| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCorrespondence HIV/AIDS in Nigeria: a bibliometric analysis Olalekan A Uthman PMCID: PMC2268690 Debate Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis Ellen M Zager and Ruth McNerney PMCID: PMC2241599 Study Protocol A population-based study to investigate host genetic factors associated with hepatitis B infection and pathogenesis in the Chinese population Zheng Zeng, Li Guan, Ping An, Shan Sun, Stephen J O'Brien, Cheryl A Winkler, and the HBV study consortium PMCID: PMC2238742 Toward an operative diagnosis in sepsis: a latent class approach Gisela D De La Rosa, Marta L Valencia, Clara M Arango, Carlos I Gomez, Alex Garcia, Sigifredo Ospina, Susana Osorno, Adriana Henao, and Fabián A Jaimes PMCID: PMC2263051 The Procalcitonin And Survival Study (PASS) – A Randomised multi-center investigator-initiated trial to investigate whether daily measurements biomarker Procalcitonin and pro-active diagnostic and therapeutic responses to abnormal Procalcitonin levels, can improve survival in intensive care unit patients. Calculated sample size (target population): 1000 patients Jens-Ulrik Jensen, Bettina Lundgren, Lars Hein, Thomas Mohr, Pernille L Petersen, Lasse H Andersen, Anne Ø Lauritsen, Sine Hougaard, Teit Mantoni, Bonnie Bømler, Klaus J Thornberg, Katrin Thormar, Jesper Løken, Morten Steensen, Peder Carl, J Asger Petersen, Hamid Tousi, Peter Søe-Jensen, Morten Bestle, Søren Hestad, Mads H Andersen, Paul Fjeldborg, Kim M Larsen, Charlotte Rossau, Carsten B Thomsen, Christian Østergaard, Jesper Kjær, Jesper Grarup, and Jens D Lundgren PMCID: PMC2491622 A randomized controlled trial of tea tree oil (5%) body wash versus standard body wash to prevent colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in critically ill adults: research protocol Gillian Thompson, Bronagh Blackwood, Ronan McMullan, Fiona A Alderdice, T John Trinder, Gavin G Lavery, and Danny F McAuley PMCID: PMC2611995 Technical Advances Rapid Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Typing of the Lymphogranuloma venereum associated L-Serovars by TaqMan PCR Anke Schaeffer and Birgit Henrich PMCID: PMC2387162 Development and optimization of quantitative PCR for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis with bronchoalveolar lavage fluid Prasanna D Khot, Daisy L Ko, Robert C Hackman, and David N Fredricks PMCID: PMC2440748 Research Articles Low-level HIV-1 replication and the dynamics of the resting CD4+ T cell reservoir for HIV-1 in the setting of HAART Ahmad R Sedaghat, Robert F Siliciano, and Claus O Wilke PMCID: PMC2254415 Seasonality in pulmonary tuberculosis among migrant workers entering Kuwait Saeed Akhtar and Hameed GHH Mohammad PMCID: PMC2259356 Increased fluoroquinolone resistance with time in Escherichia coli from >17,000 patients at a large county hospital as a function of culture site, age, sex, and location Lauren Becnel Boyd, Robert L Atmar, Graham L Randall, Richard J Hamill, David Steffen, and Lynn Zechiedrich PMCID: PMC2258293 Prevalence of transfusion-transmitted Chagas disease among multitransfused patients in Brazil Erich V De Paula, Neiva SL Goncales, Serge Xueref, Marcelo Addas-Carvalho, Simone CO Gilli, Rodrigo N Angerami, and Fernando L Goncales, Jr PMCID: PMC2241600 Treatment of isoniazid-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis Yee Hyung Kim, Gee Young Suh, Man Pyo Chung, Hojoong Kim, O Jung Kwon, Seong Yong Lim, Si Young Lim, and Won-Jung Koh