Volume 10, issue 1, December 2010
364 articles in this issue
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Sequential introduction of single room isolation and hand hygiene campaign in the control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care unit
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Vincent CC Cheng
- Josepha WM Tai
- KY Yuen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 September 2010
- Article: 263
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Epidemiological study of phylogenetic transmission clusters in a local HIV-1 epidemic reveals distinct differences between subtype B and non-B infections
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Kristen Chalmet
- Delfien Staelens
- Chris Verhofstede
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 September 2010
- Article: 262
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Self-reported sexually transmitted infections and their correlates among men who have sex with men in Norway: an Internet-based cross-sectional survey
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Irena Jakopanec
- Barbara Schimmer
- Preben Aavitsland
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 September 2010
- Article: 261
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Economic evaluation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in The Gambia
Authors
- Sun-Young Kim
- Gene Lee
- Sue J Goldie
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 September 2010
- Article: 260
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Simulated effect of pneumococcal vaccination in the Netherlands on existing rules constructed in a non-vaccinated cohort predicting sequelae after bacterial meningitis
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Arno E Commandeur
- Rogier CJ de Jonge
- Caroline B Terwee
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 September 2010
- Article: 259
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Factors associated with mortality in patients with tuberculosis
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- David J Horne
- Rebecca Hubbard
- Christopher H Goss
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 August 2010
- Article: 258
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Molecular epidemiology of a hepatitis C virus epidemic in a haemodialysis unit: outbreak investigation and infection outcome
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Simone Lanini
- Isabella Abbate
- Giuseppe Ippolito
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 August 2010
- Article: 257
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Hospitalized adult patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) in Beijing, China: risk factors for hospital mortality
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Xiuming Xi
- Yuan Xu
- the Chinese Critical Care Clinical Trial Group (CCCCTG)
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 August 2010
- Article: 256
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Seroepidemiology of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus infections in Pune, India
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Babasaheb V Tandale
- Shailesh D Pawar
- Akhilesh C Mishra
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 August 2010
- Article: 255
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Antibiotic control of antibiotic resistance in hospitals: a simulation study
Authors
- Michael Haber
- Bruce R Levin
- Piotr Kramarz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 August 2010
- Article: 254
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Probiotics in the treatment of acute rotavirus diarrhoea. A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial using two different probiotic preparations in Bolivian children
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Giuseppe Grandy
- Marcos Medina
- Magdalena Araya
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 August 2010
- Article: 253
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Multiplex PCR technique could be an alternative approach for early detection of leprosy among close contacts - a pilot study from India
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Surajita Banerjee
- Kamalesh Sarkar
- Basudev Bhattacharya
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 August 2010
- Article: 252
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Identification of the risk for liver fibrosis on CHB patients using an artificial neural network based on routine and serum markers
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Danan Wang
- Qinghui Wang
- Changlong Lu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 August 2010
- Article: 251
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Effectiveness of alcohol-based hand disinfectants in a public administration: Impact on health and work performance related to acute respiratory symptoms and diarrhoea
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Nils-Olaf Hübner
- Claudia Hübner
- Axel Kramer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 August 2010
- Article: 250
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Persistence survey of Toxic Shock Syndrome toxin-1 producing Staphylococcus aureusand serum antibodies to this superantigen in five groups of menstruating women
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Jeffrey Parsonnet
- Melanie A Hansmann
- Andrew B Onderdonk
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 August 2010
- Article: 249
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Treating cofactors can reverse the expansion of a primary disease epidemic
Authors
- Lee R Gibson
- Bingtuan Li
- Susanna K Remold
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 August 2010
- Article: 248
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Potential for airborne transmission of infection in the waiting areas of healthcare premises: stochastic analysis using a Monte Carlo model
Authors
- Clive B Beggs
- Simon J Shepherd
- Kevin G Kerr
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 August 2010
- Article: 247
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Chronic hepatitis caused by persistent parvovirus B19 infection
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Trine H Mogensen
- Jens Magnus B Jensen
- Carsten S Larsen
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 20 August 2010
- Article: 246
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Prospective study of urinary tract infection surveillance after kidney transplantation
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Roberto Rivera-Sanchez
- Dolores Delgado-Ochoa
- Myriam Arriaga-Alba
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 August 2010
- Article: 245
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Can serum hyaluronic acid replace simple non-invasive indexes to predict liver fibrosis in HIV/Hepatitis C coinfected patients?
