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Case Reports Infective endocarditis caused by Salmonella enteritidis in a dialysis patient: a case report and literature review Yusuke Tsugawa, Miyuki Futatsuyama, Keiichi Furukawa, Fumika Taki, Yuji Nishizaki, Keiichi Tamagaki, Yuki Kaneshiro, and Yasuhiro Komatsu PMCID: PMC2760558 Newly formed cystic lesions for the development of pneumomediastinum in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia Ju-Yeon Cho, Dong-Min Kim, Yong Eun Kwon, Sung Ho Yoon, and Seung Il Lee PMCID: PMC2770472 Acute sensorineural hearing loss and severe otalgia due to scrub typhus Ji-In Kang, Dong-Min Kim, and Joonhan Lee PMCID: PMC2773783 Correspondence Mapping the history and current situation of research on John Cunningham virus – a bibliometric analysis Hua-chuan Zheng, Lei Yan, Lei Cui, Yi-fu Guan, and Yasuo Takano PMCID: PMC2667186 Research article Uptake of meningococcal conjugate vaccine among adolescents in large managed care organizations, United States, 2005: Demand, supply and seasonality Suchita A Lorick, Daniel Fishbein, Eric Weintraub, Pascale M Wortley, Grace M Lee, Fangjun Zhou, and Robert Davis PMCID: PMC2781813 PCR melting profile (PCR MP) - a new tool for differentiation of Candida albicans strains Beata Krawczyk, Justyna Leibner-Ciszak, Anna Mielech, Magdalena Nowak, and Józef Kur PMCID: PMC2778650 Moraxella catarrhalis acquisition, airway inflammation and protease-antiprotease balance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Ganapathi I Parameswaran, Catherine T Wrona, Timothy F Murphy, and Sanjay Sethi PMCID: PMC2780445 Serum immunoglobulin G, M and A response to Cryptosporidium parvum in Cryptosporidium-HIV co-infected patients Kirti Kaushik, Sumeeta Khurana, Ajay Wanchu, and Nancy Malla PMCID: PMC2784774 The risks of malariainfection in Kenya in 2009 Abdisalan M Noor, Peter W Gething, Victor A Alegana, Anand P Patil, Simon I Hay, Eric Muchiri, Elizabeth Juma, and Robert W Snow PMCID: PMC2783030 Inequitable childhood immunization uptake in Nigeria: a multilevel analysis of individual and contextual determinants Diddy Antai PMCID: PMC2787508 New tools for detecting latent tuberculosis infection: evaluation of RD1-specific long-term response Ornella Butera, Teresa Chiacchio, Stefania Carrara, Rita Casetti, Valentina Vanini, Serena Meraviglia, Giuliana Guggino, Francesco Dieli, Marco Vecchi, Francesco N Lauria, Almerico Marruchella, Patrizia Laurenti, Mahavir Singh, Nadia Caccamo, Enrico Girardi, and Delia Goletti PMCID: PMC2784468 Characteristics and outcome of infants with candiduria in neonatal intensive care - a Paediatric Investigators Collaborative Network on Infections in Canada (PICNIC) study Joan L Robinson, H Dele Davies, Michelle Barton, Karel O'Brien, Kim Simpson, Elizabeth Asztalos, Anne Synnes, Earl Rubin, Nicole Le Saux, Charles Hui, Joanne M Langley, Reg Sauve, Louis de Repentigny, Lajos Kovacs, Ben Tan, and Susan E Richardson PMCID: PMC2788568 A unified approach to molecular epidemiology investigations: tools and patterns in California as a case study for endemic shigellosis Sawsan Al-Nimri, Woutrina A Miller, Barbara A Byrne, Gerry Guibert, and Lily Chen PMCID: PMC2788569 Hepatitis B vaccinations among Koreans: Results from 2005 Korea National Cancer Screening Survey Hee-Soon Juon, Kui Son Choi, Eun-Cheol Park, Min-Son Kwak, and Sunmin Lee PMCID: PMC2787509 Characterising the KMP-11 and HSP-70 recombinant antigens' humoral immune response profile in chagasic patients Ivonne D Flechas, Adriana Cuellar, Zulma M Cucunubá, Fernando Rosas, Víctor Velasco, Mario Steindel, María del Carmen Thomas, Manuel Carlos López, John Mario González, and Concepción Judith Puerta PMCID: PMC2789076 Human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence and types among Turkish women at a gynecology outpatient unit Polat Dursun, Süheyla S Senger, Hande Arslan, Esra Kuşçu, and Ali Ayhan PMCID: PMC2789077 Study Protocol Treatment duration of febrile urinary tract infection (FUTIRST trial): a randomized placebo-controlled multicenter trial comparing short (7 days) antibiotic treatment with conventional treatment (14 days) Cees van Nieuwkoop, Jan W van't Wout, Willem JJ Assendelft, Henk W Elzevier, Eliane MS Leyten, Ted Koster, G Hanke Wattel-Louis, Nathalie M Delfos, Hans C Ablij, Ed J Kuijper, Jan Pander, Jeanet W Blom, Ida C Spelt, and Jaap T van Dissel PMCID: PMC2733899 Technical Advances Evaluation of a novel real-time PCR test based on the ssrA gene for the identification of group B streptococci in vaginal swabs Martina Wernecke, Ciara Mullen, Vimla Sharma, John Morrison, Thomas Barry, Majella Maher, and Terry Smith PMCID: PMC2755475 Barriers to the care of HIV-infected