PMCID: PMC2245946 Aerial Dissemination of Clostridium difficile spores Katherine Roberts, Caroline F Smith, Anna M Snelling, Kevin G Kerr, Kathleen R Banfield, P Andrew Sleigh, and Clive B Beggs PMCID: PMC2245947 Comparison of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Nepal- a hospital-based retrospective study Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy, Kishore V Panduru, Sharat C Verma, Hari S Joshi, and Michael N Bates PMCID: PMC2245948 Persistence of the immune response induced by BCG vaccination Rosemary E Weir, Patricia Gorak-Stolinska, Sian Floyd, Maeve K Lalor, Sally Stenson, Keith Branson, Rose Blitz, Anne Ben-Smith, Paul EM Fine, and Hazel M Dockrell PMCID: PMC2263052 Response to M. tuberculosis selected RD1 peptides in Ugandan HIV-infected patients with smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis: a pilot study Delia Goletti, Stefania Carrara, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Joy Baseke, Michael Angel Mugerwa, Enrico Girardi, and Zahra Toossi PMCID: PMC2267196 Acute bacterial prostatitis: heterogeneity in diagnostic criteria and management. Retrospective multicentric analysis of 371 patients diagnosed with acute prostatitis Manuel Etienne, Pascal Chavanet, Louis Sibert, Frédéric Michel, Hervé Levesque, Bernard Lorcerie, Jean Doucet, Pierre Pfitzenmeyer, and François Caron PMCID: PMC2254416 Acquisition of new infection and clearance of type-specific human papillomavirus infections in female students in Busan, South Korea: a follow-up study Jin-Kyoung Oh, Young-Hee Ju, Silvia Franceschi, Wim Quint, and Hai-Rim Shin PMCID: PMC2257960 Epidemiology and outcomes of community-onset methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a university hospital in Singapore Jonathan Wei-Zhong Chia, Li-Yang Hsu, Louis Yi-Ann Chai, and Paul Ananth Tambyah PMCID: PMC2266922 Comparative efficacies of different antibiotic treatments to eradicate nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae infection Yukie Sekiya, Masahiro Eguchi, Masahiko Nakamura, Kimiko Ubukata, Satoshi Omura, and Hidenori Matsui PMCID: PMC2276502 Estimates of the duration of the early and late stage of gambiense sleeping sickness Francesco Checchi, João AN Filipe, Daniel T Haydon, Daniel Chandramohan, and François Chappuis PMCID: PMC2259357 Adjuvant interferon gamma in patients with pulmonary atypical Mycobacteriosis: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study María T Milanés-Virelles, Idrian García-García, Yamilet Santos-Herrera, Magalys Valdés-Quintana, Carmen M Valenzuela-Silva, Gaspar Jiménez-Madrigal, Thelvia I Ramos-Gómez, Iraldo Bello-Rivero, Norma Fernández-Olivera, Reinaldo B Sánchez-de la Osa, Carmen Rodríguez-Acosta, Lidia González-Méndez, Gregorio Martínez-Sánchez, Pedro A López-Saura, and the MACGAM Study Group PMCID: PMC2275277 Immunological predictors of CD4+ T cell decline in antiretroviral treatment interruptions Elena Seoane, Salvador Resino, Santiago Moreno, Juan Carlos Lopez Bernaldo de Quiros, Ana Moreno, Rafael Rubio, Juan Gonzalez-García, José Ramón Arribas, Federico Pulido, and Ma Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández PMCID: PMC2291054 Transmitted drug resistance, selection of resistance mutations and moderate antiretroviral efficacy in HIV-2: Analysis of the HIV-2 Belgium and Luxembourg database Jean Ruelle, François Roman, Anne-Thérèse Vandenbroucke, Christine Lambert, Katrien Fransen, Fedoua Echahidi, Denis Piérard, Chris Verhofstede, Kristel