Volume 15, issue 1, December 2015
589 articles in this issue
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Vaccinate-assess-move method of mass canine rabies vaccination utilising mobile technology data collection in Ranchi, India
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Andrew D. Gibson
- Praveen Ohal
- Luke Gamble
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2015
- Article: 589
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An evidence synthesis approach to estimating the incidence of symptomatic pertussis infection in the Netherlands, 2005–2011
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Scott A. McDonald
- Peter Teunis
- Mirjam E. Kretzschmar
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2015
- Article: 588
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Detecting signals of seasonal influenza severity through age dynamics
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Elizabeth C. Lee
- Cécile Viboud
- Shweta Bansal
- Content type: Research Article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2015
- Article: 587
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Increases in absenteeism among health care workers in Hong Kong during influenza epidemics, 2004–2009
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Dennis K. M. Ip
- Eric H. Y. Lau
- Henry K. H. Kwok
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2015
- Article: 586
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A novel approach to evaluating the UK childhood immunisation schedule: estimating the effective coverage vector across the entire vaccine programme
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Sonya Crowe
- Martin Utley
- Christina Pagel
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2015
- Article: 585
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Incidence and characteristics of invasive fungal diseases in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients: a retrospective cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 10)
- Nicole Harrison
- Margit Mitterbauer
- Christina Forstner
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 December 2015
- Article: 584
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Epidemic spread of Pandoraea pulmonicola in a cystic fibrosis center
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Nicolas Degand
- Romain Lotte
- Jacqueline Carrère
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 December 2015
- Article: 583
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Cytomegalovirus infection and disease reduce 10-year cardiac allograft vasculopathy-free survival in heart transplant recipients
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Inger Johansson
- Rune Andersson
- Vilborg Sigurdardottir
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 December 2015
- Article: 582
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Outbreak of a beta-lactam resistant non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae sequence type 14 associated with severe clinical outcomes
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Madelen Andersson
- Fredrik Resman
- Martin Sundqvist
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 December 2015
- Article: 581
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Risk factors for infection following prostate biopsy - a case control study
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Elliot Anderson
- Olivia Leahy
- Jeremy Grummet
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 December 2015
- Article: 580
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Loss of sensitivity of immunochromatographic test (ICT) for lymphatic filariasis diagnosis in low prevalence settings: consequence in the monitoring and evaluation procedures
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Raceline Gounoue-Kamkumo
- Hugues C. Nana-Djeunga
- Joseph Kamgno
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 December 2015
- Article: 579
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Diagnosis of human fascioliasis in Arusha region, northern Tanzania by microscopy and clinical manifestations in patients
Authors
- Abdul-Hamid Settenda Lukambagire
- Deborah N. Mchaile
- Mramba Nyindo
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 December 2015
- Article: 578
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Evaluation of intestinal tuberculosis by multi-slice computed tomography enterography
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Jing Zhao
- Min-Yi Cui
- Shi-Ting Feng
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 December 2015
- Article: 577
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Antibiotic use in rural China: a cross-sectional survey of knowledge, attitudes and self-reported practices among caregivers in Shandong province
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Lilu Ding
- Qiang Sun
- Oliver J. Dyar
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2015
- Article: 576
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Trends in HPV cervical and seroprevalence and associations between oral and genital infection and serum antibodies in NHANES 2003–2012
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Andrew F. Brouwer
- Marisa C. Eisenberg
- Rafael Meza
- Content type: Research Article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 December 2015
- Article: 575
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Increased norovirus activity was associated with a novel norovirus GII.17 variant in Beijing, China during winter 2014–2015
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Zhiyong Gao
- Baiwei Liu
- Quanyi Wang
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2015
- Article: 574
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Continued high incidence of children with severe influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 admitted to paediatric intensive care units in Germany during the first three post-pandemic influenza seasons, 2010/11–2012/13
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Andrea Streng