children in rural Zambia: a cross-sectional analysis Janneke H van Dijk, Catherine G Sutcliffe, Bornface Munsanje, Francis Hamangaba, Philip E Thuma, and William J Moss PMCID: PMC2767351 Research Articles Immunohaematological reference values in human immunodeficiency virus-negative adolescent and adults in rural northern Tanzania Bernard J Ngowi, Sayoki G Mfinanga, Johan N Bruun, and Odd Morkve PMCID: PMC2630915 Challenge of conducting a placebo-controlled randomized efficacy study for influenza vaccine in a season with low attack rate and a mismatched vaccine B strain: a concrete example Jiří Beran, Veronika Wertzova, Karel Honegr, Eva Kaliskova, Martina Havlickova, Jiří Havlik, Helena Jirincova, Pascale Van Belle, Varsha Jain, Bruce Innis, and Jeanne-Marie Devaster PMCID: PMC2639595 Identification and validation of clinical predictors for the risk of neurological involvement in children with hand, foot, and mouth disease in Sarawak Mong How Ooi, See Chang Wong, Anand Mohan, Yuwana Podin, David Perera, Daniella Clear, Sylvia del Sel, Chae Hee Chieng, Phaik Hooi Tio, Mary Jane Cardosa, and Tom Solomon PMCID: PMC2637878 Antiviral prophylaxis during pandemic influenza may increase drug resistance Martin Eichner, Markus Schwehm, Hans-Peter Duerr, Mark Witschi, Daniel Koch, Stefan O Brockmann, and Beatriz Vidondo PMCID: PMC2654456 Mining social mixing patterns for infectious disease models based on a two-day population survey in Belgium Niel Hens, Nele Goeyvaerts, Marc Aerts, Ziv Shkedy, Pierre Van Damme, and Philippe Beutels PMCID: PMC2656518 The vaginal microflora in relation to gingivitis Rutger Persson, Jane Hitti, Rita Verhelst, Mario Vaneechoutte, Rigmor Persson, Regula Hirschi, Marianne Weibel, Marilynn Rothen, Marleen Temmerman, Kathleen Paul, and David Eschenbach PMCID: PMC2637877 Molecular identification of CTX-M and blaOXY/K1 β-lactamase genes in Enterobacteriaceae by sequencing of universal M13-sequence tagged PCR-amplicons Hans-Jürg Monstein, Maria Tärnberg, and Lennart E Nilsson PMCID: PMC2651175 Antiviral resistance during pandemic influenza: implications for stockpiling and drug use Julien Arino, Christopher S Bowman, and Seyed M Moghadas PMCID: PMC2653495 Different inflammatory responses are associated with Ureaplasma parvum-induced UTI and urolith formation Leticia Reyes, Mary Reinhard, and Mary B Brown PMCID: PMC2656517 Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates expressing low- and high-level mupirocin resistance in Nigeria and South Africa Adebayo O Shittu, Edet E Udo, and Johnson Lin PMCID: PMC2640400 Private doctors' practices, knowledge, and attitude to reporting of communicable diseases: a national survey in Taiwan Hsiu-Fen Tan, Chia-Yu Yeh, Hsueh-Wei Chang, Chen-Kang Chang, and Hung-Fu Tseng PMCID: PMC2642829 DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative patients in Kampala, Uganda Benon B Asiimwe, Moses L Joloba, Solomon Ghebremichael, Tuija Koivula, David P Kateete, Fred A Katabazi, Alexander Pennhag, Ramona Petersson, and Gunilla Kallenius PMCID: PMC2645406 Incidence of bacterial meningitis (2001–2005) in Lazio, Italy: the results of a integrated surveillance system Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Jessica Mantovani, Eliana Ferroni, Antonio Forcina, Elena Stanghellini, Filippo Curtale, and Piero Borgia PMCID: PMC2645407 Improving survey methods in sero-epidemiological studies of injecting drug users: a case example of two cross sectional surveys in Serbia and Montenegro Ali Judd, Tim Rhodes, Lisa G Johnston, Lucy Platt, Violeta Andjelkovic, Danijela Simić, Boban Mugosa, Milena Simić, Sonja Žerjav, Ruth P Parry, and John V Parry PMCID: PMC2647543 Poor concordance between interferon-γ release assays and tuberculin skin tests in diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection among HIV-infected individuals Naasha J Talati, Ulrich Seybold, Bianca Humphrey, Abiola Aina, Jane Tapia, Paul Weinfurter, Rachel Albalak, and Henry M Blumberg PMCID: PMC2649136 Human Papillomaviruses and genital co-infections in gynaecological outpatients Rosita Verteramo, Alessandra Pierangeli, Emanuela Mancini, Ettore Calzolari, Mauro Bucci, John Osborn, Rosa Nicosia, Fernanda Chiarini, Guido Antonelli, and Anna Marta Degener PMCID: PMC2656516 A single immunization with HA DNA vaccine by electroporation induces early protection against H5N1 avian influenza virus challenge in mice Liyun Zheng, Fuyan Wang, Zhongdong Yang, Jianjun Chen, Haiyan Chang, and Ze Chen PMCID: PMC2652463 Using high titer West Nile intravenous immunoglobulin from selected Israeli donors for treatment of West Nile virus infection David Ben-Nathan, Orly Gershoni-Yahalom, Itzchak Samina, Yevgeny Khinich, Israel Nur, Orgad