Van Laethem, Marie-Luce Delforge, Dolorès Vaira, Jean-Claude Schmit, and Patrick Goubau PMCID: PMC2292191 Endothelin-1 precursor peptides correlate with severity of disease and outcome in patients with community acquired pneumonia Philipp Schuetz, Daiana Stolz, Beat Mueller, Nils G Morgenthaler, Joachim Struck, Christian Mueller, Roland Bingisser, Michael Tamm, and Mirjam Christ-Crain PMCID: PMC2335111 The United States and Canada as a coupled epidemiological system: An example from hepatitis A Raluca Amariei, Allan R Willms, and Chris T Bauch PMCID: PMC2292190 Comparative radiological features of disseminated disease due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis vs non-tuberculosis mycobacteria among AIDS patients in Brazil Rodrigo P dos Santos, Karin L Scheid, Denise MC Willers, and Luciano Z Goldani PMCID: PMC2270846 Seroprevalence of hepatitis C and associated risk factors in urban areas of Antananarivo, Madagascar Charles E Ramarokoto, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Maherisoa Ratsitorahina, Vaomalala Raharimanga, Richter Razafindratsimandresy, Rindra Randremanana, Mala Rakoto-Andrianarivelo, Dominique Rousset, Voahangy Andrianaja, Vincent Richard, Jean-Louis Soares, and Leon P Rabarijaona PMCID: PMC2292193 Severe anaemia is not associated with HIV-1 env gene characteristics in Malawian children Job CJ Calis, Hellen P Rotteveel, Antoinette C van der Kuyl, Fokla Zorgdrager, David Kachala, Michaël Boele van Hensbroek, and Marion Cornelissen PMCID: PMC2311312 Roles of TNF-α gene polymorphisms in the occurrence and progress of SARS-Cov infection: A case-control study Shixin Wang, Maoti Wei, Yi Han, Keju Zhang, Li He, Zhen Yang, Bing Su, Zhilun Zhang, Yilan Hu, and Wuli Hui PMCID: PMC2291466 Performance of Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-8 serum levels in pediatric oncology patients with neutropenia and fever for the assessment of low-risk Miriam Diepold, Peter Noellke, Ulrich Duffner, Udo Kontny, and Reinhard Berner PMCID: PMC2292194 Can "presumed consent" justify the duty to treat infectious diseases? An analysis Murat Civaner and Berna Arda PMCID: PMC2311313 Storage and stability of IgG and IgM monoclonal antibodies dried on filter paper and utility in Neisseria meningitidis serotyping by Dot-blot ELISA Aline S Ferraz, Elza FT Belo, Ligia MCC Coutinho, Ana P Oliveira, Andréia MS Carmo, Daniele L Franco, Tatiane Ferreira, André Y Yto, Marta SF Machado, Monica CG Scola, and Elizabeth De Gaspari PMCID: PMC2311311 Computed CD4 percentage as a low-cost method for determining pediatric antiretroviral treatment eligibility Steven FJ Callens, Faustin Kitetele, Jean Lusiama, Nicole Shabani, Samuel Edidi, Robert Colebunders, Frieda Behets, and Annelies Van Rie PMCID: PMC2292192 Basis for treatment of tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients in Tanzania: the role of chest x-ray and sputum culture Muhammad Bakari, Robert D Arbeit, Lillian Mtei, Johnson Lyimo, Richard Waddell, Mecky Matee, Bernard F Cole, Susan Tvaroha, C Robert Horsburgh, Hanna Soini, Kisali Pallangyo, and C Fordham von Reyn PMCID: PMC2323005 Correlates of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis infections among prison inmates and officers in Ghana: A national multicenter study Andrew A Adjei, Henry B Armah, Foster Gbagbo, William K Ampofo, Isaac Boamah, Clement Adu-Gyamfi, Isaac Asare, Ian FA Hesse, and George Mensah PMCID: PMC2311310 Surgical site infections in Italian