- Christiane Prifert
- for the Bavarian PICU Study Group on Influenza and Other Viral ARI
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2015
- Article: 573
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The prevalence and impact of antimicrobial allergies and adverse drug reactions at an Australian tertiary centre
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Jason A. Trubiano
- Kelly A. Cairns
- Allen C. Cheng
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 December 2015
- Article: 572
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Prevalence of bla TEM-220 gene in Penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains carrying Toronto/Rio plasmid in Argentina, 2002 – 2011
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ricardo Gianecini
- Claudia Oviedo
- Patricia Galarza
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 16 December 2015
- Article: 571
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Predictors of antiretroviral therapy initiation: a cross-sectional study among Chinese HIV-infected men who have sex with men
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Yu Liu
- Yuhua Ruan
- Han-Zhu Qian
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2015
- Article: 570
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Prevalence of 7 sexually transmitted organisms by multiplex real-time PCR in Fallopian tube specimens collected from Saudi women with and without ectopic pregnancy
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Ahmed Mohamed Ashshi
- Sarah Abdullah Batwa
- Bassem Refaat
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2015
- Article: 569
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Management and outcomes in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after implementation of mandatory infectious diseases consult: a before/after study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Leslie Martin
- Miriam Tova Harris
- Dominik Mertz
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 15 December 2015
- Article: 568
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Community-acquired adult Escherichia coli meningitis leading to diagnosis of unrecognized retropharyngeal abscess and cervical spondylodiscitis: a case report
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Rebekka Kohlmann
- Andrey Nefedev
- Sören G. Gatermann
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 12 December 2015
- Article: 567
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of human papillomavirus vaccination in South Africa accounting for human immunodeficiency virus prevalence
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Xiao Li
- Martinus P. Stander
- Nadia Demarteau
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 December 2015
- Article: 566
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Microbiology of healthcare-associated infections and the definition accuracy to predict infection by potentially drug resistant pathogens: a systematic review
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Teresa Cardoso
- Mónica Almeida
- LuÃs Azevedo
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 December 2015
- Article: 565
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The face of Ebola: changing frequency of haemorrhage in the West African compared with Eastern-Central African outbreaks
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Stefano Petti
- Giuseppe Alessio Messano
- Crispian Scully
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 December 2015
- Article: 564
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Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection among people receiving opioid substitution therapy (ECHO): study protocol
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Lisa Strada
- Bernd Schulte
- Jens Reimer
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 10 December 2015
- Article: 563
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HIV treatment and care among Italian inmates: a one-month point survey
Authors (first, second and last of 13)
- R. Monarca
- G. Madeddu
- SIMSPe–SIMIT Group
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 December 2015
- Article: 562
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Rationale and design of FORTH: a randomised controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of HIV self-testing in increasing HIV testing frequency among gay and bisexual men
Authors (first, second and last of 18)
- Muhammad S. Jamil
- Garrett Prestage
- Rebecca J. Guy
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 10 December 2015
- Article: 561
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Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence in pregnant women in Jiangsu, China, and postpartum evolution during six years
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Guangyu Gu
- Hongyu Huang
- Yi-Hua Zhou
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 December 2015
- Article: 560
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Rapid dissemination of colistin and carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Central Greece: mechanisms of resistance, molecular identification and epidemiological data
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- O. Oikonomou
- S. Sarrou
- E. Petinaki
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 09 December 2015
- Article: 559
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Improving the radical cure of vivax malaria (IMPROV): a study protocol for a multicentre randomised, placebo-controlled comparison of short and long course primaquine regimens
Authors
- The IMPROV Study Group
- Content type: Study protocol
- Open Access
- Published: 07 December 2015
- Article: 558
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Progression of liver stiffness predicts clinical events in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with compensated cirrhosis
Authors (first, second and last of 16)
- Nicolás Merchante
- Francisco Téllez
- on behalf of the Grupo Andaluz para el Estudio de las Hepatitis VÃricas (HEPAVIR) de la Sociedad Andaluza de Enfermedades Infecciosas (SAEI)