Laub, Ahuva Gottreich, Michael Simanov, Angel Porgador, Bracha Rager-Zisman, and Nadav Orr PMCID: PMC2660335 Evaluation of simple rapid HIV assays and development of national rapid HIV test algorithms in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Eligius F Lyamuya, Said Aboud, Willy K Urassa, Jaffer Sufi, Judica Mbwana, Faustin Ndugulile, and Charles Massambu PMCID: PMC2650699 Patterns of soil-transmitted helminth infection and impact of four-monthly albendazole treatments in preschool children from semi-urban communities in Nigeria: a double-blind placebo-controlled randomised trial Patrick Kirwan, Samuel O Asaolu, Síle F Molloy, Titilayo C Abiona, Andrew L Jackson, and Celia V Holland PMCID: PMC2649135 Lymphocyte proliferation to mycobacterial antigens is detectable across a spectrum of HIV-associated tuberculosis Timothy Lahey, Mecky Matee, Lillian Mtei, Muhammad Bakari, Kisali Pallangyo, and C Fordham von Reyn PMCID: PMC2653493 The epidemiology of pertussis in Germany: past and present Wiebke Hellenbrand, Dietmar Beier, Evelin Jensen, Martina Littmann, Christiane Meyer, Hanna Oppermann, Carl-Heinz Wirsing von König, and Sabine Reiter PMCID: PMC2653494 T-SPOT.TB responses during treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis Samantha Ribeiro, Kelly Dooley, Judith Hackman, Carla Loredo, Anne Efron, Richard E Chaisson, Marcus B Conde, Neio Boechat, and Susan E Dorman PMCID: PMC2651889 Antimicrobial drugs for persistent diarrhoea of unknown or non-specific cause in children under six in low and middle income countries: systematic review of randomized controlled trials Katharine Abba, Rebecca Sinfield, C Anthony Hart, and Paul Garner PMCID: PMC2653038 Living in rural New England amplifies the risk of depression in patients with HIV Siddharth H Sheth, Paul T Jensen, and Timothy Lahey PMCID: PMC2670845 Safety and effectiveness of colistin compared with tobramycin for multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections Ronald Gounden, Colleen Bamford, Richard van Zyl-Smit, Karen Cohen, and Gary Maartens PMCID: PMC2657147 Quarantine for pandemic influenza control at the borders of small island nations Hiroshi Nishiura, Nick Wilson, and Michael G Baker PMCID: PMC2670846 The experience of providing young people attending general practice with an online risk assessment tool to assess their own sexual health risk Jade E Bilardi, Lena A Sanci, Christopher K Fairley, Jane S Hocking, Danielle Mazza, Dot J Henning, Susan M Sawyer, Michelle J Wills, Debra A Wilson, and Marcus Y Chen PMCID: PMC2664815 Detecting imipenem resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii by automated systems (BD Phoenix, Microscan WalkAway, Vitek 2); high error rates with Microscan WalkAway Canan Kulah, Elif Aktas, Fusun Comert, Nagihan Ozlu, Isin Akyar, and Handan Ankarali PMCID: PMC2664816 Causative agent distribution and antibiotic therapy assessment among adult patients with community acquired pneumonia in Chinese urban population Youning Liu, Minjun Chen, Tiemei Zhao, Hui Wang, Rui Wang, Baiqiang Cai, Bin Cao, Tieying Sun, Yunjian Hu, Qingyu Xiu, Xin Zhou, Xing Ding, Lan Yang, Jiansheng Zhuo, Yingchun Tang, Kouxing Zhang, Derong Liang, Xiaoju Lv, Shengqi Li, Yong Liu, Yunsong Yu, Zeqing Wei, Kejing Ying, Feng Zhao, Ping Chen, and Xiaona Hou PMCID: PMC2667519 Effect of praziquantel treatment of Schistosoma mansoni during pregnancy on intensity of infection and antibody responses to schistosome antigens: results of a randomised, placebo-controlled trial Robert Tweyongyere, Patrice A Mawa, Nicholas O Emojong, Harriet Mpairwe, Frances M Jones, Trinh Duong, David W Dunne, Birgitte J Vennervald, Eli Katunguka-Rwakishaya, and Alison M Elliott PMCID: PMC2666740 The epidemiology of gonorrhoea in Norway, 1993–2007: past victories, future challenges Irena Jakopanec, Katrine Borgen, and Preben Aavitsland PMCID: PMC2666741 Screening for latent tuberculosis infection among undocumented immigrants in Swiss healthcare centres; a descriptive exploratory study Patrick Bodenmann, Paul Vaucher, Hans Wolff, Bernard Favrat, Fanny de Tribolet, Eric Masserey, and Jean-Pierre Zellweger PMCID: PMC2667187 Acute viral hepatitis morbidity and mortality associated with hepatitis E virus infection: Uzbekistan surveillance data Makhmudkhan B Sharapov, Michael O Favorov, Tatiana L Yashina, Matthew S Brown, Gennady G Onischenko, Harold S Margolis, and Terence L Chorba PMCID: PMC2671511 Drug-resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates among Spanish middle aged and older adults with community-acquired pneumonia Angel Vila-Corcoles, Ferran Bejarano-Romero, Elisabeth Salsench, Olga Ochoa-Gondar, Cinta de Diego, Frederic Gomez-Bertomeu, Xavier Raga-Luria, Xavier