Hospitals: a prospective multicenter study Nicola Petrosillo, Cecilia MJ Drapeau, Emanuele Nicastri, Lorena Martini, Giuseppe Ippolito, Maria Luisa Moro, and ANIPIO PMCID: PMC2311314 Evaluation of immune responses in HIV infected patients with pleural tuberculosis by the QuantiFERON® TB-Gold interferon-gamma assay Kamaldeen Baba, Steinar Sørnes, Anwar A Hoosen, Jacob M Lekabe, Mathew J Mpe, Nina Langeland, and Anne M Dyrhol-Riise PMCID: PMC2279134 A survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards avian influenza in an adult population of Italy Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Rossella Abbate, Luciana Albano, Paolo Marinelli, and Italo F Angelillo PMCID: PMC2292195 Spectral analysis of HIV seropositivity among migrant workers entering Kuwait Saeed Akhtar and Hameed GHH Mohammad PMCID: PMC2324079 Serum procalcitonin elevation in critically ill patients at the onset of bacteremia caused by either gram negative or gram positive bacteria Pierre Emmanuel Charles, Sylvain Ladoire, Serge Aho, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Jean-Marc Doise, Sébastien Prin, Niels-Olivier Olsson, and Bernard Blettery PMCID: PMC2289831 Rectal artemisinins for malaria: a review of efficacy and safety from individual patient data in clinical studies Melba Gomes, Isabela Ribeiro, Marian Warsame, Harin Karunajeewa, and Max Petzold PMCID: PMC2364627 High incidence of antimicrobial resistant organisms including extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in nasopharyngeal and blood isolates of HIV-infected children from Cape Town, South Africa Mark F Cotton, Elizabeth Wasserman, Juanita Smit, Andrew Whitelaw, and Heather J Zar PMCID: PMC2329621 Outbreak of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in Norway caused by stx2-positive Escherichia coli O103:H25 traced to cured mutton sausages Barbara Schimmer, Karin Nygard, Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Jørgen Lassen, Bjørn-Arne Lindstedt, Lin T Brandal, Georg Kapperud, and Preben Aavitsland PMCID: PMC2335110 Appropriateness of antibiotic treatment in intravenous drug users, a retrospective analysis Dominik Mertz, Nina Viktorin, Marcel Wolbers, Gerd Laifer, Bernd Leimenstoll, Ursula Fluckiger, and Manuel Battegay PMCID: PMC2323004 Temporal trends in hepatitis B and C infection in family blood donors from interior Sindh, Pakistan Syed Abdul Mujeeb and Mark S Pearce PMCID: PMC2329620 Interpreting changes in measles genotype: the contribution of chance, migration and vaccine coverage Shuko Nojiri, Emilia Vynnycky, and Nigel Gay PMCID: PMC2346460 Low prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in asymptomatic young Swiss men David Baud, Katia Jaton, Claire Bertelli, Jean-Pierre Kulling, and Gilbert Greub PMCID: PMC2359751 Use of cluster-graphs from spoligotyping data to study genotype similarities and a comparison of three indices to quantify recent tuberculosis transmission among culture positive cases in French Guiana during a eight year period Vanina Guernier, Christophe Sola, Karine Brudey, Jean-François Guégan, and Nalin Rastogi PMCID: PMC2375894 Epidemiology of foodborne Norovirus outbreaks in Catalonia, Spain Ana Martinez, Angela Dominguez, Nuria Torner, Laura Ruiz, Neus Camps, Irene Barrabeig, Cesar Arias, Josep Alvarez, Pere Godoy, Pilar Jorgina Balaña, Analia Pumares, Rosa Bartolome, Dolors Ferrer, Unai Perez, Rosa Pinto, Javier Buesa, and The Catalan Viral Gastroenteritis Study Group PMCID: PMC2383902 