Longitudinal study of meningococcal carriage in adolescents and young adults in South Australia 2017-2020
This analysis investigated longitudinal changes in meningococcal carriage in adolescents in South Australia over 4 years. (Source: Journal of Infection)
Source: Journal of Infection - January 17, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mark McMillan, Hassen Mohammed, Jana Bednarz, Lex E.X. Leong, Andrew Lawrence, Thomas R Sullivan, Martin C.J Maiden, Helen S Marshall Source Type: research
SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron community transmission networks as added value to contact tracing
Calculations of SARS-CoV-2 transmission networks at a population level have been limited. Networks that estimate infections between individuals and whether this results in a mutation, can be a way to evaluate fitness of a mutational clone by how much it expands in number as well as determining the likelihood a transmission results in a new variant. (Source: Journal of Infection)
Source: Journal of Infection - January 17, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: John M. Murray, Daniel D. Murray, Evelyne Schvoerer, Elma H. Akand Source Type: research
Emergence of a triple reassortment avian influenza virus (A/H5N6) from wild birds
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Source: Journal of Infection - January 17, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Yan-kun Ke, Xin-yu Han, Si-ru Lin, Han-guang Wu, Ying-xin Li, Rong-qi Liu, Ming Liao, Wei-xin Jia Source Type: research
Donor respiratory multidrug-resistant bacteria and lung transplantation outcomes
Respiratory culture screening is mandatory for all potential lung transplant donors. There is limited evidence on the significance of donor multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria on transplant outcomes. Establishing the safety of allografts colonized with MDR bacteria has implications for widening an already limited donor pool. (Source: Journal of Infection)
Source: Journal of Infection - January 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Rayid Abdulqawi, Rana Ahmed Saleh, Reem Mahmoud Alameer, Haifa Aldakhil, Khaled Manae AlKattan, Reem Saad Almaghrabi, Sahar Althawadi, Mahmoud Hashim, Waleed Saleh, Amani Hassan Yamani, Eid Abdullah Al-Mutairy Source Type: research
Stillbirths due to placental COVID infection associated with chronic histiocytic intervillositis do not recur in subsequent pregnancies
During the COVID-19 pandemic, when the SARS-CoV-2 B1.617.2 (Delta) variant was dominant, infected pregnant women had a 4-fold increased risk of stillbirth compared with non-infected women (2.70% vs. 0.63%)1. The placenta in these stillbirths showed COVID placentitis, a combination of SARS-CoV-2 within the syncytiotrophoblast and a triad of histological features: chronic histiocytic intervillositis, trophoblast necrosis, and massive perivillous fibrin deposition. COVID placentitis only occurred in a minority of women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in pregnancy (~1.5%)2. (Source: Journal of Infection)
Source: Journal of Infection - January 11, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Emily F. Cornish, Lotte E. van der Meeren, Marie-Louise P. van der Hoorn, Sam Schoenmakers, Alexandre J. Vivanti, Alexandra Benachi, Melissa Whitten, Stephanie Hignett, Thomas McDonnell, David J. Williams Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
Novel small-molecule inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease with nanomolar antiviral potency
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Source: Journal of Infection - January 6, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Haoran Zhang, Kangping Zhou, Fei Peng, Zhao Gao, Guowei Song, Bing Hu, Sophia Chun, Junfeng Xiao, Mengfei Qian, Jin Wu, Kai Pan, Fan Gao, Meng Guo, Cheng Peng, Gang Zou, Jim Zhen Wu, Kun Cai, Yan Li Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) screening, linkage and retention-in-care in inclusion health populations: Evaluation of an outreach screening programme in London
We evaluate a hepatitis B virus (HBV) screening programme, delivered by a specialist pan-London multidisciplinary outreach team, to understand population characteristics and care cascade among people who experience extreme social exclusion (Inclusion Health (IH) groups). (Source: Journal of Infection)
Source: Journal of Infection - December 28, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Emily Martyn, Sive O ’Regan, Philippa Harris, Mark Leonard, Martha Veitch, Binta Sultan, Philippa C. Matthews, Indrajit Ghosh, Alistair Story, Julian Surey Source Type: research
Beethoven ’s deafness more likely linked to viral infection than lead poisoning