Cliville-Guasch, and Victoria Arija PMCID: PMC2667188 Patterns of pneumococcal vaccination and revaccination in elderly and non-elderly adults: a Vaccine Safety Datalink study Lisa A Jackson, Roger Baxter, Allison L Naleway, Edward A Belongia, and James Baggs PMCID: PMC2670847 What do young adults know about the HIV/AIDS epidemic? Findings from a population based study in Karachi, Pakistan Syed Farid-ul-Hasnain, Eva Johansson, and Gunilla Krantz PMCID: PMC2678138 Seroprevalence and factors associated with herpes simplex virus type 2 among HIV-negative high-risk men who have sex with men from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a cross-sectional study Junia Rodrigues, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Francisco I Bastos, Luciane Velasque, Paula M Luz, Claudia TV de Souza, Ingebourg Georg, Jose H Pilotto, and Valdilea G Veloso PMCID: PMC2670309 Progress in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection in Ukraine: results from a birth cohort study Claire Thorne, Igor Semenenko, Tatyana Pilipenko, Ruslan Malyuta, and the Ukraine European Collaborative Study Group PMCID: PMC2674441 Clinical outcomes of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species: A retrospective matched case-control study Kyoung-Ho Song, Jae Hyun Jeon, Wan Beom Park, Sang-Won Park, Hong Bin Kim, Myoung-don Oh, Hyo-Suk Lee, Nam Joong Kim, and Kang Won Choe PMCID: PMC2671512 HIV care and treatment factors associated with improved survival during TB treatment in Thailand: an observational study Jay K Varma, Sriprapa Nateniyom, Somsak Akksilp, Wiroj Mankatittham, Chawin Sirinak, Wanchai Sattayawuthipong, Channawong Burapat, Wanitchaya Kittikraisak, Patama Monkongdee, Kevin P Cain, Charles D Wells, and Jordan W Tappero PMCID: PMC2674442 Emergence of unusual human rotavirus strains in Salento, Italy, during 2006–2007 Antonella De Donno, Tiziana Grassi, Francesco Bagordo, Adele Idolo, Alessandra Cavallaro, Giovanni Gabutti, and the Collaborative Group for the surveillance of Rotavirus Infection PMCID: PMC2676288 Clinical and ultrasonographic features of abdominal tuberculosis in HIV positive adults in Zambia Edford Sinkala, Sylvia Gray, Isaac Zulu, Victor Mudenda, Lameck Zimba, Sten H Vermund, Francis Drobniewski, and Paul Kelly PMCID: PMC2678139 Invasive Haemophilus influenzae infections in Germany: impact of non-type b serotypes in the post-vaccine era Helen Kalies, Anette Siedler, Britta Gröndahl, Veit Grote, Astrid Milde-Busch, and Rüdiger von Kries PMCID: PMC2678273 Risk and prognostic significance of tuberculosis in patients from The TREAT Asia HIV Observational Database Jialun Zhou, Julian Elliott, Patrick CK Li, Poh Lian Lim, Sasisopin Kiertiburanakul, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, Tuti Parwati Merati, Sanjay Pujari, Yi-Ming A Chen, Praphan Phanuphak, Saphonn Vonthanak, Thira Sirisanthana, Somnuek Sungkanuparph, Christopher KC Lee, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Shinichi Oka, Fujie Zhang, Goa Tau, and Rossana Ditangco PMCID: PMC2679752 Serum markers in interstitial pneumonia with and without Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization: a prospective study Yasuo Shimizu, Noriaki Sunaga, Kunio Dobashi, Makoto Fueki, Naoto Fueki, Sohei Makino, and Masatomo Mori PMCID: PMC2676289 Evaluation of surveillance case definition in the diagnosis of leptospirosis, using the Microscopic Agglutination Test: a validation study Dinesh LB Dassanayake, Harith Wimalaratna, Suneth B Agampodi, Veranja C Liyanapathirana, Thibbotumunuwe ACL Piyarathna, and Bimba L Goonapienuwala PMCID: PMC2679753 Serum procalcitonin for the early recognition of nosocomial infection in the critically ill patients: a preliminary report Pierre Emmanuel Charles, Emmanuel Kus, Serge AHO, Sébastien Prin, Jean-Marc Doise, Nils-Olivier Olsson, Bernard Blettery, and Jean-Pierre Quenot PMCID: PMC2679028 Daptomycin in experimental murine pneumococcal meningitis Barry B Mook-Kanamori, Mark S Rouse, Cheol-In Kang, Diederik van de Beek, James M Steckelberg, and Robin Patel PMCID: PMC2685802 Lack of association between polymorphisms of MASP2 and susceptibility to SARS coronavirus infection Yan Wang, Jiangwei Yan, Yuling Shi, Ping Li, Chuanxuan Liu, Qingjun Ma, Ruifu Yang, Xiaoyi Wang, Lina zhu, Xiao Yang, and Cheng Cao PMCID: PMC2683852 Development and assessment of a questionnaire for a descriptive cross – sectional study concerning parents' knowledge, attitudes and practises in antibiotic use in Greece Sotiria G Panagakou, Maria N Theodoridou, Vassiliki Papaevangelou, Panagiotis Papastergiou, George A Syrogiannopoulos, Georgia P Goutziana, and Christos S Hadjichristodoulou PMCID: PMC2686701 Sensitivity of direct versus