Association between amebic liver abscess and Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection in Taiwanese subjects Meng-Shuian Hsu, Szu-Min Hsieh, Mao-Yuan Chen, Chien-Ching Hung, and Shan-Chwen Chang PMCID: PMC2374788 Long-term outcome of infective endocarditis: A study on patients surviving over one year after the initial episode treated in a Finnish teaching hospital during 25 years Maija Heiro, Hans Helenius, Saija Hurme, Timo Savunen, Kaj Metsärinne, Erik Engblom, Jukka Nikoskelainen, and Pirkko Kotilainen PMCID: PMC2383901 Effects of resuscitation with crystalloid fluids on cardiac function in patients with severe sepsis Zhi Xun Fang, Yu Feng Li, Xiao Qing Zhou, Zhen Zhang, Jin Song Zhang, Hai Ming Xia, Guo Ping Xing, Wei Ping Shu, Ling Shen, and Guo Qing Yin PMCID: PMC2364628 PCR-DGGE assessment of the bacterial diversity of breast milk in women with lactational infectious mastitis Susana Delgado, Rebeca Arroyo, Rocío Martín, and Juan M Rodríguez PMCID: PMC2383900 Predictors of mortality in HIV-infected patients starting antiretroviral therapy in a rural hospital in Tanzania Asgeir Johannessen, Ezra Naman, Bernard J Ngowi, Leiv Sandvik, Mecky I Matee, Henry E Aglen, Svein G Gundersen, and Johan N Bruun PMCID: PMC2364629 The impact and effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination in Scotland for those aged 65 and over during winter 2003/2004 John D Mooney, Amanda Weir, Jim McMenamin, Lewis D Ritchie, Tatania V Macfarlane, Colin R Simpson, Syed Ahmed, Chris Robertson, and Stuart C Clarke PMCID: PMC2386805 Geographic distribution and genetic diversity of the Ehrlichia sp. from Panola Mountain in Amblyomma americanum Amanda D Loftis, Tonya R Mixson, Ellen Y Stromdahl, Michael J Yabsley, Laurel E Garrison, Phillip C Williamson, Robert R Fitak, Paul A Fuerst, Daryl J Kelly, and Keith W Blount PMCID: PMC2394526 Differential effects of antibiotics in combination with G-CSF on survival and polymorphonuclear granulocyte cell functions in septic rats Artur Bauhofer, Markus Huttel, Wilfried Lorenz, Daniel I Sessler, and Alexander Torossian PMCID: PMC2386131 MBL2 and Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Injection Drug Users Elizabeth E Brown, Mingdong Zhang, Rebecca Zarin-Pass, Toralf Bernig, Fan-Chen Tseng, Nianqing Xiao, Meredith Yeager, Brian R Edlin, Stephen J Chanock, and Thomas R O'Brien PMCID: PMC2413243 Seroprevalence of Bartonella spp. infection in HIV patients in Catalonia, Spain Immaculada Pons, Isabel Sanfeliu, María Mercedes Nogueras, Montserrat Sala, Manuel Cervantes, M José Amengual, and Ferran Segura PMCID: PMC2390557 Immune correlates of CD4 decline in HIV-infected patients experiencing virologic failure before undergoing treatment interruption Kenneth H Huang, Mona R Loutfy, Christos M Tsoukas, and Nicole F Bernard PMCID: PMC2405786 Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in a high income country: A report of four unrelated cases Stefan H Blaas, Ralf Mütterlein, Johannes Weig, Albert Neher, Bernd Salzberger, Norbert Lehn, and Ludmila Naumann PMCID: PMC2413242 Non-travel related Hepatitis E virus genotype 3 infections in the Netherlands; A case series 2004 – 2006 Katrine Borgen, Tineke Herremans, Erwin Duizer, Harry Vennema, Saskia Rutjes, Arnold Bosman, Ana Maria de Roda Husman, and Marion Koopmans PMCID: PMC2413240 Take the sex out of STI screening! Views of young women on implementing chlamydia screening in General Practice Natasha L Pavlin, Rhian