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BMC Infectious Diseases is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of infectious and sexually transmitted diseases in humans, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.
BMC Infectious Diseases (ISSN 1471-2334) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE, Thomson Scientific (ISI) and Google Scholar.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :64
The use of ultraviolet light-sensitive markers reveals that the toilets of patients with Clostridium difficile diarrhea are cleaned less well than other patients; and that the C. difficile persists on the toilet even after adequate cleaning.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :62
Women are reluctant to disclose their sexual histories as part of a chlamydia screening program and prefer an inclusive age-based approach to screening rather than targeted screening based on risk factors.
BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :48
Routine HIV testing is recommended for patients presenting with amebic liver abcess (ALA), as the majority of them are HIV-positive and have no other clinical features suggesting HIV infection.
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Research article
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 Michelle J. Alfa, Christine Dueck, Nancy Olson, Pat DeGagne, Selena Papetti, Alana Wald, Evelyn Lo, Godfrey Harding BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :64 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Serological evidence for human cystic echinococcosis in Slovenia Jernej Logar, Barbara Soba, Tadeja Kotar BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :63 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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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, Jane Hocking BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :62 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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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, Marion Koopmans BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :61 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in a high income country: A Report of four unrelated cases Stefan H Blaas, Ralf Mutterlein, Johannes Weig, Albert Neher, Bernd Salzberger, Norbert Lehn, Ludmila Naumann BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :60 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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, Nicole F Bernard BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :59 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Seroprevalence of Bartonella spp. infection in HIV patients in Catalonia, Spain
Immaculada Pons, Isabel Sanfeliu, M Mercedes Nogueras, Montserrat Sala, Manuel Cervantes, M Jose Amengual, Ferran Segura BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :58 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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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, Thomas R O'Brien BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :57 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Technical advance
Rapid Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis and Typing of the Lymphogranuloma venereum associated L-Serovars by TaqMan PCR Anke Schaeffer, Birgit Henrich BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :56 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Differential effects of antibiotics in combination with GCSF on survival and polymorphonuclear granulocyte cell functions in septic rats Artur Bauhofer, Markus Huttel, Wilfried Lorenz, Daniel I Sessler, Alexander Torossian BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :55 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Genomic and bioinformatics analysis of human adenovirus type 37:
New insights into corneal tropism Christopher M Robinson, Fatemeh Shariati, Allison F Gillaspy, David W Dyer, James Chodosh BMC Genomics 2008, 9 :213 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Commentary
Atelier paludisme: an international malaria training course held in Madagascar Olivier Domarle, Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Jean-Bernard Duchemin, Vincent Robert, Frederic Ariey Malaria Journal 2008, 7 :80 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Canine leishmaniasis in Southern Italy: a role for nitric oxide released from activated macrophages in asymptomatic infection? Maria A Panaro, Olga Brandonisio, Donato de Caprariis, Pasqua Cavallo, Antonia Cianciulli, Vincenzo Mitolo, Domenico Otranto Parasites & Vectors 2008, 1 :10 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Debate
Migratory birds, the H5N1 influenza virus and the scientific method Thomas P Weber, Nikolaos I Stilianakis Virology Journal 2008, 5 :57 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Research
Timing of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy and the implications of current policy on early uptake in north-east Tanzania Katherine Anders, Tanya Marchant, Pili Chambo, Pasiens Mapunda, Hugh Reyburn Malaria Journal 2008, 7 :79 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Tackling tuberculosis patients' internalized social stigma through patient centred care: an intervention study in rural Nicaragua
Jean Macq, Alejandro Solis, Guillermo Martinez, Patrick Martiny BMC Public Health 2008, 8 :154 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Performance of a 70-mer oligonucleotide microarray for genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni. Sandra Rodin, Anders F Andersson, Valtteri Wirta, Lena Eriksson, Marianne Ljungstrom, Britta Bjorkholm, Hans Lindmark, Lars Engstrand BMC Microbiology 2008, 8 :73 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Are hygiene and public health interventions likely to improve outcomes for Australian Aboriginal children living in remote communities? A systematic review of the literature Elizabeth McDonald, Ross Bailie, David Brewster, Peter Morris BMC Public Health 2008, 8 :153 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Models for short term malaria prediction in Sri Lanka Olivier JT Briet, Penelope Vounatsou, Dissanayake M Gunawardena, Gawrie NL Galappaththy, Priyanie H Amerasinghe Malaria Journal 2008, 7 :76 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The spread of incompatibility-inducing parasites in sub-divided host populations Max Reuter, Laurent Lehmann, Frederic Guillaume BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8 :134 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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