concentrated sputum smear microscopy in HIV-infected patients suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis Adithya Cattamanchi, David W Dowdy, J Lucian Davis, William Worodria, Samuel Yoo, Moses Joloba, John Matovu, Philip C Hopewell, and Laurence Huang PMCID: PMC2690598 A Schistosoma japonicum chimeric protein with a novel adjuvant induced a polarized Th1 immune response and protection against liver egg burdens Xindong Xu, Dongmei Zhang, Wei Sun, Qingfeng Zhang, Jingjing Zhang, Xiangyang Xue, Luhui Shen, and Weiqing Pan PMCID: PMC2685138 Burden of herpes zoster requiring hospitalization in Spain during a seven-year period (1998–2004) Angel Gil, Ruth Gil, Alejendro Alvaro, María San Martín, and Antonio González PMCID: PMC2685386 Modeling microbial survival in buildup biofilm for complex medical devices Michelle J Alfa and Rosemarie Howie PMCID: PMC2689233 Hyperglycemia in bacterial meningitis: a prospective cohort study Ewout S Schut, Willeke F Westendorp, Jan de Gans, Nyika D Kruyt, Lodewijk Spanjaard, Johannes B Reitsma, and Diederik van de Beek PMCID: PMC2694198 Seroprevalence of Immunoglobulin G antibodies against pertussis toxin among asymptomatic medical students in the west of Iran: a cross sectional study Seyyed Hamid Hashemi, Mitra Ranjbar, Mehrdad Hajilooi, Mohammad-Ali Seif-Rabiei, Mahnaz Bolandi, and Javad Moghimi PMCID: PMC2684070 Shifting suitability for malaria vectors across Africa with warming climates A Townsend Peterson PMCID: PMC2694813 Use of interferon gamma-based assay to diagnose tuberculosis infection in health care workers after short term exposure Dag Gundersen Storla, Ingun Kristiansen, Fredrik Oftung, Gro Ellen Korsvold, Monica Gaupset, Gerd Gran, Anne Kristin Øverby, Anne Margarita Dyrhol-Riise, and Gunnar Aksel Bjune PMCID: PMC2690599 Ten years of antibiotic consumption in ambulatory care: Trends in prescribing practice and antibiotic resistance in Austria Sigrid Metz-Gercek, Andreas Maieron, Reinhild Strauß, Peter Wieninger, Petra Apfalter, and Helmut Mittermayer PMCID: PMC2686702 Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia revisited within the German Competence Network for Community-acquired pneumonia (CAPNETZ) Heike von Baum, Tobias Welte, Reinhard Marre, Norbert Suttorp, Christian Lück, and Santiago Ewig PMCID: PMC2689234 Diagnosing norovirus-associated infectious intestinal disease using viral load Gemma Phillips, Ben Lopman, Clarence C Tam, Miren Iturriza-Gomara, David Brown, and Jim Gray PMCID: PMC2698835 How does healthcare worker hand hygiene behaviour impact upon the transmission of MRSA between patients?: an analysis using a Monte Carlo model Clive B Beggs, Simon J Shepherd, and Kevin G Kerr PMCID: PMC2689235 Effectiveness and economic analysis of the whole cell/recombinant B subunit (WC/rbs) inactivated oral cholera vaccine in the prevention of traveller's diarrhoea Rosa López-Gigosos, Pedro Garcia-Fortea, Maria J Calvo, Emilia Reina, Rosa Diez-Diaz, and Elena Plaza PMCID: PMC2686703 Quality assessment of an interferon-gamma release assay for tuberculosis infection in a resource-limited setting Nguyen TL Hang, Naoki Ishizuka, Naoto Keicho, Le T Hong, Do B Tam, Vu TX Thu, Ikumi Matsushita, Nobuyuki Harada, Kazue Higuchi, Shinsaku Sakurada, and Luu T Lien PMCID: PMC2700813 Direct susceptibility testing for multi drug resistant tuberculosis: A meta-analysis Freddie Bwanga, Sven Hoffner, Melles Haile, and Moses L Joloba PMCID: PMC2696456 Laboratory-based evaluation of legionellosis epidemiology in Ontario, Canada, 1978 to 2006 Victoria Ng, Patrick Tang, Frances Jamieson, Cyril Guyard, Donald E Low, and David N Fisman PMCID: PMC2695468 Low density parasitaemia, red blood cell polymorphisms and Plasmodium falciparum specific immune responses in a low endemic area in northern Tanzania Seif Shekalaghe, Michael Alifrangis, Charles Mwanziva, Anders Enevold, Steve Mwakalinga, Humphrey Mkali, Reginald Kavishe, Alphaxard Manjurano, Robert Sauerwein, Chris Drakeley, and Teun Bousema PMCID: PMC2689236 Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a neonatal intensive care unit: molecular epidemiology and infection control measures Valeria Crivaro, Anna Di Popolo, Alessandro Caprio, Antonietta Lambiase, Mario Di Resta, Tonia Borriello, Alda Scarcella, Maria Triassi, and Raffaele Zarrilli PMCID: PMC2692859 Malaria vectors and transmission dynamics in Goulmoun, a rural city in south-western Chad Clément Kerah-Hinzoumbé, Mallaye Péka, Christophe Antonio-Nkondjio, Issa Donan-Gouni, Parfait Awono-Ambene, Albert Samè-Ekobo, and Frédéric Simard PMCID: PMC2697161 Increased incidence of traffic accidents in Toxoplasma-infected military drivers and protective effect RhD molecule revealed by a large-scale