Parker, Christopher K Fairley, Jane M Gunn, and Jane Hocking PMCID: PMC2394525 Serological evidence for human cystic echinococcosis in Slovenia Jernej Logar, Barbara Soba, and Tadeja Kotar PMCID: PMC2412869 UV-visible marker confirms that environmental persistence of Clostridium difficile spores in toilets of patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhea is associated with lack of compliance with cleaning protocol.e Michelle J Alfa, Christine Dueck, Nancy Olson, Pat DeGagne, Selena Papetti, Alana Wald, Evelyn Lo, and Godfrey Harding PMCID: PMC2390558 Screening for tuberculosis infection among newly arrived asylum seekers: Comparison of QuantiFERON®TB Gold with tuberculin skin test Brita Askeland Winje, Fredrik Oftung, Gro Ellen Korsvold, Turid Mannsåker, Anette Skistad Jeppesen, Ingunn Harstad, Berit Tafjord Heier, and Einar Heldal PMCID: PMC2405787 Potential impact of infant feeding recommendations on mortality and HIV-infection in children born to HIV-infected mothers in Africa: a simulation Julius Atashili, Linda Kalilani, Vidyunmala Seksaria, and Emily E Sickbert-Bennett PMCID: PMC2396166 Incidence and impact on clinical outcome of infections with piperacillin/tazobactam resistant Escherichia coli in ICU: A retrospective study Agnès Meybeck, Jean-Damien Ricard, Guilène Barnaud, Mathieu Eveillard, Guillaume Chevrel, Roman Mounier, and Didier Dreyfuss PMCID: PMC2409345 Presence of qnr gene in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant to ciprofloxacin isolated from pediatric patients in China Aihua Wang, Yonghong Yang, Quan Lu, Yi Wang, Yuan Chen, Li Deng, Hui Ding, Qiulian Deng, Hong Zhang, Chuanqing Wang, Lan Liu, Xiwei Xu, Li Wang, and Xuzhuang Shen PMCID: PMC2409344 Frequency distribution of hepatitis C virus genotypes in different geographical regions of Pakistan and their possible routes of transmission Muhammad Idrees and Sheikh Riazuddin PMCID: PMC2409346 Healthcare-associated infections in pediatric cancer patients: results of a prospective surveillance study from university hospitals in Germany and Switzerland Arne Simon, Roland A Ammann, Udo Bode, Gudrun Fleischhack, Hans-Martin Wenchel, Dorothee Schwamborn, Chara Gravou, Paul-Gerhardt Schlegel, Stefan Rutkowski, Claudia Dannenberg, Dieter Körholz, Hans Jürgen Laws, and Michael H Kramer PMCID: PMC2408583 Fluoroquinolone resistance during 2000–2005 : An observational study Richard J Ryan, Chris Lindsell, and Paul Sheehan PMCID: PMC2424048 Patient and provider delay in tuberculosis suspects from communities with a high HIV prevalence in South Africa: A cross-sectional study Graeme Meintjes, Hennie Schoeman, Chelsea Morroni, Douglas Wilson, and Gary Maartens PMCID: PMC2413241 Geographical information system and predictive risk maps of urinary schistosomiasis in Ogun State, Nigeria Uwem F Ekpo, Chiedu F Mafiana, Clement O Adeofun, Adewale RT Solarin, and Adewumi B Idowu PMCID: PMC2438363 HIV-1, HSV-2 and syphilis among pregnant women in a rural area of Tanzania: Prevalence and risk factors Khadija I Yahya-Malima, Bjørg Evjen-Olsen, Mecky I Matee, Knut Fylkesnes, and Lars Haarr PMCID: PMC2423369 Estimation of the incidence of genital warts and the cost of illness in Germany: A cross-sectional study Peter Hillemanns, J Gabrielle Breugelmans, Friederike Gieseking, Stève Bénard, Emilie Lamure, Kavi J Littlewood, and Karl U Petry PMCID: PMC2438362 HIV-1 Tat protein alter the tight junction integrity and function of retinal pigment epithelium: an in vitro