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- 1From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12) Peer-ReviewedBackground Most pediatric adenovirus respiratory infections are mild and indistinguishable from other viral causes. However, in a few children, the disease can be severe and result in substantial morbidity. We...
- 2From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground The vast majority of research in the area of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) has been based on patients admitted to hospital. And yet, the majority of patients with CAP are treated on an ambulatory...
- 3From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12) Peer-ReviewedBackground During the 2009-2010 pandemic in Norway, 12 513 laboratory-confirmed cases of pandemic influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, were reported to the Norwegian Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases (MSIS). 2.2...
- 4From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12) Peer-ReviewedBackground Rickettsia typhi (R. mooseri) is the causative agent of murine typhus. It is one of the most widely distributed flea-borne diseases with a relatively mild febrile initial illness with six to 14 days of...
- 5From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12) Peer-ReviewedBackground More than three billion populations are living under the threat of Japanese encephalitis in South East Asian (SEA) countries including India. The pathogenesis of this disease is not clearly understood and...
- 6From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12) Peer-ReviewedBackground The world has recently experienced the first influenza pandemic of the 21st century that lasted 14 months from June 2009 to August 2010. This study aimed to compare the timing, geographic spread and...
- 7From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12) Peer-ReviewedBackground Prospective typing of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (STM) by multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) can assist in identifying clusters of STM cases that might otherwise have...
- 8From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Beijing genotype strains are the most predominant strains in China. The aim of this study was to explore risk factors and clinical phenotypes associated with infection with Beijing genotype strains among...
- 9From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most common infections among women worldwide. E. coli often causes more than 75% of acute uncomplicated UTI, however, little is known about how recurrent UTIs...
- 10From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Specific land cover types and activities have been correlated with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense distributions, indicating the importance of landscape for epidemiological risk. However, methods proposed...
- 11From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12) Peer-ReviewedBackground Human migration caused by political unrest, wars and poverty is a major topic in international health. Infectious diseases like tuberculosis follow their host, with potential impact on both the migrants...
- 12From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Activation of the A.sub.2A adenosine receptor (A.sub.2AAR) decreases production of inflammatory cytokines, prevents C. difficile toxin A-induced enteritis and, in combination with antibiotics, increases...
- 13From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Since 2003 to 06 Jan 2012, the number of laboratory confirmed human cases of infection with avian influenza in China was 41 and 27 were fatal. However, the official estimate of the H5N1 case-fatality rate...
- 14From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Most cases of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and subsequent liver diseases can be prevented with universal newborn HBV vaccination. The attitudes of health care workers about HBV vaccination and their...
- 15From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground M.tuberculosis (M.tb) is associated with enhanced T helper cell type 1 (Th1) immune responses while helminth infection is associated with T helper cell type 2 (Th2) immune responses. Our aim was to...
- 16From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) are in the process of implementation in Latin America. Experience in developed countries has shown that they reduce the incidence of invasive and non-invasive...
- 17From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground The effects of helminth co-infection on malaria in humans remain uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate the nature of association of intestinal helminths with prevalence and clinical outcomes of...
- 18From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Thirteen-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) and 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV10) are two recently approved vaccines for the active immunization against Streptococcus pneumoniae...
- 19From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Two formulations of Pegylated interferon (Peg-IFN) are on the market for treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to assess the efficacy of Peg-IFN...
- 20From: BMC Infectious Diseases. (Vol. 12, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Genetic variation in immune response genes is associated with susceptibility and severity of infectious diseases. Toll-like receptor (TLR) 9 polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to develop...