prospective cohort study Jaroslav Flegr, Jiří Klose, Martina Novotná, Miroslava Berenreitterová, and Jan Havlíček PMCID: PMC2692860 Sex and sport: chlamydia screening in rural sporting clubs Fabian YS Kong, Jane S Hocking, Chris K Link, Marcus Y Chen, and Margaret E Hellard PMCID: PMC2695469 Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection in pregnant women and mother-to-child transmission of genital HPV genotypes: a prospective study in Spain Xavier Castellsagué, Teresa Drudis, Maria Paz Cañadas, Anna Goncé, Ramón Ros, José M Pérez, M Jesús Quintana, Jesús Muñoz, Ginesa Albero, Silvia de Sanjosé, and F Xavier Bosch PMCID: PMC2696457 Potential plasma markers of type 1 and type 2 leprosy reactions: a preliminary report Mariane M Stefani, Jackeline G Guerra, Ana Lucia M Sousa, Mauricio B Costa, Maria Leide W Oliveira, Celina T Martelli, and David M Scollard PMCID: PMC2696458 Toxoplasma seroprevalence in a rural population in France: detection of a household effect Emmanuelle Gilot Fromont, Benjamin Riche, and Muriel Rabilloud PMCID: PMC2696459 A simulation analysis to characterize the dynamics of vaccinating behaviour on contact networks Ana Perisic and Chris T Bauch PMCID: PMC2695470 Impact of infection control activities on the rate of needle stick injuries at a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan over a period of six years: an observational study Afia Zafar, Faiza Habib, Roshan Hadwani, Muslima Ejaz, Khurshid Khowaja, Rozina Khowaja, and Seema Irfan PMCID: PMC2692861 Diagnostic challenges of early Lyme disease: Lessons from a community case series John Aucott, Candis Morrison, Beatriz Munoz, Peter C Rowe, Alison Schwarzwalder, and Sheila K West PMCID: PMC2698836 The role of phosphodiesterase 3 in endotoxin-induced acute kidney injury Won-Il Choi, Kun Young Kwon, Jeong Wook Seo, John Beagle, Deborah A Quinn, and Charles A Hales PMCID: PMC2694814 Risk factors for virological failure and subtherapeutic antiretroviral drug concentrations in HIV-positive adults treated in rural northwestern Uganda Laurence Ahoua, Gunar Guenther, Loretxu Pinoges, Paul Anguzu, Marie-Laure Chaix, Clotilde Le Tiec, Suna Balkan, David Olson, Charles Olaro, and Mar Pujades-Rodríguez PMCID: PMC2701435 Clinical characteristics of the autumn-winter type scrub typhus cases in south of Shandong province, northern China Yun-Xi Liu, Dan Feng, Ji-Jiang Suo, Yu-Bin Xing, Gang Liu, Li-Hua Liu, Hong-Ju Xiao, Ning Jia, Yan Gao, Hong Yang, Shu-Qing Zuo, Pan-He Zhang, Zhong-Tang Zhao, Jing-Si Min, Pei-Tian Feng, Shu-Bin Ma, Song Liang, and Wu-Chun Cao PMCID: PMC2703643 Characterization of coagulase-negative staphylococcal isolates from blood with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides and therapeutic options Silvia Natoli, Carla Fontana, Marco Favaro, Alberto Bergamini, Gian Piero Testore, Silvia Minelli, Maria Cristina Bossa, Mauro Casapulla, Giorgia Broglio, Angela Beltrame, Laura Cudillo, Raffaella Cerretti, and Francesca Leonardis PMCID: PMC2701436 Characterization of CTX-M ESBLs in Enterobacter cloacae, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates from Cairo, Egypt Noha G Khalaf, Mona M Eletreby, and Nancy D Hanson PMCID: PMC2701952 Lack of knowledge about sexually transmitted infections among women in North rural Vietnam Pham Thi Lan, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg, Ingrid Mogren, Ho Dang Phuc, and Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc PMCID: PMC2701953 Lack of implementation of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) vaccination policy in household contacts of HBV carriers in Italy Paola Scognamiglio, Enrico Girardi, Mario Fusco, Pierluca Piselli, Silvana Russo Spena, Carmela Maione, Francesco Aurelio Pisanti, and Diego Serraino PMCID: PMC2702368 How to optimize tuberculosis case finding: explorations for Indonesia with a health system model Riris A Ahmad, Yodi Mahendradhata, Jane Cunningham, Adi Utarini, and Sake J de Vlas PMCID: PMC2706250 Pathogens associated with persistent diarrhoea in children in low and middle income countries: systematic review Katharine Abba, Rebecca Sinfield, C Anthony Hart, and Paul Garner PMCID: PMC2709113 Comparison of oral and vaginal metronidazole for treatment of bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy: impact on fastidious bacteria Caroline M Mitchell, Jane E Hitti, Kathy J Agnew, and David N Fredricks PMCID: PMC2703644 The first clinical case due to AP92 like strain of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever virus and a field survey Kenan Midilli, Ayşen Gargılı, Onder Ergonul, Murat Elevli, Sevgi Ergin, Nesrin Turan, Gönül Şengöz, Recep Ozturk, and Mehmet Bakar PMCID: PMC2700115 Time delays