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Source: Journal of Infection - December 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Piotr Rzymski, Dorota Zar ębska-Michaluk, Robert Flisiak Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
Diagnosis and treatment of Tropheryma whipplei infection in patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease: data from the French Tw-IRD registry
Tropheryma whipplei infection can manifest as inflammatory joint symptoms, which can lead to misdiagnosis of inflammatory rheumatic disease and the use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. We investigated the impact of diagnosis and treatment of Tropheryma whipplei infection in patients with inflammatory rheumatic disease. (Source: Journal of Infection)
Source: Journal of Infection - December 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Damien Caillet Portillo, Xavier Pu échal, Maëva Masson, Marie Kostine, Alexia Michaut, André Ramon, Daniel Wendling, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau, Pascal Richette, Hubert Marotte, Justine Vix-Portet, Jean-Jacques Dubost, Sébastien Ottaviani, Gaël Mou Source Type: research
Beethoven ’s tale shall encourage novel research on chronic HBV infection, not lead intoxication
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Source: Journal of Infection - December 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Piotr Rzymski, Dorota Zar ębska-Michaluk, Robert Flisiak Source Type: research
Characterization of a new HIV-1 second-generation circulating recombinant form (CRF170_0107) among men who have sex with men in Yunnan, China
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Source: Journal of Infection - December 20, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Yi Li, Wei Chang, Jun Liang, Yang Liu, Li Li, Li Liu, Jing-Ying Wang, Rui-Lin Feng, Bin Liao, Yue Feng Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
Economic burden attributable to healthcare-associated infections at western China hospitals: 6 year, prospective cohort study
Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) represent a major threat to patient safety and are associated with significant economic burden. Calculating the costs attributable to HAIs is challenging given the various sources of bias. Although HAIs as a reasonably preventable medical harm should have been closely linked to medical insurance incentives, there was little linkage between HAIs and medicare in western China owing to the lack of economic evaluation data. The present study aimed to generate estimates of the attributable costs associated with HAIs and the magnitude of costs growth. (Source: Journal of Infection)
Source: Journal of Infection - December 20, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Yu Lv, Xiaobo Huang, Jiayu Wu, Xueqin Xiao, Chunhua Ma, Xiaoyun Jiang, Ping Zhou, Linlin Liu, Yiguo Jiang, Anna Zou, Hui Niu, Juhua Sun, Li Hou, Xiaomeng Wang, Yulin Dai, Shuling Peng, Xiaorong Deng, Hong Xia, Yao Guo, Defen Wang, Ting Huang, Chunyu Li, L Source Type: research
Characterization of a new HIV-1 second-generation circulating recombinant form (CRF160_0107) Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Yunnan, China
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Source: Journal of Infection - December 20, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Yi Li, Wei Chang, Jun Liang, Yang Liu, Li Li, Li Liu, Jing-Ying Wang, Rui-Lin Feng, Bin Liao, Yue Feng Source Type: research
Development and validation of the Baseline Recurrence Risk in Cellulitis (BRRISC) score
Cellulitis is often treated with antibiotics for longer than recommended by guidelines. Prolonged therapy may reduce recurrence in certain patients, but it is not known which patients are at greatest risk. Our objective was to develop and temporally validate a risk prediction score to identify patients attending hospital with cellulitis at highest risk of recurrence. (Source: Journal of Infection)
Source: Journal of Infection - December 19, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Elizabeth LA Cross, T Phuong Quan, Gail N Hayward, A Sarah Walker, Martin J Llewelyn Source Type: research
The Association between PHYLOGENETIC LINEAGE AND THE SUBCLINICAL Phenotype OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS: A retrospective 2-Cohort study
MTBC lineage is a strong predictor of PTB disease phenotype. The genetic drivers of this association, and the relative contribution of other explanatory variables, are unknown. (Source: Journal of Infection)
Source: Journal of Infection - December 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Richard Long, Matthew Croxen, Robyn Lee, Alexander Doroshenko, Angela Lau, Leyla Asadi, Courtney Heffernan, Catherine Paulsen, Mary Lou Egedahl, Colin Lloyd, Vincent Li, Gregory Tyrrell Source Type: research