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 07 December 2015
- Article: 557
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The correlation between pretreatment cytokine expression patterns in peripheral blood mononuclear cells with chronic hepatitis c outcome
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Joanna Jabłońska
- Tomasz Pawłowski
- Marek Radkowski
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 December 2015
- Article: 556
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Severe falciparum malaria complicated by prolonged haemolysis and rhinomaxillary mucormycosis after parasite clearance: a case report
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Katherine Plewes
- Richard J. Maude
- Arjen M. Dondorp
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 03 December 2015
- Article: 555
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High prevalence of Bordetella pertussis in children under 5 years old hospitalized with acute respiratory infections in Lima, Peru
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Ivana Pavic-Espinoza
- Sandy Bendezú-Medina
- Juana del Valle Mendoza
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 02 December 2015
- Article: 554
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A Birth-cohort testing intervention identified hepatitis c virus infection among patients with few identified risks: a cross-sectional study
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- William N. Southern
- Brianna Norton
- Alain H. Litwin
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2015
- Article: 553
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Periodontitis-associated septic pulmonary embolism caused by Actinomyces species identified by anaerobic culture of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid: a case report
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Shun Endo
- Eikan Mishima
- Sadayoshi Ito
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2015
- Article: 552
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Invasive meningococcal disease in England: assessing disease burden through linkage of multiple national data sources
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Shamez N Ladhani
- Pauline A Waight
- Mary E Ramsay
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2015
- Article: 551
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The variations of IL-23R are associated with susceptibility and severe clinical forms of pulmonary tuberculosis in Chinese Uygurs
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Daobin Jiang
- Atikaimu Wubuli
- Qimanguli Wushouer
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 December 2015
- Article: 550
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The quality of denominator data in surgical site infection surveillance versus administrative data in Norway 2005–2010
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Hege Line Løwer
- Hanne-Merete Eriksen
- Finn Egil Skjeldestad
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 November 2015
- Article: 549
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Evaluating HBsAg rapid test performance for different biological samples from low and high infection rate settings & populations
Authors (first, second and last of 15)
- Helena Medina Cruz
- Leticia de Paula Scalioni
- Livia Melo Villar
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 30 November 2015
- Article: 548
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Influence of Plasmodium gametocyte carriage on the prevalence of fever, splenomegaly and cardiovascular parameters in children less than 15 years in the Mount Cameroon area: cross sectional study
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele
- Orelien S. Mtopi Bopda
- Theresa Nkuo-Akenji
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 27 November 2015
- Article: 547
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Hemoptysis due to fungus ball after tuberculosis: A series of 21 cases treated with hemostatic radiotherapy
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Lucas G Sapienza
- Maria José L Gomes
- Antonio N Norberg
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 November 2015
- Article: 546
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Ciprofloxacin resistance in community- and hospital-acquired Escherichia coli urinary tract infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Oyebola Fasugba
- Anne Gardner
- George Mnatzaganian
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 November 2015
- Article: 545
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Detection of HPV DNA in paraffin-embedded cervical samples: a comparison of four genotyping methods
Authors (first, second and last of 16)
- Felipe A. Castro
- Jill Koshiol
- Nicolas Wentzensen
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 November 2015
- Article: 544
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Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis and leprosy: case report and literature review
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Maria Angela Bianconcini Trindade
- Lana Luiza da Cruz Silva
- Mirian Nacagami Sotto
- Content type: Case report
- Open Access
- Published: 23 November 2015
- Article: 543
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Health care workers in Pearl River Delta Area of China are not vaccinated adequately against hepatitis B: a retrospective cohort study
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Yu-Bao Zheng
- Yu-Rong Gu
- Zhi-Liang Gao
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 22 November 2015
- Article: 542
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CIN III lesions and regression: retrospective analysis of 635 cases
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Melodi Motamedi
- Gerd Böhmer
- Reinhard von Wasielewski
- Content type: Research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 November 2015
- Article: 541
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