in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review of literature Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, Kishore V Panduru, Joris Menten, and J Van den Ende PMCID: PMC2702369 Lessons from the Pacific programme to eliminate lymphatic filariasis: a case study of 5 countries Clare Huppatz, Corinne Capuano, Kevin Palmer, Paul M Kelly, and David N Durrheim PMCID: PMC2702370 Experimental infection of Balb/c nude mice with 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Tokyo Metropolitan Area in Japan Akihiro Ohkado, Yoshiro Murase, Masaaki Mori, Naoki Hasegawa, Goro Otsuka, Michiko Nagamine, Hideo Maeda, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Masako Ohmori, Norio Yamada, Shinji Maeda, Seiya Kato, Toru Mori, and Nobukatsu Ishikawa PMCID: PMC2749854 Comparison of rapid tests for detection of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda Sam Ogwang, Benon B Asiimwe, Hamidou Traore, Francis Mumbowa, Alphonse Okwera, Kathleen D Eisenach, Susan Kayes, Edward C Jones-López, Ruth McNerney, William Worodria, Irene Ayakaka, Roy D Mugerwa, Peter G Smith, Jerrold Ellner, and Moses L Joloba PMCID: PMC2744678 Five-year follow-up of children with perinatal HIV-1 infection receiving early highly active antiretroviral therapy Elena Chiappini, Luisa Galli, Pier-Angelo Tovo, Clara Gabiano, Catiuscia Lisi, Stefania Bernardi, Alessandra Viganò, Alfredo Guarino, Carlo Giaquinto, Susanna Esposito, Raffaele Badolato, Cesare Di Bari, Raffaella Rosso, Orazio Genovese, Massimo Masi, Antonio Mazza, and Maurizio de Martino PMCID: PMC2753343 Low sensitivity of a urine LAM-ELISA in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis Klaus Reither, Elmar Saathoff, Jutta Jung, Lilian T Minja, Inge Kroidl, Eiman Saad, Jim F Huggett, Elias N Ntinginya, Lucas Maganga, Leonard Maboko, and Michael Hoelscher PMCID: PMC2741465 Molecular detection of rifampin and isoniazid resistance to guide chronic TB patient management in Burkina Faso Paolo Miotto, Nuccia Saleri, Mathurin Dembelé, Martial Ouedraogo, Gisèle Badoum, Gabriele Pinsi, Giovanni B Migliori, Alberto Matteelli, and Daniela M Cirillo PMCID: PMC2739213 Renal impairment in a rural African antiretroviral programme Cara Franey, Deborah Knott, Till Barnighausen, Martin Dedicoat, Ahmed Adam, Richard J Lessells, Marie-Louise Newell, and Graham S Cooke PMCID: PMC2743696 Primary and secondary cases in Escherichia coli O157 outbreaks: a statistical analysis Kate G Snedeker, Darren J Shaw, Mary E Locking, and Robin J Prescott PMCID: PMC2741466 Improved hospital-level risk adjustment for surveillance of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections: a retrospective cohort study ENC Tong, ACA Clements, MA Haynes, MA Jones, AP Morton, and M Whitby PMCID: PMC2745417 Neonatal enteral feeding tubes as loci for colonisation by members of the Enterobacteriaceae Edward Hurrell, Eva Kucerova, Michael Loughlin, Juncal Caubilla-Barron, Anthony Hilton, Richard Armstrong, Craig Smith, Judith Grant, Shiu Shoo, and Stephen Forsythe PMCID: PMC2749046 Leptospirosis in the Asia Pacific region Ann Florence B Victoriano, Lee D Smythe, Nina Gloriani-Barzaga, Lolita L Cavinta, Takeshi Kasai, Khanchit Limpakarnjanarat, Bee Lee Ong, Gyanendra Gongal, Julie Hall, Caroline Anne Coulombe, Yasutake Yanagihara, Shin-ichi Yoshida, and Ben Adler PMCID: PMC2749047 Hepatitis B virus: molecular genotypes and HBeAg serological status among HBV-infected patients in the southeast of Brazil Priscila A Tonetto, Neiva SL Gonçales, Viviane C Fais, Aline G Vigani, Eduardo SL Gonçales, Adriana Feltrin, and Fernando L Gonçales, Jr PMCID: PMC2749048 Varicella: epidemiological aspects and vaccination coverage in the Veneto Region Vincenzo Baldo, Tatjana Baldovin, Francesca Russo, Marta Cecilia Busana, Cinzia Piovesan, Greta Bordignon, Aurore Giliberti, and Renzo Trivello PMCID: PMC2751773 A Mycobacterium tuberculosis cluster demonstrating the use of genotyping in urban tuberculosis control Gerard de Vries, Rob AH van Hest, Conny CA Burdo, Dick van Soolingen, and Jan H Richardus PMCID: PMC2751774 Gene expression profiling of human alveolar macrophages infected by B. anthracis spores demonstrates TNF-α and NF-κb are key components of the innate immune response to the pathogen Mikhail Dozmorov, Wenxin Wu, Kaushik Chakrabarty, J Leland Booth, Robert E Hurst, K Mark Coggeshall, and Jordan P Metcalf PMCID: PMC2752459 Genotyping of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci) isolated from vaginal and rectal swabs of women at 35-37 weeks of pregnancy Nabil Abdullah El Aila, Inge Tency, Geert Claeys, Bart Saerens, Ellen De Backer, Marleen Temmerman, Rita Verhelst, and Mario Vaneechoutte PMCID: PMC2753344 Impact of first-line