA positive anal swab results after discharge. METHODS:Forty-two patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to Yongzhou Central Hospital, Hunan, China, between January 20, 2020, and Ma...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zhou H,Zhu L,Leng Y,Wang D,Bai HX,Xiong Z,Shi L,Liao W

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mutations in the basic core promoter (BCP) and its adjacent precore (preC) region in HBV genome are common in chronic hepatitis B patients. However, the patterns of mutation combinations in these two regions during chronic infection are less understood. This study focused on single base mutations in BCP and ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Zhang D,Ma S,Zhang X,Zhao H,Ding H,Zeng C

更新日期：2010-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a food and water-borne virus causing clinical (mainly hepatitis) and subclinical disease in humans. It is important to characterize circulating strains of HAV in order to prevent HAV infections using efficacious vaccines. The aim of this study was the detection and characterization...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Yilmaz H,Karakullukcu A,Turan N,Cizmecigil UY,Yilmaz A,Ozkul AA,Aydin O,Gunduz A,Mete M,Zeyrek FY,Kirazoglu TT,Richt JA,Kocazeybek B

更新日期：2017-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:After publication of the original article [1], we were notified that two of the author names were incorrectly displayed in the pdf version of the paper, while one other name was incorrectly tagged in the XML version. ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Schröder A,Gerin A,Firth GB,Hoffmann KS,Grieve A,Oetzmann von Sochaczewski C

更新日期：2019-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The outbreak of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic (H1N1pdm) affected thousands of people in Mexico and the United States, and spread rapidly throughout the world from April 2009 to July 2010. To explore the age-specific prevalence of seroprotection against H1N1pdm infection, we estimated pre-existing humoral ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Lv J,Ren ZY,Zhang YY,Liu YE,Gao J,Yao K,Feng D,Li ZY,Feng X,Liu YX,Jia N

更新日期：2017-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Melioidosis has become an emerging infection in Sri Lanka; a country which is considered non endemic for it. Paraplegia due to Burkholderia pseudomallei is a very rare entity encountered even in countries where the disease is endemic. There are no reported cases of transverse myelitis due to melioidosis in S...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Nandasiri S,Wimalaratna H,Manjula M,Corea E

更新日期：2012-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening household contacts of active tuberculosis (TB) patients is recommended for TB control. Due to resource constraints this rarely occurs in lower income countries. Demographic and clinical features of index cases may influence the likelihood of onwards TB transmission. It has also been proposed that a...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hector J,Anderson ST,Banda G,Kamdolozi M,Jefferys LF,Shani D,Garton NJ,Mwale A,Jobe A,Davies GR,Sloan DJ

更新日期：2017-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Direct agglutination test (DAT) as a simple, accurate and reliable method, has been widely used for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) during the last three decades. The present study is a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of DAT for serodiagnosis of human VL. ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Mohebali M,Keshavarz H,Shirmohammad S,Akhoundi B,Borjian A,Hassanpour G,Mamishi S,Mahmoudi S

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To determine the association of human papillomavirus infection (HPV) and transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). METHODS:Using polymerase chain reaction, fifty-nine bladder tissue specimens of patients with transitional cell carcinoma of bladder compared with 20 bladder samples of cases with non-neoplastic disor...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Barghi MR,Hajimohammadmehdiarbab A,Moghaddam SM,Kazemi B

更新日期：2005-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ordinal health longitudinal response variables have distributions that make them unsuitable for many popular statistical models that assume normality. We present a multilevel growth model that may be more suitable for medical ordinal longitudinal outcomes than are statistical models that assume normality and...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Dessie ZG,Zewotir T,Mwambi H,North D

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In China, there were few studies about the pathogens of acute viral encephalitis and meningitis in children in recent years. The aims of this study were to characterize the etiology and prognosis of acute viral encephalitis and meningitis in Chinese children. METHODS:This was a multicentre prospective study...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Ai J,Xie Z,Liu G,Chen Z,Yang Y,Li Y,Chen J,Zheng G,Shen K

更新日期：2017-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In Colombia, the dengue virus (DENV) has been endemic for decades, and with the recent entry of the chikungunya virus (CHIKV) (2014) and the Zika virus (ZIKV) (2015), health systems are overloaded because the diagnosis of these three diseases is based on clinical symptoms, and the three diseases share a symp...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Carrillo-Hernández MY,Ruiz-Saenz J,Villamizar LJ,Gómez-Rangel SY,Martínez-Gutierrez M