study Ling Bai, Zhenping Zhang, Hui Zhang, Xiumei Li, Qiurong Yu, Haotian Lin, and Wenhui Yang PMCID: PMC2430207 Age-specific seroprevalence of hepatitis A in Antananarivo (Madagascar) Vaomalala Raharimanga, Jean-François Carod, Charles-Emile Ramarokoto, Jean-Baptiste Chrétien, Fanjasoa Rakotomanana, Antoine Talarmin, and Vincent Richard PMCID: PMC2435538 Acinetobacter baumannii in intensive care unit: A novel system to study clonal relationship among the isolates Carla Fontana, Marco Favaro, Silvia Minelli, Maria Cristina Bossa, Gian Piero Testore, Francesca Leonardis, Silvia Natoli, and Cartesio Favalli PMCID: PMC2443154 Emergence of Carbapenem resistant Gram negative and vancomycin resistant Gram positive organisms in bacteremic isolates of febrile neutropenic patients: A descriptive study Seema Irfan, Faiza Idrees, Vikram Mehraj, Faizah Habib, Salman Adil, and Rumina Hasan PMCID: PMC2442601 Molecular epidemiology of pneumococci obtained from Gambian children aged 2–29 months with invasive pneumococcal disease during a trial of a 9-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Martin Antonio, Hannah Dada-Adegbola, Ekow Biney, Tim Awine, John O'Callaghan, Valentin Pfluger, Godwin Enwere, Brown Okoko, Claire Oluwalana, Adeola Vaughan, Syed MA Zaman, Gerd Pluschke, Brian M Greenwood, Felicity Cutts, and Richard A Adegbola PMCID: PMC2440749 Hepatitis C virus prevalence and genetic diversity among pregnant women in Gabon, central Africa Guy-Roger Ndong-Atome, Maria Makuwa, Richard Njouom, Michel Branger, Francoise Brun-Vézinet, Antoine Mahé, Dominique Rousset, and Mirdad Kazanji PMCID: PMC2442078 An individual-based network model to evaluate interventions for controlling pneumococcal transmission Diana Karlsson, Andreas Jansson, Birgitta Henriques Normark, and Patric Nilsson PMCID: PMC2442080 Brain injury-associated biomarkers of TGF-beta1, S100B, GFAP, NF-L, tTG, AbetaPP, and tau were concomitantly enhanced and the UPS was impaired during acute brain injury caused by Toxocara canis in mice Chien-Wei Liao, Chia-Kwung Fan, Ting-Chang Kao, Dar-Der Ji, Kua-Eyre Su, Yun-Ho Lin, and Wen-Long Cho PMCID: PMC2442079 Human Papillomavirus type distribution in invasive cervical cancer in Uganda Michael Odida, Silvia de Sanjosé, Wim Quint, Xavier F Bosch, Joellen Klaustermeier, and Elisabete Weiderpass PMCID: PMC2459185 Multiplex cytokine profile from dengue patients: MIP-1beta and IFN-gamma as predictive factors for severity Fernando A Bozza, Oswaldo G Cruz, Sonia MO Zagne, Elzinandes L Azeredo, Rita MR Nogueira, Edson F Assis, Patricia T Bozza, and Claire F Kubelka PMCID: PMC2474613 Induction of beta defensin 2 by NTHi requires TLR2 mediated MyD88 and IRAK-TRAF6-p38MAPK signaling pathway in human middle ear epithelial cells Haa-Yung Lee, Tamotsu Takeshita, Jun Shimada, Arsen Akopyan, Jeong-Im Woo, Huiqi Pan, Sung K Moon, Ali Andalibi, Rae-Kil Park, Sung-Ho Kang, Shin-Seok Kang, Robert Gellibolian, and David J Lim PMCID: PMC2447838 Analysis of risk factors for T. brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness within villages in south-east Uganda Thomas Zoller, Eric M Fèvre, Susan C Welburn, Martin Odiit, and Paul G Coleman PMCID: PMC2447837 Utility of CD4 cell counts for early prediction of virological failure during antiretroviral therapy in a resource-limited setting Motasim Badri, Stephen D Lawn, and Robin Wood PMCID: PMC2459184 Survey of childhood empyema in Asia: 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