protease inhibitors on predicted resistance to tipranavir in HIV-1-infected patients with virological failure Szu-Min Hsieh, Sui-Yuan Chang, Chien-Ching Hung, Wang-Huei Sheng, Mao-Yuan Chen, and Shan-Chwen Chang PMCID: PMC2749855 Intestinal parasitic infections in relation to HIV/AIDS status, diarrhea and CD4 T-cell count Shimelis Assefa, Berhanu Erko, Girmay Medhin, Zelalem Assefa, and Techalew Shimelis PMCID: PMC2751775 Interferon for the treatment of genital warts: a systematic review Jin Yang, Yu-guo Pu, Zhong-ming Zeng, Zhi-jian Yu, Na Huang, and Qi-wen Deng PMCID: PMC2754484 Procalcitonin levels and bacterial aetiology among COPD patients admitted to the ICU with severe pneumonia: a prospective cohort study Cédric Daubin, Jean-Jacques Parienti, Sabine Fradin, Astrid Vabret, Michel Ramakers, Nicolas Terzi, François Freymuth, Pierre Charbonneau, and Damien du Cheyron PMCID: PMC2754485 Prevalence of HIV-associated ophthalmic disease among patients enrolling for antiretroviral treatment in India: A cross-sectional study Sophia Pathai, Alaka Deshpande, Clare Gilbert, and Stephen D Lawn PMCID: PMC2759932 Large serological survey showing cocirculation of Ebola and Marburg viruses in Gabonese bat populations, and a high seroprevalence of both viruses in Rousettus aegyptiacus Xavier Pourrut, Marc Souris, Jonathan S Towner, Pierre E Rollin, Stuart T Nichol, Jean-Paul Gonzalez, and Eric Leroy PMCID: PMC2761397 Small islands and pandemic influenza: Potential benefits and limitations of travel volume reduction as a border control measure Martin Eichner, Markus Schwehm, Nick Wilson, and Michael G Baker PMCID: PMC2761921 An evaluation of the sensitivity of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance for poliovirus infection in Australia Rochelle E Watkins, P Anthony J Martin, Heath Kelly, Ben Madin, and Charles Watson PMCID: PMC2761398 Trends in DDT and pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.s. populations from urban and agro-industrial settings in southern Cameroon Philippe Nwane, Josiane Etang, Mouhamadou Chouaibou, Jean Claude Toto, Clément Kerah-Hinzoumbé, Rémy Mimpfoundi, Herman Parfait Awono-Ambene, and Frédéric Simard PMCID: PMC2764715 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii on computer interface surfaces of hospital wards and association with clinical isolates Po-Liang Lu, LK Siu, Tun-Chieh Chen, Ling Ma, Wen-Gin Chiang, Yen-Hsu Chen, Sheng-Fung Lin, and Tyen-Po Chen PMCID: PMC2765444 Frequency of medically attended adverse events following tetanus and diphtheria toxoid vaccine in adolescents and young adults: a Vaccine Safety Datalink study Lisa A Jackson, Onchee Yu, Edward A Belongia, Simon J Hambidge, Jennifer Nelson, Roger Baxter, Allison Naleway, Charlene Gay, James Nordin, James Baggs, and John Iskander PMCID: PMC2765445 Initial psychological responses to Influenza A, H1N1 ("Swine flu") Robin Goodwin, Shamsul Haque, Felix Neto, and Lynn B Myers PMCID: PMC2765446 Identification and genotyping of bacteria from paired vaginal and rectal samples from pregnant women indicates similarity between vaginal and rectal microflora Nabil Abdullah El Aila, Inge Tency, Geert Claeys, Hans Verstraelen, Bart Saerens, Guido Lopes dos Santos Santiago, Ellen De Backer , Piet Cools, Marleen Temmerman, Rita Verhelst, and Mario Vaneechoutte PMCID: PMC2770471 Influenza activity in Cambodia during 2006-2008 Sek Mardy, Sovann Ly, Seng Heng, Sirenda Vong, Chea Huch, Chea Nora, Nima Asgari, Megge Miller, Isabelle Bergeri, Sybille Rehmet, Duong Veasna, Weigong Zhou, Takeshi Kasai, Sok Touch, and Philippe Buchy PMCID: PMC2768732 Protective measures and H5N1-seroprevalence among personnel tasked with bird collection during an outbreak of avian influenza A/H5N1 in wild birds, Ruegen, Germany, 2006 Wei Cai, Brunhilde Schweiger, Udo Buchholz, Silke Buda, Martina Littmann, Jörg Heusler, and Walter Haas PMCID: PMC2767352 Immune control of HIV-1 infection after therapy interruption: immediate versus deferred antiretroviral therapy Paola Paci, Rossella Carello, Massimo Bernaschi, Gianpiero D'Offizi, and Filippo Castiglione PMCID: PMC2771028 Downregulation of MIP-1α/CCL3 with praziquantel treatment in Schistosoma haematobium and HIV-1 co-infected individuals in a rural community in Zimbabwe RBL Zinyama-Gutsire, E Gomo, P Kallestrup, C Erikstrup, H Ullum, AE Butterworth, S Munyati, and T Mduluza PMCID: PMC2770052 Evaluation of routinely reported surgical site infections against microbiological culture results: a tool to identify patient groups where diagnosis and treatment may be improved Marco Krukerink, Job Kievit, and Perla J Marang-van de Mheen PMCID: PMC2777907 Other Issues: Journal List
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