更新日期：2018-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycolicibacterium fortuitum is a species of the rapidly growing mycobacteria that can cause pulmonary infection. It is susceptible to multiple antibiotics both in vitro and in clinical practice, so that any combination of susceptible drugs is effective. However, we encountered a case of infection due to fluo...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Kurokawa K,Harada N,Sasano H,Takagi H,Takei S,Nakamura A,Kamada K,Yoshida A,Kikuchi K,Takahashi K

更新日期：2020-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. Infection with certain human papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes is the most important risk factor associated with cervical cancer. This study analysed the distribution of type-specific HPV infection among women with normal and abnormal cytology...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Martín P,Kilany L,García D,López-García AM,Martín-Azaña MJ,Abraira V,Bellas C

更新日期：2011-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Human papillomavirus (HPV) and HIV are each responsible for a considerable burden of disease. Interactions between these infections pose substantial public health challenges, especially where HIV prevalence is high and HPV vaccine coverage low. METHODS:Between July 2005 and January 2006, a cross-sectional c...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Luchters SM,Vanden Broeck D,Chersich MF,Nel A,Delva W,Mandaliya K,Depuydt CE,Claeys P,Bogers JP,Temmerman M

更新日期：2010-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the economic aspects of HBV (hepatitis B virus) transmission prevention for premarriage individuals in a country with cultural backgrounds like Iran and intermediate endemicity of HBV infection. METHODS:A cost-effectiveness analysis model was used from the health care system and society perspectiv...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Adibi P,Rezailashkajani M,Roshandel D,Behrouz N,Ansari S,Somi MH,Shahraz S,Zali MR

更新日期：2004-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Yersinia pestis is the pathogen of the plague and caused three pandemics worldwide. Pneumonic plague is rarer than bubonic and septicemic plague. We report detailed clinical and pathogenic data for all the three sporadic cases of pneumonic plagues in China in 2014. CASE PRESENTATION:All the three patients a...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Li YF,Li DB,Shao HS,Li HJ,Han YD

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The standard of care for HCV Hepatitis is the combination of interferon (IFN) plus Ribavirin. In HIV patients the use of this combination therapy may induce drug interactions, and reduces the adherence to HAART. The aim of this study is to evaluate safety and efficacy of a 48 weeks daily dose IFN schedule. ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Bruno R,Sacchi P,Puoti M,Ciappina V,Zocchetti C,Brunetti E,Maffezzini E,Capelli A,Patruno SF,Malfitano A,Filice G

更新日期：2002-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:At the time of the influenza A(H1N1)pmd09 pandemic it was not known if concurrent or sequential administration of seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine (TIV) with pandemic vaccine was preferred. METHODS:Immunogenicity and safety were assessed in 871 healthy subjects aged 19-40 years who were randomised into ...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Langley JM,Frenette L,Chu L,McNeil S,Halperin S,Li P,Vaughn D

更新日期：2012-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), a complication of antibiotic-induced injury to the gut microbiome, is a prevalent and dangerous cause of infectious diarrhea. Antimicrobial therapy for CDI is typically effective for acute symptoms, but up to one third of patients later experience recurrent CDI. Fecal-d...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Hirsch BE,Saraiya N,Poeth K,Schwartz RM,Epstein ME,Honig G

更新日期：2015-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Granulysin (GNLY) is produced by human lymphocyte subpopulations and exhibits antimicrobial activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We examined the association between GNLY levels in blood and latent tuberculosis (TB) infection. METHODS:Latency of TB infection among Vietnamese healthcare workers was es...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Thuong PH,Tam DB,Sakurada S,Hang NT,Hijikata M,Hong LT,Ngoc PT,Anh PT,Cuong VC,Matsushita I,Lien LT,Keicho N

更新日期：2016-10-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Information about improvements in the health status of population at-risk of helminth infection after anthelminthic treatment helps to evaluate the effectiveness of the large scale deworming program. The objectives of this study were to assess the impact of anthelminthic treatment on the prevalence and inten...

journal_title：BMC infectious diseases

authors： Yimam Y,Degarege A,Erko B

更新日期：2016-10-28 00:00:00