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Salvador Resino
- José M Bellón
- Juan Berenguer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 19 August 2010
- Article: 244
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In vivo expression of innate immunity markers in patients with mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Pantelis Constantoulakis
- Eftihia Filiou
- Nikolaos Poulakis
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 August 2010
- Article: 243
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Assessing the relationship between HIV infection and cervical cancer in Côte d'Ivoire: A case-control study
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Georgette Adjorlolo-Johnson
- Elizabeth R Unger
- Terence L Chorba
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 August 2010
- Article: 242
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The Microfloral Analysis of Secondary Caries Biofilm around Class I and Class II Composite and Amalgam Fillings
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Si-su Mo
- Wei Bao
- Ming-yu Li
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 17 August 2010
- Article: 241
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Endotoxin tolerance and cross-tolerance in mast cells involves TLR4, TLR2 and FcεR1 interactions and SOCS expression: perspectives on immunomodulation in infectious and allergic diseases
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Saulo F Saturnino
- Roberta O Prado
- Marcus V Andrade
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 14 August 2010
- Article: 240
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Cryptococcosis mimicking cutaneous cellulitis in a patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis: a case report
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Corina Probst
- Georg Pongratz
- Boris Ehrenstein
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 11 August 2010
- Article: 239
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Determinants of seropositivity among HPV-16/18 DNA positive young women
Authors (first, second and last of 18)
- Carolina Porras
- Christina Bennett
- the Costa Rica HPV Vaccine Trial (CVT) Group
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 August 2010
- Article: 238
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Clinic-epidemiological evaluation of ulcers in patients with leprosy sequelae and the effect of low level laser therapy on wound healing: a randomized clinical trial
Authors
- Josafá G Barreto
- Claudio G Salgado
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 August 2010
- Article: 237
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Multi-agent modeling of the South Korean avian influenza epidemic
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Taehyong Kim
- Woochang Hwang
- Murali Ramanathan
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 August 2010
- Article: 236
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Nosocomial Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in pediatric patients: a multi-center prospective cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- Filippo Festini
- Priscilla Cocchi
- Maurizio de Martino
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 August 2010
- Article: 235
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Ferret badger rabies origin and its revisited importance as potential source of rabies transmission in Southeast China
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Ye Liu
- Shoufeng Zhang
- Rongliang Hu
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 August 2010
- Article: 234
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Spread of a highly mucoid Streptococcus pyogenes emm3/ST15 clone
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Esther Tamayo
- Milagrosa Montes
- Emilio Pérez-Trallero
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 August 2010
- Article: 233
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Predicting sequelae and death after bacterial meningitis in childhood: A systematic review of prognostic studies
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Rogier CJ de Jonge
- A Marceline van Furth
- Caroline B Terwee
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 05 August 2010
- Article: 232
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Diarrhoea in a large prospective cohort of European travellers to resource-limited destinations
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Raffaela Pitzurra
- Robert Steffen
- Margot Mutsch
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 August 2010
- Article: 231
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Epidemiology and economic burden of herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia in Italy: A retrospective, population-based study
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Leonardo Emberti Gialloreti
- Monica Merito
- Antonio Volpi
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 August 2010
- Article: 230
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Human isolates of Bartonella tamiaeinduce pathology in experimentally inoculated immunocompetent mice
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Leah Colton
- Nordin Zeidner
- Michael Y Kosoy
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 July 2010
- Article: 229
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Risk factors for multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumanniibacteremia in patients with colonization in the intensive care unit
Authors (first, second and last of 14)
- Ji Ye Jung
- Moo Suk Park
- Young Sam Kim
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 July 2010
- Article: 228
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The impact of single versus mixed schistosome species infections on liver, spleen and bladder morbidity within Malian children pre- and post-praziquantel treatment
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Artemis Koukounari
- Christl A Donnelly
- Joanne P Webster
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 July 2010
- Article: 227
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The prevalence of hepatitis B virus markers in a cohort of students in Bangui, Central African Republic
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Narcisse P Komas
- Souleyman Baï-Sepou
- Alain Le Faou
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 July 2010
- Article: 226
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Staphylococcus aureus bacteriuria as a prognosticator for outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a case-control study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Shingo Chihara
- Kyle J Popovich
- Bala Hota
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 July 2010
- Article: 225
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Prevalence, estimated HIV-1 incidence and viral diversity among people seeking voluntary counseling and testing services in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Carlos A Velasco de Castro
- Beatriz Grinsztejn
- Mariza G Morgado
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 July 2010
- Article: 224
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Prevalence, concordance and determinants of human papillomavirus infection among heterosexual partners in a rural region in central Mexico
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Rocio Parada
- Rosalba Morales
- Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 July 2010
- Article: 223
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Perceptions and behaviors related to hand hygiene for the prevention of H1N1 influenza transmission among Korean university students during the peak pandemic period
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Jae-Hyun Park
- Hae-Kwan Cheong
- Chang-Min Ha
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 28 July 2010
- Article: 222
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Developing guidelines for school closure interventions to be used during a future influenza pandemic
Authors
- Nilimesh Halder
- Joel K Kelso
- George J Milne
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 July 2010
- Article: 221
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Predictors of persistently positive Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-specific interferon-gamma responses in the serial testing of health care workers
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Felix C Ringshausen
- Albert Nienhaus
- Gernot Rohde
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 July 2010
- Article: 220
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Pneumococcal and influenza immunization in asplenic persons: a retrospective population-based cohort study 1990-2002
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Joanne M Langley
- Linda Dodds
- G Ross Langley
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 July 2010
- Article: 219
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Epidemiological and clinical features of rotavirus among children younger than 5 years of age hospitalized with acute gastroenteritis in Northern Italy
Authors (first, second and last of 18)
- Gianvincenzo Zuccotti
- Fabio Meneghin
- Giovanni Radaelli
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 July 2010
- Article: 218
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Efficacy and safety of tigecycline monotherapy vs. imipenem/cilastatin in Chinese patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections: a randomized controlled trial
Authors (first, second and last of 16)
- Zhangjing Chen
- Jufang Wu
- Angel Cooper
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 July 2010
- Article: 217
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Clinical significance of hypoalbuminemia in outcome of patients with scrub typhus
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Chang-Seop Lee
- In-Suk Min
- Heung-Bum Lee
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 July 2010
- Article: 216
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High prevalence of antibodies against polyomavirus WU, polyomavirus KI, and human bocavirus in German blood donors
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Florian Neske
- Christiane Prifert
- Benedikt Weissbrich
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 July 2010
- Article: 215